Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1897 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

Fire destroyed the Buchanan building at Beaver, Pa. Loss, $50,000. An English syndicate is trying to buy seven breweries in Dayton, 0., and is said to have secured an option on six of them for $3,000,000. Gen. Julio Sanguilly, the American citizen recently released from Moro castle, Cuba, was given a public reception in Philadelphia in the Academy of Music. A bill to compel respectful treatment for the United States flag was introduced in the House by Representative Howe of New York. It provides that any person in the employ of the Government who shall utter words that reflect or cast reproach on the American flag, thereby showing disloyalty to the flag and the Government, from which they derive their livelihood, shall be immediately dismissed from the service.