The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-31
SAVES DAY;
BEvER|DGE HAPPY
Indiana Senator, Unable to
Reach Indianapolis, Die
tates His Speech.
"SPEAKS" WHILE AT PLAY
SITS IN THEATRE IN CHICAGO
AS STENOGRAPHER READS AD-
DRESS TO PHYSICIANS-US
SPECIAL TRAIN IN RAIN.

Chicago, H., Dec. so, (Spl)-Sena-
tor Albert ]. Beveridge, on the cards
for a speech at the banquet in India
napolis last evening, found himself in
Chicago, 200 and more miles away
1t was a situation that might have
puzzled the majority of men, but the
Hoosier senator was equal to the en-
Urgency. He called the long distance
telephone to his aid and the banquet
ers were not disappointed.
The subject of the address was
1.-The Nations Peril" and the dinner
was attended by the alumni OF the
Indiana Medical college, assembled at
the Hotel Claypool
Uses Special Train in Vain.
The senator spoke liz Lincoln, Neb.,
on Friday, and in order to make con-
nections with the evening train out of
Omaha for Chicago, he had to press
a special train into service from Lin
coin to Omaha.
Thus far all was well. He boarded
the train at Omaha, which should
have brought him into Chicago early
enough yesterday to catch a day train
for Indianapolis. That would have
made connections with the banquet
last evening.
But the fault in the calculations
was that the Omaha train reached
Chicago five hours late, or at p. m.
too late to allow the possibility OF
getting into the Hoosier capital last
evening.
The senator did not choose to ac-
han forth i'm
the smoker as it sped into Chicago.
he bethought himself of the tele-
phone as a handy modern invention
full of picturesque possibilities and
on reaching the city at once put him.
self into communication with Manag-
er A. S. Hubbard of the Chicago Tele-
phone company. This was at 5
o'clock.
Special Service Promised.
"Can we connect you with the BAN
quet room at the Claypool hotel at
Indianapolis repeated Mr.. Hubbard
over the wire to the impatient ora
tor at the Annex. Indeed, we can.
How many will there be at the BAN
quet?"
How many?" the senator repeated
in turn. why, about 200 guests. |
hate to disappoint them"
"All right said Mr.. Hubbard, who
then called up Supt. S. J. Larned and
laid the case before him with orders
to go ahead. Larned called up Man.
ager F. F. Fowles of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
and asked for through wire to the
Claypool and the immediate installa-
tion of 200 patent receivers in the
banquet room of that hostelry.
Changes Plan; Dictates Speech.
The arrangements were all made
senator's voice, and then he decided
to forward the speech in another way.
He talked with DR.. A. A. Stearns.
head of the society, over the long dis
lance wire and explained his plight.
This was early in the evening. He
then got into communication with a
court stenographer who happened to
be in the hotel in Indianapolis, and
in full detail dictated his speech,
which was taken down in shorthand.
He added a brief message express
ing his regrets at the series of mis-
fortunes which had cost him the
pleasure of an evening in their
midst"
The stenographer read the speech
to the assembled physicians at the
proper time in the programme
o'clock, while the senator was sitting
in a Chicago theatre enjoying the
play in company with Mr.. Hibbard.