Show NEW W V T PRESIDENT col dowry once a messenger now at the head of affairs new york march 12 at the quart arly meeting of the western union telegraph company today thos T eckert waa elected chairman of the board of and col IL C dowry now vicc and gen eral manager of the company at chicago was elected president and general manager ot the company chicago march 12 col dowry has positions with the illinois illinoi Illi noi and mississippi missouri and western and western union telegraph companies aa messenger operator manager superintendent general and vice president at alio beginning of the civil war ho waa by president as captain and assistant and placed in charge ot the telegraphs in the departments ot mi boari kansas and arkansas at tho close of the received a brevet commission os lieutenant colonel from president johnson for meritorious services and devoted application to duty |