For some time there has been little hope of the recovery of Mr. Lewis Moore. whose long illness has been noticed in our columns from time to time, but hi made such a brave Sight and spirits so well, that the news jon Wednesday morning in came as a real shock to his very numerous friends. Mr. Moore came to China from Birmingham in the early sixties member of the English firm of Phil Mooi Ca., and soon became very popular in Tientsin and here. When that firm closed its business in China, he started as an auctioneer, with constant success. He was of very wide sympathies and the kindest heart, genial and obliging to the utmost, and liked by everybody with whom he came in contact. His Viceroy Chang Chih-tung- A An Imperial Rescript issued at the time ofthe decree (5th December last) transferring Viceroy Wei Kuang-tao from the Viceroyalty of the Yun-Kuei provinces to the Liangkiang provinces, which by some freak of the Chinese telegraph office was not sent down here, orders Chang Chibtung to return to his old Viceroralty (Hu-Kuang) upon the arrival of Viceroy Wei at Nanking. This news, though so long delayed, is welcome all the same to all friends of progress in China, and Viceroy' Chang will not therefore be shelved after all. charity, of which he never made a parade, inexhaustible. He was enthusiatie volunteer fireman, and w: still Chief Engineer of the Brigade at the time of his death. The Jewish community here looked up to him as their head " He was one of the oldest Freemasons in Shanghai, and was appointed District Grand Muster of North China in 1896. He leaves a widow and one daughter, with whose loss there are none who do not sympathise. As ' Joe" Moore, the name by which he was always addressed, he will long be held in affectionate remembrance.
The universal sorrow experienced in Shanghai at the death of Mr. Lewis Moore was shown in a remarkable manner on sday the funeral took place in the Jewish Cemetery. Firemen, Free-ons, the Polie eral public 1 dispel: at the ion with Mr. Moore who knew him duri An old Freemason, one of the oldest in China, and holding the office of District Grand Master of North China since 1896, Mr. Moore assisted at. the funeral ceremonies of many of his brother masons. But no hetter tribute could have been paid to the memory of any of them than that paid to him by the Shanghai Masonic body on Thursd afternoon, The special service in the Masonic Hall was attends by all the members of the District 1 Lodge, in Masonic regalia, and w impressive function. It opened with apt address by the W. Deputy District Grand Master (Mr. W. H. "Anderson, followed by a prayer from the chaplain. Then came the sayings and the ud the hymn "0 God, our hein in ages p The rest of the s occupied by addresses, and a prayer by the chaplain, Afterwards the lodge members proc to Bubbling Well Road, to await the arrival of the other mourners.
The funeral procession, headed by four younted Sikhs, with h left the in) Carter Re at four o'clock, and the line of march along the Sinza Road, over the Bridge along Lloyd Road to Nanking Road, then by Yunnan Road. Kink Road, and Thibet Road, and up the Bubbling Well Road to the cemetery. Most of the metnbers of the Shanghai Fire Brigade were present in full uniform, and one of the original members, in. ths picturesque costume worn by the Mih-ho-loong years since, a noticeable re in the The coffin w tried on rudder truck loaded with beantidrawn by the foremen of preceded the: March, Masonic Body, in full regalia, ivined the procession at the Grand Stand, falling in behind the truck. The interment service in the cemetery was a long one, as it comprised observance of the Jewish rites of burial and the Masoni ceremony conducted on such an occasion. In the Masonic part of the seryiew a address was given by the D.D.G the prayers by the D. G. Chaplain, the Masons present walking round the grave side at the conclusion and dropping the customary tribute of acacia on the coffin. There were also t many private friends of the deceased gentleman present round the grave, and everything conduced to make the funeral a memorable one.
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