The San Francisco call., 1897-07-20
THOUSANDS
READY TO
HONOR HIM
The Final Preparations for
Crocker's Funeral
Complete.
ALL THE PALLBEARERS NAMED.
Last Rites to Be Held in the
First Congregational
Church.
FLORAL OFFERINGS AT UPLANDS.
General Hubbard Mentioned as the
Probable Successor of the
Deceased.

Despite the efforts of the relatives and
friends of the late Charles F. Crocker to
have the last rites over the deceased con-
Quoted simply and without display, the
funeral to-day will partake largely of a
spontaneous public outpouring of respect
to the memory of the dead man.
All the preliminary arrangements were
completed last evening, and there were
several minor changes from the original
programme.
1t had been the purpose to have the
ceremonies in this City held in the Ma
sonic Temple. Owing, however, to the
large number OF people who desired to at
tend, il was arranged to have the rites
performed in the First Congregational
Church, at the corner of Post and Mason
streets.
The local ceremonies will be under the
auspices of California Lodge No. 1, F. and
A. NJ. The special train from San Mateo,
which will bear the casket containing the
remains of the mill1onaire, will arrive at
Third and Townsend streets shortly after
noon. Here it will be met by the Masonic
bodies, which are to act as escort to the
remains.
These are California Commandery No.
l, Knights Templar, and the Grand Con-
sistory of California, comprising Scottish
Rite Masons. The body will be conducted
to the First Congregational Church, where
1t will be met by California Lodge No. l.
f. and A. NJ. which will have charge of the
obseduies. The members of the lodge will
form at the Masonic Temple and thence
march to the church. Here the public
services will begin at 2 P. NJ. Rev. DR..
Mackenzie of the First Presbyterian
Church, who is now on his way to this
City from Ogden, will deliver brief ad-
dress. w. Franklin Pierce will supervise
the Masonic funeral services. which will
be in accordance with the ritual of the
third degree.
From the church the funeral cortege
will proceed to Laurel Hill Cemetery,
where the remains will be inferred in the
family plat next to those of Mrs. Charles
Crocker, who died about ten years ago.
The Masons will also act as escort to the
grave.
The pail bearers will be as follows:
Henry T. Scott, w. E. Bond and Russell
J. Wilson, representing the personal
friends of Mr.. Crocker: II. E. Huntington,
J. Kruttschnitt. J. C. StubDs, ]. A. Fill
more and n. T. Smith, representing the
Southern Pacific Company; Charles Hol-
brook, repres enting the Market-street
Railway Company; Mayor James D.
Phelan, H. B. Houghton and George T.
Marye, rep7esen ting the regents of the
University o1 California; Reuben II.
Lloyd, representing the Grand Encamp-
ment, Knights Templar; Thomas H. Cas-
well, represent ting the Supreme Council,
Scottish Rite Masons; Judge f. E.
Spencer and DR.. Edward r. Taylor, repre-
Eenting the truaees OF Leland Stanford
Jr. University; Charles L. Patton and
Edward Peabody, representing the Cali
fornia Lodge of Masons; George d. Clark
and William H. Miller, representing the
Native Sons of the Golden West; Irving
NJ. Scott and Z. J. Molera, representing
the Academy of Sciences.
By order of the board of directors of the
Southern Pacific Company the following
notice was issued yesterday:
Out of respect to the memory of the late Mr..
Charles i. Crocker, vice president of the
Southern Pacific Company. the general offices
of the company will be closed tomorrow,
Tuesday, July 20, 1897.
The local agencies of other railroad COM
psnies along Montgomery and Market
streets will also close their offices to-day
during the morning hours out OF respect
to the dead railroad magnate.
From all the more important down
town buildings the flags were yesterday
placed at half-mast. On the railroad
building, at the corner of Montgomery
and Market streets. the flag will be kept at
half-mast to-day, and mourning drapery
will be hung at the entrance to the build
ing. There will be a number of very
handsome floral tributes from the railroad
men, and the manifes tations of sorrow
and respect hat will assume this shape
will probably make up one of the hand
soonest floral displays ever seen in San
Francisco.
Out of respect to the memory of the de-
ceased the lecture which was to have
been delivered at the Academy of Sciences
last night was postponed for a week. Mr.