The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-07-10
BREEDING TROUBLE.

The Apostles of Iniquity in Salt Lake Oity
Offer Insult to the National Emblem by
Placing 1t at Half-Mast On Their Public
Buildings on Independence Day-Indig-
nant Citizcns-The G. A. r.. Assert Them.
selves.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, July 5.--When
the sun rose yesterday morning the Ma
tional flag hung at half-mast on the City
Hall, County Courthouse, Deseret Neaos
office, Mormon tabernacle, church
tithing office, John Taylor's residence,
Mormon church offices and Salt Lake
Theater. That on the last named build
ing was kept at full mast, as soon as W.
Rossiter, present manager, saw it, but
those on the other buildings hung limp
and dejectedly against their masts. No
one could be found to explain the
reason. About noon committee COM
posed of United States Marshal
Ireland, G. L. Haines, Major Wilkes
and Captain Evans, the last two
named -Confederates, went to the
City Hall to find out the reason. City
Marshall Phillips said 1t was the result OF
a personal whim. The committee de.
manded that the flag be raised to full
mast, which demand was met with de-
nial, whereupon Captain Evans jumped
up and started out to raise it himself.
The door was shut and locked by po-
liceman before he reached 1t. All pres
ent, including some dozen police officers,
made rush for Evans. Constable Char
drew his pistol. Quiet was restored by
the United States Marshal and the con-
ference went on.
The city officials said the Fourth of
July was day of mourning to them and
this people whose best men were in the
Penitentiary by virtue of federal official
acts perversive of all principles of law
and liberty; that the flag over the City
Hall did not belong to any ring of So
called loyal Americans, and intimated
that any man who undertook to disturb
the flag at half-mast would be
shot. The officers and committee of
citizens then went into the street, where
small crowd had gathered, numbers of
whom wanted to raise the flag at all
hazards, but were warned by the police
not to attempt it on pain of being "drop-
ped" In private consultation with
United States Marshal Ireland, the City
Marshal consented to either raise, 1t full
mast or take it down within thirty min.
utes, while in the meantime Constable
| Crow had mustered up small squad te
''clean the mob out" The City Marshal
consulted with Mayor Sharp, who wa.
attending Mormon priesthood meeting
In less than thirty minutes the flag was
| run down amid cheers and sneers of tht
city officers
| The Grand Army Republic Post cele
brating near the city, were informed O!
the difficulty, and came in, after passing
resolutions to run the flags tt
their proper places. They met @
crowd Of angry citizens at the Walker
House. The crowd wanted to go, ane
by force put the flags where they be-
longed, but the counsel of Governor
Murray prevailed. Finally committet
of five was sent to demand of the Mayo
that it should be done, and few min
utes later the flag at the City Hal wa
run up to the mast head. The citi
zens' committee made the demand OF
Sheriff Groesbreck, and he hoisted tn,
flag at the County Courthouse from hal
to full mast without demurring. The
flag on the Cooperative store was alst
run from half to full mast at about si,
O'Clock this evening But the other
hung out in defiance. All who are i'm
mediately responsible for this treason
able business disclaim knowing anythin,
about it, but it has leaked out that tn
order to thus insult the Nation at larg
and government of Utah came direc
| from the head of the Church.