NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2689, 24 July 1894, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

The striking bakers in Lisbon, to the number of 6000, were summoned by military and police on June 22nd and compelled at the point of the bayonet to resume work. Some escaped across the river and 500 Municipal Guards were sent in pursuit. A corps of Engineers went to work on June 11th, on the Canadian side of Niagara River, marking out a pit and site for a power house for a big tunnel similar to the one on the American side of the river. They have permission from the Canadian Government to operate for some time. The organisation is known as the Canadian Niagara Falls Power Company. In many details the plains are similar to those put in operation on the American Bide. Three mammoth turbines will be put in, and the arrangements will be so that these can be extended 1200 feet when necessary. The young Duke of Marlborough, says a London despatch, is about t" marry a young lady whose fortune will equal £2,000,000. She is Miss Lena Davey, whose father is chief owner of one of the richest goldmines of the world, namely, Mount Morgan in Central Queensland. He lives in magnificent style at his Grosvenor square house in London, has a well-selected gallery of fine paintings, and entertains generously. A few years ago he bought Stanmore Hall, at Bdgeware, and iu fixing it up he spent a fortune. The Marchioness of Blandford, in looking around for a wife for the young Duke, came to the conclusion that money and not a title was necessary. She brought Miss Davey and the Duke together at Blenheim Palace, and the result was a match. The Duke of Marlborough, who is know as Charles Richard John Spencer Churchill, is now twenty-three years of age, passably good-looking, frank, and courteous. He holds a commission as captain in the Yeomanry Cavalry of Oxfordshire, and has just a " wee bit " of a leaning towards the delights of the turf, which assisted his father to improvish the dukedom. M. CARNOT'S ASSASSINATION. M. Carnot died on June 24th at Lyons from a knife wound inflicted by an Italian Anarchist named Cesare Giovanni Santo. The President waß visiting Lyons in connection with the international exhibition. Upon his arrival he was tendered a reception at the Prefecture, afterj which he attended the exhibition. After, spending some time there he proceeded to the Palais de Commerce, where a banquet was given in his honour. At 9.25 o'clock at night M. Carnot started for the theatre where a gala performance was being given in honour of his presence. Several carriages were in the procession, the first one being occupied by President Carnot. The carriage was driven slowly along in front of the Palais de Commerce, then turned into the Rue de La Republique, still following the facade of the Palais. When half way down the street, which was lined with enthusiastic crowds of people who were loudly cheering, a man rushed out of the crowd and sprang upon the step of the President's landau. Just at this moment M. Carnot was waving his hands and saluting with his hat in response to the ovation. The people close to the carriage saw that the man standing on the step had a knife in his hand; by the glare of the electric lights they saw a bright blade gleaming in the air as the assassin's arm descended. Then M. Carnot was seen to fall back in his seat, his face deathly pale. One of his hands was pressed to his heart, where the steel had entered his body. M. Rivand, Prefect of Lyons, who was seated at the side of M. Carnot, immediately Btruck the assassin a blow full in the face and knocked him from the Bteps, thus preventing the man from stabbing the President again, as it was hia evident intnntion to do. Instantly cries of " The President is assassinated; kill the assassin," were heard on every side. The crowd in the vicinity of the carriage Bwelled to enormous proprtions, every member of it seemingly intent upon killing theasßassin. He was grasped by a dozen hands, and his life would then and there have paid the penalty of his crime, had it not been for several sergeants de ville, who seized him and attempted to draw him away from his captors. This was found to be impossible, as the infuriated populace were determined to lynch him. AH efforts availed nothing beyond saving the man from instant death. Blows were directed at his face. He was raised over the shoulders of the police, who had by this time received reinforcements. Many blows landed fairly. At length the police succeeded in driving the mob back a foot or so from the prisoner, but to get the captive through the crowd was a physical impossibility. In the meantime the news of the attempted murder spread with rapidity Mounted Guards were sent to aid the police, who were struggling to preserve the life of the assassin. With drawn sabres in hand the Guards rode down into the crowd, heedlees of whom the horses trampled upon. The crowd gave way before the horses. At length the centre of the mob was reached. Then a cordon was formed round the exhausted police and their prisoner. Their march to the police station then began. Even when thuß surrounded the prisoner was / not safe, for men in the crowd made frantic efforts to reach him. The Guards repelled these attacks with their swords, at the same time keeping a watch on the crowd to prevent the prisoner being shot. Never before was such wild indignation against a human being seen in the city. Physicians were summoned to the President, who was immediately conveyed to the Prefecture. A careful examination waß made of the wound. The doctors declared the condition of M. Carnot hopeless. Tho President lay unconscious. His closed vest was unbuttoned. His shirt, on which the bright rod cordon of the Legion of Honour was conspicuous, was covered on the left side just over the heart by a large blood stain which extended to his wouud, which was in the region of the liver. Internal hemorrhage set in shortly after midnight. The Archbishop of Lyons waa summoned to the bedside of the dying President tp administer to him tho last rites of the Church. Subsequently whou ho administerod the sacrament M. Carnot, was conscious aud remained conscious to tho last. Dr Ponkct leaned over tho bodside and said " Your friends avo all here, Monsieur." President Carnot replied " 1 am grateful for their presence." A miimto later he yulped for breath ; thorn was h convulsive shuddering of h;s b<J|dy Uio President qf Frauoo wijs doad. ANTI-TURF MEN DENOUNCE I.Ollh HOSEIiIiUY. Lord Itoaehory m;ido a t:oui>t;li Urn mlii r niylit, according to a London do«j>atdi ol .June 17th, but contrary to aomu expectations, did not utilise tho occasion to justify hif ownership of racohorsos. Tlioro in in truth great reason to fear that thy I'limo Muii-stor is a still-necked sinner, and that he will even be found at Ascot tins week, in company v.Hh tho Prince and Princess of Wales and other notorious o(lenders tho "nonconformist conscience." lit, has not evon attempted to quiet his couscioiico by devoting his Dorby winnings

to charitable purposes like Baron Hirsch, although a glimmer of remorse may perhaps be detected by exceptionally optimistic Puritans in the announcement that his Lordship has intimated his intention to give to the inmates of the Epsom Poorhouse a substantial dinner in celebration of the victory of Ladas. The protests of various religious bodies against the sin of gambling and horse-racing continue to swell the Prime Minister's mail, but such replies as have thus far been made by him show no sign of repentance. Dr Percival, of Rugby, preached in Westminster Abbey on June 17th, taking as his text "Am I my brother's keeper ?" In the the course of his sermon he referred to Lord Rosebery and horse racing, and said the whole world appeared to have taken Cain's words for a motto. When an English nobleman patronised the turf with its weedy growth of dishonesty and degradation simply to gratify a feeling for excitement, and did not use an effort or raise a finger to reform it, he came under the same condemnation. The outcry against Lord Rosebery's sporting proclivities, beyond a few sermon references, and an occasional gibe in obscure Tory papers, has now subsided, says a despatch of June 24th; but it will probably be revived to some extent when Ladas at the Kempton Park meeting fulfils his next engagement on the second day. After Derby day Lord Rosebery, received, over 100 expostulations, and the' number steadily incaeased until the letters reached a.total of 1500. For the week ending June 22nd between 6000 and 7000 letters were received, in nearly every one of which the Premier was accused of Various sins of omission and commission in connection with gambling. About one-third of the writers suggested that the money won by Ladas should be given to charitable objects, in which the writers were interested. In addition to letters there were a large number of tracts. Several pious wellwishera called both in Downing street and at the Premier's private residence in Berkeley square with the object of reasoning with the sporting Minister on the error of his ways. It is needless to say that they did not succeed in gaining admittance.