The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-07
Elk President Roosevelt to be
Buried at Oyster Bay with
Very Simple Oere-
mony.
MESSAGES OF REGRET
Presiding Wilson, King George and
Others Send cabIeorams to
Grief Stricken
Family.

Hunted Press Leased Wire Service ]
| OYSTER BAY, N. ", Jan. 7.-Mes
1 sages expressing grief at the death OF
1 Colonel theodore Roosevelt and ex
/ tending sympathy to his widow were
received today from President Wilson
King George, President Poincare and
Premier Lloyd George.
| President Wilson'S cable dated Mon
day, January sixth, said:
4 "Pray, accept my heartfelt sympa
thy on the death of your distinguish
/ ed husband, the news Of which has
!, shocked me very much.
! woodrow Wilson"
j Mrs. Richard Derby, formerly Ethel
Roosevelt, the former presidents
daughter was to reach here during the
day. Other members of the family
have already arrived.
It was learned that the funeral serv-
ices tomorrow to be conducted by Rev.
G. e. Talmage, will be even more
simple than first announced, unless
there is a radical change of plans of
the arrangements. There Will be no
eulogy and no music.
The body of Colonel Roosevelt lies
in his home, Sycamore Hill, where It
will remain until 1915 tomorrow
when employees of his estate, garden
ers and hands, will bear II to the
hearSe.
An atmosphere of gloom and mourn
ing pervades this little town and op-
presses the visitor the moment he
steps from the train.
It is not a fast moving town.
though an hour and half BY rail
from the city. 1t took quite a while
for the realization Of its loss to
spread along the quiet streets but
now there is only deep detection and
sincere mourning.
Apparently there is no one in the
village who does not seem to con-
slider that he lost something out of
his own life when silent death walk
ed in and laid his hand upon the i'm
petuous heart at Sycamore Hill.
They all knew the colonel. They
speak OF him in whispers as though
he were their brother. asleep in the
next room.
The town is full of newspaper cor
respondents and foreigners. The inn
is crowded with them. The first con-
tingent OF them arrived on a morning
train from New York yesterday and
alighted in swirls Of snow that &C
centuated the lonely aspect of the
landscape. Movie men arrived on the
scene early. They wandered about
the silent village streets disconso-
lately, looking anxiously for action"
when finally a big flag was raised in
front of the postoffice. all the movie
men in desperation gathered there to-
film the flapping banner.
Sycamore Hill was silent and still.
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door. the knots of newspaper men
standing about and the arrival at long
intervals of automobiles bearing
friends, it was a deserted home, for
death had taken charge.
There was much speculation among
the towsfolk, as to how the idea of a
strictly private funeral for such ma
tional figure as Colonel Roosevelt will
work out The little Episcopal church
is a typical frame structure such as
you may see in any village In the
land 1t may seat 500 and the big
gest church in the world would not
hold those who wish to attend the
funeral.
1t was noted that many OF the
sympathy notes came from Just
plain folks who never saw Roose-
VelI, DuC IelJ tnaC tney nau suffered
a personal loss and fastened to ex-
press their grief. A number OF ca
bles arrived from soldiers in the
American expeditfonary forces, who
were entertained at Sycamore Hill
while in Long Island camps before
going across. kilograms came from
Spanish war veterans, Rough Riders
and G. A. R. men.
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