The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-07-10
|hPLE FUNERAL
} FOR CLEVELAND.

PR1NCETON, N. j., juno &c.
yfover Cleveland's body lies buried to-
Right in the Cleveland plat in Prince
eon cemetery.
4 At 6 O'Clock, just as the sun was
sinking in the west, a distinguished
company silently watched as the body
was lowered into the grave. Then the
simple burial service of the Presby-
terrain church was read, and before
the last carriage in the cortege had
driven up to the path leading to the
burial place, the benediction had been
pronounced and the members of the
family, President Roosevelt and others
who had gathered about the grave were
leaving the cemetery.
| Many of the personal friends of the
dead statesman fingered about the spot
which was to. mark his last resting
fplace, and each in turn was permitted
to cast shovelful of earth into the
grave.
Agreeable to the wishes of Mrs.
cleveland, the services both at the
house and at the cemetery were of the
simplest character. An invocation,
scriptural reading, brief prayer and
! the reading of William Wordsworth s
poem, ''Character of the Happy War.
rior,'' constituted the services at the
house, while the reading of the burial
service at the grave was brief and
impressive ceremony.
Although the funeral was of strict
ly private nature, those In attendance
included many distinguished citizens,
including President Roosevelt, Govern
ors Fort of New Jersey, Hughes of New
York, Hoke Smith of Georgia, former
members of President Cleveland 8 cabi-
net, officials of the Equitable life assur-
ance society, members of the Princeton
university faculty and friends and
neighbors.
The services began with an inyoca-
ton by Rev. Sylvester W. Beach of the
First Presbyterian church of Prince
ton, which was followed by scriptural
reading by Rev. Maitland V. Bartlett
of the West Farms Presbyterian church
of New York former pastor of Mr.
Cleveland, who read from the four.
teenth chapter Of the book of John, and
a {number of passages from the fourth
AID twenty-second chapters of Thessa-
lotnians.
DR.. Henry Van Dyke said that "ac-
cdbrding to the request of one whose
slightest wish at this moment we all
Prospect, there will be no address or
sermon, but there was a poem written
more than 100 years ago by William
Wordsworth, which is expressive of his
character He then read the poem,
"Character of the Happy Warrior"
This was followed by readings from
the Presbyterian book of common wor-
ship, concluding the services at the
house.
Five minutes later the casket was
tenderly carried to the hearse and the
procession started ON it's way to the
cemetery. Along the streets from
the house to the cemetery national
55guardsmen, mounted and on foot, po.
I Heed the way. AS President Roose.
welt passed through the gate leading
from the Westland grounds the militia
men presented arms and the president
DOTTED his hat in recognition.
The pail bearers, six on either side
of the hearse, marched with the pro-
cession as it wendell its way slowly
down Bayard lane to Nassau street
and on along the main thoroughfare
of the town.
The members of the family alighted
from their carriage, and, with the four
clergymen in the lead, walked slowly
( down the graveled path leading to the
open grave and the rose strewn grave
of Ruth, both almost hidden in the
profusion of green boughs and flowers.
Mrs. cleveland stood with Esther and
Richard and DR.. Bryant as the coffin
was slowly lowered into the grave.
DR.. William M. Richards of the Brick
presbyterian church of New York had
= started to read the committal service
even before President Roosevelt and
Others had reached the scene. The
president stood just back of Mrs. Cleve-
land as the impressive final words were
spoken. The services lasted less than
five minutes.