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VOL. VI. MARTIN LUTHER. The Celebration of the Birth of the Great Reformer. C T. PAUL PAYS HIJL TRIBUTE. Discourse by Rev. Dr. Breed in Honse of Hepe Church. PLYMOUTH RENDERS HIM HONOR. 31'gr Capel Dissects the Character of Luther from a Catholic Standpoint. ST. PAUL. If use of Hope, House of Hope pharch was thoroughly filled at the morning service, the desk be ing wreathed with evergreens with a beau tiful border of mixed flowers interwoven therein. Fronting the de.: ware four century p, ts in pots representative of the four cci. Ties of free worship and an open Biblo i: ;gurated by the birth and re formatory labors of Martin Luther. One of these plants was quite saiall, and in speak ing of them the pastor paid it wa^afiao representative of the first century of this freedom of religious worship, in which this great reformer lived, and in whioh he sowed the seed that lias grown into the present ponderous proportions of protes tact religion. The o;-^an was decorated with the American c top, with the flags of Germany and Switzerland on either side, surrounding r; large piint'.ng of the cathedra! at Worms, as it appeared ia 1510, in the background, built of German red brick and roofed with rc-.d tiles, with the full life statue of Lulher iv the fore- I, standing as lie did before the cele brated Diet at Worms, with one hand hold ing an open bible and the other lying clenched upon it, when after he had been called upon to retract his heretical doc trines he answered, '"I cannot and will not. I am convicted of their truth by the word of God and I cannot do otherwise. God help me." In this painting is further represented the statues erected near by, to the groat reformer* Salivina, Wiokliffe, John Knox and John Hu3s. in pointing out those figures to the audience the pas tor said the expression given by the sculptor to Die tiit&ae of Lnthur had some thing in it that moved the poul to tears, whilo the re I tiles on the cathedral always brought to mind the saying of Loiher, as he' started from Wittenberg to undergo his trial that he would go there and alone, "though there were as many devils on the road in there were tiles on the roof of its oathedral." On each side of the organ alcove were represented on Manners the commemora tivo "columns" of the two countries whore the groat reformation had it | birth, Gar many and Switzorland,of which the follow ing is a brief description: German Column—Shield at top in black and red, with a white bar diagonally across the centre, the colors of Germany and Switzerland, the countries from which the Gorman Reformed church received its chief strength. On the npper part of the Bhield is a scroll inscribed, "Heidelberg Catechism, Palatine, A. D. 1503," Palatine being the province of which Heidelberg ■was the capital city. Below are the words, "Free Evangelical Churohof Germany" on a plain seal, and across i'.s centre tho word "Presbyterium." Underneath is the in soiptiou, "Frederick 111, the Pious Elector, Palatine," and the favorite nentenca of Frederick, "According to Thy will, O Lord." At the foot of the column are tho •word?, "Mclanclliou, Orinns Olevianus." Ou this column it* also s!>'» m an American [ndian with his hand ion a Bible and a trianglo above hi* head, the latter being symbolical of tho. trinity. Switzerland column—A lar^o shiolJ on the top has a Fcarlst field, the colors of Switzerland, in llio center of which, in h large circle, is the seal of tho lveforrued Church of Geneva. Tho device is a shield, beruiug in tho (niartt-rings on one side a gok'.on key, aui ou tha olher a crownod single eagle, in bliso ou a go!d fiu'd. Above is a radiant t<\iu, i". the center of which ia the ruonogrum "I. il. S." "Jeans* Ilomi uun> Salvator,"— *;Jeiii3 the Savior of Mon." jvjd below this in Latin '.'After dark ness, ligH." l!:!Uo.Uh tha shield is a cir cular tablet inscribe! to John Gnlvio, and hia poal, a hand holding a heart, with tn • iiuitlo-i, >-I offer uiv heart to Thve, O God," "Promptly uud Earnestly, 1' and also a tablet to Zwiugli, tho groat reformer of Zurich, the soal of Hie Zurich church with tho devico of a pulpit supporting an open Bible, a* also i '■' names of the eminent Swiss reformer?, Pavel, Oliveton, Hitter, CEoolampodiuH, Halter, Viret," mid of tho celebrated theologians >:Pielet, Tarveti Lavatsr, Buxlorf, Knox, Wett stein, Ortorwald, L' Aigbigns, Martin and " Raebot." After an offertory by the choir quartet. Rev. David R. Breed read Psalm XLVII, which was the favorite p^.ilm *f Lather. PSALM. God i* our refuge and strength, a very ptwont help in trouble. 2. Therefore .will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the moan tains he carried into the midst of the sea. 3. Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Solsh. •I. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of tho most high. 5. God is in the midst of her; she shall not bo moved; God shall help her. end that ri^ht early. 0. The heathen rnjeo. the kingdoms •werv* moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7. The Lord of ho3t<? is with us; the God of Jacob is our retake. Sslah. 8. Come, behold tha -works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. '.'. lie ranketh "v-.rs to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and catteth the epeHr in sander; ha bnrseth the chTiot in the fire. 10. Be still, and know that I am God;: I xvill be exslted among the heathen, I ■will uj exalted in the irtn. 11. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. S«lah. At it* conclusion ke further read the eighteenth chapter of St. John's Revela tions and offered iavocition to the throne of grace. This vm followed by hymn -'1.1 of the collection, it being called Martin ' Lather's battle hymn, of which there is said to ba seventeen different versions: A tatßh'.T fortress is oar God, A bulwark n*Ter failing; Our Helper Ha, ami,! th-fl^od Of mortal ills prevailing. For still aa aacleat foe Doth seek to work his woe; His craft and power are great, And armed with cruel hate, On earth is not his equal. Did we in oar own strength confide, Our striving would be losing, Were not the right man at our side, The man of God's own choosing. Dost ask who that may bef i ■ i- ilis He; Lord Sabao m is His name, From age to age the same, And He must win the battle. And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed, His truth to triumph through us. The Prince of Darkness grim, We tremble not for him; His rage we can endure, For lo! his doom is sure— One little word shall fell him. Rev. Mr. Breed look no text but prefaced his general remarks, after having given a description as above of the historical dec orations of the church for this occasion, by saying that he should endeavor to give a short and succinct detail of the life and work of the great reformer, whose four century birthday the world has united to celebrate with commemorative services, which cc was more felly able to do by an illustrated map of Saxony, drawn for that purpose. Lather's great work was wrought in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and no Fmh similar centuries can exist upon this earth until Jesas Bhall again appear in his second coming. It wa3 at a time when super stition and ignora&ce long in the ascen dency, hid beea dispelled by the light of knowledge and edncation and especially in Germany and Svvitzsrlaad. The people had bacome dissatisfied with the forms of their religion, restless under it 3 glaring inconsistencies, and felt there was some thing wrong in it and out of joint. They were in the midst of na ago of invention and progress and had discovered the print ing presa, the mariner's compass and gunpowder, which were in a measure to | rerolutionize the old customs of the world, and their minds being brought up from a half-civilized state to that of full intelli gence, they began to isA the yoke of im perial papal power in their religion, while they retained their belief in God. In Saxony the people were in the same condition at this time aa the English people were under the reign of William the Conqueror, and like them began to feel the infliction of being ruled by foreign powers, especially in their spiritual matters, and felt the necessity that Germans rule Germany,and that their diets be held in their own country instead of being subject to the will and dictation of the Roman empire. They began to realizathe principles for which John Hubs died a martyr in 1415, and for which other men of mind had fal len in the trenohes for the purpose of mak ing a bridge of their bodies over which the reformers of the centuries in which they lived could march to victory against the superstitions and arrogance of the Komish papal power to which all the prince 3of Saxony then bent the knea in worship. Such was the state of affairs in Saxony when Martin Luther was born, Nov. 10, 1483, just four hundred years ago. His parents brought him up rather vigorously, his mother haying punished him until the blood flowed for stealing a single hazel nut, while he was once pnnished at school fifteen times in a single day. In 1501 he attended a parish school and begged hia bread in the streets, and contrary to the desireß of his parents entered a convent in whioh was the best library then existing in Germany, when a new world seemed to be opened to him in persistent reading and study, in the pursuit of which he only recreatod in learning music and to play upon musical instruments. Here in 1505, while walking with a fel low student iv the open air, it is recorded that a bolt of lightning fell from an insig nificant cloud in almost a clear sky, and killed ihe companion by his side, which had such an influence upon hia mind that he deoidod to become a monk and preach, which decision made his father very angry, who wished him rather to become a of philosophy; and although he w:-.s pres ent wh:is Marliu was ordained he wi* very ; id, rind viewed the pro inauspiciously aa to say to him, look ont lest you be on the Prt, ordination bis brother monks wore very joalonsofhis intel powers and i - prominence Bnb jectcd hi:u to the humblest nud w o;'ci;p itious about thu monastery, such as l liiogiire.-, sorub bing the floors, etc. for the space of two . which he boro with p-.itience aud etill coutiuned to pnrsno his etuiiies with uirtbated vigor and diligence. Soon after his ordination Frederick of Saxony founded the university of Witten berg for the education of the young men of hi* dukedom, whither Luthsr went and where his future was largely shaped. Here he met a celebrated teacher who was a vicar general of tho Romish church bnt of the most liberal ideas, though with a great love for tin papal religion. Lather was constantly troubled in his mind by his sins, both great and small, and was continually analyzing himself to prevent their com mitment, and doing tho severest penance therefor almost vigorously for those mi croscopic as well as of more magni tude. This friend, who had a fall Bible which ho mad* his guide, convinced Lather that be had better be sorry for his larger siaa, bat that there was little need of self-indicted or mortally prescribed penance for these, as the Lord alone could forgive both great and small, and Lather found new religious light dawning upon hi* sonl in these teachings, the reading of the true gospel and some "heretical" ser mons preached and published 160 years before, and for which tke author unac countably escaped burning at the stake. The peculiar passive which seemed to have altered Lathers views, in connection with other teachings and readings was "Th* just shall live by faith, by simple | confiding trust in the Lord Je»u3 Christ.*' j At the age of 25, Luther was made pro- j fessor of philosophy in Wittenberg uni- j V3rsity. and his friend end teacher, the ' vicar-general of the province, hsvia;* been i threatened with excommunication by the ' Eomiih church, delegated him as an am- j b.».s*ador to Home in his behalf. This visit ■which lasted two weeks, decided Lather in his future coarse, coupled with the fact | that ■-■■•• people were waiting for jast such j a reformatory leader, and pushed him for ward without his having any volition in or thought of such a sequence. From the j pare and primitive Catholic worship of j Saxony with its plain fare and coarse gar- I ments and strict adherence to old form? and t«nenU, he passed over the Alps into Italy where hs found an entirely different! state of affair*. Here sumptaousness and magnificence and the non-piety and arro gance of tho priesthood, against which he raised his voioo oh more than one ocsasioa and was told to mind his business, sent htm home outraged in all his feelings of sanctity acid holiness as connected with the papal ch&rch, with which he had be ST. PAUL, MINN., MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1883. come disgusted at the vesy centre of its power. The presence of persons under papal authority in all parts of Germany soon after, selling absolvences for sins commit ted and indulgences for sins contemplated, by which the pope was raising money to construot the metropolitan church of St. Peter, still further displeased and disturbed him, and on Halloween, (Jot. 31,1517, he nailed on the door of the church at Wittenberg the famous "Seventy-nine Articles of Faith," or the first protest against the doo trines as promulgated by the Romish priesthood, so vital in which was the great doctrine of the Protestant church of the world, the necessity of continual repent ance before and continual application for forgiveness to God. This brought him into many doctrinal controversies, in which he came out victor, and in the single instance in which he seemed to be drowned by argument by the celebrated Dr. Eck, such was his popular following by the people that they gave him the decision of a triumph. The young men who adhered to the old religion were viru lent in their hatred of him,and it is related that a young knight lying in wait to kid nap and take him to Rome accidentally hearing Luther in his devotions was so im i pressed by his prayers rendered in song, and the sincerity of Luther,that he follow ed hicn ta the Diet at Worms ss a de fender. His trial at Worms was elaborately da tailed, his pretended imprisonment to pro tect him from his enemies spoken of, the careful revision cf his writings by Philip Melancthon that hi 3 foes might not restrain his freedom, alluded to, and the speaker concluded by stating that this : greatest of reformers died at the age of I sixty-three years on tho very farm on I which ha was born, to which he was tem porarily making a visit, and that his favorite battle hymn was sung at his grave by the people th^re assembled to perform his la3t obsequies. Rev. Air. Breed announced to his con gregation that he should speak fnrther on the life and services ef Martin Luther next Sabbath morning. Luther Memorial Service at Plymouth Church. A large audience gathered at Plymouth Congregational church last night, to do honor to the memory of the great reform er. Several of Luther's hymns were sung to the grand German chorals by the con gregation, led by a doable quartette. The addresses were made by prominent Luth erans. Prof. S. Oftedtl, of the Ang3burg semi nary, Minneapolis, (Norwegian), paid an eloquent tribute to Lather. He said this great event was not a reform; it was much more. It was a reformation. It marked a new era in the growth of tha world. Luther is to bo regarded not simply as a Christian. He gave liberty of conscience to the world. He created a new lan guage which, through science and poetry has done as muoh as our own tongue to civilize tho world. Through his work, he opened the road to national inde pendence and liberty in Europe. Testi mony is borne to his pre-eminence from men of all lands and all shades of opinion —even from Romanists. Herder, the German poet, said, "He was a great man and a great patriot. He gave back' to whole nations the use of their reason." Heine, the German infidel and poet, said: "He created the German language. His thoughts not only had wings but they had hands." Carlyle said: "I would call this Luther a great man, great in intellect, in courage, affection and integrity." The historian Bancroft said: "He was wont to protest against propagating reform by persecutions and massacres, With wise moderation and knowledge of .human nature, he would deduce from his great principle of justification by faith alone the sublime doctrine of freedom of con science." The greatness of Luther was most notably displayed in his humility. He v.-as modest diffident and distrustful of his own powers. He did not delight in the prominence into which he was forced. He was happiest alone, under the canopy of heaven, with his lute and his thoughts of God. Luther was not greatest in those contests with Pope emperor and oounoil •svhich interest us most, but in his study, when he discovered tho secrets of bible truth, translated the scriptures into the vernacular, and prepared hi 3 little cate chism. By these achievements he linked himself with the work of tha whole world. To-night, four - hundred years after Luther, and five thou sand miles distant, two branches cf Luther's followers clasp hands in unity against the infidelity that professes to honor Luther and scorns the book in which ha fonnd his inspiration. Bey. 0. Conrad, of the German Luth eran church said: The history of Lather opens a fountain of power for the work of our day. The principles of the reforma tion had their last origin in Luther's soul; and then came the second great battle with the enemies of the human race. Mr. Con rad took a rapid surrey of the career of Luther, and epitomised the great ideas which were bis gift to tke church, culmin ating in the revelation of faith in Christ as an experience of the individual gbeart and conscience. He drew an intereetiag parallel between Luther and Oolambms as cotemporariesboth heroes of the faith. One gave to the world a new reve lation of the truth, the other opened to the world & land where those ideas should find their fullest development. It was Lather's chief glory that he restored religion to its true place as a part of the actaal and daily life of men. Rev. A. P. Monten. pastor of the Swe dish Lutheran church on Stillwater street, made a very happy closing speech. He said the Lutheran church is an evangelical church, It proclaims the Ecangelium (gos pel) of salvation to all mankind. Its doc j trine of predestination is that God is j j willing te save everyone that has faith in i i Cari.-i. The Lutherans in the United '. ! States come from countries where : ■ there is a state church. They find ; ' here a frre church and a free state. That [is what they want. The chnrch should af i feet the state, bat not by an organic union i with it. A tra3 church makes good citi i zen? and rmntrinn good government. The I speaker teaches his people that it is a sin j net to vo'e. but leaves each man to decide for himself how he shall vote. Dr. Dana closed the service with a grace i ful declaration of fraternity and good will • toward the Lutheran church. Lttth*T From an liiiot'i Standpoint, To the Editor of the Globe, v I find no fault whatever with the Protes tant journals or Protestant speakers who j think it right to exhaust the vocabulary of j praise in trying to honor "the reformer" : : Lather. Not eves a word of bl&ue have I i for the holy Beacon Nettleton, when he ! places the seal of his high approval on the ' life and acts of such a man. La so doing • the deacon simply exercises his right of private judgment —the pallium of our liberties etc, won for us by the man who never yet —. "Sin, sin boldly," wrote the "great reformer" and those who follow and believe in him can not even feel a oonscience-smart even for suoh an affair as the Glyndon land grab. No doubt the holy deacon, actinor on the above great principle, can fearlessly rec ommend his lady readers to read and place in their children's hands for perusal the writings of the man, "whose like the world shall never see again." A chapter from Luiher's "Table Talk" would perhaps be acceptable reading for our Christian young men. We Catholics call these meetings exceedingly immodest, but Nettleton oan answer by calling us bigots and oan excuse the im purity of Luther by naming it strength of character. We deny that the church ever taught that an indulgence is a pardon for sin, and in proof of onr assertion refer the papist-hater to the definition of the word given by Webster, and to the church's un changing teaching on the matter; but the infallible Nettieton at once will answer, "I know better what your beiief is than do you yourselves. lam Sir Oracle and when I open my month I always put my foot in it." But enough of toe deacon. Catho lics and all honest-minded Protestant 3 know hjm pretty well by this time, and merely laugh at his ravings. Now, Mr. Editor, for my complaint I against the Globe. You proless to run a non-3ectanan journal, and yet in the edi torial of your Saturday's edition you wil fully and without reason insult your Catholio readers. Men are asking—'"ls Hall too amongst the prophets?" Have you descended to the level of the thous and and one needy paragraphists who write merely to profit by the public taste and write most boldly oa what they know least about. "The musty philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas" is a favorite phrase with those who had never read a line of that greatest of all uninspired writer's works. You talk of Lothei's heroism. Where was it exhibited? Writing of his appearance before the diet of Worms, why did you forget to mention that he had the emperor's safe-conduct in his pocket? When you mentioned his love of civil liberty you no doubt forgot that after having incited the peasants to rise against the authorities he meanly swerved round to suit his own convenience, and de nounced them as rascally rebels, damn scoundrels, who deserved to be shot down, to be utterly destroyed. Was there ever such a bigoted monarchist as Dr. Martin Luther, when by issuing indulgcnr.rs for bigamy, and other snch proceedings, he had gained the favor of the GermaiJ princes! As a constant reader of the Globe your in smlt to my religion has astonished as well J as chagrined me. Better let the "relig ious" organs and hand organs attack us. They can go as far as they please for ail we care. For the last three hundred years they have bsen at it, and their rights ought not to be interfered with. A MINNEAPOLITAN. ELSEWHERE. Jlousiynor Ca/>el at Cincinnati. — An Able Drfenee of Catholicism. Cincinnati, Nov. —Mo'nsignor Capel, who arrived yesterday, is : the guest of archbishop elect Elder, at the 'Cathedral residence. Though the . letter was com pelled to be at Chillicothe to nil a previous engagement, Monsignor Cape! to-day treated, in two discourses, at the cathedral, which supplemented each other, of Luther from a Catholic standpoint. In the morn ing the sermon preached showed that the church was an organized body, a corpora tion both human and divine— human, inas much as it is made up of teachers in a hierarchial order, and divine because it is inHabited by the Holy Spirit. This human divine creature, born on Pentecost Sunday, crew, according to law its existence, increasing, but not creating every organ, just as is done by the human frame in assimilating food; therefore, ar gued the monsignor, the church in the fif teenth century was a babe, born on penti cost, now grown to manhood. In the next place it was urged that the church is holy in its origin, in its object, in its means of sanctification, in its interior life, which is Chri3t and the Holy ghost; and, lastly, in its producing saint-, and then it was, he concluded, this the church had at all times, and consequently, in the sixteenth century, had 'this holiness. The Monsignor said the de cress council ot Trent bore too painful tes timony existing among the clergy and peo ple, but this is no proof against the truth and holiness of the church, no more than the conduct of Judas would prove tho apos tolic college corrupt, or our own evil deed«, the falsity of the commandments or the crimes narrated in the daily press show that the American constitution teaches wrong doing. To show that the church was more vigorous than ever at the time of the reformation, Monsignor appealed to the imitation of Christ, the spirit ual combat, the works of St. Toresa, Louis Granda and others im mediately before or during the period as literary evidence to the labors of St. Francis Savior, im the old world, and of St. Louis Berlrand in the new, as mission ary evidences to the orderof Jesuits, orat* riors, th» fathers of the pious schools, th» fathers of St. Jerome acmitan, the Thea tines and others, as evidence of the "crea tive" power of this association; to Saint's Ignatins, Aloysius, St. Anislaos Eostka, Theresa Cajetan, Philip Novi and a dozen •there, as evidence of the church's power to made heroes »f holiness at the very time that the enemies would fain make be lieve she was corrupt. In the evening the monsignor continued j his subject, first disclaiming intention to I offend any one by what ha should say of | Lather as a reformer. He said if he were ! is London to-day and would ask what was ! ; tho • t-.ie of intelligence in Europe ■when j I Luther lived, ninety cine oat of one I hundred would say it was in a state of gross darkness, and would add that Lathers spark kindled the whole world ; into a blaze of light. He would show , nothing was farther from truth th».n this | modern view of Lather's position ! i and of his inilmence. He I ■ averted that to Catholicism '' ; and not to Protestantism was the world it ! debtcd to that light that followed the fif- I teenth century. Printing and paper,tho?s ! ! powerful agents In the diffusion of know ; | ledge, were invented before Lather was ! born. The discovery of this new world was the result of the energy, learning and j liberality of Catholic Spain. At that time i sixty-four universities of learning existed j ! all over Europe. Church architecture End I I art of that tine wa3 also cited as evidence '■■ ': that the Catholic church was not the sup • pressor of learning. The existence of re i publics with prosperous commerce under | Catholic auspices gave the lie to the charge ; that the Catholic church was the enemy of | energy, learning and liberty. With»nt ; speaking of any details of the life of | Ltther he would mention one or two points that -were sufficient to deprive him i of the title of a reformer. When he was twenty years of age, he took the solemn vows of the Catholic church. This was a i voluntary act, bat a most solemn obliga- i tion, yet he voluntarily broke his vows. Thin was not the mark of a saint. An- | other fact, cited with reluctance, was that j he wrote letters and left them to the world, , of such coarse sensnousness that any pare E man would suffer his right hand to be cut , off, rather than write them. Reformers , are not made of such material. The mon- , signor said Lather's heresy was special that it was a revolt against the ( principEl authorities and assertion of tha - right of private judgment instead, yet with j singular inconsistency he undertook to say ~ what should be the private judgment of all his followers. Looking to the fruits of ! Luther's teachings, the monsignor said a \ recent publication says there are 236 di- , visions of the Protestant religion in Eng- j land alone. On the contrary, the Catholic f church remains the same everywhere : thronghout all time. Luther's . teaching tends to destruction, not to building up. It tends to rationalism, agnosticism and communism. Another of its fruits was i not known in the Middle ages, as the re volt against the principal authority . leads '. to all this. No nation has ever been convert ed to Christianity by Luther's followers. ' It would be impossible where ' his rule of private judgment was to gov ern in passing to the popular claim. That Luther gave the Bible to the masses. Mon signor said, before the Catholic church had translated cci 'ires into tongue, into lan guage which was tho mother tongue of all the people of learning. Ha argued that Christianity does not depend alone on read ing the Bible. Daring tho first three centu ries of Christianity there was no new tes tament. The Catholic church says, read the scripture?, but do not place your own interpretation on them. It is said that the Chinese were suddenly attacked in a certain place with scourge of optholmia and ascribed its origin to the fact that a bridge had been built across a stream about that time and destroyed it. To say Lather was the cause of progress and learning and the growth of human liberty was to reason with the same force as the Chinese. In conclusion, he begged his hearest to look at this mat ter in the light of history and reason, and not blindly follow the shibolleth of preju dice repeated during four centuries. Monsignor goes to Lexingten, Ky., to morrow. The Celebration in General. St. Louis, Nov. 11. —Luther memorial eervioes were held in ail German and English Lutheran churches to-day and to night, and some reference to Luther or reformation made in all the Protestant churches. There were also special ser vices at the Young Mens Christian associa tion under the auspices of the German and American young men of the city,. at which addresses were delivered and Luth er's grand hymn rendered by a choir of one hundred voices. The memorial services will be continued during the week in the German churches. Chicago, Nov: 11.The Luther anniver sary is referred to in nearly all the city churches • to-day. The Luther memorial association held special services for all na tions. Luther's hymn "Eine fe3te burg ist unser Gott," sung by the members of congregation'each in his native tongue. Addresses wt/i a made in English, Gorman and Norwegian. The German and Scandinavions and a large number of other nationalities were represented, including Negroes, Greek and Chinamen. Baltimore, Nov. Luther anniversa ry celebrated in nearly all the Evangelical churches. This afternoon it is celebrated at the academy of music and Ford opera house, and attended by immense throngs. Boston, Nov. 11. —Luther's, birth was celebrated in the various chnrches in this city this afternoon. In Mur-ic hall the Up.ndel and Haydn society gave the first concert of the season commemorative of the occasion. In other cities in New Eng land the day was observed with appropri ate sermons. New Yoek, Nov. 11. —In the greater number of the Protestant churches in the city sermons on Luther wero preached morning and evening. Robert Collyer's sermon was entitled '"Our Saint Martin." Dr. Newman preached on "Luther and Leo X." In the afternoon 1.500 children con nected with Lutheran Sunday schools cele brated the anniversary, receiving medals bearing Luther's portrait. la the evening all the German Lutheran chnrches joined in a celebration in Steinway hall. The cho rus was composed of 150 voices. Dcs Moises, la., Nov. 11. — Luther anniversary was celebrated by union ser vices in all Protestant ohurche3 at the Central Presbyterian and First 31. E. churches. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 11.—Appropriate recognition of the four hundredth anni • versary of tho birth of Martin Luther was made in many of the churches to-day and this evening the congregations from the various Protestant churches unite in union services. Philadelphia, Nov. 11.—Services ap propriate to the acniversary of Luther's birthday were held in all the Protestant churches to-day. Rev. John Hemphill re plied to the criticisms of Monsignor Capel and says the remarks of the latter was an other instance of the bigotry of the adher ents of the church of Borne. Bbbx.ui, Nov. —All the members of he imperial family attended the special Luther service at the cathedral. The his torical profession at Esleber yesterday was a great success. It represented Luth er's reception by Count Minefield and I consisted of heralds, trumpeters, canner meD, huntsmen, falconer?, knights, esquir es, councilors aad noblemen, with attend ! ants, all richly dressed in the correct | costumes of the time of Luther; Luther in a decorated carriage with his three sons j following, the city guild 3 with banner-?, | miners' associations and citizens generally in various costumes. The whole made a splendid spectacle. Continuous shoots of admiration attended its progress. 81. Pehzbsbcbg, Nov. —The Luther I anniversary is declared by the press to be i the occasion of rejoicing by the whole ; civilized world. Losisok, Nov. 11.—Spurgeon addressed a ! crowded meeting in Exeter hall on the life of L-ther. Lather services were also held I at Naples. Loroojr, N«r. 11.—Baron yon llantenf fe!, governor of Alsa'se, Lorraine, and the military and civil official attended the i Luther festival service at Stra3barg. The colossal statue of Lather waa un veiled at Ash, Bohemia. Two hundred persons attended the Lu ther meeting at Paris including the secre tary and military attache of the German embassy. Memorial services were held at Brussels , and Geneva. and at Rome j the Rer. Dr. Taylor, of the i , American Baptist church delivered a discourse on the life and worth of La ther. The anniversary -was appropriately ob served in Madrid, Barcelona. Seville and Bilboa. Cincinnati, Nov. 11. —The Luther cele bration here crowded the Mnsio hall. The forenoon was devoted to children, 4,000 of whom were present. The exercises con sisted of singing and addresses. The whole afternoon was given to adults, in wi ich there were addresses, singing and music, on the great organ. Washington, Nov. 11. —The Luther quarto century had a celebration in all the Lutheran churches in the city to-day. Fere Hyacinthe spoke at the Lutheran memorial church. . Pittbbubq, Nov. 11.— ' 400 th anniversary of the birth of Luther was celebrated to-day in an appropriate man ner by all the Lutheran's | congregating in the city and Allegheny, while special union services were held, which was. participated in by over thirty thousand persons. Good Running. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 11.—Lee, of Pawnee City, Nebraska, and W. R. Nally, of St. Louis, ran a foot race this afternoon of 125 yards 15 feet, scratoh start, for $100 a side. Lee won by live feet; time, 12% seconds. Lee is believed to be Arthur McComb, of California. Betrayed by a Balance. [Hartford Sunday Journal.! "I can't make my cash balance," report ed the book keeper to tho senior member of a five-year-old concern. "Which way is it?" "Over." - "How much ?" "Forty-five dollars." "Correct you are, my boy. You take five and give me forty; you see, my wife came in here this morning and I dumped what money I had in my pockets into the cash drawer. Then I turned the pockets inside out and told her I hadn't got a cent; that the money in the drawer was part of a sam to pay a note, and that you had gone out to borrow enoagh to make op the whole. You take the five, I say, and don't mention it." CLOTHING. ATTENTION Workingmen, Mechanics, Laborers! We have more OVERCOATS, SUITS, HEAVY UNDER. WEAR and WINTER GAPS suited to your needs, than any store in Minnesota, and we can and will save you dollars. BOSTON " ONE-PRICE" IMIiIIIiW HOUSE! CORKER THIRD m ROBERT STS., ST. PAUL. Send for our price list. Thanksgiving Proclamation. TATE OP Mlkswwta, ) Executive Depabtment. J In accordance with law and the most revered custom, I do he'eby Bet apart and appoint THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF THE PRESENT MONTH, an a day »f solemn and PUBLIC THANKSGIVING to Almighty God for his bleesirgs and mercies to us as a state and nation. And I recommend and exhort the people of the state, that mindful of the good of peace, plenty, health, employment, charitableness and freedom from faction, they lift up their heart? on that d»y to tho Giver of every good, in their usual places of worship and in their sacred homes with valuta of praise and &11 appropriate observances. Given under my hand and the great . •-^—•^ « seal of the State, at the Capital, in ) state r St. Paul, Una ninth day of Novem i seal. C ber, A. I), one tho-isaad eight Iran ' «-^v-^/ ' dred aad eighty three. (Signed) L. F. HUBBABD. By the Governor. (Signed) Vxt.it You Baoibach, Secy of State. 814 MUSICAL INSXIiUCIION. I DUKE F. SMITH IS3TBUCTOB[OF PIANO-FORTE. Pupil of the eminent pianist and teacher, B. B. Mills, of New York, ar.d for several y*ira a teacher in well known educational instituutms, and »f private classes, most reepoctfully tenders bis eerricee to those desiring a thoroughly com. 1 1 potent, experienced and conscientious teacher. TEBMB: 1 Twenty leesona (one hour) $40 00 ! Twenty leseraa, (half hour) ....25 00 ' Order* may be left at ray studio, «ver B. C. 1 Haager'i aaat etjre, 107 £. Thud street. 208 NO. 315. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.' Largest Array Of first Grade PI^TsTOS! Of any House in the West. Look at the list Piano's for which we are General Agents: STEIN WAT, CHICKERING, HAINEB, KRANICK & BACH, G ABLER, ARIOUT, Jiving purchasers an unlimited field for choice. ! Pi W 148 and 150 East Third street. *"'""^ ASniSEMENTS. Grand Opera House! L. N. SCOTT, Manager. TWO NIGHTS, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. The well-known Character Comedian Hi BURGESS! In his new Comedy, vim:! Written by a Minneapolis lady introducing the patent BEVOLVING STAGE AND GREAT CIRCUS ACT, As played to crowded houses in New Yoik seven months. Sale of seats commences Monday, 9 a. m. ltoduced prices: $1, 75c, 50c and 25c. Grand Opera House! L. N. SCOTT, Manager. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Matinee, Not. 15, 16 and 17. FAREWELL AMERICAN TOUR! Engagement of the Eminent Polish Actress, MODJESKA. Supported by MAURICE H. BARUYMORE, and a company of acknowledged ability, und«r the management of MR. CHARLES BOZENTA. A BRILLIANT BErEBTOIBE : Thursday, No.v. 15 '.. .Amiienne. Friday, Not. 16 Cymbkline. Saturday M atinee, Nov. 17 As Yon Like It Note: The sale of reserved seats begins nex Tuesday morning, Nov. 13, at 9 o'clock. N. B. —This is positively the only engagement Modjeska will ever play in St. Paul. Prices: 50c, $1, $1.36 and $1.50, according to location. No Saturday night performance. ~GEAND~ Musical ana Literary Entertainment! Under tho auspices of the St. Paul Y. W. 0. T. U., FOB THE BENEFIT OF THE KITCHEN GARDEN! At the JU&enenm, Tuesday Evening, Ifov. 13, 8 O'CLOCK P. M. Tickets, 50 Cents. WOpn'i} OPERAHOUSEI COL. J. H. WOOD, Manager. One week only, commencing Monday Nov. 12. The Celebrated Com median, SID G. FRANCE, Injjthe New Historical Melo Drama, The JAMEB BOYS. Grand scenic effects, PRECEDED BY A STRONG OLIO. Matinee Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. "~GO .A-TSTD SEE THE GREAT EUROPEAN MUSEUM OF ANATOMY! On Exhibition at No. 49 East 7th Street, St. Paul. The finest and largest Exhibition ever in this cily. LADIES' MATINEE KVEUY FRIDAY from I to C o'clock. 313-2G NEW TACOMA, W. T. INVESTMENTS HADE i:; Iff MIA, The Western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, by F. T. OLDS & CO. Houses, stores and tenements built. Constructions nnp*rirjt*.-iicl -6<l by an honest and competent architect. We i 100 buy coal sod timber lands. Do an exclusive buying business on commit-Mon. Refer to banks of New Tacoma, W. X., and Rochester, Minne sota. We invite correspondence. F. T. OCD-l & CO., 307* New Tacoma, W. T. GAS FIXTURES. KENNEY & HUBNER« I*s and m West Third Strut" Oj posit* 21 trans Hi*, va Ho'sl