The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-22
FUNERAL Of
FRANK |. HOOGS
Masonic Ceremonies at the
Temple and the
Cemetery.

Followed to the grave by family
suddenly bereft, an impressive process
sion of Masons and some thirty en-
Moves of the news, business and me-
chanicaI departments of the publishing
house of which he was the head, scores
of other friends in line, the remains
of the late Frank Landers Hogs, pres
ident. treasurer and manager Of The
Hawaiian Star Newspaper Association,
who died of heart disease early Thurs
day afternoon, were yesterday after
noon inferred in Nuuanu cemetery.
At o'clock friends gathered at the
Masonic Temple, Alakea and Hotel
streets. and filled the outer rooms,
awaiting the termination of Masonic
rites within the assembly hall. Some
forty beautifully arranged wreaths and
other floral tributes were in the mean
while brought in and placed upon a
great table in the chamber where the
widow and the brother, William H.
Hoogs, and about a hundred others.
including employees of the enterprise
of which the late Mr.. Hogs was the
greatly esteemed director, were silent
| ly gathered.
But a little while and ali were adj
mitted to the inner chamber at the
head of which reposed the casket,
flower flanked, and to the left of which
were seated the immediate family.
The ancient service of the Masons
was then continued, being conducted
by Pacific Lodge No. S22, a. F. & A.
NJ, members of Hawaiian and Oceanic
Lodges and sojourning brethren also
attending.
The ritual was reinforced by several
moving hymns sung without accom-
paniment by a quartet composed Of
Mrs. Weight, Mrs. Herzer, D. w. An
derson and Arthur Wall.
At the conclusion of the services the
Masons, followed by others attending,
viewed the remains, cireling the cas-
ket, the widow, heavily yelled, sup
ported by the brother, taking an inter
val to perform this affecting detail.
The casket was borne to the hearse
by F. B. McStocker, ]. A. McCandless,
C. G. Bockus, c. r. Frazier, c. H.
Anterior, George F. Henshall, E. a.
Berndt and Walter G. Smith.
A special car had been provided to
convey the Star employees and a num-
Der of the Masons from Alakea and
Beretania avenue to the cemetery, the
employees of the Star and others
marching from the temple to the
car Heavily laden with the many
tributes of vari-colored blossoms, in
Guiding pieces from the news, bust
ness and mechanical departments of
the paper, an express wagon preceded
the procession to Nuuanu.
Those who disembarked from the
special car at the cemetery gates, were
drawn up in two lines, Wis a Wis, and
through this living avenue passed the
hearse and the chief mourners, Masens,
pallbearers and the rest of the process
sion, uncovered, following.
At the grave the services of Masonry
were concluded, the pallbearers lower
| ing the casket. Seats were provided
for the family, the many others stand
| ing, bareheaded and all deeply inn
pressed by the language of the ritual.
A lambskin, Masonic symbol of inno-
cence, and used only on occasions
where the character of the departed
| entities his memory to such honor, was
| deposited in the grave and bits of
evergreen, symbols of immortality,
were dropped upon the casket by each
of the brothers as they marched around
| the grave.
Interment completed, members of the
order of which Mr.. Hogs was an hon.
ored member placed upon the grave the
| numerous beautiful blooms, emblems
of life and love and memories, which
saddened friends had offered.