The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-09
NATION MOURNS
TEDDY IN DEATH
Whole Country Shocked When
News Flashes to Every Sec
tion-Reports Indicated That
Teddy Was Getting Better.
BY United Press.

The end came when there was no
one in the room but his valet.
The following statement was given
put by DR.. G. w. Faller. OF Oyster Bay,
he physician who last saw the Colonel:
Colonel Roosevelt retired at IL
o'clock last night feeling much better.
At Ais o'clock this morning he simply
ceased to breathe. Death was caused
probably by a pulmonary emboiission."
This pulmonary empolission. DIR. Fall
Ter explained, is q blood clot upon one
If the arteries of the lungs.
At the time OF his death the only per-
sons In the house at Sycamore Hill
we're Colonel Roosevelt, his wife
the servants.
Colonel Roosevelt spent Sunday eve-
aing reading, conversing with Mrs.
Roosevelt and chatting with DR.. Faller,
who left him apparently much improved
and in excellent spirits. He also die
lated q number of letters. Despite MS
recent return from the hospital where
he was confined for weeks by an at
tack Of sciatica, with painful compf-
cations. he had much OF his old vigor.
Appeared WELL
DIR. FalIer saw Colonel Roosevelt last
ut IL o'clock Sunday evening. He made
\ call at s O'Clock during which Roose-
yeit appeared so well that he refused to
discuss his illness. At IL o'clock the
aoctor was summoned. Roosevelt told
him he was suffering considerable pain
In his legs, haying trouble with his
breath and that he had a feeling that
his heart would stop beating"
DIR. FaIler examined his lungs and
heart and found nothing wrong with
them. Before the physician left Roose-
yelt felt much better and was in his
old spirits again.
After he retired at midnight Mrs.
Roosevelt entered the bedroom about 2
a. m. She found her husband sleeping.
However she felt very nervous, SO
called Amos, the colored attendant, and
asked him to remain by the bed during
the rest OF the night. Amos a he
listened to Roosevelt's breathing which
was normal, until about AIS a. m,
when 1t suddenly became irregular.
then quietly stopped. This was accom-
panied by the slight commissions OF the
features, which passed Immediately.
Amos alone witnessed Colonel Roose-
velt's death.
When the nurse. Evelyn Thoms, OF
the Polytechnic Hospital, New York. n
tered the bedroom, Roosevelt was lying
on his left side, arms folded loosely
across his chest, eyes closed as II still
asleep. ,
His Last Barber.
John Gerard was the last barber to
shave the Colonel. He was called to
the house Sunday morning. Roosevelt
asked him to be sure and return Mon
day. Gerard today said the former
president was In jovial spirits laughing
and joking during the shaving, in
spite of the rheumatism which had
caused his right hand to swell.
Services at the church will be held
at 2 D. m. No reservations for any
organizations will be made. The church
10 small, with seats only for 500 per-
sons.
1t was learned that Roosevelt re-
Gently had two teeth extracted in an
effort to halt the ravages Of inflam-
matory rheumatism which caused him
hours of suffering.
Rev. George Z. Talmadge who will
conduct the services is a nephew of
DIR. Talmadge, well known Brooklyn
preacher. He said this afternoon the
ceremony will be simply the Episcopal
burial ritual.
The hymns had not been selected by
the members of the family, he said.
There will be no sermon.
The hour for the Roosevelt funeral
was officially announced today as 12:45
p. m. Wednesday at Christ Episcopal
church. here.
Before the funeral at Christ church
there will be a service at the house.
The family wants no flowers to be sent
by outsiders, and desires that the serv-
Ices. both at the home and in the
church. be private.
Mrs. Richard Derby. daughter of the
Colonel, has started from Aiken. 8. C.
w. Emien Roosevelt, a cousin. was
among arrivals at Sycamore Hill dur
Ing the morning. Others were Mrs.
Douglas Robinson, a sister, Theodore
ID. Robinson. a nephew; Joseph Bishop,
of New York. an old friend; and Elon
III. Hooker. former treasurer OF the
progressive party. Cablegrams were
dispatched to Kermit Roosevelt, who is
In France, and to Theodore, jr, who is
with the Americans in Germany.
The place where Colonel Roosevelt
will be buried was picked out by him.
self years'ago. 1t is not far from Saga
more Hill.
On Saturday the Colonel dictated
two editorials. This was his last work.
Secretary Arrives.
The nurse was at the house because
Roosevelt was suffering from an at
tack of infiammatory rheumatism
which was very severe in his right
hand. This attack developed last
Wednesday. Miss Josephine Striker,
his secretary. was one, OF the frst to
arrive here. She had been notified of
the end early this morning by Mrs.
Roosevelt.
Alto Well, Slept Well.
On the day before Christmas, when
Colonel Roosevelt left the hospital here
to spend the holiday in Oyster Bay,
Miss Stricken, In speaking OF his con-
dition. said he was In slight pain at
intervals. but apparently was far from
being seriously i'll. On the Sunday
previous to his departure for horne he
had dictated articles for the Kansas
City star and other publications from
III a. m. until 2 p. m He ate well and
slept like a child.
So marked had been his improve
ment at the hospital that Mrs. Roose-
welt. who at the beginning remained
with her husband continuously. was