Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-01
Wilbur Wright
NOTEO|NVEkT0R,
DIES OF TYPHOID
Inventor Of the Aeroplane
Succumbs After Long Ill
ness; Was Pioneer in Aer-
ial Navigation Field.

Dayton, O., May 30.-Wilbur
Wright, the noted aviator, died this
morning of typhoid fever. He had
been i'll for several weeks and a num-
Der of times had been reported at the
point of death, but each time rallied.
Following a sinking spell that de-
veloped soon after midnight, Mr.
Wright died at 3:15 today. Wright
had been near death for many days
and though his condition from time
to time gave some hope to members
of his family, the attending physic-
ians, Drs. D. D. Conklin and Levi Spit
Ter, maintained throughout the latter
part Of his sickness that he could not
recover. ...
When the patient succumbed ne
was surrounded by the members OF
his family, which includes his aged
father, Bishop Milton Wright; Miss
Catherine Wright, Orville, the coin
ventor of the acceptance; Reuchlln
Wright and Lorine Wright. All OF
the family reside in this city except
Reuchlin, who lives in Kansas. a1
The most alarming symptoms in
Wright's sickness developed yesterday
shortly before noon when his fever
suddenly mounted from 1O4 to l0b
and then quickly subsidized to It's 1or-
mer stage. At this juncture the pa
tient was seized with chills and the
attending physicians were baffled by
the turn of events. Chills were unus'
ual in patient suffering from feVer
this high and the doctors at Wright s
bedside we're puzzled. The condltlon
of the aviator remained unchanged
throughout the rest of the day ana
there was no improvement up until last
midnight.
Then there seemed to. be slight
improvement, but soon there was
sudden turn for the worse and Dr.
Conklin was called He arrived at
1925 and learned that Wright had
died few minutes before.
Mr.. Wright was seized with typhold
May while on bushes strip in the
east. On that day he returned to Day
ton from Boston and consulted with
Dr.. Conklin. He took to his bed al
most Immediately and it was several
davs before his case was definitely
diagnosed as typhoid.
ARRANGEMENTS for the funeral had
not been completed early today.
Sketch Of Wrieht's Life.
Wilbur Wright was born in Henry
county. Ind, April 16, 1867. Orvilie,
the sixth child, was born August 49,,
1871.
Both Wilbur and Orville attended
the local high school and stood high IN
their studies. Hampered by heart
trouble caused, it is thought, by acct
dentally being struck by polo stick,
Wilbur was compelled to abandon his
purpose of attending college.
Their father, Bishop Milton Wright,
being away from home much OF the
time in attendance on his duties, the
two boys helped to maintain their
home. The two first started Job
printing office and for while pub
lished small sheet that had sucur'
ban circulation. They then entered the
bicycle business and opened a repair
shop, at the same time manufacturing
bicycles.
In the meantime they began study
ing the flying machine while carrying
on the bicycle business, and in pursuit
of this subject they acquired knoWi
edge of the underlying principles
further adding to their knowledge by
a working acquaintance with different
languages.
The ancestry of Wilbur Wright can
be traced through number of genera
lions in England. Samuel Wright
through whom was transplanted the
lineage in America, came to Spring
field, Mass. in 1885. His defendants
participated in the revolutionary war
Earl True of Ottumwa and Mr.. ant