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TnE TABLE Or SPECIAL TRAIN WHICH CONVEYED
PRESIDENT ELECT LINCOLN FROMALBANI To New Y0RlS
City I'm ROUTE Tor HIS INAUGURATION ..'''''

he been an ordinary man he would
have lived his life through as a wood
chopper and a poor farmer.
1T has been truly said that no one
really knew Lincoln well. for he dis
closed his inner thoughts less than has
any other American public man who
has risen to fame. Even those who
were constantly associated with him
after he became President, while they
can give many anecdotes concerning
him have never been able to tell what
his inner thoughts and feelings were.
In the matter of his language, he pre-
sented the phenomenon which has been
observed in the case of others who
have had little book learning: his mind
unhampered by the written language
of others, naturally found vent in the
simplest and most natural language.
and the result is a rhetorical perfec-
ton which arose from his own simple.
perfect nature.
The Gettysburg address is one of the
masterpieces of American literature.
and it would be hard to find anything
In the English language more beauti-
fully expressed than the letter to Mrs.
Bixby. So perfect is the diction of this
letter to the mother who gave her five
sons to the war that it hangs in oxford
University. England. as an example of
the purest English and most delicate
diction extant.
The original of the letter is lost. but
here is the facsimile:
Executive Mansion.
Washington November 81. 1854
To Mrs. Rlxhy. BOSTON. Mass.
Dear Madam: have been shown in the MES OF
the War Department Il statement Of the Admtant
General Of Massachusetts that you are the molher
OF Ave sons who have died cIoriousIy on the field
Of battle feel bow weak and fruiiless mus, be
any word Of mine which should attempt to be-
guile you from the grief of a loss 50 overwhelm
the consols ton that may be found in the thanks
of the republic they died to save. pray that
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This is the popular conception of her,
a one-time monarch in sad and soil
tary exile. bowed by a triple tragedy,
the loss of husband, son and throne
perpetual mourner.
Nothing. however, could be more mis-
leading. There is nothing morbid
about the imperial survivor of the
throne of France. True. she has built
crypt for her dead, and goes there
regularly to pay her sad devotions.
But those pilgrimages from the palace
to the adjoining tomb, as well as her
walks in the great gardens, reveal the
normal wish to be alone at times. 1t
is the fashion to picture her, too, as
CARRIED in antique and even harlequin
woe-she, whose wardrobe was once
valued at a million dollars! The truth
is that. though robed in black, her
clothes are in the latest fashion, and
made of the finest serge or other rich
material. There is touch of white
at the neck. The black hat which
crowns this costume would not be I'M
suited to woman of thirty-five, and
becomes it's wearer wonderfully well.
However cold the weather may be. she
seldom wears furs.
Moreover, Eugene is always the en-
press. Even those with whom she 10
on intimate terms are expected to OBJ
serve the etiquette to which, she was
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WHERE THE EMPRESS WILL BE BURIED.

accustomed in the brilliant days at the
Tuilleries. For instance. before the din
ner hour, all her guests are expected to
assemble and await her presence. When
she appears, Eugene gives one sweep
ing curtsey, and at once proceeds to
the dining room, followed by her
guests, each according to rank
The ma or-domo" of her household is
the Count de Mora, who married her
niece. Her chief waiting is
Nine d'Arcos. a well known figure in
London society. The Count de Mora is
an Italian, and is. in his way, a scientific
genius He is not unlike Marconi in
appearance and In many ways resem-
bies that world-renowned inventor. The
empress sent the count to New York to
perfect his investigation into the most
modern systems of electrical installa-
ton, and as result of that study,
backed up by Eugenie's determination
to have the most perfect plant posi-
BILE. the mansion at Marlborough is ra-
dainty illuminated with electricity
generated on the grounds.
Efforts have been made to prove that
Eugene, who was one of the two
daughters of a Spanish grandee, had
an American for a grandfather. Actu-
ally a naturalized American: but that
is a detail. Her father was Don Cipri-
ano Palafox. Marquis de Montijo. and
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Lincoln never wrote a letter or made
speech which was not excellent in
thought and expression. 1t is said that
when he prepared his famous inaugural
address ne borrowed two books. one
containing Andrew Jackson's famous
proclamation against the nulliflers in
South Carolina and the other vol
ume of Jefferson's works
TT is strange fact, unused DR..
Hunt, that three of our greatest men
Washington, Andrew Jackson and Lin
coln-never read book when they
could help it, or for the joy of reading.
Lincoln developed mis- own mind with
out initiating the thoughts and con-
illusions of others as recorded in books.
The main body of Lincoln's papers
is in the possession of his son, Robert
Lincoln, and will come eventually to
the Library of Congress. These are
mainly the state papers and mostly
well known. They are of much less
intimate interest than those of Mr..
Jesse Weik of Greencastle. Ind, who
owns most of the papers pertaining to
Lincolns early life. Many of these
were gathered together by Lincoln's
law partner, William II. Herndon. for
use in the preparation of his biog-
raphy of Abraham Lincoln. The Weik
collection of papers is the most re-
markable and Interesting, containing
as it does the crude epistles of the
early friends of the Lincoln family,
who were drawn from the very hum
blest class.
WEEK also aas many of the law pa
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the English law that no foreigner may
inherit freehold property in this coun-
try thus enabling the latter to be-
queath the Marlborough estate to her
heir, Prince Louis Napoleon. On the
coffin of the prince imperial still lies
the wreath that was laid there by the
Princess Beatrice, one of the daughters
of Queen Victoria, who had been deep
ly in love with him and whose heart
was broken by his tragic end. This
wreath is of porcelain. II want It to
last" said the princess, simply, like
my love for him" Every morning mass
Is said in the crypt chapel and per-
petual prayers for the repose of the
souls of the illustrious dead are offered
up by the Benedictine monks whose
monastery, founded by the empress, Is
close by.
Today the empress personally utiliZes
less than half a dozen of the many
apartments of her wonderful mansion
practically the whole of it having been
turned by her wish into a hospital for
wounded British officers. who receive
every attention that money and sollci-
tude can devise. Her majesty, as
she is invariably called in the district
is. of course, one of the richest women
in the world, her fortune being esti-
mated at not less than s30.000.000 This
fortune she has personally admihister
ed with efficient secretaries, VINO nave
the strictest instructions. with other
things, not to fail to bring to her
notice any deserving appeal that Is
made to her itableness. AS En-
press of France her benefactions 10
the poor and needy were renowned
and she is no less open-handed today
An acquaintance of the writer's
who recently appealed to the ex-em-
press on behalf of a certain children's
hospital in London. received a check
from her almost by return of post
Her WILL when it comes to be read,
probably will be found to contain
something like a record number of be-
quests, including ones to the imperial
lady's godchildren, of whom she pos
sesses more than probably any other
person living. When her only child
the prince imperial, was born, Napoleon
III announced that he and his wife
would stand sponsors to all children
born in France on the same day. The
children who thus claimed imperial
1odparents totaled more than $500.
The empress still keeps a complete
list of her charges and has set aside
q legacy for each one now living.
Around the personality of the widow
of Napoleon III there has been woven.
during her residence at Marlborough,
a legend that is wholly. or almost
wholly, false. She has been pictured
again and again as tragic figure of
the past. mutely resigned to the pres
ent. as shadow moving among tombs.
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LONDON. January 81, 1916.
m oLLoWING the recent death of
IN the last of the ancient retain
ers came rumors that the
health of the extraordinary
woman who, of all the great figures
OF the past now living. most appeals
10 the imagination as well as to tho
sympathles. was causing those sur
rounding her the gravest anxiety
She is the ex-Empress Eugene, for
merly the beautiful consort of Napo-
leon III and one OF the most remark
able figures even in French history.
who fed to England after the fall OF
the third empire, following the debacla
of the Franco Prussian war. and who for
the past quarter of a century. or since
the tragic death of her only son at the
hands OF the Zulus. has lived in the
strictest retirement on her beautiful
estate at Marlborough. in Hampshire.
To the venerable ex-empress now IN
her ninetieth year and already severely
shaken in health by the anxieties Of
the present conflict. the loss of her de-
stNitthiS. TEdHCeSCnlnl Bletrf
was the heaviest blow she has sustain
ed in recent years. Report said that It
had been too much even for her indom-
liable spirit; that. crushed and broken,
she was unable 10 leave her bed, and
that her own end was believed to be
not far distant. NJ. Pietri. who was
elghty-two. accompanied the empress
on her flight to England Chat flight
which would have ended in disaster
mad II not been for the assistance of
the empress American dentist Dr. Ev-
ans). and was the last of those COM
posing Eugenies present-day house
hold who had surrounded her in the
great days when she was the most ad-
mired and courted as well as one of the
most powerful women in Europe A
Corsican, N. Pietrf, was the son OF the
project of police Of Paris, who, on the
afternoon of the fateful Sunday. Sep
TENDER 4. rushed into the Tuilleries say
Ing: I'VE cannot resist. The crowds
are beating down the railings The
only hope for her majesty lies in inn
mediate flight"
For more than forty years NJ. Pietri
was the faithful confidant of the en-
press. and though she possessed many
relatives none was more dear to her
than this devoted retainer. On his
part quiet, reserved man. he was I'M
ceasingly engaged in her service. and
accompanied her on all her journeys.
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her mother Maria Kirkpatrick, the
daughter of a wine merchant thus
named, who settled in Malaga. This
latter was the American, or rather
1rish-American, mentioned According
to the story. he was a small grocer in
Belfast, but emigrated to the United
States, took out citizenship papers.
went into business in New York and
proceeded to make fortune Then he
went into politics and was rewarded
with the United States consulship at
Malaga. There he met a Belgian grocer
of wealth named Grevigny The eldest
daughter of Grevigny became Mrs.
Kirkpatrick and grandmother of the
future empress. Mrs. Kirkpatrick's sis
ter married De Lesseps. father of the
famous builder of the Suez canal.
The advent of his second daughter
was bitter disappointment to the
Marquis de Montijo. who had wished
ardently for son. Not long before
the birth of Eugene, his eldest broth
goodly sum of money. and as the first
olive branch which had come to bless
his union was a girl. Racca, the future
Duchess of Alba, he was anxious that
the next child should be a male heir.
So, in spite of her large Irish blue
eyes. he could not at first bear the
sight of the little Eugene.
When, however, he saw his two girls
grow lovely and attractive, he made up
his mind to love them just the same.
Only to try and conjure up a certain
amount of illusion, as soon as they
reached the ages of nine and seven. he
decided to make them bold little TOM
boys, much to the disgust of their
mother. He had his way, however. and
thus 1t was that. in later years, Eu-
genie appeared at bullfghts in Madrid
dressed in brilliant Andalusian cos
tunes. with whip in her hand, dagger
in her belt and a cigarette in her
mouth. 1t was for this reason, too.
that. a few years later, when she went
with her mother to the city of light.
whose queen of beauty she was to
become. the girls mannish stride had
to be corrected by means of a taps
which was stretched from one Of her
garters to the other.
Vast sums have been offered 10 SAs
ex-empress from time to time fuP ~
memoirs. IL she would consent . ~
them, or let them be written, BIT ~
has never consented to break ~
silence. About ten years ago 0h0
really did consider seriously the pos.
sibility of giving to the world some, at
least. of the priceless letters and docu-
ments in her possession-letters which
it is said would make it necessary for
historians OF the Franco-German war
and the reign Of Napoleon III to re-
write their work to . considerable sx-
tent.
Copyright leis. By Curtis Bsevs3
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LIFTNGN.SSILS OVER
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pers of Herndon and Lincoln, but these
are not of much historical value. being
briefs and other legal documents drawn
up by Lincoln. In the law he was a
careful and good lawyer. and methodi-
cal in conducting the affairs of others,
although he had no method in con-
Quoting his own affairs.
Lincoln stood for the rights of the
common man. but he did not when
President attempt to govern by means
of common men. He surrounded him
self In official life. for the most part,
with men of training in government
affairs. and he had no antipathy toward
any man who had had superior social
associations to his own. An instance of
that is the confidence he placed in John
Hay-a litterateur, scholar and poet
And while he was in the White House
he may have shocked his visitors by
his uncouth attitudes; nevertheless, he
observed all the forms that were usual
and according to the traditions of the
Executive Mansion.
when Lincoln was in Illinois his
acquaintances were mainly the ordi-
nary run Of politicians, and hardly any
OF his friends rose to national impor-
lance. Two exceptions were Elihu B.
Washburn, long time a member of Con-
gress. Secretary of State and minister
to France. and Senator Lyman Trum-
bull. He was very little known in the
east and was nominated by western
votes. An interesting result of Lin
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time. If he had not died he would
have been able, through the force of
the public opinion which was back of
him, to reunite the country. and the
hideous record of reconstruction would
not have been written. All the histori-
cal documents have established beyond
peradventure that the plan of reuniting
the country which Andrew Johnson at
tempted to carry out was Lincoln
plan. and the public opinion which was
not back of johnson would have sup
ported Lincoln. and he alone would
have been able to control the revenge
full radicalism which took his plan
away from johnson and destroyed it
and substituted a different policy.
X
The last man now living who was
in close contact with Lincoln is Hor-
ace White. for long editor of the New
York Evening Post. He makes his resi-
dence in New York. where, at a green
old age, he is possessed of all his FAC
ulties. He was with Lincoln when the
latter went on his famous joint DEBATE
with Douglas. 1t is, too, an interesting
fact that the late Robert r. Hit OF
Illinois, some time assistant secretary
of state, as a shorthand reporter chron-
icled these debates of Lincoln and
Douglas. Cnhappily, there are no pa
ners of stephen A. Douglas extant. If
thew had been preserved they would
nroha bly be a mine of historical in
formation concerning Lincoln. They
might have told of that earlier rivalry
hetween him and Lincoln for the hand
of Mary Todd, who rejected Douglas
in order to marry Lincoln
.Of Mr.. Lincoln's wife there has been
a good deal written and much said. She
was woman of high education and
undoubted charm. She wrote easily and
we'll. had always been accustomed to
social life and liked to observe it's
forms Her husband knew little of
forms and generally refused to follow
+, m. Whatever he was. President Lin
coin was not conventional He stands
out. a figure all by himself. without
prototype and without imitators."
There are many people living who re-
member Mr.. Lincoln distinctly, and
some of them recently contributed a
few random memories which show the
brighter side of the man. The author,
Mrs JEANNE Gould Lincoln. who gave
an interesting story of an early cpl
sode, was one of these. Everything
pertaining to the war President is of
interest to Mrs. Lincoln, for she not
only believes that somewhere back in
Kentucky's early years the family of
her husband and that of President Lin
coin were connected, but also she met
him as a girl under unusual circum-
stances.
MY father was Judge George Gould.
presiding justice of the court of ap-
peals of New York." said Mrs. Lincoln.
Our home was at Troy. My unde,
David Thomas Vail, was president of
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municated with Rev. Brother Emile
Fehrenbach, who, as custodian of the
ex-empress built to contain the ashes
of her husband, the emperor of the
French, and of her son, the prince i'm
perial. Is In closest touch with her. and
has received from him the following
reply. which is dated THE Abbey"
Marlborough. Hants:
In answer to your letter I am requested to in.
form you that her majestys health, in spite of
nes at e Xpey
uary g. at n service for our fallen soldiers. She
verssry Of Napoleon the Thirds death, at a spe-
The death Of Mr. Pietri was certainly great
blow to her. He was the last Of those who ac-
companied her to England. He has not yet been
replaced. At present Prince Napoleon and his
ing with her majesty.
This is not the first time that ap-
parently reliable reports have doomed
the ex-empress. who is undeniably one
of the most wonderful old women of
her time. and 1t may be that her own
often reiterated belief that she will
live to celebrate her centenary will
be justified. No doubt her surprising
endurance is largely due to open-air
exercise. for she has rarely missed her
daily walk either in the beautiful
grounds of her estate or in the leafy
lanes of the surrounding district,
where she is a well known and greatly
honored figure. Yet the end must come,
and Eugene long since chose the spot
where she will be buried when "fnis"
has been written to one of the most
extraordinary careers in history
Her tomb. of course, will be the
wonderful mausoleunl. practically a re-
plica of the tomb OF the great Napo-
leon In Paris, which she caused to be
built on the wooded heights at Farm
borough. and in which the bodies of
her husband and son were reinterred
after having been brought from
Chiselhurst. the imperial family's first
home in exile.
The ex-empress has elected to ba
buried directly behind the altar of the
crypt or between the tombs of the en-
peror and his son. The tomb Of Ma
poleon III is on the right, that of the
prince imperial on the left. The for
mer 10 inscribed: This sarcophaeus
was presented to the Empress Eugene
as a mark of afectionate sympathy
by Victoria R.. 1879" The late Queen
Of England was one of the truest
friends in adversely that the widowed
empress found. The queen set the ex-
ample Of styling Eugenie "empress"
even after her dethronement and exile
by seeing to II that she always was
thus styled in the court circular" and
Victoria also waifd in Eugenie's case
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weak state. 1t would have been the
reverse Of surprising had the rumors
as to the effect of his death upon his
venerable mistress been true. but hap
PLY they prove to be entirely without
foundation.
ton on the subject. the writer com
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our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish OF
your bereavement, and leave you only the cher
ished memory OF the 10, ed and lost. and the SOL
pride that must he yours to have laid 90
costly sacrifice upon the altar OF freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully.
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EUGENE
WINTERHALTER.

which. for a woman of her age. have
been surprisingly numerous. For some
weeks he lay an invalid at the Hotel
Crillon. in Paris. whence he had gone
on a mission for his imperial mistress,
and he was recently brouaht home to
Marlborough Hill. as Eugenies resi-
dence is named. in an exceedingly
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-oIn's friendship with Washburn was
hat Washburn first introduced to his
notice Ulysses S. Grant. Washburn had
known Grant at Galena. Ill, and took
1im out of the tannery where he was
working for his father. and succeeded
in getting him a commission in the
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army Grants military promotions were
all made at the request of Washburn,
although his requests had their foun-
dation in Grants achievements.
Lincoln was wonderful in his man.
agement of the civil war and had ire
mendous influence on the history OF his
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Gaillard Hunt, Chief
of Division of Manu-
scripts, Library of Con-
gress, Cites a Few of
the Results of His Re-,
search-A Few Untold
Anecdotes of the Great
War President - Mrs.
JEANNE Gould Lincoln,
the Author. Tells of a
Girlhood Meeting With
Lincoln - When Lin
coin Failed to Dot His
"i"- Lincoln as an In
Ventor.
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-respoudence OF The star.

,cial Correspondence OF Tue star
LONDON. January 81, 1916.
. OLI1OW1NG the recent death of
"A the last of the ancient retain
ers came rumors that the
health of
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VentOr.

E1 lose who had the privilege of
meeting Abraham Lincoln,
knowing him in greater or less
degree. and those who have
studied his life and character infinitely,
cherish their acquaintance with the
man whose less obvious excellence no
less than his manifest public virtues
stand out with greater boldness as the
years clear away the unnecessary con-
fusion of contemporary details. leaving
only the untrammeled dignity and
grandeur of the leading character Of
the most troublous period of American
history.