Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-15
CLEVELAND HOME
TO Be DEDICATED
Late Presidents Birthplace
Viii Be Scene of Imposing.
Ceremony Tuesday.

The Old Manse, Grover Cleveland 8
birthplace at Caldwell, is being deco
rated today in preparation for the
services of turning the site over to
the Cleveland Birthplace Memorial
Association. The town of Caldwell is
being arrayed in gay attire for the
occasion. but the principal event will
occur Tuesday when men of nation
wide prominence will attend the dedi-
cation of the birthplace.
A letter was received etoday by the
Memorial Association from Mrs.
Thomas J. Preston. who was the
widow of the late. President. Mrs.
Preston is at present in Florida. She
asked for details of the dedication
plans. 1t is expected that she will at
tend the services ON Tuesday
To Turn Deed Over to Association.
The deed to the old manse will be
turned over to the Cleveland Birth
place Memorial Association Tuesday
This will take place at the old manse
at o'clock in the afternoon. George
M. Garfield. trustee of the First Pres
byterian Church, of Caldwell, which
owns the site, will represent the
church. He will hand the deed to
DR.. John H. Finley, president of the
College of the City of New York, who
has taken a prominent part in the
efforts to preserve the old manse
Richard Cleveland, eldest son of
Grover Cleveland, will receive the
deed from DIR. Finley, and he in turn
will pass the deed to William II. Van
Wart, secretary of the memorial as
ISOLATION. Mayor John Espy will be
present to represent Caldwell.
At services in the First Presbyter-
ian Church tomorrow the Rev Nell
son b. Chester will offer the prayer.
feature of the ceremony will be
the reading of poem written es
pecially for the occasion by Fanny
Crosby. This poem will be read by
the Rev. Horace S. CULLEN. Several
songs will be sung by the pupils of
the Caldwell High School.
Those who take part in the cere-
mony will then adjourn to the First
Presbyterian Church. DR.. Finley will
preside at the services there. One of
the principal speakers will be the
Rev. DR.. Wilton Merle Smith pastor
of the Central Presbyterian Church
of New York. DIR. Merle-Smith was
formerly President Cleveland's pas
tor.
Arrangements are being made by
the Caldwell Board of Trade to ac-
commodate the visitors who will ar
rive in the borough tomorrow and
wish to stay until the dedication is
completed on Tuesday.
Tuesday will be the seventy-sixth
anniversary of Grover Cleveland's
BIRTH, and it is expected that gov
errors of several State, members of
President Wilson's cabinet, members
of President Cleveiand's cabinet and
many other prominent men will at
tend the dedication.
DR.. Finley will preside at Tuesdays
ceremony when there will be speeches
by Judge Alton B. Parker, Commo
dore e. C. Benedict, DIR. st. Clair Nc
Kelway, Jacob M. Dickinson, Thomas
A. Buckner, Judge William A. Day
and others Mayor Espy will declare
holiday in Caldwell and a special
train will be run from Jersey City
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon to carry
the horde of prominent New Workers
who will attend.
Others Who VIII Attend.
Among the persons who have sig
nified their intention of attending the
dedication on Tuesday are Hilary A.
Herbert, former secretary of the treas
ury: Charles S. Fairchild, Oscar s..
Straus, Robert j. Lowry, of Atlanta;
F. H. Shipman, of Morristown; Henry
Y. Condit, George M. Camfield and
William H. Van Wart, of Caldwell;
Robert Lynn Cox, Judge w. A. Day,
Thomas De Witt Cuyler w. II. S.
Demarest. Cleveland II. Dodge, Will
lam c. Heppenheimer William H.
Hornblower, William Fellowes Morgan
and George w. Perkins.
The Memorial Association raised a
fund of $4,000 and last year entered
into contract with the First Presby-
terrain Church to take over the Old
Manse. Part of the original plot ad-
| joining the parsonage was contributed
| by the people of Caldwell, and on this
site it is proposed to erect the Grover
Cleveland Memorial Library.