Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-18
TAKEN To THE TOMB.
Solemn and Imposing Obsequies
For Capt. CIeave.
land.
SERVICES AT CHURCH AND GRAVE.

Knights TempIar and Blue Lodge Omci-
ate on Occasion Participated In by the
est Branch of the Masonic fraternity
DIR. McCuIioch's EuIogium.
1 Oppressive heat did not deter hun
dreds of men from marching in the
procession that bore Capt. cleveland
TO his tomb today. 1t was an i'm
1 pressive spectacle that this column,
representative of the various orders
to which the deceased belonged and
was attached, made as 1t moved down
Twentieth street, over Sixth avenue
and down Nineteenth TO the First NJ
+. church. 1t was composed of those
| who are bound to each other in life
az they had been to him to whom they
nav paid final tribute, by the mystic
and enduring bonds of fraternity and
brotherly love. Knights still cherish
ing the molly teachings of those who
at christianity's birth guarded the
/, sacred sepulcher. and who have since
| followed the cross, walked with SOL
emn tired over the heated pavement.
Clad in close-ftting broadcloth, and
wearing heavy chapeaux, despite the
heat. it was theirs to do the last
noble office to the dead.
Change In the Arrangements.
Realizing that the capacity of the
house would be unequal for the
accommodation of the great num-
Der who would attend the funeral,
it was decided at as late as 10 O'Clock
last night to alter the original arrange
| ment and hold the main services at
I the First NJ. Z. church instead of at
the home, combining the ceremony at
the residence to the family aud rela-
tives. This consisted of a simple
| prayer, beautiful and consoling, by
| Rev. G. o. McCulloch. Then the re-
mains were borne away form the
home on Twentieth street, and to the
First Nj. f. church. The various or
ders and societies to which Capt.
cleveland belonged proceeded to the
late residence at the appointed hour,
and acted as escort to the church.
The place of honor was assigned
to Everts commandery IS.
Knights Templar of which he
was the most prominent member and
which had repeatedly conferred upon
him the distinction of eminent COM
mander. The chief officers of Knight
| hood in the state of Illinois were pres
I ent, headed by the eminent grand
| commander of the grand encampment.
| The procession was formed in front of
| the home of the deceased and
| proceeded over the route alluded to to
| the First NJ. Z. church in the following
order:
| Everts Commandery, knights TempIar
st. Simon OF Cyrenne Commandery, Daven-
| port.
| Omcers OF the Grand iCommandery of Illinois
| Two Masonic Lodges and Visiting Masons.
Rock Island Woodmen Camps Nos %. 1880
| 20 and 800.
St. Paul Lodge, x Z.
Buford PoS,. 2i3. G. A. r.
| Onicers of the Woodmcn in Carriages-Head
Clerk y. W; Halves, Head Attorney J. w.
| White, Directors Talbot, Smith, Muc-
ply and Quackenbush, and Editor
Won Calder and ex-Head At
torney Johnson.
Regents of the FraternaI TribuneS
| Hearse and Bearers
| Carriages Containing Family and Other Mourn
ers and Friends.
Services at the Church.
When the funeral cortege reached
the First Methodist church the bal
cony of the edifice was filled with peo-
| pie, the main auditorium having been
| reserved for the societies. There was
an array of flowers, including several
magnificent pieces, forming al en-
bankment in front of the pulpit. One
design that stood cut conspicuously
above the others was a maltese
cross-a tribute of love and es-
TEEN from Everts commandery.
AS the bier was moved toward the
| front of the auditorium the sad and
| solemn notes of march for the dead
| were sounded on the organ by Miss
Myrtle Sears. Resting on the coffin
| were the plumed helmet and sword
that Capt. Cleaveland had worn in
life as Knight Templsrs, while be-
side these were beautiful wreath of
roses and an American flag.
The oSsequies were begun by the
singing of Ills l, Be Not Afraid" by
quartet composed of j. Collins,
E. l.. Philbrook, c. c. Taylor and
Sewall Dodge. after which the bless
ing was invoked by Rev. c. o. Nc
Culloch, who whereupon paid fitting
eulogy to the life of the deceased,
rendering words of consolation to the
family in their hour of bereavement
an affiiction, which, while not felt as
severely as those near and dear, had
spread the mantel of sorrow over the
entire community, over a people who
had learned to know and appreciate
the worth, generosity and kindness of
Capt. Cleaveland. The speaker re-
viewed the life of the deceased, trac-
ing him from the time of his youth,
when he went to the front to serve
his country and flag. and while doing
so sustained wounds that had handi-
capped him through life, until the
closing DAYS of his usefulness Death
came to him in his 56th year
how short a life of a man of such
wonderful character, said Rev.
McCulloch. He had been for so years
before the community in which he died