The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-27
CLEVELAND BURIED
Nothing of the Official in the Exercises at Ex- Presi-
 dents Grave.
ROOSEVELT WELL GUARDED
Burial Service at Grave Brief and Im- prosslve-Wordswo Poem
 Read.

Princeton, N J., June o6,-Grover Cleveland's body lies buried tonieht in the Cleveland plot in Princeton Ane- tery.
 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- terian church was read and before the last of the cairiages in the cortege had driven up to the path leading to the burial place, the henediction had been pronounced and the members of the family. President Roosevelt and oth- CTS who had gathered about the grave, were leaving the cemetery. Many of the personal friends of the dead states man fingered about the spot which was to mark his last resting place and each in turn was permitted to cast a shovelful of earth Into the grave
 Agreeable to the wishes of Mrs Cleveland the services both at the house and al the cemetery were of the simplest character. An invocation, scriptural reading, a brief prayer and the reading of a William Wordsworth 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 im- pressive.
 Although the funeral was of a strict ly private nature, those in attendance numbered many distinguished citizens, including President Roosevelt Cover nors Fort of New Jersey, Hughes of New York. Hoke Smith of Georgia; former members of President Cleve- lands cabinet, officials of tho Equita hle Life Assurance society, members of the Princeton university faculty, friends and neghbors.
 Mir Cleveland was buried with all tho simplicity and privacy that he himself might have wished, as private citizen rather than as the former chief execn- | tive of the nation There was nothing 1 that savored of the official, and a mill. tary element was injected solely as a measure of preaaution in protecting President Roosevelt
 The president arrived at 43S D. m and was met at the station by Cover. nor Fort The president, Governor Fort and Secretary Loeb were driver at once to Wesland, Upon his arriv. al at the house the president went te Mrs Cleveland, offering his sympathy and expressing keen regret at Mir Clevelands s death.
 The services began with an invo. cation by Rev, Sylvester w. Beach oi the First Presbyterian church oi Princeton which was followed by scriptural reading by Rev. Maitland V Bartlett of the West Farms Presbyter. ian church of New York, former pas, ! tor of Mr. Cleveland who read from the 14th chapter of the Book oi John and a number of passages from the fourth and 22nd chapters ot i Thessalonians.
 Dr Henry Van Dyke then said that According to the request of one whose slightest wishes at this moment we all respect there will be no ad. dress or sermon but there was poem written more than hundred years ago by William Wordsworth which |, expressive of his character.
 He then read the poem, Character of the Happy Warrior l This was followed by readings from the Presbyterian book of Common Worship, the services at the house concluding with prayer.
 The services were concluded at .3( and five minutes later the casket hat been tenderly carried to the hearst and the procession started on Its way to the cemetery Along the streets from the house to the cemetery na tional guardsmen. mounted and or foot, policed the way. As Presden Roosevelt passed through the gat' leading from the Westland ground. the militiamen presented arms anc the president doffed his hat in recog milton.
 The members of the family allght ed from their carriages and with tn, four clergymen in the lead walked slowly down the gravel path leading to the open grave and the rose-streWl grave of Ruth, both almost hiddel in the profusion of green boughs ant flowers, Mrs Cleveland stood witt Esther and Richard and Dr Bryan as the coffin was slowly lowered int the grave Rev. William R Richard of the Brick Presbyterian church o New York had started to read tn
 committal service even before Presi | 1 In