The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-01
Tribute Paid to the Late
Henry George.
HIS FUNERAL YESTERDAY.
Rev. Father McGlynn Said He Was
Divine Messenger.
THOUSANDS PASSED HIS BIER.

George, author of Progress and Pow
erty." and recent nominee OF the De-
mocracy Of Thomas Jefferson for first
mayor of greater New York lay In state
at the Grand Central palace Sunday and
was viewed by tens of thousands of peo-
pie. From Q o'clock in the morning until
3 in the afternoon a steady stream OF
men, women and children poured in with
reverent gaze and took last look at the
man who died while fighting for cause
in which he believed.
The immense throng was composed OF
representatives of all classes, of all
shades OF life. OF all religious and nom
religious opinion. on every face was
stamped the unmistakable sign Of sin
cere regret, while hundreds OF faces were
drawn with suffering and pain. To
thousands OF those who passed by, Henry
George was personally known. and il
was these who fingered for a moment TO
gaze again on the face of the man they
loved and honored. Many there were
who were so affected that with an un-
shamed tear glistening they turned out
of the line and pleaded with the guard
of honor fer still one more last look at
the features OF the fallen tribune. Nor
were they disappointed, for the guard
would place their arms about the mourn
ing ones and tenderly lead them back TO
the plain black casket in which Henry
George rested. The children. of whom
there were hundreds. were raised aloft
by the guards and held while they gazed
he foo f,,ra % tt-hp ft,
and whose memory they will remember
and honor.
In the early light OF day the body was
moved in plain hearse from the hotel
TO the palace unattended save by the
guards OF honor and four policemen.
Behind the hearse came a single car
riage containing Anna George. the
youngest daughter, who insisted upon
accompanying the body 10 the Grand
Central palace. No persuasion could
sway -hef-fFef44 ef-f,ttfftose7- Weeping
bitterly. she stood at the head Of the
stairs at the hotel and begged TO be per-
mitted to go: She wished TO arrange
the flowers about the casket in which her
fathers remains reposed. Pleadings
proving vain. she became importunate
and refused to permit the body TO be
taken away unless she accompanied 1t.
The other members of the family, their
grief emphasized by the child's utter
abandon OF anguish, yielded, and Rich
ard G~srge. 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.
The Body Lying In State.
It was o'clock when the doors were
opened and Immediately several hum
dred who had been waiting without en-
tered the hall with barred heads. They
saw at the head Of the hall an immense
bower of floral tributes and in the center
plain, heavy, black, cloth-covered
casket resting on a dais. Through the
glass they saw the dead man reposing
calmly, his pale features unruffled, as If
in sleep, the left arm resting lightly on
the breast the other by the side The
remains We're clad in black broadcloth
a turn down collar and plain black tie.
For the first half hour the throng fling
up the hall in double file passed at the
rate of 1900 an hour. but shortly the num-
bers swelled and grew until at one time
so passed in one minute. At the rate of
5000 an hour the crowd passed until the
churches emptied their audiences into
the vast concourse which was vending
its way down from Forty sixth street TO
the palace. and which filed Forty-sixth
street and Third avenue for many
blocks. Fer the last two hours the crowd
came in at the rate OF 5000 an hour This
Is the highest rate obtanable under such
circumstances as these. Any greater
.elerity would have meant an uHdignifed.
irreverential rush. In this throng were
few celebrities. There were noticed
Abram Cahan, author and socialist
leader; Maurice j. Powers, John J.
Maher and Allen Johnson. brother Of
Tom Johnson. August Lewis. single
taxer, wept bitterly ss he passed by and
tenderly laid bunch of violets on the
glass A woman, who followed in the
line about an hour later. laid as her trib-
ute modest bunch Of pinks alongside
the vioiets. At 2 o'clock or q few min
utes before the line was stopped and
those who could not get in were COM
PEELED 10 turn back and get out from the
police lines. a careful estimate Of the
number who could not get In places it
at $4,000.
Then came another thronr-thpse who
wished TO hear the eminent diFines de-
liver the oration over the remains. Dur
ing the last hour the orchestra played
Chopin's funeral march. Handers largo
and the Lost Chord" Floral decora-
tions were profuse. There was a mass
" wreathed flowers from the Chicago
bingle Tax club on tho card accom-
psnying the wreath was the following
verse:
The friend ~ man.
- We whose cheek the tear of pity stains
Draw near with pious reverence and at
tend.
Here ne the loving husbands dear re-
mains.
The terasr father and the generous
friend
The plying heart that felt for human
WOO.
The daun,iess heart that feared no hu-
man pride;
The friend ~ man. 90 vice alone n foe.
For e'en his iailiRH-- -i-r-+rr-yi- v-trtue-s
side.
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