The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-02-12
HONOR MEMORY
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Centennial Of Birth Of Martyred
President Celebrated Through
out the Country.
HOLIDAY At THE CAPITAL
Several Memorial Meetings Held in
Various Parts Of Washington Ma
tional Salute Fired from the
Forts at New York.

Washington, Feb. - The cen
ten 1ial of Lincoln's bi Ga was ohser-
we'd in the national capita, today as
a public holiday Several memorial
meetings were held during the day
and others are scheduled for this
evening.
A great monument in Washington
and a highway from Washington to
Gettysburg battle field, to be known
as "the Lincoln way" are among the
projects considered by congress to
do honor to the memory of the
emancipator.
A special two-cent postage stamp,
bearing a reproduction of the profile
of Lincoln from a bust by ST. Gau-
dens, was put on sale today in
Washington and at postofiices of the
first class throughout the country.
New York, Feb. 12.-With cere-
monies in SCI public schools, in S5
theatres, morning and afternoon, in
13 armories at night, with speeches
by famous New Workers at great
meetings in Carnegie Hall, Cooper
Union and at the College of the City
of New York, and music by more
than 1000 voices, the one hundredth
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's S
birthday is being made a notable
occasion in the metropolis. The day
was ushered in with the firing of a
national salute from the forts and
man-of-war in the harbor, and all
the bells in the city were rung for
five minutes. Batteries of the ma
tional guard also fired salute at 8
o'clock this morning.
Chicago, Feb. 1.-Two hundred
meetings in armories, halls, clubs
and school buildings, in which it is
estimated that over 1000 people
will participate, will mark the cele-
bration of the Lincoln centennial in
Chicago, the city in which the most
famous citizen of Illinois was nomi-
mated for the presidency. The city
has been elaborately decorated and
the day is being generally observed
as a holiday, The principal meeting
of the day was held in the Auditor
ium this morning, the speakers in
Guiding President Woodrow Wilson
of Princeton University; DR., Emil
G.. Hirsch, Edwin Earle Sparks
president of Pennsylvania State
College; John A. Mcdonald, editor
Of the Toronto Globe, and other
prominent men.
Beardstown, H., Feb. 12.-Witf
appropriate exercises, a Lincoln me
mortal tablet presented by the
Beardstown Womans Club was un
yelled in the city hall today. The
tablet is a memorial to the lega
ability displayed by Lincoln in hi'
most famous case, and sets fortl
that he, ''for the sake of mother
in distress, cleared her son. Duf
| Armstrong, of the charge of murdel
| in this hall of justice, May Z
1858"
! Springfield, H., Feb. 12.-Spring
field will honor Lincoln's memor.
tonight with a banquet at which ad
| dresses will be made by his son
Robert Lincoln, Speaker Cannon
Senator Cullom and other famou
men.
Because of the widespread pro
tests against serving wine at tn
dinner. the managers have consent
ed to eliminate it at such of the ia
! bles as are occupied by teetotalers
| Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 12.-Jame
S. Sherman, vice-president-elect
| will be the speaker of the evenin
at the Lincoln banquet of the Pitts
burg Chamber of Commerce to
night. Congressman ]. Adam Bedt
of Minnesota will also speak.
Exercises in public schools an
| halls marked the day in Plttsburt
Students of local institutions for tn
| blind and for deaf mntes will cel'
brate this evening.
Boston, Feb. 12.-Exercises in
! schools and several public meeting