Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-07

OihiplC SSiVlSC dl NluISu.
After prayers at the Roosevelt,
home, at which only members of the
family will be present, the funeral
service will be held at 12:45 O'Clock
in Christ Episcopal church, the
little old frame structure where for
years the colonel and his family at,
tended divine worship.
At the request of Mrs. Roosevelt
no flowers. will be sent. The altar
will be decorated only with laurel
placed on it for the Christmas sea.
son. Also in conformance with Mrs.
Roosevelt's wishes, there will be no
music and no eulogy, but only the
simple service Of the Episcopal
church, conducted by the pastor, the
Rev. George E. Talmage.
The church. founded in 1705 and
rebuilt in 1873, will accommodate
less than 500 persons, so that ad-
mittance will be by card only. These
cards, it was announced will be
issued from the colonels office in
New York and will be given only to,
relatives and intimate friends.
Many Extend Coincidence.
Cable messages and kilograms oil
coincidence, not only from fellow
countrymen of high and low degree.
but from distinguished citizens OF
many nations, were pouring into
Oyster Bay tonight by the hundred.
All express heartfelt grief at the
passing of great man and deepest
sympathy for Mrs. Roosevelt, al
ways devoted to her distinguished
husband and one of his most trusted
advisers. The widow is bearing up
bravely under the shock of his sud-
den death, coming so soon after
that OF their youngest son. Lieu-
tenant Quentin Roosevelt, who lost
his life in a battle with a German
airman last July.
The death of Colonel Roosevelt i
believed b the physicians who at
tended him to have been hastened
by grief over Quentin's DEATH
coupled with anxiety over the seri-
Gus wounds suffered by Capt Archie
Roosevelt while fighting in France.
Proud of Soldier Sons.
He was proud of his soldier sons
and their herosm, but he was a
devoted father and he grieved for
the one who gave his life for his
country as we'll as for the other
who was wounded. He hid his suf-
tering from the world, however. in
the hope that he might set an ex-
ample tor other fathers and mothers
who had given their sons to the
To the last Colonel Roosevelt had
been preaching "Americanism." and
few realized that his health had been
shattered. 1t was believed that the
rugged constitution which had stood
him in. such good stead through SO
many years of strenuous" life
would lot fail him and that he
would regain his usual health. His
messages of late, however, had been
delivered through the medium of
editorials or public statements in
stead of as addresses.
Even to his neighbors in Oyster
Bay 1t seemed impossible that life
had ended so suddenly for the rough
rider hero of Spanish war days; the
statesman who, as governor of New
York and president, had welded the
big stick so fearlessly; the big
game hunter of tropical jungles; the
citizen who preached preparedness
long before his country entered the
world conflict.
No Foreboding of Death.
Apparently neither Colonel
Roosevelt nor his wife had any
foreboding that death would so soon
still his active mind and body. 1t
was only yesterday that Mrs. Roose-
welt sent letter to Charles Stewart
Dawson, chairman of the general
citizens committee appointed to
welcome returning soldiers in New
York, announcing that the colonel
would accept the honorary chair
manShip of the committee.
The rheumatism has invaded
Colonel Roosevelt's right hand"
wrote Mrs. Roosevelt, so he wants
me to write that he has telegraphed
his acceptance. This note is to as
sure you that he will be at your
service by spring time"
Death Painless.
1t was at AIS o'clock this morning
that the former president died in his
sleep, painlessly. His death was due
TO blood clot lodged in one lung,
the result of inflammatory rheuma-
tiSm.
Put out the light please were
the former presidents last words
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