The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11
BREEDING TROUBLE.

The Apostles of Iniquty In Salt Lake city
Offer Insult to the National Emblem by
Placing 1t at HalfMast On Their Public
Buildings on Independence Day-Indig-
nant Citizens-The q. A. II. Assert Them
selves.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, July 5.-When
the sun rose yesterday morning the Ma
tional flag hung az half-mast on the City
Hall, County Court house, DeSeret Ne,oS
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 deiectedly against their masts. No
one could be found TO explain the
reason. About noon committee COM
posed of United States Marshal
Ireland, c. L. Haines, Major Wilkes
aud Captain Evans, the last two
named eX-Confederates, went to the
City Hall 10 find out the reason. City
Marshall Phillips said it was the result of
personal whm. The committee de-
manded that the flag be raised to full
mast, which demand was met with de-
NAL, whereupon Captain Evans jumped
up and started out to raise it himself.
The door was shut and locked by po-
liceman before he reached it. All pres
ent, including some dozen police officers,
made a rush for Evans. Constable Char
lie Crow raised his club to strike and
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 peryersive 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 intimatcd
that any man who undertook to disturb
the flag at half-mast would be
shot. The Officer and committee of
citizens then went into the street, where
Il 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
mast or take it down within thirty min
utes, while in the meantime Constable
| Crow had mustered up a small squad to
"clean the mob out" The City Marshal
consulted with Mayor Sharp, who was
attending Mormon priesthood meeting.
In less than thirty minutes the flag was
run down amid cheers and sneers of the
city officers
The Grand Army Republic Post, cele-
brating pear the city, were informed of
the difficulty, and came in, after passing
resolutions to run the flags to
their proper places. They met
crowd of angry citizens at the Walker
House. The crowd wanted TO 90, and
by force put the flags where they be-
longed, but the counsel of Governor
Murray prevailed. Finally a committee
of five was sent to demand of the Mayor
that it should be done, and few min
utes later the flag at the City Hal was
run up 10 the mast head. The citi-
zens' committee made the demand on
Sheriff Groesbreck, and he hoisted the
flag at the County Courthouse from half
to full mast without demurring. The
flag on the Cooperative store was also
run from half to full mast at about six
O'Clock this evening But the others
hung out in defiance. All who are i'm
mediately responsible for this treason
able business disclaim knowing anything
about it, but it has leaked out that the
order to thus insult the Nation at large
from the head of the Church.