Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-28
MANY CALL ON LEE.
THE GENERAL RECEIVES AN OvA-
TIoN. TOO, AT WAR DEPARTMENT..
he GOES TO new YORK TO-DAY.
On "wednesday He VIII Appear BE-
fore the Dodge Commission-Then n,
IL Possible, He VIII Take a Brief
Rest In virginia Mountains.

WASHINGTON, d. c., September 90
(Special.)-General Fitzhugh Lee had a
great many callers this morning at the
snoreham' among them several Virgin
ians residing here. and a dozen or more
newspaper men. All of the latter wanted
to know when he would go to Habana,
and when he would open his canvass
Tor the United States Senate. To nearly
all he replied that he would go to Cuba
when ordered to do so, and that the
senatorial election was too far off for
him to say exactly when he would be-
gin the canvass, but that he was in the
field. and in the hands OF his friends. He
went to the War Department about 10
O'Clock. and received quite an ovation
there from army and navy officers and
officials generally, including many ladies,
none of the latter. however. insisting on
kissing him, as they did Schley.
The General was closeted for nearly an
hour with the Secretary OF War, after
which he went to the White House and
had an extended interview with the
President. At 8 p. NJ he had another
conference with the Secretary OF War
and General Miles, but as to what took
place General Lee declined to say.
GENERAL LEES PLANS.
General Lee will leave tomorrow for
New York, to visit his son. at West
Point, and will return here on Tuesday
next on Wednesday he will appear be-
fore the commission investigating the
War Department and the conduct OF the
war by the officials OF that department.
This will be at the request of the com
mission itself
General Lee complains Of fevershness,
debility, and lack Of appetite, and he will
apply for leave of absence 10 spend a
week or two at either the Hot Springs
or the Greenbrier White Sulphur to re-
cuperate. Two summers in Cuba and the
past summer in Florida have somewhat
weakened him. and he wishes to build
up before going back to Habana.
PERSONAL.
The engagement of Miss S. +. Johnson,
daughter of the late T.. Kurtz Johnson, Of
this city, TO DR.. Hugh Mcclure, of Rich
mond, Va, is announced. The marriage
is to take place about November 3D.
Hon. John Goode was among General
Fitzhugh Lees callers at the Shoreham
to-day.
Major E. T. d. Myers is registered at
the Shoreham.
Colonel James D. Brady left for Rich
mond to-day by the 1857 A. NJ. train.
w. +. Graves, of Lynchburg; j. w.
Foster, of Schuyler, Va. and James II.
Chadbourn, of Wilmington, n. c., are at
the Metropolitan.
ARMY ORDER.
"By direction of the Assistant Secretary
of War, the telegraphic instructions of
o. 1885, directing the discharge
from the service of the United States by
the commanding officer of his station of
Private c. c. Nash, Company f, First
North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, are
hereby confirmed"
POSTAL,
Fourth-class postmasters have been ap-
pointed as follows to-day in North Caro-
lima: Bearwallow. Henderson, Ella Oates,
vice George w. Conner, resigned; Brltts,
William J. Ward. vice Alva
Lawson. resigned; Bonus, Jones, Mrs.
Alpha b. Perry, vice +. A. Whitaker, re-
signed ora, Sampson, William j. Butler,
vice Edwin T. burlington, resigned; Shall
low Ford, Alamance, Asa r. Iseley. vice
George A. Danieley, resigned; Woodleaf,
Rowan, S. F. Lazenby, vice William A.
Thomson, removed.