The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-26
EXTREME SIMPLICITY AT ! CLEVELAND,S FUNERAL

r f Cleveland residence at Bayard Lane and Hodges Avenue to the cemetery. The local militiamen will also be press ed Into service. stY.
 More than 1000 telegrams have been received at the Cleveland home and many more are still coming. Among those given out today were these:
 From Baron Takahira. the Japanese Ambassador at Washington:
 Greatly shocked by sad intelligence hasten to tender very deep condo lence and sincere sympathy for ths great bereavement that has befaller you. and the country"
 From William Jennings Bryan:
 Mrs. Bryan joins me in sending sympathy and condolence-"
 From Booker F. Washington:
 Please accept deepest sympathy Q, my race and myself. Mfr. Cleveland was one of our best friends"
 The Governor of Mississippi:
 Our people extend to you heartfeii sympathy"
 Cardinal Gibbons:
 Accept my sincere condoience in your great bereavement by the death of my honored friend"
 Prince Roland Bonaparte. Parisf
 T beg to express to you my most re. spectful condoienca for the misfortunts which hst befaIlen you"
 Messages of sympathy were also re- ceived from A. W. Terrill. former Min- ister to Turkey: c. R. Breckenridge former Minister to Russia: GovernoS Stuart of Pennsylvania. and Mrs. Mary Lloyd Harrison. widow of President Harrison.
 Hoke Smith to Attend.
 Governor Hughes. Governor Fort of New Jersey. and Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia, have wired Mrs. Cleveland asking permission to attend the funer- ai Governor Smith stated that he had been member of his cabinet and de- sired to pay in person his respects to his dead friend. Mrs. Cleveland replied to the three Governors that she would be glad tc have them pres ent.
 At the Cemetery.
 Only those invited to the funeral and a few newspaper men will be permit ted to enter the cemetery which will be guarded by mounted troops and members of the National Guard of New Jersey. The simple Presbyterian ser vice will be said at the grave. the casket lowered into the ground and one of the oountry's most distinguishe ed citizens will have become but mem orY.
 Although admittance 0 the Cleveland home and to the cemetetry is to be IiIa- tied to personal friends of the family. thousands of people are expected in Princeton tomorrow. Princeton's po- lice force consists of only few men. and the precaution of safeguarding President Roosevelt. of maintaining or der and keeping the thoroughfareg cleared. became serious problem with the city authorities Mayor Robinson decided to call on Trenton for police assistance and to rope of the thor oughfafes from the Cleveland house to the cemetery, but utter inadequacy ef score of policemen to handle crowd of several thousand people and to keep the cemetery free from intfuders be- came at once apparent. Governor Fort, through Assistant Adjutant-G General Frederick Gill1yson. rendered to Mrs Cleveland the State troops for a miIi- tary funeral. The tenderswas declined, but later accepted.
 Professor MeLenahnn. after consult ing with Mrs. Cleveland this afternoon, made the following statement:
 Governor Fort offered military fu- neral through Colonel Gilkyson. Assist ant Adjutant-Ge yesterday, but Mrs, Cleveland declined 1t because of
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