Mil. ROOSEVELT'S ROMANCE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 36, 12 February 1907, Page 2

Mil. ROOSEVELT'S ROMANCE.

EARLY ADMIRER LEAVES HIM HER PROPERTY. The New York World publishes a romantic talo connecting the name of Piesident Roosevelt with that of Mrs. Lulu B. Glover, of^Ncw York, who committed suicido recently, after making a will leaving all her property to the United Stfctos President. Mrs. Gvovcr wan tho daughter of a Dakota ranchman, and was married at 33ventoan and becamo a widow /at eighteen. While still in her teens, Theodore Roosevelt, fresh from Harvard, wont to Modora, Dakota, and bought a ranch. Mrs. Grover lived near Mcdora, and was ono of the few women in that section of tho country m those wild days. v In after days she used frequently to tell of long .rides which she took over tho prairie with tho young New Yorker, Apparently, however, the impression created on her romantic heart by those equestrian roaininga was Tiot shared by the futures President, whose book on his ' ranching experiences does not contain any references to Mrs. Grover. When, howovor, President Roosevelt | went on his hunting trip a year ago, sho cent him a diamond-studded revolver. She also claimed to have mef him in New York, when he was President of the United States, at an antiquarian bookseller's shop, both being fond of old books. President Roosevelt, however, has no recollection of over being acquainted with Mrs. Grovor, who, before swallowing a dose of chloroform, wrote the following letter: — To the coroner or police officer who finds my body I beg you to telephone President Theodore Roosevelt, and he will, have my body* cremated. I have written to him making a will making all ' I have his. He will have everything attended to just as I wish it to be, and all will be right. He knows where to find everything. Please do not let tho kittens be frightened or annoyed. president Roosevelt will take them as soon as he receives tho letter mailed to him tonight. Please let them stay horo till • then. My heart is broken, so I take my life in this familiar, way I know — by drinking chloroform. No ono is to blame but myself. I trust my spirit in the fu.turo lifo to a merciful and loving God, who knows and judges our sorrow. — Lulu B. Grover. Mr. Taft, a cousin of the Secretary for War, who lived above Mrs. Grovor, telegraphed to President Roosevelt tho incident of her death, and the Presidont, in view of tho publicity given to the case, directed the United States district attorney, Mr. Stimson, to take charge of tho cremation of .the body and tho settloment of her offects. Mr. Stimson has examined tho papers and letters of tho deceased, and states that he found nothing to indicate th&t she was ever acquainted with President 1 Roosovelt. Mrs. Grover left £400 and' a number of diamonds, and tho secret service officers, atthe'President's orders, arc now engaged in a search for any relatives of the decoased in order thßt they mHV be enriched by the legacy, which President Roosovelt does not need.