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...Special Despatch to the CRIMSON...
...Wise left the Virginia Military Institute in 1864 and enlisted in the Confederate Army where he served as second lieutenant until General Lee's surrender. He was the bearer of the last despatch from the general to Jefferson Davis. In 1867 he received his degree from the University of Virginia; fourteen years later he was appointed United States district attorney for the Eastern district of Virginia, by President Arthur, and was also elected to Congress from Virginia on the Republican ticket as representative at large. After his defeat in the election for governor of the state in 1885, he moved...
...Special Despatch to the CRIMSON...
...Special Despatch to the CRIMSON...
...despatch has been received from London announcing a violent uprising against the Jews of Keshinoff, Russia. Hundreds of men, women, and children were massacred and property, including synagogues, was destroyed. Twenty-five thousand Jews are homeless and helpless...