The record-union., 1894-03-21
HIS END EXTREMELY PAINFUL
CONSCIOUS TO THE LAST.
The Report That the Insurgents
Gained a Victory at Itavare. Brazil.
and That Three Thousand Govern
ment Troops Had Surrendered, or
Been Taken Prisoners, Denied by
snecial 10 the REcoRD-UxIov.


end was extremely painful. He showed
signs OF consciousness to the last. He
expired in the arms of his son and died
pressing the hand of Hungarian Deputy
Karolyi.5 The members of his family
and a few of his intimate friends stood
around the bedside of the expiring pa
triot.
Nothing has yet been settled i'll regard
TO the details of the funeral. The munic-
ipal authorities OF this city have offered
the family to allow the remains to be
buried in the Pantheon here.
[Lajos, otherwise Louis Kossuth, was
a hungarian patriot. Born at Monok,
April y, 1902. His family was Lutheran
and noble. His father was lawyer.
LaJos had a liberal education and was
graduated at several institutions and
made a speciality of law and philosophical
courses. He early entertained strong
opposition to the rule of Austria and be-
came Magyar student and devotee OF
freedom for his race. He spoke several
languages with fiuency and was pro-
found student of history, all which we'll
equipped him as a leader On leaving
college he became an Assessor in his
county Assembly and took prominence
as a liberal and won popularity with the
as proxy of a magnate where he could
speak but not vote. The debates of this
body became famous and critical for the
nation, and following the Polish tragedy
closely attracted attention, though the
printing Of them was restricted, and the
kossuth party resorted to the extremity
of d written newspaper made by many
coDyists under the dictation of KoSsuth.
The Government stopped the publica-
ton. koSsuth resisted and threw him.
self under the protection Of the county of
Pesth The Government ordered PeSth
10 refuse protection. 1t declined to
obey. Other counties came to its aid
declaring censorship unconstitutional. In
consequence May =. 1887, Kossuth was
seized, tried for treason and condemned
TO four years of imprisonment Intense
agitation followed. The Liberals made
great gains in the elections. and bearded
The Government party in its demand for
money levies and army forces. Political
clouds gathering in Europe, the Vienna
Government yielded, and kossuth was
liberated amid acclalnations of Joy among
his cOuntrymen. Government opposition
st once made great gains, and kossuth,
under patronage OF Landerer, the famous
publisher of Pesth, III lS40 became editor
OF the peStt RfrJdp tthe PeSth ,Jou77ldD.
The first number appeared January l,
1871, with less than 100 subscribers, but
the number speedily swelled to thou
sands. National. moral and material re-
generation was its crv. kossuth was at
once denounced as dangerous and dem
agOgue and pamphlets for and against
HIM appeared. Young Hungary rallied
about him; his paper became the bugle
call for patriots, but powerful influences
removed Kossuth from his editorship in
1914. He could get no license to publish,
and resorted to printing his views in an
industrial weekly. kOSsuth now formed
a Protective Union, which soon num-
bered hundreds OF thousands of men,
bers, fighting the Government tariff and
general policy of suppression. In lS47
Pesth elected kOSsuth TO the Diet, where
he became a leader ,in the lower House.
In 1918 he made his celebrated speech de-
lnanding that Austria restore to Hungary
her ancient honors and independence as
State. The lower House agreed, but the
upper wavered. But Vienna fell in with
the fever of the time, and KosSuth en-
tered the city as liberator to present his
address and demand to the crown, and as
a result the formation of a hungarian
Ministry was ordered with Kossuth as
Minister of Finance. Reform now went
rapidly forward, and the National AS
seinbly of Hungary was formed to meet
at Pesth. kossuth devoted all his time
and energy to building up a State system,
creating a treasury, erecting an army, and
preparing in all directions for the struggle
he foresaw about to take place. but striv-
ing TO have il peaceful one. In South
Hungary a domestic war had already
broken out between the old enemies, the
Rascians and the Magyars, resulting in
snch spread of the reactionary spirit
that soon a revolution was on, and armies
marching from several quarters to sub
dine Hungary. The great powers aided
the scheme, and it became life and death
struggle Hungary, however, declared
its independence and made kossuth its
Governor, but III 1S49 he resigned in favor
of Gorgey, who two days later surren-
dered to Russian arms. kossuth
fled to Turkey. but with his fol-
lowers was taken and kept prisoner
in several places. Two years he passed
as a prisoner in Asia Minor. His eXtradi-
tion being demanded be became a con-
vert to Mohain and claimed
the protection fthe Porte which had the
encouragement of France and England.
He was finally allowed TO flee TO the
United States with his wife and children,
who had escaped from Hungary. The
United States Government sent the war
ship Mississippi to convey him to these
shores the Senate passing resolution
declaring him the Nations guest. In
route he was the object of constant dem
onstration at various ports, notably at
Southampton. While in Asia Minor he
had diligently studied military science
and several more languages he added to
his accomplishments. so that he was
familiar with German, French and Eng
lish when he landed in the United States,
December D, 1851. He was received with
enthusiasm, and kosSuIh became the
fashion Of the day in all circles. his style
of hat, coat and other garments being
worn largely by the people, rich and poor
alike. he appealed to America and Eng
land to interfere in behalf of hungary,
but the coup d'etat of Napoleon coming
lust then, chilled the hope he entertained,
though all the people sympathlZed with
him deeply. He was received at WASH
ington as no other foreigner had been
since the reception of Lafayette, and in
all parts of the land he was hailed as a
natrjot and hero. In July, 1882, he re-
turned to Europe. He essayed a revolu-
fionary movement for Hungary, ana it
received support in England and this
country, but ended with the execution of
anu1nber of his friends in his old home.
He now devoted himself TO newspaper
work in England and to tolecturlng, and in
1858 the enmity of Italy and France to
Austria led him to prepare for another
rising in Hungary. for which purpose he
went to Paris and then to Italy. But the
peace of ViIlafranca dashed his hopes and
destroyed his preparations, and he re-
turned to England bitterly disappointed,
and his 'iegion,v - formed in SARDINIA, dis
solved. In 1862 be removed to Turin,
where be has so long resided. lie tried
once more to rouse Hungary to action IN
Is66 mt failed. His later years have