The Van Buren press., 1894-06-30
CARSOr MURDERED.
Lyons the Scene Of the Shocking Trage-
dy-Riding In Carriage He is
Attacked by an Italian.

AhLH, Ouu6 HO.--H ulic IluiuS
in his fine landau at Lyons, in
company with other high officials
of France, President Carnot was
foully assassinated.
The streets of the town were
gayly decorated, lights werarglar.
ing, the populace were shouting
in honor of their leader, when
with a lunge the murderous assas-
sin sprang upon the step of the
carriage, and with one thrust of
his stiletto, drove the blade to the
hilt into the breast Of Frances
highest and most loved official
President Carnot was carried
into the prefecture and physicians
summoned with haste.
With furious shouts and male
dlctions the crowd, now fierce
with rage, hurled itself upon the
assassin. Only with the greatest
difficulty the police were able to
disentangle the murderous man
from the crowd.
Physicians on their arrival found
that the presidents condition was
hopeless. They began to probe
the wound, and the suffering man
aw0ke from his insensible state at
times. He would speak q few
words to the friends at his bedside
and then relapse into q comat0se
condition. Meanwhile the crowd
outside grew larger and larger,
for just few minutes after the
the fashionable
audience, which was awaiting the
arrival of President Carnot, was
informed by Adrian Dupuy, a
brother Of Prime Minister Dupuy,
of the horrible affair, and with
haste and excitedly they forced
their way out of the theatre into
the streets and made the surging
and growing crowd around the
prefecture much larger.
About 1890 O'Clock the arch.
bishop of Lyons administered the
sacrament to the fast dying man.
Feebler and fainter he grew,
though still conscious. His
breathing became weaker and
weaker. His friends watched OIL,
and at few minutes before l
o'clock he could only gasp for
breath. A few gasps and cOnvul-
sive witches told the watchers
that the end had come; that the
greatest president of France was
dead.
A GRIEvING NATION.
The deepest sorrow, dismay and
anger prevails throughout France.
The cowardly assassination of
President Carnot at Lyons last
night is most heartily deplored by
all. Great anxiety is felt in regard
TO the future and this is not to be
allayed until a successor to the
late president can be inducted into
The Office. With all this is the
anger of France at the assassin
Oesare Giovanni Santo, a young
Italian, whose deadly knife
plunged the nation into grief.
kilograms of sympathy are pour
ing in upon the family and upon
The government. These messages
Of coincidence come from all coun.
tries of the world, showing that
France ia not alone in her sorrow
1t the death of her president.
Newspapers of all shades of
opinion print leading articles de.
ploring the assassination of Sadie
Carnot. Signs of mourning are
general throughout this city and
he whole of France today. All
aags are half mast and public
buildings are being draped with
crepe. Nine. Oarnot accompanied
oy her two sons, arrived at Lyons
1t z O'Clock this morning. The
widow was most respectfully |
greeted by a large crowd of peo-
pie assembled about the railroad
depot. She proceeded Immediate
y to the prefecture, where the
body of the late president reposes
n state. One of the dead mans
sons, when he saw the gay deco
'ati0ns in the Rue de La Re.
publique and other streets, deco.
'ations which had been displayed
n honor of his fathers visit to
Lyons and which had not all been
'emoved this morning, was so
Igitated that he almost tainted.
CARNoTs LAST WORDS.
The weapon used by the mur-
lerer was long trianglar blade
If the stiletto pattern. Upon the
blade are engraved the words:
Record of Toledo" The sheath
II the stlletto is velvet, with red
md black stripes. President
)arnot's last word were: "Thank (
'ou, my friends, thank YOU" Re-
,arding the political situation, it
believed that Premier Casimir
'erier, now president of the
hamber of deputies, has the best
hance of succeeding the late
but the names of Will.
am Challemel Lacour, president .
4 the senate; Gavaignac, Dupuy,
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