The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-30


A branch Of the Knights of Columbus
was Instituted in Wheeling yesterday
and elaborate exercises attended the &C.
casion. Fully 300 visiting members OF
the order made the pilgrimage to
wheeling and were entertained lavish
Iy. The days proceedings began with
O'Clock mass at the Cathedral, in
Guided large banquet in the afternoon
at the Carroll club, and closed with the
installation of officers of the local coun-
ell in the evening at Odd Fellows hall.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catho-
lie fraternal insurance society and
more closely approaches secret or
ganization than other Catholic soclet-
les. 1t was founded about nineteen
years ago, at New Haven, Conn, and
until late years 1t has been confined
principally to the east. In Its spread
westward wheeling has dropped in
lihe, and Wheeling Council No. 6Oi
starts OF with sIxty-three members
and the promise of successful regime
Its officers are as follows:
Grand Knight-John ]. coniff,
Deputy Grand knight = John j.
oKane.
chancellor-Earry Ebbert.
Recording sccretary-charles Ray.
Financial secretary-willlam B.
Gundling.
Treasurer-waIter Chapman.
Lecturer-August weltzel,
Advocate-T. S. Riley.
warden-Joseph Kase.
Inside Guard-M. Malooley.
outside Guard-E. Cannon.
Chaplain-Rev. II. C. Harris.
PhysIclan-Dr. C. A. Wingerter.
Trustees-John Warehouse, ]. a.
Blum, James McGlnly, James Mccain
and Frank Riester.
The institution Of the new council &C.
cupled the greater part Of the day.
There were three degrees to be confer
red, and the council attended mass at
tn Cathedral, at a. M, before the
work proper began. Marietta and
steubenville councils attended this
service and occupied especially reserved
pews. Bishop Donahue OBLIGATED at the
mass. Previously the candidates and
Sir knights assembled at the Carroll
club and thence proceeded in a body to
the Cathedral.
The comforting OF the first and sec
ond degrees began at 1880 n M, and
they were exemplIfed at Odd Fellows
nall, where Wheeling councils lodge
room is located. There were ninety
candidates, slxty-three Of them from
Wheeling, twenty from steubenvIlle
and the others coming from Marietta
and Parkersburg Marietta council
conferred the first degree, and steu-
benvllle administered the second. The
third degree was conferred in the even
ing, beginning at ,. M, by District
Deputy Supreme Knight William A.
Nallue, Of Youngstown, o., who had
charge of the institution ceremonies
throughout.
The event OF the day was the BAN
quet at the Carroll Club auditorium,
which opened at O'Clock. 1t was an
unusually large affair There were six
tables running the length of the spa
cIous auditorium. with covers laid for
$50. The menu cards were artisticnlly
gotten up, the frontlsplece being APP
proprlate in that 1t had cuts Of Chrlsto-
pher Columbus, the orders patron
saint. and wheefiug's city building.
Caterer e. B. Carney. of the Windsor,
served the banquet, and from the
stage, which was refreshing in palms
and greenery Mayors orchestra dis
coursed musical selections between the
courses. The banquet hall was pro-
fusely decorated with the national col
ors, and the scene was an inspiring one.
Grand knight John j. conIfr was
POSTMASTER and presiding officer, and
his opening address and gracefully
worded lntroductlons were to the point,
The speakers included Mr.. Coniff,
Chaplain r. C. Harris, Of the cathe-
dral; District Deputy ]. T. Mooney and
Grand knight j. r. McDevltt. of Phil
adelphla. Grand knight MCCARTHY. of