W. D. Wood
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- Jun 21, 1884The Palace Coup at the Young Men’s Independent ClubA political faction attempts to seize control of a local club through backroom deals and 'gag rules,' only to be met with a revolt by the membership.Seattle, WA
- Oct 26, 1886Republican Rally at the Opera HouseJudge Wood defends the Sheriff’s record in the anti-Chinese expulsions of 1886.Opera House, Seattle, WA
- Jan 21, 1887The Attorney's Brawl: A Legal Dust-Up in Probate CourtTwo well-known Seattle attorneys settle a probate dispute with a flurry of fisticuffs in the courtroom.City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Jan 15, 1892The Wood Yard That Taught the City How to CareIn the winter of 1892, a group of Seattle residents turned a South Seattle timber tract into a 'work camp' to provide dignity and bread for the unemployed.South Seattle College, Seattle, WA
- Oct 26, 1893Designing a Future for the UniversityThe Board of Regents takes the first steps toward building a new permanent campus on the shores of Lake Washington.University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Feb 18, 1894The 'Wise Men' Choose a CandidateA closed-door committee of seven selects a business-friendly mayoral ticket in a move to 'run the city like a corporation.'Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
- May 21, 1894Green Lake Builds a Temperance Hall Out of Cordwood and MuscleIn less than two months, the brothers of Good Templars Lodge No. 200 raise a two-story hall at Green Lake with donated lots and lumber bought with 'legal tender' issued from the mint of muscle.Green Lake, Seattle, WA
- Mar 14, 1895City Hall Showdown: Council and Reformers Clash Over Charter RevisionA heated joint meeting of the city council and civic organizations debates whether to call a special election for a new city charter, with accusations of bullying and claims of wasted taxpayer money.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Mar 26, 1895The Canal or Bust: Seattle Rallies to Buy Its Own WaterwayA packed crowd cheers a plan to hand St. Louis capitalists a public subsidy to dig the south canal and fill the tide flats of the lake — with a grand mass meeting called for the Armory.Seattle, WA
- Apr 14, 1895A Canal, a Land Subsidy, and a Former Governor’s CheckSeattle’s push to dig the Lake Washington canal got a $1,000 pledge from ex-Gov. Ferry and an offer of 160 acres near Bothell from a landowner betting on the ship canal.Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
- Apr 17, 1895At Green Lake, Nobody Had a Reputation Quite Like Rev. Parker'sA Seattle estate hearing turned into a neighbors' referendum on a minister's honesty, with testimony that he was called a liar, a hypocrite and worse.Green Lake, Seattle, WA
- Apr 17, 1895Boosters Pass the Hat for the Ship CanalTacoma coal money, St. Louis money and Vancouver money swell Seattle's canal subsidy fund — even as promoters insist the waterway is 'a Seattle affair.'Seattle, WA
- May 27, 1899Seattle Citizens Plot to Block Monopoly: Injunction Threatened Over 40-Year Streetcar FranchiseA coalition of concerned citizens is mobilizing against the city council's potential grant of a forty-year monopoly to the Seattle Railway Company, warning that legal action will follow if the charter is violated.Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA
- Jun 3, 1899The People’s Franchise: Seattle Rises Against the Streetcar MonopolyIn June 1899, hundreds of citizens packed Armory Hall to declare 'No More Franchises,' demanding that the city council stop selling off public rights-of-way to private railway companies without voter approval.Seattle, WA