New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-02
KOSSUTU BCRIEDIN BUDAPEST
ENORMOUS CROWDS FROM ALL OVER
HUNGARY ATTEND THE FUNERAL
SEVERAL CREATIONS PRONOUNCED OYER THE
PATRIOTS BODY THE FUNERAL Process
sIoN FIVE MILES LONG GRIEF OF
THE THRONES At THE GRAVE
ANY TINE.

ANY TINE.
Budapest. April Louis Kossuh was buried
here to-day Enormous crowds had gathered
from all parts OF Hungary 10 attend the funeral
The streets were flled almost from wall 70 wall
until sunset The police and military had pre-
nared for disorder and even riot but nothing
happened to disturb the solemnity OF the day'
The whole city mourned in oppressive silence.
The streets leading TO the National Museum
where Kossuth's body lay in state, were packed
with people before o'clock. At 10 the ProteS-
tant bishop and forty-two priests entered the
temporary chapel. where eX-Premier Tlsza' the
Hungarian delegates and Deputies and twenty
five magnates awaited the opening OF the ser
vice The religious ceremony was short There
WAS pause and then Maurice Joka the author.
,os, IA rrouounce the funeral Grafton in behalf
Of the Hungarian Deputies He reviewed DrleuS
but eoquently the most familiar hciueh(s III 'v
life Of the dead patriot BursoulaS'cii no,tr,y
cnol. ~ Kossuth's great services to his country
ami predicted that his tomb Woulu oecoiie INC
Mecca Of all loyal Ilungarians 49,.
While the coffin was being removed 20 'No
funeral car the throng outside sang M ItNo-
lutionorv air "SZoZat" More than oOOpoJ per
sons from all parts Of the Kingdom had ghlu s'
I'm the neighborhood Of the Museum, anu NV S'',5
was echoed and re-echoed down the streets 10
noints half A mile from the spot where the pro-
cossion was forming. ,,,,,,.,
Tho head Of the procession left the Museum
ot II o'clock The Honveds Of lS4S LED me me;
,a,r-iny with them their old standards ana
nags Behind them walked 1000 women dresser
I'm black Then came twenty canopied cars ti'e
clergy. Kossuth's cons on Io2., Rr,ia, dol
with women related 10 the family pepuu,'' ue,
cyates committees. societies. peasants ana 'hel'
wives and hundreds % little children III inou' ~,
ing The procession was almost as broad as
the roadways and was Ave miles long. be'"een
Il 900 and l. 900 volunteers guarded the route ana
prevented the crowds from packing the streets
through which the body was borne 10 the cent?
terry The Ionvels entered the cemetery az
. 20 o'clock As the body passed through the
gate a students chorus began singing a hymn.
Kossuth was buried between Deak and Batthy-
any. two Hungarian patriots ol ms ''l,lr a,,r
political tendency. There were several orations
a. the grave " Justh leader Of the Inde-
pcndencc party. declared that Kossuth's spirit
would forever encourage Hungarians to COMBAT
After the coffin had been lowered into the vault
the peasants crowded up knelt and kissed the
hands and clothes II Kossuth's sors Thou-
sands wcpt az the last words were spoken over
the coffin Eot y sign Of disorder was eNloent
from the beginning to the end II the funerai
services.
The most remarkable feature ~ the crowds
herr to-day VS. he enormous numbe- II peas
ants More than 100000 ~ them came 20 the
city t. march In ;he procession or merely see
H. Most Of them wee without money for lodg-
ingS on Friday and Saturday nights fully
90 900 peasants N" police say. were walking the
streets their handles On their backs and their
banners IN thrlr hands.
The kossutI h' G.u preceded the Lutheran ser
vice At the funr~ll Maurice J)kai sketched
Kosyuihs H.. ard closed his Grafton by praising
the reconciliation effected between the Crown
and the Nation The k0ssu,h Deputy Her
mann. cried ont. Tive reconciliation failed"
Kossuth's s0rt Fran,is. who ~ ifty-two years
old. and Louis wha fr younger. resemble Italians
rather than Ilunrdfinns. Kossuths sister was
absent ON acc0uu. ~ illness The leaders ~ al
parties in The L1Nyr House were alongside the
coffin. holding the Gibbons " the pail Twenty
yan-lJlds ~ "r'1fhs were I'm the procession.
Tomorrow K1e-ItA's sons viii begin distributing
leaves as mcntlf..r among the provincial dri-
egttcs and admirers ~ their father. This will
last over wccl. Francis KOssuth VII So X
to keep up thu s'-c1lcd Kossuth question. and
10 stand IN the shoes ~ hts father II Is be-
lieved that ne has the requisite ability and that
II h" acts prudenuy ana moderately he will have
d brilliant career