Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-07
SIMPLE SERVICE
REQUEST OF WIFE
OF EX-PREsIDE:NT
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EEOH rage une.)
They were addressed to his personal
attendant, James Amos, a young
negro who had been in his service
since he left the White House and
who was sitting at the foot of his
bed
Some time later Amos noticed
that the patient was breathing
heavily and became alarmed. He left
the room to call the nurse who had
been summoned from Oyster Bav
yesterday. When they returned
Colonel Roosevelt had breathed his
last They called Mrs. Roosevelt,
the only member of the family who
was at home There had been a
family gathering Christmas day,
but as no alarm was felt over the
colonels condition, the children who
were able to spend the holiday with
their parents had gone to different
parts of the country.
Visited by Physician.
Colonel Roosevelt was visited
twice last evening by DR.. J. A. Fal-
Ter of this village At 1880 o'clock,
when the second visit was made,
the patient explained to the physi-
clan, Il felt as though my heart was
going to stop beating" DR.. Faller
had no reason to believe, however,
that Mr.. Roosevelt was in any i'm
mediate danger. So certain was he
that this was true that Mrs. Roose-
welt and the nurse retired.
One of Colonel Roosevelt's New
York physicians visited him Friday,
but although the former president
was suffering some pain from the
rheumatism, he made light of it,
laug hing and chatting without re-
stralnt.
Colonel Roosevelt called to Saga
more Hill yesterday, a village bar
Der, whose work he liked.
Was Feeling Bully"
I'm feeling bully, John" he said,
but | sent for you because ] don't
feel like shaving myself today, so
get ready"
Colonel Roosevelt's final illness
dated from last February. 1t was
OH the 9Th of that month that, fol-
lowing all operation on one of his
ears, he was removed from Oyster
Bay to the Roosevelt hospital in
New York. He remained there until
March 3, meanwhile undergoing two
more operations.
Two months later he insisted on
keeping speaking engagements ar
ranged for him in many cities, and
until the fall continued to give from
the platform his views on interna-
tional affairs.
In November he was forced to re-
turn to the hospital for treatment
of rheumatism. Today, through all
announcement by his physicians
concerning the cause of his death,
it became known that three weeks
before he left the hospital to re-
turn to Sycamore Hill, on Christmas
day, he had suffered a pulmonary
embolism which nearly proved fatal.
Flags at Half Mast.
All flags in Oyster Bay are at
half mast tonight and in windows
of nearly every store and residence
are pictures of the former president,
draped with crepe. and surrounded
with American flags.
A special meeting of the town
board to draft resolutions of sorrow
was called for tonight, and Mattine-
cock lodge of Masons, of which the
colonel was a member, also met for
the same purpose.
Tonight cable messages and
kilograms of sympathy, addressed to
Mrs. Roosevelt, poured in in such
numbers that the local operator
was unable to handle them and three
more telegraphers were called from
New York to assist him.
Among the messages made public
was one from Mrs. Frances F.
Cleveland Preston, widow of Presi-
dent Cleveland, in which she asked
Mrs. Roosevelt to Accept as
surance of profoundest sympathy in
this-yours and the country s-great
loss"