The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-08
Alice Speed, Granddaughter
of the Donor Of Lincoln
Memorial, Unveiled the
Celebrated Statue.
PRESIDENT PAYS A
TRIBUTE TO MARTYR
Dedication of Lincoln Mem
orial Tomorrow Will Out
rank Ceremonies at the
Capital City.
fNational News Assotiation)


FRANKFORT. Ky, Nov s.-The ia
nous statue to Abraham Lincoln was
Speed of Louisville. granddaughte of
J. B. Speed. the donor Of the memorial
to the memory of Lincoln and was fol-
lowed by Governor Wilson and a long
the ceremonies.
After the unveiling the presidential
The Presidents special will leave here
at Ais for Louisville. where he will
entrain for Hodgenville and will mo-
tor to the Lincoln farm where the
S125,0oO Lincoln memorial will be ded-
icated on the second day of the cele
bration in honor of the dead states
man.
The events to take place at the ded-
ication of the Lincoln Farm memorial
tomorrow will outrank in Importance
these which preceded it at Frankfort.
Those in charge Of the erection of the
memorial state today that they will
turn the building over to the state of
Kentucky together with trust fund
of $4,000 for its maintenance. This
decision will make the birthplace of
Lincoln which for years lay neglected,
second Mount Vernon and one of che
show places of the south.
Deeds Turned Over.
The invocation will be delivered by
the Rabbi H. G. Enslow and the bene-
dicttofi by Archbishop Thonaas s..
Byrne. The papers and deeds to the
! farm and memorial will then be ON
cially turned over to Governor Angus
tus e. Wilson of Kentucky by Robert
J. Collier at whose instigation the
farm was purchased and the memorial
erected. Governor Wilson will formal
ly accept the gift in the name of the
people of Kentucky and will introduce
President Taft who will deliver a
short address.
Other prominent men who will pay
tribute to the memory of the dead
statesman are: Senator Borah, Clar-
! ence H. Mackay, Jas. w. Folk, General
J. c. Black and Henry Watterson.
The dedication of the Lincoln Farm
memorial will mark the most signal
honor that has ever been paid to the
memory Of the dead statesman. Eight
years ago the old Lincoln Farm where
| Thomas Lincoln built the log shack
! that housed the future president of the
United States, was a mass of weeds
and undergrowth The wallis of the old
spring where the Lincoln family drew
their water and which was often spok-
en- OF by President Lincoln in after
/ life were broken down by wandering
cattle. The log house had been moved
bodily for show purposes and the road
that bisected the property was badly
in need of repair.
| Memorial Planned.
Notices of the farms auction were
published and the property was in dan
ger of falling into the hands Of com
mercial exploiters when public spir
tied citizen purchased the estate and
set about beautifying it. An oval tract
was cleared and set out in sod. Trees
were planted along the border and a
competitive contest among Americas
most prominent architects brought
many plans for the memorial building
The pleas selected, those for the pres
ent memorial building, called for q
structure of Tennessee marble which
stands on a slight eminence where the
Lincoln log cabin used to be. The bull
ding is square in shape with massive
pillars facing the long stretch of lawr
to a glistening marble shaft in the dis
tance. Surrounding the reception room
are apartments for the collection O.
Lincoln relics from the time of hi'
childhood to his assassination.
It was at first thought to keep uI
the farm by private subscription bu
as this method is more or less subjec
to the vicissitudes of fortune. the do
nors today announced that they hat
raised a s5o.00o fund for the ma;nte
nance of the building and grounds, ant
that the whole would be turned ove
to the state of Kentucky for admins
tration in perpetuity?