Show ETHEN ALLAN hitchcock DEAD secretary of interior under two ad m n strat ons closes earthly career washington ethan allan hitch cock secretary of the interior under presidents mckinley and roosevelt died here friday morning at 11 clock aged 74 he had been ariti cally ill for several days some weeks ago he contracted a severe cold while in the west and hib condition became so serious that he hurried to washington to ilace himself in the hands of specialists who had attended him d iring his of facial career here he s from a complication of kidney heart and pul d ceases his passing marked the close of a career whose pre eminent feature was an administration of the interior department that stirred the western land problems as never before |