| Show r S J r h K s. s fP f 5 P PAY AJ LAST HUH TO EX- EX fX EX Body of Statesmen Statesmen Laid to Rest at u fit fit- Sun Was Sinking In the West I After Simple Services Princeton Nt N. J J. J J. At 6 o'clock CIO k Just Justas as the sun was sinking In the tho west Rest a n a distinguished company silently watched as tho the body of President ex-President was lowered into Inta Grover Cleveland was I the grave on t Then th the simple burial service of ol the Presbyterian church was wa read and before tho the last carriage In la th the v cortege had driven up to the path I leading lending to the burial place th the beno ben diction had been pronounced and the members of ot the tho family President v Roosevelt and others who had gathered gath gath- 5 ered about the grave were leaving the 1 cemetery Many of the personal friends of the dead statesman lingered about th the thO 1 spot which was to mark his last rest rest- restIng j Ing place and each In tn turn Wad wa 1 fl f milted to cast a a. of earth into the grave J Agreeable to the wishes of Mrs 8 Cleveland the services both at the tha 1 house and at the cemetery were of ol j the simplest character An invocation re a a. a j brief pr prayer yer and the reading of WIllIam William Wil WIl- liam ham Wadsworth's poem Character of the Happy Warrior c constituted the services at the house while the reading of the burial service at the grayo grave was a n brief and impressive J ceremony i Although the funeral was of a strictly private nature those in attendance at at- t numbered many distinguished distin- distin citizens including President J Roosevelt Governors Fort of or New Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey Hughes of New York Hoke Smith of Georgia former members of President President Pres Pres- ident Cleveland's cabinet officials 01 oi the tho Equitable Life Lite Assurance society members of the Princeton university faculty and friends and neighbors |
