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Show ETHEN ALLAN HITCHCOCK DEAD. Secretary of Interior Under Two Administrations Ad-ministrations Closes Earthly Career. Washington. Ethan Allan Hitchcock, Hitch-cock, secretary of tho Interior under Presidents McKInley and Roosovolt, died horo Friday morning at 11 o'clock, aged 74. Ho had been critically criti-cally 111 for sovoral days. Somo weeks ago ho contracted a sevoro cold whllo In tho west, nnd his condition becamo so serious that ho hurried to Washington to placo himself in the hands of specialists, who bad attended htm during his official of-ficial careor horo. Ho suffered from n complication ot kidney, henrt and pulmonary pul-monary diseases. His passing marked the close of a career whoso pre-eminent feature was an administration or the Interior department that stirred tho western land problems as novor bororo. |