Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-10
OF LINCoLN's AssAs.
SINATION.
Thomas Lewis Gives u Number of
Remarkable Premonitions Be-
fore Old Mems A~ssOciation-
DR.. Warner on Alliance.

d Tragic IlldllIleE.
Mr.. Lewis paper was as follows:
I'm response to your request that I favor
you with a written statement of the mar
velous premonitionS I had in reference to
Abraham Lincoln, l desire to be excused
for prefacing it with a few previous pre-
sentiments. which explain the faith in me
that induced my visit to Washington.
I'm 1881 l was in business in New Bruns-
wick. N. ]. In those days an old custom
prevailed: When a young man engaged
in business. he commenced seeking a part
ner Of the gentler sex for life. The writer
was no exception to the general rule. My
father lived near Basking Ridge. twenty
miles north Of New Brunswick. One n
a half miles east of Midway. between the
two places. lived a lady that 1 had visited
for some time each alternate Sunday On
a Friday night preceding the Sunday I was
due to visit the lady. 1 woke up and a
soft. fine voice said. If you want to see
YOU father alive you must go home at
once" 1 slept no more. l was a disbe-
lever in premonitions, but it so impressed
my mind l concluded l would go, as 1
could meet my engagement from there the
next day. Saturday afternoon l went home.
arriving at s o'clock. Father died at 4
o'clock the next morning.
In 1S40, the first session of the state leg
i%slature met in Springfield. Ill. My wife's
father. Of New Brunswick. N. j., was Wis
iting US; and took great pleasure in visit
Ing the leg Isl t that time went to
on horseback or in the stage. On Wednes-
day, l made ARRANGEMENTS to go on horse
% Rasf So St eve aGnis W1liIa@ Van moFp Sos:
strand. my father-in-law. came from the
state house having a severe cough. l said
think I viii not 70 to St. Louis in the
morning. Said he: This is nothing. I
often have such colds. Go and do your
his room and inquired how he felt. All
right said he. I have had a good sleep
and will be all right when you come home
small voice said: Your father-in-iaw is
going to die l slept no more. got up in
day evening. four hours before his death.
In 1913 1 was in Northern Illinois on
horseback. Before getting through with
same voice said: Clark Van Norstrand,
your Wife,s uncle is going to die 1 left
arrived home four hours after his death.
Without going into details. I will state
thai for many years l SO firmly believed
dren and lose two in minority that 1
had no hope of the recovery of either son
from his first days illness. With such an
a friend? In 1862. when the Union army
took possession of Memphis. ex-Chief JUS
tee Williams. of Iowa. and myself. knowing
held. and as the lawyers there could not
take the requisite cath, concluded there
4 h'f few n nj sem 6ef mehf { ha IN I p1af fos lea aRG5e:
having made arrangements with my two
law and two publishing partners in the
voice said: If you wish to see Abraham
Lincoln alive. you must go to Washington
before going to Memphis. as you will not
seemed to me. when i was awakened by a
awakened. still and quiet as / could pos
4 n hp a c yync hnr cfn Cha cot1
What is it tonight With a secret in
junction not to tell what caused me to go
to Washington. 1 told her. By the way,
she was not a woman who, when told a
secret. went to that other woman and told
II to her that she might help her keep it.
reason of my going to Washington made
Ut seemed TO- me everybody knew was
publican on the street. this or similar words
igelnn pass Pass ~ What hat are you going to Wash
less to go. No Democrat need apply for Of
flee On meeting a Democrat he would say
Lewis, 1 Thought you had more sense than
Il went to Washington Huih sst nni learned s Mr. Lin LIN:
coins time was fully occupied. l waited
s until : 9, Se You'd Efp bs s s3 i ths Mh tie a d1ass.
ly was at the door. and a half dozen or
more waiting their turns. Said he. You
and asked MIN to give it to Mr., Lincoln.
l was at once let in his room. Two men
We're there. After a Quaker benediction,. I
said: Mr.. Lincoln, l am on my way to
Memphis to practice law. l came here to
make a short visit. l want, no office and
You see my condition. Go to Mary's room.
visit her till J come. Can't say what time
that will be. I am here from 9 to u O'clock
every night. When get there we will talk
81 was escorted to Mrs. Lincoln's room.
to leave. Said Mr.. Lincoln, Be seated a
few minutes He took from his pocket q
card and pencil. wrote upon the card an in
TO me-. saying, Don't leave the city until
you present this. I want you to see Mr..
era1 Grant want 1Wb6 to g gave t Eem 81 letter tick to : Gsn.
it's too late to write it now. so will send it
to you, l replied, saying: I am not going
General Grant will do you no HARM Next
day he sent me a letter. directed to SPRING
attending court in springfieid: The next
ton was made to adjourn and the judge
TO. act as chairman of a bar meeting to
take action en- the death Of Mr.. Lincoln; 4
marks Should be made and Judge Stephen
speech. Many of the judges remarks will
never be forgotten by his hearers during
In describing the dress of Mr.. Lincoln,
the first time he ever met him, in his jeans
suit, he said he reminded him of the boy
who got up in a hurry and jumped too far
through his trousers, as the bottoms of the
pants were midway between ankles and
knees, and little did he think that Mr.. Lin
coin would ever be his law partner. and
much less that he would be president of
the United Safes. l went from Cairo to
Springfield to see his corpse when it ar
rived"
Tomb Neglected.
Mr.. E. l.. Dimmitt called attention to an
article in The Journal telling of the dam
age being done to the Linciln monument
by the elements. He said:
What man with mortar and masonry did
twenty and five years ago has, by the raw
Sges of time and the disintegrating in
fluences Of the elements, crumbled into
dust. But what the immortal Lincoln said
and did in the short space of four years.
from 1861 to 1865, will endure in the loving
memory of man, as long as the seasons
Of seed time and harvest shall remain
chitects will renew and rebuild the decay
ing monument that marks the last resting
place Of the martyred president, so will the
s story of his acts Of greatness and deeds
of grandeur be transmitted from sire tc
1 son, from generation to generation. The lus.
r ter of his glory will shine brighter an6
}. brighter unto the perfect day. His marve.
lous achievements, his faultless record
n guided by the unseen hand of his inspiring
q , Master caused him to live not for himself