Show EXERCISES IN CHICAGO a Day Observed on a Scope Surpassing Any Previous Celebration Chicago Feb 12 Memorial exercises 1 in honor of Abraham Lincoln were held here today on a scale surpassing that of any previous local celebration of the nnnl vcrsnry of his birth Appropriate exorcises exor-cises were hrld In the schools all of the public buildings save the postoffico were closed and no business was transacts at any of the banks on the Board of Trade or on the stock exchange A lar s number of business houses were niso closed during the afternoon In the evening there were a number of banquets at which the speakers for the most part dealt with some phaSe of the life of Lincoln The largest of theat affair af-fair was held In the home of the Mar quctto club where at least 700 member of the club gathered to listen to addresses Lafayotto Young of Dee Moines la spoke on Abraham Lincoln nod hH ai dress was received with much applause Curtis Guild Jr of Boston spoko on Our Flag In the Tropics Ills declnra tEen of what la owed as it duty to its new porocsslona by the United States was received re-ceived with much approval Senator McLaurln of South Carolina followed with an address on Lincoln and Ills Relations to the South Philip Campbell of Kansas had for his subject Tho Responsive Powers of the Republic Ills icmarks wero greeted with much enthusiasm S Banquets Were also held by the mom hers of the Lincoln club at which thQ chief speakers w > rc Coy Tales cxUnitei Statw Senator from Nebraska John M Thuraton and Congressman Foss of Ch cago |