The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-08
SIMPLE FUNERAL
FOR CLEVELAND
Body of ex-President Laid to
Rest Without Great
Ceremony.

IGrover Cleveland s body lies buried to
night in the Cleveland plat in Prince
ton cemetery
At 6 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-
terrain church was read, and before
the last carriage in the cortege had
driven up to the path leading to the
burial place, the benediction had been
pronounced and the members 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 was to mark his last resting
place, and each in turn was permitted
to cast 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 William Wordsworth s
poem, Character of the Happy War
rior, - constituted the services at the
house, while the reading of the burial
service at the grave was a brief and
ceremony.
Although the funeral was of strict
Iy private nature, those In attendance
included many distinguished citizens,
including President Roosevelt, Govern
ors Fort of New Jersey, Hughes of New
York, Hoke Smith of Georgia, former
of President Cleveland s cabi-
net, officials of the Equitable life assur-
ance society, members of the Princeton
faculty and friends and
neighbors.
The services began with an invoca
ton by Rev. Sylvester w. Beach of the
First Presbyterian church of Prince |
ton, which was followed by scriptural
reading by Rev. Maitland v Bartlett |
Of the West Farms Presbyterian church |!
Of New York a former pastor of Mr.. !
Cleveland, who read from the four
teenth chapter of the, book of John, and
a number of passages from the fourth |
and twenty second chapters of Thessa,
lonians.
DR.. Henry Van Dyke said that "ac
cording~ to the request of one whose
slightest wish at this moment we all
there will be no address or
but there was a poem written
more than 100 years ago by William
which is expressive of his
character. He then read the poem,
9 Character of the Happy Warrior
This was followed by readings from
the Presbyterian book of common wor-
ship, concluding the services at the
house.
Five minutes later the casket was
tenderly carried to the hearse and the
procession started on It's way to the
cemetery. Along the streets from
the house to the cemetery national
guardsmen, mounted and on foot, pc,
Iced the way. AS President Roose
welt passed through the gate leading
from the Westland grounds the militia
men presented arms and the president
DOTTED his hat in recognition.
The pail bearers, six on either side
of the hearse, marched with the pro-
cession as it wended its way slowly
down Bayard lane to Nassau street
and on along the main thoroughfare
of the town.
The members of the family alighted
from their carriage, and, with the four
clergymen in the lead, walked slowly
down the gE2veled path leading to the
open grave and the rose strewn grave
of Ruth, both almost hidden in the
profusion of green boughs and flowers.
Mrs. Cleveland stood with Esther and
Richard and DR.. Bryant as the coffin
was slowly lowered into the grave.
DR.. William NJ. Richards of the Brick
Presbyterian church of New York had
started to read the committal service
even before President Roosevelt and
others had reached the scene. The
president stood just back of Mrs Cleve
land as the impressive final words were
spoken. The services lasted less than
five minutes.