PRESIDENT CARNOT'S DEATH.

Otago Witness, Issue 2106, 5 July 1894, Page 16

PRESIDENT CARNOT'S DEATH.

Press Association— By Telegraph— Copyright. Paris, June 26.

The body of President Carnot reached the city at 3 o'clock this morning, and is lyiug iv the reception room afc the Elysee Palace.

The mob attacked the Italian residents in Marseilles, and the police had to be ordered out to quell the disturbance.

M-iny French employers are dismissing Italian workmen.

Santo, the assassin, i 3 a journeyman baker.

Incendiary fires have been renewed at Lyons. Three of the mob were burnt to death while setting fire to one house

Thousands of people are goiDg to look at the Pres-ideot's body, which ia lying in state at the Elyr ee. Tbe funeral will take place on Sunday at tbe Pantheon. A period of official mourning will bo observed in France for one month.

Santo, in reply to the inveatigating magistrate, asserted that he acted upon his own initiative, balievicg the deed would advance the cause of Anarchy.

The President's coachman died from the effects of the shock while viewing the coffin.

Jane 27. Six hundred rioters have been arrested at Lyon3. The police are closing all houses and streets in the disturbed quarters of the city. Many meetings in Italy passed resolutions of sympathy with France.

Aq unfounded report that the French Ambassador at Rom 1 * had baan murdered caused disorder on the Paris boulevards. Trie excitement was only allayed by the rxhibition of banners upon the public offic-s denying the rumour. The police seized the issue of La Cocarde which published a paragraph asserting that the canard had been confirmed.

The police had- been warned that the Anarchists, abandoning the ueo of dynamite, had ri solve 1 to uae the knife and revolver against the statesmen of Earope — Orispi first and Carnot next. The Italian Ambassador nolifiod the police tbat Santo had arrived in France, and advised them to watch him as dangerous. Two sisters of chanty and two pupils of the Polytechnic Institute guar J the coffin. The Anarchists stttempted to dynamite a bridge at Mont Luoon. The King of Siain has sent a message of condolence to t he Govei nment. At the trial billot of Republican Senators M. Casimir-Perier received 111 votes for the Presidency, Dupuy 15, and Brisson 6. A similar rneeticg of Damocratic Senators terminated in gross disorder, amid cries of " Vive, Perier ! " Two members resorted to blows. Santo before the magistrate boasted of his deed and repeated the murder in dumb show. He complained of rough usage by the mob. Thirty Anarchists have been arrested in Paris for justifying the crime. Two thousand rioters have been arrested in Lyons. The Empress Eugenic sent a message of condolence to Madame Carnot. Thousands of Italians are leaving France. June 28. Santo will be tried on July 23 for the assassination of President Carnot. M. Caeimir-Perier has been elected President, receiving 451 votes out of 833 cast.

Santo states that he had long watched for a chance to assassinate the President.

It is believed he belongsto a gang of international assassins. ; The Emperor of Germany has delegated a Minister to attend the funeral of the late President Carnot. The Centre, Moderate Left, and Left cheered M. Peiier wildly when bis election was announced. The Labour members and Socialists shouted "Vive Socialism and Revolution 1 Ab ilish dictatorship 1" M Brisson obtained 195 votes ; M. Dupuy, 97 ; M. Ferry, 59 ; and M. Argo, 27. M. Perier'e election is generally popular. He aska M. Dapuy to retain office until Carnot's funeral has taken place, then M. Burdeau will form a new Cabinet. It was the entreaties of his mother that induced M. Perier to stand. It is alleged tbat President Carnot's assassination was planned in London on February 5, the day on which the Anarchist Vaillant, the perpetrator of the bomb outrage in the Chamber of Deputies, on December 9, was executed.

Le Temps announces that it has in its possession a copy of a secret manifesto indicating the assassination of Carnot. The Powers generally approve of M. Perier's election.

June 29. Carnot intended to retire from public life at the end of his term.

The coffin proved to be too narrow and burst, to the dismay of the watchers, who for a moment f< arcd a further outrage would be committed. Forty thousand pounds' worth of wreaths have been purchased by the public. The Queen of England sends a wreath. The flight of Italians from France continues. Three Anarcuitts attacked a eentinel guarding a magaz'ne at Montpellier, but were repulsed. Labovre confesses tbat Saato was dining with him on Saturday, and confided to him his intention to kill M. Cirnot. June 30. Two men named Graicerand Laborie have been arrested at Montpellier on suspicion of being accompl cas of Santo to murder President Carnot. Gainer disembowelled himself, arid is reported to be dyirg. The Marseilles police have discovered that the conspiracy to murder Fiesidcnt Carnot was arranged iv Cctte, where Santo was selected as murderer. July 1. Kicdirg it impossible to govern without the partial support of the Radicals, the new President has been compelled to retain M. Dupuy as Premier. M. Bnrdeau, who was to undertake the formation of a Cabinet on tbe latter resigning, will probably be consoled by election to the presidency of the Chamber of Depntie 5 .

The clergy will not enter tl c Pantheon, owing to its bcirg ajccilar edifice, and tin religious portion of the funeral ceremony will

be confined to Notre Dame. The cathedral will be draped with black. The Chamber of Deputies voted LSOOO for tbe expenses of the funeral. Tbe Queen, addressing Madame Carnot, says that she is unable to refrain from writing, though personally unknown to her. Words cannot express how her widow's heart bleeds with dismay and horror at the news of the President's death. Crowds bpgan to assemble last night along the lou'e which M. Carnot's funeral proceßßion is expected to take. All the roads leading to the Elysee and Notre Dame were packed by 3 o'clock this morning. At tbe funeral of the late President hundreds fainted from tbe heat and crush. The requiem pervices in memory of the deceased have been world-wide. July 2. The crowd to witness the late President Caruot's funeral was prodigious, aud the spectacle unparalleled in the history of France. Atcong tbo c e p*e3ent were M. Casmir - Perier, diplomatists and special delegates of royalties, members of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, officers of the army and navy, civil servants, and all classes of the community. The anguish of deceased's children affected the crowd to tears. Madame Carnot was absent. In the Rue Rivoli there was some sensation when the front of the crowd suddenly recoiled, owing to tbe fractiousness of some horses. Those who were not acquainted with the sudden stoppage at once raised cries of bombs, and a panic ensued. Stands were overturned and ladies trampled on. The cortege having halted appeared to confirm the report of an outrage, and increased the terror of the immense crowd. The Archbishop met the body at Notre Dame, and the air resounded with the noise of trumpets and the beating of drums. MM. Dupuy and Challemel - Lacour received an ovation. On arrival at the Pantheon the remains of President Carnot were buried between those of Victor Hugo and Rousseau. The wreaths filled four rooms, and tbat forwarded by the Czar required 10 men to carry. Daring the procession several spectators fell from the roofs on to the heads of the crowd below. Nearly two million people witnessed tie funeral procession, which was an hour and a-quarter in passing the Rue Rivoli. The Figaro says that the entire nation will be touched at the graceful and generous ac'ion of the German Kaiser in releasing the two French officers. July 3. M. Casimir-Perier has forwarded a message of thanks to the German Emperor for releasing the two French officers. M. Dupuy, the Premier, retains his colleagues. London, June 27. Both the House of Lords and the House of Commons have voted addresses of sympathy. Lords Rosebery and Salisbury, Sir W. V. Harcourt, and Mr Balfour paid eloqnent tributes to Carnot and the French nation. The Premier termed the Anarchists Ishmaelites. Referring to the long peace between England and France he said he thought a little coolness and self-restraint in language, with more recollection of what was due to others on the part of leaders of States, would improve all foreign relations. He hoped President Carnot's death would abate the strenuousness of international complications. Tbe coffin of the late President is swathed in the national flag. The public are being admitted to view the body to-day. In the House of Lords the Premier said President Carnot was a pure and blameless patriot. Lord Salisbury said he believed the world had reached a period of political passion similar to that at the close of the sixteenth century. The Prince of Wales, addressing a meeting, expressed sympathy with the French nation at the loss of their President. In the House of Lords the Premier gave notice of a similar motion of condolence to that moved in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. June 28. M. P< rier, after his election, was movtd to tears. In bis address returning thanks be said he would give the Democracy all the devotion of his heart. Tbe general feeling in Berlin is one of gratification at M. Perier's election. I June 30. ! The Prince of Wales, Duke of Cjnnaught, Duke of Coburg, Lord Rosebery, and Lord Salisbury will be present at the funeral service in London to-morrow in connection with President Carnot's death. Acting on the advice of their respective ambassadors no member of reigning families will be present at the funeral of the late President Carnot in Paris. The Queen ha* sent a most touching autograph letter to Madame (Janiot. Lisbon, June 26. Anarchist placards have been affixed in this city claiming that Ravachol, Vaillant, and Henri have been avenged, and tbat Santo merely dispensed retributive justice. Six arrests have been effecned. Berlin, July 2. In order to commemorate the memory of President Carnot the Emperor has pardoned the two French officers arrested in Kiel and sentenced as spiep. Sydney, June 27. Messages of condolence bave been despatched from the various colonies to the French Government. The flags at the various Government offices have been lowered to half-mast. Last week 4171 tons of coal and 218,600 ft of timber were exported from Greymouth. At Oamaru on Friday last Mr David Scott, of Wharekuri, was fined £13 4s (including costs), for failing to keep a drive in his coal mine in a safe condition, and for failing to keep a supply of timber repairs, as stipulated under rule $ of the mining regulations. The action was brought by the Inspector of Mineß. A heavy slip occurred on tbe Manawatu Railway Company' 3 line near Khandallah on Saturday, about three miles from town. The 5.30 train from town got through all right, but the one to reach Wellington about 7 30 p.m. ran into it. The engine was embedded in the soil | for some distance, and two trucks were dferailed. The mails and passengers were transferred to another traiD, and reached town safely. The l line was covered for a distance of two chains.