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Show RIOT IN THE REICHSTAG. Austrian Parliament Again Furnishes Fur-nishes Ridiculous Spectacle. Yicnna. April It-There was a riot in the reichstag today. When the president of the rei.-hsmth irlo.l t., t,! -'- "' vim me uouse the Pan-German deputies stormed his platform. Deputy Lindner brandished a stick at the president's head and seizine his bell, threw it to the ceiling The president narrowly escaped being 'struck by the bell as it fell. Other deputies flunsr" paper pellets in the president's face and otherwise abused him. The ministers were holding a council in another room and were, therefore, absent from the chamber when the disorders occurred I The rules of procedure of the lower house do not provide a penalty for personal assault as-sault upon the president of that body. ' |