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Show 1 GDLONELROOSEVELT ANSWERS SUMMONS Great American Statesman Parses Peacefully Away While Asleep. Death Due to An Attack of Rheumatism Rheu-matism and Sciatica With Which Colonel Roosevelt Was Taken III on New Year's Day. Oyster Bay, N. Y. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt died early Monday morning, January (J. at his home on Sagamore Hill in this' village. Death, was due to an attack of rheumatism and sciatica, with which Colonel Roosevelt was taken ill on New Year's day. Colonel Roosevelt sat up most of Sunday and retired at 11 o'clock Sunday Sun-day night. About 4 a. m., Mrs. Roosevelt, Roose-velt, who was the only member of the j . family at Oyster Bay, went to her bus- I band's room and found that he had J died during the night. I Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned to Colonel I Einlen Roosevelt, cousin of the former j prtsident, and he went' to the Roosevelt Roose-velt home immediately. Telegrams I were dispatched to the colonel's cbil- j drcn, who were in other parts of the country. Two of the colonel's sons, I Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose- I velt, Jr., and Captain Kermit Roosevelt, Roose-velt, are in service abroad. Captain Archie Roosevelt and his wife left New York at once for Boston, where the capitain's father-in-law is ill. Mrs. Ethel Derby and her two children were in Aitken, S. C. Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president of the United States, ( was McKinley in 1S97 assistant secretary of the navy. At the outbreak of the war with Spain, Colonel Roosevelt resigned from the navy department and raised the first volunteer regiment of cav- airy, popularly known as the Rough t Riders, because many of its members ; were western cowboys, and many for-i for-i met- companions of Colonel Roosevelt's during the days he had resided in the . west in his earlier youth. Dr. Leonard Wood, now Major Gon-i Gon-i era! Wood, became colonel of the Rough Riders, with Rooveselt second j in command. On July 8. following tin1, surrender of the Spaniards at Santiago, San-tiago, Wood was promoted to brigadier general find Roosevelt was made colonel. colo-nel. On his return to New York he was nominated for governor of New York ; against the wishes of ihe "machine" Republicans and was elected with a plurality of 17,780. He desired to serve a second term, but Republican leaders of the state joined with west-I west-I ern delegates in forcing upon him the I vice'presidency (June 121, 1900.) ith i McKinley as president, he assumed his duties March 4, 1901. Roosevelt's remarkable terms as president began when he assumed the office after the assassination of McKinley Mc-Kinley at Buffalo. Until he retired from the presidency at the succession of William H. Taft, Roosevelt headed the administration during some of the most eventful times in American history. his-tory. Roosevelt's policies, his fearless aggression in securing enactment of laws which be deemed necessary for the proper government of the -nation and his great personal magnetism, combined to make his administration one of the most popular in the history of the country. For bringing about peace between Russia and Japan, offering the hospitality hospi-tality of the United States to the belligerents bel-ligerents for concluding peace, Roosevelt Roose-velt was awarded the Nobel peace prize. He was one of the foremost COLONEL FTOOSEVELT champions of the cause of military preparedness and brought about many reforms, urging others which were startling and caused world-wide comment com-ment ; combatting the trusts and securing se-curing the enactment of anti-trust legislation. leg-islation. His administration of military mili-tary affairs was marked by the development devel-opment of officers whose leadership was felt in later crises among them Pershing, Wood, Bliss and Funston. The stormiest hours of Roosevelt's political career occurred at the Republican Re-publican national convention at Chicago Chi-cago in 1912, when Roosevelt, heading a band of insurgents, withdrew from the convention which nominated William Will-iam H. Taft for a second term, and formed the Progressive party, which was popularly known during the campaign cam-paign as the "Bull Moose" party. The ticket was headed by Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt and Hiram Johnson of California. Califor-nia. At the declaration of war against Germany, Roosevelt was the first man of national importance to offer his services; applying to President Wilson for permission to form a division of volunteers to take the field in France, with himself at its head. Following his terms as president, Roosevelt toured Europe, being feted Former President Theodore Roosevelt Roose-velt died at Oyster Bay, Monday morning, morn-ing, January 6, following an attack of inflammatory r'heumatilm. . as befitted a leader in the world's affairs. af-fairs. A bunting and exploring trip through the heart of Africa under auspices of the Smithsonian institution followed his retirement from the presidency presi-dency and a later expedition to the wilds of South America added to his record as a naturalist and explorer. Since leaving office Roosevelt had been an associate editor of The Outlook Out-look and the Metropolitan Magazine, being also a contributor to other magazines. maga-zines. He was the author of many books. Flags were half-masted at the White House, the capitol and all public buildings build-ings upon the announcement of the death of Colonel Roosevelt and in respect re-spect to the memory of the former president and commander in chief, Secretary Sec-retary Daniels and General March ordered flags at half-mast on every ship and shore station of the navy and at every army post and camp at home and abroad. The former president came to his home on Sagamore Hill from the Roosevelt hospital on Christmas day, but a week later was. stricken wilh. a severe attack of rheumatism and sciatica, from which he bad been born in New York City on October 27, 1858. Although born in New York, Mr. Roosevelt spent much" of his boyhood at Oyster Bay, the country home of his father, on Long Island Sound, where he began, with a distinct purpose, unusual un-usual among boys of his age, to build up a naturally frail physique by row: ing and swimming in the waters of Long Island, and by riding over the hills and tramping through the woods' of Long Island. This plan of outdoor life had been kept up by Colonel Colo-nel Roosevelt all his life. Mr. Roosevelt was educated at Harvard Har-vard university, where he graduated in the i lass of 18S0. Returning to New York, he studied law; but later deter-mimid deter-mimid to enter politics, and in 18S1 was elected to the New York legislature legisla-ture being elected again in 18S2 and 18SS. .Oil retiring from the legislature he bought a ranch in North Dakota, and for a number of years he spent his summers hunting in the far west. For (out- years (1.S84-8S) he was a member of the Eighth regiment, New York national na-tional guard, becoming captain. Jn 1884 he was delegate to the Republican Re-publican convention in Chicago, which nominated James G. Blaine for president,, presi-dent,, at which convention he opposed the domination of Mr. Blaine. In 1880 he was the Republican candidate for Mayor of New York, but was defeated. In April, 1889, on the accession to the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, Mr. Roosevelt was appointed a member of the United States civil service commission, com-mission, serving six years in this office. of-fice. In 1895 he resigned from the civil service commission and became president of the board of police commissioners com-missioners of the city of New York. After a strenuous two years in this office, of-fice, be was appointed by President suffering for some time. The rheumatism rheu-matism affected his right hand and it became much swollen. He remained in bis room and efforts were made to check the trouble. Three physicians had been in attendance at-tendance on the colonel since he was taken to Roosevelt hospital seven weeks ago, to be treated for what. was believed to be sciatica. The patient's trouble was later diagnosed as inflammatory inflam-matory rheumatism, which, according to the doctors, had affected practically evtry joint in his body. Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-Sixth twenty-Sixth president of the United States, succeeding to the office upon the death of William McKinley, September 14, 19111. He was re-elected president as candidate of the Republican party in 1904 and served until March 4, 1909, |