Weekly Telegraphic World News Briefs
Condensed foreign and domestic items cover unrest in Ulster and Dublin, near-war in Europe, African anti missionary clashes, Italian ministry crisis, English political framing on home rule, Danish royal celebration, floods and cyclone damage in Kansas and Illinois, political maneuvers in Washington, and regional incidents across the United States with notable deaths and legal actions. Includes counts of floods, political votes, and notable crime reports.
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Belfast
Ulster
Dublin
Europe
Africa
London
England
New York
Ireland
Coventry
Denmark
Copenhagen
Balfour
House of Commons
Missouri News Roundup: Crimes, Elopements and Rail Debts
George Delacey found guilty of manslaughter for the December killing of William Blankenship near Lathrop and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. A lightning strike ignites a Cole Camp residence. losses reach about $2000. Elsberry society buzzes over the elopement and marriage of Walter Mitchell and Lottie Grimes. George Ellett regains senses after a brain clot is treated. trephination performed. Missouri State Fair plans raise capital and purses. Woodland College graduation at Independence. eleven seniors. John Patton drowns himself near Mexico, suspected illness. Gov. Francis appoints several officials. An eccentric Missouri man elopes with and ships his wife to St. Joseph, then Rocky Ford, Colo. Harvey-Whiffen Realty Co. chartered in St. Charles. Louisiana High School holds its seventeenth commencement. Dallas County faces a bond judgment to W. Huidehofer of Pennsylvania. Deported criminals Walden brothers in Macon Jail. Lexington court convicts Gordon and Grays of assault with intent to kill.
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George Delacey
Wm. Blankenship
Lathrop
Clinton County
John Buckelmann
Cole Camp
Benton County
Elsberry
Walter Mitchell
Lottie Grimes
A. C. Grimes
King’s Lake Club
Troy
George Ellett
Kansas City
Ellett
Missouri State Fair Association
Woodland College
Independence
John Patton
John Robinson
Mexico
Patton
Gov. Francis
James W.—Pool
Rolla
John A. Fitch
Lebanon
L. M. Switzger
Boone County
Vics
W. W. Garth
Henry Charles King
London
England
Missouri
John Adlock
McFall Station
St. Joseph
Rocky Ford
Adlock
Bee
Lesner
Harvey- Whiffen Realty Company
St. Charles
Dallas
Some Sound Logic A Case Against Protectionism
A dated polemic arguing that protectionism harms farmers and workers. It labels tariff advocates as deceivers, contests claims that imports come from foreign labor, and argues gold flows contradict protectionist logic. The piece cites imports, exports, and the McKinley tariff to claim protection hurts American labor and wealth.
Foreign Products and American Labor Debate
A long excerpt critiques protectionist claims that foreign mill goods drain U.S. gold by paying farmers with foreign or imported pay. It questions the premise, asking how reducing wages would keep gold at home and arguing that tying gold value to labor reshapes international price comparisons and labor incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buneco
King Arthur's Court
Bunco
Germany
Fair Trade and Tariff Debate Across the Nation
The piece argues for balanced trade including imports and exports, criticizing the McKinley tariff and the press for promoting wealth export as path to national wealth. It cites export totals for early 1801 and 1892 and accuses the Republican leadership and voters of blindly following a balance of trade doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York Press
Harrison
Banco
Bosa
Hoodwinking Labor and Protectionism in U S Mills
A critique of protectionist policy arguing that every protected industry exists to pit American workers against cheaper foreign labor. The piece contends protected mill owners seek tariffs to avoid foreign competition and only workers in these mills face direct competition with foreign labor. It questions the rationale behind protection and its impact on workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bunco
Banco
New York Tribune
New York Press
Banco Steerer
Congress
Misleading Statements on Savings Bank Deposits
The World Almanac shows Great Britain with 536 million dollars in savings deposits in 1891, and New York State with 550 million, totaling 1.524 billion for the United States. It notes population and per head averages, claiming Britain far outpaces the U S in deposits and indicates lower depositor counts per head in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
New York State
United States
The
Union
Dark horse slang noted in English papers and novels
An English paper and later Thackeray in The Adventures of Phillip and Beaconsfield in The Young Duke used the term dark horse to describe a candidate who appears late in the race. The sense matches current usage, denoting an unlikely early frontrunner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thackeray
Phillip
And
Beaconsfield
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