Revival Rhetoric and the Unconverted Ministry
Washington March 24. Dr. Talmage argues revivals are essential to Christian progress, likening the church to a great fishing boat and the gospel net. He warns that the chief obstacle is an unconverted ministry, with many ministers needing regeneration to spark nationwide awakening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
tBerman
Shaon and the Fishers
Louis Klopsch
N. Y
Washington
Talmage
Luke
Simon
Christ
United States
Kingdom of God
Robert Hall
Matthew Henry
Isabella Graham
Dr. Watts
Jonathan Edwards
John Wesley
George Whitfield
Pletcher
Griffin
Davies
Osborne
Knapp
Nettleton
Moody
Mr. Dawson
Chicago
Christendom
Thomas Chalmers
World as training ship endures to judgment and rescue
A preacher warns that rapid religious action is needed to save humanity, likening global effort to buying 1,000 yards of cloth at once. He ties science and technology to Christian mission, foreseeing a swift, universal movement, ending with judgment and salvation, as the oceanic world ships sail toward eternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lightnings
Great Britain
London
New York
Prof
Morse
Isle of Wight
Atlantic
Atalanta
Heaven
Earth
Melita
Newspaper venture tried by Broncho Bob anecdote
An exchange from the Washington Star recalls a failed local newspaper effort. An intellectual man asks if anyone tried to start a paper here, Broncho Bob confirms the project failed because the editor ignored business. The joke centers on the editor’s habit of sitting with his back to the door instead of facing risk with a six shooter ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Not Always Necessary
A brief Chicago Past excerpt questions wealth and heirs, noting a sharp, humorous tone about how easily heirs are satisfied and how a smart person can build a large fortune in modern times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Phillip Botha Killed in Lydenburg Fighting
A Cape Town dispatch reports Commandant Phillip Botha was killed in the Lydenburg fighting. His two sons were wounded as Boer forces disbanded in the Orange River Colony. De Wet upper regrouped near Heilbron and sought terms with limited concessions from the British.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cape Town
Phillip Botha
Lydenburg
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Doornberg
Orange River Colony
de Wet
Heilbron
The
Times
Bloemfontein
Botha
Seneral
Transvaal
MacArthur reports capture and surrender in Panay insurrection
Washington dispatches announce Gen Diocino captured on Panay after multiple wounds, signaling end of insurrection in Panay. A later report records Gen Fallon and 180 troops surrender at Antique, Panay, with 18 rifles, marking further quelling of hostilities in the archipelago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
MacArthur
Manila
War Department
Diocino
Robert P. Hughes
Panay
Capiz
Sheridan
Cotterman
Philippine Postal Service
Post Office Department
Archipelago
Angeles
Aparri
Bacalon
Batangas
Cagayan
Calamba
Catbilogan
Cavite
Cebu
Dagupan
Iloilo
Jolo
Laoag
Legaspi
Tucena
Nueva Caceres
San Fernando
de Pampanga
San Isidro
Trade review notes rising western retail activity and steel demand
R G Dun & Co reports general business is satisfactory with increased retail activity in the west and some Atlantic cities. Builders hardware demand rises, contracts for structural goods hard to place, rail tonnage steady, and March railway learnings up 10.8 percent from last year. Textile mills show weakness in Fall River and some Southern mills, but demand for print cloths and brown cottons remains. Quoted pig iron and steel trending higher. overall market climbs gradually. Waifures for the week total 224 in the US and 23 in Canada. In Minnesota, St. Paul reports the state senate passes Chilton’s bill banning marriage of insane, epileptic, and idiotic persons with medical certificates required. amendments ease some limits and permit marriage for feeble-minded under 45. The bill passes 34 to 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic Seaboard
Fall River
United States
Canada
St. Pat, Minn
State Senate
Chilton
Russian czar flees St. Petersburg amid vast sedition plot
Reports from St. Petersburg claim widespread sedition in Russia with the czar having fled. Police show evidence of a gigantic plot financed by unlimited funds and led by a high official whose power complicates action. Tolstoi is active with street disturbances in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Tolstoi
Moscow
Bates to Leave Philippines for Missouri Command in Omaha
General John C. Bates, commanding volunteers in the Philippines, is ordered home to relieve General Merriam in the Missouri Department. He will sail within a week and is expected in Omaha by late April, assuming the new post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
John C. Bates
Philippines
United States
Merriam
Department of the Missouri
Disfranchisement Bill Passes Senate in Annapolis
The new election bill aimed at disenfranchising about 50,000 illiterate voters in Maryland passed the senate shortly after noon and was sent to the house where senate amendments were approved and the bill passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Senate
House
Readville charity race for Crescens Herr and Boralma announced
Boston March 23 Thomas W Lawson announces a September race at Readville between Crescens Charlie Herr and Boralma for a $50,000 stake with all gate receipts donated to charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Crescens
Charlie Herr
Boralma
Readville
Ingenious instrument measures voice pitch by Seashore
Dr Carl E Seashore, assistant professor at the University of Iowa in Sioux City, has created a unique device to measure and diagram voice pitch. After four years of study, it gauges pitch to within one twenty fifth of a tone and aids public speakers by analyzing pitch inflection. The device shows the voice cannot repeat two words at the same pitch, rising from initial to target pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl KE. Seashore
University of Iowa
Sioux City
Dr. Seashore
Romance from Peking Betrothal of Des Moines Pair
Miss Mary Conger Pierce, linked to Minister E H Conger, plans to wed Lieut Harold Hammond of the Ninth Infantry. The ceremony may occur in June at the Conger residence in Des Moines after Hammond obtains leave. Pierce will teach in Des Moines around May 1, and the couple met during the Ninth Infantry relief mission to Peking China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Conger Pierce
Des Moines
Kdent
Herold Hammond
Willard C. Pierce
Mary Conger
Pierce
Harold Hammond
Ninth Infantry
Conger
Hammond
Miss Pierce
E. H. Conger
Tieut
Rushville
Ill
West Point
Peking
China
State prisons report February inmate finances and totals
The Town prison population fell by seven to 016 on February. Anamosa held 459 inmates on March 1 and Fort Madison 457, with the decline concentrated at Fort Madison. The following lists February finances and inmate counts.
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Anamosa
Fort Madison
Madison
Clarinda
Independence
Mt. Pleasant
Jane Pe Council Blutts
Vinton Wi
Davenpor
Orator Chosen From Philomathian Society at Iowa City
Otto Brackett of the Philomathian society won first place in the state university home oratorical contest in Iowa City with Israel's Last Captivity. He will represent Iowa at the Northern Oratorical league contest in Iowa City on May 3. TF. 8. Merriam took second and Benjamin Boardman third. Brackett earned $50 from the oratorical association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Brackett
Philomathian Society
State University
Iowa City
Israel
Brackett
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Iowan
Chicago
Oberlin
Oratorical Association
Merriam
Benjamin Boardman
Early Ringgold County Settler D. W. Thompson Dies
D. W. Thompson a prominent Ringgold county citizen died at his Mount Ayr home after a long illness. Born March 1 1843 in Hendricks Indiana he moved to Iowa as a boy and settled in Ringgold. He served in the Civil War in company FE sixth Iowa infantry and received an honorable discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Thompson
Ringgold County
Mount Ayr
Hendricks County
Ind
Clinton County
Company FE
Iowa Infantry
Iowa Butter and Egg Dealers Call End to Options Trading
At its Des Moines convention the Iowa Butter and Egg Dealers association adopted resolutions urging the Chicago Produce Exchange to stop dealing in options. They claim options cause market volatility by prompting large one time demands and price swings harming business. J Dixon Avery and W W Jook of the Chicago exchange board attended and agreed with the stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Butter and Ngg Dealers! Association
Des Moines
Chicago Produce Exchange
J. Dixon Avery
W. W. Jook
Chicago Produce Exchange Board
Grain Dealers Union to affiliate with national body
At the annual meeting in Council Bluffs the Grain Dealers' union of southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri decided to affiliate with the national body. Officers elected: President D. Winter, Namburg. Vice President H. E. Van Shoiack, Elliott. Secretary and Treasurer G. A. Stebbins, Coburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grain Dealers’ Union
Towa
Missouri
D. Winter
Namburg
HE. S. van Shoiack
Elliott
G. A. Stebbins
Coburg
Moyd Monument Dedication Planned at Sioux City
Arrangements are under way for the Floyd memorial monument dedication around May 1 in Sioux City. John A Kasson and William Salter are invited to give addresses. John AH Charles, father of the movement, remains a central figure in the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Floyd
John A. Kasson
William Salter
John AH. Charles
Vandal Plot Threatens Passenger Train Wreck
An apparent deliberate act aimed at wrecking Mason City and Fort Dodge passenger train No. 2 nearly succeeded after a tie was bound to rails with fence wire at a sharp curve near Burehinal. Engineer White halted the attempt as the pilot sprayed the obstruction away. No suspects yet, authorities search for them.
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Mason City
Fort Dodge Road
Fort Dodge
Burehinal
White
Eferts
Regents Study Fire Damage and Debris Removal Plans
The executive committee of the board of regents met at the central building in Iowa City to review fire damage and arrange debris removal. They may recommend actions to the full board for an April 2 meeting and possibly discuss temporary buildings and a two story addition for forensic societies and engineering or medical rooms. The president suggested a possible extra legislative session but did not expect it likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Regents
Iowa City
Maclean
Forensic Societies
Agricultral College
Stock Poisoning Mystery in Melvin Township
In Dubuque county farmer D J Scherzer reported cattle deaths after arsenic laden oats and corn were found scattered in his field. Stomachs were sent to Ames for analysis and confirmed arsenic poisoning as the cause of nine or ten cattle deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Township
Dubuque County
Djhillo Scherzer
Ife
Ames
New Savings Bank Planned in Sioux City with $50,000 Capital
A new savings bank with capital of 50 000 will open in Sioux City in the latter part of April. Fred A. Bennett, current state bank examiner, will serve as president. A T Bennett will run the bank, while C S Bennett of Alvord becomes assistant cashier. Local and regional investors in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota hold most shares.
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Sioux City
Fred A. Bennett
State Bank of Manning
A. T. Bennett
German Savings Bank of
Manning
New
Sioux City Bank
Nebraska
South Dakota
C. 8S
Bennett
Alvord
State Board Official Secures Cherokee Road Vacations
John Downie of the state board of control returned to Des Moines with a signed agreement from Cherokee county and city authorities to vacate roads across the state hospital grounds at the town outskirts. The move enables building works to proceed, with roads to be vacated by April 6 and new construction starting immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Downie
State Board of Control
Des Moines
Cherokee
Cherokee County
City
State Hospital
Geddes Restored to Rank in Regular Army
Washington dispatch reports Col. Andrew Geddes of the Eighth Town infantry restored to retired list as captain in the regular army after a 20 year fight. Geddes’ fall from rank resulted from enemy intrigue, with restoration aided by Secretary James Wilson. He is well known in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Andrew Geddes
Eighth Town Infantry
Great Western Buys Mason City Fort Dodge Line
President A I Stickney of the Chicago Great Western announces the purchase of all outstanding stock and bonds of the Mason City and Fort Dodge railroad from J J Will. The line will be proprietary and includes coal fields near Fort Dodge owned by Webster County Coal company, securing a route to Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
J. J
Mason City
When We Were Imperialists
A historical analysis recalls the 1892 Hawaiian revolution and the 1893 annexation crisis. It credits Republican leadership under McKinley for Hawaii’s path to statehood and notes Democratic resistance under Cleveland and the role of Blount and Wills in attempting to restore the monarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
United States
Senate
Cleveland
Dole
Blount
Mae. Wills
Hawaiian Republic
Congress
House
Wachall
San Francisco
Honolulu
England
Germany
Japan
Hawaiiian
Pacific
Tawaii
McKinley
Chicago
Silver Republicans Disband Across States in 1900s Realignment
The Silver Republicans, a historic third party in Idaho and other states, have formally disbanded and urged members to affiliate with Democrats. Originating in Manitou California in 1896, the party never ran its own ticket and allied with Democrats or Populists in various states. By early 1900s most states had dissolved their Silver Republican organizations. Colorado and Nevada remained among the last holdouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Republicans
Idaho
Silver Republican Party
Manitou
Cal
Th, M. Teller
Fred J. Dubois
Lee Mantle
Silverites
Sone
Colorado
Nevada
N. Y
Press Opinions on Bryan Harrison and Critics
A collection of editorial viewpoints from various papers on William Jennings Bryan and William Henry Harrison. The Indianapolis News critiques Bryan’s writings while noting Democratic censorship, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat dismisses some statements, and opponents acknowledge Harrison’s true worth after his death, with Iowa State Register and Troy Times reflecting on shifting judgments.
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Bryan
Indianapolis News
Ind
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Benjamin Harrison
Iowa State Register
Gen. Harrison
Troy Times
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Panny
Review OF Trade
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Trison
Statiniicon of
Yowa Grain Dealers
Moyd
University Regents
Wim
Arsente
Savini Tantitacion
Col
Gedden
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