Senate and House actions in early July 1886 notes
July 6 to 9 Senate and House activity covers pension vetoes, river and harbor appropriations, land grants, railroad and Indian Territory issues, and the Sturgeon Bay canal debate. Vessel freights, flood of resignations, and notable deaths are mentioned alongside drought impacts and factory outages.
Washington notes on civil service cases and political moves
Charges filed with the President by Grand Army members against the Civil Service Commission and Generals Black and Rosecrans. Emigration from Germany to the U.S. from January to May totals 33 977, down from 1885. Ways and Means orders adverse Randall Tariff report. Apfeld confined to asylum after violent act at the President's house. Fitz-John Porter nominated as Colonel U S Army with retroactive rank. Railroad right of way bill through Northern Montana Indian reservation sent to Senate without approval. Maryland representative W H Cole dies at 49. Guiteau case counsel Davidge calls Corkhill interview false.
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Suit in Pittsburgh Rail Way Over Embezzlement
John Gordon president of the Pittsburgh, Oakland and East Liberty street railway sues D W C Bidwell former treasurer to recover 22500 alleging embezzlement. Papers include a long schedule of errors and cash book footings with balances wrongfully reduced. Peculations said to have occurred since January 1875. Also notes from 4000 crop reports saying the winter wheat crop is generally good with spring wheat.
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Maxwell case anew trial denied in Missouri court
In St Louis Criminal Court on the 7th the motion for a new trial in Maxwell the Preller murder case was overruled. If sentenced an appeal will go to the Supreme Court and then to the United States Court over state law challenges to jury selection.
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Forger Van Fierer to Plead Guilty in Ohio Case
Martin O Van Fierer of Huron County Ohio announced through his attorneys on the 10th that he would plead guilty ending the pending trial. Other notes include labor unions debating consolidation in Pittsburgh and a Niagara River feat by a Philadelphia cooper in a cask.
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Poem Reveals a Wife's Quiet Domestic Divide
A poem contrasts a wife named Brown who writes and performs with lyric skill against her quieter domestic duties. Her intellectual feasts and verses outshine the kitchen fires as she delivers medleys while Brown’s hunger rises.
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A Stanch Heart in Michigan Farm Wealth and Love
Margaret Scott and her cousins face a land sale that unlocks a fortune for David Scott. He steadies the farm and earns respect while Margaret’s sharp wit and growing affection push a cautious romance toward a hopeful union as illness tests their bond on a cold October night.
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Essie Dakar Witnessed French Republics and Emperors
Mme Essie Dakar who died at Geneva recently lived through dramatic French history. She saw the first republic, Bonaparte depart Paris for Italy, the four sieges of Paris, the second empire, and the second republic. Her long life spanned pivotal regimes and wars.
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