Evening journal., 1896-10-28
BOMBARDED WITH EGGS
Flagrant Discourtesy to Mr..
Bryan by College Students.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN CHICAGO.

corner or Michigan avenue ana Mohroe I
street several eggs were thrown at u by /
young students in the Metropolitan Busl-
ness college. Mono of the eggs came near
Mr.. Bryan or his wife, and Mother OF them
knew OF tho episode until after the parade /
was over. All sorts Of stories were cur
rent about the affair one of them being
that Mrs Bryan was struck with an egg,
another that her carriage was hit. Neither
of these stories was true, however
The first ogg thrown at the parade came
from q boy standing ON the sidewalk IN
front of the Powers building in which the
Metropolitan Business college is situated.
The egg was, Go all appearances, thrown
at the parade generally and at no partiou-
lar individual as it was not hurled with
any violence. A policeman who witnessed
the act made rush for the youngste., who
darted up the stairway into the bnilding.
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 hombardment, and
several prince albert coats and glossy
black ties were spattered with yellow.
One OF two eggs struck the sidewalk, and
the crowd was decorated accordingly.
Arrests Demanded.
Later a delegation from the Cook county
Democracy descended on the college with
every symptom Of hostility and demanded
that the students who had done the
throwing be turned over to it. They hold
possession Of tho college for time and
finally left Without learning who the mis-
creants ware Tho police had no better
success, and Mr.. Powers, the owner Of ths
building, who is also the president Of the
college, said that he did not know who
had thrown the eggs, although he admit
ted that they came from students in his
institution He 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 po-
lice Later a reporter for a morning Re-
publican paper, while looking up, the facts
in the case. was severely beaten by party
OF men who had taken part in the parade.
Mr. Powers has offered a reward Of $500
for the apprehension of the person or per-
sons who threw the eggs. Chief Of Police
Badenoch has put a dozen detectives on
the case and says he will exhaust every
effort to find the egg throwers.
Mr.. Bryan arrived in Chicago over the
Alton road and was met at the depot by
large and enthusiastic crowd of admirers.
The crush to see him was so great in the
narrow space of the first floor of the Alton
depot that the police had a diEieult task
to prevent people from boing injured. The
Cook County Democratic Marching club
and several silver clubs, with large
number of bands and drum corps, were
sBoh as n6 p5sssqodrs Ee1al .stEeatA -alJ4 aa
up for Battery ID on Michigan avenue A
short parade through the down town
streets preceded the arrival at the battery.
Entering the city from Brighton park,
where Mrs. Bryan appeared on the plat
form and distributed flowers. there were
crowds at every street crossing until the
Union depot was reached.
Several People Injured.
While the crowds were disbersing aftor
the Bryan demonstration at the depot thu
sidewalk In front Of 1s1 Canal street gave
way, and nearly 100 people were precipi-
tated into the basement distance OF l2
feet. Many received slight injuries The
most seriously injured were Patrick Hous-
ton, Michael Finan, Albert Powers and
William Nolan, all middle aged men,
None of them was fatally injured, but all
will be confined TO their beds for some
time to some.
Mr. Bryan's first address was at Battery
ID, following which half dozen shorter
speeches were made at various places, be-
ing greeted by large and enthusiastic au-
dienoes. The star meeting, however, was
at Tattersalls, a huge structure which
was a rival of the Coliseum for tho
Democratic national convention. The
vast audience, numbering far up in the
thousands, cheered Mr.. Bryan for Eve
minutes. He was presented with two
frfh ~.
Ward Hebrew Democratic club, bearing
the inscription in flowers, "No crown of
thorns; no GROSS Of gold" and another
from the .Iourneymen Horseshoers' asso-
citation in the shape Of a huge horseshoe,
with the inscription, "Good Luck"
Vice President Stevenson Speaks.
Preceding Mr. Bryan, Vico President
Stevenson made quito lengthy address
He said he brought advioes Of good cheer
from central and southern Illinois. The
Democrats were in line and marching to
certain victory. He declared the question
at issue in this election was whether or
not to adopt the Republican idea Of wait
ing the conseDt OF England for the restora-
tion of bimetallism.
Mr.. Bryan address dealt chiefly with
what he termed the grotesqueness and the
absurdity of the gigantic government
bond operations following the crusade Of
the gold standard advocates against the
sherman law, when he said America
furnished millions Of gold to pay bonds
that she sold to get gold. He was partiou-
larly severe on the Rothschild- Morgan
bond contract and declared there was
nothing in his congressional life TO which
he looked back with more pride than bis
part In writing the minority report against
That contract Agreement that the syndi-
Gates were to protect the treasury simply
meant that they were to let us alone. The
speaker believed that this nation ought
not to humiliate itself by hiring people to
let 1t alone. He said the banks choose the
oeln In which they pay their creditors and
the nation has equally the right to pro
teot itself the same way When Secretary
carlisle declares it is tho duty Of the treas.
ury TO redeem silver dollars in gold, what
use Is 1t to retire greenbacks and treasury
notes by an issue Of bonds If they could
commence an endless chain by presenting
silver dollars for redemptiong
Mr.. bryan and Mr.. Stevenson were
given an ovation long to be remembered