THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT CARNOT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2762, 3 July 1894, Page 2

THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT CARNOT.

„ ,\ FUNERAL' CEBEMONy. ' m u^paballeSd spectaolb, (PBBPRBS3 ASSOCIATION.) /PABIS, July 2. The funeral of the late President pwied off Withoat inoident. Hundreds fainted from the heat and crush. ' Theßequiem services in memory of the deceased h»ya been world* wide. ; . ■ <The crowd 1 to witness M. Carnot'fl funeral wbb prodigious, and tbe speeteole unparalleled in tbe history of France. Among those present were': M.Sp*flimir. Ferier, the Diplomatists, speoial delegates ofßoy«Uies, members of the Senate and Chamber, officers of army and n»vy, civil servants, and all classes of community. Tbe anguish ol deceased'^;" children affected the crowd to tears. ' ; In the Bue Bivbli some sensation vru caused - when the front crowd ! saddtnly ( stopped owing, to, frsotioasness of some horses. Those who were not acquainted with the sudden stoppage at once raised cries of "Bombs!*- and a panic enraeft, "stands were overturned and ladies trampled on. Tbe cortege having baited appeared to confirm the report of an outrage, and increased the terror of tbe immense crowd. The Archbishop met the body at Nitre Dame, and ! the air resounded with the' noise of trumpets and the beating of drums. MM. Dupuy and Lacour received tax ovation 1 on arrival at the Pantheon;* The wreaths filled four rooms, and that forwarded by tbe Czar required ten men to carry it. During the procession several spectators fell from roofs on to the beads of tbe crowd below. ' ;'; ' ''. rjTl President Carnot was buried. between tbe remains of Victor Hugo and General Rousseau. ' ' ■ - ' BEBEIN,*;JuIy2. In order to commemorate the memory of President Carnot, the Emperor has pardoned two French officers irreated in Kiel and sentenced as spies. ' « -