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died ut Turin, Italy, few nights ago. His
temperature was above 1O2 degrees. At Sp.
m. his physicians announced that he
was barely alive. His son, sisters
and other relatives were present when
he died. He passed away holding
the hand OF the Hungarian Deputy Karoly.
The agony OF his last hours was extremely
narrowing. It was decided that the body of
Kossuth be inferred In Genoa, near that Of
his daughter. Edmond de Amicis. the
Italian author, was invited to deliver
funeral Grafton In the name OF Italy.
Louis Kossuth, once Governor Of Hungary,
was born in Monak, Hungary, on Apri! AZ,
1902, of a noble Croatian family. His tendency
to opposition to Austria may we'll have been
hereditary, for between 1927 and 1715 seven
teen members of this family were prose-
cuted by the Austrian Government for
high treason. This instinct was fostered
by his course In the college OF Patak, an
institution where traditions were all
anti-Austrian. Shortly after his gradua.
tion he became an assessor for the county
of Zemplien and spoke in its Assembly.
He was at that time lawyer. His political
influence among the people grew rapidly,
and at the age of thirty years he was sent
to the Diet at Presburg as an alternate for
an absent member, but when he endeavored
to speak he was set upon by the party In
power.
For seven yenrs bis unceaslng efforts were
for the establishment OF Hungarian indepen-
dence. As member of the Diet he proposed
the address to the Emperor Ferdinand ask
ing that Hungary be restored to tndepen-
dence, and when this was done Kossuth be-
came Governor Of Hungary.
But the bloody war Of the preservation OF
independence was close behind. Kossuth
zo,,, L. ,o,,{oo nd nrapnrad q hpat ha n0uld
Against combined armies from without and
treachery from within Hungary fought her
brave but hopeless fight, and lost. The ex-
Governor fled to Turkey, where he was Inn
prisoned. Austria demanded his extradition,
but the Porte, strengthened by the support
of the United States and England, refused.
These two nations demanded that Kossuth
be released, and the United States sent the
war ship Mississippi to bring him to this
country as the nations guest.
His request to be allowed to pass through
France was denied by Louis Napoleon, to tho
great indignation Of the French people. In
England he was enthusiastically received,
and on December s, 1851, he landed In
this country, where he was received
with such enthusiasm as has never be-
fore nor since been accorded to any
foreigner save Lafayette. His course
through the country was q succession OF
triumphs. While In prison he had learned
English by the old Of o lexicon and an edi-
ton OF Shakespeare, and he spoke In many
ofthe large cities Of this country, always to
tremendous audiences. Those who heard
him pronounced him the greatest orator IN
the world.
At Washington, at public banquet given
TO Kossuth, Senator King presided, with the
great Hunga and the Speaker OF the
House at his right hand and Daniel Webster
at his left.
Kossuth returned to Europe In 1852, and
for years lectured in the hope Of winning
other nations to help In the fight for Hun
garian independence. His last great effort
was to get the Hungarians to repudiate the
Deak compromise with Austria. Failing In
this he settled down to life Of exile IN
Turin. For some time this advertisement
appeared in the Turin Courier:
"Lessons In German, English and Hun
garian given at moderate rates BY L. Kossuth,
164 Strada Nuova."
Thus he supported himself, declining o
gift OF $4,000 forins offered to him by
Hungarian admirers. After the pub
fishing of his memoirs he lived In COM
parative comfort from the proceeds OF the
sale Of the book, his sister, Louise Kossnth
Ruttkay, keeping house for him. In
1892 the city OF Budapest presented him with
the freedom OF the city. and he was the
recipient OF hundreds OF testimonials OF bis
c6adEiFynshs ad6ffati6h. Nevertheless he
considered that ne had lived his life In vain,
not seeing that Hungary, practically free to-
day, owes her liberty In great measure to
bis light in past years. .szStsaass3
Kossuth was married when about thirty
five years old and had three children, two
sons and daughter. His wife and daugh-
ter are dead his sons survive him.
Kossuth had three nephews in the Union
arny at the time Of the Civil War: Colonel
Zulyaysky, Colonel Ruttkay, and Major
Albert Ruttsky. Mrs. Albert Ruttsky and her
SON, Louis Kossuth Ruttsky, namesake OF
his great uncle, live ct 34S Grand avenue,
Brooklyn.