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Show "PAY last trite to J EX-PRESENT CLEVELAND: J Body of Statesmen Laid to Rest as. 4 Sun Was Sinking In the West, J After Simple Services. y Princeton, N. J. At C o'clock, Jusl as the sun was sinking In tho w,cst, n distinguished company Bllently- watched ns tho body of ex-Presldcnt Qrovor Cleveland was lowered Int '. tho gravo, on Friday. Then the simple burial scrvico ol the Presbyterian church was read: and beforo the Inst carriage In the cortego had driven up to tho path lending to tho burial placo tho bene diction had been pronounced and Uis. members of tho family, President Roosevelt nnd others who had gathered gath-ered nbout tho gravo wcro leaving tho. cemetery. ' Many of tho personal friends of the dead statesman lingered nbout the spot which was to mark his last resting rest-ing place, iand each In turn ua mlttcd to cast n shovelful of earth Into tho grave. Agrecablo to tho wishes of Mrs. Cleveland, the services, both nt th-houso th-houso and nt tho cemetery, wcro ol the simplest chnrncter. An Invocation, Scrlpturo reading, o brief prayer and the reading of William Wil-liam Wndsworth's poem, "Ch'arnctor of tho Happy Warrior," constituted the services nt tho house, whllo tho roadlng of tho burial scrvico at tho gravo was n brief and Impressive ceremony, Although tho funeral was of n. j j strictly private nature, thoso In nt- ' tondnnco numbered many dlstin- , i gulshcd citizens, Including President Roosevelt, Coventors Fort of New Jersey, Jer-sey, Hughes of Now York, Hoke Smltlt-of Smltlt-of Georgln, former members of President Pres-ident Cleveland's cabinet, offlclnls ot tho Equitable Life Assurance society, members of tho Princeton university faculty and friends nnd neighbors. |