Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-12-04
Situation So Serious at Prague
That Shops Are Closed and
Traffic Stopped.
Troops Kept Busy Dispensing
Mobs and Attempting to
Save Property.
Number of People Killed and
Injured by the Militia
at ZiSzhCoW.

PRAGUE, Dec. 2.--There were fresh
disturbances here during the day. The
houses of Germans were bombarded
with stones, and bowling mob, which
gathered on Wenzel platz, had to be
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 and
also the windows of the houses Of Jews
displaying German trade signs in sew
eral streets in the Jewish quarter.
Since o'clock the streets have been
held by l2 battalions of infantry and a
squadron of Hussars. All traffic is
suspended and the shops and business
houses are closed.
Kept the Troops Busy.
In spite of the military a large Czech
mob made descent during the even.
ing upon the German quarter and
plundered houses and shops in several
streets. The furniture of well known
German cafe was piled up in the street
and set on fire. When detachment of
troops approached to disperse the riot.
ers the soldiers were greeted with
showers of stones, broken glass and
other missiles. The officer in COM
mand ordered his troops to prepare to
fire but at the urgent request Of po-
lice official the order was not carried
into effect.
Shortly after . o'clock mob at
tempted to storm cartridge factory at
Ziszhcow, suburb Of Prague. The
troops stationed at the factory poured a
volley into the crowd. 1t is known
that at least
Two Persons Were Killed Outright
and it is feared that others were killed
or wounded. The same body of rioters
set fire to house at Lischcow, but the
flames were soon guenched. In various
other parts of the city and the suburbs
windows were smashed and German
signboards demolished. 1t is said that
the mob was melted by articles in the
Czech newspapers and by false report
that the German students had organ.
lied an attack upon the Czech national
theatre.
At late hour threatening crowds
made repeated rushes and attempts to
storm the German newspaper offices,
but by IL o'clock the town was quiet
and the troops had been withdrawn ex.
cept patrols at threatened points.
Everything Anti-German.
Two special sufferers from the riots
are Baron Won Aehrenthal, repre-.
sentative of the German land owners in
the reichsrath, 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 com.
mitted at 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
large stones into the luxuriously fur
0lSneQ rooms,
Smashing Valuable Objects of Art
and costly furniture. Damage to the
amount Of many thousands OF fiorins
has been done to German firms, clubs
and other German institutions having
German proprietors or patrons. Nc
performance was given at the German
theatre.
The constant cry of the rioters was
"Down with the Germans" Down
with the Jews" Ladies venturing on
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
and replaced with Czech inscriptions.
Nobody dares to utter word in Ger
man.