The San Francisco call., 1901-12-02
HONOR MEMORY
OF ]. N. GLEAVES
Masons Show Respect to
Late Surveyor
General.
Hundreds Of Friends of the
Deceased Present at
Obsequies.


Impressive to a degree were the Ma
sonic funeral rites held yesterday over
the remains of James Malcolm Gleaves,
United States Surveyor General, who died
last Wednesday.
The services were held at Mission Ma
sonic Temple, 266S Mission street, under
the auspices of Mission Lodge No. 1853, Of
which General Gleaves was a distin-
guished member. The members of the
lodge were present in large numbers,
wearing the insignia of the order. Fifty
brothers of the Scottish Rite Masons
took part in the funeral services, dressed
in the uniform of their rank.
The Mission Masonic Temple was too
small to accommodate the hundreds Of
friends of the deceased who desired to
tender a last token of respect to the dead.
When the hall was filed crowds gathered
at the entrance to the building, satisfied
to get glimpse of the flower bestrewn
casket that held the body of their friend.
The hearse which carried the body from
an undertaking parlor was followed by
carriages bearing the relatives of the de-
ceased and the pallbearers. The process
sion was met at the entrance to the Ma
sonic Hall by the Masonic fraternity and
escorted into the lodgeroom. The casket
was placed in the center of the roomI
while an organ softly played a funeral
march.
The impressive service Of the Masonic
fraternity was conducted Dy MASTER y. -
Libby of Mission Lodge No. 169. He was
assisted by Senior Warden William Ord
way, Junior Warden E. w. Tucker, Mar
shal Charles James, Steward Otto Stewart
and Tyler James ParmaIee.
The eulogy was pronounced by William
s. Jordan, who thrilled all present by his
recital of the life of the deceased. At the
close of the services the Masons marched
in procession around the bier and depos-
tied sprigs of evergreen on the coffin.
The quartet of the lodge, composed Of
Alfred Wilkie, E. G. l5oysen Robert d.
Burness and Alexander Mennice, rem
dered the hymn Good Night" while the
casket was taken from the lodgeroom to
the waiting hearse.
Preceded by the uniformed Scottish
Rite Masons and the members of Mission
Lodge No. 169 the cortege wended it's way
to the electric funeral car waiting at the
corner of Twenty-third and Guerrero
streets. The body was escorted by IL e
following pallbearers:
DR.. T. ]. James, Dr. E. L. Howard, Frank
N. Marston and David Stark, representing the
Scottish Rite Masons; H W. Thorp and ]. W.
Richards, of the Ohio Society; Judge George H.
Bahrs and Edwin Danforth, representing the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and Robert
Allan and M. Jenessy of Mission Lodge No. 169
F. and A NJ
The electric funeral car conveyed the
body and the mourners to Cypress Lawn
Cemetery, where the remains were con-
signed to their final resting place with ap-
propriate Masonic rites.
General Gleaves was 40 years old at the
time of his death. He is survived by his
widow and two sons.
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the California Petroleum Miners ASsO-
citation held last Saturday morning, the
following resolutions, which bear the sig
natures of M. H. de Young, president and
DR.. c. T. Deane, secretary, were unani-
mounsly passed:
Whereas Death has suddenly and unexpect-
edy entered ranks and summoned to his
long home comrade and fellow directOr
therefore be it
Resolved, That we feel deeply the loss we
have sustained in the death of our beloved
friend and co-laborer, General ]. NJ. Gleaves
That deem his death to be in the natu >
of public loss to the city and State in which
he lived.
That him united those sterling quail
ties that go to make the well rounded and
an upright citizen. and that his quick appre
hension of men and of business methods, his
wide experience and sound Judgment. and his
love of truth and justice placed him in the
first rank in all the business enterprises in
which he engaged.
Resolved, That the board OF directors Of the
California Petroleum Miners Association, fully
appreciating his noble character, his loving
social nature sincerely mourn his death, and
that we tender to the wife and children Of
our friend and comrade our deepest sympathy.
and beg to assure them that with them
mourn for 1.-The touch of a vanished hand and
the sound a voice that is STILL and that
we will ever bear him in appreciative remem-
brance
Resolved, That the foregoing be spread upon
the minutes and copy of these resolutions be
sent to the family of our deceased friend.