Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-10

with Morgan left his kidnappers great
~ Perplexed. Opportunity the INSTALL
ment OF Royal Arch Chapter brought .
large number OF enthusiastic NasonD To-
gether. After labor In Masonic Language
they retired 70 refreshmsnt' under tie
e1niieranon OF champaign and other
viands, the Chaplain, Rev. +. q. Cumming,
Of Rochester, was called on for : 1000.
Then he responded with peculiar emph -.
and the language of their ritaal: The
enemies Of our 0rdar-Nay thev and 4
grave ak feet deep, SIX feet long and Sin
feet que east and vestr Immediately n.
ter the toast, which vas received Viii
great enthusiasm Colonel William kim, IN
officer OF the war Of 1872, shen
member Of the Assembly from Nhesrs
County. called. Whitney, of Rochester.
HpxaSd, of Bufslos Chubbuck, of LAWS.
ton, and Gaeide, Of Canada, out OF the
room, end with q" carriage furnished By
Mayor Barton, they were driven TO Fort
Niagara, repaired to the magazine aud in.
formed Morgan that arrangements for
sending him to Canada were Completed
and that bis family would soon follow him
Morgan received the information cheer
fully, and went With his supposed friends
to the boat, which was rowed 10 the mouth
OF the river, where q rope wss wound
around his body, TO each end of which a
sinker was attached. Morgan was tben
thrown overheard. He grssped the onn.
vale OF the boat convulsively. Garslde in
forcing Morgan to relinquish his hold, was
severely bitten.
Whitney, in concluding the narrative.
said he was now relieved OF a heavy load
that for years he had not heard a window
rustic or any other noise at night without
thinking the Sheriff was after him.
Colonel Jewett, looking fxedly at Whit.
ney, said: Weed can hang you now"
But be WON'T was Whitney's prompt
reply. or course the secret thus con6daJ
to me was inviolably kept. Twentypine
years afterwards, while attending the
National Republican Con vention AZ Chico.
60, John Whitney, then residing there
called to say that he wanted me 10 writs
out what he once told me about Morssn's
fate, to be signed by him in the presence of
witnesses, to be sealed up, and published
after his death. | promised to do so before
leaving Chicago.
getting what had told Whitney hurried
10 Iowa, returning by, way Of Springfield
to visit Lincoln. In the excitement Of the
canvass which followed neglected the i'm.
portant duty OF securing the confession
Whitney was 60 anxious 10 make. In 1861
Invent to Europe, and while in London
wrote letter to Whitney, asking him 10
get Alex. T. Williams, then resident of
Chicago, to do what had so unpardonably
neglected. That letter reached Chicago
one week after Whitney's death. closing
the last and only revelation OF that impor-
tant event. Whitney was q mason by
trade, honest, industrious and sober, but
excitable. In all the early stages OF the
Morgan affair, he believed he was doing his
duty. ] now look back through an inter.
val OF fifty.six years with conscious sense
of having been governed through the anti.
Masonic excitement by q sincere desire,
first to vindicate the violated laws OF my
country, and next TO arrest the great power
and dangerous influences OF secret socIe.
ties"
This affidavit OF Mr.. Weed was sworn to
before Spencer c. Doty, notary public, No.
II Union Square, New York City.
Quite q number Of MasonS in the vari-
Gus city lodges are taking the Scottish
Rite degrees. Five were inducted into the
mysteries Friday night.
Blue Masonry is very prosperous and
scores OF young men are joining the several
lodges.
The oldest lodge warrant in existence IL
that OF st. John the Baptist, No. 81, Of
Exeter, England, being dated July II.
1872.
One hundred and twenty five years old
probably the oldest lodge in the United
States Is st. Johns Lodge, No. !. OF
New York City, and on Thursday evening
at Chickering Hall Il will celebrate the
anniversary Of its birthday. The mem
bers Of the Grand Lodge OF the State will he
present and X. w. J. Edward Simmons,
the Deputy Grand Master, will preside.
There will be q short commemorate al
dress after which there will he q musical
and dramatic entertainment nj which Mrs.
Florence Rice.Kn Mr.. Charles Roberts,
Jr., Mr.. J. II. Burdett, Miss Lille Berg.
Miss Florence Tyler, Professor Keenan,,
Mr.. b. G. Bent, Mr.. Justus W. Koch. Mr.
ii. @. Mecklem and Mr.. &. A. Stevenson
will assist.
The Masonic Lodge OF Charleston, this
State. has taken steps to procure portraits
OF all the deceased members OF that body
since the organization Of the Order there,
IN 1910. The nrst was Lodge No. iOt, under
dated December II. 1916, with Lewis Sum.
mers as Worshipful Master, James Wilson
as Senior Warden and James Dryden .,
Junior Warden. The first meeting, how.
ever, was on the 10Th OF July, 1916, under
O dispensation, under which IL worked I'M
ill the charter was granted. OF the fifty
members who subscribed the by laws made
under the charter, but three-D. Patrick,
Mason Campbell and A. 7. IAidley-are
now living, and Of the one hundred and
twenty members who appear upon the reg
lister down TO October, 1882, When the lodge
became dormant, only four-Dr Patrick.
Mason Campbell, A. T. IAidley and Is. II.
Smitb-are known TO survive. The lodge
ta Il a. Ian
uary 81, 1856, and continued It's workings
until March Is, 1851, when the war coming
on, all work was suspended. This lodge,
desiring TO honor and revere as well ~ 10
perpetuate the memory OF their brethren
who have preceded them TO that bourne
rom whence no traveller returns has re-
olyed TO make an effort 10 procure their
pictures as far as 10 practicable or pos
sible to do 20, and with that view
appointed committee consisting OF Broth.
ers A. T.. IAidley James +. Brown and G. Q.
Watts to procure them. The descendants.
riends and relatives OF those known IN
rbtm 10 have been Mnsons are therefore
called upon and earnestly and affection.
ately urged 10 aid the committee In their
efiUts. Portraits, engravings or photo
graphs will be placed In conspicuous po
siiiOns on the walls Of the lodge room.
Small Photographs Will Ds put w noss
frame, and as far M practicable, the name.
with any position he may have occupied In
the lodge, will be placed under II.
LOO. y.
The Journal OF the proceedings oil the
last Grand Lodge will be issued one day
this week.
We were informed yesterday that Detroit
Lodge No. 81, OF Detroit, Michigan. was
the largest and richest OF lodges In the
States. It has upwards Of four hundred
members upon It's rolls. and some tZo.vU
in its treasury. Il does is work In ths
German language.
There are six Uniformed Degree Campsi In
New Hampshire waiting for rituals ana
charters.
A boom seems 10 have struck the 70
campment Degree 10 this city, and this i'm
pertinent branch OF the Order Is rapidly on
the increase. At almost every meeting OF
the various Encampments new candidates
are Instructed and applications for mem.
bership received. Why can we mot have .
uniformed Camp heref Il would certainly
prove On honor 10 the Order md TIT OK
generally. By all means, brothers, work
this thing up.
Some days ago announcement was made
BY the 0dd~fellovs Of this city that their