The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-03-28
GENE RAJ NEWS

THE new Methodist Episcopal Church
at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, built by
John Fritz, of the Bethlehem Iron Works
in memory of his parents, was dedicated
on Sunday by Bishop Foss. The building
cost 100000.
The registration of Kansas women
for the municipal elections, which take
place in April, is unprecedented. In EN-
poria, there were 1888 women registered
as against COG men, while in other cities
more women registered than ever before.
The warehouse of the Summit Fuel
and Feed Company, in Denver. Colorado,
was destroyed by the fire Friday. Frank
Mahoney and Fred Pierpont, firemen,
were killed by a falling wall, and two
others were injured. The loss was $685.
600.
Colonel Eliot F. Shepard, editor of the
New York Mail and Express, died sudden
ly Friday afternoon. His death followed
the administration of ether by physicians
for the purpose of ascertaining the advis-
ability of surgical operation. He was
so years of age.
"A report has reached Guthrie, Okla
homa, from Paushaska, in the Usage Ma
ton, of fire which swept away large
portion of the town, destroying the In
dian council house, several large stores,
besides many smaller buildings. The re-
port says that FIVE lives were lost In the
flames
Fifty clothing shops in New York
city were closed on Saturday In accord
snce with the plan adopted by the Cloth
ing Manufacturers Association to compel
the American Federation of Labor to
withdraw its boycott from one of the
manufacturers. Seven hundred cutters
were thus locked out.
"A telegram from Lincoln, Nebraska,
says that C. w. Mosher, the indicted
President of the Capitol National Bank,
who has been in Illinois since the collapse
of the bank, has made proposition to
the authorities providing for the reliev-
ing of the fortunes of the bank on a
compromise basis, namely, that he be
fined instead of imprisoned.
The Commercial National Bank of
Nashville. Tennessee, suspended on Sat
urdav afternoon in consequence of the
failure of Dobbins & Darcy. 1t is thought
that all the depositors will be paid in full,
and thof tba otoak n III 4 orc mill loosa Iiftla
if anything. President Spur. of the
bank, says that nearly the entire amount
of the indebtedness of the firm to the
bank was brought about by means of
gross misstatements as to shipments of
cotton made by Mr.. Darcy to the Cashier
The Government of Spain has offici-
ally rendered to the United States as
gift the reproduced flagship of Columbus,
the Santa Maria. now somewhere in the
Gulf of Mexico on the way to this coun-
try to participate in the naval review and
form part of the Spanish exhibit at Chi
cago. The ceremonies of presentation
will take place on some date to be here
after named, near the close of the EXPOSE
ton. and it is the intention to bring the
Santa Maria to Washington for permanent
exhibition.
"A despatch has been received at Glou-
cester, Massachusetts, stating that the
Newfoundland Government had officially
announced that license fee of $3.50 will
be required of all American vessels tax
ing bait at Newfoundland ports. For the
past two years the policy of Newfound-
land has been extremely conciliatory
toward American fishermen, and they
were allowed to take bait free of any IL
cense charge The Newfoundland people
now claim that the American vessels vio-
lated this courtesy by taking bait to the
French fleet, with headquarters at St.
Pierre, in express violation of the agree
ment not to do so.