Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-29
Has Been Sick All This Year and Has Steadily
 Declined Since Latter Part of August
PHYSICIAN EXPECTED HIS DEATH LAST JUNE
Tn No Immediate Danger of Death Present Time, But is Se- riousy Il-Suffers From Weakened Heart Muscles Re- sulting From Overwork and Some Kidney Involvement -Improved For Time After Attack Last June.

correspondents at Oyster Bay, with the outside world. It was the first in terview which he had given since his return to Sagamore Hill and he talked for twenty minutes without sign of fatigue.
 This seems like being alive again" said Colonel Roosevelt as he entered his library. Tt seems good to get back into the old channels once more"
 He walked with & brisk, vigorous step, and his face had lost none of It's color There was nothing about his appearance as he entered the room to suggest that he carried would-be assassin's bullet in his body.
 When he shook hands, however, he gave the first indication that he was still feeling the effects of the wound. Instinctively he held out his right hand, His face twitched with pain which he sought to conceal and he thrust his hand into the pocket of his riding coat and put out his left. T haven't much use of my right fist, yet" he exclaimed. I'm feeling sur- prisingly well, but suppose there are always some small complications. The chest muscles on the right side are sore. The broken rib seems to have knitted and I feel no pain from it unless breathe deeply"
 Colonel Roosevelt said he felt well enough to make his speech in Madison Square garden, New York, on Wednes day night and that if he found he suffered no serious effects from the trip he might make a few ,other speeches before election day. The hardest problem, he said, was to keep out of the crowds, for he was in no condition to get into the struggling masses of people which often surround him on his campaign trips, seeking to shake hands with him. Precautions are being taken to keep him out of the crowd in Madison Square garden.
 Some perfectly well meaning per- was the psychological moment to shake hands and thump me on the right side" He placed his hand over his wound to indicate the spot he meant and added. That might make it difficult for me to resist the im- pulse to turn anarchist myself" His plans for the remainder of the campaign depend upon the outcome of Wednesday nights journey to New York. I'll see how 1t goes there" he said. 'Tf get through that all right I'll make g few more speeches" Next Monday, the day before elec- l LlOn, NOlOHel hOOSeVelL hopes 10 pc able to speak in the neighboring towns of 'Mineola and Huntington. in fulfill | ment of a promise which he made | early in the campaign to devote the last days to his home county of Nas- l sau.
 q want to keep that promise" he said, "and in the evening shall speak in the village"
 He referred to Oyster Bay, as plans | have been under way here for some | time for the colonePs speech on the eve of election.
 | Today's mail brought Colonel Roose- | welt more than 1000 letters and 30t telegrams. Most of them were mes- sages of congratulation for his birth day, or because of his recovery from | the bullet wound.
 A birthday gift which interested Colonel Roosevelt came today from Mrs. Richard Jordan of Oyster Bay It is a cake six feet in diameter. Be- ginning in the middle, where half ( dozen clover leaves are set in the icing
 road winds in and out over the toI
 of the cake, with electric lights or
 poles, one for each state. along tho
 way. The tiny incandescent lamps ar'
 lighted by a storage battery conceal
 ed in the cake. At the end of tn,
 road is the White house. At the iron
 door is an eight-inch automobile
 containing Colonel Roosevelt. jus
 about to enter.