Show A he lincoln F hemoc rial mammon 4 g P 4 7 1 tal va ji x 4 J tin oil reveral reve ral years past each succeeding session ot of congress has heard more or leaa less discussion as an to the form to be taken by the great na lional memorial ham bam lincoln it has ba been virtually de died that some testimonial fittingly indicating the nation nations gratitude to the martyr president roust must be provided as a roon aa as the ideal form can be deter mined various suggestions have been made those thome which hare have found great est plit favor including the proposal for a magnificent marble memorial temple on the banks of the altomae river at washington and the suggestion for a splendid memorial highway or boule vard from the national capital to the battlefield of gettysburg whatever be the form decided upon for the main rile memorial morial however it Is I 1 practically certain that it will have as a supplementary project the acquill tion by ahe national government of 0 what Is known as the lincoln lemorl al museum at washington write writes valdon fawcett for some years past the government has been thel owner of the plain unpretentious brick bouse house across the street from ford a e theater to which the wounded preal dent was carried after he bad been struck down by booth and where he lay during the hours that bis his life was ebbing away however flo wever the g govern rn ment dor does not own the wonderful cot col lection of lincoln relle relies that 1 very ccok and corner of thim building tho th most remarkable collection of the kind ever gathered as representative of any american bero thie this collection which include includes practically everything identified with lin un colna coins personal history which has been possible ot of preservation Is in the property of a private individual mr 0 II 11 a veteran of the civil war who has ban always been an admirer of lincoln and who ban has made the father gather ins ing of this collection his life work originally the be collection wax wa kept in the lincoln homestead at Up springfield ill but later was removed to wash deton and when bongren conic reee something more than a dozen years aco ano pur chased for the house where lincoln died mr air wax was allowed the use of the building as a depository for or bis his remarkable collection the owner of these lincoln relics has repeatedly had offers of almost fabulous urns sums from private collectors and 1 d institutions for bis his treasures but ar with i th a patriotism worthy of the cause be he tuck stuck to his to keep the collection intact in the hope that in time it would take if its rightful place as the property of the nation now congress appears to be inclined to take the long deferred action tn in the matter watter A hill bill has ban been introduced which provides for the appropriation of the sum of 0 or no so much of that gum as may be necessary for the purchase of the nelre collection of lincoln relics and the improvement of the property of the lincoln memorial museum this improvement does doc cot not contemplate any material change in the appearance of or the torte house where loin lincoln coln died rather does it contemplate the acquisition of the pa either aide side of it and the tearing down of the houses which now hedge closely on the house on either side thie this purchase of 0 pro proper perl will enable the beautifying of the grounds and the of a email small park surrounding the historic hie house more important it maill enable the property to be rand wadi reasonably fireproof and finally it will afford a site for an addition to the house which can be used an a shelter for additional relics relies as to so cured the memorial museum in eludes not only relic relies proper but a splendid collection of lincoln par traits comprising more than NO like nesses and a library of more than 1000 volumes relative to lincoln sote idea of the immense vaie ot of the relics in this museum may be formed from the tad fact that thee these me include an original black locust rail split by lincoln in 1830 the orice office chair used by lincoln in his law office at springfield when be he was alerted president preal dent the last cook stove used by air airs lincoln in the homestead nt at springfield the lincoln family fitje red the ne family cradle in which all thi loncoln children rocked the moat most interesting portion of tho lincoln museum la Is that embraced la in the room where lincoln died this room ie Is preserved pres erred as it was at the time of his death except that the bed and other furniture has been removed and the room converted into a gillery of pictures pic turea bearing upon LIn colne life in a glase glass case are let and cards of abraham lincoln and other souvenirs one of the most interesting Inter eiting objects which haa has been displayed at the museum li Is the flag which draped tho the theater box la in which T lincoln eat sat the night he be was hot shot the rent in the flag made by the assassins sas sins spur la Is plainly een seen and near by li is displayed the spur which booth woes wo on that occasion occa elon and which catching la in the folds of the flag caused him to fall and break his hi lega a circumstance that did much to prevent his hi escape |