Show ETHEN ALLAN HITCHCOCK DEAD Secretary of Interior Under Two Administrations Ad-ministrations Closes Earthly Career Washington Ethan Allan Hitchcock Hitch-cock secretary of the Interior under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt died here Friday morning at 11 oclock aged 74 He had been crlti tally 111 for several days Some weeks ago he contracted a severe cold while in tho west and his condition became so serious that he hurried to Washington to place himself In the hands of specialists who had attended him during his official of-ficial career here Ho suffered from a complication of kidney heart and pulmonary pul-monary diseases His passing marked tho close of a career whoso preeminent feature was an administration of the Interior department that stirred the western land problems as never before |