Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-25
SIMPLICITY WILL.
MARK THE SERVICES
Cleveland Funeral to Take
Place at 5 P. M. Tomorrow.
CONDOLENCES POUR IN
More Than a Thousand kilograms
Received.
VISIT TO THE BURIAL PLOT
Mrs. Cleveland Drives to the Gene.
terry to Inspect Place for
the Grave.
VISIT TO THE BURIAL PLOT

| PRINCETON. n. J.. June GAR
rangements for the funeral OF Grover
Cleveland were practically completed to-
day. and before the sun sets tomorrow
evening the body of Princeton's dis
tinguished citizen will have been low
cred into the grave in the family plot
In the Princeton cemetery. where lies
| the body of Ruth. the first born of the
Cleveland children.
Services will be simple and unostenta-
tious. and will be conducted with extreme
privacy If the wishes of Mrs. Cleveland
are carried out
| While the general outline of the fu-
neral arrangements have beeh decided
upon. many of the minor details will not
be settled until later in the day. Ii
was announced at Westland at 1890 a. m
that the complete funeral arrangements
will not be given out until this even
ing. Some of the arrangements depend
upon the ability of certain relatives and
intimate friends of the family to reach
here tomorrow. The funeral has been
fixed for o'clock in the afternoon in
order to give some of those whose pres
ence is desired time to get here from
distant points. All of these persons have
been telegraphed for. and until responses
are received no names or details OF the
funeral will be announced. tentative
list of the honorary pallbearers has been
prepared. and 1t is expected the names
will be made public as soon az those
invited to act have been heard from.
Although no list of pallbearers has been
given out. it Is said that the following
persons have been asked to serve:
Paul Morton. Commodore e. C, BSne-
dict. DR.. Henry Van Dyke. Erex. John q.
Hibbins. Prof APdrew y West and DE-.
John F. Finley.
Richards of New York. q Presbyterian
minister. and friend Of thG family. has
been invited to conduct the servicea II
he is unable to come to Princeton one OF
the local Presbyterian ministers 10 likely
to have charge of the services.
Mr.. Clevelands body will be buried IN
a heavy oaken casket with silver handle
bars. silver plate bears this simple
inscriptions:
GROVER CLEVELAND. March Is 1887
June "a. 19O6'
Esther the elder daughter and Richard,
the elder son, are expected to arrive to-
day from Tamworth. N. H., in charge OF
Mrs Finley. wife OF President Finley.
Neither Marion nor Francis Grover Will
attend their fathers funeral
Among other relatives expected to arrive
today are two of Mr.. Cleveland's sisters.
Miss Rose Cleveland Of New York. who
was mistress of the White House before
NJ. b. Bacon. wife Of an architect Of
Toledo Ohio. Another sister. Mrs. Mary
Cleveland Hoyt. is expected tomorrow
from Omaha, Neb.
Wilson, president Of Princeton University.
and a cherished friend of Mr.. Cleveland.
will be unable to attend the funeral. as he
sailed for Europe only a few days ago.
- ., <o~v -t
dent was taken yesterday. Soon after
death had occurred Mrs. Cleveland sent
for Edwin Wilson. a sculptor connected
with Princeton University. and requested
him to take the mask. Mr. Wilson 10
| working on it today.
Bearing UP Well.
Mrs Cleveland is bearing her grief with
the utmost fortitude. and is directing the
details of the funeral With her in the
Cleveland home at Westland during the
night wese DR.. and Mrs. Richard Watson
Glider of New York: John Finley. presi-
dent of the College of the City OF New
York. intimate friends OF the family. and
Cleveland F. Bacon, a nephew OF the for
mer President Mrs. Cleveland did not
retire until late last night but arose at
an early hour today. and spent some time
Among Mrs. Clevelands callers during
the early hours today was DIR. Cyrus F.
Brackett Of Princeton University. an in
innate friend Of the family.
; Place Of the Grave.
j Mrs. Cleveland. accompanied by Presi-
dent Finley. drove to the Princeton ceme-
terry at $50 o'clock this morning to look
over the burial plot. The cemetery 10
located in a pretty section OF the town.
. close to the university buildings and
about a half mile from the Cleveland
home Many OF the honored dead OF
Princeton University are buried there.
and the burial grounds are known to the
. graduates and undergraduates of the uni
versity as the Westminster Abbey OF
America. The Cleveland plot is near a
small chapel. which stands not far from
the entrance to the cemetery. There 10
one grave in the plot, that of Ruth Cleve-
land. and it is covered with ivy.
Princeton in Mourning.
Historic Princeton. in common with the
state and nation. is mourning the death Of
her distinguished citizen. Flags are at
half-mast and emblems of mourning
throughout the college town bear mute
testimony of the nations loss.
Local citizens, i'm conjunction with the
friends who are assisting Mrs. Cleveland
in her hour of sorrow. are today giving
some attention to arrangements for the
visit of President Roosevelt. He prob
ably will be met by a very small COM
mittee of Mr.. ClevelandS friends.
Although the funeral will be private. at
Mrs. Cleveland's request, great many
people expected TO come to Princeton
tomorrow. and I'm anticipation of this the
local authorities are making preparations
to handle the crowd. force of police
men from Trenton. n. j., will be here to
assist the local police. and an attempt will
be made to rope off the streets from the
Cleveland residence at Bayard lane and
| Hodges avenue TO tbe cemetery. The To-
cal mili;iamen may also be pressed into
| service.
Gov Hughes of New York. Gov. Fort
! of New Jersey and Gov. Hoke Smith OF
Georgia have wired Mrs. Cleveland ask
ing permission to attend the funeral.
! Gov Smith stated that he had been a
member of Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet and
desired to pay in person his respects to
his dead friend. Mrs. Cleveland replied
to the three governors that she would be
glad to have them present.
According to present arrangements
| President Roosevelt will arrive here at