The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-16
MARKED IMPROVEMENT
IN CONDITION TO-DAY
During Early Part of the Night
He Was Restless But Early
This Morning He Lapsed Into
Sound SIumber Which Did
Him Much Good.

Chicago, Oct 16.--Colonel Roosevelt
who was shot at Milwaukee Monday
night, awoke this morning feeling fine
as he expressed it to his night nurse,
who prepared to take clinical record
At that time Roosevelt had had
more than three hours of unbroken rest
and his condition showed a marked inn
provement. A decrease of ten beats in
the pulse and two counts in respiration
were indicated since last night. During
the early hours of the night, his sleep
was broken and for long periods tie
colonel was awake, willing his time
away by reading Maeaulay's essays. He
fell asleep soon after o'clock and did
not wake till long after daylight.
The benefits OF his long sleep were Wis
IDLY apparent. After BATH the col
onel had a hearty breakfast, which h.
said was bully. He then resumed his
reading, while the nurses prepared for
consultation of doctors.
Read Awhile, Slept Awhile.
Roosevelt said goodnight at s o'clock
last evening and after an hours read
ing switched off his light and thirty
minutes later DIR. John b. Murphy, the
After several short maps, the patient
awoke at 1890 o'clock and called for
hot water to shave himself He sat up
in bed with hand mirror against his
knees and shaved himself and was then
given a sponge bath and alcohol rub
down by his nurse Then he prepared
to read.
Colonel Roosevelt told his nurse as he
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he was going home to Oyster Bay on
Sunday He ordered his breakfast for
7 o'clock and said; mind, | want ul
good one. I'll be hungry
The bullet from John Schrenk's revol- |
Yer lies, as revealed by the X-ray, not
far from the bfeastbone on the right
side and probably five inches below the
collarbone. The missile did not get in
side the ribs, but ploughed upward and
inward for a distance of some five inches |!
from where it entered, When the wound
was being dressed last night. Roosevelt |
leaned forward from his half-sitting
posture and survey it himself.
"That doesn't look bad DOCTOR" he |
said what do you think?"
THAT, as it is, doesn't bother us" re-
sponded DIR. Murphy, nodding to his fell |
lows, DR.. Arthur Dean Brown and DIR.
Terrell, who accompanied him. 1T is
what you 10 to it."
The patient raised his eyebrows inter-
negatively and was informed that the
doctors, by way of precaution, felt he
had better see no one, so that the rest
would remove further any possibility of
a setback. lie was disappointed for
few minutes, but the examination being
over and a pint of buttermilk having
been ordered, he reached again for his
books and smiled, "All right"
Many Messages of Sympathy.
The kilograms received at the Progress
sive headquarters ran to many hun
dreds. Sympathy, Indignation, eneour-
agement admontions to the colonel not
to give up his fight and good wishes
from political adversaries formed the
of messages stacked deep on
a long table in the inside office. :
cablegram from Kermit Roosevelt, !
his fathers hunting companion, came I
from Brazil James J. Corbett. Col. ,
Henry Watterson. W. J. Bryan, all the !
justices of the United States supreme 7
court. governors of states. heads of as I
and civic bodies, persons un- )
known to fame and men of worldwide
prominence were among the signers of G
the dispatches.
Many of the kilograms were held at y
he headquarters but the personal mes ]
.ages were sent at once 10 the eolonefs 7
iide in Mercy hospital where his physi 7
'ians permitted him to read them when I
ie was not sleeping. =
The one which the colonel held long r
~ IN his hand was from his son. Theo- =
lore. y
Eleanor and ! send love with deepest I
for your escape. / will be e
With mother. Ted (
Mrs. Roosevelt. who arrived from New !.
FORK to-day. Mrs. Niohelas Iongworth. q
sho came last night. Mss Ethel Roose- n
-elt and Theodore Roosevelt jr., visited r
he patient this morning. :,
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