The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-28

Funeral Services Over i. M. Hall-Good
Words by w. n. White.
With all the honor due . lawyer and q
Mason, the remains of Judge Isaac NJ.
Hall were buried in Lake View cemetery
yesterday afternoon. The services at Bon.
ney & Stewards chapel were attended by q
crowd that not only filled the chapel, but
the adjoining rooms and extended into the
street. The Bar Association was repre-
scented by many of the leading lawyers
and all three of the superior court judges.
Judge Thomas Burke, who was expected
to deliver an address. sat near Hon. w. H.
White, the eulogist of the occasion. The
Masons. especially those from st. John 8
Lodge, No. 9, Of which the deceased was q
member. were present in large numbers
and took charge of the remains at the con-
clusion of the service.
Before the time set for Rev. George II.
Watson to read the regular Episcopal ser
vice for the dead the relatives and friends
of Judge Hail had assembled, and many,
owing to tho large crowd. looked at the
dead and went away. After Mr.. Watson
had done A. c. Bowman sang the beauti-
full song, Flee as q Bird" Then Rev
Daniel Bagley offered prayer, and after
ward spoke in high terms OF Judge Hall.
Hon. w. II. White spoke first Of Judge
Hall as young man when he came to the
sparseIy settled country of Puget sound
and struggled along toward the goal of his
ambition. Reference was also made to
the time when Judge Hall was news
paper reporter and in part laid the foun-
datlon for the standard to which Journal
ism has now attained In Washington
To illustrate his love OF country, Mr.
White related how the judge went to the
Hawaiian islands intending to locate. He
bought book containing their laws and
sat down 10 look them over. CHANGING to
glance upwards, he saw the foreign flag
floating above him. while down in the bay
he could see the stars and stripes floating
from q ship. His mind was made up in a
moment, and when he again landed in
Seattle he made the remark: II would
rather die a pauper under tho stars and
stripes than be prince in q foreign coun-
try"
As lawyer Judge Hail was q worthy
opponent, one of the best Informed men
in the state. and always an advocate of
the principle that right law was founded
on common sense. In literature he was
remarkably we'll informed, and could re-
peat many of the best things verbatim,
Shakespeare was his favorite. and he had
several plays at his tongues end. With
his vast amount of information, knowI-
edge and spontaneous wit it vas always q
pleasure TO meet him as lawyer and again
as 4 friend.
In closing Mr.. White spoke from a per.
sonal standpoint Of the judge as q friend,
a Mason, and the love he always expressed
for his family. During the entire address
the stiffness Was profound. and when Mr..
White spoke OF Judge Halls political ca
reer, and characterized him as a man ab.o-
lu;ely true TO all public trusts. the inn
preston made on the audience was deep
and plainly showed that the people among
whom the judge had lived and died
thought of him as an honest man.
At the conclusion OF Mr. Whites re-
marks the remains were given in charge of
the Masons and taken to the hearse by the
following pa.lbearers: Thomas n. Catch.
president of the state university; S. Z.
Ciouch. Isaac Parker, William Fox. w.
Maydenbauer. Thomas Forward, William
T. Smith. Alderman I. J. Carrie. At the
grave the Masonic service Was read By y.
s Peterson, q. W. NJ.
Immediately after the obseuuies the bar
association held meeting and appointed
Thoms. W. Gordon, Trusten z. Dyer and
J. Park Henderson committee to draw
M resolutions to lie spread on the records
OF the association. These resolutions will
be presented al the meeting of the associa-
ton Sunday afternoon in Judge Humes'
court room. The special. features Of the
meeting viii be ealogy on Judge Hail by