The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-10
NEW ENGLAND
 WILL PAY TRIBUTE
Most. Elaborate Observance
 of Lincoln Centenary Will Occur Throughout States.

Boston, Feb. 1O-New England, 5o
 years ago the hotbed of abolition, will
 pay notable tribute this week to the great emancipator, Abraham Lincoln,
 in recognition of the Tooth anniversary of his birth. The author of "The Bat tie Hymn of the Rebublic,' ,'' the vener-
 able Mrs. Julia. Ward Howe, will be the, central figure in the celebra tion in Boston, for she will read a poem written for the occasion at the exer- cises to be held in Symphony hall on Friday evening.
 These exercises will constitute the most elaborate observances of the day in this part of the g~country. Inter Spersed with triumphant strains of mu- sic from the Boston Symphony orches- tra and a. chorus of 200 voices, will be addresses by former Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, Major Henry, l.. HigginsOn, who will preside, and May CT George A. Hubbard.
 5 At noon on Friday, United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge will deliv- CT an oration on Lincoln before the joint assembly of the House and Sen ate in the State House, in Boston s
 In Maine the Legislature has created February 12 of this year a legal holi day, and the principal observance will be in Portland, where addresses will be given by Congressmen Alfred F. Dawson of Iowa. Ralph E. Cole. of Ohio and Amos L., Allen of Maine, and by Governor Bert I. Fernald of Maine. A new park to be known as Lincoln Park will be dedicated. : Congressman David J. Foster of Vermont, will be the orator at New Hampshire's chief exercises, to be held in Concord on Friday, and on an easel placed on the stage will rest the fla nous portrait of Lincoln by St. Gau- dens.
 In the various cities and many of the towns of Vermont the day will be appropriately observed. In Burling- ton a public meeting will be addressed by a noted resident of that city, Gen. Oliver O. Howard the last surviving commander of a division in the union army during the civil war.
 Rhode Island also will recognize the day, Governor Aram J. Pothier llav- ing issued a proclamation calling for a general observance. A salute of 21 guns will be fired in Providence and there will be memorial exercises in city hall.
 Louisville, Ky, Feb. 10.-Some of the first citizens of the United States will pay homage to Abraham Lincoln's memory at the old homestead of the Lincoln family in Larue county Ky, on the centenary of President Lin coln's death, February 12, when the cornerstone of a marble memorial hall on the Lincoln farm will be laid by President Roosevelt.
 The last preparations were made Sunday by the committee in charge and Charles E. Miner, representing the will be runsto Hodgenville from Louis vile on February 12 to carry the vari- OuS delegations A platoon of Louis vile police will be on duty and repre- sentatives of the Republican and the Democratic committees will have places of prominence in, the ceremonies.
 It is learned that Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt will be members of the Presidents party, and Kentucky won- en, of whom Lincoln's wife and mother came, who took only a cursory inter est in the arrangements until they learned that the Presidents wife and daughter were coming, are now alive with interest and plans for attending the ceremonies.
 The first train will leave Louisville. at 7:31 o'clock Friday morning to carry all that desire to reach the farm early and roam over the acres where Lin coin played as a child. The second train following closely will carry band, 60 militiamen, IS cavalrymen and 50 newspaper men. The third train at SIS o'clock will bear federal and con- IeOeTdLo VoteIdllS, WIlO dIS LO dCC e1o escorts to the President, veterans of the Spanish war and Governor Angus tus P. Wilson and his staff.
 The fourth train will carry the Louisville business men who are be- hind the dedication plans and such nersons as can get into. four extra coaches, while the fifth train at 9:35 o'clock will bear the President, Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt, Secretary Loeb and Secretary of War Luke E. Wright. s. ~
 During the last few weeks the peo-
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