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Show fctead of Abraham : Lincoln, in Lame county, Kentucky, on the occasion ot his contcnnlalj February 12. Thj plans for dedicating the marble roe-mortal roe-mortal hall by President Roosevelt have been fully arranged,, s It has been determined that the five trains that will be run to Hodgln- ' vi!le from Louisville shall bear, "tho arious delegations and the rppr-. rentatlves of the Republican and Democratic party of Kentucky will m Mvrn a place of prominence in tbo ceremonies. Mrs. Roosevelt and Ml Ethel Roosevelt will be members of the President's party. One train will carry a band, sixty volunteer mtlitln-men, mtlitln-men, eighteen cavalrymen and tlrty r.cwspaper men; another will bear tfu Federal and Confederate veterans wti are to act as escorts to the President, the veteran's of the Spanish-American war and Governor Wilson and his mlil-tmy mlil-tmy staff, another will carry Louis-llle Louis-llle business men In charge of the dedication, and one train at. 9. 35 wlii I car the President, Mrs. Kooseveli, Miss Roosevelt, Secretary lxob ami Secretray of War Luke K. Wright. The people of Washington cOu Larue's neighbor, hae been protesting protest-ing against holding tho ceremony two miles from Hodglnville on the tarm, where Lincoln was a child. They !-clare !-clare he was born on Valley Creek in Washington county, and that Washington Washing-ton is being cheated of its rights. The program includes addresses ry President Roosevelt, ex-Governor Folk of Missouri; Governor Augustus E. 1 Wlll3on of Kentucky; General James Wilson, for the Grand Army ot the Republic, and -General Luke h. Wright, for the Confederates. New York. Feb. 7. The progress at Washington of .the measure ti make February 12 a national holiday, h?is stimulated interest In the cci.-temiary cci.-temiary anniversary of Lincoln a hirth, which will be observed next Friday . throughout the country. Strictly speaking there can be no ja-tional ja-tional holiday for in this matter tho Ftates enact their own legislation. Kight states have made February 12 a holiday. , The most notable gatherings on that day will be at Hodglnville, Ky., when President Roosevelt will lay the corner alone of a memorial hall on the rid Lincoln farm. At Springfield, Ills., there will be addresses ad-dresses by William J. Bryan and Ambassador Am-bassador Bryce and Ambassador Jnb lerand. Presldent-elct Taft ill speak at a banquet at New Orleans, snd Vice-President-elect Sherman will make an address at the chamher of commerce dinner at Pittsburg. Senator Lodge will address the Mai-bachusetts Mai-bachusetts legislature at Boston. In New York City there will be several sev-eral notable Lincoln dinners. "hoi f LINCOLN Five Trains Will Carry Dis- tinguished Delegations to Farm in Kentucky. Louisville. Ky., Feb. 7. Simple and yet splendid with the presence of the ilrft citizen of the United States wll. bo the homage paid the old borne- |