United States Court
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- Jul 24, 1894‘Incipient Treason’: Judge Hanford Sentences the Spokane StrikersSeven men are jailed for contempt after a mob derails trains and seizes a roundhouse during the 1894 railroad strike. The federal judge calls it insurrection.Spokane, WA
- Jul 27, 1894The $100,000 Estate and the Indian Marriage That Seattle ForgotA daughter claiming the estate of pioneer Franklin Mathias says her parents were married by Indian custom in 1867. A federal judge must decide whether that marriage—and her legitimacy—counts.Seattle, WA
- Aug 24, 1894The Railroad That Tried to Take Its Tracks Off the Tax RollsNorthern Pacific receivers tell Thurston County that its right-of-way and stations are federal property—and therefore exempt from local taxes.Olympia, WA