The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-01
.GEORGE'S FUNERAL
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Thirty Thousand View the Body
of the Dead Leader.
kSl EANY TURNED AWAY.
Brilliant Tributes to the Memory Of
the Philosopher.
As EANY TURNED AWAY.
DR.. MGLYNNs ELOQUENT WORDS.

The Priestly Friend OF the Great
Writer and Orator Arouses His Hear
ers to Applause - Splendid Police
Arrangements Prevent Any Acct
dents, Despite the Monster Crowds
THAT Assembled to Honor the De-
parted Candidate For Mayor OF
Greater New York.
New York. Nov. THE body of
Henry George lay in state yesterday
in the Grand Central Palace, and go
900 people reverently passed the casket
and looked upon the face of the dead
philosopher. From o'clock in the
morning until in the afternoon
steady stream of men, women and chill
dren poured into the hall.
The immense throng was composed of
representatives Of all classes, Of all
shades of life, and Of all religious opin-
ion. On every face was stamped the
unmistakable signs of 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 it was these
who fingered for a longer moment to
gaze again on the face of the man
whom to know was to love. Some of
them wept.
The children, of whom there were
hundreds were raised aloft by the
guard and held while they gazed at he
features of the man who died fighting
to brighten their lives
In the early dawn the body was
moved in plain hearse from the
Union Square hotel to the Grand Cen
tral Palace, unattended, save by the
guards of honor and four policemen.
Behind the hearse came a single car
riage. Anna George, the youngest
daughter, insisted upon ACCOMMODATING
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 and begged to be permitted to go.
She wished to arrange the flowers
about the casket in which her fathers
remains reposed. Pleadings proving in
vain, she became importunate, and re-
fused to permit the body to be taken
away unless she accompanied it, The
other members Of the family, their
grief emphasized by the child's utter
abandon Of anguish, yielded, and Rich
ard George, her brother, accompanied
her to the Palace. There, with loving
hands, she arranged the flowers as
she would have them, and permitted
no one to lend the slightest aid.
Thirty Thousand View the Body.
At o'clock the doors were opened.
and Immediately several hundred per-
sons who had been waiting without
entered the hall with bowed heads.
They saw at the head Of the hall in
an immense bower Of floral tributes a
plain heavy black cloth covered cas-
ket resting on dais. Through the
glass they saw the great man reposing
calmly, his features unrufled. as If I'm
sleep. The left arm rested lightly on
the breast, the other by the side. The
remains were clad In black bros 7cloth.
a rundown collar and plain black sie.
For the first half hour the throng
filing up the hail in twos passed al the
rate Of 1900 an hour, but shortly the
numbers swelled and grew until at one
time 80 passed each minute. At this
rate, 5000 an hour, the crowd passed
until the churches emptied their con-
gregations into the vast concourse. For
the last two hours the crowd came at
the rate of 5000 an hour. This Is the
highest rate obtainable under such cir
cumstances as these. Any greater ce-
lerity would have meant an undigni-
fed, irreverential rush.
A little before 3 o'clock the line was
stopped, and those who could not get
In We're compelled to turn back and get
out from the police lines. A careful es-
Innate of the number who could not
get in places it at 100000 This num-
Der is equal to the number of those
who passed the casket. Then another
throng came-those who wished to hear
the eminent clergymen praise Henry
George
The police arrangements were a
credit to the city. Chief MeCullagh
was in personal command. Under eight
captains, 80 sergeants and "a rounds
men there We're 655 policemen on duty
in the neighborhood and in the Palace.
In the hall itself were so men, two SER
geants and two roundsmen. The sys-
TEN was simple one, and by the gem
temanly conduct Of every common pa
trolman it was possible to handle the
great crowd without any disagreeable
circumstances.
The Funeral Services.
Before 8 o'clock the people were per-
mitted to occupy the seats in the hall
The front seats Of the main part OF
the hail were reserved for the intimate
friends of the deceased, the pallbearers
and the ushers. All the rest of the
main floor was open to the crowd. ana
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