The Gospel Ship and the Ark of Mercy Door
Reverend Dr. Talmage sermonizes on Genesis and Noahs Ark comparing it to Christ as the wide door to salvation. He urges families to enter collectively, to draw loved ones through faith, and warns against delaying or succumbing to derision amid coming spiritual storms.
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Paris
Nash
God
Heaven
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Lea Castle
Christ
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Richard Baxter
Robert Newton
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Asia
Africa
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South America
Luther
Rome
Jerusalem
Arshimetes
Calgary
Gurlst
Earth
Come, Thou and All Thy House Into the Ark
A fervent sermon urges parents to save all their children through faith, warning that one unconverted child jeopardizes the whole family. It recalls Noah’s ark as a call to summon every relative to salvation, with prayer as the binding, enduring link across oceans and ages.
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Henry
Frank
Mary
Anna
Som
Hong Kong
Madras
St. Paul’s
London
Heaven
Ark
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Japheth
David
Absalom
Hannah
Samuel
Pensacola Officials Seek Legislature Backing on Spanish Grant
Pensacola city commissioners draft a memorial for the Florida legislature urging a law to vest title to the Spanish Grant tract in the provisional municipality of Pensacola. The measure would allow sale of parts to promote port commerce while protecting the bay channel and navigation and granting fair terms to improvers who have spent money on the tract.
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Pensacola
Florida
Maryland Democrats Schedule State Convention for July
Maryland Democratic State Central Committee met to set the state convention for Wednesday July 31 in Baltimore. Leading governorship contenders named include Governor Brown ex Congressman Isidor Rayner and ex State Senator Thomas G Hayes.
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Maryland
Democratic State Central Committee
Baltimore
Gorman
Brown
Isidor Rayner
Thomas G. Hayes
Chicago's New Mayor and Republican Sweep
The Republicans won Chicago decisively with the entire ticket elected except for a few aldermen. George B. Swift led with about a 45,000 plurality based on incomplete returns, 129,764 for Swift to 90,591 for Winter and 9,876 for Holmes. The city council is expected to be heavily Republican.
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Chicago
George B. Swift
Swift
Winter
Holmes
Conditions of Peace and State Harsh Political Shifts
A Shanghai dispatch reports that peace terms require China to pay 400 million yen indemnity and cede Formosa and South Manchuria with Japan guaranteeing payment and border settlement. In Topeka Kansas a reorganization sidelines Mrs Lease on the state board of charities. Senator Householder under investigation resigns from the Republican majority, and a rival linked to Mrs Lease is made permanent secretary, threatening retaliation. Missouri elections show Democrats winning most cities, with Democrats 25, Republicans 9, Citizens’ 5, and five mixed. The Illinois Supreme Court upholds the 1893 Democratic apportionment.
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London
Shanghai
China
Formosa
Manchuria
Japan
State Board of Charities
Topeka
Kas
Lease
Senator Householder
Missouri
Citizens
Eighty Years Old Bismarck Celebrated Across German Empire
Trains brought thousands to Friederichs ruhe for Prince Bismarck’s eightieth birthday. A 4000 strong student deputation visited at 2 pm and cheered as he appeared. German-Americans in New York held a Ter race Garden festival with living pictures. Berlin flags and bunting adorned public and private buildings as schools gave holidays.
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Lubeck
Bremen
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Prince Bismark
Francis Joseph
Austria
Germany
New York
New York City
Terrace Garden
Bismarck
William I
William II
Napoleon III
Europe
Arion
Liederkranz
Berlin
Report on Southern Cotton Mills Divides Massachusetts Panel
The Boston Globe outlines a mercantile affairs committee report after a southern trip. It notes no mass exodus of mills to the South yet, but reveals Massachusetts money flowing south and potential new corporate moves. The seven pull factors cited are proximity to cotton fields cheap tenements coal mild climate low taxes water power and restrictive labor laws. The labor section argues for national hours rules for women and children and state action to pursue such legislation.
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Boston Globe
Statehouse
Committee
Massachusetts
Massachussetts
South
New England
Commonwealth
McBride Severely Ill From Nicotine Poisoning
John McBride president of the American Federation of Labor is reported seriously ill in Indianapolis. He recently returned from Hot Springs where he gained no benefit and now cannot attend to his duties due to nicotine poisoning from smoking a pipe before his Federation of Labor election.
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Columbus
John McBride
American Federation of Labor
Indianapolis
Hot Springs
Federation of Labor
California board aids drought victims by seed grain drive
The California state board of trade plans a relief effort in response to an appeal from destitute Nebraska farmers. They will collect donations of barley, oats and wheat for seed from California farmers and ship several carloads to drought-stricken eastern victims.
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California State Board of Trade
Nebraska
California
Wilson sworn in as postmaster general in Washington
A Washington special reports W L Wilson took the oath as postmaster general in a ceremony at the post office department. Chief Justice Miller administered the oath in the 11 am ceremony with Mrs Fuller and Miss Wilson present. Bissell conferred with Wilson, received farewell honors, and the department’s staff said goodbye as Wilson assumed duties immediately.
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Washington
W. L. Wilson
Miller
Post Office Department
Fuller
Miss Wilson
Bissell
Wilson
Dayton
New York
John N. Parsons
Letter Carriers’ Association of
Gresham
Mr. Bissell
Woodley
Department
Governor calls extra session on April 23 for rail labor relations
Governor Stone issues a call for a special session of the state legislature to convene April 23. The agenda includes defining relationships among railroad employees and railroads, curbing lobbying at the capital, protecting elections in cities with 100000 residents, and considering other matters plus funding for the session.
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Stone
General Assembly
Tennessee Legislature Reassembles After Four Decades Pause
Tennessee general assembly meets in Nashville for post recess session. Leaders warn main tasks include penitentiary revenue and centennial questions. Gubernatorial contest looms as a dominant issue while committees begin investigating election fraud charges.
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Nashville
General Assembly of Tennessee
Rhode Island Governorship Goes To Lippitt In Low Turnout
The Rhode Island election saw Democrats snowed under by about 40 percent fewer votes. Republican Lippitt wins the governorship with a larger majority, and the entire Republican state ticket is elected. Democrats hold five seats in the legislature. Providence and Pawtucket voted liquor after a hard fight, Coventry voted to be bibulous for the first time.
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Rhode Island
Ust
Providence
Pawtucket
Coventry
Electric Freight Railway to Link Chicago and New York
The Inter-Oceanic Electric Railway Company of Springfield Illinois plans an elevated electric freight line to move coal and grain between Chicago and New York. With a 200 million dollar capital stock it attracts Chicago New York and San Francisco financiers. Engineers draft plans and the company holds several electric device patents.
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Chicago
New York
Inter-Oceanic Electric Railway Company
Springfield
West
San Francisco
State News Notes on Burke County farms and local cases
Dawson builds toward a cotton factory with new mill prospects as a northern investor hints at moving his plant south. Burke farmers cut guano use this year, facing grain, bacon and lard costs. Treasurer Waring Russell sues Savannah for 5000 dollars over land taken for streets in 1871. The Gete City Bank case is resolved. judge and bonds discussed. The Germania chautauqua opens with 3000 in Albany. Suwanee River Phosphate case in Atlanta. Sheriff Calloway to host Georgia barbecue at the exposition. A Brunswick harbor upgrade promises lower freight, Goodyear sandbar work praised. A Macon suit involves Major Hanson and Senator Bacon over a bond. A state Western and Atlantic railroad commission is named. Dabney commends Georgia Experiment Station and Colonel Redding’s management.
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Waring Russell
City of
Savannah
Dow
Brunswick
New York
Norfolk
C. P. Goodyear
Macon
J. F. Hanson
South
United States
A. O. Bacon
Major Hanson
Senator Bacon
Major Hancon
Bacon
Ing
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Atkinson
John L. Hopkins
Atlanta
Warner Hill
Merriwether County
Thomas R. Jones
Dalton
The
Central Railroad Company
Forsyth and
Whitehall Streets
Central
Capitol
Wimbish
Charles W. Dabney, Jr
Georgia Experiment Station
Redding
Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad Sold in Macon
The Georgia Southern and Florida railroad was sold in Macon at 11 am under court order. The upset price was 3,000,000, the only bid from bondholders' committee attorney Skipworth Wilmer, with a $50,000 certified check. The court must confirm the sale at the April 15 session. assets valued around 5,000,000 with 3,420,000 in first mortgage bonds and about 100,000 in costs.
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Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
Macon
J. L. Hardeman
Skipworth Wilmer
Wilmer
Seaboard Air Line
War in Cuba intensifies as insurgents gain recruits
From Havana a special dispatch reports Cuba in a heated security state as insurgent forces surge alongside loyal troops. Drum beats and constant drilling fill streets near Hotel Pasaje while police on galloping horses curb recruitment, and reinforcements are pushed to the front as ships bring new fighters.
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Havana
Hayana
Cuba
Spain
Hotel Pasaja
France and England Clash Over Messina Ship Collision
The French press claim English malice caused the March collision off Messina between the British steamers Alvah and Brinkburn. The Alvah sank. the Brinkburn was badly damaged but reached Messina harbor, carrying troops and munitions for Madagascar.
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Messina
Sicily
England
France
Matin
Alvah
Brinkburn
Madagascar
Toulon
Taiwan
Florida General Assembly Opens Biennial Session
Governor Mitchell urges action on prize fighting laws and lottery removal. Senate debates tax settlement options for 1894 1895 and 1896. Legislature to consider railroad commission election law reforms and tax relief after freezes. Governor calls for strict economy and supports Atlanta exposition funding.
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Florida
Fred Myers
Senate
W.S. Jennings
Hernando County
House
Darby
Mitchell
Jacksonville
Port Tampa
Business Outlook Brighter for Industrial Materials
The Industrial World reports steady improvement in the general business outlook with rises in crude materials and staples like iron ore, cotton, coke, and pig iron boosting demand. The sole cloud is coal miner strike agitation. a wide coal strike could prompt wage readjustments and help trim unwieldy stock, with potential spread to Iowa Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois.
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Chicago
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Sugar Trust to Distill Spirits From By-Products
American Sugar Refining Company has secured a distillers license to use refinery by-products for spirit manufacture. A former eastern Brooklyn refinery in North Carolina is to be converted into a distillery with a daily capacity of 50 000 gallons of proof spirits.
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Sugar Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
New Bedford
Brooklyn
N. C
Dana Case Delayed on Removal to Washington
Argument on the application to remove the case of Charles A. Dana and William M. Laffan to Washington was postponed after counsel consented. Indicted for criminal libel against Frank B. Noyes of the Washington Evening Star, the hearings in New York were adjourned until Friday and did not occur.
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Washington
Charles A. Dana
William M. Laffan
New York
Brown
United States District Court
Dana
Laffan
Frank B. Noyes
Washington Evening Star
Absurd System Denounced by Balfour in London
Mr Arthur J Balfour M P told the bimetallic league in London that the time is near when men of all parties will agree on adopting an international measure to exchange money rather than leave the present system unchanged.
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Balfour
Arthur J. Balfour
M. P
Bimetallic League
London
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