The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-30
J. ". CARDOWNIE'S FUNERAL
BURIED WITH FULL MASONIC GER E.
 MONT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.


 the Day-Funera1 Very Large One-
 NIasons and Brother sc0tchmen Take
 Part-Mnny BcautifuI Floral Tributes.
 The remains of the late J. w. Car
 downie--one of the victims of the re-
 cent sad boating fatality on Lake Whit
 ney-were consigned to their last rest
 ing place yesterday afternoon. It will
 be remembered that on Wednesday af- | ternoon MT. Cardownie met an old friend in this city, David Mather, cham-
 pion Highland piper of Scotland. Mr.
 Mather is at present employed at the l Country club, Whitneyville, and he in
 vited MT. Cardownje and the sisters Clerise to visit the clubhouse Thursday.
 With this intent MT. Cardownie and the
 two sisters went out to Whitneyville on
 the car and hired a boat. They | roWed up to the clubhouse.
 Finding that Mr. Mather was | too busy to accompany them they
 stayed only a few minutes there, and set out on the ill-fated return home. When little way out the sisters wish | ed to exchange seats and got up on their feet for that purpose. According to the
 story of Ethel, who was rescued so he-
 roically by MT. Brown, the Yale stu dent, her sister was nervous and in spirit of fun she, Ethel and MT. Car downie gently rocked the boat. This caused her to stumble and her weight
 finally upset the tiny craft. Through such a small and harmless bit of fun
 two vigorous lives were rudely cut short, and one gave his life for his friend.
 John William Cardownie was born in Dundee, Scotland, about forty-one years ago. His father was of Italian origin by name Cadona, and his mother Scotch woman. In childhood his pa rents moved to Aberdeen and in the latter city he received his early train ing. For the last quarter of a century he has been we'll known as dancer and for twenty years he had been the &C., knowledged champion of Great Britain and thereby the world, at ''The High land Fling Sword Dance," "Shean Trews,'' .The Sailors Hornpipe" and "The Irish Jig" He was also master of the characteristic dances of nearly all European countries Of very hap py disposition he made hosts of friends wherever he went, and large circle of acquaintanees both on and off the stage will mourn his untimely end.
 At late hour on Saturday evening his daughter found among his effects his diploma from Lodge Operative Mo- 47, F. and A. M, Dundee. This she yl,n tr of od vie ypt the result that Brother John Mccarthy of Wooster lodge took the matter up, and although it was after 10 o'clock he succeeded in hailing quite representa- tive number of the brethren from Wooster lodge and Franklin chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
 The funeral services were conducted in the establishment of Lewis & May cock by the Rev. Dr. Brown, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Among other things, Dr. Brown said that the large assemblage and sympathetic in terest so plainly manifested spoke vol umes for the brotherhood of nationality and the brotherhood of fraternity. Here was one, a veritable stranger in a strange land, who had answered the Hast call," and behold though almost unknown he was being paid as great re- spect as the best known and we'll be- loved citizen. He was a Scotchman and his brother Scots vied with each other in contributing their token of respect. He was a Mason and his brother Ma sons in an alien land extended their hands In honor to perform the last sad offices for the departed The impressive Masonic funeral ceremony was conduct ed at the grave by the master and off, cers of Wooster lodge, assisted by about eighty members of Royal Arch chapter in the city There was crowd of sev- eral hundred persons around the grave and at different places in the quaint old Westville churchyard. It was mostly a Scotch crowd, and almost typical, Scotch scene. The great West Rock looming up a Sphinx-like figure of and solemn grandeur, remind ed more than one Scotchman of the hills of his native land, and the peaceful sa- credness of Gods acre, of the "Auld Kirk Yaird" where some of his loved ones sleep the Hast long sleep of all" pr. Brown pronounced the benedicton and the solemn obsequies were over. All that brother Scot and brother Ma son could do had been done and the si- lent clay reposes peaceful on the bosom of our great mother, and the spirit has to the God who gave it. Among the beautiful wreaths was one from Ethel Clerise, who was rescued. It bore a card with the words "A Tribute to the Man Who So Nobly Died Trying to Save My Darling Sister," a wreath of lilies with an inscription, From the Husband of the One He Died For" A wreath from Maggie Cline bore the legend in letters of gold, Tn Gods Care" MT. Polls tribute was a handsome set piece of roses and lilies, and that of the Caledonian club love- Iy wreath of roses and other flowers The Elks society No. 25 sent two hand some floral pieces, one wreath of roses and the other a sheath of carnations. A wreath of palm leaves from Pauline | Bert and Sophia Leslie, and many oth- ars which lacked identifying cards were | among them.
 The pallbearers were all Free Masons | and also prominent representatives of | he two Scottish societies--R. D. Pryde | Peter Stirling, Robert Liddell, Samuel | John c. Morton and John | Menzes.
 Brother John Mccarthy ably perform ad the duties of marshal
 The committee who first took the in- atiya and nnrria5 ont tI,o