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Show urc in ami n:it)iAi. nlsnrdetljr Krnn in itio llohtmlau lllct, I'll tcitir, May 17. Tho llohsmlan diet uustlioscono today of n dWplay of violence aud disorder unpaiulleled In thsrolracted and bitter slrugglo forsuprrmscy bitweeu the Czech aud the Uerman olemouis. A bill was be-faro be-faro the diet Intended to strengthen thu posltlou of thu Germans as agulnst tbo Ctaohs. Thu joung C'Kcli whs rHlbUBterlagtopruvuntltspasjge. Thu president rebuked thu lllausters, and said tho committee's rotiort should lu heard. Herr Funk, chslrmsn of the committee, entered Ihe Irlbunu and attempted to speak. Borne utterance by Funk was ooustrueJ by a Czech named llriorsd as alludlig to him. The ollended deputy rllmbeu upon thu trlbunu aud aoizui I'uuk, A lively wrestling encounter ensued, aud llrzj-rad llrzj-rad finally succeujed lu ejecting Funk from thu trlhuuc, amid thu lu-tensu lu-tensu delight of thuCztons. Everybody In tho house was about. Ing undshaklmr his lists, and angry challenges to fljht could bu heard hero acd there. lunk was gasping dellanca at his enemies when a Czech deputy, Vusaly, lnlerruttd htm with a Isrgo rat of Ink. Kucouraged by the dlaoouitllura whloh the luk caused among tho foea of the Czechs, they neit altaoked thu stenographers and maltreated eevcrsl of thuui. Prince liobtowllz, thu president, was hlmsslf menacud with personal violence, und declared the sitting closed. Thescenuln the diet caused grest excitement throughout thu city. Thu students lu Ibu uulverslty broku out lu riotous demonstration, aud wrecked thu windows lu thu olub houses and man alona of people obuoxloua to them. TUe police are guarding tbu streets In tbo vicinity of tnodlst. |