John Miller Murphy
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- Aug 30, 1862The Midnight Vandal at the Standard OfficeAn editorial office in Olympia faces a late-night visit from an assailant armed with an effigy and firearms.Olympia, WA
- Oct 12, 1891'As Cold as a Barn': The Olympia Theater Fight That Spilled Into PrintWhen the Tribune panned the Olympia Theater, the rival Standard accused it of kicking without reason. The rebuttal names icy dressing rooms, one-dollar seats and a manager in over his head.Olympia Theater, Olympia, WA
- Dec 1, 1891The People’s Ticket: Olympia’s 1891 Caucus RevoltA printed slate handed out at the door, a mayor booed as 'defeated,' and a second-ward protest meeting: the fight over who would control Olympia's city nominations.Olympia, WA
- Dec 2, 1891Two Red Boxes on Wheels: Olympia's Sorry Excuse for a Streetcar LineThe street railway's president has told the council he can keep the city tied up in court for two years. The Tribune suggests the new council simply take his franchise away.Olympia, WA
- Dec 5, 1891Murphy Forever: A Rival Editor Skewers Olympia's Perpetual CouncilmanDays before the First Ward election, the Tribune turns its sarcasm on Councilman John Miller Murphy — newspaper editor, theater proprietor, professed temperance man, and, by this account, a fixture in the council chamber and at the bar he once voted to close.Olympia, WA
- Dec 7, 1891Liquor Dealers Organize to Capture City CouncilA slim meeting at Columbia Hall reveals a saloon-backed push to elect Murphy and Grainger, as the liquor interests try to regain control after last year's defeat.Olympia, WA
- Dec 7, 1891Who Should Keep Olympia's Money?On the eve of the 1891 municipal election, a dozen anonymous Olympians argued over the city treasurer's race, a regular nominee, a new brick block, and a saloonkeeper's ten-dollar joke.Olympia, WA
- Dec 9, 1891Olympia Votes Out the Old Council — and Inherits a Financial MessA day after the city election, the Tribune calls on the lame-duck mayor and council to resign so the city can untangle a debt larger than the law allows — and demands streetcars, street work and honest handling of the public's money.Olympia, WA
- Jan 6, 1892John L. Sullivan Comes to Olympia, and the City Council Adjourns for the ShowThe heavyweight champion and the Pacific Coast’s great theatrical manager packed the Olympia Theater, traded jokes about brick opera houses, and drew the mayor and nearly every councilman into the audience.Olympia Theater, Olympia, WA