Blaine Declines Nomination Claims Stir Washington Gossip
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Mr. Jones says Blaine is in good health and not declining for health reasons but wants rest and literary work. Blaine’s supporters dispute claims of plotting for state delegations, while senators and Democrats weigh the impact of his withdrawal on the 1888 race.
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Pittsburgh
Jones
Republican National Committee
Chronicle-Telegraph
Blaine
Florence
Republican Party
Associated Press
Stephen
Wikins
Washington
Washington Dispatch
Congress
Allison
Dalzell
Pittsburg
National Republican Committee
European Ministers Resign. Rome and Berlin Quietly Move
Italian ministers Coppino and Sarracco resign amid political shifts. Chamberlain hints at return to Commons on March 2. Dublin considers police agents to revive fenianism. Rome Tribune notes army supply mobilization prep. Russian expulsions of Austrians from Poland continue. DeCassagnac urges Prince Louis to quit Italian army. Reichstag backs socialist bill. Windthorst’s motion on Serg seat fails. Russia seeks swift bulwark on Bulgarian settlement, possible abdication of Ferdinand.
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Coppino
Sarracco
Joseph Chamberlain
House
of Commons
Dublin Freeman's Journal
Londonderry
Rome Tribune
Aval
Lord Dufferin
India
Supreme Court
Poland
Paul DeCassagnac
Napoleon
Prince Louis
DeCassagnac
France
Reichstag
Windthorst
Serg
Berlin
Russia
Ferdinand
Eagle Attacks Woman in South Carolina Yard
In Columbia, South Carolina, a large eagle attacked a 75 year old woman in Mr Bacon’s yard after devouring a hen. Mrs Bacon fought the bird with a stick but the eagle seized her leg with talons an inch and a half in, until Mr Berry killed the eagle and removed its talons. The woman is feared to die from the shock and injuries.
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Columbia
8. C
Mrs. Berry
Blaine declines national convention candidacy letter published
The Pittsburg Gazette reports Blaine will not have his name presented at the Chicago 1888 Republican convention. In Florence on January 25 1888 Blaine writes he cannot seek the presidency but thanks supporters and urges party unity for a strong campaign. He notes Republican revival since 1884 and predicts success if unity holds.
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Chandler
Blaine
Pacific Coast
Cleveland
Farwell
Robert G. Ingersoll
Mr. Blaine
Tilden
Harrison
W.D. Washburn
Minnesota
McUlis
Conkling
Joseph
Weeks
Republican .National Committee
Haine
Clarkson
National Republican Committee
Tron
National’ Committee
Washington
New York
Hota
Candate
Judge Gresham
Blaime
Jones
National Committee
Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette
B. J. Jones
National Republican Convention
Jomes
Florence
Italy
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Chicago
United States
Union
Garfield
Arthur
Democraats
Democratic Party
Republcan
Democratic notes on Grinnell as governor candidate and Congress timing
Illinois Democrats discuss Judge Julius S. Grinnell as a possible governor candidate. The Boston Post reports New England delegates will be solid for Cleveland. Louisiana lawmakers to elect two US senators in May 1889 and 1901, with bills proposing opening sessions in October or January to fit campaigns and holidays.
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Illinois
Julius S. Grinnell
Chicago
Boston Post
Massachusetts
New England
Wall
Cleveland
Little Rock Gazette
Arkansas
Bhrk
Bilk
Garland
United States Senate
Keokuk Gate City
Towa
Justice Miller
United States Supreme Court
Chicago News
Brooklyn Eagle
Ma Conkling
Louisiana
United States
Randall. Gibson
James B Justice
Fleurs
Washington
Treaty Formulated to settle fisheries dispute with Great Britain
After two weeks of daily sessions six commissioners completed a treaty on the north Atlantic fisheries. It awaits ratification by Britain, Canada, Newfoundland, and the U.S. Senate. The pact addresses fisheries only and not Behring Sea issues or tariff-free imports. Secretary Bayard could not disclose contents but urged publication.
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Washington
Great Britain
North Atlantic
Dominion of
Canada
Province of
New Foundland
Senate
United States
Bayard
Opposition to opening Indian Territory sparks large meeting
Ashland Kansas special report notes strong section opposition to white settlement in Indian Territory. A large meeting convened to protest the opening and resolutions urged other towns to join in. Senator Plumb's bill to put the neutral strip under federal court jurisdiction is endorsed and its passage urged.
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Indian Territory
Ashland
Kaa
Plumb
Nebraska Divides State Into Five Judicial Districts
The Legislature passed a bill to create five Nebraska judicial divisions. Eastern includes Douglas Sarpy Cass Saunders Washington Dodge Colfax Platte Boone Nance Merrick Cuming Burt Dakota Dixon. Southern covers Lancaster Otoe Nemaha Richardson Johnson Pawnee Gage Bu Seward Saline York Polk. Western contains Adams Fillmore Jefferson Hamilton Clay Thayar Nuckolls Webster Franklin Harlan Furnas Red Willow Hitchcock Dundy Chase Perkins Hayes Frontier Gosper. Northern lists Madison Stanton Wayne Cedar Knox Pierce Antelope Holt Wheeler Sioux Brown Keya Paha Cherry Dawes Garfield Sheridan. Central division comprises Buffalo Hall Howard Greeley Valley Sherman Custer Dawson Lincoln Keith Cheyenne Arthur Grant McPherson Thomas Blaine Logan Loup Box Butte and any unnamed organized counties. Section three fixes court times in each division. Eastern Omaha first Tuesday in May and November. Southern Lincoln first Tuesday in January and October. Western Hastings first Tuesday in March. Northern Scribner first Wednesday in September.
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Nebraska
Washington
Dorsey
Douglas
Sarpy
Cass
Saunders
Dodge
Colfax
Platte
Boone
Nance
Merrick
Cuming
Burt
Dakota
Dixon
Lancaster
Otoe
Nemaha
Richardson
Johnson
Pawnee
Gaze
Seward
Saline
York
Polk
Adams, Filmore
Jefferson
Hamilton
Clay
Thayar
Nuckolls
Webster
Fvanklin
Harlan
Furnas
Red Willow
Hitchcock
Dundy
Chase
Perkins
Hayes
Frontier
Gosper
Phelps
Dpaigeamey& Sige Gee
Madison
Stanton
Wayne
Cedar
Knox
Pierce
Logan
Loup
Box Butte
Omaha
Lincoln
Said
Hastings
Sccarney
Nebraska Prohibitionists Unite in Platform Against Liquor
The Nebraska state convention delegates endorse a platform urging absolute prohibition of liquor, repeal of federal permits for liquor traffic in prohibition regions, and immediate municipal suffrage for women. They condemn liquor support by major parties, call for regulation of public commerce, and praise W T U efforts while urging anti liquor actions in law and policy. The document cites opposition to liquor interests and pledges to support prohibition candidates and reforms.
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Linncoln
J. B. Montague
Joseph Critchfield
M. J. Fanning
Nebraska
Congress
United States
republican _ party of
Friends of the Murder Mills
Democratic-Party
Prohibition Party
Metz Brewing Company
Omaha
Woodward
Thayer
Supreme’ Court of the United States
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