St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-22
ALL CELEBRATE TODAY
The BIRTHDAY or The RTRER or
HIS c0UgTRK
wHEELs OF AFFAIRS QUIET.

Sons of the American Revoiution,,'
and the Society of the SONS of
the Revolution viii Each Give
an Elaborate Eyent-Many
Other Societies Ceiebrate-All
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Probably never in the history of st.
Paul has Washington's birthday been
so elaborately celebrated as it Will be
today. Nearly every society mrthe city.
wllltdo something in honor of the father
OF his country. But the most imposing
features OF the day will be the celebra-
ton by the two societies of the city
made up of o N of the descendants of
the Revolutionary war. One of these
societies is called the. .'Sons of the
American Revolution" and the other
is called the Society of the Sens
of the Revolution" Both ~organiza-
ti0ns are made up of old and
young men whose eligibility for menl-
bership is based solely upon ancestry.
The exercises Of the Sons uf the
American Revolution will come first,
and will be held i'm the hall OF repre-
seutatives, at the capitol. beginning at
, p. III. The music will be furnished
by the orchestra of the Third United
States infantry band. The exercises
will be opened by a prayer by Rev. DR..
Egbert, and speeches will be made by
Gen. John B. San5orn, ex-senator Me-
MILAN, of st. Paul, and Gen. Charles
a. Towne, of Duluth. Alice Hamilton
Rich will read an original poem, and
Mrs. f. b. Field will read extracts from
the diary of a Revolutionary soldier
Both these ladies are members of the
Minneapolis Chapter Of the Daughters
of the Amer lean Revolution.
The Society of the Sons OF the Revo-
luton will hold its celebration at the
Aberdeen in the evening. The commit
tee of arrangements is composed of
George G. Squires, Capt. Joseph Hale.
U. S. A, and John Townsend. After
the banquet speeches will be made by
G.. P. Moves, president of the society;
DR.. E. P. Ingersoll. Archbishop ireland
Bishop Gilbert. Gen. Levi Nuttilig, Of
Faribault, who was the on of a ReFo-
iutionary soldier, and Robert Lennox
Belknap, OF New York city. who will be
present TO represent the New York So
ciety Of the Sons of the Revolution. 1t
will be an imposing tull-dress event.
The laiies of the Catholic total alb
stinence societies will celebrate the day
at Cretin hall in the evening. Dir.
Heffron. of the cathedral will be the
orator of this OCCASION.
At Paul Martins hall. on the. West
side, will be held still another celebra-
ton of the da y. This will take place in
the evening.
The ladies of the Central Park M. E.
church will give a novel entertainment
at the church in the evening styled
''EpWorth League Ratchet Famille."
An elaborate, amusing and interesting
programme will be performed. Sing
ing, reading, r~eciting and speaking will
be the order.
There will be many other celebrations
i'll the city among the various churches
and societies.
ALI the Offices of the state capitol
will be closed throughout the day. All
the city offices will also be closed, and
only the municipal court will hold forth,
anu Ouly lOE Il SlUTG lllu6 Ill tHc iiiOTI-
ing. Sunday hours will be observed
at the ~postofhce. The Ramsey county
district courts adjourned last even
ng to remain closed until Fri
day morning. The federal court
will not convene today, and all
the federal offices will reulain closed.
All the departments of the public
library will be closed throughout the
day. The public and all other schools
will remain closed. Most of the mer-
camille establishments will be closed
the entire day, amt none of them will
be open except for a short time this
forenoon. The city ticket Offices OF the
railroads will close at noon today. The
wheels of business n public affairs in
st. Paul will be as quiet as on a Sab
bath day.
Garfield and Acker posts and the
Sons of Veterans join in the request
that the national flag shall be displayed
today from every school house, public
building and business block where
there is a flagstaff.