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Plans have been submitted to the authorities of Mount 
INIuncie Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kan., for a private vault, 16 
by 20 feet, to cost |;io,ooo, constructed of c^ranite. The plans 
have been approved. 
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A crematory is to be con.structed in Cleveland, O., by the 
Cleveland Cremation Company, a corporation of |;5o, 000 capital, 
owned by Cleveland people. A permanent plant will be erected 
at a cost of some |i5,ooo. 
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In ever}' city or town in the Netherlands, says an exchange, 
you will find a Rosemary street. In olden days only under- 
takers lived in them, the rosemary being, in the language of 
flowers, specially dedicated to the dead. 
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The report of the Fair Haven Union Cemetery Association, 
New Haven, Conn., shows 66 lots under perpetual care, the fund 
amounting to $6,663.52. All these lots “have a' bronze metal 
sign bearing the inscription ‘perpetual care,’ ’’ and the commit- 
tee hopes that all the 213 lots will before many years bear this 
inscription. 
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The forty-ninth annual meeting of the Mount Royal Ceme- 
tery Company, Montreal, Canada, was held last month. The 
report showed a perpetual care fund of $47,606, and a balance 
from receipts and expenditures of $6,481.82. During the year 
there were 1,354 interments, and there are 3,542 lot owners 
owning 7,420 lots. 
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Negotiations have been consummated by the New York 
syndicate for the ])urcha,se of 450 acres of land between Rich- 
mond and Giffords, Staten Island, N. Y., for the location of two 
large cemeteries to be known as St. Agnes and Seaview. The 
company proposes to expend some $400,000 on improving the 
property. 
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A worthy action is that of Mr. Edward Severin Clark of 
Cooperstow’ii, N. Y., who in commemoration of the 88th anni- 
versary of the birthday of his grandfather, the late Edward 
Clark, presented to the trustees of Lakewood Cemetery a check 
for $3,885, the amount of the indebtedness of the association. 
This unexpected gift leaves the permanent lot-keeping fund 
unimpaired, and affords brighter prospects for the future. 
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The annual meeting of the Riverside Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Cleveland, O,, was held last month. The receipts for the 
year amounted to $23,284.53, of which the sale of lots gave 
$19,918, and there is a balance in the treasury of $19,460.88. In 
the report of the president he says: “The rule dispensing with 
Sunday funerals has proved a wise one, and has already re- 
sulted in much good to the cemetery. ’ ’ 
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An innovation in cemetery etiquette is certainly that of 
Mr. Krueger, who recently held an inspection reception in 
his m insoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N. J. The 
dimen.-iions of the mausoleum, which is built of granite and cost 
$100,000, is 25 by 26 feet exclusive of wings. The height from 
the ground to the top of the .surmounting figure, symbolic of 
eternal life, is 46 feet. 
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The two granite piers at the entrance of St. .Lgnes Ceme - 
ter}-, Albany, N. Y., have been completed by the addition of 
two marble statues placed thereon by the Messrs. Harrigan 
Bros., in memory of their parents. The subjects are the “Im- 
maculate Conception” and “St. Agnes.” and bronze tablets are 
added containing inscriptions. The statues were cut in Italy 
from original models and from statuary Carrara marble. 
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A receiving vault has recently been completed in Fairview 
Cemetery, Little Falls, N. Y. It is on plan 34 ft. by 32 ft., and 
is constructed of sandstone with slate roof; the interior is lined 
with buff brick. The floor is of marble tile and the ceiling is of 
stamped steel. Catacombs and external trimmings are of Yer- 
mont marble. Cost $6,000. There is ample room and conven- 
ience within for the holding of brief funeral .services. 
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The tnustees of the cemetery department of Boston have is- 
sued a statement in connection with the much discussed ques- 
tion of the erection of a monument by the Victoria Club over 
the remains of the British soldiers, killed in the Revolutionary 
battles about Boston, and buried on Boston Common. The 
trustees are in favor of granting permission if it can be satisfac- 
torily proved that the remains of the soldiers are interred in the 
Common and the exact place can be determined. 
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The reports rendered at the annual meeting of the lot- 
owners of Oakland cemetery, St. Paul, Minn., to October 31, 
1899, showed net receqhs of $20,805.04 and net expenditures, 
$19-813. 52. Among the receipts were: Lot .sales, $7,505; single 
grave sales, $1,098; interment fees, $1,628; greenhouse 
sales, $4,338-95; intere.st of perpetual care working fund, 
$ 4 , 397 - 99 - The expenditures included: pay rolls, $12,660.57; 
greenhou.se, $755-48; greenhouse con.struction, $1,727.71. Thir- 
ty-six monuments and loi markers were erected. The number 
of interments for the year were 295 making a grand total in the 
cemetery of 13,510. 
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At the expense of the Chinese government, the bodies of 65 
Chinese buried in the cemeteries of Chicago have been exhumed 
and .shipped to China, to be buried in sacred soil in accordance 
with their religious requirements. Sixty of these were buried in 
Rosehill cemetery, and three in Graceland. One who died of 
small-pox will have to remain, the health department refusing 
to allow the body to be disinterred. The disinterment will be 
accompanied with elaborate ceremonies, peculiar to the Chinese. 
Only the bones of the dead are to be moved, for each body has 
been left in the ground until every vestige of flesh has disap- 
peared. These will be placed in boxes of zinc and carefully 
nailed up to prevent the influence of evil spirits. Incense will 
be burned and incantations performed until the sacred soil is 
reached, after which time all danger from evil spirits is passed. 
After they are buried food will be placed near the graves for 
many weeks in order that the dead may not suffer. The cost of 
transporting the bodies is about $500 each. The railroad and 
ship companies wall not accept them unless they are securely 
boxed, and have a certificate that there is no danger of contag- 
ion. No extensive shipments of bodies have been made from 
Chicago for six years, as the bodies must lie buried for that 
length of time. 
