The National tribune., 1898-08-25
WHR' GOSSIP.

The man who seems to have on his
hands the biggest job of explanation and
justification is the Rev. DR.. r. ID. Wear,
pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church of B irmingham, Ala. He sought
and secured the Chaplaincy of the 5th Inn
munes, but when his regiment got to Sa-
vannah he resigned. He claims that he
only did so after he heard that peace had
been agreed upon, and he did not desire
to become garrison Chaplain. His peo-
pie do not look at it in the same light.
The Cumberland Presbyterians have lot
of fighting grit under their Christian
skins, and they do not like gutter Tor a
cent. It looks as if his usefulness were
permanently impaired with his church.
He was hun. in effigy in the streets. and
the people of Birmingham do not seem to
be a bit proud of him.
Catholic papers in Spain and France
have discovered that the war was the re-
suit of conspiracy of Free Masons all
over the world to break down the Roman
Catholic Church and overthrow the most
Catho ic nation-Spain. 1t began with
plot to have Prussia crush France, and
part of the general plot is the agitation In
favor of Dreyfus, a Jew and Mason.
The use of the four big American liners
for naval purposes cannot help being
splendid card for their owners. As soon
as they are returned to passenger service
everybody crossing the Atlantic will want
to travel in them. Their stability and
swiftness have been tremendously adver-
tised, and the patriotic sentimentality at
taching to them will he worth hundreds OF
thousands of dollars to their owners.
The African Methodist Church is organ
izing for an aggressive missionary cam
paign in Cuba. under the leadership OF
Rev. Henry Charles Clifford Astwood, who
has had varied career. He was born
Spaniard in San Domingo, went to Louisi-
ana in the Reconstruction period and
edited Gov. Pinchbecks organ. the Louisi-
anaian He was then appointed Consul to
San Domingo, and after serving several
wears there returned to the United States
and became 1lin fster at Bryn Mawr, Pa.
,1xI*
How particuIaa Iaar Some men get to be as to
the nieeties Of, military etiquet. AS the
9th u. S. Canvass sweeping VIGOROUSLY
up San Juan hiil an Orderly dashed up to
the Colonel with orders to retreat.
81 only take ordef$ in writing. Go ahead,
boys" he yelled. es
By the time ithe Orderly got back with
his written command the Colonel and his
gallant darkies l1ad captured a block
house and were sweeping everything be-
81 ig
There is general expression OF desire
that the President and Congress may
specially reward Admiral Dewey by reviv-
ing the grade of yiceAdmiral, which be-
came extinct some. years ago by the death
of Nice-Admiral Rowan. The rank was
first created in 1864 TO reward Rear Admiral
Farragut Then the rank OF Admiral was
created for him when that OF General was
created for Z. S. Grant, and d. d. Porter
was promoted to Vice Admiral. Upon
Farragut's death Porter became Admiral
and S. c. Rowan Vice-Admiral, with both
ranks to terminate at their deaths. Vice
Admiral corresponds to Lieutenant-Gen-
eral in the Army, and it's pay is $4,000 a
year on sea duty, $4,000 on shore, and
500 o on waiting orders. The activelist
of the British navy has nine Admirals
of the Fleet" Is Adlnirals, 20 Vice-Ad-
mirals, and IS Rear -Admirals.