The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-19
United Nation Joins in Paying
Homage to Memory of
Abraham Lincoln.
HIS BIRTHPLACE IS MARKED
President Participates In Exercises At
hodgenville, Ky.-At Spring.
field Home.

Beautiful and sincere was the hon.
age paid yesterday by millions OF
Americans to the memory Of Abra-
ham Lincoln. The centennial ami
versary Of TIE birth Of the great
emancipation was appropriately OBJ
served In every city, village and ham,
let from Maine to California and
from the Great Lakes to the Cult. All
classes, without regard to color,
creed. nationality or section-a united
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 insp1r-
ing lessons from his achievements.
Time cannot dim the luster Of his
fame nor can a grateful people for
get his deeds. Nov he belongs to
the ages" said Stanton, as his muir
dered chief breathed his last. Yester-
days obsergances confirm that proph-
ecy.
At lincoIn'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,
and 1t is hoped that it may be com
pleted some time next fall, when the
then President Taft will oficiate In
dedicating 1t as the present president,
Theodore Roosevelt, yesterday otfici-
ated in laying its 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,
q negro and an ex-slave.
There were probably six or eight
thousand people present. The K
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. Ill.,, Feb. 14.-Amid q
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-day Gel
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 yet 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 T. 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
tho base of the monument old SOL
diers who had responded to Lincoln's
call to arms stood guard with fixed
bayonets.
At the armory last night seven hun
Ord men sat at immaculate tables,
facing IN 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
France Regarded Him" Ambassa-
dor Bryce's address was a message
of love and respect.
Yesterday afternoon 5000 neople
crowded the big tabernacle recently
erected for the coming REVEALS of
Rev. w. A. Sunday. Formal addresses
were delivered by William ]. BRYAN
on Lincoln as an Orator." and by
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