New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
FAINT HALTS KELLOGG
SPOILS DINNER SPEECH.
.SpeciaL Government Prosecutor Has
To Be Carried from Table.

While speaking at the dinner of the Minnesota
Society at the Waldorf last night Frank b.
Kellogg special counsel for the Interstate Com
merce Commission and prosecutor or the suits
against the Standard Oil Company. was stricken
with indigestion and had to be carried bodily
from, tho room The incident for several minutes
looked more serious than it turned out to be-
In the administration of President Roosevelt
we have some things to criticise.' Mr. Kellogg
was saying when suddenly he raised his right
hand to his temple and catching with his other
hand the back of his chair sat down heaVliy
The noted prosecutors face paled. and as several
of the diners ran to his side he clutched at his
throat and opened his collar and shirtfront. A
window was raised and two walters quickly
brought an armchair for him
Mr. kellogg, arose and said: Pardon me- L
am not feeling very we'll" He then sat down IN
lstless way. The number on the programme
following Mr. Kellogg was John Bland tenor
soIoist He had just finished singing his encore
For This" and the applause had hardly sub
sided when Mr. kellogg lurched forward in his
chair in dead faint.
The momentary silence that followed gave
way to intense excitement several persons
rushed forward to lend their aid. Four of
them. including Timothy Byrnes. vice-presi-
dent Of the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad. raised the stricken man from the
floor and carried him to the adjoining roon
where they laid him two kitchen tables A
physician from among the societys members
loosened the sick mans garments and dis
patched messengers for smelling salts. before
the arrival of which Mr.. Kellogg had nearly
recovered.
The house physician also was sent for. The
two doctors agreed that Mr.. Kellogg was suffer-
i,,dic peSfin ha had raj He'd
from the attack. after resting. his first thought
of his illness was the effect it's report might
have on his wife, who is now In Minnesota.
ut is too bad he said, but II Is worth
mentioning"
Mr.. Kellogg was described the speakers
list in the menu as of STANDARD OIL fame" and
his speech was to have been of the features Of
the dinner. Eugene G. Hay. the toastmaster, said
in introducing him: THE government has left
it's most important litigation since the Dred
Scott case to a native of Minnesota. who is a
real lawyer and man of ability" Mr. Kellogg
said. in part:
Il have not been deeply affected as by this
greeting since was last in Wall Street. | don't
know why they call II Wall Street. for l have
never seen any walls there the lambs were not
able jump over"
Mr.. Kellogg then told a story of discussion
on language reform between a supporter of
President Roosevelts theory on that subject ana
a Wall Street man. The language refornler In
sisted that the words calamity" and 'catas-
trophe" were synonymous The wall street
man disputed this, and demonstrated his con-
tention s follows:
IF the President should fall into the sea that
would be a catastrophe. and If a man jumped
in and pulled him out that would be calamity
Continuing his speech, Mr.. Kellogg said: The
country Is prosperous and certainly it would
not he the fault of the administration If it were
moi prosperous In the last twenty years this
nation has expanded beyond all expectations
and In the growth of the country we have come
! 10. believe that there is end of expansion. In
the administration of President Roosevelt we
have some things to critcise."
1t wss at this point that Mr. Kellogg collapsed.