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STER BAY.
Sectary Cortelyou Joins Them at
the Hotel Manhattan.
cecrotary Taft spent last night at the Hotel
flUTihattan on his way from New Haven to Oyster
piy. where he will confer to-day with Presi
dent Roosevelt and General Luke E. Wright re
jgrdinp the assumption by the latter of the office
el Secretary of War, which the candidate for
president is to lay down on July I. Leaving
for Sagamore Hill at .*».."><• o'clock this morning.
•j.e Secretary hopes to return in time to catch a
i,te afternoon train for Washington.
With Secretary Taft at the Manhattan last
-irht were Secretary Cortelyou. Senator N. B.
ajstt. of ■>«■* Virginia; John Hays Hammond.
tjer.era! Wright and General C. R. Edwards,
T. £. A., chief of the bureau of Insular affairs.
ct the War Department. Secretary Cortelyou
did he had simply run up to the city from the
♦cners! of ex-President Cleveland, but it is un
derstood that the question as to who should be
made chairman of the Republican National Com
aittee was discussed.
| r T. "Washington, the negro educator,
the hole!. ha\ing obtained an ap
■uWmrn: * Hh the Secretary, -whom be wishes
m miiw at dan support of the negroes and ta
■ Epeak at two negro meetings in the
-
F. E. Kellojrg, member of the national com
mittee from Minnesota, came on from Washing
tor with General Wright, and it is expected that
if will go to Oyster Bay to-day. It is known
that he lias some positive opinions regarding
the choice of a national chairman.
GUEST AT DINNER IN ST. REGIS.
Secretary Taft. who arrived at ,V» from New
Haven, went directly to the Manhattan, -where
be had a short rest. At 7 o'clock he was driven
to the St. Regis, where he was the guest at
filler «■.:' Jacob G. Schmidlapp, president of
§Mt Union Trust Company, of Cincinnati, and an
eH friend. Several other old friends of the Sec
retary were gathered around the table, includ
iTic A. C. Coffin, president of the General Elec
tric Company; Ralph Peters, president of the
Long Island Railroad, who used to be superin
tendent of the division of the Pennsylvania
rannfag out of Cincinnati, and Charles F.
BrookT. national committeeman from Con
necticut. General "Wright and General Edwards
lii been expected, but did not arrive in the city
Is time to attend the dinner.
Secretary Cortelyou reached the Manhattan
shoot 9 o'clock. He said that he would be in
the city over to-morrow, but his visit had no
significance. Then John Hays Hammond came
fa %rA looked up General Wright. All went
sr«£irs before the return of the Secretary with
Mr Schmidlapp.
Beolcer T. Washington had an appointment
•artth the Secretary for 10:30 o'clock. He sain
ix »-as anxious to have him promise to address
it least two large negro meetings, one in this
my ar.d another in Washington. "I am much
pleased with the situation," said Mr. Washing
ton to the newspaper men. "I am sure that
the Republican party will win. The colored
I =<?n Quite generally will vote for Taft. for in
he laft analysis we. cannot expect anything
baa the Democratic party, which has produced
■»e> men as Tillrnan and Vardaman. Then
ara!n. Secretary Taft Is personally very popular
•with mt colored men." Mr. Washington was
arable, however, to see th» Secretary last night.
"Genera! Wright said he had nothing: to say.
He was or: his way to Oyster Bay to talk with
the President and Secretary Taft about the
detfes of Secretary of War, which office he is
soon to take.
TO CONFER ON INSULAR AFFAIRS.
:~ addition to Secretary Taft and General
Tright. Mr. Kellogg and possibly General E<3-
T.-2.rds will be in the party to go to Oyster Bay
this morning. "I don't know whether I shall
:si:e General Edwards with me or not," said
Secretary raft "I asked him to meet me here
that I night learn just what -were the latest
tOrices < n insular affairs. That is an important
rubject. and it was necessary that General
"bright and I talk over this and other matters
connected with the business of the War D*
paztxaent 5n the presence of the President."
Secretary Taft returned to th* Hotel Manhat
tar f.-mn after 1O o'clock. He said he had been
driven in an automobile from the Hotel St. Regis
to Riverside Drive and then down Broadway to
ffitS street, taking in the -White Way "I was
surprised. " he said, "at the multitude and brill
iancy of the electric signs. I had no idea there
were so many of them and that the effects were
*s striking."
The Secretary said he had nothing to say po
litically, particularly as to the selection of a
atn for the national chairmanship. Next week
te ar<3 Mrs Taft will pack up in Washington
ttfl send their things to Cincinnati. He and
Kri Taft and their son will so to Hot Springs
•■ a somewhat extended stay. Secretary Taft
*i 2 return to Washington long enough to at
wsfl the meeting of the subcommittee of the na
tional committee, which or. July B will discuss
ta* selection of a national chairman.
Secretary Taft came down from New Havon
•aoe. He nad remained there until the after
■or to catch up with his correspondence, which
*4 been somewhat neglected during the festivi
fci at Tale. His. Taft and their son Charles
«a> Oornn in the morning, and after doing
«=* chopping left town for Washington on the
CtagreEHional Limited. They were met at the
Band Central Station by John Hays Hammond
*£« eßoorted about the city by him.
• LITTLE WILTED BY YALE WEEK
Secretary Taft showed the effects of a <iard
*etk iibcx, he stepped off the New Haven train
*9ea minutes before I o'clock. He said he
*»» feeling a little tired, but expected to be in
SWtf trim again in a day or so. He had slept
Hut of the way on the train. As it «a« not
»wa!!y known when he would arrive, there
•*• not rainy people to see him. but many or
«* tOKensers on the train, who had learned he
**s a fellow traveller, waited on the concourse
to greet him when he came out.
Tl,, Secretary was met by J. T. Williams, a
**aber of his political staff, who had a cai
«*?<> »4jttog to take him to the hotel But
** Secre-.ury could not Bet away without
••^akir. U several strangers who stepped up.
*'th l; is tmfaJUafe good humor he had a word
J( *«ic},. oa« prcuy little girl of fourteen years
**• presented by "her father. The Secretary
J ** her by th«> hand and put his arm affec
ttfcttetf ariind her neck, much to her delight
The Seer, tary w.-nt In by the rear entrance of
** Hot*] Manhattan, but even then could not
E « to l,j s room without interruption- Senator
«*rt canie up and made an appointment tor
*W in the evening.
"Hello, Uncle Steve,'" said the Secretary, as
** nudied over to a corner where a man UK
S?U stature- was waiting. -i am glad to see
•'"J" J - Coma up to my room ." It ,a. Stephen
\^_ Cmm ia.:«l "tm «^«* •W^
JERSEY CENTRAITuMMER SEASHORE
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llt^tr£. UJits € £tect Sunday. June -S.-Aavu
_ r. To-day, fair.
io -morrow, fair and warmer; variable wind*
BURIAL OF EX-PRESIDENT ft ROVER CLEVELAND IN THE PRINCETON CEMETERY.
HELD UP IX THE PARK.
Woman Robbed in Broad Daylight
Near Ramble.
Mrs. Maria D. Frank, of No. 93] Park avenue,
was held up 'and robbed in broad daylight in
Central Park yesterday afternoon by two men.
one of »whom prevented her from screaming
while the other snatched her pocketbook and
escaped. Emmett Wright, who gave his address
as No. L'4<t West 44th street, was arrested on
suspicion of being one of the robbers.
Mrs. Frank has been accustomed to spend
her afternoons In warm weather on a bench in
the Rambl<\ near 7«ith street. Yesterday she
sat there for two hours and then started for
home. As she neared th«» park exit two men
approached her. One of them clapped his hand
over her mouth and th*> other snatched her
pocket hook and ran. Then the fellow who held
her fled at the heels of his confederate.
Mrs. Frank screamed and a score of men who
had seen the robbery started in pursuit of the
m^n. A policeman caught Wrisrht a block out
side the park and Mrs. Frank believer! he was
the one who held his hand over her mouth.
JIARRTMAX'S FIRE LOSS.
Stable Burned on Arden Estate —
House Endangered.
\ B\- Teletrraph to Th* Tribune. !
Tuxedo Park. X. T. June 2fi.— E. H. Harrlman"?
country place at Ard?n. X. Y. was the scene of
much excitement at " o'clock this morning, when
a fire broke out in the stable. Before th<"- men on
the estate could be called together at that hour
the fir^ had gained .*uch headway that the stable
was burned to the ground, together with the
coachman's cottage, fifty feet from it, while the
house was threatened.
William McClellan. manager of the Harriman
place and the Arden farms, telephoned to Charles
S. Patterson, chief of the Tuxedo Fire Department,
for assistance. Patterson responded quickly, get
tine: his men in readiness and telegraphing to the
Erie Railroad office in Jersey City to have the. first
train arriving at Tuxedo stopped and to have th»
engine cut loose to take the Tuxedo fire apparatus.
Before a train arrived McClellan telephoned that it
was too late, as the stable and cottage, together
with the garage and blacksmith shop, had been
burned. Patterson then proceeded to Arden with
his automobile, taking Pierre Lorillard. jr., with
him. followed by G. O. Bush, the assistant chief,
making th«» eight miles In eleven minutes, leaving
instructions for the Tuxedo lire engine to follow.
The arrival of this saved the Harriman mansion.
The squash court adjoining the house had been on
fire several tunes, and the men had formed a
bucket brigade, with little headway, as the water
supply bsd given out.
The cause of the fire, which did nearly J^o.OT")
damage Is not known. Before the coachman could
get the horses out one of Mr. Harriman's favor
ites Major Gentry, had been burned to death.
The fire alf-o consumed several wagons, nearly all
of the harness, the Misses Harrimans' saddles,
their horse show blue ribbons and other stable
paraphernalia.
The Harriman family were away at the New
I ondon race, on their yacht, and expected to re
tin to-night. Mr. Harriman is building a new
house about four mile, from the one he now occu-
SeTand it will not be completed for over a year
uTs to t one of the finest in Orange County, and
li, cost approximately *#».** when completed.
DECORATION FOR MRS. ROOSEVELT.
Sultan Confers Orders on the President's
Wife and Daughter.
Oaaatantfnopte. June ».-The Sultan of Turkey
has conferred the Order of N^han-l-Shefka on
Mr, Theodore Roosevelt and Hiss Roosevelt.
This Turkish order of clemency was founded by
Sultan Abdul HamM in IS7S. it is bestowed on
women for services In war and In times of dis
tMsa The title Is from the Armenian-Persian
Kishan-i-ShMgat. meaning order of clemency. The
ration of the order is • mm with laurel wreatn
andTtar suspended from a crescent, the Turkish
emblem.
MISS WURSTER HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
Ex-Mayor's Daughter Hurled Into Gully
by Runaway Team.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.)
Greenwich. Conn.. * Un « 20 -Miss Marie Wurster,
daugbt«« of ex-Mayor K. \V. Wurster of Brook
lyn bad s narrow escape from serious injure
In a runaway near the Kairn.-ld County Golf Club
lan night She was violently thrown out of the
carriage into a deep gully banked with jagg«.i
bt Miss wiireter acconfpanied by a son. Dl WiUiain
H* ' v ,_.,. was Ming the home of Charles
Hirschom a New fort lawyer. In North el ;>-*'..
"hero c hor^s took fri s ht and broke away
fr fr the driven The carriage wnt Into the jnitt-r.
l\Tv:~ Wur.st-r. Mr. McCord an,l the d.iwr
wer^ thrown among the rooks below. ,
Ml« s Wurster was boniewhat shocked and
■tunned, Uut recovered shortly. •
NEW-YORK. SATURDAY, .11 NE *27, 1908.-FOURTEEN PAGES-
PRAY BY HURT WOMAN
xrnst; comes to her aid.
Subway Victim Not Taken to Hos
pital. Though Badlji Injured.
Mrs. P. C. Cnoper. a widow who is paid to bf
a Christian Scientist, living at No. 35 West 06th
s t r ppt. either jumped or fell tinder a northbound
subway express train at the Ofith street station
yesterday, and was severely injured, narrowly
escaping death.
The woman was accompanied by several other
women, ulso *aid to be Christian Scientists. Im
mediately aftor Mrs. Cooper was taken from th*
tracks her companions knelt in a circle around
her, on the subway platform, and bepan pray
ing;. The railway employes, bewildered by the
unusual scene, did not know what to do for a
time, and stood helplessly looking on as she
proaned in pain.
Finally a woman who is believed to be a
trained nurse elbowed her way through the
crowd and took charjje of Mrs. Cooper. She or
dered a special policeman to call an ambulsnce.
quieted the praying: women about her, and trifi
to relieve the suffering; warnan.
When Pr. Schoneld, of the J. Hood Wright
Hospital, arrived with an ambulance the nurse
Jumped into the wagon with him and accom
panied Hn. Cooper to her home at the L,ucetlne
apartment house. No. 35 West 96th street.
According to tenants and employes of the
apartment house, the trained nurse was ordered
from the house when members of the band of
Christian Scientists in the place saw the blood
on her hands and sleeves, which came from the
wounds in .Mrs Cooper's head. She went to
the basement, they say, and washed off the
blood, and thon went away without giving her
name.
There was a difference of opinion among wit
nesses as to whether the woman jumped or fell
under the train. S. J. Franz, of No. 4ft West
114 th street, a waiting passenger, said he
thought she was seized with a fainting spel! as
the southbound express train pulled in and that
she fell between the first, and second cars.
E. H. Brooks, of No. .".47 East 129 th street,
who was in the switching tower at 90th street,
said Mrs. Cooper jumped in front of the train.
Her body was thrown in between the station
platform and the Inside rail, and although three
cars had passed her before the motorman could
bring his train to a stop she did not receive
fatal injuries.
Dr. Schofield said she had a number of lacera
tions about the head, contusions of the body and
possible internal injuries, and that she was suf
fering from shock He said also that she seemed
to be suffering from nervous excitement.
Across the street, near the Lucetine apartment
house, at 9»>th street and Central Park West.
is the First Church of Christ, Scientist, and
employes in the apartment house said Mrs.
Cooper was one of a gathering of Christian
Scientists who live in the house.
ENGINEER'S SOX KILLED.
Wat Cleaning Revolver, Mother
Says— Coroner Thinks It Suicide.
Charles M. Roker, jr.. son of a mining engi
neer and a former student at Columbia, who
lived with his parents at No. 127 Riverside
Drive, was killed there last night by a bullet
from a revolver which, his mother says, he was
cleaning.
Tiie young man was attended by two neighbor
ing doctors immediately after the shooting, and
then he was rushed in an automobile ta the J.
Hood Wright Hospftal, but all efforts to save his
life were fruitless.
Mrs. Uoker told Detective Crowley, of the
West CStfa street s-tation. that she had heard her
son say, "I think I'll clean my revolver." A
moment later, she *aid. the heard the shot In
his room, and rushing in found him lying on the
floor • ith the blood pouring from a wound in his
left temple and the revolver on the floor beside
him. Coroner Dooley. who examined the body
at the hospital later, said, however, that It
looked like a case of suicide.
Mrs. linker told the police that her husband
was now in Europe on a business trip and that
her son, who had been attending Columbia Uni
versity, had been working since the beginning of
the vacation season in a broker's office down
town. She scouted the theory erf suicide.
SEA STREWN WITH WATERMELONS.
[By T«:?R!-»pt> lo The Tribune.)
Eastport^ I-onR Island. June 26.— The Clyde Line
steamer ChlpP***. which "truck a rock near Mon
tiuk Wednesday naon»hia% Is still hard aground
and will probably prove a total toss. Since yester
day thousand* of watermelMW have b<-en thrown
Into tiif sci, and hundreds of persons, many from
lbs Connecticut shore, have visited the s<.en« in
power arul-sail boats to athtr * rlch harvest. *'
BATTLE IN MEXICO
SECOND TOU'X ATTACKED.
Revolutionists Repulsed in Las J'acas
Fiftjf Reported Killed.
| Rv Telegraph to The Tribune )
Del Rio. Tex., June 26.— A force of several
hundred Mexican revolutionists made a raid
this morning on the town of Las Vacas. on the
Rio Grand-?, opposite Del Rio This attack was
part of a preconcerted revolutionary outbreak
planned to take place at a number nf places
along the border yesterday. The small garrison
of federal troops at T>as Vacas were prepared
for the raid, and offered a strong resistance,
aided by citizens of the town.
The attacking party was well mounted and
armed. The principal point of attack wap the.
custom house. The firing on both sides was
brisk for more than an hour and resulted in the
final repulse of the revolutionists. They were
pursued into the outskirts of the town, where
they broke Into small bands and fled into the
chaparral. It is reported that many sought
refuge in Texas. The number of casualties is
not yet known. Fifteen of the revolutionists are
said to have been killed on th« streets of Las
Vacas. No loss is reported on the side of the
soldiers.
Mexican reinforcements are being rushed to
Las Vacas. which is fifty mile? from the near
est Mexican railror I point. I>as Vacas is USO
miles north of Viasca, which was captured
yesterday by the revolutionists. They are b<>th
In the State r.f <v>ahuila.
|Ry Th? Associated Press . 1
El Paso. Tex.. June — Late information from
Las Vacas says that about five thousand shots
were exchanged in this morning's attack by rev
olutionists on that place. The officers' quarters
were burned and between forty and fifty were
killed on both sides. The troops' commandant
was badly wounded. Another outbreak is ex
pected, as the revolutionists have well armed
cavalry.
[By Telegraph to Th ■ Tribune. I
Austin, Tex., June Governor Campbell
received a telegram from the Sheriff of Valverde
County to-night saying that a body of Mexican
revolutionists pursued by Mexican troops were
headed for Del Rio. He Inquired whether he
should arrest them should they seek refuge in
Texas. The inquiry was referred to the At
torney General, who held that it would be a
matter for federal action. The authorities at
War igton were informed.
[ By Tel'STapli to The Tribune. |
El Paso, Tex., June 20.— Advices from E>el Rio
to-night are that revolutionists and Mexican reg
ular soldiers came tc-gether across the river from
that point to-day, that several have been killed
on both sides and that two Mexican officers were
seriously wounded. All communication is cut
off and the authorities will not permit any one
to cross the river.
Mexican claims that the rebel invaders were
repulsed from Las Vacas are n<>t wholly credited
here.
Eleven Mexicans were arrested here yesterday,
charged with fomenting a revolution against a
friendly power on American soil. A search of
the building in which they were taken revealed
two cases containing rifles and revolvers and
one thousand rounds of ammunition. Letteis
anJ literature said to be incriminating were also
found. Among the letters were said to be several
from Antonio Villereal and Flores Nagon, al
leged revolutionists, whom the Mexican govern
ment recently sought to extradite from the
United States.
Complaints charging Leot ardio Trevino. P. G.
Silva. B. G. Silva. J. M. Ramirez, and Lauro
Aguires. editor of a Spanish publication here,
with violating the neutrality laws were filed in
the federal court here to-day as a result of the
raid yesterday. The arms, ammunition and lit
erature have been turned over to the govern
ment.
Fearing that an attempt would be made to
liberate the prisoners last night, patrolmen re
sponded to a riot call which had been agreed
upon to frighten away any such friends of the
prisoners.
THE RAID ON VI ESC A.
Boldest in History of Mexico — At
tributed to Bandits.
City of Mexico. June 28. — Wild atones con
cerning a formidable and serious revolutionary
outbreak in the northern part of Mexico were
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.sl7 50 ROUND TRIP TO CLEVELAND VI A WEST
Sh. re. |ls.ss Haw Seat Central.- aslaf June 27th
to 30th; 'returning to July 7th.—
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The Tribune Association.
ATHLETES TO STOKE.
Two Americans Will Work Their
Way to Olympic Games.
Two members of the American Olympic team
are so anxious to compete in Iv>nd«»n that to
day they will make their trip across the Atlantic
as stokers. One of these hardy athletes will
stoke on th.-> Philadelphia, which carries nearly
all the rest of th*» team, and will sail at 10
o'clock this morning. The other man is to stoke
on the Minnehaha, of the Atlantic Transport
Line, which sags at 9:30 o'clock to-day.
When "Matt" Hatpin, manager of the Olympic
team, was asked about this last night, he said:
"Well, it's true. I think it would not be fair to
give out the names of these men. Of course it*3
a plucky thing to do. but they are somewhat
overweight and the stoking work will reduce
them. You see. all but thirteen of the team
are having their way paid. These two happen
to be newcomers who haven't the money, but
want to get across and take a chance. If they
win anything in England they can tell about
their trip."
FIFTEEX DEAD; 270 ill'RT.
Collision of Trains in India Twelve
Cart Burned.
Bombay. June 28.— Fifteen persons were killed
and 270 were injured in a collision between an
express and a freight train on th<> Bombay &
Baroda Railway to-day, near Bar.Via Four of
the passenger coaches, four mail cars of th*>
express and four car? of the freieht train were
burned.
FIRE LOSS A MILLIOX.
Over 500,000 Bushels of Grain
Burned in Duluth Elevator.
Duluth. Minn.. June -Fire destroyed Ele
vator "D." of the Consolidated Elevator Com
pany, and No. 1 dock and sheds of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company at Rice's Point this
afternoon, causing a loss of $1,011,420. Valiant
work by a dozen tugboats which aided the fire
department is probably all that saved the hay
front at that point from being entirely swept.
The fire, which started from an explosion in
Elevator "D." burned for over two hours.
The losses are as follows: Elevator "D."
fSOO.OOO; wheat. 3T7.000 bushels. £1091390; flax.
277.000 bushels, .5274,070; barley, 7.000 bushels.
?3,3GU; Northern Pacific Dock No. 1. $30,000.
HARVARD TO UOW ABROAD
Victorious Crew to Try for More
Honors in England.
rßv Telegraph to Th« Tribune 1
Boston. June •«. — The victorious Harvard
crew will row in England. Wray. the Crimson
coach, made that announcement this evening;
The members of the crew will remain in train
ing until the last of next week or the first part
of the following week, and then will sail for
England to take part In the regatta of July 2&
The English shell will b- shipped, and the
crew will row exactly as it did against Yale.
Neither Fish nor Morgan, the two Suspended
oarsmen, will go.
Each man will pay his own expenses. That
was decided before the crew left New London
offers of graduates to pay all expense! were
refused.
Wray came to Rost<>n to-night atmmpanlsd
by the freshman crew. The "varsltj eight w nt
n to New Tort to KM in th>- cheering at the
ball game to-morrow. Wray refused to discuss
the details ( >f the trip, and said that th.-y had
nut been finally completed. F. L. Hlgf
Jr.. who is now in England, has been conducting
the negotiations for the trip for the Harvard
crew, and has kept in close touch with Wray
and the crew members.
CHEERS FOR ROOSEVELT CAUSE DEATH.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Cincinnati. June Joseph C. Butler, aged forty.
a millionaire of this city, died, thai evening at
Sllverton. Col., where he was Inspecting mines.
Mr. Butler attended the Republican National Con
vention in Chicago on bis way to Colorado, and
was greatly excited over the demonstrattoa for
President Roosevelt, cheering wildly for half an
hour. The excitement and exertion caused col
lapse, and illness which followed resulted fatally.
519.00 TO CLEVELAND AND RETURN.
June a i.. ... M.i Pennsylvania Railroad. Tickets
good to return" until July 7. ami by deposit until
August 31. See ticket agents.-Advt.
PRICE THREK CENTS.
GROYER CLEVELAND
BtBIEDATrmCErOX
GREAT MEX OF XATIOX
AT SIMPLE (EREMOXV.
All Frimceto* Silent as Ed-President
Is Borne to His Last R »'
ICy T^i'icriph to Th« Tribune. 1
Princeton. N. J. June -i}.— Ex-President Grover
Cleveland was buried in Princeton Cemetery, be
side his daughter, Ruth, to-day. Just as the sun
was sinking. The services, simple almost to se
verity, were attended by a throns of .listin- -
guished mourners, headed by a Prudent, three
Governor?, a Chief Justice of the Untied States
and present and former Cabinet Ministers, whose
presence bore testimony to the sorrow of the en
tire country.
At 5 p.' m. the brief services at Westland. the
Cleveland home, were begun. Scarcely an hour
later the body was committed to the earth, while
the tolling of a bell over at the university floated
faintly at hum the cemetery. Services at the
grave lasted a scant five minute?, and Mr-.
i Cleveland and her children were bssng driven
| back to Westland while the last In carriages
; in the funeral procession still were bringing
I those who had attended the ceremony at the
house.
Fewer than two hundred persons were per
mitted to attend the services at the house; hard
ly an additional hundred were at the cemetery,
but along the few blocks from Westland to the
cemetery stores were closed, and clusters of per
sons were gathered in the streets to pay thfir
respects to the memory of the nation's former
Chief Executive.
As the funeral procession drove slowly between
lines of mounted troopers and at the cemetery
through lanes of infantry standing at "atten
tion," hats were doffed and conversation ceased.
It was. in its simplicity and dignity, a fitting
popular tribute to the man who. when his official
life eiyled, identified himself so completely and
thoroughly with the people as did Mr. Cleveland.
MR. ROOSEVELTS ARRIVAL.
President Roosevelt reached here in a special
train at 4.4f> p. m accompanied by Secretary
Loch and the usual Secret Service men. Gov
ernor Fort of New Jersey met him at the sta
tion, and the party was driven at once M the
Cleveland home. Governor Hughes. Governor
Hoke Smith of Georgia and the surviving mem
bers of Mr. Cleveland's two cabinets. Chief Jus
tice Fuller. Secretary Cortelyou and scores of
other distinguished persons already were there.
Mrs. Cleveland greeted the President, who ex
pressed his great sorrow at Mr Cleveland's
death and great sympathy with her in her sor
row. Almost immediately the brief services
were begun.
The body in its plain oaken coffin lay in the
reception room on the ground floor of Was lisa i
In this room were Mrs. Cleveland. Esther ami
Richard, the children. Miss Rose Cleveland. Miss
Mary Hastings and Professor Cleveland F.
Bacon, of New York University Law School,
niece and nephew, and the President. In th«
library across the hall were Governors Hughes
and Fort and the former members of the Cleve
land cabinet?. Both rooms were filled with
beautiful flowers and floral pieces.
The coffin was covered with loose flowers
carnations, sweetpeas. lilies-of-the-valley and
one wreath of ivy clipped to-day from that
creeping over old Nassau Hal!. In other rooms
opening from the hall, forming with the library
and reception room one large suite, and on (ha
roomy porch were the rest of th» mourners.
As the four clergymen who w<»se to conduct
the services, th* Rev. Dr. William R. Rlchard3.
the Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke, the Rev. Sylves
ter W. Beach and the Rev. afaWiaail V Barrett,
came down the stairs into the hall, the entire
assemblage arose and remained standing through
the services. The invocation was read by the
R«v Mr. Beach, followed by reading by th^
Rev. Mr. Bartlett of passages from St. John
and the Epistle to the Thessalonians relating to
death and .he future life. Then Dr. van Dyka
stepped forward.
DR. VAN DYKE READS POEM.
"At th» request of one whose slightest wish
is sacred." said he. "there will be no address
to-day. No words of praise are required to
express our sorrow on this occasion. One hun
dred years ago a poem was written by a great
English poet which in its thought and feeling
is closely associated with our honored friend.
It was Wordsworth's 'Character of the Happy
Warrior.'" Dr. van Dyke repeated the entire
poem, his voice trembling at times from emo
tion. .Xt its close he said:
"Let us make confession together of our be
lief in the Christian faith." and in unison the
assemblage repeated the Apostles" Creed. Then
the clergyman offered prayer, as follows:
O God. who art the strength of thy saints and
who redeem**! the souls of thy servants, we thank
Thee for alt who have died in the Lord and who
row rest from their labors, having received the
end of tl*?ir faith, even the salvation of their souls.
" Especially we rail to mind Thy loving kindness
and Thy tender mercy to thai Thy servant, who?*
memory we honor and whose loss we mourn. For
Thy Rood hand upon him. leading him through all
the trials, toils and conflicts of this mortal life
to the final victory, blessed b*» Thy name. O God.
Kor the threat duties which Thou didst give him
to perform in the state ami for the high eoura**.
wisdom and success with which he was enabled
to serve the commonwealth, blessed be Thy name.
O God.
For the larsreness of the talents which Thou
didst commit to his hinds and the faithfulness wit a
which he used them In Thy sight as chief magis
trate of the Republic. Messed bt. Thy name, O God.
For the warmth of his friendship, for his constant
delight In Thy srpnt out-of-doors, for the quiet Joy
ami love of his home and for the peace of his death
in tho faith of Jesus Christ, blesatd be Thy name.
t ..»' God.
Continue forth Thy goodness from jreneration t»
ceusration and Thy grace unto the children of th»
faithful. w „,
LSI Thy blessing rest on the house of Thy ser
vant and "his name abide in perpetual remembrance,
through Thy mercy and TBy truth in Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
THE FUN: HAL. PROCESSION.
In half an hour the ceremony at the house was
ended. The pallbearer;*, all close friends or
neighbors of »he dead man— Mayor McClellan of
New York, Commodore K. C Benedict, Richard
Watson Gilder. President Finley of the College
of the City of New York, Professor Paul van
Dyke, at Princeton; Professor Andrew F. West.
Professor John G. Hlbben. Paul Morton. Juntas
S. Morgan. A. D. Russell. Professor Howard Mc-
Clenahan and Bayard Stockton— carried the coffin
to the hearse, and the funeral procession started
to- the cemetery.
In the first coach were the clergymen. The.
' second was reserved for Mrs. Cleveland. She.
! dressed in sombre black, with a heavy black
! veil, stood Uanln? on the arm of Dr. Joseph D.
Bryant, with her son Richard, tn a white linen
suit and black bow tie, holding her hand, wait
ing for the coach, when through some blunder
the hearse was driven up to the porch. After
a little delay the mistake was straightened* out.
'■ the hearse sent on anil her coach was driven up.
The third coach Baal Miss slose Cleveland, and
Kstlu-r. the -President's elder daughter and
i •Meal child. In- the fourth were Cleveland F.
' Bacon. Miss Hastings and Professor and Mrs.
| Wood. Next came Mr. and Mrs. Huddles: a. o|
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