The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-07
Masonic Column,
DEATH OF HESRY 5. HARVEY.

DEATH OF HENRY 5. HARVEY.
Henry b. Harvey, private secretary TO
the Mayor of the city of Troy, died Mon
day afternoon last at $50. after a short ILL
ness None supposed that he was dan
gerously i'll, and his death was entirely I'M
expected. Last Sunday night he was con
siderably better, hut took relapse this
morning. Mr.. Harvey was an active mem
Der of the Masonic fraternity, and at the
time of his death was Eminent Commau-
der of Apollo Commandery. He has held
the honorable office one term and was re-
elected but recently for another term. He |
had also held the Office of past high priest
of Apollo chapter, No. 4S, which position
he occupied for two years. Mr.. Harvey |
was also r. l. p. G. w. of the grand coun-
Gil of the state of New York, and past |
presiding officer of Bloss council, No. "A of |
Troy; he was also a member of Mount |
Zion lodge, S1l, and acted as organist for
organizations in that city. He was a
member of the ancient and accepted rite, |
pbthiH'h NV ih''N VI - Wv 4ii'
Harvey held the office of grand minister of
the state in the Albany sovereign consis- |
tory. He leaves wife and three |
children to mourn his untimely death. The |
funeral arrangements have not been made |
as yet, but the various organizations of
which he was member will probably at
tend in body.
Hon. Albert r. Hatch, who recently re-
ton of eminent COM
ul...- af iN Clinton Commandery of
Hampshire, had held
''i.n y-1ve years-a term of
er.oc s le Knights Tcmplars
which is probably without parallel in the
Masonic history of New Hampshire.
The venerable sheriff of New Haven,
Conn, Samuel Wire, died suddenly Sunday
of heart disease, at the age of eghty-sy.
He was one of the oldest if not the oldest
Freemason in that state, and has. been
prominently connected with the order.
He died in the harness, having performed
his official duties up to the night before his
death.
Prince Arthur, of England, was initiated
as a Mason on the cath ult., by his brother
the Prince of Wales, the Worshipful mast
er of the lodge.
Several citizens of Chicago have applied
to the Secretary of state of Illinois, for n
certificate of organization for "The Ma
tional Christian Association" the object of
which, as stated in the application, sis to
expose, withstand and remove secret socie-
ties-Frecmasonry IN particular"
Cardinal Antonelli is also reported as
being Mason, having worked up into the
chivalric degrees.
The Hanover courier is responsible for
the statement that the present incumbent
of the papal chair is an ex-Frecmason. 1t
says that the organ of the Grand Orient of
Portugal published in its July number of
last year "the most interesting intelligence
that in consequence of the condemnatory
sentence repeatedly expressed against the
Freemasons by the Vatican, a lodge in
Sicily has been induced to publish the fact
that some ten years since they had re-
ceived into their fellowship Brother John
Mastai Feretti, the present Pope Pho
Mono. Attached to the document is n
portrait of the apostate brother in full re-
gala
The following list of Catholic dgnitaries
who have been Grand Masters of the Ma
sonic order, will show how closely Masonry
and Catholicism were allied in the early
history Of the church In the year 597 the
Grand Master of Masons was St. Austin /;
A. ID. $50, st Bennett (the Abbott A ID
$50, st Swithn A ID 957, st Dunstan
(Archbishop); AID 1905, Bishop Gondolph {;
ID 1916, Bishop De Rupibus A ID 1907,
Bishop Stapleton; A ID 1857, Bishop VIM
A Wykeman; 4 ID 1875, Simon Langham
(Abbott of Winchester; A ID 1877 Bishop
Winchester; d 1918 Bishop Waynheet
AL, Bishop Beauchamp; A ID 1915,
the famous Cardinal Wolsey At present
the Pope sends forth his bull against Ma
sonry, threatening accommodation etc, >,
10 all who join the order. Now the ques-
ton very naturally arises, "If the Catholic
church has lost its power over Freemasonry
and Masons, and is no longer able to con.
troll the brotherhood, is it to be supposed
that she can thereby lessen its powerful in
huence for good?'
A few days ago two brcklayers, refresh
ing the "inner man" at noon, at the place
where they were at work, got into discus
sion on the merits of Freemasonry. Meth
er OF them were members of the ancient fra
ternity, but each thought he knew good
deal about it, While they were warmly
expressing their opinions, one of them no.
ticed that their hod- carrier, genuine speci-
men of Ethiopas race, who was sitting
near them, appeared much interested in the
discussion-so much so, indeed, that hi,
corn bread and picked pork lay upon the
scaffolding untouched. "Well," said one
to his brother laborer, sit is foolish in us tc
keep discussing so warmly something We
knew so little about If either were Ma