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2 SAINT PAUL. Additional City News on Page 5. ABOUT THE CIT\. In front of the Ryan block entrance on Seventh street is a stone step which projects about three out upon the walk. It cannot be seen at night, and many persons have had a fall over the ob struction. The sidewalks are narrow enough at best, and the stone step is a great nuisance. Perhaps it will be re moved after some one has falleu over it, broken a limb and institutes a damage suit Rolling ten-pins has become a favor ite pastime among a large number of St, Paul people. It is an interesting game and" a healthful exercise. It is no uncommon thing to see. after the cares of the day nre over, such ' gentlemen as "Bill" Erwin, Doc Quinn. etc., in their Bhirt-sleeves at the Standard alley en joying the pastime. "I never saw anything like the St. Paul people," said a eentleman to his lady companion, going down Seventh street last evening. "They walk on all sides of the walk and all over it!' His criticism was not an unjust one. In Chicago, New York, Providence, Boston and other large cities the invariable rule is "keep to the right. "" and any hurried pedestrian who violates it is sure to get a good jolt, to gether with the injunction "To the right." With such a crowd as was on .Seventh street last evening, the rule would have facilitated travel. But the {St. PauliLcs pay no attention to it and elbow ladies, run into one another, or •lodge back and forth in front of one an other until, in disgust, one individual pets far enough to the side to allow the uther lo pass. QUIPS AM) FANCIES. Since his return from Mexico W. J. ('. Ki'iiyon, of the Burlington, has claimed the title of senor. When W. H. Dixon, of the Milwaukee, heard of this, he hied himself to the barbershop. The tonsorial artist was directed to touch up the moustache and remove the beard so as to leave the perkiest sandy rolort'd goatee. Dixon now mops the sidewalks witba martial stride and de mands the recognition of a colonel. Henceforth it is Col. \V. H. Dixon, as veil as W. J. C. Kenyou. Mr. Armstrong, the owner ot Spo kane, is in the city. The story that .Spokane was lame he declares to be un true. On the other hand, local tuifkes who have seen the horse stoutly aver sis to the correctness of the report. Take your choice. The winter book made up on the Twin City Derby contained odds twenty to one against" Seattle. The odds against this horse winning the Derby art' certainly great. There is not the slightest, probability of it even reaching the starting post; the animal died last fall. A certain politician is ready to take advantage of everything in order to ad vance the interests of the political can didate whose cause he may espouse. lie made a grand effort to turn the Irish voters of the Second ward against Fred Bott, because he was receiving the sup port of a young Englishman. The Englishman promptly showed up the hollownessof the position, and, as an home ruler, demonstrated he had done more to further -the Irish cause than had even the politician. The Irishmen who heard the reply were delighted, and greeted the name of the politician with groans. This evening is one of great impor tance to Episcopalians in St. Paul. They will meet to elect church officers for the ensuing year. The brotherly Ipvo. ex hibited at these meetings is quite too utterly utter,;/ Charity covers a multi tude of hiu.s and that is why the daily newspapers decline to uncover the veil of secrecy. Choral services are very pretty. They please the people immensely; but can not we have too much oJ' a good thing? Two and three hours taken up with an thems, solos, processions, ami I know not what, become tedious, and what should have been a pleasurable service is completely spoiled. Cut down the Bioslc a little. Citizens should closely follow the nlderinanic tight in the Second ward. There are two candidates belore the people— one has got the money, and the other has got the brains. Which will the taxpayers select? Send in your re plies at once. That brethren should dwell in unity Is a divine command, yet the two Pats disregard it. They do" not speak as they pass by. This is the result of two Pats wanting one position. Both aspire to rule the Democratic cohorts. Lent is over. The days ot lasting and prayer are o'er. Note how the police calendar will rise, and the amount of church subscriptions 'liminish. • ST. PAUL AH A SOLID CITY. It is a common remark of visitors to {St. Paul that the city has not only an air of stability and progress, but that it does not seem to be so much affected by the general stringency in a financial way and a paralysis of business as other cities do. Most cities in the West and Northwest have an air of -living in the hopes of better times to come. These comments have come from men who are in the position to observe as well as being unprejudiced. Such com ments are pleasing to the residents of St. Paul, not because they have been flattered but for the reason that the fact is known all over the country. Our business men and those conducting the city government me not only aware of the facts but are able to give the cause that has produced the effect. « A pood city government has been as signed as the chief cause. Besides, there are other causes, among them be ing the absence of any purely specu lative financial course by her people. The city has not been boomed beyond the growth of the surrounding country. Improvements and investments have been principally made because of the needs of iho country. Inquiries carefully made go to prove that St. Paul lias fairly earned a repu tation for stability. The bonds of the city are at a premium in the markets of the country, whilst litigation has grown In volume during the past few years, yet, as stated by one of the oldest judges in Ramsey county, it has not been out of proportion to "a reasonable growth of the population, as far as the enforced collection of debts are con cerned. While there has been a larger return of delinquent taxpayers this year than last, the increased list does not include business men, but is made up principally of poor men who owe less than So taxes— in fact, 75 per cent of all delinquent taxpayers are less than $5 tax each. There is another grind indication of the city's healthy condition in Hie fact that there are comparatively *' ew crimes com mitted. The criminal docket is small, and the few additions from time to time are of late for minor offenses. Any one desiring to satisfy himself of the truthfulness of the claim that St. Paul stands high in the roster of pros perous and stable cities may do so by talking to visitors and then making a tour of the business men and the city and county ofiicials,irrespective of polit ical affiliation. There is n. good story and plenty of room for good work in '"Fabio liomani,"whieli WM gfrea at the Newmarket last night. The plot is borrowed from "Monte Cristo," but is much less elaborate. Tb* company fs not the worst that lias ever been in St. I'aif.. There was cne worse. IN A POLITICAL WAY, A Secret Effort Among 1 Repub licans to Knife Kiefer To-Nig-ht. Slate Schemes of the Party Leaders That May Gang Ag-lee. The Colored Vote Resents the Imputation That It is Mere Bag-gage. Political Shots and Flashes From All Portions of the City. Which element of the Republican party will win at this evening's pri maries? The devoted friends of Col. A. R. Kiefer still insist that there is no divis sion in the party over the nomination for mayor; but, if there were no other evidence of this division than the politi cal effusions that have from time to time during: the last two weeks ap peared in the party organ, they would be quite sufficient to demonstrate that there is a very strong element opposed to the selection of Col. Kiefer as the Republican standard-bearer in this campaign. But the opposition voiced by the Pioneer Press is not all there is of it, by any means. Whether the friends of Col. Kiefer believe it or not, there exists a very strong feeling against their man', and. what is more to the point, it will crop out at the pri maries this evening. "The nomination of Col. Kiefer is not by any means certain," remarked a very prominent Republican politician yes terday. "I know of a dead certainty that he will have an active and power ful opositiou at the primaries and in the convention, unless he drops out of the race voluntarily while there is yet time. JJe has repeatedly said that he was not a candidate, and did not want the nom ination unless it came to him with some thing near unanimity. This latter con tingency will not occur, and if the col onel meant what he said he will not head the Republican ticket this spring." "But Col. Keifer can carry the prima ries, can he not?"' asked the Globe rep resentative. "1 presume he can easily enough if he goes into the fight, but no one knows better than Col. Kiefer the utter hope lessness of his cause if he has to make a fight for the nomination. There will be many delegates elected to-morrow evening who will refuse to express themselves on the mayoralty question, and many of them will be men sup posed to be for Col. Kiefer for mayor. These men will all be on deck at the convention. Under the circumstances, and in view of the dignified position taken by Col. Kiefer all along. I think it a safe prediction that he will not be nominated by the Republicans for mayor." ••'But who will be nominated?" asked the reporter. • "Oh, that's all right," was the an swer. "A number of gentlemen have been talked over, any one of whom will do and be perfectly satisfactory to the entire Republican party. None of them will be sprung, however, until the proper time comes." This frank conversation confirms what the GLOBE has all along insisted — that there existed an organized resist ance in the Republican camp to Col. Kiefer as the party nominee for mayor. Will it triumph. Undoubtedly, unless the gallant colonel's courage is screwed up to that pitch when he will doll his coat and enter the light. If ho or his friends allow the primaries to go by de fault another man will be nominated while the colonel is waiting and long ing for that unanimity which maybe expressed for him by local Republicans some other year, but not this. Local Republican circles were not ex actly bubbling over with enthusiasm yesterday over the prospect of the nomi nation of. $ Nichol $ for comptroller, but the nomination of Oil Inspector Samuel will come jjist the same. "1 was sur prised to hear that Sam was a candi date," said a prominent Republican politician yesterday, who is, by the way, also a merchant of some wealth, "and while I don't think it would be a wise nomination, 1 would vote for him in the convention if he really wanted the nomination. Sam is a friend of mine, and I always vote for my friends." Quite a lively contest is promised in the First ward this evening between the adherents of Charles Wallblom and John Copeland. Both are hankering and thirsting for the seat in the council now held down by Alderman Blom,and, as both men are hustlers of the first water, the fight will be decidedly warm. In the Second ward the contest has narrowed down to a light betNveen Aid. Leithauser and the syndicate's candi date, Banker Reed, with the chances about eveu between the two. Some of the most prominent Republicans tn the ward (largely stockholders or interested in the syndicate) are for Reed, and, of course, unless a very heavy vote is polled his chances for the Republican nomination are very good. In the Third ward there will probably be no opposition to the ticket headed by Dr. Sandberg for alderman, as the doc tor has been indorsed by the Scandi navian Independent club, and, besides, has the thing well In hand. Karl Simmon is the slate candidate In the Fourth ward, and will probably go through all right, although strenuous' efforts are being made to pull him oft" the course. The venerable Maj. T. M. Xewson will have no opposition in the Fifth ward, but, as one of his friends ex pressed it last evening, his chances for a consulate, while they may be very slim, are much better than those of his election in the Fifth ward. In the Sixth ward a number of candi dates have been mentioned, prominent among whom are Dr. McNamee and Nels J. Ness, with the chances largely in favor of Ness, as he has resided lv the ward longer than Dr. McNamee, and besides invested a good round dol lar for a certificate of membership injthe Citizens' Election league. Aid. Sanbovn will have no opposition in the Seventh ward, unless the younger element of the party on the hill decide to take a hand during the day, which is altogether unlikely. A. F.Guager's numerous political clubs have succeeded in placing him before the Eighth ward so prominently that he will probably have little difficulty in se curing the nomination. There is con siderable opposition to him among the straight-out Republicans on account of the uncertainty of his politics, but he will carry the primaries just the same. Henry Hiukens and Herman Hiilman are doing some lively hustling in the Ninth, but the chances are largely iii favor of the nomination of liinkens, who will continue in the future as in the past to preach in favor of eight hours labor while practicing ten and a half. ] nthe Tenth ward \V. M. Todd and Ahl. K. V. Pratt will cross swords— that is, Tocid will cany llamline and Pratt St. Anthony Park, l>ut as Haniline has one more delegate than the othersuburb the nomination will go to Todd without 11 doubt. " Aid. Sullivan will have no opposition in the Eleventh ward. The frantic efforts of the Pioneer THE SAINT PAUL BAILS' GLOBE: MONDAY MORNING. APRIL 7, 1890. Press to boom Charles A. Passavant into the Republican nomination for city treasurer, are as amusing as they are futile. In the first place Mr. Passavant is not a candidate in any sense of the term, does not desire to make the race, and would make no effort to get the nomination were it within Ms grasp — at least, so said an intimate friend of Mr. l'assavant yesterday! Adolph Wulff, a saloonkeeper of 451 Mendota street, announces himself as an independent candidate for alderman in the Second ward. He reports that his candidacy was indorsed at "a well attended meeting on Saturday in Adolph Wulff's hall." A "Colored Voter" svrites the Globe as follows: The Pioneer Press of Friday morning contained an interview of Col. A. R. Kiefer, which has created n great aeal of surprise among the Afro-American voters of this city, inasmuch as he im plies, or allows to be inferred troin that statement that the colored elemant cuts no figure in the affairs of this city, and that its strength is not worth seeking after. But the various nationalities are all mentioned, even the 150 Italians are assured that under him due care and respect will be paid their every want, and the element that has proved them selves true Americans by the upholding of every doctrine and principle of the Republican party ever since they have had that privilege given to them are to be ignored by him in the event of his success. I say that t has caused a consternation in the ranks.and that fact, coupled with another, the reported past position of the gallant colonel upon the negro question, though he says lie do<"*s not intend to answer newspaper re ports, will cost him a large number of Afro-American votes, for we have come to that point in our political career that says we have been the tools of the Re publican party long enough, and we should now assert our independence as citizens, the same as any other people, if we expect proper recognition, and 1 now say that Col. A. R. Kiefer's posi tion on the negro question, as a citizen of this city and an element of the body politic, will cost him 700 Afro-American votes. The position of judge of the munici pal court, under the law passed by the last legislature, is very attractive to the younger element of the legal profes sion, and there are a host of candidates for the two places on the Republican ticket. Burr and Horton, the slate candi dates, haven't a sure thing by any means, as Judge McMartin, G. J. Loinen, James Schoonmaker are all in the race, with several other law offices to be heard from. "I have no time for politics this year," said S. Lowenstein yesterday, with a broad grin, as he figured out an imagi nary majority for his friend Kiefer. Capt. Burger, pursuant to instruc tions, doubtless has quit outlining what Col. Kiefer's policy would be, were he elected mayor. The captain is a loyal friend of the colonel's, but he had to be pulled down for the good of the cause. Col. A. H. Wikler's candidacy for al derman at large is calculated to boom property useful for park purposes, es pecially if located on Summit avenue. WELL RID OF THEM. Dangerous Crooks Driven Over the City's Borders. Frank Kelly, alias Davis, the man who escaped from the £>tilhvater peni tentiary several days ago, is a desperate young criminal who is well known to the police of St. Paul, having been sent over to the "pen" from this city for a term of three years for robbing a member of Siebert's orchestra, named Hoffman, on John street. Kelly was a "pal" of the notorious "lleddy" Hack ett and James Moore. Hackett and Moore were witli Kelly at the time of the robbery, but escaped the peniten tiary. "Ileddy" was concerned in the assault upon Officer McLonghlin, of Minneapolis, for which offense one of the gang is now serving a term in state's prison. Moore killed a man in Winnipeg, but escaped conviction. Aft erward he ran away from Manitoba with the wife of the town clerk. The couple came to St. Paul, where Moore com pelled her to solicit the attentions of men, while he stole everything that came in his way. The police have finally succeeded in running Hackett and Moore out of the city. When Detect ives Aliern and O'Connor went to Kelly's room to arrest him for the Hoff man highway robbery he made an at tempt to shoot Ahem with a big 44-cal iber revolver which was on his person. The three are considered the most dan gerous crooks that have operated iv the Northwest for many years. THE CITY IN BRIEF. The board or education will meet to-night. Yesterday was a bad one for the Kaster bonnet. From to-morrow it will be four weeks until election. An important meeting of the industrial union will be held this evening. "The Fat Men's Club". promises to produce fun galore at the Newmarket tonight: Detectives Daly and Kenealy last night ar rested James Fisk, a railway news agent, who is suspected of robbing a passenger on an in coming train. The regular monthly meeting of the White Shield league will be held at the Help Kx change. 210 West Fifth street, Monday, April 7, at 3 o'clock. The regular monthly meeting of the Junior Pioneer association takes place tomorrow night. Several good speakers have been se cured, and a large attendance is anticipated. "A Serious Family" will be produced at the Harris to-night by Mr.and Mrs. Fred C. Hueb ner and a strong company. A special Easter matinee performance will be given this after noon. Prof. Seibert has been basought by many of his friends, in view of the enthusiastic re ception accorded him at the testimonial con cert yesterday af ternoou, to £fre a concert on some evening during the coming week, which suggestion will probably be acted on. Dr. Griswold last nia ht found an infant ou the rear steps of his residence, No. "23 Arun del street. The infant. In the opinion of the doctor, was not more thau three or four hours old. It was removed to the city hos pital by order of City Physician Ancker. and the police were notified, and have the case in hand. Maguire Bro-.— There is going to be a large amount of business done in real estate this spring and summer. The market is m first rate condition. The people have confidence in St. Pftul realty, judging from their ex pressions, which makes real estate men feel like themselves again. If beautiful flowers and sweet blending voices are among the essential elements for an enjoyable service, certainly the Easter song service given yesterday afcernoon at 70 East Seventh street was highly favored In this direction. Nothing could have been more touchiug and given greater uplifting to the soul than the. beautiful duets, "Christ, the Lord Is Risen To-Dav."' as sung by the Misses Anna and Frances Dye, and "Christ Is Risen." as rendered by the Misses Laura and Lizzie Fasok. Mrs. Morrison was also present and tool; part in the meeting. Flowers of loveliness and fragrance were kindly furnished by Mis. Cook, of Virginia aveuue. ST. PAUL PERSONALS. . R. 11. and Miss Boyle, of Seattle, are , Ryan guests. :■ .--"■'•'■•. , . '.v": •■J r ' ■ '■':■-'-',.'- H. 11. dimming, of . Augusta, Ga., Is at the Merchants*. " James A. Beardsley, of Austin, is a Mer chants' guest. Hon. George A. Sllsby, of Mitchell, S. D., is .it the Ryan. ■.''■ .'■; : ; J. ,1. Mahoney, of Sioux City, is stopping ; at the Merchants". : . C.E. Davis,, the merchant of Lake Crystal, Is tarrying nt the Ityau. . - Miss Stella Barth,; of South Bend, Ind., registered at the Ryan yesterday. ■. . . . .T. C. Rhodes, James O'Brien nnd 58. Waters, of Slillwater, dined at the Merchants' yesterday. : _ • ; .-;.;. .'■",- -■ : Joel P. Heatwole tarried at the ; Merchants', yesterday., He was on his return from Indi ana, and went on to Northfleld ': by las even ing jraiu. ANTHEMS ON EASTER, In Orthodox Style St. Paul Celebrates the Great Christian Holiday. Fragrant Flowers and Im pressive Music the Feat ures at Churches. Ministerial Eloquence Em phasizes the Lesson of the Risen Lord. The Episcopalian and Catholic Churches Have Especially Fine Services. Easter bells rang as early as 5:30 o'clock in tho city yesterday morning. Mass was said at 6 o'clock in all the Catholic churches, and at 8 o'clock the holy communion was administered in the Episcopalian churches. Uosannas to the risen Lord resounded from every sacred edifice in the city at the morn ing service, and in the evening many churches held a special service forchil dren, at which Easter carols were sung. There was no special attempt at deco rating the interior of the churches, but in the Catholic and several of the Epis copal edifices the altars were beautifully adorned with flowers and brilliantly lighted. The day was somewhat marred by the weather. Heavy, dark-looking clouds filled the heavens, and rain fell at intervals. There was lacking that general buoyancy and stimulating at mosphere which is the charm and de light of early spring: but, notwithstand ing the threatening aspect of the weather,crowded congregations were the rule. The music in many of the churches was very elaborate, oarticularly at Chtist church, the cathedral and St. Paul's church. At the Cathedral. The cathedral was filled to the doors yesterday morning at 10:30. at which time was celebrated pontifical high mass by Archbishop Ireland. The altnr and body of the cathedral were mag nificently decked with rarest cut flow ers and Easter tokens of nature's own production. The appearance presented from the entrance was extremely pleas ing, and symbolized the change from mourning to joy that the Lord had risen again. The musical programme was exquisitely arranged and magnifi cently rendered.beginning with Beetho ven's Grand Mass in C by the choir; accompanied by Seibert's orchestra; leader and organist, Heir William Maenner. The singing of the beauti ful "liegina Coeli" soprano solo and alto solo with chorus was listened to with breathless interest by all within hearing, and the sweet strains of the soprano, as they filled the great build inir, seemed more of heaven than of earth, until the burst of meloJy and grandeur, as the chorus chimed in, dispelled«the illusion and brought the listener back to a realization of his whereabouts. The.sopianiste was Miss May Kirwin, while the alto— and a per fect aito it is— was that of Mrs. Stella Robertson, with chorus by the choir. The duo for soprano and baritone by Miss Anna A. Schonarth and Heir William Maenuer was magnificently sung, and it must be said that the beauty of the musical features added greatly to the impressiveness of the services. The solos during mass were sung by Mrs. Heiztinann. Miss Frances Smith and Ilerreu 0. Pleckler and A. B. Sch le uter. The sermon, on this occasion, was de livered by Rev. Father Keane, rector of St, Thomas' seminary. His text was: "You seek Jesus of Nazareth— He is risen. He is not here ;" and he spoke eloquently, forcibly and logically con cerning the resurrection of Christ, the precis of the resurrection and its sig nification. In the evening special Easter services were held at the same church, and Archbishop Ireland preached the ser mon, his text being from St. Paul's first epistle to the Corintiiians, fifteenth chapter: "If Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching in vain." The following is a brief synopsis of his re marks: Great, indeed, is the joy which Easter day diffuses upon us all. There are few who to-day do not realize that they belong to auotner world. The joy is universal. Easter is hu manity's'festival, for it is the day that reads out to humanity its best hopes. Without Easter, who arc we, what joy is there from earth ? Men are imperi ously driven by all the fibers of their hearts to seek "for happiness. All desire it, all labor for it, all push onward to it, and yet who are they who find it? You surely have not found it, children of toii. "You have not found it, whom sickness wraps, who have suffered the loss of dear friends, and whose cup of the water of "life is embittered by re grets that nothing can assuage. And surely they have not happiness who annihilate the spirit within them, who prostrate themselves before the idols of their animal pleasures. If these struggling against the passions last forever, and never to bring happi ness, what is their hope? Who would not fear the battle-field which never leads to complete victory? The grave is our sure home, and In its presence, if all ends there. Oh, God what is there for us but despair! If the grave closes all, what is lite but "a vain show for man's delusion given," and who will saj that it is worth living? Oh. breth ren, men from the cradie to the grave are children of sorrow. Tears unbidden rush to tiie eyelids thousands of times oftener than smiles diffuse the cheeks. Hearken to the world from hovel to palace, from city to vil lage, and what do we hear? The cry of anguish rising to the skies. "Oh, G*od, if this be all, what will give comfort to humanity, and are we not riddled most mysteriously?'' Oh. chil dren of men, be not without hope. It is Easter day! Cheer up and rejoice. Hearken to the voice of Jesus. It was heard twenty centuries ago on the plains of Palestine, and it has never ceased to ring out amidst the nations of the earth. Oh, Jesus, we thank Thee; Thou hast come to solve the riddle; to tell us what no man could tell— where happiness is to be found. The happiness that awaits us is a happiness enduring, so great that the eye of man hath never seen, nor ear heard, nor heart conceived ot. Christ declared He would conquer death, and under the eyes of the first representative of imperious Rome and her helmeted soldiery, He gave himself up to his persecutors. His heart was pierced with a sword, He died and was put in the grave, and the stone is rolled over, and the envious guard stood over the tomb. Easter morn dawned, and Jesus rose triumphantly, and for forty days walked through the villages, cities and helds.aud navigated the lakes of Palestine. He has conquered. Death is defeated in his own stronghold. '•Oh, death, where is thy sting:; oh, grave, where is thy victory?" This is tne significance of Easter Sunday. Death is conquered, and another life is assured us, a life of happiness. Our hopes are well founded, our desires lor happiness will be satisfied. The condi tion is that our lives be accordiug to His own life. At St. Mary's. St. Mary's church was crowded to the doors to listen to the great sermon of Father O'Gorman and Mr. MacLach lan's splendid choir. The choir per formed Haydn's Grand Sixteenth Mass and the Hallelujah chorus from "The Messiah." The chorus work was mag nificently grand, and showed the im mense amount of work that the choir master, Mr. MacLachlan, had given to it. The soloists, were Mrs. Mclver.Miss Shane and Mr.Gehan, together with Mr. MacLachlan, who took all the teuor solos ou a few moments' notice, as Han3 Jung, who had been engaged to sing, was suddenly taken ili and could not assist. Mr. MacLachlan is to be heartily con gratulated on his double performance, as the organ accompaniment to the mass is very elalxuato for the oreran. Mrs. Mclver and Miss Shawe sang exquis itely, and Mr. Gehan was in splendid (voice, and sang with good effect. The Hallelujah chorus produced a gr«nd ef feqt'on the audience, as it always does when rightly suusr. It is suggested that Mr. MacLachlan will repeat the mass inext! Sunday, as it must be heard more than' once to be thoroughly appreciated. The choir have every reason to be proud of their great success. The sermon by Father O'Gorman was a masterpiece of oratory, a synopsis of which is as fol lows : . The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a fact recorded in the Gospels. The 'Go'sbels are records of our Lord's life Ifrom the persons who were either eye witnesses, or who were in direct com munication with eye-witnesses on the ivevy scene where it was passed. The iassertion just made is the latest result of the critical operation of this century ou ;tjhe New Testament by men not at all favorable to Christianity. It is the office and duty of reason to prove or dis prove that the Gospels were in fact written and published at the time that is assigned to them, that they are at the present moment substantially identical with the oldest known text, that is to say, they are not adulterated, that the writers of them could know what they were writing about and had no motive to deceive the world. That much done by historical criticism, we accept them on this evi dence as trustworthy documents in re gard to the facts they relate. To want to explain such extraordinary facts as are explained by the usual facts of human history, to introduce into this sphere the critical tests of reason and human science, to eliminate as mythical and legendary what is given as miracles and preternatural, is to beg the whole ques tion in debate between the believer and unbeliever. The Gospels are trustworthy history. In the Gospels is related a great fact, a supernatural fact, the resurrection o" Jesus Christ. What should be our mental attitude in regard to it? It is a physical fact within the competence of the senses. He was seen dead, buried and afterwards alive. It is a doctrinal fact, connected with a system of doc trines of which it is the "seal and com plement. It is a social fact, the basis and foundation of a world-wide society. In the same sense the final victory and ending of the American revolutionary war at Yorkt^vn was a physical, a doc trinal, a social fact; as being within the competence of the senses, connected with a political declaration, and setting on a sure basis the republic of the L'nite:l States. About such a fact three questions may be asked: What cer tainty invested it? What publicity was given to it? What acceptance did it meet with? Physical Fact— Certainty. During three years twelve men have been in daily companionship with another thirteenth. They knew that he had been cruelly tortured, crucified, dead, buried; that his tomb had been sealed by the state and ■ guarded by soldiers. These twelve affirm that he came out of the tonib, that they saw him alive, heard him, touched him; that they put their hands on the wounds made in his crucifixion; that for forty d:i^s,they held frequent converse with him 5 that he was seen by 500 other men* Now if they knew that all this was noi true, that Christ was not risen, what more wicked than to originate and spread among men so monstrous a falsehood, what more foolish than to make the assertion in the face of a world who would answer with scorn, nay, with the death of the foolhardy liars; in the face of a God who could have in reserve for such an imposture only the severest chastisements in a future life which the foolhardy impnsters preached as an un doubted truth? Who will say that the apps.tles were sucli monsters of iniquity. Their previous lives, their later labors and sufferings in the cause of* their M&ter, the painful and heroic deaths by which they sealed their preaching— all: go to show that they were sincere, honest, holy and could not have design edly conspired to deceive the world. Doctrinal Fact— Publicity. Did they keep the fact to themselves within their own restricted circle, or did they give it wide publicity? They did. They gave to the Resurrection the publicity they gave to the Christian creed, which they were charged to preach to every creature. The largest theater of publicity is the people. On the Feast of Pentecost, when Jerusalem was filled with Jews from many nations, Peter rose and boldly preached that Jesus of Nazareth, whom they had crucified, was risen from the dead. Now behold them on another theater ot publicity more restricted but more severe. What is boldly asserted to the crowd is cautiously aud guardedly ailirmed before the officials of govern ment; a rumor among the masses is usually brought to very little,or vanishes nutirely before the bar of justice. You may read in tiie fourth chapter of the Acts how,in the presence of the princes, ancients and scribes of the people, Peter said, "Be it known to you all and all the people of Israel that by the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, Whom God had raised from the dead, even by Him, this man standeth be fore you whole." But a still more crit ical and dangerous bar is a scientific body. The most renowned learning of the day was to be found in Greece, in the city of Athens. On Mars hill stood St. Paul before the philosophers of that famous school, who thought him to be a setter-forth of new gods, because he preached to them Jesus and the re surrection, and he said, "Passing through your city so full of temples 1 met an altar to the unknown God. Him whom you adore without knowing [ preach to you. He is the God who made the world, who in the fullness of time sent into the world His Son. giving faith to all by raising him up from the dead." Now two things are certain about St. Paul. One is that he had been in the confidence of the enemies of Jesus, the Pharisees, and had been their trusted agent in prosecuting the Christians; and the other is that he was afterwards in the confidence of the apostles and knew all their side of the case. The fact was given the widest publicity; the apostles did not fear.they courted investigation. Social Fact— Acceptance. Did the Resurrection find credence? Was it to any extent accepted on the testimony of the apostles? Look at the thousands that in Jerusalem immedi ately after the ascension of our Lord Relieved the preaching of' the twelve. Those thousands had known Jesus of Nazareth, had witnessed his death, ana now they admit his resurrection. Think of the multitudes throughout the em pire that in the first, second and third centuries lived as followers of the cru citied, and died as martyrs. The vast est and most persistent society that ever rose in the world, Christendom itself, is the one impregnable proof of a world-wide belief in the resurrection of Christ. As the American republic is the standing proof of Washington's ca reer^ irresistible even to him who has not at his fingers' end the evidences of that memorable epoch in our history, so is the church the ever present, the living the irrefragable proof of this superhu man, miraculous, divine fact that this day commemorates. The Gospels are trustworthy records; they are evidence that may not be thrown out of court. In them is reJated the rising of Jesus from the dead; a pysical fact about which there is the certainty of sense, a doctrinal fact as widely published as the Christian'creed, asocial fact cred ited by the civilized races of the wor^fl for nineteen centuries. Between skep ticism aud atheism on the one hand, and the divinity of Christ on the other hand, there is no logical resting place. Hie Seibert Concert, The testimonial concert given yester day afternoon at tho Ne wniarket thea ter to Prof. George Seibert, of the Sei bert orchestra, was one of the most pleasing and thoroughly arttistic events of the season. Fifteen minutes prior to the rise of the curtain the house was packed from end to end, and it must be added that the audience was as critical a one as could have been got together anywhere. The arrangement of the stage was tasteful and pleasing. As the popular leader appeared, baton in hand, for the opening number, he was loudly and continuously applauded, and he was kept busy for some seconds bowing his thanks for the complimentary re ception. The first number on the pro gramme was marche et cortege "La Koine de Saba," (Gounod), given with the brass and stringed instruments combined. The effect was, to put It mildly, a grand one, and at the conclusion of the prece it was most enthusiastically applauded. This was followed by the overture "'Rosa mund," (Schubert) which was also de servedly well received. Then came that excellent vocal galaxy the Sappho String quartette, ill "Legends." Tlio four ladies have each magnificent voices, and the blending in the well chesen selections was perfect. Tho alto is a wonderfully powerful one, and the quartette was given its deserved nieasure of the appreciative din follow ing each successive number. Sgr. Lib erati's appearance before the footlights was the signal for a perfect roar of en thusiasm, which, as it died gradually away, gave place to the first clear, brill iant notes of "Remembrances of Switz erland" from the master's cornet. Sgr. Liberati only arrived in St. Paul yester day morning, and therefore had no opportunity for even one rehearsal vvitit the orchestra of the selections he would give. For all that.the perform ance was brilliantly perfect, not a mis take being made to mar its beauty. Sgr. Liberati played yesterday witn the dash, expression and sympathy char acteristic of him ; and there are very few who heard him on this occasion, and have heard the other great eornet ists at different times, but that will be willing to award the palm to the Italian genius. Miss Ida Seibert played ex quisitely a Mendelssohn fantasia for the piano. Her execution was perfect, and thoroughly appreciated, as was evinced by the encore she received. The Sap pho quartette again entertained the au dience with two solos, "Thou Beaming Star" and "Philomel," each of which was a gem, perfectly sung and well ap preciated. Sgr. Liberates second num ber was a polka of his own composi tion, "Past and Future." He played as only the composer can play a creation of his own— in such a man ner as to gain a double encore from the thoroughly delighted audience. He re sponded by playing a serenade with piano accompaniment by Prof. Eugene Kaeuffer. The concluding number was the overture "Semiramide" (Rossini), by the Great Western band. The exe cution was as faultless as perfection can be imagined, and thus closed, in a flourish of traiaoets and clapping of a thousand hands, one of the most enjoy able and excellent concerts ever heard in St. Paul. The Danz Concert. The final concert of the first series given by Prof. Danz in this city was given yesterday at the Harris theater to a crowded house, and one which be trayed by its enthusiasm the utmost ap preciation of the excellent programme given. The stage decorations, as it was previously announced would be the ease, exceeded in beauty and tasteful arrangement anything of the kind ever seen in St. Paul. Easter flowers in pro fusion ornamented the space behind the footlights, and the glimmer of a hun dred or more paper lanterns overhead adlled enchantment to the scene. The programme opened with Kossini's over ture to "William Tell" by the orchestra, and the performance was one of char acteristic brilliance. This was followed by the "Suite Algerienne" (St. Saens), and next came the finale from the first act of "Lohengrin," which brought down the house and evoked continuous applause. Prof. Einil Straka played exquisitely Lange's "Little Grand father," and was given a deserved en core.to which he responded. Prof.Straka is ou the high road to more than local fame as a violinist, and will be heard from among the great artists of his day sooner or later. The entire programme was magnificently given, and each number was applauded in successioon, all the soloists getting an encore, as well as several of the orchestra selec tions. The first concert of the new series will occur two weeks from yes terday. The Printers' Union. Typographical Union No. 30 met in regular session .yesterday afternoon. The recently elected officers were in stalled. M. J. Daly resigned as a mem ber of the executive committee and also as a delegate to the trades and labor assembly. F. G. Zeller was elected to the first-mentioned position and J. G. Coughlin to the last. 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