, 1874-11-12

instrumentation arc favorabIy disposed towards
this city.
A pleasant party Of gentlemen, many Of thom
1cys Europenn Hotel lnat ovoning. for tho pnr
oSs = oaxs oosoo4s o esno WIFI
he'a Il '' moGormioR. @ Il iia,, for u tSe bo,et
Of tho Church Of tho Holy NaEne. hlr. Phi!
coniey handed tho at'ot over to sts siRtsfnl
and suitable adlresB. the Alderman making .
neat response. Buppor WaH then Bervod, and
Incident thereto cRme soveral otnor hpooohoB,
nit Of which were briof md to tho point, and
we'll received.
Tho following explanation Will doubtless be
satisfactory to tho disappointed onoB who visited
McCormicks Hall TueHday evoning:
doafro to say through TnE TRIBUNE for words o.
going 10 Mcdornick's Hill Tuesday oyenina, aud
who mers ero met BY the @ of POSTPONE
liad-rllile suffering only from What seened slight
cold-been::ssaeizoa with a,'ddon hoarsSness. !
up to ais bo,sr T',csday afternoon hoped, 4 was
nassin9 o snd That shon!d 10 quito snle TO- 20
s sas WI Via IT, sas - s1s Ct ssn sTsf y vefs e
went out. Il w.s then to- 1atc to adsiso our
friends and aaro ther .lo roubs Of going to TIC ha
1t soens hard hat 1ere In the city OF ny love and nd
vantage ono night, and on ths other not bo alo 10
hprear VI s 1t Heons stranRo mud aggravating TINT.
Ih II ePpa sss ws.ks and & .oses
tan 5oars Of the nia6t snI morning. this iaiort"no
should hash como upon me, when safe IN l!arlor In
so t1iass Of heavenly weather. putsnsn r. lol ho
ioei oli1cAuo, Nov. II, 1su. o""o1 ''N''@'"''"'
nn. aE1oEn.
Tho German m oJ, Papefs s = ag bflng the newa Of tho
ham Geiger, chief Nahbi Of narlin, ono Of tho
grcatest scholars In tho wide range Of jewish
lltorature, aud the FOREMOST champion Of Rc-
formed Judaism. Born May 81. 1910, at Frank-
fort on tho Matn, ha uindo at tho ago nf 81 his
first mark In tho literary world BY work on tho
jewish sources Of hohammedantsn, entitled
"Was hat Mohammed aufgenomcn aus dom Ju
denthum Z" which won him tho prize Of tho ORR
outal Faculty OF the Uniyerslty OF Bonn, and WAS
published thore In 1878. Being aoon afterward
olectod Rabbi OF tho Jowish congregation Of
Wiesbadon, he starred jewish theological
quarterly. by which tho young champion rallied
tho best jewish thinkers and scholars Of tho
ago around himself to aaaist him In "slaying
tho Mcdusa-head Of blind letter-and-forn
Worship" aad In bringing religion and 5oason
soveringly from freedom Of research and for
! truth. eyen whom most Of his friends hesisated
| TO follow him in tho front Of tho fierce battle
| against the dominant Orthodoxy.
In 1888 ha accepted the call OF tue Joviah con-
grogatiou nt Drcslau whero he stayed until 1868,
when he was lnade the chief Rabbi OF Frankfort,
hiB native CITY, nut this position. too, be loft to
enteg larger field 10 uoston, whore, hestdes his
| ministry, he filled d theological CHAIR ut tho Jow~
ish Theological Faculty, thus finding tho greatest
| deaire Of h,s lifo gratited.
OF h,a many valuable works, BY Which NTH hia
many y-sided acholarulip he throw anow light up
| on almost all tho different branches of JewjBh
literature, tho most important enc no doubt
| {snown to many American scloars from Smiths
| and litto's Bible dictionarles), Ia chat on tho
"Original Text Of tho l,ible and it's Trnnslations
Of Judaism " (Drenlau, 1850, BY wh,eha now in
sight Was oponed to the oritlca in the history Of
| tho varions texts Of tho Holy Scriptures.
His very Interesting lectures on "Judafsm
and its History" hayo; wo bolioyc, boon trans
lated into tho English language by tho lato Or.
| Mayer In New York, and hts works On tho grcat
Spanish-Jowish philosophers and poets, Mai,n-
onidos, Abu 1'1Inssau. Ychouda, Halovy, and
Solomon lbor dabiTol, will. NO bopo, aoon find n
| good English translator.
Besides Ills vast jewish knowledgo DR..
Geger was one OF tho finest Syrian md Arabian
scholars, aud hiB death will bo folt in lnauy cir
clos OF ioarning, and by many ,sclentto papers
with untring zeal. His memory is engraved
with love and high cstoem in tho hearts Of tnany
| great and uohlo men iu Gorlnauy aud i'll En-
| gland, rs woll as In America.
| tnonorial aorvico II honor at him will he
O'Clock, in which several RabbiH OF this city will
| participate. K.
| HOTEL ARn1vALB.
Palmer House.-A. Balfoarn, Scotland G. F.
| Bgo1ow, st. Paul: G. Gra,,t. Victoria W 9.
Adams. Boston: Henry D. Shorrerd, philadel-
phia; A.. r. Frecnlan, Boston; Q. X. dracie
New York; L. l.. Baker, San Franofsco g. T.
Col. 9. 9. Osborn, Marquette; @. b. Gorha,n,
Fort Wayne; 4. yanoe Brown, St. Paul; Dan
| 2. Rhodea, Cleveland; 1iear-Admlral T. Q. Sol
5dss. fsldgse u NJ aud wifo' Iyman ElmoFe
| r. htyers, Fort Wayne; tho Hon. G.
! Q. Godfrey, Hannibal, Mo. tho Hon.
| Charles Stewart. Stewart. In. =. ).
Sherman Housed. ". Ingeraoll, st. Paul; D.
Masters Brazil; 9. Brigham Berlin; s. Arnold,
| Montana; D. @. 1farr, Boston ". p. Culver,
| New York; J. B. Dean, Now York. Ire-
mont Housc-G. Estabrooks, Doston; D. 2. Leo,
Now York; L. ". Walton, Cincinnati; G. D.
Roby. Now York; A. L. Skinner, Grand Rapids /;
]. Bacon, Boston.