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Show Obsequies-As Obsequies-As announced in the Herald, the funeral of the lata E. L. Sloan was held at the Twentieth ard School house yesterdny morning. The large building was filled with the relatives ' and friends of the deceased, and a' more general feeling of mourning is seldom manifest than on that occa-son. occa-son. Every eye Mokeacd heartfelt grief and numerous were the expressions expres-sions of sorrow that one so youDg and with such bright prospects pro-spects before him, should be so unexpectedly cat ofl from earth. Bishop John Sharp presided at tne obscqaics. The funeral sermon was preached by Elder Erastua Snow, President Bishop Young, Sr., following follow-ing in a few consolatory remarks, expressing keenest sympathy for the grief-stricken family, as Elder Snow had previously done. The opening prayer was offered hy Elder Lorenzo D. Young, and President D. H. Wells J pronounced the benedictioo. The , hearse contaiuin-r the bodv, encased in a handsome casket, Was followed to the cemetery by a long Una of carriages. carri-ages. At the crave Mr. John T. Cine oQered the closing prayer, and all that was mortal ol Edward L. Sloan Wiis laid in its last earthly resting place. |