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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 39 |
| 1889 | 93 |
| 1891 | 46 |
| 1892 | 148 |
| 1893 | 187 |
| 1894 | 247 |
| 1895 | 261 |
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- The Seizure of the Steamer Fairy
Federal authorities seize a vessel accused of smuggling eight Chinese laborers into Puget Sound.
- The Sloop Louisa and the Illegal Passage
A federal seizure notice reveals the 1890 crackdown on maritime smuggling of Chinese laborers into the Puget Sound.
- The Sloop Louisa and the Contraband Laborers
A federal seizure notice reveals the 1890 crackdown on illicit maritime transport of Chinese laborers into the Puget Sound.
- The Geary Act and America's Broken Promises
An 1892 editorial confronts the xenophobic legislative push to abrogate treaties with China, highlighting the hypocrisy of American foreign policy.
- Two Respected Sea Captains Caught Smuggling Cigars at Gray's Harbor
Capt. C. B. Hughes and Capt. John C. Reed were bound over for trial after unstamped Mexican cigars turned up in a Hoquiam drug store.
- The Battle Over the Stillaguamish River
Captains of steamers, long delayed by the Chinook Boom Company's gates, finally force federal intervention.
- A Chinese Merchant Became a Cook—and the Treaty Still Protected Him
A federal judge in Seattle ruled that a Port Townsend merchant did not forfeit his right to remain in the United States when he sold his share in the firm and took work as a cook, a rare legal win amid the exclusion era.
- The Wild West of Asotin City
Federal authorities scramble as intoxicated travelers on the Washington-Idaho border cause local terror and gunplay.
- The Sloop Louisa and the Contraband of 1891
A federal seizure notice reveals the high-stakes battle over immigration and maritime law on the waters of Elliott Bay.
- The Unwarranted Detention of Chinese Miners
Four Chinese men are arrested and detained in Seattle while passing through to their homeland.
- The Reverend and the Geary Act
A Chinese missionary is apprehended in Chicago to face charges in Tacoma regarding immigration law violations.
- The Unjust Burden of the Geary Act
Chinese laborers in the United States face an expensive and discriminatory federal mandate to register for residency or risk immediate deportation.
- The High-Stakes Battle Over Fur Seals in the North Pacific
A political storm brews in Washington as the People’s Party challenges the Republican administration over territorial rights and the protection of fur-bearing animals in the Bering Sea.
- The General and the Coxeyite March
Major-General Nelson A. Miles visits Seattle's Rainier Club and scoffs at the 'Coxey Movement' of unemployed workers marching on Washington D.C.
- The Forgotten Prisoners of McNeil Island
Thirteen men held in limbo for years, caught between a nation that didn't want them and a border that refused their return.
- The Paperwork That Couldn’t Save Chung We Long
A Seattle federal commissioner orders a Chinese laborer deported after testimony places him in Victoria, exposing the impossible “continuous residence” rules of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- The Geary Act in Port Angeles
A customs inspector initiates a crackdown under the Chinese Exclusion-era registration laws.
- The Shadow of the Fortress at Esquimalt
An 1889 editorial argues that the growing military presence across the border in British Columbia demands a rapid response from the U.S. government to fortify Puget Sound.
- Lummi Nation Fights Salmon Trap Incursion
The U.S. government intervenes on behalf of the Lummi people to stop commercial fishing interests from blocking their treaty-guaranteed fishing grounds.
- The Smuggling Sloops of Elliott Bay
Federal authorities launch an admiralty crackdown on the illicit landing of laborers along the Seattle waterfront in 1891.
- Judge Hanford Rules on Chinese Exclusion Law
A landmark decision in U.S. District Court affirms the government’s power to deport Chinese residents through summary proceedings rather than formal indictments.
- The Strategic Dream of a Nicaragua Canal
A 1894 editorial argues that the United States must build and control a canal through Central America to project naval power and secure the Pacific coast.
- Judge Hanford Rules on Native Rights to Personal Autonomy
A landmark federal court decision affirms that Indigenous citizens holding land in severalty are not subject to the same liquor restrictions as those on reservations.
- Canada’s Naturalization Papers Denied at the Border
Federal authorities reject the residency status of Chinese British subjects, sparking a test case for immigration restrictions.
- The Test Case for Chinese Exclusion
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear the Chae Chan Ping case, the lives and property rights of Chinese laborers in Washington hang in the balance.