Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1891 — WAGNER ENRAGED THEM. [ARTICLE]

WAGNER ENRAGED THEM.

The Performance of •> Loliongrln" at Purls Accompanied by Exciting Scenes. The house was crowdod, there being no special difficulty in obta ning admission. Tho overture was listened to in profound sllonce, the audience breaking into rapturous applause at the conclusion. The opera was admirably mountod and finely rendered. \an Dyck and other artists were recalled several times and applauded to the echo. There was a noisy demonstration outside the opera house during the performance. A band of students sang tho “Marseillaise,” the crowd responding with cries of “Vivo la France;” “A bai Wagnot. ” Portions of tit© mob continually made rushes against the pollco cordon, and thu police, whenever those lncursionsi became formidable, assumod tho offensive and charged the mob, which would take flight In hot, haste. In some cases tho zeal of tho police seemed to outrun their discretion. In soveral instances rcspectnb o onlookers were roughly handled and arrested on the slightest provocation, and then cuffed if they ventured to make the mildest prottst At 10 o’clock a forco of cavalry and mountod tlollce patrolod tho scene of tho distui banco and a most determined effort to clear the streets was mako-meeting with consldorab e success. Tho crowd was apparently mainly composed of people curious :o witness any demonstration that might be madb. The performance was concluded Without trouble, and tho work was pronounced a great artistic success. Matty of tho audience wont out on tho stops between tho acts to wl’tness the Scene outside and were received with rounds of hisses. At the conclusion of the performances 700 policemen were still occupied in clearing the streets. Altogether about 1,000 persons wore arrested. Tho Gorman Embassy was strongly guarded throughout the night A party of 200 roughs smashed the windows of the German Case Hapovro. A curious incident Occurred in the course of tho bveping. One of tho men arrested, on beini taken to tho police station, announced himself as a Russian. He was forthwith liberated, with a bow and a pollto “Passez, Monsiour. ”