The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-04
JUDGE BOrlE'S FUNERAL.
0bsequies Over His Remains al
Uniontovn. Penn.
Trisats OF Universal Respect Paid
to the Dead Surist-The
Services

The following account Of the obse-
quies over the remains Of Chief justice
Chas- E. Boyle, who died in Seattle OF
the evening OF December Is, Is from
the Essaiaz SsassdGsss Of Cniontown,
Penn., Of The issue of Monday. De
eember II, ISIS;
The funeral Of the late Chief Justice
Boyle occurred this afternoon from
his residence in North Union town
ship, the services beginning shortly
after O'Clock
| The funeral service was short. con
sisting simply OF the reading Of the
| Episcopal burial ritual and the singing
OF appropriate hymns BY the choir q
that church. The whole lover floor Of
the dead Jurist's late residence was &C
cupied By the funeral guests, and there
were many who coaid not gain admit
lance.
The bsdy reposed in the parlor o, the
residence, which looks toward town.
The floral offerings surrounding the
coffin were the most beautiful that
could be procured. At the head OF the
coffin stood the tribute Of the Fayette
county bzr-a column of white czrna-
tons in the form OF a monument.
Upon it was hung q wreath OF
cameliia leaves, and upon the base of
which vas OF carnations, hyacinth,
roses and smilax, was the inscription,
a Just Judge" in purple immor-
telies. Al the foot of the bier stood an
arm Of rsses, carnations, hlies-of-the
valley, hyacinths, pausieS, and smlAx.
IL was sent BY the employees OF the rev,
enue Office OF the old 22l district
Upon the bier rested wreath OF lilies.
roses and ferns, the tribute Of the Con-
nelisYille Coke and Iron Company.
The offering of the printers OF Union
town was peculiarly appropriate to-
ken OF the appreciation in which they
held the eminent man who had once
been one of them. II was a printers
stick dene in roses, hyacinth, smilsx
and carnations, and was made by A.
5. Bosley, of Uniontown. Only the
wreath lying on the coffin was removed
with the remains TO the grave. The
others viii be carefully preserved.
The ministers who conducted the
service-Rey. K. II. Smith, rector of
the Episcopal church. and his assist
ant, DR.. A. 5. Ailholland, the Presby-
terrain pastor-occupied a position in
the hallway. from which doors open
into the rooms containing the attend
ants upon the sad occasion. At the
close of the service the funeral pro-
cession formed in the following order:
The ministers, Revs. Smith and Mil
holland; the pail bearers, Thomas Z.
Lazear. Esq, of Pittsburg; Judge
Nathaniel Ewing, ex-Judgc Edward
Campbell, ]. NJ 0gleyee. Hon. Jasper
NJ. Thompson, VIM. Hunt. Gen. Silas
81. Baily and John X. Taggart- Fol
lowing the hearse and the mourning
friends came the carriages containing
the members of the Uniontown bar,
next were the printers, nearly all the
followers of that calling in the town
being in attendance. After this no
particular order was observed but there
followed long line OF carriages, fol-
lowed by almost as long a line of per-
sons on foot. The procession reached
from the grounds OF the residence to
the gate of Oak Grove cemetery, where
the interment took place. Mr.. Boyle's
family lot is near the entrance gate of
the cemetery, and contains the graves
of his mother and little daughter,
which were covered over with flowers
and pine. The coffin was received into
a brick vault over which was placed 4
large fiagstone, before the earth was
piled upon it. The rough sides OF
the grave had been concealed from
view 10y pine boughs which were not
removed.
The ceremonies were all over and
nearly everybody had left the Gene
terry hy half past O'Clock. Nearly all
the friends who had come from dis
lance 10 attend the funeral Left on the
afternoon trains. Mrs. Bowie before
leaving Seattle had received kilograms
of coincidence from President Cleve-
land and large number of Judge
Bcyle's eminent associates in public
life.