The record-union., 1894-06-25

which was filed to the walls by the elite
of Lyons. The theater presented brill
liant scene, the handsome toilets of the
ladies being offset by the gay uniforms of
the many military officers present. All
were waiting with impatience the arrival
of the President, and all were unable to
understand the delay.
Suddenly a man entered the theater
crying at the top of his voice, 1.-THE Pres
| ident has been assassinated ~
The most intense excitement followed
this abrupt announcement. Women
screamed and several tainted. Many men,
without waiting for their hats, ran out of
the building in order to confirm the news.
They found all the streets leading to the
palace filed with excited throngs, and in
few minutes they were convinced the
report of the attempt on the life of the
President was true.
Suddenly through the throng sped a
landeau conveying Andrian Dupuy, a
brother Of the Prime Minister, Deputy
Chaudey and Perfect Rivaud, the crowd
giving away before the carriage as it
dashed into the Rue de la Republique.
preceded by four gendarmes. The crowd.
thinking now the report of the assassin
alton was untrue, and that the President
was in the carriage, shouted: "Vive Car
notW "Vive le Republiquep'
The carriage was stopped, and NJ. Chau-
dey and Rivaud. in tremulous voices,
said: Don't shout; the President has
been the victim of an outrage" The
cheers were instantly turned to curses,
and many and loud were the cries for
vengeance.
The landau proceeded to the theater,
where it arrived, and Chaudey and Rivaud
went to the Presidents box. AS soon as
they were seen the whole audience arose,
and amid profound silence Eivaud said, in
a voice broken with sobs: ''The Presi-
dent has just been assassinated."
! This announcement was received with
a terrible explosion of fury, as the audi
ence. when the first report of the assassin
alton reached them, had generally dis
credited it. The theater resounded with
shouts of "A la mort Ia assassin !" and
cries for vengeance upon him.
When silence was in a measure re-
stored, NJ. Rivaud continued: SIN the
Rue de La Republiquea miscreant under
the pretext of presenting petition.
stabbed M. Carnot with a dagger" NJ.
Rivaud was again interrupted with shouts
of death to the murderer ~ Revenge
revenger' Waving his hands for silence,
| NJ. Rivaud again spoke. saying: do
not make my mission more painful. We
left NJ. Carnot In the hands of doctors.
| hot nndor tboca oonli
tions our hearts are filled with sorrow,
and that the proposed performance in the
Presidents honor cannot take place"
The audience then left the building,
many Of them proceeding at once to the
prefecture, where they stood in the streets
waiting for any report that might be
vouchsafed to them from the building,
and discussing the crime they considered
had cast disgrace upon the fair fame OF
their city.
When the police reached the Palace
Des Cordeals, they were obliged to stop,
while the landau, in which were Gen
eral Borius. the prefect, the Mayor and
! the wounded President, and detach-
ment of mounted guards passed. A Sec
ond carriage conveying the officers Of the
| Presidents military household followed
close behind. An Associated Press
representative entered a third carriage,
in which we're M. Burdeau. ex-Minister
of Finance. and Senator Milaud.
STABBED JUST OVER THE HEART.
| On arriving at the prefecture, General
Borius and the Mayor alighted. Presi-
dent Carnot lay unconscious upon the
cushions of the carriage. His eyes were
closed. His waistcoat was unbuttoned,
and his shirts, on which the bright red
cord of the Legion Of Honor was con-
spicuous, was covered on the left hand
side, just over the heart, by large blood
stain which extended to the hip. 1t was
impossible to tell from his appearance
whether he was dead or alive.
The crowd surged about in the vicinity
of the carriage, but the mounted guards
and the foot police held them in check
some distance from the landau in which
the President was lying.
Many were the expressions of SYM
pathy with the President. General
Borius, the Prefect, and the Mayor, as
sisted by a number Of attendants, lifted
NJ. Carnot from the carriage and carried
him as easily as possible to a room on the
first floor of the Prefecture and laid him
on a bed.
AN OPERATION NECESSARY.
After examining the Presidents wound
all the physicians in attendance upon him
agreed that an operation was necessary,
whereupon DR.. Collier probed the wound.
While this was being done M. Carnot
came to his senses, and said, feebly, but
distinctly: How you are hurting me''
| The doctors, however, continued to at
tend the wound, the outflow of blood
from which had stopped. They knew
that the Presidents condition was ex-
tremely grave, as they more than sus-
pected that internal hemorrhage had COM
menced.
After NJ. Carnot had been taken from
his carriage and placed upon bed in the
Prefecture. nobody but the doctors and
the officers of his military household who
had accompanied him to Lyons were al
lowed to enter the room to which he had
been carried. DR.. Gaileton, who is Mayor
of Lyons, then examined the wound.
THE PRESIDENT DEAD.
Shortly after midnight the Archbishop
of Lyons was summoned to the bedside
of the dying President to administer to
him the last rights of the church. He
was i'll the room but short time, when
he retiredto an adjoining room. He re-
mained until 1890 O'Clock, and he was
again summoned to the Presidents
room, where he administered the sacra-
ment.
/ NJ. Carnot remained conscious to the
last. He realized that his life was rapidly