Show PUBLIC PRINTER APPOINTED Illinois Man Now In Philippines Lands Coveted Plum Washington John S Leech of Illinois Illi-nois now public printer In the Philippines Philip-pines has bees appointed public prlntor here Mr Leech will succeed Public Printer Stllllngs whoso resignation resig-nation was accepted some days ago The appointment as made by President I Presi-dent Roosevelt was In tho nature of a surprise as his name had not been mentioned In connection with that place Mr Leech is a legal resident ot Bloomington 111 although hu served respectively as compositor proofreader and foreman in the goVernment gov-ernment printing office hero from 1889 to 1901 at which time he was selected as public printer for the Philippines |