The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12

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bic public service was as counsel tor
the United States in the Alaskan
boundary case before the arbitration
tribunal in London in 1903 He was
an assistant attorney general Of the
United States during Cleveland 5 ad-
ministration, and has been general
counsel for the Illinois Central Rail
road company for some wears. spend
inc most of his time in Chicago,
where the general Offices Of that COM
pany are located. Mr.. Dickinson is oS
years old, having been born in Co.
lumbus, Miss, in 1851. He is a gra-
duate of the University Of Nashville,
from which school he has degree as
master of arts, and he studied law at
the University Of Leipzig, and IN Par
is. He is president of the American
Bar association, and belongs to the
Chicago club, the Onwentsia and the
Iroquois clubs, all Of Chicago. Mr..
Dickinson is the owner Of the famous
Bell Meade stock farm in Nashville.
George Won Lengerke Meyer.
George Won Eengerke Meyer, who
goes from the postmaster generals Of
flee to the navy department, was
brought into the cabinet in February,
1907, to succeed postmaster general
Cortelyou. He was at that time am
bassador to St. Petersburg, to which
post he had been transferred from
Rome, where he had served five years
as ambassador. Mr.. Meyer is ma
tive Of Boston, in which city he was
born in 1858. After graduating from
Harvard he entered the employ Of
commission firm, and some years later
became member of the firm of Lin
der & Meyer, East India merchants,
which had been established by his
father. He is an officer or director in
many large manufacturing and finan-
ciai concerns, and has always been &C
tive in politics, having been a mem
ber of the Boston common council,
an alderman, a member of the State
legislature, serving as speaker Of the
lower house for three consecutive
years. Mr.. Meyer was selected
member of the Republican national
committee in 1899, and on Mckin-
ley's election he was made ambassa-
dor to Italy. He is a member Of the
Athletic, the Somerset and st. b.
dolph clubs of Boston, and among 9th
er business offices is president Of the
Ames Plow company and director
of the Old Colony Trust company and
the Amoskeag Manufacturing COM
pany. Mr.. Meyer is sportsman and
an angler, and is known as crack
shot.
George W. Wickersham.
New York's representative in the
new cabinet is George ". Wicker
sham, who becomes attorney general.
Mr.. Wickersham is a member Of the
law firm in which President Taft's
brother, Henry W. Taft, is partner,
and he is known as an expert in rail-
road law. Although a resident Of
New York city, Mr.. Wickersham is a
native of Pennsylvania, having been
born in Pittsburg in 1858. He first
took civil engineering at Lehigh uni
versity, but later entered the law
school, of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania, from which he holds the degree
of bachelor Of laws. He Immediately
entered practice in Philadelphia, but
later went to New York and associat-
ed himself with the firm Of Chamber
lain, Carter & Hornblower. A Year
later he became managing clerk Of the
finn of Strong 4 Cadwalader, Of
which President Taft's brother is
member, and eventually was taken in
to partnership.
MIR. WlckerSham Is counsel IOr
large number Of corporations, among
them the Interborough railroad, and
as attorney for the railroads in the
famous Chicago Traction case came
into considerable prominence. He Is
fond of travel, usually spending por-
ton of the year abroad and is de-
voted equestrian. He has a country
residence at Cedarhurst, Long Island,
and also a home in New York city.
Charles Nagel.
Charles Nagel Of St. Louis, the new
secretary Of commerce and labor. Is
better known among lawyers and edu-
Gators than to the public at large, al
though he served as a member of the
Missouri house of representatives and