The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28

A stars and Stripes Are Dispisyed from
High Pole Instsad Of Appearing ON tho
building the Grand Jury Believes the
law has been Violated and Takes Action
Acoordingly-warrsnts Issued Against
All the Defendants.
CHAMPAIGN, Ills, March Is The
Champaign county grand jury has re.
turned a true bill against the persons con-
stituting the board of trustees OF the Uni.
versity of Illinois founded on the alleged
neglect or refusal OF the board to display
the American flag over the university
buildings, as required by an act OF the
Legislature, approved June 20, 1906, and
In force July /. 1895. The persons In.
dicted are:
John p. Altgeld. governor Of the statei
James w Judy. president OF the state
board of agriculture, Tallula; Samuel NJ.
Englis, superintendent of public instruo-
ton. Springfield; Richard p. Morgan,
Dwight; Julia Holmes Smith, Chicago;
Nelson w Graham, Carbondale; James
T. Armstrong. Chicago; Isaac &. Ray
mond, Sidney; Alexander Mclean, Ma
comb; Samuel K. Bullard, Springfield;
| Lucy
The warrants have been issued for all
these and IL is the understanding that
deputies will be sent out at once to serve
them. IL is also said these distinguished
defendants will be required to appear In
court by March 80.
Caused Considerable Excitement.
The report Of the unusual finding Of
the grand jury caused considerable excite
h., h. aif Of (thannainn and
Urbana and az the university, and 1t has
been the one talk Of the day IL Is said
county Off :ers notified the university Of
ficers that they were not obeying the flag
law, but they paid no attention TO the
warning. The grand jury went quietly
to work and ths indictmsn5 WAS the re-
suit 1t appears that this was the last Of
| fetal act OF the jury and that 1t was tho
desire OF the court oflicitls TO keep tho
matter quiet for day or two.
1t is true that the university officials
have not been displaying the flag from the
university buildings since the existence OK
| the law, but it Is fact that they have dis
played daily the stars and stripes from n
| pole fully 100 feet high in front OF military
| hall on the university campus. Ii Is said
| that the trustees will claim that in this
| they have complied with the letter OF the
| law, and that il was not necessary to dis
| play the dag from all the buildings on the
| grounds of the institution.
A correspondent called at the university
| this evening, President A. 5. Draper was
4 out OF the city, and there was no one
| there TO speak for him. The action OF the
Jury is censured here, as IL is the opinion
OF the citizens that the university author
tiles have complied with the law.
Provisions of the Law.
l.. Tho. law under which the Indictment
was found ptovffes isthat Ii shall be- tie
dnty of all school directors and boards o,
education of all public shools in the state
and trustees and boards of dire ctors OF al
colleges and educational institutions o.
every description In this state, whether
state, county municipal, district. sectar'
ian or private, to provide United States
national flags of not less than four by
eight feet in Size and cause the same te
be unturled and kept floating from q
| suitable flagstaff to be placed on the tor
OF all public school houses college build
ings, and all buildings used for educa
tional purposes In this state, or by coun
ty, municipal. district. sectarian, corpora
tion or privape Authority, on each and
every day when such schools. colleges or In
stitutions are in session. from o clock a
IN. to 4 o clock D. IN in each and every
year.
Persons refusing or neglectiDg TO com
| ply with this law shall, each and ever
one of them, be deemed guilty Of a misde
| meanor, and on conviction thereof b
fined not less than s3 nor more than ti
| ana costs Of suit for each and every da.
that they sh ii neglect or refuse TO com
| ply with the provisions Of this act
q werner Altgcid who Is now indicte'
under th aci permitted IL to become
law without his signature