The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-16
BY JANIS MONTAGUE.

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CHICAGO. Oct. 15.--wth Iead0i
slug as big as the end Of a mans I'm
ger, buried two inches deep in HI a
CHEST, Theodore Roosevelt is tonigffz7
menaced only by the danger Of Mood
poisoning \ veritabe arrnor beHaa
bullt OF oVercoat, coat, waistcoast 10&N9
sheets of paper and gunmetal spaxax
'tacie case, tlirned aside the bufiS
fired by John Schrank, and it st,nfa$
tered and mushroomcd against Cole
mel Roosevelt's fourth rib on the righ<
side. There, unless symptoms of pui1s&
oning set III. he Will carry IL. for the
remainder Of his life.
While the colonel Is comfortabIes
he Is by no mea%s cut of danger This
very objects which detected the bui~ 4
let may have tipped it's slightly mustr.
romed point with infection that Will
make itself known within twenty four
hours, Every precaution has b0es
taken TO guard against this contfu~a
gency, even to the injection OF Na
anti-lockiaw serum. The colonel ha1
been told bluntly that his campaieax#
Is at an end at least for two week.
He has been ordered to see but feNa
people and To dn no work. And whlI1s|
chatting under the necessity OF hanaf~a
I ing over the leadership OF the Pre-
! gressive campaign to others, he rdN3
ICES his peril, and for the first tin1~N
perhaps In his career. is taking orders
Attended by the foremost surgenn1a
of the West. Dr. John H. Murphy and
DIR. Arthur II. Bevan. with his owH$
physician. DR. Scully Il. Terrell, Cole
mel Roosevelt is resting in two great
light rooms in the fine Mercy ho4.
pital, at the corner of Twenty-sixt71s
street and Calumet avenue.
Here he was taken when his sp&
eiai train brought him from MIlWaH~
kee after the tragedy of last nigft
Here tiu HAS seefa his daughter, Mx15
Alice l.ongworth. and few OF ha1&
supporters and friends. including Sen
ator Albert j. Beveridge, OF Indiana
BeverfCgc. tho cotoucf sent for, to carr
ry his message along to the Progress
/ siv-s.-tnE conference lasting <sss3zk3
a few minutes tonight it was decides
( that tomorrow night in Louisville, MxS3
/ Beveridge shall make speech for tn
| colonel, composed partly OF the specG4E
| the colonel would have made had hJ|
not been wounded. ana asking Frs
gressives tn rally more earnestly th&i
| ever now that their leader has tS
' len.
He Has "A Duh Day.
| For the colonel this has beeMM
| dull day. Most Of the time he li
been cheerful. although toward nief
| he grew 81 triiie fretful. and impntiel
| of the restraint that was placed UNI
/ him.
He frightened perceptibly when
| formed that Mrs. Roosevelt. his MI
Theodore. Jr.. and his daughter, Etls&
| We're on the Twentieth Century li&
/ tied, en- route for Chicago. and w0l1
be at his bedside in the mornip
| The visit of Mr.. I4ongw orth also d
him much good
4
Colonel Roosevelt has taken grAN
| interest in the kilograms Of sympat1
which have been coming in so fast r
| day that they are literally carried
the hospital in bales. Those comIz
| from Senator La Toilette, Wiliiaut
! O'Rrien. Woodrow Wilson and Rn6
! dent Taft. all his political enemf&
| pleased him. To all of these he ar
| tated replies. combining himsel4
| thanking the senders for their inter
! est SS
The people of Chicago and on ri
country have been kept informed
the progress of the patient BY bt
| letins. issued at infrequent interv11
(, by his physicians. The first OF thu
| given out shortly after his arrival
the hospital at $3.50 was highly e.
! timistieS ssAs
| 1t in effect dismissed the injurfe1
| trifiing, and babe everybody c6G
I lTOHl ltpupifHE. lie SSCOuu W&X4
| quite so cheerful, and the third, t.
at o'clock. announced that the cG
mel was suffering not from ~
/ flesh wound, but from really ser1&
wound in the chest.
| 1t was then that the public Dec
deeply interested in the situation.
+, 1t was necessary to put fore
| policemen before the iron-barred A
way OF the hospital grounds to
the public from swarming In ana
manding first hand information.
| Everybody Quits Work.
The effect Of the tragedy on
/ local political headquarters was
/ Simultaneous Little or no hu6f
! was done at the Republican sutf
/ the auditorium. or the usually
/ Democratic offices In the kAl
| building. State and national c0n4
teemen. senators and representA1
Of both parties. left of work t1
cuss the affair. or to ask for tN
OF the eel@Rsl, or - sand sseeA
OF sympathy TO him. Boxes of
Sis came by rha express waHHn
& ana most OF, them had To he At{
outside tile sick room or distr34
among The other patients n 0y
7 the pnstnlsns burden was greats4
he could bear. and he had III
his trips To the hospital as5
Not an echo of the excitement
/ out got 10 The sick room. alth0a&2
scuiesel read TsfegrarnH ana 1@t~