The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-05
COL THEODORE ROOSEVELT
DIED AT HIS HOME LAST NIGHT
Had Been Suffering with Infammatory Rheumatism
Since New Years Day-Had Recently Had Several
Operations but Condition Was Not Considered Serl-
ous-Sketch of One of Amerca's Statesmen.

Oyster Bay, L. l., Jan. 6-Col,
Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep
last night, his death being attributed
to rheumatism which affected his
heart. He had an attack of infian-
rlatory rheumatism on New Years
day from which he never recovered
New York, Jan. 6--The death of
Col. Roosevelt was received here by
Miss Josephine Striker, the ColonePs
secretary, in a telephone message
from Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Striker
said that since New Years day the
Z Colonel had been more or less confin-
Z al TO the room The attack settled
= mainly in his right hand. Mrs. Roose-
Selt sent Immediately for the nurse.
His condition did not seem at first
alarming. aWhcn Mrs. Roosevelt
called me this morning." Miss Striker
said, s"and told me that Col. Roose-
Welt was dead / could hardly believe
It. Mrs. Roosevelt gave me no par
ticulars"
zs Itsis understood that only. Mrs.
Roosevelt and the nurse were at
home as the other members Of the
family are in other parts of the coun-
try or abroad. His illness may be
said to have dated from last Febru-
ary, when it was announced that ne
mad been removed to the Roosevelt
hospital following an operation on the
ear. He subsequently underwent two
additional operations for the removal
of the diseased tissue in the infected
ear He then admitted that he was
seriously i'll and Remained IN the hos
pital until March IS. During the
month of May the Colonel made a
number of addresses and in June ne
toured the west. On that journey ne
! s;aFered a slight attack Of erysipelas
in l,is leg, but. refused to give up has
engagements. EARLY last November
he was taken to the Roosevelt Hospi-
tai in. this city for the treatment OF
FThennatistn and sciatica. VINE
there the report was current that ne
was more seriously i'll than the physl'
clans would admit. he returned home
& on Christmas day, renlarking as ne
on-the porelat 4 stlsst hat he was
feeling "bully"
.Of. Dutch ancestry, born III New
York CITY eon October 27, 1888, in q
hoiise in East Twentieth street, the
naby Theodore was. a .Weakilng. ne
was one of four children who came
to Theodore and Martha Builoch
Reoscvelt. The mother was Of South,
sril stock and the father OF
Northern, a situation which during
the early years of Theodore Juniors
boyhood was not allowed to interfere
with the family life Of these children
during the Civil War days.
So frail that he wa not privilege
to associate with the other boys IT
his neighborhood, Roosevelt was
tutored privately, in New York ane
during travels on which his parents
took the children abroad. A porch
gymnasium at his home provided him
with physical exercise with which he
conlbatted troublesome asthma, His
father, a glass importer and man o1
means, was his constant companion:
he kept diary; he read SO much his
tory and fctional books of .adventurf
that he was known as a bookworm
he took boxing lessons; he was AZ
amateur naturalist; and at the age o.
IT he entered Harvard University.
A few months after his graduation
Roosevelt married Miss Alice Lee O
Boston. She died in 1884, leaving
one child, Alice, now the wife O.
Representative Nicholas Longworti
of Ohio. In 1856 Roosevelt married
Miss Edith Kermit Carow, of New
York, and to them FIVE children wer,
born, Edith, now the wife of Dr
Richard Derby, and four sons. Theo
lore, Jr., Kermit, Archibald ant
Quentin. 81
The public career of the man wllt
was to become President began no
long after he left college, His pro
fession was law but the activitie
that were to come left him no tim
in which to practice it. In 1882, 1885
and 1884 he was elected to the Ney
York State Assembly, where hi
efforts on behalf of good govern
.rlent and civil service reform at
tracted attention. When the Re
publican National Convention 0
1884 was held, in Chicago, he wa
chairman of the New York State del
egation.
After this experience he droppe
out of politics for two years. Coin
Nest, he purchased ranches along th
Little Missouri River in North Da
kota, and divided his time betwee
out door sports, particularly hunting
aud literary work Here he laid tn
Foundation for his series of books
The Winning of the West" whic
was published from 1889 to. 1896 an
of other volumes of kindred characi
er.
Returning to New York he becam
the Republican candidate for Mayo
m 1885. He was defeated. Pres
dent Harrison in 1883, appointed hin
"A n,embe i of the United States CT,
il Service Commission and Presider
Cleveland continued him in this oi
fee. which he resigned in 1895 /