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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
ably interesting places worth, visit- 
ing. Its handsome monuments, mau- 
soleums and family vaults represent 
fabulous wealth. Its appointments 
and landscape improvement are the 
most thorough and modern. 
Of all the cemeteries in New York, 
or perhaps in this country. Green- 
wood is the most cosmopolitan. 
While it is generally known as a 
Protestant burying ground, it con- 
tains bodies of all creeds and nation- 
alities. The bodies of some of the 
most famous people of the country 
have found final resting places in 
Greenwood. Among the soldiers 
who are buried there were General 
Henry W. Slocum, Francis B. Spin- 
ola, George W. Collom and Henry 
W. Flalleck. There are also the 
tombs of many famous authors and 
men of letters — -.the Carey sisters, 
Alice and Phoebe; George Arnold, 
McDonald Clark, Fitzjames O’Brien 
and James K. Paulding. 
In a small sarcophagus lies the 
body of the great orator, preacher 
and author, Henry Ward Beecher. 
Close by is the grave of Peter Coop- 
er. This is not marked by a head- 
stone, for it was his expressed wish 
that his grave should be unmarked. 
While it has no stone or monument, 
it is almost constantly covered with 
flowers by those who cherish the 
name of Peter Cooper and his wo’-ks. 
The body of Henry Georj^e, 
whose untimely death occurred in 
1897, upon the verge of his possible 
election to the mayoralty of New 
York, lies here also. Near the Goth- 
ic main entrance to Greenwood is the 
grave of DeWitt Clinton, once Unit- 
ed States Senator, Mayor of New 
York City and Governor of the state. 
He died in 1828 and was buried in 
Albany, but in 1844, by the order of 
his family, his body was removed to 
Greenwood, wdiere his resting place 
is marked by a stone shaft in the cen- 
ter of a large plot. 
Then there are the bodies of great 
inventors and promoters of large in- 
dustries of such character as to bring 
upon themselves popularity and fame. 
Among them is that of Elias Howe, 
inventor of the sewing machine: 
John Roach, the ship builder; Wm. 
Steinway, the famous piano manufac- 
turer; Theodore A. Havemeyer, of 
the American Sugar Refining Com- 
pany; James Gordon Bennett, R. H. 
Hoe, the inventor of the modern cyl- 
inder printing press. 
There are also the bodies of many 
famous actors and among them is 
that of William J. Florence, the im- 
personator of Sir Lucius O’Trigger. 
Near by is the grave of William E. 
Burton, and of Frederick B. Conway, 
who first appeared in America as 
Charles Surface in 1850. The grave 
of Joe Anderson, the lifelong friend 
of Edwin Booth, is there. The grave 
is marked by a granite stone which 
Booth had erected in memory of his 
friend. 
In a pleasant knoll on Battle Hill, 
overlooking the harbor, is the grave 
of Barney Williams, the pioneer of 
Irish comedy. It is marked by a 
rich and costly monument of Goth- 
ic design and is adorned with the 
bust of the actor. Other actors who 
were famous in their day and whose 
bodies lie in Greenwood, were Harry 
Placide, William Rufus Blake, John 
Brougham, Charles M. Walcott, Har- 
ry Montague, James Wallack and 
Lester Wallack. 
The Missouri Cemetery Improve- 
ment Association was organized at 
the Hotel Erederick at Booneville, 
Mo., April 8, with a view to the bet- 
terment of cemeteries throughout the 
state. The following cemetery rep- 
resentatives were present: 
Wm. Mittlebach, Superintendent of 
Walnut Grove, Booneville: T. W. 
Goodman, Secretary, Walnut Grove, 
Booneville; Chas. Doerries, Se.xton, 
Booneville; H. S. Cook, Superintend- 
ent of Forest Hill, Kansas City; 
Stanley M. Hyer, of Elmwood, Kan- 
sas City; Sid J. Hare, Landscape 
Architect, Kansas City; Edward Kra- 
mer of Masonic Cemetery at Bunce- 
ton; Miss Emma McGraw and Mrs. 
E. W. Bedford, Fayette; A. E. Todt, 
of SS. Peter & Paul, St. Louis; Ed- 
son L. Burch, Secretary of Riverview 
at Jefferson City, Mo. 
After an address of welcome given 
by Dr. Mittelbach in the absence of 
the mayor of Boonville, the organ- 
ization was made permanent and of- 
ficers elected' as follows: 
President, Wm. Mittelbach, of 
Walnut Grove, Boonville; 1st vice- 
president, Sid J. Hare, Kansas City; 
2nd vice-president, Emma McGraw, 
Fayette; secretary, Edson L. Burch, 
Riverview, Jefferson City; treasurer, 
A. E. Todt, SS. Peter & Paul, St. 
Louis. 
A committee of three, consisting of 
Messrs. Cook, Root and Hyer, .of 
Kansas City, was appointed to draft 
by-laws and report at the next meet- 
ing. The name adopted was “The 
Perhaps the most famous of the 
actresses of a former generation, 
buried in Greenwood, was Laura 
Keene, who was born in England in 
1820, and died in Montclair, N. J., 
about 1870. 
In Greenwood lies also the body 
of Mrs. Eliza Gilbert, once known as 
the beautiful Lola Montez, who fig- 
ured prominently in Bavarian history. 
Her grave is marked by a plain, mar- 
ble monument and there is nothing 
to attract even passing notice from a 
chance visitor. 
Residents of a number of Long Isl- 
and towns have recently protested 
against the establishment of any more 
cemeteries in this borough, especially if 
they are non-resident corporations or- 
ganized primarily for profit, and a bill 
is before the present Legislature to re- 
strict further cemetery extensions, as 
noted on another page in this issue. 
Missouri Cemetery Improvement As- 
sociation." A legislative committee 
was also appointed. An address was 
given by Sid J. Hare, landscape arch- 
itect, of Kansas Cit}% and Stanley M. 
Hyer and others also spoke. The 
ladies of Fayette gave an interesting 
account of their efforts in the im- 
provements of their City Cemetery. 
The secretary requested that the 
members send him a list of topics or 
papers that should be discussed at 
ne.xt meeting and assist in every way 
possible in making it a success. 
The place of meeting was fi.xed at 
Kansas City, at some time in July, 
acceptable to the Kansas City dele- 
gation. 
Through the kindness of the citi- 
zens of Boonville, the delegates were 
given an automobile ride about the 
city. 
Supt. IMittelbach took great pride in 
showing what had been accomplished 
in Walnut Grove Cemetery. It has 
been put on a permanent basis, in- 
suring to lot owners perpetual care 
and maintenance. 
Boonville has also a magnificent 
site for a park, overlooking the broad 
expanse of the Missouri’s turbid 
waters. 
The success of the meeting was due 
to the untiring efforts of Supt. Mittel- 
bach, who has spared no labor or 
pains in getting the people of the 
state interested; a number of those 
unable to attend expressed .great in- 
terest in the meeting and extended 
best wishes for its permanent organ- 
ization and success. 
MISSOURI CEMETERIES ORGANIZE 
