Mournful Farewell for Ex Speaker Reed in Boston Portland
The body of Thomas Brackett Reed, former Speaker, is sent from Washington to his home in Portland Maine for burial on Tuesday. The train carries Mrs Reed, Miss Catherine Reed, Amos L Allen and others. President Roosevelt and many officials paid respects at the Arlington Hotel as the casket lay in state.
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Washington
Thomas Brackett Reed
House of Representatives
Portland
Federal Express
Reed
Catherine Reed
Amos L. Allen
Roosevelt
Cabinet
Senate
Diplomatic Corps
Funeral of Thomas Prackett Reed Across Nation Attention
The article details the October 18 1832 to December 7 1006 funeral events for Thomas Pracket Reed. It describes floral offerings from the widow and Mrs Roosevelt and the White House, escorts and attendees including Senator Lodge Justice McKenna General Draper and Representatives Hitt Littlefield Burleigh and Cannon. The service was at First Parish Unitarian Church with burial at Evergreen Cemetery. The Gridiron Club dinner ends in tribute as Reed nears death and a silent toast is proposed.
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Lodge
Justice McKenna
Supreme Court
General Draper
Massachusetts
Hitt
Littlefield
Brutus
Harvard
Portland
Burleigh
Joseph W. Symonde
John C. Smal
Reed
First Parish Unitarian Church
John Carroll Perkins
Evergreen Cemetery
Gridiron Club
Royal Commission to Study Municipal Trading in Britain
Premier Balfour to appoint a royal commission to examine municipal trading amid growing use of public electric systems. Several towns seek broader powers while medical MPs worry over ratepayer protections. Other items note diplomatic uproar over Sir Horace Rumbold and German naval activity.
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London
Balfour
House of Commons
Union Steel Company to be financed as 75 million concern
Pittsburg report says the Union Steel Company will raise 75 million dollars with a 25 million bond issue and 50 million in stock. About 18 million bonds and 33 million stock to be issued immediately. Bonds redeem Sharon Steel Company debts and funds reserved for audits and future acquisitions. A 200 mile railroad project to Elk Creek Harbor and Sharon area is not yet in reserve security plans.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Union Steel Company
Sharon Steel Company
Sharon Sheet Steel Company
Sharon Coke Company
Elk Creek Harbor
Sharon
Donora
Connellsville Coke Fields
Steamer Tartar Prince Burned at Sea Near Canary Islands
The steamer Tartar Prince of Newcastle was totally burned on November 25 while en route from New York and Port Natal. Crew and passengers were rescued by the steamer Argyll and later distributed to other ships for onward travel with passengers reaching Algoa Bay and Southampton. The steel screw steamer of 232 tons had electricity and six watertight compartments and measured 348 by 43 feet.
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Los Palmas
Canary Islands
McFarlane
New York
St. Vincent
Port Natal
Argyll
Tyne
Algoa Bay
Goth
Table Bay
Southampton
Wince Line
Newcastle
England
Mediterranean
Mascagni Receives Police Escort in New York Visit
Pietro Mascagni arrived with his opera company at Grand Central and traveled to Herald Square under heavy police protection. The troupe faced back pay strikes and internal bargaining over performance pay, while guards maintained order through Fifth Avenue and during the Herald Square show.
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Herald Square Theatre
New York
Fifth Ave
Mascagni
Boston
Low
Partridge
Walsh
Tenderloin
Adc
Grand Central Station
Richard Heard
New Haven
Norwich
Heard
Fifth-ave
Signor Belatti
J. P. Thorp
No. 1
Broadway
Captain Walsh
Thomas Nast Dies in Guayaquil Yellow Fever
Consul General Thomas Nast died in Guayaquil Ecuador at noon today after three days of illness from yellow fever. He was buried at five o clock with the governor consular corps American colony and many friends attending. The coffin bore the Stars and Stripes.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Nast
Deaf Ear to Mascagni Inbound Telegrams Stir Rome
Telegrams from Signor Mascagni about American misfortunes reach Rome with mixed reaction as the Italian Consul at Boston reports aid provided to Mascagni and a consular lawyer. The Italian government declines to intervene absent a proven American law violation, despite efforts by Mascagni’s attorney. A separate ad notes a late limited Golden Quick Time to California.
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New-York Tribune
the Tribune Association
Rome
Signor Mascagni
Boston
Mascagni
Colonel Lynch Struck by Aphasia in Sudden Illness
White haired Colonel Thomas Igynch formerly of the 69th N G NY becomes suddenly unable to recall his name or home while returning home on East 162nd Street. A passerby directs him to 175 for his address. police and Dr Radin assist as he is taken to Lebanon Hospital. Comrade Michael Ryan notes a prior mild stroke and a son in Scranton Pennsylvania.
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69Th Regiment
Colonel Lynch
Policeman Peck
Morrisania
Peck
East One
Michael Ryan
Belmont and Whitney heirs victimized by trusted servant Bloom
Victor Bloom, nineteen, arraigned in Yorkville Court on charges of robbing Oliver H. P. Belmont of clothing and silverware and Payne Whitney of items. Bloom, former butler to Belmont and later employed by Whitney, was arrested after a trunk of belongings linked to multiple families was traced to storage. A forged $2,800 check drawn on Fifth Avenue Bank and signed Cornelius Vanderbilt was found among his effects.
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Fourth-ave
Yorkville Court
McMullen and Heaney
East Fifty-first-st
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Fifth-ave
Payne Whitney
East Sixty-first-st
William C. Whitney
Bloom
Whitney
Lantry
East Fiftyfirst-st
McMullen
Heaney
Anderson
Third-ave
Charles Blair Macdonald
No. 7
West Forty-seventh-st
Heany
Fifth Avenue Bank
Washington
Efforts to Reinstate General Smith Gain Momentum
Friends of Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith push to have President Roosevelt appoint him to the next brigadier general vacancy, with some supporters urging a rapid elevation to major general and immediate retirement upon vindication. Ohio senators Hanna and Foraker advocate the cause, while Congress is unlikely to create a new rank for him.
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Tripune
Washington
Friends
Jacob H. Smith
Philippines
Roosevelt
Smith
Ohio
Hanna
Foraker
General Smith
Grand Army
Congress
Miles
Senate
Probable Board Action Sets Stage for Tunnel Franchise
Railroad committee expected to vote today to recommend granting the Pennsylvania tunnel franchise. Key figures include Aldermen Goodman Owens Peck Lundy Diemer Downing Klett voting for and McCall Water opposed. Cassidy and Fornes publicly back the measure while Diemer and Downing hedge, with pressure from Brooklyn Republicans noted but not verified.
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Pennsylvania Tunnel
Railroad Committee
John Diemer
Grant
Diemer
Tribune
Deimer
Goodman
Owens
Peck
Lundy
Downing
Klett
McCall and Water
Tammany Hall
Queens
Cassidy
Co. V. Fornes
Woodruff
Senator Platt
Brooklyn
Robert F. Downing
Alderman Downing
Deanst
Dady
Long Island
Manhattan
Michael J. Cady
President Fornes
Reed Anecdotes and the Springer Quotation
Thomas Brackett Reed showcased a sharp wit and memory, drawing a dramatic reply from Springer by reading from The Congressional Record. The exchange boosted Reed’s standing in the House while opponents branded his quorum ruling an outrage, leading to intense partisan clashes amid a broad push for progress. Also notes a California round trip rail offer at Broadway offices.
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Illinois
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Mr. Reed
California
Chicago and North- Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
Broadway
Advt
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