Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-21

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On BOARD ROOSEVELT CAR.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, Oct. 21.-Ths
Ioilowing bulletin was issued at noon
py Colonel Roosevelt's physicians:
Colonel Roosevelt Is resting web
and is very comfortable.
(Signed)
ALEXANDER LAMBERT.
"SCURRY L. TERRELL
III. Lambert said that the patients
condition was so favorable that Il
was deemed unnecessary to take
record of his temperature. pulse and
respiration. -
ne looks like a well man. saia
IL LaniDert. but Ii is necesearxr
INA, ne De kept to himself and have
aoSo'ute rest. You might talk tn
n'hi teh minutes and hc would an
pear TO De full of strength and yitaIi-
~ out at the end Of that time sud-
ueh'y De overcome by exhaustion.
mat is merely the natural conse-
duences OF the hard work he has had
inere has been some further
oieeolng or the wound today. bnt
oiiiy the normal draining. which
SHOWS that the wound is healing as
we hope dit would,
IT Lambert installed himself in =
s'ateroon adjoining Colonel Roosa-
Veit and Kept the patient under con-
s.ant observation. Mrs Roosevalt
chatted with her husband for . time
ana then he resumed his reading say.
ing that he had had enough slaar
Wnen It was suggested that he talsa !
nap. The colonel thought that If ~
remained awake all day II would ba
easier to sleep wen night canoe
An unusual feature of Co,opo,
Roosevelt's trip was the co,,,,,,t I.
crowds which came out m ,,,aat .,ss
ralh Al several Indiana towns there
we're crowds on hand, but. respecting
.ne request OF the physicians before
tney lett Chicago that their patient be
aio"eu 10 make his journey as
| quietly as possible, they stood silently
oy. without the cheers which thx
coioheI Is accustomed to hear.
CHICAGO. Oct 21.-speeding ~.
ward Oyster Bay. over the PennsvI-
wanna railroad. Colonel Roosevelt ia.
clared that although slightly ~.
tigued by his trip from Mercy Hos
pitai, where he has been foIlowine t,,e,
attempt upon his life by Assassin,
Schrank. he felt bully" and could
enter the battle for the presidency
at once.
The colonel was delighted with the
prospects of soon being home. ana
could hardly restrain himself. desnits
the fact that his last night at file
hospital had been an almost sleepless
one.
Preparations for the coloners de.
| parture from Mercy Hospital to the
train at union station, on which he
| is rushing toward Oyster Bay. were
completed early today. and he was
/ placed In an ambulance at 7:15 for
the short trip through the city, His
train was scheduled to leave at Sis
O'Clock, but due to a wreck was de.
! layed until $50 o'clock
The coloners last night at the hos.
pital was rather a restless one. He
slept only about four hours aggr1-
/ gate from the time he first fell asleep
at Ills p. m. He awoke frequentfy
and he seemed nervous. 1t was said
by Night Nurse Fitzgerald that this
was chiefly due to the excitement nc
his coming departure and not to any
! untoward symptoms that had devef-
oped in the course OF the night.
When he was ready to depart tho
colonel said he was feeling well, but
that because of his restlessness dur
ing the night he was somewhat
sleepy and hoped he would be able
to get some rest after he had reached
his berth on the train. He was cheer
full and expressed pleasure that he
was so soon to be on the way to hia
/ home at Oyster Bay. N
Colonel Awake at 8 o'clock.
He awoke shortly before o'clock
and was given his morning sponge
bath and rundown. Then he had hts
breakfast This consisted Of break
fast bacon. three soft-boled eggs.
| buttered toast and a pot of tea. Mrs.
Roosevelt, who had been called q
short time before the colonel awole.
had breakfast with her husband n
| his room.
DR. John b. Murphy, who has been
in charge of the colonels case since
heShas been in Chicago, arrived at tho
| hospital at $3.50 a. m, and with DR..
William B. McCauley, the house sur
geon, dressed the colonel's wound for
| the last time before his departure Tor
| the East. At the same time a con-
+, sultation was held at which Dr.
Scurry L. Terrell. the eolonefs
specialist: DIR. Arthur d. Bevan, DR.
! Alexander Lambert. the Roosevelt
family physician, and DR. John =.