Roosevelt Goes To Chicago.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 15, 1912:
Special Train Halted for a Time — Bullet Will Be Extracted.
Special to The New York Times.
    CHICAGO, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2 A.M. — Col. Roosevelt is speeding toward Chicago on a special train to undergo an operation for the extraction of the bullet which was fired into him at Milwaukee last evening. Drs. Arthur Bevan and John B. Murphy, who had been retained to look after him, were at the Northwestern Railroad Station at 1 o'clock, ready to go to Milwaukee on a special train, when they received the following message:
    "Await orders from us. We may want you to rush to Milwaukee. Colonel's condition such that we may not bring him to Chicago. Hold your train in readiness to come here if we decide not to come there."
    Soon afterward they learned that the Roosevelt train had left for this city. The train will be met by Dr. Bevan, one of the most noted surgeons in the West. It is planned now not to disturb Roosevelt until 8 o'clock in the morning; his car is to be sidetracked in the railroad yards until that hour. Rooms have been provided in the Presbyterian Hospital, and Col. Roosevelt will be taken there for examination. Dr. Murphy will take part in the examination of the wound. Quarters at the hospital have been reserved for Mrs. Roosevelt, who is expected to arrive at the earliest possible moment.

X-Ray Result Delayed Train.
    Just what occurred on the Roosevelt train at Milwaukee is not apparent at this time. It is known, however, that it was the intention to leave that city at midnight, the Milwaukee surgeons having decided that the Colonel was in such good condition that he could take the trip with safety. Then the orders were reversed when the report of the X-Ray photograph was received — and the Chicago surgeons were asked to go to Milwaukee and it was said that the wound had been found to be more dangerous than was at first supposed.
    Col. Roosevelt at the Milwaukee station insisted that he "was feeling fine," and that no one should worry about him.
    "I wanted to get down to the train twenty-five minutes before we left," he said, "so that I could shave."
    He wished to shave, but at the insistence of his physicians he gave it up.
    He said he would spend the night on the car and that after remaining a few hours in Chicago he would go to Indianapolis to fulfill his speaking engagement for to-morrow night.

Rests Quietly on the Train.
    Col. Roosevelt was in bed resting quietly as the train pulled out of Milwaukee. He had taken some nourishment, and said he felt at ease.
    Philip Roosevelt, cousin of Col. Roosevelt, wires that further-examination of the X-Ray photograph indicates that the bullet did not penetrate the abdominal wall, but lodged in what is known as the belly wall. If the abdominal wall had been penetrated it would not have been safe for the Colonel to attempt the journey to Chicago. The wound is not regarded as serious.