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Show Pill LAST TRIBUTE TO j EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND l i Body of Stateemen Laid to Rett aa Sun Waa Sinking in the Writ, After Simple Seryicea. Prim ton. X J - At (! o'clock. Just aa !! niti waa ulnklng In thn went, a illKiliigiilbed conipuny allently watch, d ua thn body of ex I'm nldeiit Urmcr Cleveland wiik lowered Intw the jtruvn, on Krldiiy Then Ihn alinpln hurlnl aervlcn of thn Prnnhytorhin church waa read and heforn the lu-t rarrlugn In Ihn cortege had driven up lo thn path leading to thn burial plain thn bene, diction had been pronounced and thn j membera of Ihn family, Prnaldnnt llooanvelt and othoia who had gath-1 prcd about the grave were leaving the Cvnieiery. Many of thn p,'f""iial frlenda of lha d"ad atatoatnan llngnmd about tha Ht which waa lo mark hie laat renting rent-ing pluce, ami nach In linn u (.. . milled to rnat a ahovelful of earth Into the grave. Agreeable to the wlahna of Mra. Cleveland, the anrvlcna, bothtat the boua and at the cemetery, were of the aimplnat character. An Invocation, Scripture reading, a brief prayer and thn reading of William Wil-liam Wadewnrth'a poem. "Charartnr of tho Happy Warrior," conalltutnd the anrvlcna nt thn hnuan, while thn rending of tho hurlnl aervlce at the (rave waa a brief and Iwpreealve ceremony. Although the funeral wna of a alrtrtly private lint lire, thoao In attendance at-tendance numbered many dlatln-gulahed dlatln-gulahed cltlxena. Including Prnaldent KrHiaevnli, (iovernora Kort of New Jnr-any. Jnr-any. Ilughea of New York, HoknHmlth of Georgia, former membera of Prea-Ident Prea-Ident Clnvnland a cabinet, oRlclala of the Hqultnhle I.lfe Aaaurnnce aorlety, niembnra of tho Princeton unlveralty faculty and frlenda nnd neighbors. |
