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Cemetery Notes. 
The directors of Mt. Jackson Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind., 
following the precedent established by the Crown Hill com- 
pany of that city, have decided that they will allow no more 
Sunday burials unless especially advised by the board of 
health. 
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The following resolution was adopted by the Board of 
Trustees of Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio, and the rule 
is novv' in effect : “That the copying and photographing of 
monuments in the cemetery is to be prohibited excepting witli 
the written consent of the owner.” 
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The corporation counsel of Buffalo, N. Y., has discovered 
that the title to two-thirds of Howard Cemetery, which the 
City Council had ordered sold, belongs to the park commis- 
sion to whom it was transferred in 1892. The total area of 
the cemetery is 20 acres, and since the Park Commissioners 
control I3l4 acres, only 6^2 can be sold by the city. 
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Elm Grove Cemetery has been established at Bluffton, Ind. 
It embraces fifty acres of ground and is laid out in three 
sections, traversed by well-made driveways and having be- 
tween 1,000 and 1,200 lots. The grounds were laid out by 
Mr. John Chislett, superintendent of Crown Hill Cemetery, 
Indianapolis. 
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The new Riverview Cemetery, near South Bend, Ind., has 
its new receiving tomb practically completed. The structure 
is of stone, but has not a marble interior, as was incorrectly 
reported in our last issue. The cemetery has a fine stone office 
building, and the new chapel is approaching completion. Mr. 
John G. Barker is superintendent, and he writes that the 
future prospects are all that could be wished, and that the 
work is progressing splendidly. 
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The Greenwood Cemetery Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
is defendant in the Supreme Court in an action brought by 
the children of Guido Mancini, who wish to remove the body 
of their father from Greenwood and inter it in Mount Hebron 
Cemetery, Montclair, N. J., where their mother is buried. 
The plaintiffs claim that they are fulfilling the dying wish of 
their mother. The attorney for the cemetery company alleges 
that property in Greenwood Cemetery has become so valuable 
that many attempts have been made to disinter bodies for no 
other purpose than to sell the lot. The court has reserved 
decision. 
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Monument Cemetery, Broad and Berks street, Philadelphia, 
recently passed a resolution authorizing the removal of all 
broken enclosures, and the resetting of broken and fallen 
headstones. As a result of the board’s action the enclosures 
were removed from a lot belonging to C. Jess Young, 3718 
North Carlisle street, who has brought suit against James Y. 
MacDonnell, president, and William B. Oat, secretary, of the 
association for larceny. The counsel for the defendants asked 
that the charge of larceny be withdrawn, and suggested that 
Young institute civil suit proceedings. The magistrate held 
the cemetery officials in $500 bail for court. 
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Mr. J. C. Cline, superintendent of Woodland Cemetery, 
Dayton, Ohio, has issued a circular letter to cemetery super- 
intendents in that state calling upon them to meet at Columbus’ 
during the State Fair, which was held in September, for the 
purpose of organizing a state association of cemetery superin- 
tendents, A number of the superintendents in the state with 
whom Mr, Cline has communicated have expressed the belief 
that such an association would be of great mutual benefit, and 
there is every prospect of a successful organization. There 
are a number of well-conducted cemeteries in Ohio, whose 
methods are worthy of study, and an interchange of ideas 
among their superintendents cannot fail to be of value to ’all. 
A report of the meeting is promised for our next issue. 
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The Springfield Cemetery Association, Springfield, Mass., is 
confronted with the problem of taking care of the squirrels 
which have become very numerous in the cemetery. At a 
recent meeting of the association a petition was received from 
residents of the neighborhood asking for the extermination 
of the squirrels, that it is claimed are invading their yards and 
destroying the fruit. The association has not taken action, 
and should they decide to exterminate the animals they will 
be in danger of violating the game laws. 
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George R. Fletcher, superintendent of the Odd Fellows’ 
Cemetery, San Francisco, Cal., has applied to the Supreme 
Court for a writ of review in the case in which a decision was 
rendered against the cemetery. The question at issue is the 
constitutionality of the ordinance passed by the Board of Su- 
pervisors, prohibiting interments within the city limits. The 
superintendent permitted a body to be interred, was arrested 
for violating the ordinance, and sentenced to pay a fine of 
$100. He appealed to the Superior Court, which confirmed 
the judgment of the lower court, and the appeal to the Su- 
preme Court followed. 
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The Cemetery Committee of the City Council, Colorado 
Springs, Col., is taking steps to effect the perpetual endow'- 
ment of lots in the new addition to the cemetery. The city 
attorney has decided that the Council has no power to Invest 
money derived from this fund, although it can collect the 
money. The Council is considering three ways of meeting the 
difficulty : First, it can elect or appoint a number of trus- 
tees who shall see to the investment of the fund, though there 
is some doubt as to its authority to do this; second, the Leg- 
islature can pass an act enabling the Council to create the 
necessary board ; or, third, the lot owners may themselves 
elect the trustees. The general opinion seems to be that the 
latter method will be adopted until the Legislature can con- 
vene and pass an enabling act. 
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CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS. 
Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, has recently added 
91-3 acres of territory at a cost of $19,400. * * Calvary 
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, is erecting a handsome chapel and 
receiving vault to cost $25,000. * * Maple Grove, Hoosick 
Falls, N. Y., has added to its territory, built a new driveway, 
and terraced the west side of the grounds * * The Glen- 
wood Cemetery commission, Everett, Mass., has been author- 
ized by the City Council to purchase 1,785 feet of land, front- 
ing on Washington avenue. Revere, in order to straighten the 
line of the cemetery. The sum of $1,000 was voted for the 
work, to be set aside from the cemetery receipts for the cur- 
rent year. * * Catholics of Salamanca. N. Y., have bought 
seven acres of ground which is to be developed as a Catholic 
cemetery. * * Oak Hill, Youngstown, Ohio, will build a 
new entrance gate. It will be forty feet wide, and will have 
four stone posts. * * St. James’ Cemetery, South Man- 
chester, Conn., has built a substantial iron fence, and a new 
ornamental iron gateway. 
