West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-05-12
NEws AND NorEs vN rnEwAE.
Interesting Items and Personal
Points Picked up Here and There


Col. Clarence l.. Smith. editor Of
the Fairmopt Index, will be lieu
tenant colonel in the consolidated
regiment If National Guard aud
will accept the place.
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Theodore Roosevelt, late Assis-
tant Secretary OF War, WIS mus
tered in as Lieutenant colonel last
week. Adjutant General Corbin
administering the oath.
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1t is said that Nr. John A. Logan.
son Of Gen. Logrn, and Mr.. Rus
sci A. Iiarrison. son Of ex Presi-
dent Harrison, will be appointed
colonies in the volunteer army and
assigned to duty on the staff Of
corps commanders.
III
A special dispatch from Vienna
says the Queen Regent has again
appealed to Emperor Francis Jo-
scph in favor Of European inter
vention. The Austro Hungarian
foreign minister has addressed a
note 10 the powers on the subject.
III
A Rome special ASSERTS that the
Pope has sent telegram to the
Queen Regent Of Spain earnestly
advising an Immediate appeal to
the European powers for medistion
in the war with America. His
holiness is said to have promised
his support and that OF the powers
to obtain an honorable solution Of
the difficulty.
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First Assistant Postm aster Gen
eral Heath says that friends and
relatives of soldiers in the field in
addressing letters to them should
mirk plainly the company and
regiment to which they belong. as
by doing so the distribution of the
mail will be facilitated. This ap
plies to both the regular troops and
the militia volunteers.
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General Fitzhugh Lee has three
bro' hers, AL living within a few
miles OF Fredericksburg, Va. They
are Major Jobr NJ. Lee. and one
Robert Lee. who is eccentric enough
10 BE- a plain AIR" Captain Lcc't
residence IL on an estate called
Highland Home, and with him
lives the venerable mother of the
family. She is 90 years Old and
foi some tlne has bcvn totally
blind.
The phrase peace with honor,
which is usually attributed TO Lord
Beaconsfcld, WAS original with Ed
mnnd Burke. The sentence ..Frst
in war, first in peace. first in the
hearts of his counIrymen," applied
TO Washington, occurs in the reso
luton ndop ed by Congress on the
death of the Father of His Coun
try. This resolution was drafted
by Gen. Henry Lee, who u ed the
phrase in subsequent eulogy OF
Washingt on.
There is a variety in the Dewey
wave that is sweeping over the
country. AT all times there are
hundreds of applications for new
postofiices and about 90 per cent Of
these applications now have sup
elemental request that the offices
be called Dewey, in honor Of the
hero of Manila. The first Office
to be established under that name
was IN Washington county, Pa,
and there are many others now.
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General b. ID. Spillman, who
will command the West Virginia
boys in the war with Spain, was
graduated from West Point in 1878
and was Iieutenaut Of the Seventh
United States cavalry to Septem Der.
1887. On April II. 1890, he be
came colonel and aid de camp on
the Governors staff and OH June
81, Of the same year. vas promoted
TO brigadier general Of the first
brigade. lie is iuo soldier and
splendid tactician.
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The Portuguese government has
received a formal protest from tho