The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-02
HENRY GEORGES BURIAL
a axMARKABLB ogTPoURrSG AT
TINE SUNDAY sERvTcEs.
I'm H,s Honor--Frieads Pay the Last Trib'
utes--seth Low Present~-simpheisy
of the Burial service.

.ors ~.re present al the family resi-
dence.
m. ceremonies to-day were the an
tithesis OF yesterday. In aecoro""oo
with the expressed wishes OF tne ue"u
man every bit Of Grape had been ieno''u
from the house. u..o,, con.
Pew John Cramer. Of Bath Beach, CON
B,,cfed the funeral service. After iea a
sr~ mari ~ the Episcopal service iol
the dead. DR. Cramer PAID a 'ou0''"e
tribute 10 Mr.. George. s., mas
He alluded 20 the fact that oo-u"s s.,,r.,
All Saints Day ana theIeiVrS ~ Henry
s,ccasion 20 commit the remains Oh iie,lis
S:coree one Of the greatest OF latter gay
christian saints 20 the grave.
HIS RELIGION.
nr c,amer testified 10 the personal re-
,,cior ~ Mr. George. The power OF re-
ils,on ~ social problems was questioned
70 man who was talking win MI
csoroe with flashing eye, Mr.. george
IL religion be nothing more than you
th,nk IL TO be. our cause IS iost' because
unless there is reality IN rensloh ana
VIC can appeal through IT TO humanity,
We shall never get back Goo ie"" '''
Gods peculiar children Ia
NV ali Rev Dr.. McGlynn. also paid
,,ersonal tribute 10 the departed.
He said Il seemed as II they were
standing by the triumphant car OF some
Roman hero. rather than by the pier
OF a dead philosopher and conciuded ny
declaring that Henry George anu tnc
cause he espOuscd were more awe than
ever to-day in the heart of Democracy
.Tnst after II o'clock the coffin was
closed. taken out into the rain ana placed
In the hearse. only members OF the
family and intimate friends accompanied
The remains 10 the cemetery.
The service at the grave was very
enort. being simply the burial service OF
the Episcopal Church. Besides the ram
uv OF Mr.. George there were present
about two hundred people. Ihe grave
urhicb a. situated on bluff in a beauti-
fnl mart OF Greenwood. is quite close to
the tomb OF Henry Ward Bcecher' Near
nj hand IS also the grave OF MIS- rem
5amin f. Tracy
REMARKABLE FUNERAL.
The funeral Of Henry George yesterday
was in many respects the most remarkd,
BILE held In honor Of pIiN"'V 0i-'
this country. 80.
The exercises we're separated into three
parts. as follows:
prom q A. NJ. 10 F. NJ the body lay In
.tate at the Grand Central Palace, corner
OF Lexington avenue and Forty-thro
street.
A LITTLE after f. NJ. religious services
were he'd I'm the same place. rev. DI'
Heber Newton, who was Mr.. George
pastor and friend, read the protestant
Episcopal burla. service. Eulogies were
delivered by Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, OF
plymouth Congregational church. Brook
ivn Rabbi Gotthcil and Re-. DR.. Edward
McGlynn. the well-knOwn Catholic priest
John s. Crosby. a prominent single 'aXer
also spoke.
AZ night tho BODY Of Mr.. George was &C.
rorted i'm procession from the Grand Cen
trail Palace 20 the Brooklyn city Han
where the public exercises ended. III was
then escorted by members of Mr.. george
family TO their home, at Fort Hamilton
South Brooklyn.
The crowd that saw the body as u lay
sn state at the Grand Central Pa ace num-
bered 30 COO. AS many more tried 20 gain
entrance to the building. but faile1
From 9 O'Clock in the morning unth
fn the afternoon steady stream Of men
women and children poured into the
Grand Central Palace. where tie BODY
lay I'm state. The throng was composed
OF representatives OF all classes, OF al
religious opinions On hundreds of the
A DAUGHTERS GRIEF
In the early dawn the body was moved
Prom the Union Square Hotel to the
Grand Central Palace. attended by a
guard OF honor and four policemen. Anna
George the youngest daughter OF the
dead leader insisted upon accompanying
the body. No persuasion could sway her
from her purpose.
Weeping bitterly, she stood at he mead
of the stairs at the MOTEL and begged TO
be permitted 10 80. She wished 10 ar
range the flowers about the comm III
which her fathers body reposcd. Plead
tngs proved vain and she finally refused
10 permit the body to be taken away
unless she accompanied it. The other
members Of the family, their 2rief empha-
sized by the child's utter anguish, Yield
ed. and Richard George. her brother
accompanied her TO the Palace. There
with loving hands she arranged the HOW
ers as she would have them. and per-
raitted no one 10 lend the slightest ana.
At g o'clock the doors were opened, and
several hundred persons who had been
waiting without entered the hall with
bowed heads. They saw at tho head Of
the hall, In an Immense bower OF floral
tributes, a plain. heavy black cio.h-cov-
cred coffin resting on Il dais. Through
the glass they saw the dead reposing
calmly. his features unruffled, as If in
sleep. The left arm rested lightly on the
breast, the other by the side. The body
was clad In black broadcloth. a turn-down
collar and a plain black tie.
For the first half hour the thrCng filing
through the hall IN twos passed at the
rate of 1900 an hour, but soon the num-
bers swelled and grew until at one time
eighty passed each minute. At this rate
nearly 5000 an hour, the crowd passed
until the churches emptied their audi
ences into the vast concourse which was
vending its way down from Forty-sixth
street TO the Palace. and which filled
Forty-sixth street and Third avenue for
many blocks.
For the last two hours the crowd passed
ut the rate Of 5000 an hour. This is the
highest rate attainable under such cir
crmstances. Any greater celebrity would
have meant an undigntied irreverential
rush
WEPT FOR HIS FRIEND.
August Lewis prominent single taxer,
wept bitterly as hs passed and tenderly
placed a bunch of violets on the glass. A
woman who followed IN the line put a
bunch of pinks beside the violets.
At o'clock the line was stopped. and
those who could not get into the build
ing were compelled 10 turn back. A care
ful estimate of the number who could not
find entrance places II at $1,000 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 fu-