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31 stories
- A Spokane Judge Said the Mayor Couldn't Silence the I.W.W. While Letting Everyone Else Speak
Judge Mann struck down a street-speaking ordinance that favored the Salvation Army and political celebrities, even as jailed Wobblies weakened on a hunger strike.
- Federal Control Tightens Over Indian Land Income
A new government order mandates that lease money from Indigenous lands be held in restricted accounts, limiting how landowners can access their own funds.
- She Came to Spokane Looking for Work and Died in the YWCA Rest Room
Mrs. Warren W. Orr left her 60-year-old husband in a lumber camp near Marcus and travelled to the city to find a job. On Sunday afternoon her seven-year-old boy held onto her skirts while she took morphine.
- A Roll of Gauze Left Inside: Jury Awards $859 in Spokane Malpractice Suit
Mrs. Leslie Lamb endured surgery almost two years ago, only to have a roll of gauze pulled from the wound—left there by the doctor. A Spokane jury has now found for the plaintiff.
- Spokane Police Crack Down on Free Speech
Nineteen members of the IWW are jailed after defying a city ordinance prohibiting street oratory.
- A Wedding Suit, Three Bullets, and a Fire on Fort Wright
A Polish cabinetmaker from Chicago is found arranged on a Spokane reservation knoll, shot in the head and partly burned—authorities believe someone tried to erase his identity.
- A Tip-Off in Newport, Then Masked Men Held Up the Fast Mail
A Spokane passenger boarded at Newport with a warning that the Great Northern fast mail would be robbed before it reached Spokane. Hours later, masked men did exactly that—and suspicion fell on 'Red' Ed McDonald.
- Billy Sunday Leaves Spokane with a $10,000 Thank Offering
After six weeks of revival meetings, the evangelist said a gentler goodbye to 9,000 people—and left behind 5,666 professed converts.
- A Refused Dance, Then a Club and a Bottle of Acid
Hannah and Ida Jensen were walking home from a dance when a man clubbed them and threw nitric acid in their faces; police arrested a Northern Pacific engineer who had been refused by one of the sisters.
- Loggers Beat the Northern Pacific Over Horses Starved in Transit
A Spokane jury awarded Victor and Oscar Pierson $1,999.99 after their horses sickened and died on a railroad car—a verdict the paper said set a costly precedent.
- Industrial Tragedy Claims Everett Lineman
W. S. Hardy, a well-known local electrician, died following a fatal workplace accident while stringing high-tension wires in Spokane.
- Spokane Police Storm an IWW Street Meeting, Jailing 19 Organizers
A squad of ten officers broke up a free-speech rally by the Industrial Workers of the World in downtown Spokane, arresting 19 and leaving six already serving time with $100 fines.
- The Pan Tans: Spokane's Secret Order of Judges, Cops and Councilmen
A police commissioner's confession exposes a sworn club that counted three superior court judges, four councilmen, a deputy prosecutor and a police judge among its members — and the recall petitions start the same week.
- Miles Poindexter Takes On the Party Bosses
The Third District congressman launches a U.S. Senate campaign in Spokane, promising to break the grip of Cannon and Aldrich and return the Republican Party to its voters.
- Railroad Strike Paralyzes the Northwest
A massive walkout of switchmen leaves freight stranded from Duluth to the Pacific, forcing shops to close and threatening regional industry.
- The Fight for Western Autonomy
Spokane conservationists organize to challenge federal control over forests, water, and mining rights.
- A Judge, a Railroad, and a Grand Jury: Spokane's 1909 Corruption Sweep
Judge M. J. Gordon faces six indictments over a $28,000 bad check and embezzlement from the Great Northern, while the state insurance commissioner and secretary of state are pulled into the grand jury's net.
- Washington’s Timber Barons Organize to Halt Forest Destruction
A new association of business leaders and timber experts pledges to fight forest 'land grabs' and waste in support of President Roosevelt’s conservation agenda.
- Housekeeper Faces Years in Prison Over Forged Check
A Spokane woman, pressed into service as a housekeeper for a local millionaire, finds herself sentenced to years in prison for a modest $54 forgery.
- Spokane Wins Freight-Rate Fight Against the Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders cuts from Chicago and St. Paul, a victory that promised cheaper goods and a broader home market for Newport and the Inland Empire.
- The $5 Billion Plan to Remake the Arid West
At the National Irrigation Congress in Spokane, Interior Secretary Ballinger and Chief Forester Pinchot squared off over whether public bonds or private capital should reclaim the West.
- Student Athlete Revolt at Whitworth College
A campus power struggle erupts after the faculty fires the football coach, leading to mass resignations and the cancellation of the upcoming season.
- Spokane Digs a Street Beneath Its Streets
The Spokane Inland Railway breaks ground on a four-thousand-foot concrete tunnel under Front Avenue, with two underground stations and a three-year timeline.
- A $56 Check Sends a Housekeeper to Prison for Up to 14 Years
Mrs. Maybelle Coitrell, desperate for work, forged a Spokane millionaire's name—and drew a sentence that outweighed the theft many times over.
- 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.