Riot at French Chamber as Troops Eject Deputy
A violent melee at the Palais Bourbon led to a military platoon many colonial infantry marching into the chamber to eject Deputy Contant after an expulsion vote. Tensions rose over Humbert scandal remarks and a budget session clash between government allies and the minority.
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Gauthier
Humbert
Valle
Frederick Humbert
Amin
Din
Courant
Vanes
Bourgeois
Justice
Tribune
M. Syveton
Combes
Dep
Chamber
Syveton
Coutant
M. Coutant
Center Party
Col. de Teisseyre
Palais Bourbon
Contant
M. Bourgeois
Waukegan Citizens Hit Traction Crew With Hose Protest
In Waukegan Illinois citizens unable to find the mayor or a judge stopped Chicago and Milwaukee Electric workers from laying track. A hose was turned on the laborers until they retreated and night pickets guard against further work with a court fight expected Monday.
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Chicago
Dec
Waukegan
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Company
Railway Company
Corn Corner Discrimination Sparks Illinois Grain Hearing
A. M. Lloyd of the Illinois Grain Dealers Association accused the state railroad and warehouse commission of discriminatory corn inspections during Chicago's corn corner last July. Dealers reported receipts graded differently, with corn switching from number 3 to number 2, harming contract fulfillment as conditions tightened then eased after the corner collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
A. M. Lloyd
Ilinois Grain Dealers’ Association
A. L. French
James Neville
Chicago Grain Inspection Office
Lloyd
Governor Durbin to Return From Texas Hunting Trip
Indianapolis dispatch reports Governor Durbin and Attorney General Taylor are in Texas on a hunting trip and are expected back in Indianapolis Monday. The Dudley case hearing for Sullivan county sheriff is scheduled for December 10. The legislative committee visiting state institutions awaits the governor’s return to accompany visits still planned.
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Indianapolis
Durbin
Taylor
Texas
John
Dudley
Sullivan County
James Dillard
Former Speaker Thomas Reed Dies After Weeklong Illness
Thomas Brackett Reed, former House Speaker and longtime public figure, died early Sunday at 12:10 AM in his Arlington hotel suite. He had battled Bright's disease and uraemia, with kidney failure and appendicitis complications noted by physicians. Mrs Reed and daughter Catherine were at his bedside as doctors from Philadelphia and local staff treated him.
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Washington
Thomas
Brackett Reed
House of Representatives
Arlington Hotel
Reed
Catherine Reed
Gardner
MacDonald
Bishop and Goodnow
Read
Bright
Dac
Teed
United States Supreme Court
Capitol
Congress
Girdner
T. L. MacDonald
Philadelphia
Thomas B Reed: Maine born politician and long-time congressman
Thomas Brackett Reed was born in Portland Maine on October 19 1830. He graduated Bowdoin College in 1860 studied law entered politics served in the state legislature became attorney general in 1870 and served three years. He was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1877 and served until 1899 when he declined re election and moved to New York to practice law.
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Thomas Brackett Reed
Portland
Maine
Bowdoin College
New York
Congress
Reen
Death of Thomas B. Reed Shocks Portland Community
Portland mourns the loss of Thomas B. Reed born in the city and educated here. He later practiced law in New York after leaving Congress, retaining Portland as his home and appearing publicly, including a June Bowdoin College centennial celebration remark in 1860.
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Portland
Thomas B. Reed
Reed
Congress
New York
Bowdoin College
Reed, political figure, praised for wit and stance in 1896 tour
The article recalls Reed as a strong minded Republican figure who ran for president in 1852 and 1896, then 1900 voiced opposition to McKinley in the Philippines. It notes his literary contributions and sharp political commentary. He drew a large Port Wayne audience at Princess rink in 1896 amid poor health.
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McKinley FBI
Cran
Reed Mig
McKinley
Philippines
Mr. Reed
Reed
Port Wayne
Princess Rink
Mark Twain Mourns His Friend Reed Dies
New York December reports Samuel L. Clemens known as Twain received AP bulletin of the death of Mr Reed. Clemens, guest at the writer’s birthday dinner, called Reed a noble man and expressed shock at the loss to the nation.
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New York
Mr. Reed
Samuel L. Clemens Ard Twain
Rivercale-on-the-Hudson
Associated Press
Clemens
New Haven Man Heir to Estate Rediscovered by Ad
Johann M. Schmidt a New Haven laborer learned he was heir to a German estate after attorney Frank H. Kleekamp placed an advertisement in the Journal-Gazette. The lost son, whose parents died years ago, recovered one third of the fortune with two half sisters receiving equal shares, as German courts nullified the prior forfeiture.
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Johann M. Schmidt
New Haven
Journal-Gazette
Germany
Frank H. Kleekamp
John Schmidt
Schmidt
Indiana
Kivekamp
Kleekamp
Paulina Schellmann
el Dorado, O
Barbara Theike
Manayunk
Townsend and Reed Cleared Eighty Thousand Profit
Townsend and Reed, builders of the Fort Wayne and Southwestern traction lines, completed the Indianapolis Shelbyville and Eastern interurban project. Bonds due for completing the work were turned over to them. They report a profit near eighty thousand dollars for the year and plan a new line from Indianapolis to Lafayette paralleling the Big Four Chicago division, expecting similar profits next year.
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Wabash Plain Dealer
Townsend & Reed
Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction
Indianapols
Shelbyville & Eastern
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Chicago
Big Four
Shelbyville
Uncertain Funds Cast Shadow Over BIC Steel Plant Plan
Rumors grow that BIC Steel may not proceed as several top stockholders have failed to fulfill promises to buy stock. Despite a contract with Commercial Improvement Co for location and $150000 in facilities, unsubscribed shares threaten immediate construction though Hofmann aims to attract outside capital. Builders estimate steel work could start in spring if finances stabilize, while Knott Van Arnan factory nears completion and the area eyes a 100 plus job iron working plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Company
Commercial Improvement Company
Hofmann
Knott-Van Arnan
Pennsylvania Company Establishes Savings Bank for Its Workingmen
The Pennsylvania railroad company creates a savings bank system with a branch in every passenger office. Employees may deposit and earn 3.5 percent interest, withdrawable but only interest-bearing deposits earn returns. The plan covers the entire company area.
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Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Great Corporation
Agen
Gridiron Club Dinner In Arlington Sparks Mirth
Washington hosts the Gridiron Club December dinner at the Arlington hotel with President Wynne’s welcome, satirical cartoons, and new features like a seeing Washington car and a mock speaker nomination. Prominent guests include Moody, Payne, Wilson, and many lawmakers. the evening ends with news of Mr Reed’s death casting a somber note.
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Washington
Arlington Hotel
Washington Corps
Robert J. Wynne
W. A. Turk
The
Southern Railway
Bear
Mississippi
Canebrakes
White House
Moody
Payne
Wilson
Allison
Alger
Hanna
Kean
Ledge
Scott
Henderson
Babcock
Cannon
Dalzell
Dwight
Gardner
Hitt
Hopkins
Indiana Insurance Company Reinsured Across Indiana
The Indiana Insurance company reassigns much of its business to insurers in the state. The American of Newark takes about eighteen towns, Springfield reinsures at Mitchell, the German of Indiana covers Evansville Fort Wayne Lafayette Terre Haute South Bend Richmond Rushville Munefe and Montezuma.
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Indiana Insurance Company
Newark
Springfield
Mitchell
Indiana
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Terre Haute
South Bend
Richmond
Rushville
Munefe
Montezuma
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Crabbing Traction Company
the Water Gare
Mark Twain
Townsend
BIC Steel Plant
Gridiron Club
Jiaiwrence
Loudenslaget
Mercer
Overstreet
Powers
Trimble
H. C. Corbijn
S. M. B. Young
John I. Weston
Leotard Wood
John Biddie
John M. Carson
J. H. Moore
R. F. Wynne
U. S. Marine Corps
A. von Quadt
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
W. R R. Mertiam
Charles G. Bennett
Senate
D. M. Ransdell
Charles K. Danning
Navy
Milton E. Ailes
Treasury
H. H. Pierce
George E. Roberts
Mint
Frederick J. Allen
Eugene F. Ware
Scott C. Bone
John F. Wilkins
Robert
Long Island Railroad
Charles ©. Glover
J. H. Maddy
Baltimore &Ohio Railroad
Joseph H. Manley
Paul Morton
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
George RB. Sheldon
J. Henry Small
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Wynne
J. M. Carson
Major Carson
Joseph B. Cannon
Hernsdon Morsel
Statesman
Indiana Insurance CO
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