The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-01-09
Fact of His Death Discovered
by Mrs. Roosevelt About
O'Clock Monday A. N.
END WAS UNEXPECTED
Death Occurred at Home in Oyster
Bay-Meager Early Details Men.
ton No illness But Rheuma-
tism of the Right Hand.

Oyster Bay. N. Y, Jan. 6.--Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep
early today at his home on Sycamore
Hill.
The colonel suffered a severe attack
Of rheumatism and S~ciatica on New
Years day, but one believed his ILL
ness would likely prove fatal. The
former president sat up most of Sum
day and retired ut II O'clock last
night. About 4 Il. m. Mrs. Roosevelt,
who was the only other member of the
family at Oyster Bay, went to her
husbands room and found that he had
died during the night.
New York, Jan. G.-Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt died at his home in
Oyster Bay early today. News Of the
death Of the former president was
received here by Miss Josephine
Striker. the coloncl's secretary. in IL
telephone message from Mrs. I,oose-
welt.
Miss Striker said that the colonel
had suffered an attack of inilammatOry
rheumatism on New Years day and
had since been more or less confined
to his room.
The attack of rheumatism settled
mainly in Colonel Roosevclt's right
hand and Mrs. Roosevelt sent at once
for u nurse in the village of Oyster
Bay. His condition did not at first
seem to he alarming and the turn for
the worse is believed not TO have come
until last night.
In announcing Colonel Roosevelt's
death Miss Striker said:
"Mrs. Roosevelt called me on tho
telephone shortly before Z O'clock,
saying that the colonel had died early
today. She did not give me any par
tfcularS ami | am leaving ut once for
Oyster Bay.
"The attack must have been very
sudden. On New Years day intlam-
matory rheumatism developed in Col
came much swollen. Mrs. Roosevelt
sent for Il nurse in the village and the
colonel was made as comfortable as
possible. II did not occur to. me ut
that time that he vas seriously ILL.,"
Mas Unexpected.
Miss Striker went to Oyster Bay
last Saturday to pay the colonel u
visit. She said:
cat that time the colonel was sleep
ing in his DON and I did not see him,
and there vas nothing in The circum-
stances of his illness at that time t
Indicate to me that death was near.
When Mrs. Roosevelt called me this
morning and told me of the colonel's
death, I could hardly believe it.
"Mrs. Roosevelt gave me no par
Aculurs of his DEATH"
1t is understood that only Mrs.
Roosevelt and the Nurse We're with
him ut the time of his death. The
other members of the family are in
other parts of the country or abroad.
Colonel ItOOsevclt's last illness may
be said to date from last February.
On February ) it was announced that
he had been removed from his home
in Oyster Bay to the Roosevelt hos
pital in this city. following an opera
ton on one of his ears. soon after
his arrival at the hospital he under
went two more operations for the re-
mOval Of the diseased tissue in his
infected ear. and it was admitted Mt
the time that he was seriously i'll.
He remained at the hospital until
March 3.
During May and June tho colonel
made Il number of addresses. speak
ing at Springfield, Mass, and in New
York. In June he made 81 tour of the
west during which he suffered a slight
attack of erysipelas in M of his legs,
but refused to give M his engage
ments. Early in November the colonel
was taken to Roosevelt hospital in
this city for treatment Of rheumatism
and sciatica. While in the hospital
reports became current that the col
onel was more seriously i'll than his
physicians would admit. Colonel
Roosevelt returned to his home ut
Oyster Bay on Christmas day, remark
ing as he stepped to the porch that
he was feeling bully"