Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
Remarkable Exercises at the Fune1 al
of Henry George.
REMAINS VIEWED BY A MULTITUDE
His Character EuIogized by Clergy
men of Many Creeds.
BURIAL WILL BE TO-DAY

The services at the bier of the late Henry
George in New York yesterday were in
many respects the most remarkable ever
accorded private citizen of this country
ClerSymen representing almost every popu-
lar creed stood together and WED with each
other in eulogies of the departed philoso-
pher. The tribute paid by the people who
admired the man and his teachings seemed
TO be only limited to the time allotted to the
public to pass by the bier. 1t was estimat-
ed that 10000 people took a last look at the
remains and as many more stood without
anxious though unable to take advantage
of the privilege.
The Baltimore Sun gives the following
details of the funeral ceremonies:
From o'clock in the morning until 2 in
the afternoon steady stream of men, wo-
men and children poured into the Grand
Central Palace, where the body Law in
state The throng was composed of repre-
sentauves of all classes, of all religious
looks of grief and pain.
Children. of whom there were hundreds
We're raised aloft by ushers and held while
they gazed al the features of Mr. George
In the early dawn the body was moved
from the Union Square Hotel to the Grand
Central Palace, attended by a guard of
honor and four policemen
Grief of His Daughter.
Anna George, the youngest daughter of
the dead leader, insisted upon accompany
ing the body. 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 60
She wished to arrange the flowers about
the coffin in which her fathers body re-
posed Pleadings proved vain, and she
nnaily refused to permit the body to be
taken away unless she accompanied it
nf ths. will thn;r
grief emphasized by the child's utter an
guish, yielded and Richard George. her
brother. accompanied her to the palace
1here, with loving hands. she arranged the
flowers as she would have them and per-
Hlitted no one to lend the slightest aid
Passing the Body I'm BaftaIions.
At o'clock the doors were opened, and
several hundred persons 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, plain heavy black cloth-covered
coffin resting a dais- Through the glass
they saw the dead reposing CALMLY his
features unruffied. as If in sleep. The left
arm rested lightly on the breast. the other
by the side. The body was clad in black
broadcloth. rundown collar and plain
black tie. .--.-----..t---.-
For the first half hour the throng filing
through the hail in twos passed at the rate
OF ,JD an hour, but soon the numbers
swelled and grew until at one time eighty
passed each minute.
At 5 o'clock the line was stopped, and
those who could not get into the building
were compelled 10 turn back. A careful
estimate of the number who could Tot find
entrance places it at 10000. This Is equal
10 the number of those who passed the
body.
During the last hour the body lay in state
an orchestra played Chopins funeral
march. Handers Largo" and THE Los,
Chord
The floral decorations were profuse and
beautiful
Family and PaIIbearers.
Mrs George was heavily yelled when she
entered. but during the speaking she rails
ed her veil and followed the remarks of
each speaker attenGively. While showing
plainly the strain through which she hal
passed. she maintained her composure
with stern fortitude. To her right were
seated the other members of the family
and relatives
The reserved seats to the left were oc-
cup!ed by the palibearers and the ushers.
The pallbearers were:
Active-Tom L. johnson. August Lewis.
Andrew Mclean, Thomas G.. Sherman.
Arthur McEwen, Louis +. Post, Jerome
O'Neill and Charles Frederick Adams.
Honorary-Mayor William l.. Strong of
New York, Mayor Frederick w. wurster
OF Brooklyn. Willis j.. Abbot. Albert L.
johnson. John p. Crawford. Charles W.
Dayton. George Cary Eggleston, Horace
White, Edward McHugh, Bolton Hail.
John Milmer. Charles OConnor Hennessey,
John Swinton, Lawson Purdy, John H.
Girdner, A. Van Deusen, John R. Waters
N. r. Leverson. Frank Stephens and Rob-
ert Schalkenback.
The committee which had charge of the
funeral arrangements included John Bris-
ben Walker, .Haniltan. Garland. James