The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-27
FRIENDS PAY
LAST TRIBUTE
TO CLEVELAND
Former President Buried as a
Private Citizen in Prince
ton Cemetery.
SERVICES SIMPLE AND
EXTREMELY TOUCHING
BODY LOWERED INTO GRAVE AS
SUN WAS SINKING IN
THE WEST.

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neral OF Grover Cleveland. The usual =
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Princeton. y. J.. June 26.-Grover Cleve-
lands body lies buried tonight in the
Cleveland plot in Princeton cemetery.
At o'clock. just as the sun was sinking
I'm the west, distinguished company
silently watched the body was
lowered into the grave Then the simple
burial service Of the Presbyterian church
was read and before the last carriages in
the cortege had driven up to the path
leading 10 the burial place the benedic-
ton had been pronounced and the mem
bers 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
each in turn was permitted 10 east a
shovelful of earth into tile grave.
Services Extremely Simple.
Agreeable TO the wishes of Mrs. Cleve-
land, the services, both at the house and
at the cemetery, were of the simplest
character
An Invocation. Scripture reading. a
brief prayer and the reading of William
WOrdsworths poem. Character of the
Happy Warrior constituted the services
at the house. while the reading of the
burial service AT the grave was a brief
and impressive ceremony
Although the funeral was of a strictly
private nature. those I'm attendance num-
hered man. distinguished citizens. includ-
ing President Roosevelt, Governors Fort
of New Jersey, Hughes of New York.
HOke Smith OF Georgia former members
OF President Cleveland's cabinet. officials
OF the Equitable Life Assurance society,
members OF the Princeton university fac
ulty ard friends and neighbOrs.
Buried as Private Citizen.
AR Cleveland was buried With all the
simplicity and privacy that he himself
must have wished, as a private citizen
rather than as the former chief executive
of the nation. There was nothing that
savored OF official. and the military ele-
ment was injected solely as a measure OF
protection in protecting President Roose-
Welt.
The president arrived at 4:3S o'clock this
afternoon and was met at the station by
Governor Fort The president. Governor
once 10 Westland. Upon his arrival at
the house the president went to Mrs
Cleveland. offering his sympathy and eN-
pressing keen regret al Mr.. Cleveland 5
death.
The president then returned TO the re-
ception room, where the body had been
removed in the afternoon from the room
on the second floor in which Mr.. Cleve-
land died.
Audience Remained Standing.
few minutes later the four clergy
men who officiated came down the stairs
TO the hall leading TO the reception room.
followed by Mrs. Cleveland and the chill
dren. Esther and Richard. As they ap-
peared on the landing accompanied by
DR. J. ID. Bryant. the whole company
rose and remained standing throughout
the services. Mrs. Cleveland was gOWned
IN black and wore a becoming hat with
a short dropping Veil. Esther was also
in black and Richard wore a White suiC
and black tie
Scriptural Lesson.
The services began with an Invocation
by Rev. Sylvester ". Beach of the First
Presbyterian church of Princeton. which
was followed by ScTipural reading by
Rev Maitland Y. Bartlett of the West
Farms Presbyterian church of New York
a former pastor of Mr.. Cleveland who
read from the fourteenth chapter Of the
book OF John and a number of passages
from the fourth and twenty-secOnd chap
terS of the IheSSdlOnianS.
And they shall see his face" read DR.
bartlett In closing. from the book of
Revelations and his name shall be ia
their fOreheads they shall hunger no
more: neither thirst any more: neither
snail the sun light upon them, nor any
heat. for the lamb which is In the midst
of the throne shall feed them and shall
lead them unto living fountains of wa
ters and God shall wipe all tears from
their eyes"
DIR. Henry Van Dyke then said that ''ac-
cOrding TO the request of one whose
slightest wish at this moment We all re-
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