Show 1 1 I LAST ast TRIBUTE TO EX CLEVELAND body of statesmen la d to rest at a sun was S aking n the west after simple services princeton N J at 6 0 clock as the sun was sinking in the west a distinguished company silently watched as the body of ex president grover cleveland was lowered inte the grave on friday then the simple burial service ol 01 the presbyterian church was read and before the last carriage in the cortege had driven up to the path leading to the burial place the bene diction had been pronounced and the members of 0 the family president roosevelt and others who had gath ered about the grave were leaving the cemetery many of the personal friends of the dead statesman lingered about the spot which was to mark his last resting place and each in turn L bitted to cast a of eaith earth into the grave agreeable to the wishes of mrs cleveland the services both at the house and at the cemetery were nere ol 01 the simplest character an invocation scripture reading a brief prayer and the reading of wll wil ham liam wadsworth s poem character of the happy warrior constituted the services at the house while the reading of the burial service at the grave was a brief and impressive ceremony although the funeral was of a strictly private nature those in at numbered many distin gulshen citizens including president t roosevelt governors fort of new jer sey hughes of new york hoke smith of georgia former members of pres I 1 ident dent cleveland s cabinet officials ol 01 the equitable lite life assurance society members of the princeton university faculty and friends and neighbors |