The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1908-06-26
FUNERAL SERVICES
MIL Be SIMPLE
IT WAS MRS. CLEvELAND's WISH
THAT THERE BE NO
MILITARY DISPLAY
:
-Four clergymen 5ill Take Part in
the Funeral $ gices which Will
Be Very simpl 10th at the House
and at the sHrave President
Roosevelt viii : SIttend Funeral
The Streets ol inc Of March to
Be Policed for Protection Of Pres
ident Roosevelt.

Princeton, N. j., June 26.-The
funeral OF Grover Cleveland today
will be marked by extreme simplicity.
Although twice elected president Of
the United States, no pomp or splen-
dor will have place in the ceremon-
les. There will be no bands to play
mournful dirges on the way to the
old Princeton cemetery, no military
escort, no eulogy by oficiating cler-
gymen. The half mile of thorough
fare through which the cortege will
pass from ssWestland", the Cleveland
home on Bayard Lane, to the ceme-
terry, will be policed by mounted
troops and blue-coated soldiers, but
they will be there for police duty
and as a measure of precaution in
protecting the living president, rath-
er than an element Of display in pay
ing tribute to the departed chief
executive.
1T has been Mrs. Cleveland's wish
to avoid anything ola military ma
ture at the funeral and 1t was only
when the necessity Of guarding Pres
ident Roosevelt who is to be in at
tendance, was borne upon her that
she consented to the presence Of
troops in police capacity.
The final arrangements for the
ceremony and the names of those se-
lected to oficiate were not announc-
ed until yesterday afternoon when
acceptances from all had been re-
ceived.
-Four clergymen will oficiate at the
house and at the grave. They will
read the burial service from the Pres
byterian book of common worship
but will offer no eulogy. This sim
pie but impressive service will be
conducted by DR.. Henry Van Dyke,
of Princeton; Rev. William R.
Richards, pastor of the Brick Pres
byterian church of New York; Rev.
Sylvester w. Beach, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church Of Prince
ton which the Cleveland family at
tended, and Rev. Maitland v. Bart
lett, former pastor Of the same
church. There will be no honorary
pail bearers. The list of pail bearers
is as follows:
Mayor George B. Mcclellan, New
York.
Commodore 3. G. Benedict, New
York.
Richard Watson Glider, New York.
Prof. John II. Finley, New York.
Prof. Paul Van Dyke, Princeton.
Prof. Andrew r. West. Princeton.
Prof. John G. Htbben, Princeton.
Paul Morton, New York.
Julius s. German, Princeton
stA. D, Russell. Princeton.
Prof Howard McLenahan, Prince
ton.
w. Beach, Princeton.
Rev. Maitland v. Bartlett, Prince
ton.
The services at the house. which
will begin at 81 o'clock will be br1ef,
after which the cortege will pro-
ceed to the cemetery down Bayardd
Lane TO Nassau, the principal street
I'm the village, thence to Van Dew
erter avenue to Wiggin street. which
leads to the cemetery, the highway
along which clusterS many historic
memories.
Only those invited to the funeral
and few newspaper men will be
permitted to enter the cemetery
which Wit be guarded BY mounted
troops and members Of the national
guard Of New Jersey. The simple
Presbyterian service will be said At
the grave. The caskat will then be
lowered and one Of the country'f
most distinguished citizens will have
become 9 memory,