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But the managers of Trueman 's campaign have come to know what has to be combatted . Handbills are hurriedly printed and distributed in the late afternoon along State , Clark and Dearborn streets , and on the intersecting streets in the centre of the business locality . These hand-bills announce that Trueman will deliver his farewell speech to Chicagoans that night at seven o'clock at the Adams street Bridge . At six o'clock the crowds begin congregating ; they come from all sections of the city ; they are of every type , from the cowboy of the Stock Yards to the Street Railway Magnate . All are intent on hearing the captivating orator . Ten thousand people huddle in an area of five blocks . They know that they all can not hear Trueman ; yet they hope to catch a glimpse of him , and perhaps hear him make a short speech in their immediate neighborhood .