St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-22
IN HONOR OF WASHINGTON.
SPIRIT or rs TO Be ABROAD IN NM
N:AP0LfS TO-DAY.
SEVERAL OF THE EVENTS
To Mark the Birthday Anniver-
sary of the Father of Our
COuntry-A Big Programme in
tho Lycenm Theater-The p. O..
9. A. to Have a Banquet at the
Nicollet-Other Observances.

Washington's birthday will be OBJ
served in Minneapolis today by the
closing Of banks. courts and public Of
fees generally, while a number Of en-
tertainments are booked for this even
ing.
This evening the committee of 100,
which was appointed to push the free
text book legislation before the last
session, will hold a mass meeting at the
Lyceum theater.
Among the speakers will be Gov.
Nelson, Supt. Pendergast, Rev. ID. S.
A. Ii. Young and others. The pro-
gramme Will also include n number of
musical numbers. Mrs. Alice Blossom
Will render a soprano solo, and johnny
Anderson will sing 'The Boy From
Shiloh" }. w, Watson will also give a
solo, and the Minnesota state band will
furnish music. No admission will be
charged, but reserved seats in the bal
cony and parquet can be obtained on
the payment of 10 cents.
The annual meeting of the Patriotic
Order Of Sons of America for the state
Will be held at Morgan post hall. and a
Banquet will close the day, the latter
being given at the Nicollet. DR.. A. III.
Ao".h' ~ auiS SioquonI uivlie, VIII
be POSTMASTER, ana the following
gentlemen will respond: F. f. Davis,
The American Statesman" w. s. Pat
tee, Our American SchOols;' j. G..
Haynes, THE American Immigrant;''
w. A. Gates. american Patriotism -
Rev. q. E. Dixon, "Our American Or
der"
The William Downs post. &. A. R.,
and the pupils or the Prescott school
Will give an entertainment this evening
at Trinity M. E. church.
Washington council, Junior Order of
American Mechanics. proposes to have
the stars and stripes visible in all parts
OF the city tomorrow. and it's officers
called upon the mayor this morning and
secured his Endorsement to the plan
that every police officer should toinor-
row be decorated with the national
cOlors, in the way of a small flag OF silk
ribbon pinned to his coat. Members of
the order also propose to wear the
badge. In the evening the local cOun-
ellis of the order are 10 have q social
time at Lake street and Nicollet ave-
nue..
Bishop McGolrick, of Duluth, will
deliver two addresses this evening, n
at the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ceptiou, and one at the Brownson club
rooms, Where a social WILL be given by
the ladies' aid society.
AT Holy Rosary hall this evening q
patriotic entertainment is to he given
under the auspices of members of Holy
Rosary parish. The programme in.
cludes solos from Mrs. NJ. j. Fleming,
Misses Frances Bailey and Otillia Ack-
erson, Mrs. Eleanora Plank, a duet from
Miss Ackerson and MI. Sanborn. and a
solo from 3. J. Bowman. The finale is
to be a grand patriotic chorus in which
a part will be taken by the Holy Rosary
choir. The address Of the evening is to
be delivered on ..'Washington,'' b, Rev.
NJ. P. O'Sullivan. a Dominican priest
who has just been assigned to station
in the convent here. Father O'Sullivan
is we'll known throughout the country
as one of the Irish patriots and was the
first secretary of the Irish Land league,
and his address on The Great Wash
ington" will be heard with interest.