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Show HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN DIED. H Structure In Washington City Is Flap- V jH Idly Decaying. ; H After President Lincoln whb mpr- , tally shot ln Ford's theater, Wash- Ington, by Booth, ho waa carried to n small houso on tho opposite Bide of ' H tho streot, where, surrounded by IiIh H family and tho principal officers of tbo H government, ho died tho following ' H morning. Naturally this houso haa JH been ono of tho many Interesting M places in Washington and, when oqcu- plod by private tenants, fees were exacted from visitors. Some years H ago it waa purchased by a society, nnd M It was thought something would be H I 1 M done to presorvo or repair the walls H and tho Interior. But tho expectation H was not icallzed and tho houso Is now H rapidly going to decay. Public attend H tion lias been attracted to this alls- jH ti easing state of affairs and It la poa.- H slblo that somo offort will be mado to jH save It. Tio houso contains tho Old- H royd collection of Lincoln relics. H |
