OCR Text |
Show AN AMERICAN FLAgToRN TO PIECES. An Indiscreet Minister Creates Excitement in a Canadian Village. Toronto, July 2. A special from Wiar-ton, Wiar-ton, Ont., says: This is dominion day. The citizens were surprised this morning to see the stars and stripes an immense flag hoisted high over a small British flag on the premises prem-ises of Rev. G. A. Yeomans, a Presbyterian minister. Excited citizens called the attention atten-tion of the authorities to the matter. They asked Yeomans to place the flags on equal terms. He refused and defied them to interfere. inter-fere. Leading citizens marched to the house, a constable lowered the flag, and it was torn up by the excited citizens. |