Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-23
ROOSEVELT STARTS
FOR OYSTER BAY
Leaves Chicago on Fast Penn
SyIvania Train.
C0LONEL'S CONDITION GOOD
Doctors Say He Must Have Absolute
Rest on Trip and No Visitors
Will Be Allowed En-
Route.

condition, left the hospital at 1880
o'clock this morning and an hour af-
terward raj on his way to Oyster
Bay aboard a 24-hour train over the
Pennsylvania railroad.
A consultation of his staff physi-
clans last night definitely decided this
move, although they are not hesitant
In saying he should stay at the hos
pital until Thursday at least.
1t became known last night for the
first time since the shooting, the x
act location of the bullet fired by
John Schrank in Milwaukee last Mon
day.
Bullet Outside of Rib.
The bullet, it was found by a new
X-ray plate, is lodged outside, instead
CT inside, the fractured rib, and can
be removed at any time Colonel
Roosevelt desires.
This fact greatly encouraged the
doctors and, in interviews after the
consultation, they emphasized the
point that the colonel is in as good
condition as might be expected.
However," DR.. Alexander Lambert,
Roosevelt's family physician, stated,
mr.. Roosevelt, like any patient would
be who has undergone such an ex-
perience, is ~nervously exhausted. He
must have absolute quiet"
In order to lower the liability of in
Jury to his wound through crossing
car tracks and rough places in the
pavement, Colonel Roosevelt was
transported from the hospital to the
Pennsylvania station in the hospitals
electric ambulance, and it required
one hour to make the three miles.
Every precaution was taken at the
station to keep the crowds from
jostling the colonel. Fifty policemen
formed a phalanx around the former
president. The Roosevelt family and
rarty had two cars at their disposal,
DR.. Scurry L. Terrell and DR.. Alexan-
der Lambert accompanied the colonel
to Oyster Bay. No one will be al
lowed to see the colonel en- route.
Glad to Go Home.
so l am going home at last, I'M
I?' the colonel inquired. well, I am
greatly relieved. The week has
passed very slowly for me-"
But you will have to be more quiet
at Oyster Bay than o have been
HERE one of the doctors said.
The colonel looked at them with a
twinkle in his eye.
we'll see," he said.
And in this expression he voiced
the fears of the doctors, that when he
gets to Oyster Bay there will be no
holding him back from seeing even a
small percentage of the numerous Wis
Iitors who flock to his Long Island
home whenever he is there.
Sunday the ~colonels wound bled
slightly and exuded a serum, which
shows that the wound is just begin
ming to heal inside. The least exer-
ltion on Mr.. ROosevelt's part would
cause a break in the healing and
might result in complications.
The day was a quiet one for the
colonel. He received only two visit
,Ors, Bishop Charles P. Anderson of
the Methodist Episcopal church, who
read a church service to him, and
Jack" Hayes, former cow-puncher
and railway engineer, and one of the
~Colonel's close friends.
Appetite Is Good.
Colonel Roosevelt read most of the
Gay. He awoke at eight o'clock in
the morning and, after his sponge
bath, had breakfast. 1t consisted of
three soft boiled eggs, two strips of
bacon, toast and tea.
For luncheon at one o'clock he had
croiled milk-fed chicken, boiled rice,
bread, tea and milk.
For supper he had two snipe, which
were shot just outside of Chicago by
Louis Zimmerman, who brought them
to the hospital for the colonel.
81 do like snipe," said the colonel,
when he was told about it, and he
gave minute directions as to how they
should be prepared.
The c%olonel's greatest concern is
over the condition of Mrs. Roosevelt,
who is almost worn out by her long
vigil. 1t is said that his determina-
ton to return Immediately to Oyster
Bay was Influenced largely by his ap-
Trehension for her.
Since her arrival at the hospital last
Wednesday Mrs. Roosevelt has spent
from fourteen to sixteen hours a day
by the colonel's bedside, and fire.
Guently visited him in the night.
The colonel will, after an enforced
rest at Oyster Bay, begin prepare
tions for his last speech of the cam
paign, to be delivered at Madison
Square Garden, New York, on the eve
ring of October 80.
Whether his condition will allow
him to speak for thirty minutes, or
only five minutes, he says that it will
be a final message to the people Of
the country.