The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-29
!, BADDNI FORCED OUT.
Austrian Emperor Compelled to Ao-
cept Els Cabinets Resignation.
R1oToUsDEMoNsTRATIoNs CEASE
The Announcement That Badeni Had
Been Succeeded by Baron GaUtsch
Serves to Quiet ttherurbulent Masses
After Serious Fighting With soldiers

Been Succeeded by Baron Gautsch
Serves to Quiet ttherurbulent Masses
After Serious Fighting with Soldiers
Vienna. Nov. 29.-The members OF
the Austrian ministry yesterday ten
dered their designations to Emperor
Francis Joseph, who accepted them
and entrusted Baron Gautsch, VINO
holds the portfolio Of public instruction
In the retiring ministry, with the task
of forming a new cabinet. Yesterday
morning Emperor Francis Joseph ad-
dressed an autograph letter to Count
Badeni decreeing the adjournment OF
the reichsrath until further orders.
Before the assembling of the reichs-
rath dense masses of people, for the
most part workmen, thronSed the
Ringh strasse from the university to
the outer gate of the Hofburg.
charge by the mounted police with
drawn swords falling to disburse them.
O. body of hussars cleared the streets
at the sabres' point, many persons be-
ing wounded. The ambulance society
Immediately sent two vans to attend
the injured.
At least 10000 people gathered about
the same time in front of the town hall
and the provincial criminal court to
demonstrate in favor Of Herr Wolff,
who was to be arraigned there on
charge Of public violence committed on
Saturday when being removed from the
unterhaus by the police, acting under
'he ,er@"Svrs ur"PresiSstnl Won Abraham
, ovirs. The police, with drawn swords
dispersed them, one mans Skull peins
fractured and two others beihg Sc
verely injured th'"s .,,,,,,,a.... was
sent 70 that point. Slnuit1nev...I
meetings Of woFkmen We're held in vari-
""fers Of the civ. but tho no
lice dissolved these, making u ar
rests.
The streets became more quiet during
the afternoon, but at sunset tmtusanus
reassemnled In the Frangen-ring and
the Rathhaus park. where they in
duiged In stormy protests against the
government, the passengers in the
street cars and omnibuses who went by
joining in cries of Down with Badeni."
Suddenly a change came over the
Scene. The report spread like Wild
fire that Count Badeni had resigned.
The demonstrations ceased almost in
stantly whensthe news was confirmed
by the police authorities and their sub
ordinates, who announced to the people
at various points that they " ere in
structed to inform them Of the cabi-
nets resignation.
DR.. Lueger, the burgomaster of vi
erna driving through the crowds, an
nounced the resignation from his car
riage, repeating it a little later from
the windows of the town hall, with the
addition that Herr Gautsch had been
appointed to form a cabinet He ap-
pealed to the people to return to their
homes. The announcement was greeted
with thunders of applause. and an extra
edition of the Wiener Zeitung, with an
official statement Of the resignation,
still further reassured the populace.
Upwards of 5000 people tried to Or
ganize a demonstration in the early
evening in front of the foreign office
building, but this was prevented by
closing the approaches to the palace.
After o'clock the city was quiet. The
judge of the provincial criminal court
discharged Herr Wolff from custody.
There were demonstrations at Gratz.
Prague and Asch, in Bohemia, but
they were not of a serious character.
1t ia asserted that the emperor at
first declined to accept the resignation
of the cabinet but Count Badeni re-
Piled: Your majesty, I cannot take
the responsibility. Boodshed will re-
suit il l remain in office" Thereupon
The emperor reluctantly accepted the
resignation.
An order has been issued to the rector
of the University Of Vienna declaring
the university closed for two days, and
warning the students that in the event
of further excesses the university will
remain closed indefinitely. They are
specially cautioned to abstain from
coEiicts with the police, who, on their
part, the r>rder announces, will abstain
from again tresP.ts .tssing upon the uni
versity premises.
Baron Gautsch de FrankeI.hurn,
upon whom has been thrown the diff
cult task Of constructing a cabinet ca
pabe o. conducting public business in
the presence of the various conflicting
forces at work in the underhaus, is of
German nationality. He is a moderate
and conciliatory politician, popular
with all parties in Austria. as well as
among the Hungarians. His appOnt-
ment Is sure to make good impression.