The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-15

toward the instrumsnt--an bs1s the pays
clan, who alone of all the company is pay
ing attention to the patient. The others ~
more interested in having their piccrrs
took" by .our special artist than ;hss
are IN the fare of ruler Of q nation Thix
would be cousical If il were not a travessy
upon so great tragedy. One feature alons
Df the SO called photograph would stamp il
as an impostare, u sny prof of is fFandc
lent character were needed IN the 50 called
photograph Mrs Lincoln IS represented a.
standing az the bedside of her husband
while the facts are she was net present si
the death scene 2t all. She was by bis siSis
a few moments after his removal from Ia.
theater TO the house. but ter grief was >
great as 20 eadsnger ner own life. and she
was led away to;he executive mansion, aEs
did net see air. Lincoln again tlIl after h.s
death.
In this room are many ether intcrestinS
reirs OF Lincoln In case near wlsr
stood the head OF the deashhssi are all III
biographies Of Lincoln ever written Thers
are in all - volumes, and they are IN mos
of the languages OF earth. There is herr
also collection Of the dramas written ou
the assassination OF Lincoln, many of which
were brought oft in this and other eonn
tries during the year following that event
IN the collection is little book called Lin
coin Stories" in paper COVERS. which many
older rea=srs win remember having seen in
circulation years ago. There is collection
of all the magazines whiea had articles on
the death of Lincoln IN them. and another
group of newspaper headings. with their
a
mourning. A little book which has a his
tory of its own is Weem's Life of Wash
ington," the very volume which Lincoln
borrowed from friend while yet . lad and
OF which he was very fond. It having be-
come water soak ed bv some accident, young
Lincoln had 10 work three days TO pay for
the book, its owner declining TO receive it
back in its damaged stste.
A Unique Collection.
Unique is collection of go sermons
preached in this and other countries ON the
death of Lincoln. 4 bookcase standing
near contains thousand volumes relating
TO slavery, Lincoln and the war. There
are hundreds of Lincoln bronze medals,
Lincoln medals in all the metals and ma,
terials known 70 the art of medal making
The most valuable OF these is a gold medal
which was presented 10 Mrs. Lincoln
after the death of her husband, by &00oo
Frenchmen. The medal was made in France,
but Napoleon III refused TO permit copies
to be made therefrom. -Four copies wer.
made in Switzerland, however, and one Of
these Mr.. Oldroyd bought for his collec-
tion. Large sums OF money have been Of
feed for it. but it cannot be bought.
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which adorned the catafalgue which bore
Mr.. I.incolnis remains to the tomb at his
old home in Springfield Here also. re-
posing under glass case, is the silk hat
which Mr.. Lincoln wore to the theater the
night of the assassination 1t Is a vener-
able relic indeed An cid. awkward bat
tered hat it is Two inches taller at least
than the silk ha, of the present day, il has
longer fur, and at its corners shows the
material of which the frame IS composed
The brim is broad and faring, like chat OF
Quaker hat
Visitors will be interested in the set Of
furniture which Mr. Lincoln bought When
he went TO housekeeping. There are di-
van a rocking chair and several smaller
chairs, all OF mahogany and borsehair up
holstering la the deathroom has beeh
placed the stove on which Mr. and Mrs
Lincoln's last meal in the old house at
Springfield was cooked before they started
for Washington.
a Cradle and q Rail.
One does not need TO draw upon bis stock
of sentiment TO be touched by relic which
stands in the back room. 1t is the Lincoln
family cradle, the same in which Mrs. Lin
coin rocked two of her children. Willie and
Tad There are pieces of the rope which
hung the consp!ratOrs against the life Of
Lincoln, pieces Of the curtain which hung
in the theater box that fatal night. and ia
which Booths foot caught he jumped 70
the stage, photographs OF Lincolns visit
to McClellan's headquarters At Antietam.
a series of cartoons concerning the great de-
bate between Lincoln and Douglas. mask
of Lincoln's face and hands taken the morn
ing after he was informed of his nomipa-
tion to the presidency, mum ber Of busts
of Lincoln, a picture of the future president
taken when he was a young man. just be-
ginning his career as a lawyer, a survey 81
II acres of land made by him in 1873, and,
most interesting OF all TO many visitors,
one of the rails split by the hands Of ABB,
the rail splitter" down in the southern
part of Illinois.
As to the authenticity of this last named
relic there does not seem to be any doubt.
IL is certified 10 by John Hanks, by Govern