The Washington times., 1904-02-12
WILL CELEBRATE
LINCOLN BIRTHDAY
How Washington Will OBJ
serve the Occasion.
BANQUET OF LOYAL LEGION
Recital Under Auspices of American
History Club-Patriotic Entertain
ment at Hamline NJ. E. Church.

This evening Washington win cele-
brate the birthday anniversary of Abra-
ham Lincoln. the exercises 50 include
memorials. banquets. and appropriate
exercises in different parts OF the city.
Chief among the functions to be held
I'm memory Of the liberator OF the slave
will be the banquet of the Military Or
der of the Loyal Legion of the United
States. under the auspices of the COM
mandery of the District of Columbia.
This will be held at Rauscher's at 80
O'Clock. and will be attended by some
of the leading military men in the coun-
try. There will be brilliant eulogies of
the martyred President music, and an
excellent program, besides the feast
that has been prepared.
At the Church of the Reformation.
at Pennsylvania Avenue and Second
Street southeast, there will be a his
toricai recital. under the auspices Of tho
American History Club. the committee
I'm charge being composed OF Capt. Ed
ward n. Heines. chairman. Capt Ho-
mer ]. Locklin, John c. Foster, Capt.
II. F. Vincent, Capt J. Walter Mitchell
and Major J. II. Stine, member ex-off1-
clio. who will preside during the
speeches.
Among the Speakers.
At this recital the speakers will in
clude the Hon. II. r. Gibson. of Ten
nessee: the Hon. A J. Volstead. Of Min
nesota; the Hon. b. f. Spalding, Of
North Dakota: Gen. William Birney.
Gen. G. B. Raun. Colonel Joyce, Hon.
W. W, Brown, Ex-Governor Perham,
and others. There will be q poem by
Col. Dewitt c. Sprague and a letter
from the veteran Frederick Holbrook.
OF Vermont. who was a personal friend
OF Lincoln, and war governor. II is
also hoped that General Miles will be
able to be present
At the Hamline NJ. +. Church there
will be a patriotic entertainment and
lecture, under the auspices Of Burnside
Post. No. S. Department of the Poto-
mac. the committee in charge being
George S. Benson, White House, chair
man; Jerome F. Johnson, l. Vanderhoff'
II. 3. MoultOn, I. NJ Goodacre.- A j.
Huntoon. and G. p. Davis. The pro-
gram VIII be as follows:
Organ voluntary.
Vocal solos by Prof. Jasper Dean Nc
Fall: "Oh. Why Should the Spirit OF
Mortal BE Proud2" A Sedgwick, and
THE Reeessional.' De Koven.
Introductory remarks. by Gen. Johr
c. Black. cOmmander-in-chief. G.. A. r
Address, Gen. James r. O'Beirne, pro-
vost marshal in Washington in 1865, the
only surviving official present at Lin
coins deathbed. Subject: Lincoln, and
His Times
Sons OF veterans
"A banquet given by two camps of the
Sons of Veterans will be held at Freund';
tonight Capt. O. II. -0ldroyd. and judy,
l. G. Kimball Will make addresses.
The house in which Lincoln died. and
which is filled with carefully preserved
Lincoln relics Of all kinds, was opeT
free Of charge to the public today.
At the Armstrong School.
At the Armstrong Manual Training
School. DR.. Wilson Brace Evans. prin
cipal this afternoon Lincoln's Birthday
was celebrated with program OF speak
ing and music. The program was as
follows;
Music by the school orchestra; "Abra
ham Lincoln a tableau; Holy. Holy
Holy by the school, extracts from
douglass address, Ella Albert Seeking
For DE" By the school; presentation o.
the Phil Br0Ome Brooks bust OF Fred
eTick Douglass. by DIR. (. b. Purvis
America, by the school; march bj
the school orchestra.
Lecture on Lincoln.
The life and work OF Abraham Lincoln
was the subject OF an interesting anS
instructive lecture given last night. b,
Col. Joseph SmOlinsh. at Faith NJ. L
Church
The occasion was the eve of the nine
ty-nfth anniversary OF the birth of Lin
coin, and the little church was crowde,
win those eager TO hear the story O
the HE OF the great leader OF the -'plail
people, the EmancipaJOr."
Colonel Smolnsd pictured Lincoln "A
Iaslsplitter at home n champion in TIA
political arena. bold advocate of tn
suppression OF slavery. and finally of hi
tragic end.