The morning call., 1891-09-20
WITH FRAGRANT
ACACIA SPRIG.
Masonic Funeral of Colonel WILL
lam Harvey.
An Impressive Eulogy by W. H. L. Barnes
The Brotherhood Represented by Excep-
tionally Large Delegations.

The TWO pillars at the entrance OF King
Solomon's Hall in Masonic Temple were
subje cted to unusual and curious scrutiny
yesterday. The chief reason was that
many scores of strangers and friends and
full gathering OF ladies had assembled to
witness the last rites paid in Masonic
fashion to Colonel William Harvey. In his
life the deceased was a member of Oriental
Lodge, f. and A. NJ, and it was under the
auspices of this lodge that the funeral was
conducted, California Commandery Of
Knights Templars acting as an escort.
There was a considerable attendance Of
civic appointees and fraternites whom
business relations had brought in contact
with Colonel Harvey, notably, the deputies
of the County Clerks office, the Trustees of
the Home for Feeble minded Children,
members of the Board of Education, vet
Grams of the National Guard and members
of the Manufacturers Associa ton. Out of
respect to the ColOaers memory the school
flags had been half-masted, and will SO re-
main till tomorrow.
1t took fully half an hour to procure ad-
mission for that section of the crowd which
considered its claims preferential and indis-
putabe. When these had been accommo-
dated there was very little standing room in
the body of the hall, spacious as it is.
The knights Templars alone required over
one hundred seats, and the aspect Of Cali
fornia COmmandery in full uniform was
something that impressed the spectators
most forcibly.
ENTERING THE HALL.
The casket was conducted into the tenn
pie by the pall-bearers amid the subdued
strains of dirge on the organ. Nearly all the
pall-bearers were well-known Masons and
public men, and they were easily recognized
as Ii. L.. Davies, Thomas j. knipe George
j. HObe, Thomas Anderson, q. Hodge, E.
Newhall, E. Z. Ames, f. A. Hyde, ex May
OF E. B. Pond, Ariel Lathrop, NJ. Sheldon,
George T. Bromley, George W. Gibbs, l.. f.
Peck, ID. Mckay.
There was profuson of floral offerings.
The majority we're OF the conventional char
acter; anchors, pillows and wheels. Among
those specially noticeable were an anchor
contributed by the employees of the Golden
Gate Wooden Association; pillow from the
Mayor and Board of Supervisors; another
pillow from former deputy clerks; broken
column in violets; pillow from the Trus-
tees of the Home for Predetermined Child
rem; another pillow from Judge John Hunt,
in every way beautiful offering with the
appropriate legend, Sleep that knits up the
raveled sleeve of care; an anchor from the
County Clerks Office, and many other trib-
utes sufficiently indicative If the wide es-
TEEN in which the dead Mason was held
inside and outside the fraternity of the mys-
tic tie.
Reuben H. Lloyd, Master of Oriental
Lodge, conducted the service according to
tn regular. Masonic ritual, even to the final
trlbute-"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes,
dust to dust" In ordinary procedure this
latter portion OF the service is conducted at
the grave, but it was well understood to be
the wish of the family that the services,
outside of the tempe, should be as private
as possible. The members of Oriental
Lodge joined in the customary thrce-re-
pea;ed gestures by which dead Mason's
soul is committed by the brethren to the Al
mighty Father, a ceremony always ave-
inspiring, and in this instance specially SO.
BARNES EULoGY.
The eulogy was delivered by W. Fl. L.
Barnes, who described Colonel Harvey as
fulfilling the ideal of man who was hon
est and just; faithful and loyal and true.
He had been privileged to enjoy degree of
intimacy with the dead brother, and would
say that the atter's character, in the sight
OF God and man, was one for all men to
initiate, and his assured eternal happi-
ness a condition, which most men would
be glad TO attain. In vigorous, we'll
rounded phrases, without any suspi-
clon of mere rhetorical cant, the eulO-
gist went on to show how fully Colonel
Harney exemplified the ideal of good
Mason and square man. Whatever Har-
ney promised he made good. If a man took
Harney's word over night he might wake
up in the morning with the conviction that
if the thing were possible it would be done.
The remains were conducted from the
temple to Laurel Hill Cemetery after the
Blue Lodge ceremonies were completed and
the brethren had passed twice around the
casket two Deep followed by the California
Commandery. The music was exQutsitely
rendered by the regular Masonic choir.
The ladies who had stood the combined
strain of the situation, the Masters charge
and the solemn commitment of the dead to
the Almighty, broke down completely when
the lambskin, emblematic of purity. was
laid on the casket, and the lesson of mans
Immortality was emphasized by the deposit
ing of the acacia sprig. There were few dry
eyes in the temple as the procession filed out
to the strains Of abide With Me-"
Among the prominent Masons present was
the veteran Jonathan d. Stevenson, the
oldest Grand Master in California, who oc-
caoied seat to the right of the Worthy
Master.