The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-26

PARIS, Juno 25.-Sadi Carnot, presi-
dent of the French republic, was stab
bed at OILS o'clock last evening in Lyons
by Cesare Giovanni Santo, an Italian
anarchist, and died at 12:45 o'clock.
The assassin was Immediately arrested.
President Carnot went to Lyons on
Saturday TO visit the exhibition of arts,
sciences, and industries, and intended
to remain there over Tuesday. He was
accompanied by Gen. Borius, chief of
his military household, most of his other
household officials. Premier Dupuy, M.
Burdeau, and other members of the cab
met. He was received enthusiastically
at the station by the mayor and district
officials, who, in twenty-seven landaus,
drawn by horses draped with the tri.
color, escorted him and his party to the
Hotel de Vile, about three kilometres
distant.
Cheering crowds filled the streets and
gave the president such welcome as
he had seldom received. The pro-
gramme OF the city officials for Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday was submitted to
him in detail, and he expressed his
satisfaction with the arrangements
Yesterday the president and his party
paid state visit to the exhibition in
the Pare do la Tete dor. Afterward
the president held reception at the
prefecture. He planned to 20 to the
Grand Theater on the Place de la
Comedi last evening after the banquet
at the chamber OF commerce. he was
cheered necessarily from the moment
he left the chamber OF commerce until
he reached the carriage for the theater,
which was waiting in the Place de la
Bourse.
The demonstrative enthusiasm OF the
crowd caused the confusion which gave
Santo his opportunity, as he was able to
push his way forward quite unnoticed
When Santo was within few feet of
the carriage he waved paper, as IL
intending to present q petition, and
thus threw of their guard the persons
nearest to the president, who had hardly
taken his seat
Pressing through the crowd, Santo
sprang upon the carriage step. Presi.
dent Carnot started slightly. Santo
snatched dagger from the newspaper
and plunged it into the presidents alb.
domen, near the liver. The president
SINK back unconscious. He was taken
at once to the prefecture and the most
skillful surgeons in the city were sum-
moned.
AS Santo sprang away from the car
raiage 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 capsors. they hurried him of to
the station house.
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.
On his way to the station he held his
head down and glanced continually
right and left, as il looking for some
possible means of escape. Upon being
interrogated he gave his name, but pro-
fessed to know too little OF the Ian
guage to say much more. His inability
to speak much French Is rather peculiar,
IS he he's lived in Cette for the last six
months, and Is believed to have been
considerably longer in the country. He
went from Cette to Lyons yesterday
morning.
At O'Clock all who had been invited
to attend the gala performance In the
presidents honor had gathered in the
Grand Theater. Every seat outside the
boxes was filled. The audience awaited
impatiently the arrival Of the president.
ial party, Suddenly two men ran up to
the main entrance and called out that
the president had been killed. The
news spread swiftly to the rear seats of
the theater and thence passed like the
wind to the great audience. A few wo.
men cried out in horror, but the great
majority OF those present refused to be-
lieve the intelligence. Several govern
ment officials who were present left the
theater i'm mediately to obtain more in-
formation.
1t appeared as If all Lyons was at
that moment assembled in Place de la
Comedie and in the adjacent streets.
The multitude was packed together like
wall. Suddenly landau. preceded by
four mounted gendarmes dashed out OF
the Rue de la Republique. In it were
Adrien Dupry, Deputy Chaudey and NJ.
Rivaud, the perfect. The crowd mistak-
ing the landau for the Presidents car
rage, cried Viva Carnot. viva la Re-
publique Chaudey on the right and
Rivaund On the left called from the car.
rage in tones full Of emotion:
"Do not shout; an attempt has lust
been made upon the life of the presi.
dent"
The words had Immediate effect upon
the crowd. On every side expressions
OF execration and revenge filled the air.
The landau was then driven to the
Grand Theater. Arriving there, MN.
Rivaud and Chaudey proceeded to the
presidents box Seeing them enter,