The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-08
SOLEMN PAGEANT.
..t. Hills Remains Laid to
pnst With Military Honors.
Z o,sss AND CITIZENS MOURN.
....s.. Grand Army and Secret Societies
sear His Body to the Grave
with Great Pomp.

~, ,,fh him n the held, the 81 IL n sol
~ 4 todsy. those who were und 10 him by
q. - a ieIlowsnp In secret societies, joined
~ ri others VINO knew and este m
- and followed his body to its last resting.
~ Militia and Grand Army began TO gather
-. a,mcrv sbou 1850 o'clock. Com panfes
~ I, Of Tacoma. came under command OF
s's,sins FIFE ana Gorse 10 take part In the
-y'souisa At II o'clock tie process on
- rom the Armory down Union street.
s-1.d ty the First giment band of ei hteen
-. colopel J. c. Haines. Chief Ordnance
-, ". I. Sharp, Lseutenant-ColoneI w.
~ ana Adiutant T. NJ. Reed, IT., led
~ militia composed OF 1i3 men of
..,sules B, c. D, and G, Captains Joseph
~. G. L r. kellogg and Lieutenant w. J..
Sv.uhs commanding the three Seattle com.
a. Hzhty memb 70 of John r. Miller and
rveus pests, 6. A. R., 10 Owed. commanded
~ nerriek. se for vice com mander OF Miner
=, he procession msrcsed along Third and
Z. aurfue rect, and hslted on the latter str. Ell
+ lrou, Of Captain Hills late re dcnce. There
= - son Joined By eighty Odd Fellows in luli
~rala representing Seattle Lodge. No. =. Olive
S1rch Lod q. Nc. T. Mystic Lodge. No. 81. ard
ps.nroiy Lodge, No 6S. The Odd Fellows
11ssa inn was offered by L. +. Compton, mar
al: J. B Louehsry. guardian: J. C. Mitchell,
shapleln; N. TAYLOR, n ,ble gr nd; R II. Car
-. nice noble grand; George w. Poor, rig t
raport If noble ersnd; B. W. Al Der. left sup.
~ Of noble grand; Geor - w. Hail. past noble
asnd: n. Anderson. right support Of past nozzle
u,pd; Peter Hsnsen, 10 { support OF past nobie
nsnd; Isaac Parker. treasurer: T. Hamilton,
ruesap; Henry Leland. conductor; p @.
TSchel, WARDEN; +. A. johnson. assistant mar.
/ Al; I. ". McPherson. inside Guardian.
49,
! ssmsd IN line and at 1870 moved Ia the 10 low
! be order d wn Spring street: First Regiment
! NOD mounted officers of e Nations Guard;
! tsnpsnies B. c. d. and @, First resiment:
nsysns and Miller Posts. g. A. R.; Dean Wat
konina carriage; catsfalque. a avn ny . span
4 nandscme black horse., bearing the coffin.
. which were wreaths Of flowers and Captain
DHrs helmet ard sword: handsome tribute py
b. Fnd spsriIng, . lifelong friend Of the de-
konsed consisting Of chestnut horse with an
| ia smy saddle and army boots in the stirrups,
led By John Convery. . member of Stevens
M which Captain Hill helped to organize;
! ~ following members OF CAPTAIN Hills family
b carriages: his brother, Professor T. X. Hill;
/ tss1 err. Mira q Maud Pftcharc and Mrs.
Ionha Crabtree, Of Lynden: his four children,
- Il Maud. Nellie K, George Edward . Car.
| II Rsgene: Professor Hili's Cal en-, Arthur
6. Csmmie E. stirl ng B. ana Will Z. Hill;
Captain Hills niece, Miss Viva Pritchard; his
bcsbenin.law, David and Gardner Kellogg.
nd wives; Odd Fellows, eighty In number, in
III reealis' Harmony Lodge. Knights Of
lJthiaa
me procession marched in slow time down
Dpdns street and turned down Third, the bsnd
Daying the drge Rest in Peace" The slow
tine Of the march, the draped colors, the cata-
hlque with Its black trappinxs, the riderless
|losn led by the gray-hairsd veteran. the long
Inc Of carriages bearing mourning relatives
md the bodies Of old army comrades and civic
lsethfen, Gil contributed 10 the solemnity OF
ns occasion and marked IL . memorable one In
ne ctys history. 1t turned down Cherry
street then up Second and by way OF Union to
hs Armory. The whole line OF march was
bordered BY respectful throngs OF spectators
Many Of them came too recently to the city to
have known Captain Hill, but eli seemed to
iecogniss him 40 having been q good ciuzen
and brave soldier. whose iaults made his good
qualities shine the brighten BY contrast The
music OF the band was well CHI sen and excel
hnsy rendered, the other pieces besides .Rest
II Peace" being Brock Hilp' and the dirge
sDolots"
By the time the procession reached the
Aimory. the building was already pretty well
nlled. and those who composed the procession
con led the procession. intoaing the opening
sentences OF the Episcopal burial service. 81 am
ne resurrection and the life" followed by the
pal bearers, who bore the cofin 10 its pla in
mont OF the platform, the family ana friends OF
ue deceased 1.-The Grand Army. the o Ii Fellows
snd the Knieh's OF Pythias. The National
6ssrd temporarily retired to their gun rooms
durns the service.
The Psalm ''Lord, let me know mine end"
vss chanted in alternate verses by Dean
Naison and the choir. composed OF Mrs ".
efamts, Miss Randle, Mr.. A. w. Craig ana
W. J. c. NJ. Keith. Mrs. Watson bling at the
Fgan. After the lesson Mrs. Gran,bs sang Ab,'s
lnthem, "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep" Dean
Watson then delivered the following address
With much feeling:
Less than year ago, on Gods own day, q
mighty throng gathered within these walls to
pay simple bu, impressivs tribute TO the mem.
onss OF Minor. Halter and Cox that trio OF
vell-known citizens who, on . dark December
night with no friendly hand stretched out to
ave. no ear open TO catch their farewell mess
are to the dear ones at home were suddenly,
engulfed In the cruel waters OF
The lower Sound
None can ever forget the pail OF sadness that
men enveoped the town. while the universal
homage paid, even by strangers, TO those VINO.
lns our hre-stricken city towards her highest
heritage. was 90 marked, so prominent, as to
Vii iorth admiration on every hand.
1t was priv lege-fui OF ssdpess--fcr me TO
wand that day IN the presence of the vast as
kmhssge. and. as minister OF God, TO bessech
MIN, Who's way is in the sea: whose path is
u me mighty waters, and Whose foo steps are
not Known 10 take under the wing of His
personsl providence the bereayed parents the
nsherless and widows-ail the sorrowing group
81 thai awful hour
Never did think to be called again to wit.
aess ciiy's sriei, to take up the wall OF host
D men In the presence Of . common losa
and yet before the simple year has run its
'ouue. once moro the shock is felt and the
assrsirss electri current fsshes along the wire
ne startling news that Captain George d. Hid
: dead--drowned IN the SAM treacnerous s.s
NAT rubbed as OF our own not quite twelve
month zone. Nay, nor oaly this for few of US
1fe there who do not keep I'm mid that the
summer time brought us also q sorrow sc true,
= dep, wnen d attn snstehed from us a geute
sdy whose great heart throooed for and whose
ssss hands were never tired in ministcriug TO
ne sicS and needy.
u AJAX, then, today, standing once more not
none before this vast concourse, bat also in the
pn sence OF the King OF Terr RS, the awfal
majesty OF Death-I ask what mean these sew
aa vis''stons so pers ansl. so searching, so
entirely out OF the ordi-
as'y OF the changes and chances OF this NOR.
nj liei
AID believe echo a universal inquiry
rnea put the question, to what end. for what
~, pose are these quick. sharp. uuexpecIed at
= lions being crowded upoa us' ID Co cruel?
~. -" ne name ls-He Himself 10 l. We. Are we.
1'sn' careless, d,sobedient 10 his isw, rocking
:. aos what becomes of Us 30 long as we attain for
s's uns being our sordid purposes. our base
!. sfess Doubtless this 10 q large extent ex-
p'1ns what We call the special providences of
= ooa, Tor 1t 10 written. Taou shat not tempt
We Lord thy God
And believe there is no country in all the
.eua where lie is he'd so cheap. where 50 few