Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-01
FUNERAL OF HENRY GEORGE.

FUNERAL OF HEINZ GEOhOE.
Next to the funeral of Gen. Grant
that of Henry George was probably the
greatest tina. New York has seen. Be
ginning before daylight yesterday
morning, it lasted till late in the even.
ing. For nine hours the body lay in
state at the Grand Central Palace, in
Forty.fourlh street. In that time fully
Il, 900 persons viewed it, and no fewer
than 100000 persons took part in the
demonstration connected with this
event and with the funeral which fol-
lowed it. Besides the thousands who
passed through the Grand Central Pal
ace and by the body OF Mr.. George,
there were other thousands that could
not get into the building, either to view
the body or to take part in the services.
The services we're followed by process
sion fromthe Grand Central Palace down
town, across the Brooklyn Bridge to
Brooklyn, and in that borough there
was another great demonstration. The
crowd that viewed Mr.. Georges body
was made up almost exclusively of
workingmen, men who had looked upon
Mr.. George as their personal friend.
Hundreds of them as they passed his
BODY could not restrain their grief and
wept. Many of them pledged anew
their allegiance to the principles, as
they talked together over the sacrifice
he had made for them.
The .body rested in black broad
cloth casket with oxidized silver bars
running along the sides and at each
end. The casket was placed on trestles
in the middle of the center of the aisle
within fifteen feet of the platform. The
trestles and the floor on which they
rested were covered with black velvet.
Among those present were numbers OF
the most prominent people in New
York.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Heber Newton, assisted by DR..
Lyman Abbott, both of whom made ad-
dresses, and they were followed by Rob.
bi Gothiel and Rev. DR.. McGlynn.
All spoke in feeling terms of the de.
ceased.
The procession which took place after
the funeral services was one of the
largest that has been seen in the city.
Though this procession took place at
night there were oTer 4 900 men in line.
Every labor organization in the city
was represented by a delegation. The
was in the form of pyramid
of FIVE steps and was covered with black
cloth. 1t was about twelve feet high.
There was no canopy. 1t wac drawn
by sixteen black stations, each draped
ir heavy black silk netting. The pro.
cession reached Brooklyn about 10
o'clock. 1t passed about the city hal
square, where there was an immense
crowd waiting.
Brief and simple services were held
this morning at the family residence, at
Fort Hamilton. In accordance with
the expressed wishes of the dead man,
every bit of Grape had been removed
from the house. The Rev. John W.
Kramer, of Bath Beach, conducted the
funeral service. After reading part of
the Episcopal service for the dead, DIR.
Kramer paid touching tribute to MIR.
George. He testified to the personal
religion of Mr.. George. After the Lords
prayer had been said by all, the Rev:
DIR. McGlynn also paid personal
tribute to the departed. The body was
carried to Greenwood, and inferred in
LIE family lot on Ocean Hill, looking
out on TIE TIE Atlantic. Members of the
faulty cnly were admitted to the SER