ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT CARNOT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7012, 26 June 1894, Page 2

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT CARNOT.

KILLED AT A TRIUMPHAL MOMENT. i Paris, June 26. ' The assassin is named Giovanni Santo, and 1 is an Italian. The populace of Lyons are wrecking the Italian cafes m revenge, and it is probable i blood will be spilt. : The wound was m the region of the liver . The President lingered three hours and a quarter, and died at a quarter to ten a.m. . He had previously visited the Exhibition, and held a reception. He thence had a » triumphal progress to the theatre. High » festivities were to be held, and the streets 5 resounded with cries* of " Vive Ciirnot." ' Suddenly Santo jumped on to the top of ; the carriage under the pretence of presenting ■ a petition, and drew a dagger which was concealed by a paper package. | On receiving the fatal blow M. Carnot sank backwards, and, nttering a groan, became livid. * * The Prefect of Lyons, who was m the I carriage, knocked the assassin down. The President was removed to the Prefect's inran unconscious state, but recovered fc when the doctors probed the wound, and . exclaimed, " How you are hurting me " , The Archbishop of Lyons administered , extreme unction, and while receiving the last ritea of the Church, Carnot murmured twice " I am dying," and he said " I am very glad my friends are here," and then expired. t Santo had lived m Francs six months, but. only arrived m Lyons yesterday. He has given no explanation yet of his motive. His age is only 22. The mob nearly lynched him before the police could get him away. Upon the news reaching the theatre, the women shrieked and fainted, the men howled for vengeance, and death to the assassin, and 1 rushed madly into the street. ' All illuminations were instantly quenched. The news was not generally known for ' some time m Paris, where Madame Carnot ' and family were. 2 S lB -!!"* o£ th , e pco P le of Lyons « terrible. I . M. Dupuy, Premier, upon receiving the 1 intelligence of the fatal deed, summoned the " Presidents of the Senate and Chamber, prior ' to holding a Cabinet council. f Later.— Thereisgeneralmourning through--1 out France at the President's death. Madame Carnot with her two sons have » arrived, m Lyons where an enormous crowd assembled and extended a sympathetic greeting. J Madame remained m the death chamber ' for some time. The body was clad m evening dress with the grand cordon of the [ Legion of Honour on the breast. It will > probably lie m Btate m Paris. A mob wrecked the Italian cafe 1 from ■ which the assassin emerged. ■ r, Th . e L 9, ueen ' Prince of Wale *. and the ■ English Government wired messages of eon--1 dolence to Madame Carnot, European Boy. ereigns conveyed their sympathy, and the Emperor of Germany personally wired to 1 Madame Carnot. The Italian Embassy is guarded, | It is reported that the Scotland Yard > detectives warned the French police a fortnight ago of an Anarchist plot againßt the ' deceased. ' The new President will be eleoted at Versailles on Wednesday. Santo is supposed to be the avenger of the | Anarchist Henri, who was executed last) 1 month. i ii Lat * r '^: The pubUo and P"vate buildinms all over France are draped m black. Santo has confessed. He is an Italian from ■ Milan, where he has already been tried and J acquitted on another charge. - i mv Tv Rome, June 25 _lhe Italian Chamber of Deputies and ; Bourse was closed as a mark of sympathy t with the President's death. J^P^ny m X n, „ . London, June 25. The English newspapers deplore the Presi- . dent's death. They appear to beUeve it was i of S&SST ** "" *""* exeootion * m , _ . Melbourne, June2sv The Premier has cabled a message of condolence to Madame Carnot. -s ouiWH > _, „ Wellington, to-day. : The flags over the public building* and on the shipping are flying half-mast to-day out 1 p^ggf t0 the memory of the Frenoh [Fbom Oub Own Correspondent.] m . . . This Afternoon. TheassassinationofPresidentCarnotwillba mentioned m Parliament this afternoon. The premier will ask the House to pass a resolution of sympathy with France m the loss of its President. The following message of condolence waa . sent by the Government at the request oi , Mimsters to the French Government , through the Earl of Ripon :-» The Go- , vernment of New Zealand express its grief , and amazement at the shocking crime which , has deprived the French people of the , beloved and esteemed headof their Republic"