The San Francisco call., 1897-06-14
Entombment of Rosalia de
Coney at Mountain
View.
Masons and Mexican Societies
Take Charge of the Impos.
ing Ceremony.
Buried in the Pot Where Lies the
Heart of Hsrrera
Cairo,
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRAxc1sco CALL

90S Broad ay, June l3.
On one of the beautiful little slopes at
Mountain View, whence can be obtained
a view of the boundless Pacific, the NOR
tai remains Of Rosalla Labastida de
Coney were inferred to-day.
l was no ordinary occasion that brought
several societies in regalia from San Fran
cisco to unite with the Masons in the ce re-
monies The invitation clearly EXPIRE sed
the object OF the gathering. 1t read as
follows:
You are hereby notified and most fraternallv
requested TO attend and participate in the cere-
monies on that solemn occasion in paying our
just and last sad tribute 10 the memory of one
OF the nOblest OF women who ever grHced the
earth with her presence, and whose unfalter-
ing devotion and fidelity TO her sacred trust
in bringing the heart OF our murdered and
martyred brother, lgnacto Herrera Cairo, q
past master and Ex-Governor of the State of
Jalisco, Mexico, and placing it In sRfe-keeping
and charge of his brethren here, as expressed
by him prior to the time OF his martyrdom
and the decoration Of whose monument will
also take place on that occasion.
The casket containing the remains was
escorted from San Francisco by the Juarez
Guard, under the command OF Captain A.
de la Tore, the Mexican Ladies' Society,
chaperoned by Miss L. Gosch and the
Porfirio Diaz Club under the charge of q.
Baez.
Headed by the Scottish Rite Masons the
procession 70 ormed and proceeded to the
Herrera plot. Immediately after the
casket walked Consul General Alexander
X. Coney, hu sba nd OF the deceased. The
ceremonies were carried out under the
direction of Gethsemane Chap ter No. 5 oil
Rose Croix and Of the Mason ic Veteran
! Association of the Pacific Coast
Another Land Is BeCkOning Us" was
! sung in chorus and after brief PRAYER
/ Major Sherman delivered a short eulogy.
/ SISTER Coney. whose remains we are
about to consign to the tomb said Major
/ Sherman, Twas one of the noblest OF
/ women She carried out trust against
/ great difficulties and in the face of grave
/ dangers, and having been loyal to one
/ Mason she has been loyal to Us all. Many
l of you know more about her native coun-
/ Try, Mexico, than ] do, and it can truly be
/ said that she is buried in her native soil.
/ for when God gave her TO as this very
/ earth on which we tread was part OF
/ Mexico.
1--WE are governed by the dead. When
] any one dies their last wishes are carried
out and If necessary the law of the land
steps in and enfOrCes them against the de-
slTes of the living. The dying request of
Brother Herrera was that he might repose
I
carried out his wish as far as possible by
/ bringing 10 us his heart, which now lies
! in this tomb. Sister Coney desired that
she be buried here, and we are now carry
ing out her wish.
There may be difference of opinion re-
/ garding religion, but as our sister fire.
| quently said, 'Freemasonry has no
| frontiers. Over there is the Catholic
/ cemetery, yonder is the Hebrew Gem metery
and here Is the cemetery where people
| VINO believed i'll another religion are
/ buried, but there is only one God and he
alone can outline the destiny of the soul
/ after death. The sun shines on all alike,
/ the rain falls on every mound and the
/ beautiful golden tint of the setting orb of
/ day knows not one or the other.
! 80 1t is with Us. Masonry is human
! ity. This sister loved God and she is now
I in his eternal keeping. We can only hel
/ each other as far as the grave and after
/ that we must leave ali with the Almighty.
! He is the quintescence OF manhood and
/ goodness, and the more we place implicit
| faith IN The great architect of our destinies
! the better The world will be that we have
/ lived. 1t is better that Sister de Coney
! has lived in it, and when we reach the
/ grave may the same be said of u.s.
Captain de la Tore also delivered a
/ eulogy on the deceased speaking in
| Spanish.
The wreaths were then placed upon
the casket and every Mason present laid
/ one II rose on it. After singing "Unveil
/ Thy Bosom, Faithful Tomb" the casket
was placed in the sarcophagus tomb. On
one side of the tomb b Is a brass bas re Lief
OF the deceased, and on the o ther plate
stating that she was born at Guadaaiara
! Septem Der 25, 1914, and died February is
/ 1897
Just before the coffin was put in the
vault Major Sherman placed upon 1t the
Bible OF the deceased. The American and
Mexican flags also decorated the coffin.
The Masonic farewell and the benedict on
brought the ceremonies 10 a close.