The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-18
United Nation Joins in Paying
Homage to Memory of
Abraham Lincoln.
HIS BIRTHPLACE IS MARKED
President Participates In Exercises at
H~odgenville, Ky.-At Spring.
field Home.

III iNdlS W tuc IHcllloly Vi ktOl c
ham Lincoln. The centennial ann
versary Of the birth of the grea
emancipation was appropriately OF
served In every city, village and ham
let from Maine to California ant
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. Al
classes, without regard to color
creed. nationality or section-a unitec
nation-joined In singing the praises
Of the preserver of the Union. Fa
nous orators told Of Lincoln's serv
ices to the country and drew inspir
Ing lessons from his achievements.
Time cannot dim the luster OF his
fame nor can a grateful people for
get his deeds. Now he belongs tC
the ages" said Stanton, as his muir
dered chief breathed his last. Yester
days obsergances confirm that proph
ecy.
At LlncoIn's Birthplace.
H~odgenville, KY, Feb. IA. Hence
forth the birthplace of Abraham Lin
coin Is to be marked by a pile OF
stone. The emancipation Of a race,
and, more than that, the liberator OF
the thought of a nation, builded his
own monument In the heart of the
world and, appropriately, the physical
structure which has now found a be-
ginning at the place where Lincoln
first saw the light, takes the simpler
name of a memorial. 1t Is to be a
simple but classic building of granite.
n 1t is hoped that it may be com
pleted some time next fall, when the
then President Taft will oficiate in
defeating 1t as the present president,
Theodore Roosevelt, yesterday ofici-
ated in laying It's foundation stone.
Famous Orators Present.
The cornerstone laying took place
after appropriate forensic ceremonies,
which were participated in by the
president of the United States, Gov.
Augustus E. Wilson of Kentucky,
Former Governor Joseph w. Folk Of
Missouri. president of the Lincoln
Farm association; Hon. Luke E..
Wright, secretary of war, who spoke
as an ex-Confederate soldier; Gen.
James Grant Wilson of New York,
who represented The Union soldiers,
and l. T. Montgomery Of Mississippi,
a negro and an ex-slave.
There were probably six or eight
thousand people present. The exer.
cises were conducted under a wide
spreading, open-sided tent, which had
been erected alongside the cabin In
which lincoln was born 100 years ago
yesterday.
At His Old Home.
Springfield, H., Feb. 14.-Amid a
scene of unrivaled brilliancy at the
state armory last night three nations
paid their tribute to the emancipator
and to each other. French Ambassa-
dor Jusserand brought the message
from France, British Ambassador
Bryce the eulogy Of England, while
Hon. William Jennings Bryan of Ne
braska and United States Senator
Jonathan p. Dolliver of Iowa laid
Americas wreath of respect at the
feet OF Lincoln. This was a fitting
climax for the remarkable all-dayt l.
ebration which took the distinguished
guests mentioned above and two
o others through the old Lincoln
home, past the old court house, where
Lincoln practiced law, by the build
Ing where his Office was located. to
the old church where Lincoln wor-
shipped and where his name We ap-
pears upon the pew he occupied. and
to the burial place Of the martyred
president.
Son at the Tomb.
A most impressive feature of the
celebration was the scene at the Lin
coin tomb when Robert r. Lincoln.
son OF the martyred president, stood
beside the sarcophagus in which the
remains of his great father rest. and
stood with tear-dimmed eyes in silent
meditation with Ambassadors Jusse-
rand, Bryce. Hon. w. j. Bryan. Sena-
tor Dolliver and many other distin.
guished guests gathered about. At
the base of the monument old sol.
diers who had responded to L.incoln,s
call to arms stood guard with fixed
bayonets.
AT the armory last night seven him.
ord men sat at immaculate tables.
facing an elevated speakers stand.
upon which was spread the table for
the honored guests. A gay and glim-
mering array of fashion crowded The
galleries.
Ambassadors Speak.
Judge ]. Otis Humphrey presided
and the Rev. e. B. Rogers invoked
the blessing. Ambassador Jusserand
spoke on abraham Lincoln as
Regarded Him." Ambassa.
dor Bryce's address was a message
% and respect.
Yesterday afternoon 5000 peopIe
crowded the big tabernacle recently
erected for the coming revivals OF
Rev. w. A. Sunday. Formal addresses
delivered by William ]. BRYAN
on Lincoln a an Orator." and bv
United States Senator Dolliver. who
reviewed the career Of Lincoln.