The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-02-15
HONOR TO LINCOLN
Great Crowd Gathers at the Congrega-
tionaI Church to Pay Tribute to the
Emancipation of Two Races.
PICTURES FROM A BUSY LIFE

Americas Martyred President Forms a
Theme for Lecture by Rev. J. E. Roy,
D. D., of Chicago-Manv Interesting Pic
lures are Shown Telling the Story of the
Active Life of the Man whose Birthday
Is Celebrated Today.
Flags wave on many of the buildings
of the city today in honor of the nine
ty-first anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln. While the day is
not observed as holiday in Wisconsin,
as in many other states, the people OF
Kenosha gathered at the Congrega-
tiona1 church last evening to pay trib-
ute to the memory of sour Martyred
President"
The church was filled to the doors
and the able illustrated lecture which
was delivered by the Rev. ]. E. Roy,
D. d., of Chicago, proved a great
treat to the large crowd assembled.
In his lecture the minister traced the
life of Lincoln fromnis nativity TO the
assassination in the theatre at Wash
ington. Ali the facts in connection
with the life of Mr. Lincoln were
brought out in beautiful and interest
| ing manner The minister spoke of
| Linco1n's humble birth in d cottage at
Hoddensvi11e, KY, on Feb. II, 1909.
He told how he removed to Southern
Indiana in 1917, and the story of the
death of the mother of the President
a year later. The speaker touched on
the education of the President in the
little school at Pigeon Greek in the
Hoosier state, and of his removal to
the old farm near New Salem, ILL.,, in
| life of the hero was his work in the
Black Hawk war, and his appointment
as captain in 1882. At this time Lin
coin was only 81 years of age.
After the war Lincoln returned to
his farm home and was a candidate
for the legislature. In this venture
he met with defeat, and for the next
four years he was in business in New
Salem, and forming plans for the flu
ture. In 1886 the same people who had
defeated him elected him to the 1egis-
1ature of Illinois.
Here the speaker turned from the
public life of Lincoln to the private life
and romance and told the story of his
marriage with Miss Mary Todd, at
Springfield in 1912. Following the
career of the great man the speaker
found him taking an important part
in the Henry Clay campaign in 1874,
and two years later he was elected to
serve his people in Congress. The
years in Congress only added to his
reputation as a stateman and in 1854
he was a candidate for the United
States Senate. Lyman Thrumbu11
was elected, but the fight served to
make Lincoln the acknowledge leader
of the new Republican party IN Illinois.
In 1853 Lincoln was found taking part
| in his famous debate with Douglas and
the same year saw his second defeat
| for the United States Senate. From
this on the career Of Lincoln assumed
national proportions. In 1860 he was
elected President by the Republican
party and was inaugurated on March
| 4, 1861.
From the time when the first gun
was fired at Sumpter on April II, 1861,
| Lincoln took an intense personal inter
est in the war. The emancipation
proclamation was issued by him Janu-
airy i, 1868, and July of the same year
witnessed the decisive contest of the
war at Gettysburg. He was reelected
for second term in 1864, but was as
sassinated April IS, byJ. Wilkes Booth.
The lecture of DIR. Roy was all the
more interesting on account of the ex-
hibition of pictures of many of the
historic scenes connected with the life
of the President.