The San Francisco call., 1897-11-01
TRIBUTES AT
THE FUNERAL
Of the Noble Battle Fought by
Henry George.

Henry George.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Before o'clock
the people were permitted TO occupy the
seats in the hall. The front six rows in
the main part Of the auditorium were re-
served for the family. the immediate
friends of the deceased, the paHbearers
and the ushers. All the rest of the main
floor was open to the crowd, and it took
but a short time to fill the hall. The
platform, OF course, was reserved and The
galleries, which hold a com para lively
small mum Der, were likewise reserved for
the holders Of tickets. 1t was said to
have been the intention at fir,t not to
have any policemen in the hall at all, but
a large number OF uniformed policemen
were present. Owing to the careful ar
rangement in the street the crowd outside
was not permitted to reach such proper
tlons as would lead to an unpleasant
crowd, such as might result in panic.
Every seat was taken, and in certain
portions a considerable number of per-
sons were permitted to stand. 1t is esti-
mated that nearly 600 people were in the
hall during the services.
1t had been announced that the exer-
cises would begin at 3 o'clock, but doubt
less owing TO the difficulty experienced IN
reaching the hall the mourners and the
friends of the family did not arrive until
about twenty minutes after that hour.
The family and intimate occupied reserved
seats on the right hand, facing the plat
form. Young Henry George occupied the
char next to the aisle, in the front row,
and his mother was beside him. Mrs.
George was heavily yelled when she en-
tered the hall, but during the speaking
she raised her veil and followed the re-
marks of each speaker attentively. While
showing plainly the strain that she has
passed through, Mrs. George maintained
her composure with strong fortitude. To
the right OF Mrs: George were seated the
other members OF the family and rela-
tives, including Richard George. son OF
the philosopher and his daughter, Miss
Anna George. John Y. George, brother
OF the deceased, and other relatives were
present
The reserved seats to the left were oc-
cuDied by the pail bearers and the ush-
ers. The paIl-bearers had entered the
hall a few minutes before the family
came III, and like them they came in by
the Forty-third-stree entrance. The
pail bearers were: Thomas L. Johnson,
August Lewis Andrew Mclean, Thomas
g. Shearman, Arthur McEwen, Louis +.
Post, jerome 0 Neil and Charles Frederick
Adams. The honorary pall-beaTers. some
of whom sat on the platform, inc uded
Mayor Strong of New York, Mayor Wurs-
ter of Brooklyn, Willis ]. ABBOTT, A bert
/. Johnson, John ?. Crawford, Charles
W. Dayton, George Z. Egglestoni Horace
White, Edward McHugh, Bolton Hall,
John Miller, Charles O'Connor Hennessy,
l. TOh /
Gardner, A. Van Dusen, J. r. Waters Mr..
Leverson. Frank Stephens and Robert
Schalken bach.
The committee ich had charge of the
funeral arrangements included John Bris-
ben Walker, Hamlin Garland, Jackson
Clarence Harvey and others, who also
acted as pail
Mayor Strong satiat the center of the
platform and be was surrounded by a
mum ber of the more istineuished per-
sons present. Behind the Mayor sat Seth
Low, with Colonel George E. Waring by
his side. Among those present were:
j 1hn Jerolman, president OF the Board OF
Aldermen; Mayor Patrick Glea Cd of
Long Is and Ci Y, E. NJ. Grout. Nathan
Strauss, Sheriff Tamsen and Oscar Strauss.
The exercises began at 1925 with the
singing of the hymn Lead, Kindly
Light" by the Plymouth Church quartet.
Rev. DR.. Heber Newton, who was Mr..
Georges warm personal friend as well
as pastor, read the burial service. DIR.
Newton did not wear his pr estly robes
and he had no reading desk. The service
was therefore, in a way. entirely in
formal, there being also no responses. Il
was, however. the regular burial service
OF the Episcopal church, The only music
rendered in connection with il was the
chaniing of the Lord S prayer.
Al the conclusion of the burial service
DR.. Lfmon Abbott spoke briefly upon the
character and public services OF Henry
George.
DR.. Abbott spoke in his customary man
ner. calm, critical and judicious, yet with
much earnestness. He avoided anything
like extreme eulogy and especially as re-
CARDS Mr.. Georges political teachings,
but his praise for him as a man b I'd no
bounGs. He began with the statement
that those who agreed in part and
disagreed Ill part with Henry George,
and even those who disagreed al
most entirely with him, couio unite in the
expression OF their admiration for his
character and their love for him as a man.
''WAat is it to follow Christi" asked DR..
Abbott. as il not to show the spirit of
.rist himself? No one, i think, was an
imated more clearly by his spirit. No one
more faithfully followed his statements