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-{'-4t s(Union ASSOC oclated Press, h
\ WASHINGTON Feb: y Ire epofts
reclyed here indicate that o:morroE
will be almost UNIVERSAL observed
as /, holiday throughout the country,
In honor OF i the centennial annlSsr
sary OF the birth oisAbraham Lincoln.
In the South as well as the North,
the West as well sas15 5tae DIS, loving
tr'bute Will be paid toS the martyr
President. ,S5t I II. sst "
President Roosevelt has left fosg
Kentucky, Lincoln's birthplace Fhets
he will deliver the Aprlncip ipal5 i'd dress
at the dedication q the@ onilnents
that his been erected on the site s;of
the old log cabin Eius which Lincoln
was born. The farm SUR ndtng the
cabin Is to be purchased sby the sub:
scriptton Of citizens and d snussun,
erected which VIII serve to preserve
not only the log cabin itself; ;bnts other
Interesting historical relies ot Lincoln
and the pioneer days. as
There is scarcely q city SofE any size
in the United States that, will notBhotdS
appropriate ceremonies on { that ldaysl
commemoratlngT the birth ~ Lincoln.
His speech at Gettysburg viii ii 90 seads
at universities, schools and public
gatherings, SfS " sSIii "
In this city the day will ssbe sobserr.i
ed as a general holiday and senat tots
and representatives, regard Hess sof par
ty, will do honor to Honest Abe. M
Chicago a monster celebntl Ion Willie
held, With President Woodro VII.
son, Of Princeton, as the orator; the
day. Springfield, ILL., where Lincoln
was 50 well known, will sobserys tho
centenary with 9 great spanque sleR
York City's observance viii include
four large MAS needing and nlitIl.
erous smaller gatherings " tie sai-
mirers Of Lincoln. 3 3 4 ~
Presidcnt.elect Taft slss expected
arrive in New Orleans, and tho esprs.
gramme Of reception turranged SinShis
honor will doubtless include !ag tribute
10 The memory Of Llncoln. Various 9TH.
er southern cities will have Lincoiil
celebrations. including Lotiisyllle, AZ
lauta, Richmond, Jacksonville and ST.
Augustine. Observance ot the sJay aiIl
be geenral throughout the West and
important meetings viii be Held 81,
Cincinnati, Detroit, y lllwnuke kee; 81.
Paul. Des Molnes, ST Louis, Kansas,
City, Oklahoma CityjS pencer, salt
Lake City. Seattle San Franctsc 60, Losa
angeles and other oltles. y
The city Of Boston has been work
Ing for months to prepare fitting eere-
nsonlals for Lincoln day. IA specla;
committee of325, appointed sby Mayor
lIlbbard, has chsrge 81 tho affair anfi
mas arranged for ceremonie les ia 5ym-
paony Hall 3in% the evening when. .es-
Gov. John D. Long VIII deliver lhe
oratlon. n s9 y;
No less than three prop dons
have been made To- Congress to iits
tlngly preserve the memoir o. lin
coin. Ono involves q great hfshSay
from Washington sto! theS i Gettysburs
battlefield; q second tie senlarg cement
Of the Capitol grounds and the eTees
tlon OF a perlstyle, and tie third tae
erection Of a suitable mon nument Soni
government owned grounds along tha
Potomac below the Washing on smoni.
men. 3
The proposed highway from Was.t.
ington to Gettysburg would co5t I,
II s NJ y s's8's Nc