The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-14

and Coke Company in the Newburg
field in West Virginia, until recently,
when a sale was made.
He was one of the large stockhold-
ers in the Cumberland Daily Ne2CS
and took lively interest in that pub
LEGATION.
The funeral of Hon. David w. Sloan,
associate judge Of the Fourth Judicial
Circuit of Maryland, was held at noon
Monday at the First Presbyterian
church, Cumberland, of which Judge
Sloan was a member and n trustee
During the hour Of the funeral there
was an almost entire suspension Of
business throughout the city and the
church was filled with representative
citizens not only from Allegany, but
from Garrett and Washington coun-
ties, which with Allegany comprise
the judicial circuit.
The remains were carried from
Judge Sloan's home to the church,
which adjoins. The windows of Judge
Sloan's library are almost on line
with the memorial windows Of the
church. The casket rested before the
pulpit, which was banked with ele-
CANT floral designs. Some were es-
pecially elaborate. Conspicuous was
the Masonic emblem in flowers. The
expression of the dead jurist's face
was one of peace. Although for many
months his body had been racked by
pain, there was no evidence of suffer
ing in the countenance of the dead.
He looked ten years younger than
was his appearance in life.
The casket was of handsome black
broadcloth with oxydized handles. A
silver plate bore the name of the dead
with the dates of birth and death.
Rev. David W. Shilling, pastor of
the Webster Grove Presbyterian
church, st. Louis, Mo-, conducted the
funeral service and pronounced the
eulogy. A quartette composed Of
Mrs. WIN. D. McCurdy, Mrs. W. Minor
Roberts, Jr., Mr.. Thomas II. Thomas
and William L. Morgan, sang Gross
ing the Bar Lead Kindly Light, -
and Asleep in Jesus"
Rev. DR.. SHILLING was a boyhood
friend Of Judge Sloan. His father,
DR.. j. d. Shilling, lives at Lonacon-
ing. At the grave in Allegany GENE
terry, Frostburg, where the father and
mother of Judge Sloan rest, Rev. H.
s. Ecker, pastor OF the Frostburg
Presbyterian church, assisted in the
commitment service
There were no exercises by any Sc
cret order, Mrs. Sloan desiring plain
church service. The half dozen orders
to which Judge Sloan belonged were,
however, we'll represented at the fun
eral, the Masons and Elks attending
in body,
When the remains were taken into
the church members of the Allegany,
Garrett and Washington county bars
lined the passage way from the street
to the church on either side.
The pail bearers were Judge A.
Hunter Boyd, Judge Edward Stake,
Messrs. B. A. Richmond, D. J. Black
iston, R. W. McMichael, J. W. s..
Cochrane, Capt. R. H. Gordon and
Gen. Joseph Sprigg, all being mem
bers of the Allegany county bar, ex-
cept Judge Stake.
The funeral grafton of DR.. Shilling
breathed an air of solace and sympa-
thy for those bereft. AS he recounted
the virtues of the deceased he dwelt
with pathetic earnestness upon Judge
Sloan's sterling worth as man, his
thorough integrity, his untiring ener-
gy and indefatigable zeal in the right
eous performance of whatever duty
he undertook, and his constancy to
his friends, who were legion. There
was no attempt at oratory in DIR.
Skilling's discourse, but rather an
earnest, heart to heart address, team
ing with sympathy and comfort.
The funeral party left for Frostburg
by special train over the Cumberland
and Pennsylvania railroad at las
o'clock. The family and relatives of
Judge Sloan occupied the private car
of the president of the road. The
funeral procession reached the Queen
City station in drenching rain,
which did not cease for some minutes.
The representatives of the Garrett
county bar present at the funeral
were Messrs. T. J. Peddicord, Edward
H. Sincell, J. T. Mitchell, E. L. Mitch
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