The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-27
CLEVELAhO's BODY
CONSIGNED TO
THE GRAVE
LAST RITES PERFORMED AT
PRINCETON CEMETERY AT SUN
sEr-IMPREssIvE SERVICES AT,
THE FAMILY HOME.

PRINCETON. n. j., Dec. 27.-An
that is mortal OF Grover Cleveland
now lies buried in the family plot In
Princeton cemetery. The casket was
lowered into the grave and the hrst
clods fell on IL from the sections spade
shortly after the clock In a nearby
church had struck .. A few minutes
later. the mourners had turned away
from the fowerlined sepulcher toward
the avenue.
The president OF the United States
left the cemetery before the widow
or the ex.presIdent had entered her
carriage. The solemn and impress
sive quietness which had marked the
day in Princeton. where business had
ceased at midday In honor or the IL
lustrious public servant who had
passed away, gave place TO a hasten
ing for trains. special and general. for
homes and the great Princeton Inn,
where a buffet supper had been or
dered for $50 OF those who had come
TO the funeral
The funeral, from the opening OF
the services at Westland TO the sol
emn moment when the clergyman a.
the grave pronounced the committal
and turned slowly toward the setting
sun. had moved like train on tele-
graphic schedule. except that tho end
OF the funeral train could not get out
OF the way in time.
The Services at Home.
At the Westland home the services
began with an invocation by Rev. Syl
vester w. Beach, OF the First Presby.
terrain church OF Princeton. which Was
followed by scriptural reading by
Rev. Maitland V. Bartlett. OF the West
Farms Presbyterian church OF New
York. a former pastor OF Cleveland.
who read from the fourteenth chapter
of the Book OF John and a number Of
passages from the fourth and twenty
second chapters OF the Thessalonians
And they shall see his face" read
from the book OF Revelations DR.. Bart
lett In closing. land his name shall be
in their foreheads; they shall hunger
no more. neither 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 upto living
fountains OF water. and the God shall
wipe all tears from their eyes"
DIR. 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-
dress or sermon. but there was poem
written more than q hundred years
ago by William Wordsworth which -
expressive OF his character" He then
read the poem.
so promptly upon the arrival Of
the body at the graveside had the
committal ceremony started. that
not the half OF those who had been
brought from the house to the GENE
terry in carriages had had opporsu-
nifty to dismount from their convey
ances to hear the clergyman's final
words of consolation. committal and
prayer When the invocation had
closed and the clergyman turned
from the graveside. President
Roosevelt, who HAD been standing
almost directly behind Mrs. Cleveland
drew back a bit and permitted the
widow TO retrace her steps toward
the lane where the mourners had dis
embarked from their CARRIAGES few
moments before.
With the widow was DR.. Joseph
d. Bryant. Of New York. her friend
and her husbands, on whose arm she
leaned, and her son. Richard