The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-27
FREE FIGHT CONTINUES.
PRESIDENT ABRAHAMOvTCS sUS-
pryDs THIRTEEN DEPUTIES
xyho disturb the Sessions Of the Lower
House ofthe Heichsrath- HIS Caimness
Under Fire of Abuse.

,ou,or uouse of the Rechsrath was so ac-
centnated to-day that strong detach-
mont Of police had 10 be called in to pre-
| serve order.
when the President Of the House. DIR.
! Ahrahamovics, entered he was greeted
With yociferious shouts OF Get out.
Tho I.eftlsts rose In body. many or the
! deputies shrieked wildly, ana an ihuescriO'
| able tumult followed.
| Durang the tumult. a Socialist, Herr
Berner. made a rush for the President
and a lively fist fight followed between
! Berner and the House attendants who
| ATTEMPTED to protect the chair. Inere-
upon another Socialist Democrat, Herr
| Reset Jumped upon the ministerial bench
and hurrying to tho Presidential chair.
! seized the papers which were lying on
| the Presidents desk and tore them 10
| nieces. while other Socialist Democrats
| FASTENED to Herr Berners assistance, &C.
cupied the tribune and demanded salts
faction from the attendants humiliation
| Of Herr Berner. The President was COM
| PEELED to flee.
FREE FIGHT.
Subsequently the Socialist Democrats
and attendants INDUCED in a free fight,
and Herr Berncr was elected from the
! House In the meantime n detachment
| OF seventy police officers arrived and the
! officer in command called upon the So
oialist Democrats 10 withdraw from the
Presidential platform They refused 10
withdraw and resisted the attempts OF
the police to eject them. They were
eventually removed forciby and singly.
| The police then made a Gordon around
the tribune.
| These scenes were enacted prior 10 the
| formal opening Of the House. While the
deputies were fighting and bowling on
| the floor of the House tumult arose in
the second gallery, which the attendants
| promptly cleared.
The authorities then caused all the lob
bies Of the House to be filled with police.
| the gates were closed and the building
| was guarded by n strong police force.
The session Of the House in the mean
while was suspended.
When the lower house Of the Reichs-
rath reassembled this afternoon after the
forced adjournment Of the morning. the
temperance Of President Abrahamovics
was greeted with storm Of abuse-the
slamm of desk lids. whistlng. etc. lie
repes teGly tried to address the Leftists,
but bis voice was inaudble amid the mp
roar. the only articulate sounds distin-
| gnsshable being cries from the Leftists
of "Out with TIC police"
| SUSPENDED DIP. WOLFF.
DR.. Wolf. the German Nationalist lead
err as yesterday. contributed prominently
| TO the disturbance. Upon this occasion
he kept blowing a shril whistle Herr
| Resell the Socialist Democrat Deputy.
| who took such a prominent part in the
| disturbances this morning. also INDUCED
| this afternoon in a shrill whistling. In
the midst of this uproar President Abra-
hamovics twice called DR.. Wolf 70 order.
As this had no effect upon the turbulent
| German Nationalist. the President sus-
! nended him for three Sittings
| As soon as the Leftists realized what
had occurred they burst out into q state
Of unbridled fury. shrieking insults AT
DR.. Abrahamovics. Herr Daszynsh also
a Socialist Democrat. yelled: you ought
TO be in jail,'
other infatuated deputies shouted all
kinds Of invectives. hut the individual
contributions 10 the uproar were indis-
tinguishable amid the general bowling
from all parts Of the house
In spite Of this disgraceful scene and
the insults hurled at him. President Abra-
hamovics apparently remained unmoved.
but when he recognized that IT was use
less to make any further attempts TO
transact business. he quietly spoke few
words To police officer near him and
suspended the sitting amid deafening and
vocferous cries of shame" from the
Ieftists and applause from the Rightists
The substance OF the words spoken
to the police officer by the president soon
became apparent. for an officer, and four
policemen removed DR.. Wolf from the
house by force In spite Of considerable
opposition on the part Of his clique.
When the president again re-entered
the house he was once more greeted with
n shower Of cpprobrious epithets. includ-
ing cries Of criminal" Traitor Get
out" After standing this storm for a
period, the President again left the
house. but only for a moment, and on his
return he instructed the police TO with
draw, declaring amid a tremendous up
roar:
81 entrust myself 10 your care; do as
you please. but remember this Is no per-
sonal question, the honor OF your charac-
ter is at stake
TWELVE MORE SUSPENDED.
The president called upon Count
Stuerkgh to speak but the tumult costin-
ued. and the president suspended Herr
Daszynsh for three sittings. He was the
Socialist Deputy. VINO had some time pre-
viously shouted that the president should
be I'm Jail. When Herr Daszynski refused
TO leave the house the president sum-
moned the police, and the turbulent dep
uty was elected from the building.
subsequently the president suspended
| wv
member suspended are Herren. Schoen-
erer. Sreiner. Rieger. Resell, Kosakiewicz
Schrammell. Weller Lingr, Verkauf
Hybes. and Berner
The scenes throughout the sitting after
ward were as dsorderly as those Of the
earlier parts Of the lay. and the house
finally adjourned until tomorrow.
RIOTING IN VIENNA.
| After q o'clock this evening the aspect
Of the streets became more threatening
II is estimated that a crown OF ten thou
sand. including a very large number OF
students. assembled and threatened IN,
! government with revolution and Count
| Badeni. the Premier, with the guillotine
An attempt was made to attack Count
| Badeni's house
The police repeatedly charged the GROVE
but refrained from using arms. The stu
dents resisted with sticks one police in
| spector was sevcraly injured by klcF
from a horse another was thrown from
his horse and so badly hurt that II wa.
necessary TO remove him TO the hospital
A few students and some citizens re
| ceived slight injuries. Not until nearly l.
o'clock was quiet restored.
To-day's edition of most Of the evening
newspapers have been confscated and th'
police have freely arrested persons offer
ing papers for sale In the streets.
serious riot is reported at Crate th'
capital city Of Syria II appears that th'
students and large body of workmen at
tackled three newspaper offices. doint
some damage. The police with the as
sistance Of the troops have restored or
der and twenty arrests have been made
OF the rngleaders
The cool attitude maintained by Herr
Ahrshamovics. the President of the Cham