The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-11-06
|ALL PAY AOMAGE
TO HENRY eEoReE
A Remarkable Demonstration
Greater New York Oyerthe
lllustrious Dead.
IHRohGs VIEW THE REMAINS
Noted Divlnes From Different De.
nominations Enlosize the Great
Single Taxer and His
Work.

LHL
Single Taxer aud lsis
Work.
New York, Nov. "a mourning city,
q grief stricken people, yesterday
showed honor to the man who had
fallen in the battle for what he be-
lieved to be the right. Henry George,
apostle of the single tax, leader of the
new Jeffersonian democracy, stricken
on the eve of election, was honored
us no private citizen of America was
ever honored before.
From early morning to far in the
night the outward manifestations of
grief lasted. Thousands gazed upon
the familiar, beloved features, cold in
death, yet smiling serenely us in sleep,
While other thousands heard stirring
orations, magnificent enlogies upon
the martyred dend. In every temple
~ dcd wherever men gathered To wor-
ship or gathered to hear lectures and
philosophy taught, garlands of praise
were bestowed upon the memory OF
the revered.
In the vast auditorium where the
dead rested inspired men, teachers Of
all faiths, Jews and Christians, Catho-
lies and Protcstants, with hearts
wrung with pain, spoke words which
confessedly fell far short of the great
waves of emotion that sought to find
utterancc.
Not n dissenting voice was heard to
the declaration that Henry George
was a lover of the people, whom he bs-
lleved were being oppressed and that
he gave his life that humanity might
live.
The enlogies uttered, the day gone
the streets became filled with people
VIII wished to see the funeral cortcpe
MS 1T passed in solemn procession down
New Yorli's great streets, thence
across brooklyn bridge and through
lbrooklyn's streets to the Brooklyn
city hall.
There the public gave over the body
TO the family and the casket was, taken
70 the modest home in Fort Hamilton,
from which it will be borne to the
maj resting place in Greenwood this
morning.
At 1.-THE lowest estimate 12a,0oo people
saw the casket as it wended its way to
that point where the public was com
PEELED to stand aside in reverence and
sympathy while the family claimed its
OWN.
The Funeral Services.
New York, Nov. 1.--Beforc 3 O'Clock
the people were permitted to occupy
the seats i'll the hall. The front six
rows in the main part of the audito-
rum were reserved for the family.
the immediate friends of the de-
ceased, the pnllbearers and ushers.
All the rest of the main floor was open
TO the crowd, and it took but n short
time to fill the hall. The platform and
the galleries, which hold a compare.
lively small number, were rserv.d
for the holders of tickets. 1t is esi l.
mated that nearly G,OOO people were
in h hall during the services.
1t was $3.50 o'clock when the mourn
ers aud the friends of the family ar
rived at the hall. Young Henry
George occupied the chair next to the
aisle in the front row, ard his mother
was beside him. Mrs. George, while
showing plainly the strain that she
has passed through, maintained her
composure with strong fartitude. To
the right of Mrs. George were seated
the other members of the family and
relatives. The pallbearers were:
Tom L. Johnson, August Lewis, An
drew Mclean, Thomas G. Sherman,
Arthur McEwen Louis j. Post, Je-
rome O'Neill and Chas. Frederick
Adams.
The honorary pallbearers, some of
whom sat on the platform, included
Mayor William L. Strong of New York,
Mayor Fred w. Wurster of Brooklyn,
Willis j. Abbott, Albert L. johnson,
John p. Crawford, Charles w. Dayton,
George Cary Eggleston, Horace White,
Edward McHugh, Bolton Hall, John
Milmer, James O'Connor Hennessy,
John Swinton, Lawson Purdy, John ii.
Gardner. a. Van Dusen, John Il. Wat
ters, NJ. II. Leverson, Frank Stephens,
Robert S. Crackenbach, John Brisben,
Walker, Harvcyand onugh OuhwlasT
Walker, Hamilton Garland, James
Clarence Harvey and Others.
Mayor Strong sat at the center of tn,
platform, and behind him sat Seth
Low, with Colonel George +. Warning
by his side. Among others present
the board Of aldermen. and Mayor Pat
Gleason of Long Island City.
The exercises began at 1925 with the
singing of the hymn Lead Kindly
Light by the Plymouth church quar-
tet. Rev. DR.. Heber Newton, who was
Mr.. Georges warm personal friend as
well as pastor, read the burial service
of the Episcopal church. The only
music rendered in connection with it
was the chanting Of the Lords prayer.
Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott's Praise.
AT the conclusion OF the burial ser.
vice Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott spoke
briefly upon the character and public
services of Henry George, DIR. Abbott
spoke in his customary manner, calm,
critical II judicious, yet with much
earnestness. He avoided anything
like extreme eulogy, especially as re-
CARDS Mr. Georges political teachings,
but his praise for him rs n man had
no bounds. He began with the state.
ment that those who agreed in part
and disagreed in part with Henry
George and e those who disagreed
almost entirely with him, could unite
in expressing their admiration for his
character and their live for him MS n
man.
Rnbbi lsottheil's Tribute.
Rabbi Gottheil spoke next, saying in
part:
Before the civic contest is decided
In which the brave man staked his life
death has cast his ~irrevocable vote in
favor of him, and crowned him victor.
in the race for q crown that outshines
and will outlast the transient victory of
the coming battle. 1t Is a race for a
worthy manhood and a benefactor Of
his kind.
He advocated a social order in which
every toiler shall be sure. OF his due re-
ward, and poverty and degradation
shall be unknown.
"A vail OF grief is heard from all parts
OF the country. and once more the old
Hebrew maxim is confirmed: The truly
wise are greater in their death than in
their lives"
DIR. McGlynv's Eulogy.
After another hymn by the choir,
Rev. DR.. Edward McGiynn spoke. He
said:
We stand pen ground that is made
sacred by the remains Of a man who
was raised from among us by our father