The record-union., 1897-07-21
Relatives and Friends Pay Their
Last HonOrS to the Dead.
Impressive Ceremonies at UpIands and
San Francisco.
beautiful Contributions of Floral
oHerings-The Remains Laid at
Rest Beside Those of His Be-
loved Wife in Laurel Hill Gem
etery.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2O.-Colonel
Crocker was buried this afternoon with
impressive honors. His remains were
laid beside those of his beloved wife in
Laurel Hill Cemetery, and the obse-
qules We're witnessed by a. vast con-
course of people.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
family had desired that everything in
connection with the funeral should be
OF the simplest, the ceremony was one
that will be long remembered in the
history of San Francisco. There was
magnificence in the very simplicity of
the affair.
The flags of the city We're at half
mast as tribute to the memory of
the deceased. The big building at
Market and Montgomery streets, where
SO much of the business of the South
ern Pacific Railroad is conducted, was
silent and closed, the doorways heavily
draped with the black cloth that tells
it's sad story so well.
AT 10 o'clock a special train left
Third and Townsend streets for Up
lands. On board We're the near and
dear friends of the Crocker family.
Only those went who were specially
be an intrusion upon those who had
asked that their dead be left to them
for a quiet service at the home where
he had given SO much happiness to
those who loved him, and had himself
found so much of rest and peace and
quietness.
Flowers had been sent from far and
near, and the white and gold parlors
where the body lay in state were lined
with the most beautiful blossoms OBJ
tainable. The handsome casket was
partly hidden in veritable bower of
white roses, and other varieties of now
erS of the rarest kind.
Among those who attended the SER
vices at Uplands were: Julius Krutt-
schnitt, :. A. Fillmore, H. E. Hunt
ington, ]. G. Stubbs, w. H. Mills, E.
c. Wright, c.. E. Smurr, William
Spraul, G. w. Luce, T. H. Goodman,
r. A. Donaldson, James Koosburgh Jr,
III. II. Judah, Captain ". T. Smith and
number of others, including the pail
bearers. Nearly all of the gentlemen
were accompanied by their ladies.
1t was just at noon when the cere-
mony in the drawing-room was COM
menced. Rev. Robert Mackenzie read
the services for the dead of the Presby-
terian Church, and the time seemed to
arrive all to soon when the lid of the
casket was closed on the beloved face
of the dead millionaire and the final
farewell had been taken.
From the house the funeral cortege
wended it's way to the depot at San
Mateo, and quite an impressive pro-
cession it made as it filed along the
well-kept roads.
The honorary pail bearers We're:
Thomas H. Caswell, Commander of
the Supreme Council of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite Masons; r. H.
Lloyd, Deputy Grand Master of the
Grand Encampment of knights Tenn
plar; Charles l.. Patton and Edward
Peabody, Past Masters of California
Lodge, F. and A. NJ; James D. Phelan.
Mayor of San Francisco; H. B. Hough-
ten and George T. Marye, representing
the Regents of the University of Cali
fornia; Judge T. E. Spencer and DIR.
Edward r. Taylor, representing the
trustees of Leland Stanford, Jr., Uni
versity; Irving NJ. Scott and E. j. Mo-
lera, representing the Trustees of the
Academy of Sciences; George d. Clark
and William H. Miller, representing
the Grand Officers of the Native Sons
of the Golden West; H e. Huntington,
J. Kruttschnitt, J. c. Stubbs, j. A. Fill
more and N. T. Smith, representing the
Southern Pacific Company; Charles
Holbrook representing the Market
street Railroad Company; Henry t.
Scott, Russell J. Wilson and w. z.
Brown, personal friends of Colonel
Crocker The arrangements for the
services at Uplands were under the
personal direction of Henry T. Scott,
Russell J. Wilson and c. E. Green.
In the funeral train was the private
car of the dead railway magnate. All
arrangements had been well attended
to and there was not hitch in the
programme anywhere. The funeral par
ty left San Mateo at exactly 12:45
The train was met at the Third and
Townsend-street depot by large es-
cort from the Masons, consisting of the
Grand Consistory, Scottish Rite Ma
sons, California Commandery, No. i, K.
T., Golden Gate Commandery, No. 16,
K T.
The escort preceded the way to the
First Congregational Church, but at
the special request of the family there
was no music for the sad march.
The services at the church were un-
der the auspices of the Masons, and the
church was filed to overfiowing. Most
elegant stands of flowers crowded the
altar and partly filled the aisles. Most
liberal had been the contributions OF
floral offerings, and the display in the
church was beautiful beyond descrip-
ton. Master w. G.. Brown of Califor-
off faI
Mackenzie delivered a eulogy over the
deceased, in which he spoke of the good
work Colonel Crocker had done in life
and his career in public and private.
California Commandery No. i.
knights Templar, and the Grand Con-
sistory acted as an escort to the grave.
Direct Tax Bill Passed.
PARIS, July 20-The Chamber of
Deputies. by vote of SIC to 20, to-day
passed the direct taxes bill, for which