The San Francisco call., 1897-11-28
President AbrahamcVicS Hated
and PeIted With Paper
Pellets.
DR.. WOLFF is GAGGED BY
THE POLICE.
Opposition Leaders Appeal to Pre-
mier Badeni to Put an End to
ths Embroglio.
Special Dispatch to The CALI.

VIENNA, Nov. 27-The beer-gard en-
scenes in the lower house of the Reichs-
rath were continued to-day. When the
Preside dent, DR.. Abrahamovics, appeared
there was a chorus of SHANE upon you"
from the Leitists, accom- panied by q deaf
ening noise of whistles and the slamming z
of desk lids. Many of the Leflists gath
ered in front of tie Presidents platform,
shouting ami owing tin trumpets and
flutes, willis the President WAS ringing his
bell for order. This scene lasted bout a
quarter of an hour, during which time the
President remained seated. Then he sus-
pended the sitting.
AS President Abcahamovics was leaving
the House a numb her of Leftists p,lted him
with paper balls. Thereupon the Presi-
dent returned and stood unmoved, and
the House was filled with the noise caused
by trumpet blowing, hand-clapping on
the part OF the Rightists and other dis
turbances. After waiting ten minu es.
the upIolr continuing, the President left
The platform.
During his absence the noise was not
abated. D. Wolff, the German National
ist leader and one of the suspended mem
bers of the House, entered atout that
time, but was forclbly ej ected by the po-
lice, to whom he offered a violent resist
ance. According TO one account Dr..
Wolff had to be gagged. and was after
ward bundled into cab ana taken 10 the
police station.
A. 1:4) O'Clock the vice-president ap-
peared and declared the sitting closed,
I'd ling that the date of the next session
NJ ba n tod ha harp
by letter.
OF the fiftvone persons arrested during
the street demonstration here yesterday.
thirteen have beea sent before the Pro-
visiOnal Tribunal charged with causing
an illegal as>em blage and with holding
the authorities up 10 contempt. One was
charged with public violence, ten were
denounced to the Public Prosecutor for
spassing, five will be tried for inter-
fering with official acts, fifteen have been
fined and one has been acquitte 4. The
cases OF the rest have not been detil lei.
A delegation Ct the opposition leaders
of all sections waited upon Count Badeni,
the premier. before to-day's session OF the
Lower H use, and urged him to put an
end TO the EN- broglio. Count BadenI told
the leaders That in ere would be no sitting
of the II House on Monday if to-day's ses-
sion was quiet.
Dr.. Leuger, the anti-Semite Burgomas-
ter of Vienna, also visited the Premier
and represented 10 him the dangerous
temper of the ropulace, saying that the
people were becoming more and more ex-
cited, aud that something must be done if
serious trouble was to be avoided.
After to-day's session the ma jority's
parliamentary committee met and re-
solved to defer planning its course until
the Government Communicated its inten-
ons to the House.
A crowd of students during the after
noon assem- led on the Reichstrasse and
indu ged in demonstrations until they
were dispersed by the police.
Throughout the evening the police were
obliged repeatedly 10 disperse the polite al
crowds who gai hered in tho Ringstrasse
between the pirliament houses. and the
university buildings. In front of the for
mer crowd numbering c000 principally
composed OF students, assembled, and
hooted and groaned at the police, and
finally attacked the officers with stones
Eventually the police were ordered to
clear the streets, which they did with
drawn swords.
At Gratz. the capital OF Syria, a band of
students and other young men started to
parade the streets, but were prevented by
the police from carrying out their intcn-
tion, and compelled TO disperse. Later in
the evening r1otous crowd of workmen
assembled in the bu -iness quarter of the
town and began to break windows and
commit other eXcesses. -Four companies
of infantry and a squadron OF cavalry
were summoned to the scene OF dis
tur Dances.
Upon their arrival they were assailed bv
shower of stones and were compelled to
fire upon the mob. killing two and wound
ing five of the rioters. OF The injured
four are suffering from bayonet thrusis
Several police officers were also hurt.
The disorder continued until shortly
before midnight, when the streets were
cleared and military patrol of the town
was established.