Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-07-02
his BODY At REST
SIMPLE CEREMONIES At THE ~
NERAL or Ex.PREsIDENT
CLEVELAND.
PLACED IN GRAVE At SUNSET
Services at House Lasted Only 80 Min
utes and at Grave But Five
MANY Distinguished Men
Present.

Cleveland's body lies buried In th
Cleveland plot in Princeton cemeter!
At six o'clock, just as the sun wa
sinking In the west, a distinguish
company silently watched as the bod
was lowered into the grave. The
the simple burial service Of the Pref
byteYian church was read and befor
the last carriages in the cortege ha
driven up to the path leading to tn
burial place, the benediction had beel
pronounced and the members Of tn
family, President Roosevelt and other
who had gathered about the grav'
were leaving the cemetery.
Many of the personal friends Of thu
dead statesman fingered about thu
spot which was to mark his last rest
ing place and each In turn was per
mitted to cast a shovelful of earth into
the grave.
Agreeable to the wishes Of Mrs
Cleveland the services both at the
house and at the cemetery were of the
simplest character. An invocation
scriptural reading, 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
impressive.
Although the funeral was of a
strictly private nature, those IN at
tendance numbered many distin'
guished citizens, including President
Roosevelt, Gov. 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
faculty, and friends and neighbors.
Mr.. Cleveland was buried with all
the simplicity and privacy that he
himself might have wished, as pri
vato citizen rather than as the former
chief executive Of the nation. There
was nothing that savored Of the Of
fetal and the military element was in
jected solely as q measure Of pre-
caution In protecting President RoOse'
welt. p
The president arrived at 4:3S p. m.
Upon his arrival at the house the
president went to Mrs. Cleveland, of.
fering his sympathy and expressing
keen regret at Mr.. Cleveland's death.
A few minutes later the four clergy
men who ofIiciated came down the
stairs to the hall leading to the re.
ception room followed by Mrs. Cleve-
land and the children, Esther and
Richard. As they appeared upon the
accompanied by DR.. Joseph D.
Bryant, the whole company rose and
remained standing throughout the ser
vices. Mrs. Cleveland was gowned In
black, and wore a becoming hat with
a short dropping veil. Esther was
also in black while Richard wore
white suit and black tie.
The services began with an invoca.
lion by Rev. Sylvester w. Beach Of
he First Presbyterian church Of
Princeton which was followed by
5criptural reading by Rev. Maitland v.
Bartlett of the West Farms Presby'
.erian church of New York, former
pastor of Mr.. Cleveland who read from
he fourteenth chapter of the Book Of
John and number Of passages from
he fourth and twenty-second chapters
II the Thessalonians.
DR.. Henry Van Dyke then said that
according to the request of one
whose slightest wish at this moment
We all respect there will be no ad.
iress or sermon but there was a poem
written more than 100 years ago by
William Wordsworth which is expires
i've Of his character" He then read
he poem, Character of the Happy
Warrior"
This followed by readings from the
Book of Common Wor'
hip, the services at the house con.
,luding with prayer.
The pail bearers, six on either side
" the hearse, marched with the pro
session as It wendell its way slowly
Town Bayard Lane to Nassau street
md on along the main thoroughfare
II the town. Business had been sus-
pended during the afternoon and cur
aims were drawn In many Of the
houses. The silent crowds stood with
,ared heads as the procession passed
llong into vandeventer avenue and
he bell in the tower Of Old Nassau
hall tolled mournfully.
The members Of the family alighted
lrom their carriages and with the
lour clergymen in the lead, walked
Ilowly down the graveled path leading
10 the open grave and the rose strewn
rave Of Ruth, both almost hidden In
he profusion Of green boughs and
MOVERS. Mrs. CLEVELAND StOOd WIN
Esther and Richard and DR.. Bryant
Is the coffin was slowly lowered into
ne grave. DR.. William N. Richards
II the Brick Presbyterian church Of
View York had started to read the com.
initial services even before President