Show PUBLIC PRINTER APPOINTED illinois man now in philipp pries nes lands coveted plum washington john S leech of ill nois now public printer in the philippines has been appointed public printer here mr leech will succeed public printer stillings whose nation was accepted some days ago the appointment as made by prest dent roosevelt Roose was in the nature of a surprise as his name had not been mentioned in connection with that place mr mir leech Is a legal resident of bloomington ill altho although urh he served respectively as compositor proofreader and fore foreman nian in the gov printing office here from 1889 to 1901 at which time he was selected as public printer tor for the philippines |