The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-07-31
GENERAL NEWS.

on w ednesday ordered favorable report
on the bill for the admission INTO the
Union of the Territories of Arizona and
New Mexico
The steamship Australia which ar
rived al San Francisco on Saturday from
Honolulu, brought adviees that peace pre-
walls throughout Hawaii, and the new
Governm ent appears to be firmly estab-
lished.
China and Japan are at war over the
management of affairs at Corea. China
is endeavoring to seize Corea against the
wish of the Japanese. Several naval en-
gagements on a small scale have taken
place, at each of which Japan was
victorious.
Utah will be the forty fifth star in the
galaxy of Old Glory. The President has
signed the bill, and after November next
Utah will be full-hedged State Our
little sister was little shady so far as her
morals were concerned in her hayward
youth, but she has sobered down and will
be very creditable member fthe family.
The president of the Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati and st. Louis Railroad Company
has presented bill to the city of Chi
cage for $449,69l for the destruction of
and damage to railroad property during
the recent strike. A bill for S2i, 347,
of the same kind, has been presented by
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad.
The cases against Debs and his assoc
ciates in the United States courts at Chi
cage, were on Wednesday postponed I'M
til September 9th, owing to the sickness
of one of the government counsel. The
prisoners were released on bail, amount
ing to $1,000 each, covering five new in
dictments in addition to the Government
and Santa Fe Railroad cases.
The oil tank works of S. F. Bowser &
Co, at Fort Wayne, Indiana, were totally
destroyed by fire Saturday night, the loss
being estimated at 100000 During the
fire Frank Magner, a laborer, was instant
ly killed by picking up broken tele-
phone wire which had fallen across a
trolley wire. When his wife heard of his
death she was completely Frustrated and
soon expired.
The town of Phillips, in Wisconsin,
was totally wiped out by forest fire on
Friday night, leaving about 5000 people
without food or shelter The loss is es-
timated at about 81 $50, 900. The plant OF
the White River Company and several
houses at Mason were also destroyed, be-
sides large quantity of railroad property,
isolated farm buildings, etc. 1t is be-
leved more than 20 persons lost their
lives at Phillips.
Judge Hallett, at Denver, on Tues
day, sentenced w. Fl. Cochran and ]. H.
Sayre to a term of five years in the Uni
ted States prison at Joliet Cochran and
Sayre were the president and cashier re-
spectIvely of the First National Bank at
Del Norte, Colorado, and they were con-
victed of making false reports of the
condition of the bank to the comptroller
of the currency.
The warehouse and stables of the
George w Knox Express Company, in
Washington, D. c., were destroyed by
fire early Wednesday morning, together
with the Adams Express Company's sta
BILE, adjoining. Three fremen were crush
ed to death by falling floors, and several
persons were injured. Over 200 horses
belonging to the Knox Company were
burned to death. The loss is estimated
at $780, 600.
In the Senate during the morning
business on Thursday Mr.. Mcpherson, of
New Jersey, said that owing to illness
and the bad air of the chamber, from
which he was then suffering he was
obliged to ask for an indefinite leave of
absence. The request was granted. Mr..
Mcpherson looked i'll, and apparently
has never fully recovered from the recent
severe illness which caused him to go
south.
Raymond, Leroy and Freddie Guinan,
brothers, aged respectively 8 years, Z
years and years, who had been missing
from their home at Hartford, Connecticut,
since Thursday, we're found dead in the
closet of a caboose in a railroad yard.
Their bodies were naked and maDgled by
rats. 1t is supposed that the boys had
taken off their clothing to swim, and, be-
coming frightened at the approach of a
policeman, ran into the small closet. The
door closed with spring lock, and they
soon suffocsted.
The conferrees on the Agricultural
bill at Washington have reached an agree
ment, those on the part of the Senate
agreeing to recede on the only important
item of difference, the Senate appropria-
ton of 81, 600 900 for the extirpation of
the Russian thistle Senator Cockrell will
ask the Senate to strike this item from
the bill, and if the motion carries the bill
will be ready to 90 to the President.
Should the Senate insist on its amend
ment the bill will go back to conference
The House conferrees say they will never
agree to appropriate 81 100000 for the ex-
tirpation of this pest, and if the Senate
votes for it there will be deadlock.
The question whether or not an un-
derground trolley is practicable for street
car service will be determined in Wash
ngton, D. C. bill to authorize one of
the street car systems in Washington to
extend ITS lines and change its motive
power has passed both branches of Con-
gress, and on Thursday the conference
report on the bill was agreed to in the
House. 1t requires the company to equip
and operate its lines with an underground
electric system within period of two
years, under heavy penalties for failure.
1t was stated in debate that this was one
of the most important measures ever
passed by Congress, as the demonstration
that the underground system can be sue
cessfully operated will compel change
of power of thousands of miles of electric
roads in the United States
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