West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-05-26
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.
Short Stories ON the Spanish.Ameri
can Disturbance.

can DtSlurDanco.
Two carloads OF shoes, 10, 900
p"irs, have gone from the Schuylkill
arsenal 10 Chickamauga for the
use cf The volunteers there.
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COmmissary officers have con-
tracted for 100000 pounds of army
crackers with Remember the
Name" stamped on each. IL will
require 10000 barrels Of -four to
make them.
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Lieutenant K. VI. G.. Brown, re-
tired, Of this State, has re entered
the service and is now on active
duty rs aide to Admiral Farquhar,
at the Norfolk navy yards.
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San Antonio, Tex, May 10
Col. Roosevelt regiment of rough
riders Is about full. Many of the
horses collected in Texas are very
wild and have never been shod.
The daily exhibitions Of breaking
them to saddle equal any Wild
West show ever given.
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The Keyser Echo suggests that
the Union and Confederate veterans
unite their contributions and build
a battleshlp to be known as "Phe
Veteran. The idea is catching
on everywhere and there is not an
old soldier of either army but is
willing to give something toward
building the war ship.
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San Francisco, May 19.-There
is kick coming from those who
are trying to hasten the City of
Pekin away to Manila. She is to
be held for 10 mules from st.
Louis, while for the freight charges
on them enough mules could be
bought in California to kick Spain
out of all the South Sea islands.
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Chattanooga, May 10. The
troops are arriving faster than at
any previous time since the order
was gwen to rendezvous here. The
regiments arriving today are the
first Illinois, first Kansas, fifth
Pennsylvania, ninth Pennsylvania
and fourteenth Minnesota. There
are now %, 900 troops here.
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1t is interesting to know just at
this time that in the United States
Senate there are twelve senators
who served IN the Union Army, AID
twelve who served in the Confcd-
crate Army. There are fifty seven
representatives who served in the
Union Army and thirteen who are
eX- Confederates.
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Washington, MAY 19.-Oyer six.
teen hundred applications have
been made by young women who
want to accompany the army as
nurses. The surgeon general of
the army and the surgeon general
of the navy have turned over to the
Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton of the District Of Columbia
all preliminary arrangements for
the appointment Of nurses.
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Cuba is known in history under
several names. The first was An
tilla then Juna, after a Spanish
Prince. Fernandina came third.
followed by Santiago and the Isle
of Ave Maria. The original L.
dian name. G ubanacan, signlf,-
ing "where gold is found" was
finally adopted and usage shortened
it to The first two syllsbles.
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Key West, May 19.-Captain
Evans, "Fightlng Bob" of the
Iowa hrd a narrow escape from
death recently. A six hundred
pound battle hatch was accidentally
Knocked over and crushed through
the roof Of his cabin. His right
arm and shoulder we're injured
but fortunately no bones were
broken. lie will not De hindered
much in the discharge Of his du-
ties owing to his indomiiable will.
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Washington, May 10.-Undei
authority Of the naval appropria.
ton bill recently passed the Secro-
tary Of the Navy ia directed IA t.ve