Arizona republican., 1899-08-21
THE LINCOLN HOUSE
Public Funds 10 Preserve a Historic
 Structure.

A SIOII pdTdSId.pu III lIS T6CGuIIy
 passed sundry civil appropriation bill,
 providing $38335O flor repairs to
 house No. 516 Tenth street northwest,
 in the District of Columbia ,'' is one of
 the acts of the celebrated war con-
 gress'' which will be chronicled by
 the historians pen in words of
 pathos, and will inspire glow of
 warmth in the ever increasing num-
 Der of Americans who revere the name of Abraham Lincoln. Situated at this
 number in Tenth street, opposite the
 old Ford theatre, is the house in which
 LincCln died. The tragic shot was fired
 a few minutes past 10 o'clock on the
 night of April IA, 1865. Almost inn
 mediately thereafter MT. Lincoln was carried acros the street to this house,
 in which he died at g minutes past
 ' o'clock the following morning.
 TL.o house is an old-fashioned brick structure, having been built in 1849, and has been sadly neglected in the matter of repairs, until at present its very foundations are unsafe and every part of the building needs attention It was nos until two years ago that the government recognized the fitting pro priety of securing this house, where the last hours of the martyred presi- dent were spent, and preserving it as memorial to future generations, and at that time the title was transferred to the United States from Louis Schade for a consideration of $30,0 900.
 The chief engineer was ordered at once to make an examination of the n fa fa, ire, as were necessary. The present ap- propriation is based cn this estimate. The foundations, roof, windows and doors will be repaired, and steam heating apparatus installed All this will be done without altering, to any appreciable extent, the appearance Of the house, which it is desired to pre- serve as nearly as possible as it was when Eiven is sad historical sig nificance
 The inception of the movement to have the government acquire this pro- perty dates back for several years. ard its accomplishment was the result of united effort headed by Chief Justice Fuller. An organization was formed Of eighteen prominent men iii rational and civic life ia this city, amung which were Secretary Hay, Hen. John w. Foster, General Schc field and Rev. Dr. Hamlin. The mat ter was consistently laid before con grcse year after year until at iGligth their efforts were crowned with success and the prope cty bought by the gDE erIIInent. It was through the eifOrTs of tltIs assoCiation a.so that the present memorial collection was broIgl- here and placed in the house.
 The collection, which contains ever c0U0 articles, contains more interesting of the great Lincoln than have been gathered together by auy person or society organized in his name. The accumulation Of these now precious relics was begun over forty years ago by Osborn H. Oldroyd, who is its present owner Mementoes of the Lincoln campaign of 1860 were the nucleus of the collection, and MT. Old royd says that at that time he had no Of going further with it, but after MT. Lincoln's death new interest was revived in it and everything ob- was gathered up. This work was done in Ohio. In 1883 Lincoln's old house in Springfield was rented by MT. Oldroyd, who moved the collection there and maintained it for five years free to the public. At that time Robert Lincoln, who had come into possession of the property through the death of Mrs. Lincoln, gave the house to the state. MT. Oldroyd was impor- -uLcd to allow the collection to remain and was paid salary by the state as it's custodian. remaining in this posi- ton for another five years and until he was removed by Governor Altgeld, in order to make room for a man of his political preference.
 During this time MT. Oldroyd had been written to by the Washington as- soc-ation spoken of above, and request ed to bring his collection here. offer ng him a salary until such time as he government should see fit to pur- chase it.
 In acceptance of this offer the col | ection was brought here in 1893, and |