New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
LUCY ROOSEVELT
dies FROM TYPHOID
Said to Have Contracted
Disease on Trip to
South America.
WAS DAUGHTER OF
w. EMLEN ROOSEVELT
Favorite Of Ex-Prcsident's Wife
and Fond Of Out
door Life.

Miss Lucy Margaret Roosevelt. daugh-
ter Of W Emlen Roosevelt eX-Presldtnt
Rooseveits cousin. died Yesterday nj her
fathers home. 40 sos Tifth avenue
from typhoid fever. contracted. 10 was
said. during her trip with Colonel ana
Mrs Roosevelt IN the Paraguay river
South America although the disease dld
not develop until nearly month later
while she and Mrs. Roosevelt were
nearing New York.
The two loft Colonel Roosevelt At
santiago. chilli on November %. taxing
ship 1T Valparaiso for Colon, Panama
where they were entertained by Secre-
tarv Bishop. Of the Panama Canal Com
mission ana Mr.. Bishop. They sailed
for New York december II. on the
United Fruit liner Santa Marta. and
reached home December IS.
Miss Roosevelt became i'll a few days
out from Colon. but the sea ain ap-
pesred 10 brace her up as she nesred
New York. She felt much better the
day tho party landed, but few days
ago she suffered relapse. The disease
progressed rapidly and there was little
George t.. Brewer and Or. Evan NJ.
Evans
During Miss Roosevelts visit at
Colon. she saw her brother. Jchn h.
Roosevelt who is on the isthmus She
sank so rapidly this week that IT was
impossible for him to reach home be
fore she died.
Miss Roosevelt was a fayorite Of Mrs
Theodore Roosevelt She went with her
as a companion during the weeks when
Colonel Roosevelt was out on his eXplo-
ration trips She was fond OF outdoor life
and excelled ln horsemanship. golf ana
tennis. Her lo~e Of adventure caused her
to coax Mrs. Roosevelt into making the
trip up the Paraguay.
Neither Dr. Brewer nor Dr. Evans
would discuss the origin Of the typhoid
bacili. II was thought the disease was
contracted from the drinking water. either
on the trip up the river or during the stop
II Colon
Miss Roosevelt sailed from New York
October on the Lamport & Holt liner
Vandyck. During the voyage the Roose-
welt party and particularly Miss Roose-
welt. became attached 10 iWo young
American girls who were going 20 Rio de
Janeiro TO enter vaudeville. one OF thenl'
Miss Gladys Waddel, of No. 81 West
lOith street. had been playing two years
with Edith Taliaferro in "Rebecca OF
sunnybrook Farm The other was Miss
loan Shore. Of Chicago. Miss Waddell
danced the Highland fling with Colonel
Roosevelt during the voyage.
Miss Roosevelt learned from the Sirls
that they didn't know the character OF
the amusement place in which they were
to appear. She told Mrs. Roosevelt, and
there was conference Of noted passen-
gers. including the colonel. and II was de-
cided that they should not be permitted
10 appear in the theatre. The girls eyes
we're opened. and they finally accepted the
purse which the Roosevelts ana others
raised 10 send them back 10 New York
on the liner Nestris. The girls wore fun
of praise for Mrs. Roosevelt and MISS
Roosevelt when they landed in New YORK
on November last.
Mrs. Roosevelt. who is living at lie
Marquis Hotel, No II East Mst street
during Colonel ROosevelts absence, was
az the bedside of Miss Roosevelt every
day during the last stage OF her Illness