Mr. Lewis
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- Dec 10, 1887The Eight-Hour Day Battle in 1887Washington territorial legislators spar over radical new labor laws, including mandates for an eight-hour workday and the end of company-scrip payment systems.Seattle, WA
- Oct 16, 1891The Churchgoer With a Murder Warrant WaitingFor three years, Sprague knew R. J. Howard as a trusted young man and Methodist probationer. Then a Lincoln County sheriff walked into Lewis' store and called him by another name.Sprague, WA
- Mar 27, 1894The Defaulting Treasurer’s Last StandSeattle’s city treasurer, Adolph Krug, is sentenced to seven years of hard labor, capping a dramatic trial marked by desperate legal maneuvering to invalidate the city's charter.Seattle, WA
- Jul 28, 1894Tacoma Opium Trial: An Accomplice’s Testimony Threatens W. H. HorrFederal prosecutors in Tacoma rely on a confessed smuggler to convict W. H. Horr, a Portland opium dealer, in a case that exposes the Pacific Coast opium trade.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 1, 1894A Wall of Smoke and Flame Across Puget SoundForest fires from Hood Canal to the Nooksack Valley left dozens of families homeless in 1894, while smoke turned steamboat travel blind and daily life in Seattle into a gray haze.Puget Sound, Seattle, WA