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Show - fgja MAT Man Suicides After I Futile Attempt to Slay I in Buda Pest 1 Budapest, Hungary, Juno 7. Count ffli Tlsza, president of the lower house, S had a narrow escape from assasslna- djj tlon In tho diet this morning. He was W fired upon three times by Deputy m JuIIub Kovac6, who then shot him- Bj self, probably with fatal effect. g Count Tlsza was unscathed. j Kovacs" was one of the most mill- vj tant members of the opposition and m was among those who were ejected l from tho chamber Wednesday because II of disorderly conduct. He was sus- l pended for Bcveral sittings, but this morning when .the chamber recon- n) vencd he managed to evado the pollco ' and found his way Into the press gallery. gal-lery. Soon after tho proceedings opened 1 Kovacs moved to the front of the gal- ' lory and, shouting "There are still i opposition members of the chamber," drew a revolver and emptied three i chambers In the direction of tho pres- 3 ident Then, seemingly chagrined at his bad marksmanship, ho put two bullets Into his own body. The attack upon the count is a dl- 1 rect outcome of tho agitation which. I has been persisted In since his elec- Jl tlon aB speaker May 22. ' Tisza Is an opponent of equal sufr ! frage and on this Issue his election was contested with a bitterness that culminated in violeru In tho chamber : and bloodshed In me streets. Free fights occurred around the voting urn ' ' and finally the whole opposition party f! left the chamber and Tisza. was elect- 1 , ed by the government party. Di That same night the Socialist un- jj ion decided lo proclaim a striko of all W ' unionist workmen in Budapest with A the exception of municipal employes. S j During the next two days there wu3 "j imiph rlntlnf nnrl mnn- iwrenna wpre Hi & killed by tho soldiers and police. Tho whole affair took on a revolutionary j i character and the jgovernment was fj compelled to compromise with the So- m ctnllsts by Inducing the minors involv- Si I ed ia the strike to make certain con- S3 M cesBlons, thus appeasing the popular 9 feeling.-- flx'-- m W Tho men returned to work on May W K 25 and the demonstrations shifted jjK from the streets to thp diet. The op- J9j position by nolsj tactics prevented tho f 9k passage of legislation and the dead- 4 Si lock was unbroken until last Tuesday. i wM when President Tisza forced through 1H the government defense bills i The following day when the pro- 1 H ceodlngs agahr wero Interrupted by Sj the use of noise making devices, tho j V president called In the police, who j Hj expelled thirty members of the op- j n position. A oo I M "Louisville. Juno 7 Pitchor Jack , Rowan, purchased from tho Chicago j M Nationals, was released yesterday by w I.ouIsille, to Denver. W oo i I? W. C. Shannon has been appointed j 1 commercial agent of the Merchants J & Miners' Transportation company. .: , ! |
