St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-19
FRIEND OF NEEDY.
Two Nations Pay Tribute to
the Philanthropist George
Peabody.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATED.
Memorable Exercises at His
Native Village, Peabody,
EUL0GY FROM THE QUEEN.
Cablegrams From Victoria
and the Duke Of Devon
shire.
EULOGY FROM THE QUEEN

PEABODY, Mass, Feb. 1S.-The
celebration of the birthday of George
Peabody, the celebrated London
banker, philanthropist, benefactor
and memorable citizen, occurred in
this, his native town, today with APP
propriate ceremonies. 1t was not,
however, a strictly local observ-
ance, for cablegrams from Queen
Victoria and the Duke of Devon
shire, chairman of the Peabody do
| nation fund to which Mr. Peabody
contributed $2,5O000O for the estab-
lishment of homes for the deserv-
ing poor of London, gave it touch
of international character.
The business part of the town
was appropriately decorated, and
several private residences were also
adorned for the occasion. Flags
and bunting foated from all the
public buildings, and business was
suspended. Bells were rung for an
hour, beginning at sunrise.
Early in the day guests began to
arrive, and when the afternoon
meeting was called to order distin-
guished citizens of many sections
of Massachusetts were present
President Cleveland was repre-
sented by Collector Warren, of the
port of Boston, while among the
civic dignitaries were Gov. Green
halge and staff; Lieut. Gov. Wolcott,
E. Frank SOuthwick, of the govern
or's council; Prof. &C. G. Marsh,
Yale university; Prof. George E.
Osborne, Massachusetts Institute of
| Technology, and Hon. George Won
L. Meyer, speaker of the Massachu-
sets house of representatives
! The forenoon exercises, in which
about LOCO school children took part,
were held in the Peabody institute,
and addresses were delivered by
Rev. j. w. Hudson, of the Unitarian
church, and Rev. o. S. Butler, of
Georgetown.
In the afternoon, exercises of a
| more elaborate nature were held in
the town hall. Music and addresses
| comprised the programme. The hall
was deliberately decorated with bunt-
| ing, English and American seals and
state and town coat-of-arms.
| Hon. Francis H. Appleton, chairman
of the celebration committee, presided
and opened the exercises with an elo-
quent address. He was followed by
Lieut.. Gov Wolcott, the orator of the
| day.
The original poem zone Hundred
Years." was read by its author, Rev
Minot ]. Savage, of Boston.
The exercises were interspersed with
vocal and instrumental music The
celebration closed with a banquet and
ball in the town hall.
Francis Appleton sat at the head of
the table, with guests at either side,
among whom were: Mrs. Charles Pea
body, of Boston; Lieut.. Gov. Wolcott
Coils. Paige and Moses, of the gov
errors staff, and Col Thomas, the
governors private secretary.
In opening the post-prandial exer-
cises, Mr.. Appleton referred to the
widespread influence of the man in
whose memory the occasion was OBJ
served, and read the following cable
grams received from Queen Victoria
and the Duke OF DeVonShlre:
QUEENS TRIBUTE.
The Century Committee, Peabody,
Mass: On this, the hundredth ami,
versary of the birth of George Pea>
body, the grateful membranes of
him and his noble, beneffcent deeds of.
charity to this country are fresh in my
heart and in that of my people.
VICTORIA.
The committee replied as follows:
To Her Most Gracious Majesty,
Queen Victoria, Windcor Castle, Eng
land: The committee desires to ex>
press, on behalf of the town of Pea
body, it's sincere thanks TO the queen
of England for the honor conferred
upon it by her majesty's gracious mes
sage upon the commemoration of the
hundredth anniversary of the birth OF
George Peabody.
FRANCIS H. APPLETON,
Chairman.
The committee also received a cable-
gram from the Duke OF Devonshire,
as follows:
London, Eng, Feb. 1S.-Chairma.:,
managers and trustees of Peabody do
nation fund desire to associate them
selves with the committee to com,
memorate the birth of Mr.. Peabody,
and offer their sincere tribute OF
grateful respect on the occasion.
DEVONSHIRE, Chairman.
Addresses were made by several of
the guests, and appropriate messages
W. - read from the faculty and 500
stude ts f the Peabody normal col
lege, Nashville, Tenn, Daniel C. Gil
man, president of Peabody institute,
Baltimore, and the Johns Hopkins uni
versity. A grand ball closed the days
festivities.
kilograms received here tonight say
celebrations of the Peabody centen-
NAL were held at Memphis, New Or
leans, Little Rock, Raleigh, Peters
burg, Va, Roanoke, Va, Norfolk,
Richmond and many other places in
the South.
SOME OF HIS NOBLE WORK.