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stroyed, and no parts of the same are allowed to be taken from 
the Crematory, except the name plate, if desired. 
7. No exposure of the body will be permitted where death 
has resulted from any contagious disease, or when, for any 
reason, the Superintendent in his judgment deems it unwise 
to open the casket. 
8. The incineration may be strictly private if the relatives 
or friends of the deceased so desire ; otherwise persons present 
may be allowed to witness the process with the consent of the 
Superintendent. 
9. The ashes remaining from the incineration of a body are 
placed in a metallic receptacle, properly sealed and labeled, 
and are deliverable at the office of the Superintendent the day 
following the incineration. Upon presentation of a written 
order from the Secretary the ashes will be delivered to the 
person duly authorized to receive them, who will also be 
required to sign a receipt for the same. 
10. The ashes must be removed or interred within thirty 
days from the date of incineration, unless the regular vault 
charges have been arranged and paid for. The Cemetery 
Committee reserve the right to inter the ashes in any part of 
the Cemetery they may deem proper after the expiration of 
the thirty days or other period for which payment has been 
made. 
11. If it is desired to postpone a cremation the body may be 
placed and remain in the Receiving Vault for a period of five 
days without extra charge. 
1 2. Undertakers or other persons in charge of a body to be 
cremated should so plan the funeral arrangements that the re- 
mains may arrive at the Crematory punctually at the appointed 
time. 
Cemetery Notes. 
In a recent decision at Cedar Falls, la., in the case of the 
County Recorder agair it the Catholic Cemetery Association, 
the court held that a < emetery is not an addition to the city, 
and that the city h«;> no right to dictate the roadways or 
streets to be made in it. The cemetery had submitted a plot 
for filing, but the c kj objected to it unless the roadways and 
streets corresponded to those in Greenwood, which is owned 
by the city. * * * 
Suit has been brought against the Elmwood Cemetery Com- 
pany of Memphis, Tenn., by Mrs. Matilda Matthews to force 
them to remove the remains of a child buried for many 
years from a lot to make room for her body. The lot was 
purchased by her husband and she asks that the removal 
be made that she may be interred by his side. 
* * * 
John Daugherty .has been arrested for despoiling the ceme- 
tery at Lowell, Ind. Headstones were overturned and broken, 
many of them being injured beyond repair. The damages 
amounted to between $2,000 and $2,500. The prisoner was 
bound over to the circuit court and sent to jail at Crown 
Point, Ind. , . . 
Residents of South Orange, N. J., recently appeared before 
the State Board of Health to oppose the application of Elvin 
W. Crane, Jacob Haussling and William Bonnett to locate 
a cemetery in that township on what is known as the “Tuscan 
Farm.” The local authorities refused to grant permission and 
the cemetery promoters appealed to the State Board. The 
Board reserved decision. 
The Stephen-Merritt Funeral and Undertaking Co., of New 
York City, is reported to have plans under way for the 
erection of a large crematory at North Plainfield, N. J. An 
option has been secured on a valuable tract of land, and it is 
understood that $100,000 will be spent on the chapel and 
crematory and laying out attractive grounds around them. 
The people of Alton, 111 ., the Daughters of the Confeder- 
acy and the Daughters of the Revolution, are to co-operate 
in restoring to good condition the old Confederate cemetery 
in that city in which 1,306 Confederate soldiers are buried. 
Permission will be obtained from Congress to do the work, 
which will include the placing of a headstone at each grave, 
and a general beautifying of the grounds. 
* * * 
Fluron Cemetery, the former burying ground of the Wyan- 
dotte Indians in Kansas City, Kan., is to be abandoned and 
the bodies moved to Quindaro Cemetery. Congress will be 
asked to pass a bill instructing the Secretary of the Interior 
to sell the grounds for $50,000. A portion of the proceeds 
will be expended on Quindaro Cemetery and the remainder 
divided among the Wyandottes living in the reservation and 
in Kansas City. Huron Cemetery comprises two acres of 
ground in the heart of Kansas City. 
* * * 
The Woodlawn Cemetery Company, of Baltimore, Md., re- 
cently incorporated for the purpose of developing a large mod- 
ern cemetery near Gwynn Oak Park, Baltimore, has no con- 
nection with the Woodlawn Cemetery of New York, as was 
erroneously reported. Certain of the directors are interested 
in both cemeteries, but the Woodlawn Cemetery Co., of New 
York, has no financial interest in the Baltimore cemetery. 
* * * 
At the recent annual meeting of the Marion Cemetery As- 
sociation, Marion, O., the following financial statement was 
given: Lots sold, $2,503.31 ; lots endowed, $2,000.42 ; receipts 
for the year, $9,090.08; expenditures for the year, $5,169.23; 
total net assets, April 1, 1903, $45,221.43; an increase of 
$3,920.85 ; reserve fund, $14,427.33; endowment fund, $23,- 
280.02 ; available assets over reserve fund, $7,514.08. This cem- 
tery established a rule one year ago charging double fees for 
Sunday funerals, and reports that but two funerals have been 
held on Sunday during the year. 
* * * 
The city of Springfield, Ohio, has transferred to the Spring- 
field Cemetery Association a 20-acre tract known as Oakwood 
Cemetery, used as a burial ground for the city poor. The 
cemetery agrees to beautify and care for the tract as an addi- 
tion to its own grounds, and to furnish burial space to the 
city for its indigent dead. The tract is divided from Spring- 
field Cemetery by a street which the city is to vacate. The 
new addition will give to Springfield Cemetery an area of 
160 acres. Greenmount Cemetery, formerly used as a potter’s 
field, will be transformed into a park. 
* * * 
It is reported that a number of societies and organizations 
in Springfield, O., have declared themselves opposed to reso- 
lution of the Ferncliff Cemetery Association prohibiting Sun- 
day funerals. The organizations are : Schwaben Benevolent 
Society, the German Society, Bavarian Benevolent Society, 
Baden Benevolent Society, Boilermakers’ Union, the Brick- 
layers’ Union, the Brewers’ Union, Trades and Labor Assem- 
bly, Lessing Lodge K. of P., Goethe Lodge I. O. O. F. 
;}c sjc 
A plot of ground laid off in the form of three concentric 
circles is one of the improvements planned for the new addi- 
tion to Mount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, la. County Sur- 
