The Brunswick news., 1912-10-17
HIS FAMILY WITH HIM, COL.
ROOSEVELT MORE sATIS-
FLED THAN BEFORE.
COMPLICATIONS NOT FEARED
Physical Condition So Nearly Normal
Fears are spelIed-"Hello" Shout
ed Colonel Gayiy When His Wife
Appeared.

Chicago, Oct. 16.-Theodore Roose-
welt, his family with him, and salts
fed as to his condition, today rests at
greater ease than at any time since
he became the target for a fanatics
pistol in Milwaukee Monday night.
Physicians today found his pulse,
respiration and temperature so near
ly at normal that concern over his
condition had vanquished, and the
extremely conservative conduct gave
way to a desire to establish public
assurance that no complications now
were looked for to stand in the way
OF rapid recovery.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel and
Theodore, Jr., arrived early in the day
and went at once to his apartments
with Mrs. Alice Longworth and DR..
Alexander Lambert, the family ply
sician, in New York.
Hello" shouted the colonel gayly,
when Mrs. Roosevelt appeared in the
doorway.
: When the other members of his
family appeared, the same CHEEKY
greeting met him, and he asked them
to draw up chairs to his bedside and
gossip with him.
The. colonel ate his usual hearty
breakfast, and then the arrival of his
family appeared, anxious that his
room be tidied to a point where he
felt it would meet the approval OF
the critical eye of Mrs. Roosevelt,
whom he proudly described as good
housekeeper.
Il don't want to be scolded for
carelessness," he explained.
1iMrs. Roosevelt has been provided
an apartment adjoining and connected
with the patients room. She was of
the opinion the other members of the
family would stay with friends here.
Later Miss Ethel, Theodore, Jr., and
Mrs. Longworth left the hospital, de-
clining to say where they were go
ing.
OOUOipiOu GNSStSu''
The following bulletin concerning
Colonel Roosevelts condition was is
sued at 1.3O o'clock.
Pulse 80; temperature 9S.6 through
out entire morning. Breathing a lit
tie easier.
General condition excellent.
Signed)
ARTHUR DEAN BEVAN,
"JOHN B. MURRAY,
"SCURRY l.. TERRELL"
The fourth rib on Col. Koosevelt's
right side was fractured by the bull
let which struck him at Milwaukee
Monday night. This became known
today. 1t was also learned that an
X-ray photograph taken in Milwau-
kee failed to reveal the exact loca-
ton of the bullet. A more minute
examination Of the plates will be
made this afternoon. The fractured
rib, it was explained, is causing pain
in breathing.
Theodore Roosevelt awoke at 6.20
o'clock this morning feeling fine" as
he expressed it to his night nurse,
who prepared to take his clinical rec
ord. At that time the colonel had
had more than three hours Of un~
broken rest, and his condition showed
marked Improvement. Thee clinical
record showed Colonel Roosevelts
temperature to be 98.6, his pulse IA
and his respiration 20. This indicates
decrease in his temperature of z,
ten beats in his pulse and two counts
in his respiration since 10 o'clock last
night.
A Bully Breakfast.
When his breakfast was brought to
him Colonel Roosevelt viewed it with
a smile, and after he had finished de-
clared it to have been bully" He
then resumed his reading while his
nurses made preparations for the
consultation.
Drs Murphy. Bevan and Terrell, at
$40. held a consultation in Colonel
Roosevelts apartment, while Dr. VIII
liam MacAuley, of the hospital staff,
dressed the patients wound. They
had with them the X-ray Photographic
plates. and carefully inspected the
wound, with a view to ascertaining, If
possible, just what physical condi-
tions existed in the tissues surround
ing the missile.