Evening star., 1907-11-16


webber, secretary-g@ OF the Supreme
Council Of the southern jurisdiction, A. a
S r, was buried at his old hom> ir
Louisville, Ky. with Rose Croix cere-
monies at the kentucky Scottish Rits
Cathed al and at the grave in Cave Hi
Genet terry. Seldom in Louisville have as
many floral tributes been seen as in tn
cathedral on this occasion. In addit on
to full carload of cut flowers from ths
Masonic hodias of Washington and per
sonai friends of Mr.. Webher in this city
there We're offerings rom the Masonic
bodies of Kentucky, in all of which he
had long held membership and of many
of which he was a charter member. In
body of tha late sec -etary- general lay IN
state in the Louisville Cathedral from
10 O'Clock am. until ] O'Clock pm. on
Friday and was viewed by hundr DIS o.
the old personal friends and Masonic CO.
workers of the deceased passing and
paying their last respects.
The remains while IN the cathedral Wcr"
n the custody Of the Scottish Rita bodies
OF louisville. which also furnished the
active pallbearers. These were FRANK
fl. Johnson. honora th.rty-third degree.
long Mr.. "chber's deputy inspector gen
eral for the see of kentucky; r. II. c.
Rhea. Thomas A. Cra wfcrd, ". w. ID n
MS, r J. Adams and john l.. Fisher.
NJ M.rnhnrs and officers of the Supreme
Council. \. y. S. r., wrrr in ATTENDANCE
as follows: Sovereign Grand Command r
James ID. Richardson, thirty-t bird d gree.
active inspector general Tor Tenn2ss -:
Grand Chancellor Martin COL ms. thi.ty-
th.rd degree. active Inspector general fer
Missouri: Treasure General w Frank
Picrcn. thirty-third deGrap. aCtiv- ins? G
tor g ra1al for California and deputy for
Arizona Hawaii and the Ihilipp.n :;
Gcead Enueiry Harp + S. Gum naham,
tnirty-thi q degree. activh insp ctor n
cral tnr OK rhDaa; rharlas r.. Eos n
baum, thirty-third degrea. active inspector
gen 'ral fer Arkansas; Richard Lambert,
thirty-third Il -gr-A honorary. ana WI. am
l.. Boyd n, th'rty-thj Il dagrae honorary,
librarian of 1ha Supf m Council The
following Wash .ngton members of Mr.
Webber's family were present: Frederick
n. Webher, his SON. Mrs. Ida Webbel
Miller, Mrs. f. B. II ssa ana Miss Lot
tie Weber. his daughters; his son-in-law.
+. b. Hsssa. and a grandson.
Du ing the funeral ceremonies Severe gn
Grand Commander James d. Richardson
delivered feeling address over the re-
mains Of his venerable friend and as
sociate. u said
About three years ago our departed
brother exartad the promise of me- that.
when he Giad If I survived him. 1 would
say word at his gr,vr. said M. Rich
ardson. In fulfllment Of that promise !
am here, and now speak. All that is NOR
tai of our beloved brother. Frederick
Webber. is about to be consigned to the
grave, there TO remain until the resur-
rection and the Judgment.
This is not the time no. the place to
dwell upon his life or character, nor to
attempt to extol his virtues. For four
score years lie dwelt among men. For
tifty-four years he was a Freemason.
For forty-eight years ne was active
member of our Supreme Council of Scot
tiSh Rite MaSons, serving that body for
about thirty-five years as reasurer-gen-
eral and secretary y-general.
He was man, which means that he
was human. Being human he loved his
fellowman. AS is the universal rule. he
had his weaknesses. which made him
know the better how to forgive shortcom-
ings in otle ers. He was charitable. not
only in its broad sense of love and ten
derness for his fellows, but in the narrow
sense of giving aims to the poor and
needy, and In the exercise of this Godlike
virtue, he ofttimes deprived himself and
those who had just demands upon his
bounty.
He made no claim to perfection, but
freely confessed his errors and foiules. He
possessed these. as all men do, but his, he
did not attempt to disguise or hide away
but wore t. like a manly man on his
tender emotions 10 serve a friend was his
chief delight. while an enemy was never
refused forgiveness.
He was the personification of honesty,
uprightness Of conduct and genuine in
tegrity He did not boast of religious
fervor and cared but little for theologies
He disdained to wear the livery of heaven
as an outward display, but within him
was a soul that bore the fruits of the tue
religion of the Lord and Master, and his
was a fervent zeal for the good, the just
and the true.
I'm later years he was sometimes
somewhat respondent and pessimistic, and
frequently spoke to his friends of his ap-
preaching end but his dependency quick
ly gave way and in another instant he
was Hopeful, courageous and buoyant.
His endeaVor was to ever StreW flow
e-s, not thorns, along the pathway of life
and he found genuine pleasure and real
happiness in feeding with his own hands
the little birds that We're so fortunate as
to find abiding places near him. He never
forgot the place of his birth, the beauti-
full Emerald Isle of poetry and song but
he showed his willingness to lay down
his life for the land of his adoption, in
the hour that tried mems souls.
During his fourscore years he was
always to his mighty host of friends the
same generous. frank. simple, manly
OPEN minded, kind-hearted, transformations
Fred Webber. the loving husband. the af-
fectionate father and sincere friend
He lived his long life without harm
ing any one, and died, as l verify believe.
without an enemy in the wide, wide
world. The memory of him is imperish-
able in the minds of those of us he leaves
behind More can and will be said else
where. But now, my beloved friend and
brother. farewell farewell, FAREWELL
The address of the sovereign grand COM
mander was a touchingly impressive and
an appropriate and fitting closing of ex-
preston of the regard and esteem In
which the deceased was everywhere held
The Sovereign Grand Commander and
the past grand secretary. Gen. Webber.
were associated in the Supreme Council
for thirty years The deceased had served
very sovereign grand commander from
Gen. Albert Pike down. either as treas
u~er general or secretary general. On the
last occasion on which he united with
the Supreme Council in its biennial vista
ton to the tomb of Albert Pike he made
an address at the grave.
After attending the funeral of Mr.. Web
Der Sovereign Grand Commander Rich
ardson proceeded to his home in Muir
freeSboro, Tenn, where one of his daugh-
ters has been i'll. and he has not yet re-
turned to the city.
A new lodge of the Knights of Pythias
is about to be cha tered at Ancon in the
Panama canal zone and is expected to be
one of the most f1ourishing of the many
fraternal bodies now organized and or
ganiZing in Uncle Sans strip at the
isthmus. There are already a number of
flourishing lodges of each of the principal
orders. Isthmian Lodge, No. /. I. o. o.
r.. has been Instituted and at its first
regular meeting night in October initiated
a class of twenty-five candidates John