The record-union., 1894-06-25
HEART OF A FREE MASON.
LAID AT REST AT MOUNTAIN VIEW
CEMETERY.
Last Request of Ex-Governor YgnacIo
Herrera Cairo Fulfilled-Im-
pressfve Ceremonies.
snecial to the REooRp-UN1oN.


OAKLAND, June 24.-The heart Of Yg-
nacio Herrera Cairo, Masonic martyr,
was yesterday buried beneath the granite
foundation stone of monument which
will be erected TO his memory. The site of
the monument is slight eminence at the
northern end of Mountain View Gene
terry. On this site yesterday were assem-
bled thousands of people who witnessed
the ceremonies attending one of the
strangest incidents in the history of Free
Masonry.
The procession was formed at the gate
of the cemetery and was headed by the
Guardia JuareZ, the Mexican military
company of San Francisco. They acted
as the escort OF the heart OF Ex-Governor
Cairo, which was contained in an oaken
casket draped with Mexican flag, and
borne by four Knights Rose CroiX. Fol-
lowing them marched a delegation from
the Mexican Ladies' Benevolent Society,
under the leadership of Mrs. a. X.
Coney, who conveyed the heart from
Mexico and presented it to Gethsemane
Chapter, No. 3, Rose Croix. Then came
the Grand Consistory of California and
its subordinate bodies of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry
as general escort to the following Masonic
bodies: Oakland Lodge of Perfection,
No. Il; Yerba Buena Lodge of Perfec-
ton, No. 6, OF San Francisco; GeIhsem-
ane Chapter, No. 8, OF Rose CroiX of
Oakland; Yerba Buena Chapter, No. 4, OF
Rose Croix of san Francisco; De Malay
Council of kadosh. No. z; Godfrey de ST..
Omar Council of Kadosh, No. /; Masonic
Veteran Association Of the Pacific Coast,
and Oakland Lodge, No. 1SS, I. and A..
NJ, acting as the NJ. w. Grand Lodge OF
4. and A. Nj. of California, with the Off
GERS of the day.
The Grand Secretary enumerated coins,
newspapers and other things which he
had placed in the box with the heart of
Herrera y Cairo. Then the copper cas-
ket was lowered into cavity in the huge
block of concrete forming the foundation,
to the accom- paniment OF the reports of
the rifles of the Mexican soldiers. Mrs.
COney was escorted To the stone, that she
might see that all had been done in ac-
cordance with the last wishes OF the dead,
and as the huge block of granite was low
cred into place the Masonic choir sang
the Martyrs Hymn"
Grand Orator Edwin A. Sherman de-
livered an address. Throughout he was
extremely anti-Catholic.
In reviewing the life of YgEaeio Her.
rera Cairo he charged the Catholic
churcn with being the cause of his death.
'While Governor of Jalisco," said he, "he
discovered plot OF the Carmelite friars
against the Government. He put them
in Jail. anu from that moment he was a
doomed man. The church did not forget
him and did not lose sight of him, but in
time worked out its revenge"
In conclusion he told how Cairo, fear
ing assassination, exacted promise from
his brother Masons that if he was MUIR
dered they would preserve his heart and
give it int" the safekeeping of some Ma
sonic chapter as the heart OF a man who
had died for his devotion to Masonic prin-
ciples. When Cairo was shot his Masonic
brothers took from the body the heart
and preserved it in alcohol. and now
after thirty-five years, on the eve Of the
anniversary OF the martydon of st. John
the Baptist, the promise was completely
fulfilled.