Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-02
BODY LAID TO REST
Ex.PREslpENT BURIED WITH n
SIMPLE CEREMONIES
PRES. ROOSEVELT ATTENDS
EuIoey Of the Dead and Song Service
Dispensed Wlth-Soldiers Guard
President Roosevelt.


Mrs. Grover Cleveland insisted that
his funeral Friday afternoon should be
of the simplest possible character.
Never before has a former President
of the United States been laid to rest
with such absence of pomp and cere-
mony.
No one was invited to attend except
personal friends and former associates
Of the former President OF the United
States, and only those who requested
II received an invitation.
Those who followed the hearse to
the cemetery and the order OF their
carriages are:
DR.. Henry an Dyke, DR.. w II. Rich.
ards, Rev. +. w. Beach, Rev. VI. V.
Bartlett, the clergy.
Mrs. Cleveland Cwife). Richard
Cleveland (son), DR.. Joseph Bryant
CphysicianD.
Miss Rose Cleveland Csistcrl. Miss
Esther Cleveland CdaughterI.
Cleveland r. Bacon Cnephew). Miss
Mary Hastings tnlcccJ or Hartford.
Conn; Prof. and Mrs Wood
Mr.. and Mrs. Huddlestone, Prince
ton. and Mrs. John +. Finley Of New
York, Mrs. Richard Watson Glider.
Mr.. George Shipley Miss Heckler
(nursc), Charles Rogers.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Secre-
tary Loeb.
Chief Justice Fuller. Gov Fort. Gov.
Hughes, Secretafy CortelyOu
ExSecretary John q. Carlisle. ex.
Secretary William +. Villas. Mrs. Dan.
lei s. Lamont. Mrs. John y. Hibben.
Ex-Secretary Richard Oiney. eX.3ec.
rotary Charles S. Fairchild. ex.Secre-
tary David Il. Francis. cx.Attorney
General Judson Harmon.
Ex-Secretary Hilary A. Herber1
Washington. ex.Secretary and Gov.
Hoke Smith CGeorgia). Senator Kean
Of New Jersey. Senator Griggs OF New
Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hastings. New
York; Mrs. Joseph Bryant. Miss Flor.
ence Bryant.
Mrs. Wilson :. Bissell, Mrs. Daniel
Manning, Mr.. and Mrs. st. George
Tucker.
DR.. and Mrs. Gibson CPrinceton). Or.
George Carnochan (New Horii), Dr.
Lockwood.
Mr.. Charles Goodyear, Gen. AnsoD
McCook. DR.. ST. Clair McKelway
tBrooklyn). Mr. Farquhar.
Dean Fine and trustees of unlver.
sity.
Bishop McFall Trenton: Father
Leahy, pastor St Pauls Roman Catho-
lie Church.
Representatives Of Equitable Life.
Mrs. Junius Morgan. Miss Sarah
Morgan, Mrs. George B. Mcclellan,
Mrs. Henry Satterlee.
Randolph West. Mrs. A. D. Russell,
Mrs. Howard McClenehan. Albert d.
Boyden.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Armour. Mrs.
Cleveland II. Dodge (New York; Mrs.
Bayard Henry.
MIR. and Mrs. Gilbert Colgate New
York;, Charles r. Crane. Rodmau Gil.
der.
T. F. BIssell. G. r. Bacon. II. II. Top
akyan. Pension Commissioner.
7. II. Harrison Garrett. Mr.. and Mrs,
Horatio Garrett. Baltimore.
Scores OF beautiful floral offerings
and kilograms and cables OF sympathy
poured into the stricken Cleveland
home Friday.
Mark Twain sent this He was .
man | knew, loved and honored for
20 years. | mourn for YOU
In the broad central hall OF the
Cleveland home the clergyman who
offichted read the Presbyterian
burial service. The hearse. followed
by probably so carriages. then moved
through the center of the town. and,
while from Prlnceton'S ivy-clad tower
is tolled the passing bell. the mortal
remains of her greatest citizen were
borne to the grave.
There the casket was placed IN an
unmarked plot shaded by spruce and
maple. directly beside the UNCOVERED
grave of the former Presidents first
daughter. Ruth.
There was no firing, no singing and
no eulogy at the grave. Simplicity as
great as possible was observed.
ut was Mr.. Cleveland's wish" says
Mrs. Cleveland. "and that is a Safn.
Client reason"
Mrs. Cleveland opposed any military
display, but as President Roosevelt
had slgnifed his wish TO attend she
agreed that there should be mounted
troops and policemen along the line
OF march, as a measure OF protection
for the Chief Magistrate.
Ten, III and Crippled, Pardoned.
Frankfort, Ky.-Acting Governor
Cox Wednesday pardoned ton Grip
pied and infirm oonvicts who have
been charges on the state for ycars.
They were released Thursday. This
is the greatest number OF prisoners
discharged at one time in 80 years.
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