The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-01-09

ana cOmmAnderinchtef Secretary Dan
iels and General March ordered flags
at half q on every ship and Shore
station OF the navy and at every army
post and camp at home and abroad.
him table delicacies, of which he was
especially fond.
Tests Showed Man of 40.
Two separate blood tests had been
made at the hospital, one by DR.. Rich
ards and the other by DR.. Hartwell,
each of which confirmed the diagnosis
of h other. These tests, 1t was said.
Indicated that the Colonel was entirely
free from any organic disease. and that
his only trouble was the inflamatory
rheumatism. This ailment was only
pronounced In his left leg. but at times
1t affected n of his hands and arms.
Blood pressure tests. 1t was said,
showed that the patient IA arteries
of a man of 40 instead OF 60. years.
The Colonel was planning a trip to
Europe to visit Quentin's grave. This
trip was to be made as soon as he had
sufficiently recovered his health. The
death of Quentin was a severe shock
to Roosevelt, and Is believed to have
fastened his end. s
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wounded by shrapnei on the Toul front
war cross as he lay on the operating
table. This cross was Colonel Roose-
velt's most priced possession.
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., was gassed
during the fighting at Cantigny.
Kermit Roosevelt fought with both
British and American armies. Colonel:
Roosevelt was looking forward to a re-
union of the whole family when all his
boys returned from the war.
Two Daughters.
He had two daughters, Alice, daughter
Of his first wife. married Congressman
Nicholas Lengworth. of Cincinnati,
Ohio. Ethel married DR.. Richard
Derby.
Roosevelt was for many years con-
tributing editor Of the Outlook, and
later Ito the Metropolitan Magazine.
Lately he had been writing for the
Kansas City Star.
AS an explorer he gained considerable
fame. The River of Doubt in South
America was mapped by him. I'M
mediately after leaving the presidency,
he went on a big game hunting trip to
Africa. where the natives called him
"Bwana Twombo." He wrote a number
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door life and died in the midst of his
trophies.
The Rough Riders.
The first claim to national fame by
Roosevelt came When he organized and
took to Cuba the famous Roosevelt's
Rough Riders. Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, now in commanded a division Of
the United States army, helped him or
ganize this command. General Wood
at that time was a surgeon in the army
1t was largely the result OF the work
OF his regiment at the. battle Of San
Juan Hill that Roosevelt return to New
York a popular hero. He was elected
governor of New York in 1899, just
after the close Of the Spanish-American
war, and in 1900 was elected vice presi-
dent of the United States, with Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Becomes President.
On September IA, 1901, Roosevelt be-
came president on President McKin-
ley's assassination.
On November 8, 1904, Roosevelt vas
elected president by the largest popu-
lar majority ever given a candidate.
In 1912, after he had retired from
the presidency, he announced his can
didacy to succeed William Howard
Taft. He became the candidate of the
progressive party, which he organized
at Chicago after the republican party
had declined to accept him as it's can
didate. His popularity and grip On the
people vas such that, even opposed to
the two old line parties, he polled a
tremendous vote, being defeated by
woodrow Wilson. Taft was third.
Attempt on Life.
1t was during this campaign that
Roosevelt narrowly escaped death when
a bullet intended for him by John
Schrank, in Milwaukee,, struck the case
containing his spectacies and was de-
flected from his lungs through his
shoulder. His health has been poor
since the attack. Schrank was sent to
a Wisconsin asylum.
As police commissioner Of the city
of New York, Roosevelt made a rec
ord in cleaning up things, Drawing
dangers no one ever had dared be-
fore him in order to sweep the city
clean.
Twice Married.
) He was twice married, the first time
to Alice Hathaway Lee, daughter of
George Cabot Lee. She died in 1884.
!, His second wife was Edith Kermit
!, Carow, daughter OF Charles Carow,
of New York, whom he married in
) 1886. She survived him.
One son, Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt,
t was shot down in an airplane on the
western front last June.
CONGRESS ADJoURNS.
I Washington. D. c., Jan. 6.-Congress
and the supreme court today halted
their activities for the day in honor OF
the memory of Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
House and Senate appointed commit
. tees to attend the funeral Of the former
I nresident and in brief SESSIONS marked