Silver Federation
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- Apr 12, 1894The Town That Had Two Sets of PoliticiansAfter a court ruling legalized Oakesdale's incorporation, the town suddenly found itself with two competing governments and a Populist council at odds with its own citizens.Oakesdale, WA
- Aug 10, 1894Hanged in Effigy, Then Gone: The Disappearance at MicaA Spokane County man who campaigned against the Silver Federation was abducted and is presumed murdered — and an exchange paper lays the blame squarely on the movement's rhetoric.Mica, WA
- Aug 22, 1894A Missing Man, a Secret Silver Oath, and a Sheriff's CertaintyCharles K. Gloystein vanished after refusing a vigilante pledge; Sheriff Pugh blamed political enemies in Spokane County's Populist hotbed.Mica, WA