The Dickinson press., 1896-10-31
MORE EGGS THROWN
STUDENTS IN A CHICAGO COLLEGE
THE GUILTY ONES
They Throw Eggs at . Procession
Escorting Mr. Bryan to . Meeting
Place, but Neither the Nominee
Nor His Wife Are Hlt-The DC.
cuFrence Denounced by Mr. Han-
mn, the Republican Chairman.

Chicago, Oct. 0.-While the Demo-
cratic parade in honor of the arrival
OF Mr.. Bryan in Chicago was passing
the corner of Michigan avenue and
Monroe street several eggs were
thrown at it by young students in the
Metropolitan business college. None
of the eggs came near Mr.. Bryan or
his wife and neither of them knew of
the episode until after the parade was
over.
All sorts of stories were current
about the affair, one of them being
that Mrs. Bryan was struck with an
egg, another being that her carriage
was hit. Neither of these stories was
true, however. The first egg thrown
ut the parade came from boy stand
ing on the sidewalk in front of the
Powers building, in which the Metro
pOlitan business college is situated.
The egg was to all appearances thrown
Mt the parade generally and at no par
ticular individual, as it was not hurled
with any violence. A policeman who
witnessed the deed made u rush for
the youngster, who .darted up the
stairway into the building. A second
officer Joined the first, and as the two
ran for the doorway several more
eggs were thrown from the windows
Of the business college which occupies
the fifth floor of the building. The
Cook county marching club, which was
escOrting Mr. Bryan, received the
bombardment and several Prince AL
bert coats and glossy black tiles We're
spattered with yellow. One or two
eggs struck the sidewalk and the
crowd was decorated accordingly.
Later in the day a delegation from the
county Democracy descended upon the
college with every symptom of hostil-
ity and demanded that the students
who had done the throwing be turned
over to it. They held possession of the
college for a time and finally left
without learning who had done the
throwing.
The Occurrence Denounced.
The police had no better success, and
Mr.. Powers, the owner of the building,
who is also the president of the col
lege, said that he did not know who
had thrown the eggs, although he ad-
mitted that they came from the
students in his institution. lie was
much distressed by the occurrence and
declared If he knew who had done the
work he would have no hesitancy in
turning them over to the police. Later
in the day a reporter for a morning
Republican paper while looking up the
facts in the egg throwing was serious
ly beaten by party of men who had
taken part In the parade.
Il would be very glad to hear that
the police have arrested those who in
suited Mr.. Bryan today" said Chair
man Hanna, Of the national Republic
an committee tonight. "Whatever
may have been their motive, the act
was most disgraccful one, and de-
serves the condemnation of every
right-minded man. hope the authori-
ties will investigate the case fully and
properly punish the guilty ones. The
Republican management has no SYM
pathy with people who engage in busi-
ness of this kind"
While the crowds were dispensing
after the Bryan demonstration at the
depot the sidewalk in front of 121
Canal street gave way and nearly 100
people were precipitated into the base
ment, distance of twelve feet. Many
received slight injuries. Those most
seriously hurt We're Patrick Houston,
Michael Finan, Albert Powers and
William Nolan. all middlc-aged men.
None of them were fatally injured, but
all will be confined to their beds for
some time to come.
Mr.. Bryan made seven speeches at
as many different points in Chicago.
Before reaching Chicago he spoke to
large crowds at Lincoln, Bloomington,
Joliet and several other places.