The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
EMPRESS MOURNED HERE.
HUTGARThNs MEET 70 LAMENT THEIR
QUEENS DEATH.

QUEENS TIL.
Boprks Cochran, in an Addresses, Says Her
Assassination Has Done More Good to
Civilization and More Harm to Anarchy
Thai Anything hat Ever Happened.
Amemorial meeting for the late Empress Of
Austria and Queen OF Hungary. Elizabeth. wa
held yesterday Afternoon In the Grand Central
Palace. II was under tho management Of the
Hungarian Literary Society, and there was .
great outpouring OF Hungarians. Fully 1880
people crowded into the hall. which was draped
from the galleries TO dome in mourning. Be-
hind the stage was q largo oil painting OF the
late Empress. on one sid OF It the flag Of Hun
gary and on the other the Stars and Stripes.
After q dirge By a Hungarian band and sew
eral selections by the Hungarian Singing
Circle. the Chairman OF the meeting, Morris
Cukor. addressed the gathering as follows:
Nothing could better characterize her late
Majesty than her oft-expressed admiration for
republican institutions, and especially for the
institutions OF this great republic and it's
people. for whom she always entertained the
highest esteem. almost amounting to affection
And It was. therefore, highly appropriate for
the President Of this great land to be among
the first in expressing the sincere sympathy
with and the heartfelt coincidence Of the Ameri-
can nation to the noble and grief-strioken
monarch.
1.-THE Hungarian nation has lost not only It's
adored Queen, but itB true friend and pro-
teotor. It IL strange that, even years before
she was crowned Queen Of tho Magyars. her
heart went out to them in unbounded love.
Where IL the Hungarian who can forget the
persistent efforts Of the Queen. In her simple.
gentle. and womanly ways. in bringing about
the treaty OF 1857. restoring to the nation its
constitutional rights. struggled for throughout
q thousand years2 Who can forget the sublime
and maGnanimous act whereby the Queen do
mated the 100000 forms presented to her by
the people upon her coronation In 1857 toward
the founding ofthe home for the veteran heroes
who fought in the revolution of 1913 and 19492
Where Is the Hungarian in whose heart the
tenderest chord Il not touched when gazing
upon the most pathetic scene in the history OF
modern Hungary-Queen Elizabeth in deep
mourning kneeling at the bier of the sage, Of
the nations dead making long and feryent
prayer for the people she loved so well2 Where
eyes viii not be dimmed by tears. whose soul
ing 1tt the grave whore a nation sObS and hu-
The next speaker was W. Bourke Cochran,
who said In part;
thanks to you for this opportunity to address Q
gathering Of Hungarians on the subject Of their
9 TaISss9 But S mot to your SR history sssTGH and Il I s esteem inH It
an ho MOI to BE asked to express ny sympathy
with you In the loss OF your murdered queen,
think am in the bounds of propriety
lence have made the world familiar with assas-
Is Esnp pointe qua at w the I heart qssE q t6 Z, 1 nobl ssS's Snd
ge.ntlest woman In the world: we all weep.
cious, so senseless to our perception, that we
cannot fathom the motive. much less the con-
sSs9uenees Of the crime; The gentle soul Of the
She chose when abroad to trust herself to, her
fellows rather than to the paid guards. and she
nasn Re,a I T fePEh1 eaTt R thSs f Tor a siaty yr year IN b aSn ior
the misery it couldn't relieve bled to death be-
fore the dagger of the assassin.
izatioa was At ans a nsHtandst sfpn Yet 81 cioser ins Spet.-
ton shows, US that anarchy is as powerless
s. before SSer this shn c S1Ealsha! TSe E fSTGnsss d fedn q u Useful Tai
death rs she had lived e useful life. We find
in a Swiss ~villaee-she a sovereign. the EN-
nation, But It was not as either that we loved
Of woma9hOod. that Americans have made
their Ideal. and WHO is enshrined In every
Hapsburg secure on the throne OF Hungary BY
her ADVISE WISE to o. her ,; impeF5 t,d hui and IN
standard Of womanhood throughout theworid.
The houghtless, say that the loss Of such a
woman r. irreRSrable, It is a sad loss. but the
has done more good for civilization and more
harm to. the sect to which the murderer be-
lonRed than anything that has ever happened.
Her sufferings were nothing compared to what
she suffered when her son lay dead at her feet.
l believe. she suffered nothing from the assas-
sins knife.
pr rThs a dpf sSs 4s.r I Il FFegg ;S dx as , IaGEs 9 the
don't believe. there 10 such a thing in existence
as a serious Anarchist organization. When We
bne tho ia p sss& va n0S te oi the Seqir nnStiS OF t 6fSil fihnatitiS;
Is moving along, although the Anarchist turks
In the bZways. He will not be in the way.
though. ] have never seen the time when he
appeared TO represent any force. By this last
crime of his what has he done but to make
stronger the monarchy he pretends to fight
"The fruits OF the Empress's example are
now being harvested. By her death the world
is not worse. but better. The Anarchist we
can dismiss. He is a relic Of barbarism. The
woman who died died a martyr. and. the blood
Of q martyr has always been a useful seed to
"The saddest spectacle of to-day is the EN-
peror. 1t Is not at the head OF his army or at
the feet OF his paupers that we recall him now.
wife;
Dlished great things for the human race. but
sorrow and, suffering. and the Empress and
Queen stands the strongest influence for peace
Anumber OF other speakers addressed the
meeting in Hungarian and English and the
services ended with the playing OF a funeral
march by the orchestra.