Woodruff County news., 1909-03-11

at the University of Leipsiz and in Paris. He served several times by special commission on the supreme bench of Tennessee and was assist ant attorney general of the United States in 1S9597.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock.
 The first cabinet officer selected by MT. Taft after his election was Frank H. Hitchcock of Massachusetts, who gave up his place as first assistant postmaster general to manage success fully the Taft presidential campaign. He has been given the office of post master general in the new cabinet. Mr. Hitchcock was born at Amherst, O., in 1867, and graduated from liar yard in 1891 and from Columbia Law school in 1894. Since 1891 he has been a government official.
 NageI Has Commerce Portfolio.
 Missouri has been rewarded for it's switch to the Republican column by the appointment of Charles Nagel as secretary of commerce and labor. Mir. Nagel is a leading lawyer of St. Louis and the west. He was born in Texas in 1849, moved to St. Louis when a child and graduated from the St Louis Law school in 1873. He has been senior member of the law firm of Nagel & Kirby, professor in the St. Louis Law school and a trustee of Washington university. In 18S1-83 he was a member of the Missouri house of representatives, and in 1893-97 was president of the St. Louis city coun- cil. He is a member of the Repub- lican national committee and for years has been an intimate friend of MT. Taft. He was one of MT. Roosevelt's most enthusiastic supporters. As an attorney Mir. Nagel was identified with several important cases dealing with the numerous complications in the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes in the then Indian territory.
 Navy Under Meyers Charge.
 President Taft's secretary of the navy, George Von L. Meyer of Massa- chusetts, has had wide experience as business man, legislator, diplomat and cabinet officer. He was born in Boston in 1858 and graduated from Harvard in 1879. He then entered business and has been prominently connected with a number of financial and mercantile concerns. His career as public official began in 1889, when he was elected to the Boston common council. He then served on the board of aldermen. and in 1S92-96 he was member of the Massachusetts isgisla- f,vvA To- of the house. In 1900 MT Meyer was sent to Italy as American ambassador, and in 1905 was transferred to Rus sia. In January, 1907, President Roosevelt called him home to enter his cabinet as postmaster general. This portfolio he has relinquished for that of the navy. Mir. Meyers home is Hamilton, Mass
 5allinger Secretary of Interior. After about one years service as commissioner Of the general land of flee, Richard A Ballinger of Seattle. Wash. has entered the cabinet as secretary of the interior He is a native of Iowa, having been born in Boonesboro in 1858 After attending the University of Kansas and Wash burn college at Topeka. he went to Williams college, graduating in 1884 and afterward studying law and re- moving to Washington. He was United States court commissioner in 1S90-92 and later was judge of the supreme court in Jefferson county. Wash.
 Attorney General Wickersham.
 George w. Wickersham, who be- comes President Taft's attorney gen. eral, has had the reputation of being one of the ablest lawyers in New York city Born in Pittsburg in 1858. he studied civil engineering in Lehigh university and in 1880 graduated from the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. For two years he prac- ticed law In Philadelphia. In 1884 he became associated with the law firm of Strong & Cadwalladare. to which Henry w. Taft, brother of the pres.. ant h1Io