All city offices were closed here Friday afternoon, to remain closed until after the funeral services for the late Victor Berger, editor and Socialist leader.
A guard of policemen was stationed at the bier of the late Mr. Berger as thousands of persons filed through the rotunda of the City Hall, where his body lay in state.
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