The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-19
Last Night Was One of Almost
UnbrOken Rest.
RAPID RECOVERY EXPECTED
Crisis i'm Condition Believed to
Have Been Passed.
Blood Poisoning No Longer
Regarded as a Possibility.

Chicago. Oct. 19.-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt will leave Mercy hosplta
for Oyster Bay Monday forenoon a
1925 O'Clock over the Pennsylvania
railway.
This was the announcement made to
day by DR.. Alexander Lambert, tht
coioners family physician after tht
examining physicians had issued thc
f-DOwing bulletin describing his condi-
ton.
1905 a. m. Saturday, Oct. 10;
Pulse Sc; temperature 9S; resp;r
atIon, 20. Breathing easier. Resting
well, condition good. Convalescing sat
isfactorily.
JOHN B. MURPHY
ARTHUR D. BEVAN
ALEXANDER LAMBERT
"SCURRY L. TERRELL"
Last night was one of almost un
broken rest Of Col. Roosevelt.
He fell asleep shortly after IL O'Clock
and he woke only once between then
and after 7 o'clock today when he an
nounced himself ready for breakfast
The wound gave him little trouble.
The crisis in his illness now is believed
TO have been passed and his rapid re-
cOvery is confidently expected. Blood
poisoning no longer is regarded as a
possibility by his attending physicians.
The only danger to be feared now is
tetanus, or lOckjaw, and even this is
believed to be remote.
Throughout the night Col Roosevelt
was awake only once. That was at 3
o'clock and then for only a few min
utes in which Night Nurse Fitzgerald
had only time to obtain a clinical rec
ord. His record at that time was nor
NAL and he said he felt exceedingly
we'll. His temperature was 9S pulse
20 and respiration Is.
For the first time since his confne-
ment in the hospital Col. Roosevelt
was permitted to sit up for a short
space yesterday. 1t is believed this
relief will be prolonged today.
When he aWoke this morning he was
asked by Nurse Fitzgerald if the bull
let was causing any inconvenience.
mot a Bit" he replied. I'm feel
ing bully"
Today the colonel probably will per-
sonally reply to some of the many
letters that are constantly being re-
ceiVed. but most of which are being
looked after by his secretary. Looking
after such correspondence as his physi-
clans and Mrs. Roosevelt will permit
him to care for and receiving a few
visitors probably will make up the
greater part Of the day for the col
Onel-
When he awoke the colonePs clinical
record showed temperature 50; pulse
20 and respiration Is. This is practi-
cally where the figures stood for the
ed were considered of no Importance.
At breakfast, which he had with Mrs
Roosevelt, he asked for the morning
papers.
Best News He Has Received.
Colonel Roosevelt declared the news
that he could go home Monday to be
the best he had received since he first
was assured that the wound would not
be fatal
H. fn16 fEn nh Cfrf1
spite of the fact you gentlemen and
the Sisters of Mercy have provided
for me in a royal way.
1T is no fault of the care and at
tention 1 have had, that's certain, but,
as you know, this is just the height of
the campaign and every day lost
means a golden opportunity of calling
new attention to our cause gone be-
Nov, mother he said, addressing
Mrs. Roosevelt, so for the first time in
came to the hospital, I'll be pretty
good while I'm here SO there won't
be any reason for delaying our start
home. OF course, I can't help being
impatient, but I'll do as you say now
with as little protest as possible"
Preparations for the staTt began at
once. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., obtain
ed from his parents the general in
structiones as to the departure, and
arranged with members of the Pro-
gressiVe party in Chicago to look to
tram arrangements. Reservations
were ordered on the train by the con-
tingent of newspaper men and physi /
,ians accompanying the colonel and |
the hospital authorities prepared to !
take up with the police department.
.he question of providing adequate |
guard about the building when the
noted patient was to leave
Plan for the Trip.
Tentative plans provide that he |
: hall leave the hospital not in an am
bulance, but in a Limousine, which will |
drive slowly to the union station. A /
wheel chair probably will be there in |
which Colonel Roosevelt may be car |
ried down the long flight 0f steps to |
the train floor. He will have private |
car and a guard of Chicago policemen |
viii be asked to accompany the train |
to the Illinois line. Secretaries Nc |
Grath and Martin gathered in bales
the letters that have been received |
from all over the United States and /
arranged them for shipment by ex-
press to Sycamore Hill. Less than !
200 letters have been answered and !
the others will be taken uD by a spe- |
Roosevelt family has re-established |
itself in Oyster Bay
Mrs. Roosevelt sighed with relief |
when she was advised b. the doctors
that it would be safe and advisable /
that she break up her temporary |
household at Mercy hospital. She had |
only one brief ride in the open air
since she arrived wednesday and her
close watch has fatigued her consid-
erably.
II thinkSit now is safe to say that
Colonel Roosevelt to all purposes is
out of danger" announced DR.. Lam
bert the Roosevelt physician, and Dr.
W. B. McCauley, who has had charge
If dressing and caring for the wound
50 eatisied were the physicians as |