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Show I THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL 1 Frederick W. Lohmann of St. Loula yggWlllls has been appointed solicitor general Siil of tho Unltcd States to fill tho vacancy wjS- caused by tho death of Lloyd W. Hk Mr. Lehmann was born in Prussia ujL sttM m 1853, Ho cnmo to this country with Wb,. Sl 4 ,1,s Parenta whn n child, his father , l! Bottling in Ohio and subsequently ro- VwTA moving to Indiana. There, at the Wzrf( v2? work bench, whllo his father was en- I m v KnKC(l ,n cobbling tho brogans of o 'ht4? 1 'arming community, was laid the WlWwMhVk H groundwork of Fred Lohmann's educa- Viw1" ix tlon- By tho ald of a Pr,m,tlvo Egyp- tian lamp a woolen rag floating In a F . Jl iuity Bnucer of groane tho youth dovoured jswttjj BUCh hooks as came into his posses- wSk wjm II H i A 8h'ort tim ,n th iitu red scno1, W&fitjifflil yful I III fw lull ,10UB0 nnd n0 Btnrtcil for tho west, do-wMjffiW&M do-wMjffiW&M tenninod upon acquiring on education Mlmi wlh I I llf I III nl without tno ald of wl,loh 1,0 cou!d not 'rca f''!,'l 1 ' 'I i ' hope to achieve success. On tho plains Frederick W. Lehmann. of Nebraska ho horded cattlo, with a view to acquiring tho necessary fundB to carry him through college. Day after day ho rodo after tho herds, a "quirt" in ono hand and a book of classics In tho other, reading while tho stock grazed. Mr. Lohmonu was a member of tho directorate of tho Louisiana Purchase Exposition company and chairman of the commltteo on ethnology of the world's fair. Ho Is a member of the Mercantile, Unlvorslty and other clubs. |