Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-26
Of Late Grover Cleveland
at 5 P. N. Today.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
and Others viii Attend.
Several Member s Of the Cleveland
Family Will Be Unable.

neral of Grover Cleveland tomorrow
will be marked by extreme simplicity.
Although twice elected President of
the United States no pomp or splendor
will have place in the ceremonies.
There will be no bands to play mourn
full dirges on the way to the old
Princeton cemetery, no military escort.
no eulogy by the officiating clergy
men. The half mile of thoroughfare
through which the cortege will pass
from "Wesrland" the Cleveland home
on Bayard lane to the cemetery will
be policed by mounted troops and
blue coated soldiers, but they will be
there for police duty and as a measure
of precaution in protecting the living
President rather than as an element
of display in paying tribute to de-
parted Chief Executive
It has been Mrs. Clevelands wish to
avoid anything of a military nature
at the funeral and it was only when
the necessity of guarding President
Roosevelt, who is to be in attendance
was borne upon her by those in charge
of the funeral arrangement. that she
consented TIC the presence of troops
in police capacity
The final arrangements for the GER
emony and the names of those select
ed to Otficiate We're announced this
afternoon when acceptance from all
had been received. Four clergymen
Will otIciate at the house and at the
grave. They will read the burial SER
vice from the Presbyterian book OF
Common Worship but will offer no eu-
logy. This simple but impressive SER
vice will he conducted by DR.. Henry
Van Dyke of Princeton; Rev. DR..
William r. Richards. pastor of the
Brick Presbyterian church of New
York; Rev. Sylvester w. Beach, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
Princeton, where the Cleveland family
attended and Rev. Maitland V. Bart
lett. former pastor of the same church.
There will be no honorary paul bear
ers. Those who will bear Mr. Cleve-
lard's body to it's resting place in the
Cleveland plot are:
Mayor George b. Mcclellan, New
York; Commodore r. c. Benedict, New
York; Richard Watson Glider, New
York: Prof. John Fl. Finley, New
York; Prof. Paul Van Dycke, Prince
ton; Prof. Andrew F. West, Prince
ton: Prof. John G. Hibben, Princeton:
Paul Morton, New York; Junilus 8.
Morgan. Princeton; A. D. Russell,
Princeton; Prof Howard McLenahan,
Princeton; Bayard Stockton, Prince
ton.
The services at the house, which
will begin at o'clock. will be brief.
after which the cortege will be formed
and proceed to the cemetery
Only those invited to the funeral and
few newspaper men will be permit
ted to enter the cemetery which will
be guarded by mounted troops and
members of the National Guard OF
New Jersey. The simple Presbyterian
service will be said at the grave and
the casket lowered into the ground.
President Roosevelt. Gov. Fort Of
New Jersey. Gov. Hughes of New
York. Gov. Hoke Smith Of Georgia,
members of President Cleveland's cab
met and other notable citizens are ex-
pcctcd to attend. President Roosevelt
will arrive on special train from
Oyster Bay tomorrow at 4.40 p. M. He
will be met at the station by Gov.
Fort and they will drive direct to the
Cleveland home. After the ceremonies
the President will leave Princeton at
once in his private car Signet.
Although admittance to the Cleve-
land home and to the cemetery is to
be limited. principally to personal
friends of the family. thousands Of
people are expected in Princeton to-
morrow. attracted by the presence Of
President Roosevelt and other distin-
guishcd personages and to witness the
Cleveland procession.
The station where President Roose-
welt will arrive. Westland, the Cleve-
land home, the streets, leading to the
cemetery and the cemetery itself, will
be thoroughly policed and no vehicles
Or pedestrians will be allowed in the
streets. on the Cleveland grounds. or in
the cemetery during the funeral. As
soon as the funeral is over and Pres
dent Roosevelt leaves the troops and
special police will be withdrawn.
Mrs. Cleveland spent the day quiet
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