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Show uu TAFT APPOINTS NEGRO TO A HIGH OFFICE. WASHINGTON. March L President Presi-dent Taft today nominated William H. Lowls, of Boston, a negro, to he an assistant as-sistant attorney in tho department of Justice Thin Is the first tliuo a negro ne-gro has been named for such a proml-nont proml-nont position In tho department. Lewis, who Is at present an assistant assist-ant United States attorney In Boston, Is one of tho best known uegTo lawyers In the "United Statos. Ho will succeed John G. Thompson, who resigned recently. The place pays $5,000 a year. |