The midland journal., 1908-07-03
MR. CLEvELAND AT Resi-
Funeral Services Simple as These
of .Humhest Citizen.

FTlnceCon, ~. ). (Speclall TITO
yer Cleveland's body lies buried in
the Cleveland plot in Princeton Ceme-
terry. At O'Clock. just as the sun
was sinking in the. West. a distin-
guished company silently watched as
the body was lowered intotthe grave.
Then the simple burial service of the
Presbyterian Church was read and
before the last of the carriages in
the cortage 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 gather
ed about the grave, were leaving the
cemetery. Many of the personal
friends of the dead statesman linger-
ed about the spot which was to mark
his last resting place, and each in
turn was permitted to cast shovel
full 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 invoca-
ton, scriptural reading, brief
prayer and the reading of William
Wordsworth poem, Character of the
Happy Warrior" constituted the serv-
ices at the house, while the reading
of the brutal service at the grave
was brief and impressive.
Although the funeral was of a
strictly private nature, those In at
tendance numbered many distinguish
ed citizens, including President Roose-
welt; Governor Fort, of New Jersey;
Governor Hughes, of New York; Gov.
Hoke Smith, of Georgia: former men,
bers of President Cleveland's cabi-
net, officials of the Equitable Life AS
surance Society, members of the
Princeton University faculty and
friends and neighbors.
Mr.. Cleveland was buried as
private citizen rather than as the
former chief executive of the nation.
There was nothing that savored of
the official and military element in
jected solely as a measure of pre-
caution in protecting President
Roosevelt.
The President arrived at 4.3S p.
M. and was met at the station by
Governor Fort. The President, Gov
ernor Fort and Secretary Loeb we're
driven at once to Westland. Upon
his arrival at the house the Presi-
dent went to Mrs. Cleveland, offering
his sympathy and expressing keen re-
gret at Mr.. Cleveland's death.
The President then returned to the
reception room, where the body had
been removed in the afternoon from
the room on the second floor, in
which Mr. Cleveland died.
A few minutes later the four cler-
gymen who of1ciated came down the
r%nl -, = - hoY - y,
tion room, followed by Mrs. Cleveland
and the children, Esther and Richard
AS they appeared upon the landing,
accompanied by DR.. Joseph d. Bryant,
the whole company rose and re-
mained standing throughout the serv-
ices. Mrs. Cleveland was gowned in
black and wore a becoming hat with
a short dropping veil. Esther was
also in black, while Richard wore a
white suit and black tie.
Wordsworth's Poem Read.
The services began with an invo-
cation by Rev. Sylvester w. Beach,
of the First Presbyterian Church, of
Princeton, which was followed by
Scriptural reading by Rev. Maitland
" Bartlett, of the West Farms Pres
byterian Church, of New York, a
former pastor of Mr.. Cleveland, who
read from the fourteenth chapter of
the Book of John and number of
passages from the fourth and twenty
second chapter of the Thessalonians.
And they shall see His face"
read DR.. Bartlett in closing, "and His
name shall be in their foreheads;
they shall hunger nor thirst any more;
neither shall the sun light upon them
nor any heat, for the land which is in
the midst of the throne shall feed
them and shall lead them unto living
fountains of water and God shall
wipe all tears from their eyes"
Df. Henry Van Dyke said that, "ac-
cording to the request of one whose
slightest wish at this moment we
all respect, there will be no address
or sermon, but there was a poem,
written more than hundred years
ago by William Wordsworth. which is
expressive of his character"
He then read the poem Character
of the Happy Warrior"
This followed by readings from
the Presbyterian Book of Common
Worship, the services at the house
concluding with prayer.