The age-herald., 1899-01-07


 several days Richmond is used to great civic functions, but nothing was ever known there to equal the Hoge celebration. In many respects it was unique Certainly no prelate or minister of the gospel in the United States was ever more highly hon. ored. Protestants, Catholics, Jews and agnosticstand all the military united in the demonstration. Cardinal Gibbons sent a telegram of congratulations. At one of the banauets the principal speech was made by the Right Rev. A. Van de Vyver, Catholic bishop of Richmond. The bishop also wrote graceful and feeling letter. Beth Ahaba synagogue sent a deputation with an address. Other organizations by the score sent addresses, some of them ele- ganty Illuminated. A brigade of military paraded Broad street with bright calcium ligths and the whole city took on a gala character-all in honor of pr. Hoge, its foremost citizen. It will be many a year before Virginia has another son, combining Moses D. Hoge's genius, force and lofty character. Well may the old commmon- wealth mourni'
 Everybody will accord to Dr. R. A. Nose
  pointment as consul-general at Singapore, which is one of the most important places in the consular service. The consul-gen- eral exercises diplomatic functions well as purely consular and his position is of vast influence. The salary of the place is $5,000 a year, and the perquistes are prob- ably quite as must. Dr. Moseley and his gifted wife will be a great accession to the American and English colony at Singapore.
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 Hon. Frank l.. Pettus, of Dallas, is at the Morris, and will spend today with his Birmingham friends. MT. .Pettus is always a welcome visitor to this city for he has almost as many. friends in Jefferson as he has in Dallas In his home county his friends comprise the entire population.
 It will be pleasing informa ton to the people of Alabama that MT. Pettus has decided to be a candidate for delegate to the constitutional convention. He is one of the best equipped men in the state; and should he decide to enter the list for the presidency of the convention he will be a formidable candidate, for as a presiding officer and parliamentarian he is probably without an equal in the state, and has no superior anyWnere. AS speaker Of the house of representatives and subsequently, president of the senate, he achieved a most enviable reputation for ability to control deliberative bodies, and won the respect and esteem of all Alabamians by his fairness, firmness and ability. No young man in the democracy of Alabama is better qualified for leadership, or pos seSSeS the confidence of the party more fully than MT. Pettus. That he will be delegate to the constitutional convention may be accepted as a foregone conclusion
 It is learned from private sources that Senator Morgan has no sort of intention of becoming a delegate to the constitutional convention. He does not desire to be delegate, there is the best of good reason for stating; and he is inclined to the opin- ion that if he accepted membership of the convention he would have to relinquish his seat in the senate.
 Senator Pettus, it is well known, does not wish to go to the convention, and would not go in any circumstances.
 <. F. McGehee, of Anniston, grandmaster O. the Alabama Odd Fellews, and J. Pep perman, of Montgomery, high officer of that order, are in the city.
 Lucien V. La Taste, of Montgomery and John Pope, of Louisville, are in Birming- ham,