The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-31
A Y ICT0RY
st. Johns Cemetery
Association Happy.
A BILL REPORTED,
Giving This Body Corporate
Rights To Do Business.

| Clinton, March 30.-The st, John,
cemetery corporation scored a sigma
victory at the state house today, wher
| the committee on mercantile affairs re.
ported a bin to permit the St. Johns
corporation to take land in Lancaster
and to hold all real and personal prop.
erty received for the benefit of the as
ISOLATION. The Importance of this bill
Is significant from the fact that it is
original in itself, in the history of the
commonwealth.
Its purport is TO give a standing to
the corporation and to widen the scope
of its authority
When the land of the new cemetery
on Greeley street was first taken for
cemetery purposes, there was a strong
disposition on the part of Lancaster
people to object to having a cemetery
IN their midst, and further than this.
they objected strenuously to the idea
OF having Clinton's dead disinterred
and taken to their town for burial
This feeling was further augmented
when the town of Clinton defeated Ian
caster in the sewer fight before last
years legislature, when, as a result,
land was taken in Lancaster for the
disposal of Clinton's sewer. This was
too much for the good thinking people
of Lancaster, and they threatened for
some time to be a potent enemy of the
cemetery corporation.
Further than this, the statutes were
looked up and It was discovered that a
cemetery could not be laid out in any
town for the benefit of another mu-
inequality without permission of the
legislature
OF late the feeling somewhat died out,
put sentiment is strong, and Judge
John w. Corcoran determined to be on
the safe side, and last week appeared
before the abOve-named committee and
asked for authority to take and use
such land as is necessary in the town
of Lancaster That the committee
should report unanimously in favor of
the bill. is pretty positive indication
that the bill win have a ready pass
age.
Capt. Peter ], Cannon and Lieuts.
Martin J. Healy and John J. Boyle
went to Boston this evening to attend
the meeting of the officers Of the Ninth
regiment, for the purpose of electing a
colonel. Capt. Cannon is a staunch
admirer Of Maj, Donavon, who COM
manded the regiment IN the Cuban cam
paign, and he and the two lieutenants
VIII support Maj. DonaVon to the end
in his candidacy. While in Boston.
Capt. Cannon will study the arrange
ments being made in Boston for the re-
ception Of the soldiers remains of the
regiment just arrived from Cuba and
en- route home. There is much inter-
est manifest here over the election. and
the toWnspeople viii be disappointed if
Mai Donavon is not elected.
Chief of Police Oren 3. Bates will
move into police headquarters SATURDAY.
morning, with his new force of. patrol
men. The old force will quit duty Sat
urday morning at o'clock, but as the
new men have all been on the force
before they will need no breaking in
and they will fall into their old nosi
tons readily enough.
As Chief Bates is entirely inexperi-
enced, he will have a difficult task on
MS hands for some time making himself
familiar with the duties Of the cAfce
and making a reputation for the repub
llcan administration. There is a grow
ing feeling among the license people,
and especially the breakers of the law
that the police administration will be
of a rigid character
This Is true, and Mr. Rodger the
chairman of the board, impresses that
opinion on every one with whom he
talks. He says that he means to make
this years administration a clean one,
and by that it is evident that he means
to enforce the liquor law.
Mr.. Bates is a conscientious official
and there is no doubt but that he
means just what he says. Chief Bates
first duty viii be to place the beats for
the officers. and here win be a difficult
JOB. 1t is likely that the old men will