The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-16
A NATIONAL DISGRACE.
The Scene at the Reception Of Our
Mexican Visitors Last Night.
Time for Americans to Frown Down
Such Unseemly 0ccurenCes-A New
Surgical Operation -Death Of an Old
Soldier Of ol2-0arpenter at
Jolist--Anti.Mormon Movement-A
Conscience Stricken Thief-All
Honor to the Ladies Of Macon, Etc.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. l5.-Our Mexi can
visitor. were treated to little episode that
was not on the regular programme OF
entertainment, last nght at the reception
given the at the Mexican Commercial Elk.
chang For few brief minutes they may
possibly have imagined that they were at a
genuine Mex eau fsndango or an old time
ball IN The Texan frontier. There was
certainly blood on the face Of the moon and
II vas only the timely interference Of
friends that prevented what certainly would
have been a very dsgraceful fracas.
When the toast "Mexico and Missouri
was proposed BY Mr. Thos. S. Hogan.
Senator James McGrath stepped forth with
all the dignity OF all old Roman to respond.
He mounted the rostrsm that had been
temporarily erected and let Dose his battery
OF rhetoric. Durln. the course OF mis- re.
marks he said the time must come when
the ratical flag OF England would be
stripped from the toplnast OF every mer.
chairman ploughing the sea, and the stars
and stripes Of the land Of the free take its
place. When this remark was uttered,
Mr.. And W Warren. VINO was standing of
In one corner with some friends In a sort OF
listess attitude, prcEed up bis ears and
glared with ewes OF fire at the burly form
OF the eloquent Senator.
II object to such an insulting allusion, -
exclaimed NJ Warren.
BE quiet SAID one Of bis friends.
''Wat uutll he Is through and then you can
have your say
Warrap naiya1 al hat
the ecnO Of Senator McGrath'. last words
had died away, be was on the rostrum him.
sef.
&c utlemen,' he cried, "the allusion to
t good old fae Of England by the gen.
teman who has just preceded me, was not
only totally unca editor at gathering Of
this Kind, bur ii was an Insult TO every one
present WHO is proud to boast his English
descent. ! LAY it Mss an ungentlemany al.
fusion, and as such | resent it,
He stepped down; the Senator's face grew
red; tHe bald. AIDED eagle perched above
hls head clutched his talOns in the wood;
the Mexican visitors instinctivey felt for
their euns, and the1 .itish lion IN ono nt
the flags snook his name and roared omin.
Ous,y.
A death-like silence for q moment per-
v-de4 the entire assemblage. when Mr..
Thos. S. Hogan adjusting his spectaces
and drawing bis martial cloak about him.
stepped boldly up TO Mr.. Warren nd thus
delivered himself: 1.-The flag OF England
be damned, ! would pull II down myself
and trample it under my FOOT Zap
psu.e.
Then you would do a damned fool
hardy thing" retorted the now aroused
Enclishman.
81 would, would II Well, you take
that, and Mr., HOGAN sent out his left, a
Ia Sullivan. in quest of Mr.. Warren's nose.
II missed its mark, however, and grazed
the English mutton chops Of his antagonist.
At this crisis friends rushed to the rescue,
Mr.. Caiil stepped around and besought
the gentleman 10 be CAIN, but to no avail.
The bury Senator va, by this time fully
aroused to the true state OF the situation.
He mounted the rostrum and said Gen
tiemen-' when he was ANONYMOUSLY
hauled down. Some one suggested that the
hoodlum wagon b summoned. Another
said turn In an alarm; there are some inter.
nal fires that need to be extingushed.
Mr.. Cahill said the meeting was adjourned,
and tle Mexican guests departed wonder
ing If they were not in Colorado or Texas