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Show I HON. THOMAS J. JIKKD. HIS CAREEN AS LAWYER AND STATESMAN. It Tears In Cunsr... IWUroa tn tha fraetlra nt ! wllh !Uw lurk Firm ShiikI aa ariaoal lasoma (ram lilt Law I'r.rll... Speaker Thomas llruikrit Heed's resignation front the congress of tl.o United Slates created 11 furor In n.i llonal political circles, lilt long sen-Ice sen-Ice In rongrr.a made hi ill "a figure of prominence In political lil.tnry. When SI years of age he grndiiatrd from llowdoln Collegr One yrar sflerwnlcl he became a law student In MCI he was appointed nitlng assistant pa)-ncs.ter pa)-ncs.ter of the fulled rtlntes navy, and In ISM, having hern admitted to tho bar, began thr prarllcr of law He was a member of thr Maine legislature In IHtl, 1ir,!l, and lVTO. nnd In 182 was made attorney general, l'or the four yeirs following he was city proarrutor of Portland. At this time he aspired to rongrrrs, and In IS7K wss sent to Wsshlngtou, where hr hits reniuliiel through almost each successive session congress. tiiomas 11 ih:i:d. He has now become the head of the law firm of Simpson, llrackelt ft Ilar-num Ilar-num of New York The speaker Is Mid tn have been assured an tniome of at least I '0.000 a year, an emolument equal to that of the president of th-Unlted th-Unlted Slates, from Insurance companies compa-nies alone, lie wilt continue tn act as referee for the several Insurance cor-poratlona cor-poratlona for which he has been recently re-cently acting, nnd friends say that Ills Income may )et amount to 1100,000 annually. |