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THE WORLD AT LAKG.&
Summary of tho Dally Nowd.
WASIIIM1TOX NOTKS.
Tun president bus signed tltu general
deficiency bill. The hill carries tin ap
propriation or letter curriers' over
time in several cities in Kunsns and
Missouri.
Tin: senate sub-committee, designat
ed to conduct an investigation of tlio
recent bond issue, lias decided to begin
its work after the adjournment of con
gress and to admit tho press to its ses
sions. Sknatou Cui.i.om stated on tlio Oth
that ho wanted tho St. Louis conven
tion to como out plainly for sound
monoy, without any straddling.
Tiik outilow of gold from tho federal
treasury continues at nn alarming rato
mi (I the prospectH tiro that tho raid
on tho treasury will increase rather
than diminish. Many politicians pre
dict that if tho gold rescrvo should
sink bolow a certain point President
Cleveland will call a special session of
congress; others think tho president
will not call congress together, as con
gress has repudiated his viows, and ho
will mako it responsible for whatever
may happen.
Tiik government crop bulletin on tho
10th gave tho winter wheat condition
as 77.0 against 87.7 on May 1. Kansas
was given at 85 and Missouri f.0.
Spkakick ltr.ni) on the 10th appointed
Messrs. (trout (Vt), CC V. Stono (Pa.),
"Warner (111.), Sayors (Tex.) and Layton
(O.) to investigate tho conduct of af
fairs of tho Leavenworth, Kan., brunch
of tho national soldiers' home. The com
mltteo, during tho recess, will visit tho
homo and tako testimony of the in
mates and others having knowledge of
its innnagcmcut and report ut tho next
session.
Tin: agricultural department's June
crop report makes tho condition of cot
ton 07.2, the highest on record. Tho
aroaisiajj per cont. higher than last
year.
Sk.vatoii Quay, said on tho 10th that
he would not accopt tho chairmanship
of tho republican national committee.
.Ho said ho would withdraw from the
presidential flold when Speaker ltoed,
Gov. Morton and other candidates did.
Ho said all doubt as to Maj. McKin
ley's nomination on tlio first ballot
was long ago sottlod.
Tiik Fifty-Fourth congress adjourned
nine die ou tho 11th. Tho closing scenes
were devoid of interest.
Tar. total appropriations authorized
by tho session of congress entbd on tho
11th, including permanent annual ap
propriations, were 5J515, 70,820. 40.
Tiik announcement was mado at
Washington from tho state department
that President Cleveland intends tak
ing no action with respect to tlio
Cuban revolution.
C.KNKUAI, NKWS.
Thk failures for tho week ended
.Tone 12 (Dun's report) were 240 in tho
United States, against 211 lust year,
and 27 In Canada, against 21 lastyeur.
A dispatch from Uombay stated that
tho llrltish warship lionavonture,
while making a passage from Colombu,
Ceylon, to Pondlcherry, capital of tho
Vronch settlement In India," lost 70 men
"by sunstroke.
At tho Crystal Palaco danco hall at
Lake City, Col.,.lossio Landers attempt
ed to shoot Frank McDonald, of whom,
she was joalous, and lirod three shots,
one of which killed Louis Estep, a
young man. Tho woman then shot
herself, inllicting a probably fatal
wound
Manv concerns wero burned out by
a tiro at Hico, Tex., ree&ntly, including
the Ilico Review. Loss, 50,000.
It was reported on tho 12th that tlio
Turks had pillaged and burnod20 ham
lots in tho interior of tho island of
Croto.
CoxnitESSHAN IIkimhthn (rep.) has
oeeu renominated for tho Eighth Iowa
congressional district.
Tiik coal minors of northwestern
Coloradb adopted resolutions ordering
a general strike In all tho northern
Colorado mines until the differences
between tho United and Gladstone
coal companies and their employes
should bo adjusted and agreements
signed.
Finn broke out in what is known its
tho Oklahoma district at Whiting, I ml.,
and Mrs. John Homer, aged 32 years,
and her small sou aud daughter per
ished. In commemoration of his coronation
the czar of Russia has given 375,000 to
charities.
Tun boiler of the Michigan salt works
nt Marino City, Mich., exploded, kill
ing William Mowbray, night foreman,
and John F. Hale. Peter llooth, a
fireman, and Cyrenius O'Neill wero
badly injured. Flames broke out after
tho explosion and tho property was de
stroyed. Loss, S.10,000.
Thomas Wmitk, after a brief quarrel
iitChllllcothc, 0 with Mihs Edith Mc
ICclvoy, his sweetheart, shot hor fatal
ly and then killed himself.
John Ciiaih was hanged in Folsom
(Cal.) prison on tho 12th. Ho murdered
his wife, her father and mother and
nearly killed young Hunter, his
brother-in-law, at Los Angeles about
two years ago. Tho crime hud been
long premeditated.
A TKi.KfiitAM from New York on tlio
2tli stated that the six leading manu
facturers of fireworks in tho United
States wore planning a trust to save
themselves from ruin because prices
had gone below cost.
Him, Wkht, tho notorious Indian ter
ritory murderer who escaped from jail
at Topokti, Kan., while under sentence
of death, wits killed at Illinois, Ok.,
while resisting arrest.
An armed mob overpowered the jailer
at Jiryan, Tex., and hanged Gcorgo
Johnson, Louis Whitehead and Jim
Roddick, accused of criminal assault
Tho two former confessed, but tho lat
ter protested his innocence to tho last.
A dispatch to tho London Times
stated that the Turks had invaded
Acrotiri and Kydonlti in the island of
Croto and desecrated tho churches.
Tho Turks had also destroyed villages
in the western district and .1,000 ref
ugees had lied to the mountains and
wero Buffering extreme privations.
As soon as It was known that Har
vard had defeated Princeton at base
ball there was a roar that shook every
window at Cambridge, Mass., and fire
works and horns mado tho night hide
ous. Tho police finally arrested three
students, when tho rest numbering
about 3,000, attempted to rescue them,
but the police managed to get their
prisoners to tho station house. For an
hour tho il.OOO mad students surrounded
the place, clamoring for tho release of
their comrades and refused to disperse
until they had been released on bail,
when they carried them off on their
shoulders.
Tiik platform which tho McKlnley
itcs will advocate in the St Louis con
vention was outlined by Mark A. Han
nti on the 11th as follows: The repub
lican party is in favor of a protective
tariff system which will not only af
ford adequate protection to American
industries, but which will also produce
revenue in excess of expenditures and
thus boIvo the financial problem. Wo
aro satisfied with the currency as it
now exists. Wo want our money to
bo as good as any nation's and to puss
current in tho world's markets.
An old man named Gastin was found
hanging from a joist in his house near
Robberson, I. T. His family claimed
that ho committed suicide, but the
neighbors believe ho was hanged by
by his son-in-law and daughter, who
had quarreled witli him tho evoulng
before.
As an Illinois Central train pulled
into Wobstcr City, Ia., tho other morn
ing a policeman saw a man apparently
stealing a rido on the blind baggage
car and tried to drive him off when it
was discovered that tho man had been
murdered. A tramp, it was thought,
had committed the crime.
Onk hundred and oighty cans of dyna
mito exploded aboutamilo below Lilly,
Pa., with frightful results. Ono man
was killed and six othors fatally in
jured. The men were gotting ready
to mako a blast when the explosion oc
curred. Tlio steam shovel which stood
tin tho track was hurled 200 feet away.
Tin: mayor of Odell, III., has issued
a proclamation forbidding all public
gatherings and closing down the
schools and churches on account of the
provaleuco of diphtheria in an epidemic
form.
II. F. Tyi.ku, a son of President John
Tyler, was a prisoner in Richmond,
Vo., on tho 10th, charged with shoot
ing with intent to kill Jack Carr, a
young negro. Tyler is a dairyman.
PoBT.MASTKU WASHINGTON Ill'.SINO, of
Chicago, announced on the 10th that if
the democratic party declared for free
silver and tho republican party for a
gold standard, ho and his paper, the
Chicairo Zeltunir, will bolt tho dem
ocratic party and work for tho repub
lican nominee.
Aftku a carousal a camping party
on tho Monougahcla river attempted
to cross in a skiff when tlio wash of a
steamer capsizod them and two of tho
seven occupants wero drowned.
Tiik battle ship Massachusetts has
been formally transferred to the gov
ernment at tho League island navy
yard and will join tho North Atlantic
squadron.
It has been decided to releaso John
Hays Hammond, the American, and
tho other leaders of the rebellion in
the Transvaal republic upon tho pay
ment of a lino of 8125,000 each, or in
default 15 years' banishment.
Ex-fiow Hows, of Iowa, has written
a letter in which lie said that If the
silver democrats controlled the Chicago
convention a democrat would certainly
lio nominated and that It would, in his
opinion, bo impossible to unito any
considerable number of delegates in
favor of nominating anyone outsido of
the party.
Patiuotio Spanish merchants In
Havana, Cionfugos and othor Cuban
ports are raising funds to buy and prc
ttant to the g07i'rnmout a now iron
clad. Tho subscription had exceeded
SG5Q.O0O on tho Oth.
Tun Taylorvllle, 111., coal mining
works wero destroyed by fire on tin
morning of tho 12th and 85 men wero
ontombed. After hours of suffocation,
all but three wero rescued alive. Tho
fire, which was caused by an explosion
of gasoline, spread rapidly through tho
mine, cutting off tho men at work in
the lower lcvols. Twenty mules also
perished. Tlio loss by flro will be S75,
000, fully insured.
A TiAititni. of oil in the basement of
Oarische's bakery at Allegheny, Pa.,
exploded early on the morning of tho
12th and enveloped tho structure in
flames. Mrs. Gurisohe, aged 74, jumped
out of a window and was instantly
killed. Tho firemen found a child dead
in his crib and a 12-year-old girl was
so badly burned that she will die.
At Houston, Tex., Archie Hall shot
his wife and her companion, C. T. Dai
bv. Neither wero seriously wounded.
Hall was arrested.
Fun: destroyed the building of the
American Horse exchange at New
York on tho 11th. About 150 valuablo
horses perished and 100 fine carriages
wero also burned. The value of the
property consumed was estimated at
8200,000. Among tlio horses destroyed
was Elsia 0., a trotting horso worth
7,500, with a record of 2:10.
Koim miles north of Courtlier Fla,
I. T., Jasper Moore shot and killed
Dick Graham. Moore is a brother to
tho girl who was arrested recently,
charged with killing hor child. Moore
accused Graham of rcilccting on the
character of his sister, which led to
tho killing.
Tiik town of Tobac, Mex., was re
cently visited by a tornado, accompa
nied by a watorspout Three-fourths
of tlio place was utterly destroyed and
13 dead bodlos wero taken out from the
dobris and 30 more people wero miss
ing and supposed to have been killed.
Many others were eo badly Injured
that the last rites of tho church were
administered to them. Some of the
streets were eight feet in mud and
rocks that rolled down from the moun
tains. Fukk Advick won tho handicap raco
and SI, 500 at St. Louis on the 11th and
clipped a half second off tho world's
record held by Libertine.
Whim: a force of men was laying
rails on tho Hardwood Lumber Co.'s
railroad on tho Big run in Webster
county, Pa., tho car became uncon
trollable and started down from tho
top peak of tho mountain with five
men aboard. Only ono man was on
tho car when It stopped, the others
having been-spilled out and killed or
seriously injured.
Fihk broke out in Woods' printing
office at Iloston and nearly a scoro of
women wero on tho third floor and cut
off from escaplnif by the stairs, but
Policeman Graham rushed into the
next building and climbed out on the
sill and lifted them into safety before
tho arrival of the firemen. Tho spec
tutors mado a hero of the policeman.
Tiiiikk men were hanged In Newgate
prison, London, on the Oth for murder.
Ralph Matiikws, aged 17, was
drowned near Orient, la., while bath
ing. Ho was seized with cramps.
AUmTIHXAL DI.SIWTCHKS.
It was reported at Canton, O., that
Congress lake, 20 miles north of that
city, had broken through its banks
and flooded the' adjacent territory.
Tho report said many people were
killed and injured and the towns of
Middlobranch and Oval City swept
away. Details could not be obtained
as telephone and telegraph communi
cation was cut off. A report over a
railroad wire said over 200 peoplo were
killed.
Hi.ACKwni.i., Ok., was recently great
ly excited because members of tho
lluptist church would not allow the
United States llag to bo unfurled in
side the church during a G. A. R. re
union. The G. A. R. post passed reso
lutions denouncing the church trustees,
and all tho church people have come
back with a hot retort
Tin: attorney-general of Wisconsin
has brought suit to have tho franchise
revoked and a receiver apoointcd to
wind up tho affairs of tho National
Manufacturing Co., of Dartford, as it
is creating, ho alleges, a lumber trust
extending over Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio and Kan
sas. Two business blocks, containing
half a dozen stores in Lamar, Col.,
wero destroyed by a fire. Tho total
loss was 550,000.
Rki'okts from peppermtat growers in
all parts of southwestern Michigan
said that grasshoppers wero doing
great injury to tho crops. In some
localities tho Insects had eaten the
entire follago of largo fields. The
yield of oil will bo considerably less
than last year.
Tiik stone bridges of Cristlna and
Concha and the aqueduct of Fernando
Scptimo, upon which Havana was de
pendent for its water supply, wore
blown up by agents of tho Insurgents.
Much fever and small-pox was existing
in Havana and altogether tho city was
In a doplorablo condition. A council
of Spanish generals had decided to sus
pend operations against the insur
gents owing to tho rains. Gen. Go
mez's insurgent forco of 5,000 was said
to ltavo been defeated by Castallano's
troops.
Sinn' I'ai.mkk, a nogro, was executed
in thu city jail yard at Jackson. Miss.,
on the 13th, for tho murder in Decem
ber last of Charley Cordell and wife, a
newly married coloredcouple.
Sahah Ann Anohi.i,, who alleges she
is tho widow of tho Into Jay Gould, has
begun suit in New York to recover hor
dower right in tho Gould estate.
SEVEN MURDERERS SENTENCED
ilnilgc 1'nrkrr I'nmliminM Indian Territory
Culprit III Horning Word.
FoitT Smith, Ark., Juno 15. In fed
eral court hero United States District
Judgo Parkqr sentenced seven Indian
territory murderers, and in tlio in
stance of Frank Carver, who killed his
inlstrcss,Annio Malcdou, in a drunken,
jealous frenzy, used tlio following
language:
Your own testimony showod Unit you had
been nIToctcd by nil the modem vlros which so
cursoUilsugc. You admitted that you wore a
professional gnmblcr, nnd the evidence showed
you to bo un lmbltunl drunkard. You wore
living u life of licentiousness. You had do
sorted a family, n wlfo nnd chlldron, and were
Jiving In adultery with this unfortunate
girl. You woro prnellclng nil tho vices
which till tho courts with murder
ers, which 1111 tho courts duy after day with
these torrlblo crimes and your fate, a fate
which In all probability you cannot escape, Is
ono which oukIu to bo a lesson to every man In
this land, warning them against this course of
life and admonishing them that It is only by
keeping strictly upon tho path of duty and
rcctltudo, vlrtuo and Integrity, that the reward
intended for them In this life, and which they
scute, can bo attained.
LI HUNG AND WILHELM.
I'nippror or (Jrrniueiy Itoeelvrw tho Great
( llllllllllllll In M:ito.
Hkhmn, Juno 15. Emperor William
granted an Imposing uudienco yester
day to Li Hung Chang. Li Hung was
conveyed thither in the royal carriage,
escorted by Uhlans. Emperor Wil
liam and Empress Augusta were
seated upon thrones, surrounded by
the royal princes. Li Hung bowed
low on approaching tho throne, and
presented to tho emperor his creden
tials, at tho samo time delivering
tin address expressing his admi
ration of Germany. Ho dwelt upon
the fact that tho relations between
Germany and China were more friend
ly than those between other powers.
Ho referred to Germany as the first in
the world and hoped for lasting friend
ship between Germany aud China.
Emperor William replied with a cordial
welcome and sincerely reciprocated
tho friendly sentiments, with an cur
liest hope that tlio friendship between
tho two nations would develop.
FAIRBANKS AND THURSTON.
Tompiiniry mid I'eriiinnciit. Chairmen of
tlin Convention Other (Mil curd.
St. Louis, Juno 15. Tho national re
publican committee selected C. W. Fair
banks, the author of tho Indiana cur
rency plank, for temporary chairman,
and C. W. Johnson, of Minnesota, for
temporary secretary. Messrs. Riley
Smith and A. 15. Humphreys, of Now
York, wore chosen for assistant secre
taries. J. H. Stone, of Michigan; F.
II. Wilson, of Missouri; J. R. Mulloy,
of Ohio; R. S. Hatcher, of Indiana, and
J. R. Ream, of New Yorlc, were desig
nated us reading clerks. On tho nomi
nation of Mr. Scott, of West Virginia,
Rabbi Samuel Sale, of St Louis, was
chosen chaplain. Senator John M.
Thurston, of Nebraska, was made per
manent chairman.
ONLY SIX LEFT.
A Forlorn Report About the Colony of
'I'opolohiimpo.
San Fhancisco, Juno 15. The
steamer Coos Hay, which has just ar
rived in port, put into tho harbor at
the mouth of the Kuertres river on tho
Mexican coast, the nearest point to tho
colony of Topolobampo, and tho cap
tain reports that of the several hun
dred families who emigrated there
eight years ago but half a dozen per
sons remain. All who could jret out
of the country have done so and tho re
mainder are destitute. The Coos Ray
was the firsb-vesscl seen by the inhab
itants in two years. Mrs. Anna Diggs,
of Kansas, was connected with the en
terprise at one time aud Hank Com
missioner Hreldenthal has been its
president.
TWO HUNDRED KILLED.
An Awful IMantor Jtuportod to Uavo Oc
curred at t iinton, O.
Canton, O., Juno 15. It was reported
hero that Congress lake, 20 miles north,
a body of water about one mile in
diameter, had broken through its
banks and Hooded the territory south.
Tho report says many peoplo arc killed
and injured and tho towns of Middle
branch nnd Oval City aro swept away.
Details cannot bo obtained except by
driving to the scene, as telephone and
telegraph communication is cut off.
A report ovor a railroad wire said over
200 peoplo wero killed.
Flue AVns Hiirrod In church.
Pnimv, Ok., Juno 15. IUaekwell.Ok.,
30 miles northwest of here, is greatly
excited becaiibo members of the Hap
tist church would not allow tho United
States flag to bo unfurled tnsido tho
church during a G. A. R. reunion. Tho
G. A. R. post at that place has passed
resolutions denouncing tlio church
trustees, and all tho church people
have como back with a hot rotort.
Four Killed by Lightning.
Ci.AitKhViM.K, Tenn., Juno 15. Tho
report of tho deadly work wrought by
lightning at Tobaccoport, a river land
ing, reached hero. A house In which
a number of white and colored boys
had taken shelter was struck, and four
wore killed Robert Hraudon, white,
and threo colored boys.
(iniHithoppiiri In Indiana.
South Hknd, Intl., June 15. Grass
hopper,! aro doing immense damago in
portions of this county. Alex Smith,
of Center township, has SO acres of
wheat, from which every blade has
been eaten. Fifteen acres of potatoes
and a largo field of oats have also been
ruined.
ALARM IN HAVANA.
Cuban IiiMirgcnts Attack tho City's Water
Hupplr, Up. I lie Dynamite.
Havana, June 15. Tlio city waa
startled and alarmed Saturday night
at nine o'clock by tho noiso of two suc
cessive explosions which shook tho
ground for a long distance and woro
heard for miles. Consternation pre
vailed for a time, as It was foared this
was a prcludo to an attack or a scries
of similar explosions. It was boon
found that the stono bridges of Cristlna
and Concha and tho aqueduct
of Fernando Soptimo wero tho
points that had suffered from
the dynamite. Tho bridges wero
partially destroyed, and the pipes ou
tho aquuduct,upon which the city is de
pendent for its water supply wero much
damaged. It cannot yet bo stated
how cxtensivo is the damago done, or
how long it will require to remedy it
There is no doubt loft that the dyna
mite which caused this wreck was
placed by agents of the insurgents.
It has been their determination, an
nounced some time since, to cut off tiio
water supply of Havana and to serve to
mako it as nearly inhubitablo ns possi
ble. Tho greatest apprehension is felt
on account of the secrecy and effective
ness with which tlio insurgents havo
been ablo to carry out the outrage.
It is believed the insurgents tiro bent
upon investing Havana by cutting off
as much as possible tho supply of nec
essaries, though not by actually be
sieging it. All fruits and vegetables
and fresh meats are unpreccdentcdly
high priced and difficult to obtain, and
milk is of the poorest, such ns is
brought in being much adulterated be
fore it is delivered. There is much fever,
and small-pox has broken out hero and,
in the unwholesome state of affairs,
threatens to become epidemic. Many
are suffering from measles and thoro
is much intestinal trouble among tho
inhabitants of tho city, owing to the
poor and insufllcient food. The fail
tiro of tho water supply under these
conditions is a dire calamity.
Acouucilof Spanish generals in Cuba
has decided to suspend operations
against the insurgents owing to the
rains.
Gen. Gomez's force of 5,000 was de
feated recently on the plains of Sara
toga near Najara, province of Puerto
Principe, after a light of 42 hours, by
Jiminez Castallano's troops. Gomez
lost fully 500 men. Gen. Goday's com
mand, which reinforced the troops, lost
four soldiers killed and two oilicers
wounded.
CURRENCY FIGURES.
air. Dockory tSlves Some Iunlglit Into the
Contraction of the Currency.
Washington, June 15. Mr. Dockery
says that the result of his investigation
in regard to the contraction of the cur
rency was amazing to him, and he
gives some figures as follows:
On July I. !i?0O, prior to tho enactment of tho
Shcrtnnn law, the total stock o money, coined
or Issued, amounted to Ji,003,0 18,087, and tho
amount in circulation was $I,4.718,3rO: tho
surplus in tho treasury, including tho gold re
serve, being tin.Olu', IW, and tho circulation per
capita being lii.t'2.
On July 1. 1891, tho total volume of money
was SM(K),130,iD: amount In circulation. SJ.'OD,
0J7,.") .i; surplus in tho treasury, including gold
reserve, 4l53,i:03,809; circulation per capita,
$.':. 41
On July I, I83J, tho total volumo of money
wus i.V.10,710,108; amount in circulation tl.OJi,
073,339; surplus in tho treasury. Including gold
reserve, $120,09,377; per capita circulation,
81M.47.
On July 1. 1S9.I, tho entire volume of money
was &M:.,0,'-'8l,091:amount in circulation, tl,fi!.l,
"UO.Ill: surplus In tho treasury, including gold
rcsorvo, Jli.iG.7."J0, circulation per capita,
12180.
On July 1, 1801, tho totnl volumo of money
vrns t:!.'.in,:L!V-!7(i: amount In circulation, $l,C0,
061,'.'3J; surplus In tho treasury, including gold
reserve, I 17,581,137; .per capita circulation,
JJI.3J.
On July 1, if 95, tlio volume of money was
$'.V-,l7,OOI,Ct57; amount In circulation. 11,004,131,
0C8; surplus In the treasury, including gold re
serve. )IDi,!M0.1.Yi: j)cr capita circulation, Hi.OQ.
On July 1, 1890, tho volumo of money wad
SI.WSSO.OIS; amount in circulation, $I,5ai,84,
L'83; surplus In tho treasury, including gold re
sorvc, $207,193,!;i0.7J; per capita circulation,
$.'t..T.
Tlio treasury statements show that from
July I, 1891, to Juno 1. 1890, the actual decrease
in tho total volumo of money, coined or Issued,
was $10,901,003, while tho nOtitul decieaso In
tho volumo of monoy In active circulation was
$143,470,(119, tho per capita circulation being re
duced from J-.JI.3J to .'l.3i. Tho reduction ol
tho uniount of money In circulation during this
period Is explained by tho lncreaso In tho bor
rowed surplus In tho treasury from $117,bbl,l37
to 297,103,-.J10,7i).
CAN WAVE OLD GLORY.
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The United StuteH Fhs Will Ho Murh lo
Lvldencn at tho ltlchinonit Keunlon.
Richmond, Va., Juno 15. The report
that tho United States llag would not
be allowed in tho parade hero at the
great confederate reunion has occa
sioned some stir. Mr. M. T. Thomp
son, an ofllelal in tho navy department
at Washington, wroto hero to Gen.
Peyton Wise, chairman of tho commit
tee of arrangements, concerning this
rumor. Mr. Thompson is the head of
the southern veterans in that city,
who, he says, propose to bring a fed
eral flag with them. "Not only la
there no objection to your peoplo bear
ing tho flag of tho common coun
try in the procession," Gen. Wiso wroto
to Thompson, "but wo shall bear it
ourselves. It will bo found every
where in the convention, in the streets,
and in loving contact with tho colors
which wo bore during the war, and
which wo shall bear to-day and al
ways, not lu bravado, or disloyalty,
but for sweot memory's sake. Tell
your military organizations who will
bring the Hag hero they will not fight
for it nny quicker than we, when tlio
safety of tho country Is in danger,' and
when its honor is involved."
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