The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-02


Cal, Piled Into the street Rnh Fired
PRAGUE, Bohemia, Dec, l,-There
were fresh disturbances here to-day, Tine
houses of Germans were bombarded with
stones and bowling mob, which gather
ed on Wenza-Platz had to be dispersed
by infantry and cavalry. The un!yer-
slty buildings are threatened by the
rioters and have to be protected by large
bodies OF police,
Troops have been drafted to Jaden-
s.adt, owing to the mob threatening 10
run riot there,
During the afternoon the rlos IN
creased. The synagogue windows We're
smashed also the windows Of the houses
of Jews displaying German trade signs
In several streets OF the Jewish quarter
Since O o'clock this evening The streets
have been held by twelve bartallons ot
infantry and q squadron of HussaiS- All
traffic Is suspended and the shops ana
business houses are closed.
In spite of the military a large Czech
mob made n descent during the evening
upon the German quarter and plundered
houses and shops In several streets. me
furniture OF well known German cafe
was piled high In the street ana sci on
fire. When detachment Of Troops ap-
preached to disperse the riolers, the SOL
dlers were greeted with showers OF
stones, broken glass and other mssiles'
The officer in command ordered his
troops TO prepare to fire, but al the ur-
gent reques. OF police official, the or
der was not carried into effect.
Shortly after o'clock mob attempt-
ed to storm a cartridge factory at llSh-
kow, a suburb OF Prague, on the other
side OF the Moldau. The troops stationed
at the factory poured n volley into the
crowd. II IL known that at least two
persons were killed outright, and 1t is
feared that others were killed or wound
ed. The came body of rioters set iifa 10
house at zlzhkow, but the flames were
soon quenched, In various other parts
OF the city and the suburbs windows
were smashed and German sign boards
demolished. 1t is said than the mob were
melted by articles In the Czech news
papers and 10y a false report tina. the
German suidents had organized an at
TACK upon the Czech national theatre,
At late hour threatening crowds
made repeated ruShes ard made attempts
to storm the German newspaper offices.
but by II o'clock the town was quiet and
the troops had been withdrawn, except
as patr1le at threatened points.
In sminh0w, the southwest suburb OF
Prague and q thlclily populated indus
tIial quarter. az "A late hour In the even-
ing rlOtous mob attacked and plumber
ed the German national school. The
rioters fired shots at the police detach-
ment, which arrived on the scene 10 dis
perse them, whereupOn the commanding
officer, acting with great prompdtudc,
drew his revolver and fired at one of the
IlnglelG2rs the bullet piercing his arm,
He then arrested the man, and the result
of this energetic action was the Dispersal
of the mob without much further diff
Guilty.
The German gymnasium in the ALT
staedter. Ring, In the center OF the city,
was plundered by the mob, which was
finally dispersed by combined charge
OF soldiers and police.
Already resentng the German iubl-
lations and lllumllauoHs OF clubs and
beer halls over the fall OF Count Bade-
MI the Czech population was still fur
thar inolted by the speech Of the Czech
burgQmaster delivered Monday night to
the town council,
Two special sufferers from the riots
are Baron Won Aehrenthal, "a repre-
sentative OF the German land owners,
In the Relchsrath and Count Won Salm.
Baron Won Aeranthals palace is on
the Wensels-Platz. The mob smashed
the windows and tore out the window
frames on the ground floor last night.
Similar Outrages were committed at
Count Won Salms palace, which Is the
editorial office Of the German paper,
Bohemia.
During the night the Aehrenthal pal
ace was boarded I'M, hut the rioters
soon removed the planks and threw
large stones Into the luxurlously fur
nished rooms, smashing valuable OBJ
jects OF art and costly furniture. Dam
of forms has been done to German
firms, clubs and other institutions hav-
Ing German proprielors Of patrous. No
performance was given NJ the German
theatre Tonight
The constant cry Of the rioters was
down with the Germans" down with
the Jews" Ladies' venturlng on the
streets were Obliged to wear che slav
trl.color In order TO avoid being at
tackled,
aermnn slgn-boards are being hastily
removed bg their owncra and replaced
with Czech inscriptions Nobody dnres
tu utter n word I'm German,
The Klnsly palace was plundercd Of
It's furniture, which was thrown
through the windows heAped In the
street aud set on fire, the mob prevent
Ing the fire brigade from nppronchlnE.
Tho Wrngels-- Plata. whore the rovo'
iHtlaH OF iSiS began har heeH the confer
Of excitement, II Is about alxty vnrd7
In width and seven hundred and flfty
yards IN lcnuth and VIII hold a hundred
thousand people,
The police and tho military have
made two hundred arrests and II lq re-
ported to.nlght thnt altogether eighty
persona have been injured,
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Coyrrnnr O'irsrtail dn tynrhlhr.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec LIN hts
message to the general nFscmbly,whlch
convened to-day Governor o'Tcrrali
dlsrue7cd tho lynchug question Ond
proposed legislation to correct the ovll
lio urRcH that q heavy peclninrv non
nlLv DO Imnhsrd ON zach county and rlIN