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47 stories matching incens
- Vigilante Justice Narrowly Averted in Roslyn
A mob of men attempted to lynch a laborer near Roslyn before word arrived that the alleged crime had not been completed.
- Street Harassment Met With Harsh Penalty
A local man is sentenced to 50 days on the city woodpile after insulting a woman on C Street.
- The Unwritten Law of Ballard
A Chinese laundryman is chased from the suburb by a mob enforcing a local, extra-legal ban on residents of Chinese descent.
- The Whole Thing
A heated clash between a city councilman and the acting mayor erupts over procedural power struggles.
- Spokane Taxpayers Stage Telephone Strike
Thousands of residents have joined a coordinated refusal to pay increased utility rates following legal advice that the jump is not backed by state law.
- Suspicion of graft in Tacoma's water plant purchase
Detectives are tailing city council members amid allegations that the municipal purchase of a water and light plant is a massive overpayment benefiting insiders.
- A Fistfight at City Hall
A political dispute in Spokane turns physical, landing councilmen and a street commissioner in a public brawl.
- The Scandal at the Washington Hotel
A prominent local man abandons his family to run away with a teenager, triggering a cross-state manhunt.
- The Salvation Army's Odorous Opponents
A group of young men tried to drive the Salvation Army out of town by dousing their hall in polecat oil.
- An Etiquette Dispute Over a Business Letter
A Walla Walla man takes deep offense at the formal address used in a professional letter to his wife, revealing the rigid social anxieties of the era.
- A Domestic Tragedy in Mount Pleasant
A husband's rage turns fatal when a neighbor intervenes to protect his wife and children.
- Internal Strife Rips Apart Tacoma’s Democratic Party
A bitter feud between the party's 'kids' and established members over sheriff nominations and fusion schemes threatens to cost the Democrats the election.
- Showfolk Stranded in South Tacoma
A traveling circus troupe is left destitute on a station platform after a management dispute leaves them without food, funds, or transport.
- A Pension Insult in the Valley
Richland’s last Indian War veteran rails against a proposed amendment he says smears the service of U.S. soldiers.
- The Political War Over Washington's Senate Seat
Voters in Whitman County erupt in anger over 'lying' newspaper correspondents misrepresenting their support for John B. Allen against challenger George Turner.
- The Power Grab at Stanwood
A newly incorporated town challenges county commissioners over a last-minute franchise deal.
- The Hop Fields Conflict
As Yakima’s harvest season intensifies, a labor strike and a dispute over Indigenous freedom of movement expose deep rifts between local growers and Washington’s political elite.
- The Soldier and the Elopement
Despite her father's protestations, young Lillie Bolton elopes with a recently discharged soldier, sparking a threat of imprisonment from her veteran father.
- The Revenge of the Clipped Horses
A neighborhood feud in O'Brien turns into a courtroom drama after a farmer's prize horses are spitefully shorn.
- Transit Boss Rejects City's Big German Festival
A committee of German community leaders was rebuffed by the local streetcar manager, who refused to provide enough transit to handle the thousands of expected visitors.
- The Short-Lived Elopement of a Seattle Waiter
A 14-year-old girl and a theater employee wed in a rush, only to be torn apart by an incensed mother within the hour.
- A Punch-Up Over a Chambermaid
A political fixer accused of theft turns his ire on a harbormaster who offered unwelcome romantic advice.
- A Tribe Executes Its Own Murderer Before the Agent Arrives
The Colville band hangs a man who killed a fellow Indian and committed a fresh crime, administering last rites before the government agent can reach camp.
- Ex-Fire Chief James Murphy Shoots Saloon Owner Phil Dawe
A former Seattle fire official guns down a saloon owner in a cold-blooded dispute over free drinks, sparking outrage in the city’s lower wards.
- Smallpox, a Cover-Up, and the Threat of Quarantine on Puget Sound
Two cases surfaced near Government and Cormorant streets while Victoria's papers stayed silent; with 21 cases there and two at Snohomish, Sound cities braced to cut themselves off — and the fumigation of mail only just halted.