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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1894
Page
6
The report details Carnot's assassination and the immediate scramble to identify a successor. It notes the assassin Cezare Giovanni Santo and the French ambassador's reactions, with speculation on interim governance and potential leaders Casimir-Perier and Constans.
The brief life of Sadi Carnot outlines his Limoges birth on August 11 1837 education at Polytechnique and Ecole des Ponts his career as engineer and prefect during the Republic era and his rise as a trusted compromise candidate for president. He and his wife Mme Carnot are portrayed as a genteel power couple guiding France through crises.
A compact history of France's leaders since 1871. Thiers directed indemnity payments after the Franco Prussian War, MacMahon failed to restore monarchy hopes, Grevy faced a scandal through his son in law, and Carnot rose amid public agitation to calm governance.
M. Challemel Lacour, president of the Senate and possible future French president, rose from editor of Republique Francaise to ambassador in Berne and London, then foreign minister in Ferry's cabinet. His career mixes politics with journalism and he reappeared after a less eventful period.
Paris faces a rising anarchist threat said to number up to 30,000 globally with Paris as a key hub. Louise Michel, the red nun, wields influence in Montmartre and Blignancourt, while 22 New York papers advocate the social revolution amid similar cells and strongholds.
On December 9 1893 August Vaillant threw a bomb in the Paris Chamber injuring over eighty including thirty deputies. He aimed at M Dupuy but missed. He was arrested and later guillotined February 4 amid mass guard and little public demonstration as anarchist activity surged.
The news of President Carnot murder reached Washington just before 6 pm as France and the United States share horror. President Cleveland expressed sympathy and assured action through proper channels. M Patenotre, French ambassador, learned of Carnot’s death from a reporter.
Paris dispatch reports Premier Dupuy and President of the Senate Challamel-Lacour will direct republic affairs until a president is elected next Wednesday. Dupuy, born 1851 at Puy, is described as a pragmatic Progressive Republican with a strong build and noted opposition to the priesthood, including Jesuits.
Paris reports raise possibilities for successor to Carnot as France braces for leadership. Constans once led the anti Boulangist cause but waned after Carnot's internal friction. Casimir-Perier gained favor as Chamber president and premier, appealing with a firm stance against bomb threats. Other outsiders are noted.
Once chamber president Brisson was regarded as a strong possibility for the republic’s presidency but is now viewed as probably without chance for advancement.
A fragment reflects the persistent unpredictability shaping French politics, noting how factions, alliances, and public opinion continually shift, leaving government and observers wary of decisive outcomes.
The Standard reports Paris authorities tried to keep the Paris Lyons murder secret. Elysee Palace officials withheld information and phone lines to Lyons were cut. The news caused political alarm while a workman’s book shows the victim was born in Montevesconti. After Dr Guilleton’s exam an operation was deemed necessary and the President recovered consciousness shouting I am hurting.
A description noting a whiskey of high quality improved by age and widely known, marketed as standard for home and medicinal use and sold by all dealers.
The piece names Peukert as leader of the autonomists and notes the cult of anarchy thrives in Chicago Paris and Barcelona with about 6000 in the area. It reports police raids three days before the Pallas attempt on a wine shop and mentions the editor Torrida of the Productor and a Chicago Anarchist signing as Menier.
In Magdeburg an aged Carnot grave marks a lineage from Lazare Carnot the organizer of victory to Lazare Hippolyte Carnot and Sadi Carnot. The text traces their roles from engineers and ministers to politicians, noting exile, political shifts, and ultimate rise in republican leadership.
Bridget asks why the couple call the wedding tin and Patrick explains they have been married tin years in a light Arkansas Traveler exchange.
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