Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-03
Situation So Serious at Prague
That Shops Are Closed and
Traffic Stopped.
Trccps Kept Busy Dispensing
Mobs and Attempting to
Save Property.
Number CT People Killed and
Injured by the Militia
at ZiszhCCW.

PRAGUE, Dec 2.-There were fresh
disturbances here during the day. The
houses of Germans We're bombarded
with stones, and bowling mob, which
gathered on Wenzcl platz, had to DO
dispersed by infantry and cavalry. The
university buildings are threatened by
the rioters and have to be protected by
large bodies Of police. During the
afternoon the riots increased. The
synagogue windows were smashed ana
also the windows OF the houses OF Jews
displaying German trade signs In sew
era. streets in tie Jew .sh quarter.
Since O'Clock the streets have been
held by - Iat;al ons OF in1antry and a
squadron Of Hussars All traffic Is
suspended and The shops and business
houses are Closed.
II. ut the Troops Eusy.
IL spite OF the military a large Czech
MOB made a descent during the even
ing upon tho German quarter ana
plundered houses and shops III several
streets. The furniture Of well known
German cate was piled up i'll the street
and set on fire. When detachment Of
troo ps approached to dispcrso the riot
ers tho soldiers were greeted with
showers OF stones, broken glass and
other missiles. The officer i'll conf
mand ordered his r'oi,S to prepare to
fire but AT the urgent request OF po-
lice official the order was not carried
into effect.
Shultly after . o'clock Il mob at
TEMPTED to storm u cartridge factory at
ZiszacuW, q suburb OF Prague. The
troops stationed at the factory poured
vollcy into the crowd. 1t Is known
that at least
Two ers"ns Were Killed Outright
ard it IS feared that others were killed
or wounded. The s;luc body OF rioters
set fire tu;i housc u, Zi$chcow, but the
flames were soon uuenched. LII various
other part, OF the city and the suburbs
windows were sE;asneu ana German
signLu;rus dtnul. shed. 1t Is SAID that
the moo was melted by articles III the
OK ch ncws,apcrs and by IL false report
tina, The L,c.lnln Students had orsan-
iZcG an attack upon the Czech national
theatre.
At Il late hour threatening crowds
ma,e repeated rushcs and attempts to
storm the German newspaper offices,
but by II o'clock The town was quiet
and the troops had been withdrawn OK.
cvpJ patrols at threatened points.
Everything Anti-Ger'nan.
Two special sufferers from the riots
are Eur,n Won Aehrenthal, q repro
sentative of the German land owners in
the relchsrath, and Count Won Salm
Baron Won Aehrenthal's place is on the
Wenzel platz The mob smashed the
windows and tore out the window
frames on the ground floor during the
night. Similar outrages were conf
mittcd ut Count Won Salm's place,
which is the editorial office of the Ger
man paper Bohemia.
During the night the Aehrenthal
place was boarded up but the rioters
soon removed the planks and threw
largo stones into the luxuriously fur
nishrd rooms,
S,nnshiux Valuable Obj cts Of Art
and costly furniture. Damage to the
amount Of many thousands OF forms
has beeu done to German firms, clubs
and other German institutions having
German propretOrs or patrons. No
performance was given at the German
theatre.
Tho constant cry of the rioters was
-'Down with the Germans,' Down
with tho Jews" Ladies venturing Oh
the street were obliged to wear the
Slav tri.color in order to avoid being
attacked. German signboards are be-
ing hastily removed by their owners
anu I, placed with Czech inscriptions.
Nobody dares to utter IL word in Ger.
man.