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Show ASSEMBLY MARKED BY VIOLENT OUTBREAKS Vienna, Feb. 5. The present session ses-sion of tho Austrian parliament came to an end this morning after a 6cene of turblence, extraordinary even for an assembly where violent outbreaks are comparatively common. The trouble, which arose from the old radical feeling between the Germans Ger-mans and the Czechs, broke out during the debate on a government bill, the object of which was to reconsider the differences. The radical Czech obstructionists, ob-structionists, who have been hindering the debate on this measure for several sev-eral days past, with continuous din from drums and tin whistles, so exasperated ex-asperated the Germans this morning that the opposing deputies came to clote quarters and a fierce scrimmage ensued. One of the radical Czech deputies, a man named Speczek, who has been particularly violent in his obstruction, was captured and whipped until he howled for mercy. Another Czech was bitten by a German on tho cheek and sustained an ugly wound, and black eyes and sore ncacts were numerous. The premier, Baron Von Bienorth, seeing the uselessness of attempting to pass legislation, closed th session and sent tho deputies horn. The departure of tho ministers was followed by anothor free fight, in which the opposing factions rushed upon one another to the strains of revolutionary songs, and wild conru-slon conru-slon reignod for half n hour. The deputies finally became exhausted and the battlefield was gradually deserted. The Budden closing of the session and the political Import of the disorder disor-der have had an adverse effect upon the bourse. |