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6 stories matching coy
- A Chinese Merchant Lost His Store. The Judge Said He Still Had Rights.
When hard times turned Chin Chew Coy from shopkeeper to laborer, federal officials moved to deport him. Judge Hanford ruled that his treaty rights—and his Portland property—still protected him.
- 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 Stranger from Pike
An eccentric traveler’s awkward recovery of a lost hat becomes a temporary spectacle on Main Street in Walla Walla.
- The County Attorney Wrote His Own Case—and a Commissioner Objected
Commissioner Peter Autzen accused two colleagues of signing a self-serving statement in a tax-fee dispute, exposing a conflict at the heart of Chehalis County government.
- The Rose Thief of James Street
A Seattle gardener threatens to deploy a bulldog—or forty—after midnight raids carry off her prize roses, including the star-crossed Baron and Baroness.
- James J. Hill Tells Seattle the Strike Never Should Have Come West
The Great Northern president calls the Pullman boycott pointless on the Coast, warns idle men will struggle to find work again, and stays coy about his deal with the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company.