Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-27
WITHOUT A EuLOGY
OR SHOW OF POMP
Cleveland Buried in Princeton
Cemetery.
DIGNITY MARKS OCCASION
Poem by Wadsworth Read Beside
the Bier.
NO MUSIC OR WORD OF PRAISE
Streets Leading to the Burial Ground
Roped Off-Reverence Paid by
Thousands Along Route.
10 MUSIC OR WORD OF PRAISE

| PRINCETON, June 2I.-NO PRESIDENT OF
the United States has ever passed to the
| grave with such obsequies as those of
| Grover Cleveland late yesterday after
| noon.
| With the quiet dignity that marked the
man and with no show Of pomp or circurn
| stance his body was borne to the grave.
Not note of music. not a word of
| praise for his achievements or Of de-
| scription of his worth, not even phrase
| i'm recital of who he was or what he had
| dope was uttered. Ministers OF his re-
ligion repeated its simple burial service.
| and one, his closest friend. read parts OF
century old poem. Then the friends
| who had gathered to do him this last
honor followed his body to the cemetery.
| listened there to the rest of the burial
service, and went their way. Over the
hush that rested upon the village sounded
only the mellow tones of the bell of Old
Nassau tolling the passing of the great
| man.
| 1t was the desire Of Mr.. Cleveland him
self and of his wife that this simplicity
mark his passage from his home to his
| grave. Mr.. Cleveland never understood
how sympathetic was the interest of the
people in all that concerned him. And
| when he knew his life was drawing to its
| close this habit of retirement developed
and intensified
| So it was that, when the end came, Mrs.
| Cleveland directed that the funeral should
be strictly private. Those men who had
/ ass Qciated with him in the public service,
| with the few whose years of friendship
gave them privilege, constituted the en-
| tire company assembled for the ceremony
of burial. With the members OF the fam
lily they numbered fewer than 100
Thoroughfares Roped Of.
All the side streets leading into the
thoroughfares through which the funeral
cortege was to pass from the Cleveland
home to the cemetery were roped of to
keep the crowds back. as were the space
| in front of the Westland estate, the
streets adjoining the cemetery. as we'll
as wide space in the burial ground itself
about the Cleveland burial plot.
The mounted troopers and the National
Guardsmen began to march to their sta
| tions. The troopers were posted with
about City yards intervening between each
on either side of the streets through
which the procession was to pass. The
infantry companies from Trenton were
sent to the railroad station, where it was
expected a great crowd would gather to
watch the arrival of President Roosevelt,
whose special train was due at 4:4O
O'Clock, and the arrival of Cows. Hughes
Of New York, Fort of New Jersey and
Hoke Smith of Georgia, who were due to
arrive on a special train preceding that
carrying the President. Another detach-
ment of the Trenton troops was marched
to the cemetery. while the Princeton COM
pany was drawn up in front of the en-
trance to the Westland estate.
A force of fifty policemen from Tren-
ton, detectives from that city. three lieu
tenants from the New York detective
|
Philadelphia central office. who had been
sent to assist the slender police force of
Princeton. were also sent to the railroad
station. There the New York sleuths
arrested three old offenders. These were
locked up and shooed out of town after
the funeral.
President and Governors Arrive.
Not long after the disposition of troops
had been completed the people began to
gravitate toward the railroad station in
anticipation of the Presidents arrival. The
policemen and the National Guardsmen
at this point had their hands full in keep
ing the crowd in check.
The train bearing Cows. Hughes, Fort
and Smith arrived at 4:24 o'clock. The
three governors were in the special car
of George Westinghouse, which had been
attached to the special. Others in the
party were Paul Morton, ex-Justice Nor
gan ]. OBrien, E. II. Hartman. ex-
Judge William A. Day Francis Lynde
Stetson, ex-Attorney General Harmon. ex
Gov. David r. Francis of Missouri and
Henry F. Dmock.
Gov Hughes. with Cows Fort and
Smith, Gov. Hughes military secretary,
George Curtis Treadwell. and Chief JUS
tice Fuller of the United States Supreme
Court were driven direct to the Cleve-
lani home. Gov Fort returned later with
a special reception committee to welcome
President Roosevelt. whose special train
rolled into the station at 4:4O o'clock.
There was no demonstration when the
President arrived. He entered a carriage
with Gov. Fort Secretary Loeb and N.
ID. RUSSELL one of the trustees of Prince
tol University. and followed by four Sc
cret service men i'm another carriage was
driven to the Cleveland home.
At the Cleveland Home
There. by the time the President arrived,
most Of the pallbearers and guests had
arrived The President went at once to
Mrs. Cleveland. offering his sympathy.
BY the time the President arrived the
coffin had been sealed and moved to the
reception room, where 1t was placed in a
group of palms and with a number OF
large floral pieces banked about it. The
President after offering his condolences
to Mrs. Cleveland. returned to this room,
accompanied by Secretary Loeb. The rel
atives and members of the Cleveland
household had already assembled there. |
Soon the four clergymen entered, fol-
lowed by Mrs. Cleveland and the chill
dren. Esther. the oldest girl, and Richard,
the oldest boy. The girl was dressed In
black. The boy wore white suit
with knickerbockers and black
scarf. The others were Miss Rose Cleve-
land, sister of Mr.. Cleveland; Miss Mary
Hastings, niece, and Cleveland F. Ba-
con. nephew. The relatives stood
grouped about the bier with the President
and his secretary and DIR. Bryant near by.
Miss Anne Heckler, Mr. Cleveland's nurse
and the servants were also in this room
In the adjoining library. which is much
larger were members of the two Cleve-