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| 1854 | 5 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 2 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 8 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 12 |
| 1876 | 23 |
| 1877 | 14 |
| 1878 | 6 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 10 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 20 |
| 1884 | 12 |
| 1885 | 26 |
| 1886 | 23 |
| 1887 | 27 |
| 1888 | 19 |
| 1889 | 53 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 59 |
| 1892 | 103 |
| 1893 | 129 |
| 1894 | 127 |
| 1895 | 146 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 15 |
| 1899 | 20 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 69 |
| 1904 | 45 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 12 |
| 1909 | 53 |
| 1910 | 19 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 2 |
| 1914 | 8 |
| 1915 | 10 |
| 1916 | 22 |
| 1917 | 14 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1924 | 3 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 4 |
53 stories matching rule
- The Rule That Told Workingmen to Keep Out of Politics
Everett's Labor Journal goes after Roosevelt's civil service order, arguing that machinists and mechanics in government shops are muzzled while partisan appointees run the machine — and quotes Grover Cleveland back at the administration to prove it.
- Tacoma's Congressman Betrays the People in D.C.
Francis W. Cushman aligns with political bosses, voting against rules that would have allowed for greater congressional transparency and legislative accountability.
- Supreme Court Rules Against Interurban Line in Fatal Collision
A long-standing legal battle concludes as the court upholds an $18,000 judgment for a 1906 tragedy on the interurban line.
- The Case for Ending Local Option Prohibition
A 1909 editorial argues that 'local option' is an ineffective, demoralizing policy and suggests an elected board of excise commissioners as a better way to regulate the liquor trade.
- Military Band vs. Union Labor
The federal government is accused of strike-breaking by allowing Army musicians to perform at a Seattle dance academy that refused to hire union members.
- Doctors Clash at the Capitol Over Medical Practice Regulations
Legislative battle brewing as 'regular' medical associations face scrutiny over anti-competition rules against lodge-contracted doctors.
- The High-Stakes Battle to Shut Down Racetrack Gambling
Legislators strip the emergency clause from the anti-racetrack bill, threatening to delay the ban on gambling at the Meadows during the upcoming exposition.
- Federal Court Dismisses Claims on Puyallup Shore Lands
A landmark judicial ruling clears the way for industrial development by stripping the Puyallup Tribe of their claims to Tacoma’s valuable tidelands.
- Newport Shuts Every Public Gathering Under a Sweeping Health Order
In November 1909, the town’s board of health ordered all public meetings and public buildings closed until further notice, with peace officers told to break up any gatherings that defied the ban.
- Washington's First Impeachment Trial Is Losing Its Charges to a Comma
Insurance Commissioner J. H. Schively's Senate trial drops twenty-six counts down toward half of them on a technicality, while the sixty-day legislative clock runs out Saturday at midnight.
- Coroner's Jury Clears Elevator Operator in City Hall Fatality
A janitor's death in the elevator shaft was ruled an accident, as the operator testified he believed the path was clear.
- Great Northern Refuses to Pay the Salary Loan Sharks
The railroad tells a Spokane court that an employee's wage assignment is usury, setting up a test case over predatory lending.
- The Great Washington Oyster Land Grab
In a defiant legislative maneuver, the state senate pushed through a bill ceding valuable tide lands, sparking accusations of corruption.
- The Forgotten Platform for a People's Washington
In 1909, a visionary reformer urged a fractured movement of grangers, socialists, and unionists to put aside their hobbies and unite behind a single platform of 'Majority Rule.'
- Sixty-Five Sign for a Town; Sixteen Try to Take Their Names Back
A petition to incorporate Marcus as a fourth-class town meets a remonstrance: signers want their names stricken, attorneys argue over voter qualifications, and the county board takes the matter under advisement.
- Coroner Blames Corroded Boiler for the Explosion That Killed Two on the 'Owl'
A coroner's jury near Mukilteo rules that the Great Northern locomotive that blew apart was destroyed by broken stay bolts and corrosion — an industrial failure, not an accident of fate.
- Ole Hanson Declares War on the Senate—and the Race Tracks
Blocked by a two-thirds rule, the fiery legislator vows lawsuits, subpoenas and a statewide hunt for betting losses until the senate bends.
- A Pistol Duel at the Freight Sheds Ends in a Manslaughter Charge
A coroner's jury in Seattle rules that W. C. Dudley, a Tacoma man, must answer for the death of Alex S. Smith in Thursday's shootout at the Northern Pacific freight yards — and Dudley, on his lawyer's advice, says nothing at all.
- Fishing Industry Braces for Border Dispute
Tensions rise as the Canadian government claims authority over Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance, threatening the livelihood of local halibut fleets.
- Mining Mishaps and Holiday Near-Misses
A local mining prospector and his daughter both survive dangerous accidents during the holiday season.
- Milton School Principal Faces Trial for Brutal Whipping
A fifteen-year-old student was reportedly struck with an iron stove poker, leading her father to press charges against the school administrator.
- The State Wins the Shoreline: Millions in Lake Washington Land Confirmed
A United States Supreme Court ruling upholding Washington's title to its lake beds enriches the treasury by millions and clears the last cloud over the Lake Washington ship canal.
- Thirty-Five Timber Claims Slip Away in LeClerc Basin
Federal land office rules against settlers whose white-pine homesteads are worth thousands; appeals go to the secretary of the interior.
- City Council Targets Saloon Seclusion
Tacoma legislators pass a resolution forcing saloons to remove partitions and high-backed booths to ensure public view.
- The Regents Park Mystery
A contractor was found murdered in a thicket, his body showing signs of a struggle and an attempt at concealment.