Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-13
THE END GAME.

Death of Young Abraham Lincoln in Lon.
don-The Remains viii Ultimately be
Inferred in Illinois-what Some of Those
who Knew the Young Man Thought of
Him-He ResembIed His IlIustrious
Grandfather in Many Ways.
LONDON, March 5.-Young Abraham
Lincoln died at 11:06 this morning He
passed away quietly. He was in a
comatose state this morning, and his
stomach rejected all nourishment. The
attending physicians, after a careful
examination, expressed the opinion that
their patients end was only matter OF
few hours. For time previous to his
death he was entirely free from pain.
All the members of Minister Lincoln's
family were present at the bedside.
The body will be preserved with
out embalming. A funeral service
will be held at the residence of Min
lister Lincoln on Friday, at which no
one will be present but intimate friends
and members of the American Lega-
ton. After the services the body will
be deposited in the catacombs at kensal
Green, and ultimately inferred in the
family tomb at Springfield, Illinois.
Mr.. Lincoln is DESTROYS that the greatest
privacy and simplicity in conducting
the funeral shall be observed. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln are bearing up
bravely.
speaking of the deceased. the prin-
cipal of the school he attended in Chi
cago says OF him:
He the best student in my school:
study came easy to him. He was the first
boy in the school to go through his lessons;
then he was ready to help the others. The
result was that he popular. His school
mates looked up to him, besides liking
him. Jack was a grave boy, de-
HDerate in his speech and actions. He had
much of the Lincoln blood in his veins. He
always signed his name y. Lincoln. He
never spelled out the first name. 1 re-
member the first time 1 ever saw his sig
nature j was greatly struck with its
semblancc to that OF his grandfather lex
amined larger sample of his hand writ
tnsS, ana saw that the resemblance in writ
ing was not confined to the signature L
went in to his writing teacher and told her
not to spoil that boys .fist' by making him
conform to II copy-plate, but to let it alone
he WAS UP in athletics, and used to lead
the boys in the play ground l have an idea
he WAS called Jack" because there was 4
sort of reverent feeling in the family for the
name Abraham, which would not have suited
familiar intercourse with the boy OF the
house. and which also would not have per-
United the use OF abe
William Ct. Beall, a member of Minis
ter LinColn'S law firm, says OF hinl:
Without being what is ordinarily called a
precocious boy, particularly in offensive
sense, lie was unusually well developed for
his age. lie is only seventeen. Yet when L
saw hiFa last, just before the family left for
England, he was a large, ron9 fellow, with
good muscles. He was farther advanced in
his studies, too, than most boys of his age.
He was naturally Studious, and his chtrac-
ter mature. He was the manifest boy,
think / may say without exception, ever
knew. Why called jack | don't know.
MI ana Mrs. Lincoln, all the family, in fact,
and intimate friends called him taat. How
1t started don't know; but il got fastened
to him permanently. OF his right
name is simply 'AbraEam.'
Young Abraham was an only son. and
the youngest representative Of the Lin
coin family. 1t is probable that his
death means that with this generation
the name of Lincoln, so far as it belongs
to Ilncal descendants of the martyr
President, will become extinct. Tho
namesake of his illustriCus grand
father, he was said to resemble him
much in character, temperament and
promise