The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-01

~ George lay In state to-day In the
Grand Central Palace. and 10000 people
reyerenlly passed the casket and looked
un the face OF the dead PHILOSOPHER.
From . o'clock in the morning till .
O'Clock in the afternoon a stream VI
men, women aud children poured into
the hallway. The immense throng was
composed of representatives of all
classes and Of all shades Of life. and of
all religious opinions. On every face
was stamped the unmistakable signs ot
sincere regret. while hundreds of faces
were drawn with suffering and pain.
To thousands of those who passed by
Henry George was personally known,
and II Was these who fingered for q
moment longer i6 gaze again on the
face Of the man whom 10 know was "
love- Some of them wept. The chill
dren, of whom there were hundreds.
were raised along the guard and held
up while they gazed at the features Of
the man who died lighting TO brighten
their lives.
In the early dawn the body was
moved In plain hearsc from Union
Square hotel to the Grand Central Pal
ace, unattended save by the guards of
honor and four policemen. Behind the
hcarse came single carriage. carrying
Anna George. the youngest daughter.
who insisted upon accompanying the
body To- the Grand Central PALACE. No
persuasion could sway her from her
purpose. Weeping bitterly. she stood
at the head of the stairs at the hotel
A L.. ss..I IA. hA
wished Ia arrange the flowers upon the
casket in which her fathers remains
rcposed. Pleadinss proved I'm vain. and
she became impoIlunate and refused 10
permit the body to be taken away un-
less she accompanied IL. The other
members of the family. their grief em-
phasized by the child's utter abandon
of anguish, yielded, and Richard
George, her brother. accompanied her
to the Palace. There she arranged the
flowers as she would have them and
permitted no one 10 lend the slightest
aid.
At 9o'clock the doors opened and i'm
mediately several hundred persons who
were In waiting without entered the
hail with bowed heads. They saw at
the head of the hail. In an immense
bower of floral tributes, "A plain. neavy
black cloth-Covered caskct resting on a
dias Through the glass they saw the
remains of the great man, reposlng
calmly, his features unrufiied. az III In
sleep. The left arm rested lightly on
the breast. the other by his side. The
remains wereclad I'm black broadcloth.
a rundown collar and plain black tie.
For the first half hour the throng.
filing up the hall in twos. passed AT the
rate of l.500 an hour. but shortly the
numbers swelled and grew until at one
time eighty passed each minute. Al
this rate, 5000 an hour. the crowd pass
ed. until the churches emptied their
audiences into the vast concourse which
was vending It's way down from Forty
sixth street to the Palace. and which
filled Forty-sixih street and Third ave-
nue. for many blocks. For the last two
hours the crowd came at the rate Of
5000 an hour. Any greater cclerity
would have meant an undigniiied. ir-
reyerential rush. August L. wis, a
promin6 mt single taxer. wept bitterly as
he passed by and tenderly laid bunch
of Violets ON the glass. A woman who
followed in the line an hour later
placed n modest bunch OF pinks beside
the yiolets.
a little before , o'clock the line was
stopped ana those who could not get in
were compelled to turn back ana get
out from the police lines. a careful es-
innate of the number who could not
get In Is 10000. This number Is equal
Ia the number of those who passed the
Casknt.
During the last hour an orchestra
played chopins Funeral March,"
Bardgls 'Lago' and The Lusl Cnord.'
The horal decorations were profuse. y
mass of wreathed flowers was sent by
the Chicago Single Tax club.
The oasket itself MAS devoid of any
ornament save the heavy silver plate.
which read: