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Show CONGRESSMAN ALLEN DEAD. Representative From Maine Who Was Private Secretary to Trios, b. Reed. Washington. Representative Amos Allen of Maine died of pneumonia, at his apartments here, early Monday, following Feveral days' Illness. Representative Allen was born In Waterboro, York county. Me., March 17. 1837, and wag graduated from How-doln How-doln college In 1800. He was private secretary to Speaker Tnomas n. Reed In the fifty first, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth fifty-fifth congress and was elected to tho fifty-sixth congress November 6, 1899, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation res-ignation of Speaker Reed. He had served continuously since, but was not re-elected last fall. |