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68 stories matching alien
- A $25,000 Suit for Stolen Affection
An 1892 Seattle husband took his wife’s alleged lover to court—and put a price on heartbreak.
- The Loss of Tribal Sovereignty in Puyallup
A federal ruling stripped the Puyallup Tribe of their status as wards, opening reservation lands to unrestricted sale and private development.
- The Legal Battle Over Birthright Citizenship
A debate over whether children of foreign-born parents, including Asian immigrants, are entitled to American citizenship.
- The Vanishing Mill: How Chicago Capital Was Driven Out of Vancouver by a City’s Defiant Stand
A Chicago millionaire’s plan to build a massive sawmill on an island in Vancouver, B.C., collapsed after local police and citizens physically evicted his workers. The fallout has sent the industrialist packing to Seattle, leaving behind political chaos and a debt of thousands to the Dominion government.
- Longshoremen Protest Japanese Crew Aboard Steamship Wilmington
A standoff on the Seattle waterfront leads to the arrest of a ship's captain for allegedly violating federal foreign contract labor laws.
- The Campaign for Japanese Exclusion in Mukilteo
Everett labor organizers cite local industrial hiring practices as a threat to the American standard of living.
- The Price of Disposal: Colville Reservation Opens to Homesteading
Federal authorities announce the opening of 350,000 acres of the Colville Reservation to white homesteaders, touting the financial management of tribal wealth.
- Senate Weighs Puyallup Land Rights and Citizenship
Senator Allen argues that citizenship should grant Puyallup tribal members the right to sell their property, challenging federal restrictions on the reservation.
- Labor Congress Confronts the Legislature
A delegation of workers brings a broad platform of demands to the state house, sparking a heated debate over the treatment of labor and the dignity of the legislature.
- Wild Goose Bill Dies in the Doorway of the Hollis King Ranch
The squatter who founded the town of Wilbur came to the King ranch with a six-shooter, shot the woman who had left him, and was killed by the dying man who shot back.
- The Cable Company Wanted More Time. Yesler Avenue Wanted Its Double Track.
In 1895, Seattle’s aldermen weighed whether to give a struggling street railway more time to double-track Yesler Avenue—or force it to honor the franchise the neighborhood had bought into.
- The Human Cost of the Canadian Land Rush
Federal authorities in the Pacific Northwest scramble to intercept desperate immigrants crossing the border on foot, fleeing failed colonization schemes in Western Canada.
- A Scandal in Seattle
A physician is sued for $50,000 after an alleged affair leads to a tragic disappearance at sea.
- Puyallup Reservation Lands Distributed
After a long period of waiting, Puyallup families have finally received land patents as the reservation is divided into 167 tracts.
- The Political Tightrope of Territorial Seattle
In a 1887 campaign speech, future Seattle Mayor T.J. Humes attempts to balance the demands of laborers, miners, and the controversial issue of women's suffrage.
- Blood in the Streets of North Seattle
A long-simmering domestic feud between a husband and his estranged wife's companion erupts in an exchange of gunfire near a Fifth Street lodging house.
- The Birth of Washington's Constitutional Rights
A historic publication of the 1889 Washington State Constitution, establishing the foundational rights and governance that define the state's civic character.
- The 1892 Citizenship Crackdown on Puget Sound Fishermen
A newly enacted state law barred foreign-born fishers from working Washington waters, forcing an immediate rush for naturalization papers at the county courthouse.
- The End of the Hop-Picking Migration
A federal decision in 1892 abruptly cuts off the long-standing seasonal labor of British Columbia indigenous harvesters in Washington.
- Fire Chief Faces Ouster Over Citizenship Claim
A political feud within the Seattle Fire Department takes a turn as a rejected applicant accuses the Chief of being an alien.
- The Senatorial Deadlock at the Statehouse
Lawmakers in Olympia struggle to choose a U.S. Senator amidst party fractures and geographical rivalries.
- The Shipping Union’s Legal Ambush
Sailors' union activists attempt to use state court writs to challenge the legality of non-union, foreign-recruited crews aboard a ship in Port Townsend.
- A Violent Outburst at a South G Street Boarding House
A jealous boarding house keeper, convinced his tenants were vying for his wife's affection, launched a violent attack that left him in police custody.
- Was Tacoma's Mayor a Foreign Subject?
A persistent rumor claiming Mayor George P. Wright never completed his naturalization caused a stir among the city's political and gambling circles.
- The Price of Citizenship: John Adam Schmidt Convicted
A federal judge sentences a man to prison for orchestrating a fraudulent naturalization scheme for Russian immigrants.