The Williamson enterprise. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1907-1911, 1911-03-23
SECRETARY FISHER
WAS WHEEL|NG|TE
Son of a Presbyterian Divine
Prominent During War.
MADE ENvIABLE CHICAGO RECORD

Held Several important Positions
Graduate of Harvard College
Member of Several
Clubs.
Wheeling Within the shadows Oh
the historic old Washington hotel, Cd
" appointed secretary of the interior.
was born IN quaint ritlIe cottage neal
Market street. He was the son Of Rev.
and Mrs. Daniel w. Hisuer, who came
| to this spaae during the civil war from
/ New Orieahs. Rev. Mr.. tlsner, father
of the new secretary OF the interior,
was for years paSIor of the First Pres
| Dyttl1an Inuf.R or this city, and on
the day his eldest son was born he
| was attending a mass meeting of tine
| citizens in washington hail. The whore
OF The news that the Union forces were
| just outside of Richmond, and bnat the
surrender was molnentarily expected.
/ when the news of the capture of
| Richmond was flashed out tine father
OF the new secretary of the interior
was the first Wheeling citizen to re
ceive the word at the Western Union
wire, and he spread the news through
out tine city.
Rev. Mr. Fisher and his family re-
manned in this city until ten years
after the close of the war, w1len he
resigned and with his family went
abroad
Secretary Fisher and his father will
be we'll remembered by the otGer citi-
zens of Wheeling. His boyhood days
were spent in this city, and he at
tended school for several years before
his father left for Indiana DR.. Jep-
son, of Twelfth street, was the family
physician and he recalls a serious i'll
ness THAT the new secretary went
Through during his boyhocd days. His
parents and the physician had given
UP all hope of recovery. but the boys
remarkable constitution pulled him
| through.
Prominent in Chicago.
er went to Hanover, Ind, with his
family, and on the 9Th of July, 1879,
was unanimously elected president OF
Hanover college. His son, Walter, in
the meantime graduated from the Ma
rietta, Ohio, preparatory school and
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from this college Walter went to Chi
cago in 1884, and read law in the office
of Writ Dexter. He was admitted to
the bar in 1888, and became member
OF the law firm of Martz, Fisher & Boy
den. He was made special assessment
attorney for the city of Chicago in
1889.
He was married in Boston in 1891
TO Miss Mabel Taylor, and then re-
turned to Chicago, where in 1867 he
was appointed special traction attor
ney for the city of Chicago. He was
later made a member of the Chicago
Historian society, trustee of the Gil
pin fund, Republican clubs, Chicago
Literary club and several lodges.
Active in Reforms.
In 1892, in company with his father
Mr.. Fisher took trip abroad, remain
ing nearly year. Upon his return he
again resumed his practice OF law in
Chicago, and was elected to several
political positions. He soon became
one of the best attorneys in the Windy
City, and became a leader of the re-
form movement in politics.
He was the leader of the movement
to unite all the civic organizations of
the city into one organization for the
purpose of carrying on a crusade
against vice. 1t was largely through
his efforts that the crusade against
the white slave traffic was inaug-
urated in the "wickedest city" in the
world.
AS special traction agent for Chi.
cago he was associated with Mayor
Dunno in the big street railway strike
in which SO many lives were lost by
rioting
Mr.. Fisher is still a member of the
committee appointed by the president
to report on federal regulation of rail
road securities now in session In this
city. His friends expect to see him
retain his committee membership,
which pays no salary, along with his
new duties.
Elkms. -The Misses Maude and Ora
Huldaman, nurses. we're thrown from
carriage in runaway and seriously
If not fatally injured, and Charles