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MOUNT-STEPHEN. 74 a title taken from a peak in the Rocky Moun- tains named lor him jiiriug the eonstruction of the Canadian I'acilu' Kailroad. MOUNT STEROilNG. A town and the coun- ty-seat of Brown t'ounty. 111., 38 miles east of Quincy: on the Wabash Railroad (Map: Illinois. B 4). It has manufactures of flour, wagons, brick, drain tile, etc., and in the vicinity, which is interested chiefly in agriculture, are coal and clay deposits. The water-works are owned by the municipality. Population, in 1890. 1055: in liWO. lllCiO. MOUNT STERLING. A city and the county- seat of ^Montgomery County. K.v.. 33 miles east of Lexington: on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- road (Map: Kentucky. H 2). It has a public library and several private educational institu- tions. The city controls important conunercial interests, and among its industrial establish- ments are planing mills, flouring mills, machine shops, and a distillerv. PopuIati(m. in 1890. 3l!20: in 1900. :!.-,i!l. MOUNT VERNON. The home and burial- place of (ieorge Washington, in Fairfax County. Virginia; on the right bank of the Potomac. 15 miles south of Washington. D. C. Tlie Washing- ton mansion, beautifully situated on an emi- nence, commanding a view of the river, is of wood, two stories high, ninety-six feet long, and thirty feet deep. It was built in 1743 by Washington's elder brother. Lawrence, who called it Mount Vernon, after Admiral Ver- non, under whom he had served in the British Navy. A high piazza runs along the front of the house, which has six rooms of moderate size on the ground floor, containing many objects of historical interest. The tomb to which Wash- ington's renuiins were removed from the old family vault in 1831 stands a few hundred yards from the house, near a wooded ravine. Mount Venion. which had been much enlarged by Wash- ington, was by him bequeathed to Bushroil Wash- ington, upon whose death it came into the hands of .lohn A. Washington, his nephew, who sold it in 1858 to the Ladies' Mount Vernon .ssocia- tion. which holds it in trust as a place of nation- al interest. Consult: Tossing. The Home of Wnnhinfitnii niitl Us Ansocintions. fll.itoriral, Bioftraphiivil. ninl Pictorial (new ed.. Xew York. 1805) : and Winelicrger. Home of ^'ashinplon at Mount Vrrnnii am} [In Associations (Washing- ton. 1806). MOUNT VERNON. A city and the county- .siat iif bill r-ciii ( iiiinty. 111.. 70 miles east by sotith of .Siint Louis. Mo.; on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the Southern, the Louisville and Nashville, and the Wabash. Chester and West- ern railroads (Map: Illinois. D 5). It has an attractive Supreme Coiirt building, and is en- gaged principally in agriculture, coal mining, and in the manufacture of cars, machine-shop prodticts, axe handles, lumber, flour, eti'. There are also a large grain elevator, marble works, and a tiepre.-^erving establishment. Mount Ver- non was laid out in 1819 and was incorporated flrst in 1872. Thr government is administered under the original charter of incorporation, which provide- for a mayor, elected every two years, and a unicameral council. Population, in 1890. 3233: in 1900, 5210. MOUNT VERNON. A city and the county- seal of Po:H-y Couuty, Ind.. 18 miles west by MOURNING BRIDE. south of Evausville; on the Ohio River, and on the Louisville and Xashville and the Evansville and Terre Haute railroads (Map: Indiana. B 5). It has a fine court-house and the Alexandrian I'ublic Library. There are manufactories of flour, hominy, lumber, foundry, and machine- shop products, engines, carriages, etc. Mount Vernon is a conunercial centre of considerable importance for a fertile region in which coal is abundant. Population, in 1890, 4705; iu 1900, 5132. MOUNT VERNON". A town in Linn County, Iowa, 10 miles east by south of Cedar Rapids: on the Chicago and Xorthwestern Railroad (.Map: Iowa, F 3). Cornell College {Methodist Epis- copal ), opened in 1857, is situated here. The town is surrounded by a rich farming region, and has considerable trade. Population, in 1890, 1259: in 1900. 1629. MOUNT VERNON. A city in W^estchester Count>. X. v.. iin Eastchester Creek, an arm of Long Island Sound, and the Bronx River, and on the Xew York Central and Hudson River and the Xew "ork. X'ew Haven and Hartford rail- roads (Map: Xew Y'ork, C4 5). It is chiefly a residential suburb of Xew York City, which it adjoins on the north. It has some handsome streets paved with macadam and asphalt, and in the more elevated .sections of the city, which command fine views of the Sound, there are costly mansions. Mount Vernon maintains a public library, founded in 18!)6, for which a $50,000 building, the gift of Andrew Carnegie, was l>e- gun in 1903. .mong the prominent edifices are the Lucas Building, which contains the citv offices, the Mount Vernon Hospital, the new poslollice, and many churches and school buildings. Mount Vernon was founded in 1852 and incorporated as a village in the following year, and in 1892 was chartered as a city. The government, under the original charter, is vested in a mayor, elected every two years, and a mu- nicipal council. Most of the a<lministrative offi- cials are appointed bv the mayor and confinned by the council. The coniptrnller. receiver of taxes, as.sessors, and board of education, how- ever, are chosen bv popvilar vote. Population, in 1890. 10.8,30; in'lOOO, 21,228. MOUNT VERNON. A city and the county- seal of Knox County. Ohio. 25 miles north by west of Newark; on the Kokosing River, and on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus railroads (Map: Ohio, F 5). It has a fine court-hou.se. a public library and Hiawatha Park with a picturesque lake. There are locomotive works, bridgi- works. Cor- liss engine works, a large foinidrv. flour and saw mills, bent-wood works, and manufactories of furniture, hoops, staves, sashes, and doors. The citv is the centre of a fertile agricultural region with which it carries on a considerable trade, and near by is found natural gas in al)undance. The water-works are owne<l bv the municipality. Population, in ISliO. 6017: in 'lOOO. 0633. MOUNT WASHINGTON. See Wa.shinb- TKN, MolM. MOURNING BRIDE, The. A play by Wil- li:ini Congrcve (1097). Alphonso. Prince of Valentia. and Almeria. daughter of the King of Grantida. arc shipwrecked when about to be mar- ried, anil each believes that Uie other has been drowned. Alphonso. taken prisoner, under an