The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-01

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NEW YORK, Oct. 81. - The body OF
aenry George lay in state to-day In the
Grand Central Palace, and $4,000 people
rsverently passed the casket and looked
unon the face of the dead philosopher
From 9 o'clock In the morning until In
the afternoon a continuous stream OF
men, women and children poured Into the
hall. D
The immense throng was composed OF
representatives of all classes OF all
shades OF Hfe, and all religious opinion
on every face was stamped the uhlius-
taxable signs OF sincere regret wmie
hundreds OF faces were drawn with sur
fer1ng and pain. To thousands OIL 'nose
who passed by Henry George was per
sonally known, and It was these VINO
fingered for a moment to gaze again on
the face OF the man whom 10 know was
10 love. ,r, 20
whom there were hundreds were raised
along by the guard and held up whlle
they gazed at the features OF the man
Who died fighting to brighten their lives.
In the early dawn the body was moved
IN a plnin hearse from the Union Square
IJotai 10 the Grand Central Palace, unat-
tended, save by the guards OF honor and
fonr policemen. Behind the hearse
came a single carriage, Anna George, the
Youngest daughter, who insisted upon
occompanying 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 and begged TO be permitted
20 20, She wished to arrange the flowers
about the casket In which her fathers
remains reposed Pleadings proving
vain, she became obdurate. and refused
10 permit the body TO be taken away un-
less she accompanied Il. The other mem
hers Of the family, their grief empha-
slzad by the child's utter abandon OF
anEulsh, yetelded, and Richard George.
her brother, accompanied her 10 the
Palace. There, with loving hands, she
arranged the flowers as she would have
them, and permitted no one 10 lend the
slightest aid.
At 0 o'clock the doors opened, and i'm
medately several hundred persons who
were In 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-cov-
cred casket, resting on dais. Through
the glass they saw the remains OF the
great man reposing calmly, his features
unruffied as II In sleep. The left arm
rested lightlyon the breast, the other by
the side. The remains were clad In
black broadcloth, q turn-down collar and
plain black tie.
THRoNGS VIEW THE BODY.
For the first half hour the throng filed
up the hall In twos passed at the rate OF
1900 an hour. but shortly the numbers
swelled, until ut one time eighty passed
each minute. At this rate, 5000 an hour,
the crowd passed until the churches
emptied their audiences into the vast
concOurse which was vending it's way
down from Flfty-slXth street to the Pal
ace, and which filled Forty-slxth street
and Third avenue for many blocks For
the last two hours the crowd came at
the rate Of 6.O0O an hour. This IL the
highest rate obtainable under such cir
cumstances al these. Any greater celer-
ity would have meant an undignihed,
irrerverential rush.
August Lewis, n prominent single
taxer taxer wept bitterly rs he laid n
bunch Of violets on the glass. A woman
who followed in the line an hour later
placed a modest bunch OF pinks beside
the vloletS
A little before o'clock the line WAC
stopped, and those who could not gct in
We're compelled to turn back and get out
0f the police lines. a careful estimate
Of the number who could not get I'm Ia 30. e.
000. This number ia equal to the number
OF those who passed the casket. Then
another throBg came-those who wished
10 hear the eminent clergymen praise
Henry George During the last hour an
orchestra played ChOpln's funeral
march, Handels Largo" and "Tho
Los, Chord"
The floral decorations were profuse. A
mass of wreath flowers was sent by the
Chicago Single Tax Club on n card ac.
Complying the wreath was the following
verse:
"ohl yc whose check tho tear of pity
stains,
Draw near with plous reverence and at.
tend.
Hero lIe tho loving husbands dear rc.
Tho tender father and tho generous
Tho plying heart that felt for human woe
Iht uaunue7s heart that feared no hl.
Tqqe trlGnd Of man, to vice alone foe;
'or grm hlS ialllngs leaned to vlrtue'f
The caskct itself was devoid OF any
ornament save the heavy slvcr handle,
una tAe plate, which read: