The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-06-30

Lyons was summoned TO the bedside OF
the dying president to minister to him
the last rites of the church. He was in
the room but short time when he re.
tired to the adjoining room. He re.
NAMED until 1890 o'clock and he was
again summoned to the presidents
room, where he administered the sacra-
ment. Carnot RENAME conscious to
the last. He realized that his life was
rapidly eboing away and twice said +:
"Where are my friends?" DR.. Poncet
leaned over the bed and said to him !:
"Your friends are here. Monsieur lie
President" Carnot replied: 81 am
grateful for their presence. A minute
later he gasped for breath, there was
convulsive shuddering of his body and
: the president of France was dead.
Immediately after the death of Presi.
dent Carnot, Prime Minister Dupuy
started en- his return to Paris to official.
ly announce the news to the senate and
the chamber of deputies. After NJ.
Carnot had been taken TO the prefecture
1t became generally known that his as.
sassin was an Italian and this fact
deepened the indignation among the
crowd, and found vent in the form of
attacks on cafes kept by inoffensive
natives of Italy. All such places in the
vicinity of the Palais de Commerce were
totally wrecked by the mob. French
/ flags, which were in abundance, were
procured by the crowd and with cries
of Down With Foreigners "Out
With Them hundreds Of people
marched to Rue de la Barre, in which
street the Italian consulate is situated
There is no doubt that the consulate
would have been attacked had it not
been for prompt action of the police,
who stepped the crowd and compelled
its members to dispense. Excitement
continues at fever heat and it would
take very little to precipitate bloody
riots. Threats are made to take sum
mary vengeance upon the countrymen
1EdI1uG
attempts would be made to put these
threats into effect, sent policemen to
patrol the city and prevent outbreaks.
1t was thought the entire population of
the city was on the streets when the
attack was made, but this proves
wrong, for the crowd constantly aug
mented. After attacks on the Italian
cafes, the disorderly element of the
crowd devoted their attentions to Ital-
ians they found upon the streets. Some
OF them were pursued and barely es-
capped with their lives. The police had
great difficulty in -rescuing the hunted
men. Rue de la Barre is now barri.
caded at both ends and guarded by
troops.
The assassin is a beardless Young
man, 20 or % years old. AS he was
marched under police guard from Rue
de la Republique to the station he had
his head down, but his eyes glanced
furtively around as though seeking an
opportunity to escape. To have made
such an attempt, however, would have
been the height of folly, unless he de-
sired to commit suicide, for there is not
the slightest doubt that had he got
away from the protection of the police
he would have been torn limb from limb
by the crowd, whose every action
showed that they were thirsty for his
blood
The man, who speaks French badly,
when questioned at the police station,
said he had lived at Colt, department
of Perault, for six months past, and had
only come to Lyons yesterday. He gave
his age as %. His replies were given
coolly, but without any sign of bravado.
He refused, however, to answer any of
the questions put to him regarding his
motive fo- stabbing the president, de-
clarinG that on this subject he would
speak only before the tribunal. When
he was searched by the police a book
was found in one of his pockets in which
t was written that he had been born in
village in the province Of Milan, Italy.
Deplored in America.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The most pro.
bounced sensation was created every-
where over the assassination of Carnot.
'ut particularly in official circles was
he tragedy most l-aenlv fall ,,d ,,os4