Third Term Rally Fades as Grant Nomination Sparks GOP Split Fear
Reports from Washington indicate the third term push weakened last week with prominent Republicans warning Grant’s nomination could fracture the party. Some House members discuss rallying to block Grant, fearing anti third term sentiment and possible coalitions with Democrats. Party unity and strategy dominate talks ahead of the Chicago Convention.
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Wind Up of Congress Possibly in One Month
Washington May 2 reports a serious plan to adjourn Congress within a month or next. Majority aims to pass appropriation bills while delaying other business until after the election. Minority accepts delay. pension and deficiency bills loom as others stay in committees or await investigations.
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Tariff bill schedule to be presented by Tucker
Representative Tucker, head of a seven member Ways and Means sub committee, will on Monday present to the full committee a tariff schedule. It seeks to add wood pulp chrome ore and other items to the free list while reducing duties on paper printing materials woolen goods hats and straw goods. The aim is to harmonize views and gain passage. The delay in bounty claims is also noted with Treasury estimates submitted to Congress on dates in 78 79 and 80 and no action taken.
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House panel weighs two new mints in Louisville bid
In Washington on May 1 the House Committee on Coinage Weights and Measures considered locating a branch mint in the valley. Representative Willis spoke for Louisville claims as general expressions from the committee suggested support for establishing at least two new mints.
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Attorney General Opinion on Bank Reserves Drawn Bonds
The Attorney General prepared an opinion on bank reserves at the Treasury's request. It likely upholds the Comptroller of the Currency position that national banks may withdraw bonds up to $50,000 and replace them with legal tenders.
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Crookedness in Rentenge Clue to Murder Mystery
Miscellaneous items report official fraud in Kenton City Treasurer accounts and a double credit of percentages totaling nineteen dollars and eleven cents. Executives elected for Franklin County Agricultural Society. Incorporation filings include The Ohio Mutual Aid Life Association and a mining company in Arizona. Upton & Larber take control of the United States Hotel. No clue yet in the murder of Miss Jennie Reynolds with a farcical theory involving Frank Mattox.
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Ohio Mutual Aid & Life, Association of Bellefontaine
David Watson
Dos Cabezas Mining & ,Milling Company
Cincinnati
Arizona
W. W. Tice
Columbus
W. B. Page
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American House
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Jennie Reynolds
Frank Mattox
Census District Subdivision Plans Approved for 197 Subdistricts
Cincinnati and New Albany dispatches report census division into 197 enumeration districts with figures by county. Brown 17 Butler 20 Clermont 16 Clinton 14 Warren 12 Hamilton 28 not incl Cincinnati 90. Appointments for enumerators to be published after central approval. two weeks until decisions finalize.
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Mormon church dedicated at West Lake Street
A Latter Day Saints church at 619 West Lake Street Chicago was dedicated by Jo. Smith Jr. today. Mark H. Forscott will serve as pastor. Polygamy is not among the church tenets.
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Ballooning Britain and the Bulwer Clayton Treaty debate
England weighs the Bulwer Clayton treaty amid Gladstone era anxiety and Yankee pressure. Pall Mall Gazette editor Greenwood resigns amid Liberal triumph and hints at a new shape for the paper. Reports cover foreign policy, Irish dissension, religious liberty funds, and South American war updates.
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Exile Edict on Jews Stirs Alarm Amid International Dispatches
London reports a six hour expulsion order for all foreign Jews from St Petersburg following Beaconsfield’s fall. Dispatches from Odessa note Jewish links to Nihilists in the south, while authorities deny any mass exodus and suspend residence bans in several towns.
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Political shifts and fires mark early May reports
The Messenger denies Gen Melikoff’s Polish negotiations. Italy dissolves its Chamber with elections set for May 16 and a May 28 meeting. Danish inquiries urged about the training ship Atlanta on Greenland. Fires destroy 70 houses at Radvangat and 130 at Nemeroff, leaving 200 plus homeless. London shows Grosvenor Gallery opening and Paris Salon lighting with about four thousand pieces on display.
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Revolt Among Republicans Against Grant and Unit Rule
Special Dispatch reports rising unease among Grant managers over Pennsylvania delegates in Chicago. Blaine supporters resist Grant with several districts backing opposition. Harrisburg notes describe a near independent delegation not aligned with Tilden or Hancock, with Wallace and Randall adaptable to unit rule shifts.
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Fruit crop reports boost Wheeling area yields
Reports from Bellmont through Hancock counties indicate small fruits are nearly all alive with some orchards in Western Pennsylvania also showing promise. In New York ten ships carried 4391 immigrants while Havre awaits berths for about 250000 more. three trains ran today and three extra trains, each of twenty one cars, will depart tomorrow on Erie, Pennsylvania and New York Central routes.
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Aborn’s Medicated Inhalation System Ad
Local advertisement for Dr Aborn offering inhalation treatment at 215 W Fourth St Cincinnati Ohio. Claims cures for catarrh bronchial and lung affections after other methods fail. Office hours listed 9 to 4.
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