The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-02
FUNERAL On GEORGE.
The Body Lay in State Sunday At
Grand Central Palace.
THOUSANDS SAW IT THERE.
MF. George Was Honored AZ No Priv
ate clt sen Was Ever Ilonorsd Before.
--Euiogiss 90 the Dead Man.
Funeral From nls Home.

New York. Nov. l.-Yesterday this
city showed honor 10 the man who had |
fallen In the battle for what he belley-
ed to be the right This man was
Henry George. apostle Of the single |
tax. leader OF the new Jeffersonian
Memoir society. stricken on the eve
OF election. He was honorei as no pr-
vate citizen OF America was ever hon
ored before.
Public griefs have been many In the
great metropolis Of the western hemis'
pierre; many have been sincerely
mourncd but none. save he who went
10 eternal rest after having served HIS
people az leader Of soldiers and as
chief executive OF the land. had laid
At his bier such evidences Of public
grief widespread sorrow and sincere
grief as was laid At the bier Of Henry
George No one would permit a re-
hinder that he had been a candidate
for public Office and had been carrying
on bitter warfa.e Un those whom he
believed were rncmies II the public
veal: no one recalled the strong words
OF denunclatiOn that fell from his lips.
while on the political roatrum: ne
was remembered only a. man who 10
loved the people that he gave hts nle
/ for them
From the day when far Into the night
the outward manifestation Of grief
lasted. thousands gazed on the famil-
lar. beloved feAtu- s. cold In death. YET
smiling serencly a. IN sleep. ether
thousands heard stirring ofations.
magnificent eulogies on the martyred
dead. In every temple Of Coo. where
ever men gathered TO worship or gatn-
cred 10 hear Lectures and PHILOSOPHY
taught, garlands OF fulsome prayer
were bestowed on the memory OF the
reverod dead.
In the vaa auditorium where the
dead rested. inspired men. teachers OF
all faiths. Jews. protnEiauts and Cath
ollcs, with hearts wrung with naln.
spoke words which confcsEedly fell
short OF the great waves OF emotion
that sought 10 hnd utterHnce
Not a dissenting voice was heard 20
the declaration that Henry George was
lover OF the people who he believed
we're being oppressed and that he gave
his life that humanity might live.
The eulogies uttered. the day gone.
the streets filled with people who
wished 10 see the funeral cortege as Il
passed IN solemn procession down New
Yorka greatest streets. thence across
Brooklyn bridge TO the city hall
There the puhlic Fnye over the body
10 the family and the 1sket was taken
TO the modest home In Fort HAMILTON
from which they viii be borne 10 their
anal resting place In Greenwood tom-
otcry this morning.
Al the lowest estimate 10 900 people
saw the caskot as Il wonded rs way 10
that point where the public was COM
PEELED TO stand aside In reverence and
sympathy while the family claimed ia
Town.
The body OF Henry George lay In
state yea erday In the Central Palace
and thousands Of people reyerenty
passed the caskct and looked upon the
face Of the dead philosopher. From ,
O'Clock In the morning until IN the
afternoon a stream of men and women
and children poured into the hall Tbs
immense throng was composed OF rep
rcsentatives OF all classes OF all shadel
OF life and all religious opinions. On
every face was stamped the unmis-
taxable signs Of regret while hundreds
OF faces were drawn with suffering and
pain. To thousands OF those who
passed by, Henry George vas person
Ally known. and Il was these who lin-
gered for a moment longer to gaze
, again At the man who TO know was 70
/ love.
Early IN the morning the body waa
! moved In a plain hearse from the I'm.
3 ion Square hotel TO the Grand Central
= Palace unattended save by the guards
, Of honor and four policemen, Behind
; the hearae came a single carriage. Al
4. ma George. the youngest daughter. who
insisted upon accompanying the body
10 TIE Grand Central Palace. No per-
auaslon could persuade her from her
1 purpose. The other members u the
/ FANNY IN ANflF NllNA NNANAAttN'A ~ wv
? childa utter abandonment Of anguish
included Richard George. ner BROTH
. or. accompanied her to he palace
I There. were loving hands. she ar
. ranged tho flowers o. she w0iid have
them and sho permitted no one to lend
tho slightest aid. AZ o'clock the
doors we're opentd and imm' dlaie'y
several hundred pcffuns who were In
waiting without. entered the hall with
2 bowed heads. They saw 40 The heed
{ amid an immense bower Of fOlal trib-
p utes a plain. heavy black cloth covered
raskot resting on a dals Through The
glass they saw the remains Of the
great man rcposlnr calmly, his fea-
tures unrified ne u IN sleep. The lefl
arm rested lightly on the breast. The
other By the side The remains were
, clad IN black hroadClolh. a rundown
collar and a black tie
The caskot itself was devoid OF any
I. ornament save the heavy silver han
ilea and the plate which read