Judge Stiles
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- Mar 6, 1890Legal Loophole Shuts Down Roslyn SaloonsA Supreme Court ruling invalidating town incorporations leaves local liquor dealers facing massive fines and total business closures.Roslyn, WA
- Dec 18, 1891The State Paid the Troops That Faced the Coal RiotsWashington's Supreme Court ruled that militia sent to Gilman, Franklin and Newcastle during the 1891 coal-mine troubles acted in the state's service — and the state, not King County, had to pay.Issaquah, WA
- Mar 25, 1893The Supreme Court Rules Against Voter Registration in TacomaA surprise high court ruling eliminates voter registration requirements for an upcoming special municipal bond election, sparking fears of illegal voting.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 20, 1894The Silver Fight That Split Washington's RepublicansA packed Spokane convention picked judges and congressmen, then turned on a single plank: whether the party would demand free silver.Spokane, WA
- Jan 4, 1909Tacoma Votes to Break the Power MonopolyCitizens overwhelmingly approve a municipal power plant, aiming to reclaim control from private interests and slash utility influence.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 9, 1909A Railroad Cut Off This Tacoma Mill. Now the City May Give It a New Way In.The North Shore Lumber Company wants to rebuild its burned plant beyond Old Town, but Northern Pacific condemnation left it without waterfront access. A permit to sluice logs over Alder Street could bring 100 jobs and a 100,000-foot-a-day mill back to the gulch.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 21, 1909Tacoma’s Power Grab: A Massive Lawsuit for the NisquallyIn an effort to secure land for a municipal power plant, the city of Tacoma has named a litany of corporations and private landowners as defendants in a sweeping condemnation suit.Nisqually River, Tacoma, WA