Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-06-28

The news spread swiftly to every
part of the city. Infatuated crowds
filed the streets. Before 10 o'clock an
Italian restaurant had been sacked and
the police were obliged to strain every
| nerve to protect the Italian consulate.
President Carnot arrived in Lyons
Saturday and intended to remain there
over Tuesday. He was accompanied
by Gen. Borius, chief of his military
household, most of his other house
hold officials. Premier Dupuy, NJ. Bor-
deaux and other members of the cab
met. He was received enthusiastically
at the station by the mayor and the
district officials, who. in twenty-seven
landaus drawn by horses draped with
the tri-colors, escorted him and his
party to the hotel De Vile, about three
kilometres distant.
Cheering crowds filled the streets
and gave the president such a welcome
as he had seldom received. There was
a luncheon at the hotel and in the
evening dinner at the prefecture.
From the balcony of the prefecture
the president reviewed a large torch
light procession, which was followed
Yesterday the president and his party
paid state visit to the exhibition in
the Pare de la Tete dor. Afterward
the president held reception at the
prefecture. He planned to go to the
Grand theater on the Place de la
Comedi last evening after the banquet
at the cham Der of commerce.
He was in peculiarly happy mood
during the banquet, and was notice
ably elated at the cordiality of his re-
ception, not only by the crowd outside
the building, but also by the guests
within. He was cheered necessarily
from the moment he left the chamber
of commerce until he took the carriage
for the theater.
When Santo was within a few feet of
tending to present petition, and thus
threw off their guard the persons near
est to the president. He was seized
just as he was about to jump from the
step, and had but half drawn the dag
ger.
The demonstrative enthusiasm of the
crowd caused the confusion which gave
Santo his opportunity, as he was able
to push his way forward quite un-
noticed until at the step of the carriage.
AS Santo sprang away from the car
rage step and tried to escape he was
seized and surrounded. But for the
prompt interference of the police he
would have been torn and trampled to
death on the spot. AS soon as the
police extricated him from the hands
of his captors they hurried him off to
the station house.
The president had repeated hemor
rhages after he was taken to the pre-
lecture. He sank gradually, but stead
lily until 12:45 o'clock this morning
when he died. Nine. Carnot and her
two sons left Paris at 1859 o'clock last
evening by special train for Lyons. All
the ministers who could not go to
Lyons with the president were in
counsel at the Elysee at midnight.
The senate and chamber will be con-
voked to-day.
o Marie Francois Sadi Carnot. president of the
French republic, was born at Limoges in Au-
gust, 1885. He was grandson Of Carnot, THE
Organizer Victory under the French conven-
tion and was civil engineer by profession.
AT the age OF 20 he entered as student the
Ecole Polytechnique. and passed with dis
tinction to a school for special instructions
in the building of road and bridges. During
the siege of Paris in 1851 he was ap-
pointed project of the Seine Inferieure, and as
commissary general gave valuable assistance
in organizing the defences of that department
In February, 1871, he took his seat in the ma
tional assembly deputy for Cote dor, and
subsequently for Beaune. In 1896 he took Of
flee in the Brisson cabinet as finance minister.
On the resignation of M. Grevy, in December,
1887, M. Carnot was elected president of the
republic.
-Four Persons Killed at u Crossing.
McHENRY, KY, June 24.-Four per-
sons were killed at a crossing near here
yesterday afternoon by an east-bound
Ohio & Southwestern pas
senger train. They were J. T. Mad
dox, one of the most prominent farm
ers of Ohio county; his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Lewis Maddox, and her two chill
dren.
Mr.. Maddox was bringing his sister
to town to return to her home in Texas,
when their carriage was run down.
The woman and her two children were
killed instantly and Mr.. Maddox died
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