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| 1854 | 11 |
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23 stories matching prohibit
- The Dry Crusade Meets in Seattle, and Admits the Room Is Half Empty
King County Prohibitionists adopt a sweeping platform against the liquor traffic, name delegates, and set a September convention—despite a light turnout.
- The Temperance Movement Gains Steam in Grays Harbor
Prohibitionists gather in Montesano to organize for the upcoming election, signaling a growing political shift across the county.
- The Prohibitionists Embrace the Single Tax
A Seattle convention of the Prohibition party breaks with tradition, adopting a radical platform that includes municipal reform, open employment bureaus, and the single-tax system.
- A Temperance Minister Refuses to Preach Prohibition—or Hate
At Tacoma’s interstate temperance congress, Rev. Dean Richmond Babbitt urges patient education and rejects the A.P.A., drawing fire from fellow reformers.
- The Seattle Bazaar Bankruptcy Scandal
Bank sues Samuel Levy, alleging the Seattle Bazaar’s closure and stock seizures were a scheme to defraud creditors.
- Powder on the Hill
A city official calls out wealthy corporations for flagrantly violating safety ordinances by storing dynamite in residential neighborhoods.
- The Court Rules Against Railway Union Contracts
A federal judge sides with the Lake Shore Road receiver, ruling that collective labor contracts do not bind court-appointed management.
- The City Hall Crackdown on Variety Theaters
A municipal judge enforces a new ordinance targeting variety theaters serving alcohol, sparking a legal battle over the city's power to revoke business licenses.
- City Hall Power Struggle: Mayor Ronald Wins Right to Oust Appointees
A court ruling confirms that the Mayor of Seattle holds sole authority to remove city officials, signaling an end to a high-profile challenge.
- Seattle’s Music Halls Went Silent Overnight
After the city council banned music halls and refunded their licenses, Seattle’s basement theaters shut down without a fight — at least for one night.
- The Battle for the Snohomish River Claim
A landmark interior department decision favors an ailing settler over a speculator who tried to exploit a technicality in federal land law.
- The Dry Party That Wanted Woman Suffrage, Equal Pay and Public Railroads
One hundred and fifty Prohibitionists from thirteen Washington counties met in Tacoma in 1894 and wrote a platform that went far beyond liquor — endorsing votes for women, equal wages regardless of sex, government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, and the forfeiture of unearned land grants.
- The Defendant as a Plaything of the State
A legal battle over repeated arrests for the same charge highlights the arbitrary power of local prosecutors in 1890s Seattle.
- The White Ribboners’ Crusade in Cosmopolis
A local chapter of the W.C.T.U. mounts an impassioned campaign against the ‘despot’ of alcohol, labeling licensed saloons a failed experiment.
- The Legal Limits of Private Passion
A Skagit County man is fighting a federal indictment for mailing 'obscene' letters to his late lover, claiming that private correspondence does not constitute public distribution.
- The City vs. The Water Company
A federal judge blocks Walla Walla from building its own water works, citing an existing contract as an 'inviolate' property right.
- The Battle Over Public Purse Strings
A heated local political clash over mileage reimbursement and alleged fiscal mismanagement by county officials.
- A Judge Refuses to Wait: William Holmes Sentenced to Hang
Convicted of murdering a fellow Newcastle miner, a Black defendant hears the death sentence after his lawyer's eleventh-hour challenge to the judge's authority is thrown out.
- The City Clamps Down on Variety Theaters
Seattle authorities arrest variety theater owners for allowing singing in venues where alcohol is served.
- Ballard Sees Its Future in a Dredged Salmon Bay — but the Bonds Can't Wait
Councilman Keane presses Ballard to claim the Lake Washington canal right-of-way through Salmon Bay, while two Populist members skip town to block a quorum on the water and electric bonds.
- Populists Told: Stay Off the Street Corners or Get Arrested
With a promised debate opponent a no-show, Seattle's Fourth Ward Populists argued among themselves about unity, the Pullman strike and whether corner speeches win votes or just fill the police blotter.
- The Mayor Moves to Shut the Dives and Gambling Rooms
A sweeping message from the mayor demands that the council revoke the licenses of saloons and music halls where girls sell liquor and gamblers run their games—passed in full by the aldermen even as auditors report a $27,000 hole in the street-improvement funds.
- The Diamond Palace Jeweler Who Vanished With the Stock
Simon Rumpf’s 'Diamond Palace' is placed in receivership after creditors allege he conspired to transfer his stock and then disappeared.