Straßenkrawalle | 02 Dec. 1897
Nebraska Staats-Anzeiger. [volume] (Lincoln, Nebraska), 02 Dec. 1897. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2017270200/1897-12-02/ed-1/seq-2/>
The following article presents a detailed account of a sitting of the Austro-Hungarian Parliament ("Reichsrat") on 26th November 1897. The debate was repeatedly interrupted by shouting, name-calling, and other disruptive behaviour displayed by various members of parliament. The police tried to intervene but was equally met with loud resistance. On the same day, protests took place in front of the Parliament Building which lasted into the night. Mark Twain was among those visitors to the Parliament who had to leave the building due to the general unrest when the sitting was interrupted. He had watched previous debates and wrote about one of his visits in his essay "Stirring Times in Austria".
Only the last paragraph of the text is translated below as it is the only part that mentions Mark Twain's presence at the event.
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| Straßenkrawalle | Street riots |
| Wien 27. Nov. Nach 9 Uhr gestern Abend wurde die Lage immer drohender. Es wird angenommen, daß sich eine Menge von wenigstens 10.000 Personen, einschließlich einer großen Zahl von Studenten, ansammelte und der Regierung mit Revolution und Graf Badeni mit der Guillotine drohte. | Vienna Nov. 27 After 9 pm last night the situation became more and more threatening. It is believed that a crowd of at least 10,000, including a large number of students, gathered and threatened the government with revolution and Count Badeni with the guillotine. |
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| Der amerikanische Humorist Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) befand sich unter jenen, die gestern von der Gallerie des Abgeordnetenhauses ausgewiesen wurden. | American humorist Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was among those excluded yesterday from the gallery of the House of Representatives. |