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- The Courthouse Bond Battle
King County commissioners face a high-stakes decision on competing bonds from I.W. Maple and A.P. Mitten, sparking a debate over political influence versus business integrity.
- Bond Battle: King County Treasurer Resigns After Commissioners Reject His Surety
A.P. Mitten steps down after the board refuses his bond, declaring the office vacant—but not before a pointed exchange over legal instructions.
- Every Cent Accounted For: The New Treasurer Counts Out the County's Gold
J. W. Maple relieves Dr. A. P. Mitten of the King County treasury — $464,905.37, more than eighty per cent of it coin — and hands the plum jobs to fellow Populists while the remaining Republicans start looking for the door.
- Clearing the Ground for the University of Washington
Regents approve site clearing and launch a work-relief program to aid the city’s unemployed during the winter.
- The Price of a Streetcar Franchise
Seattle council members clash over the conditions of a transit deal, pitting local home-industry mandates against corporate negotiation.
- Regents Plant a Flag (and an Umbrella) at the University
University of Washington regents scramble over stumps and brush to select the permanent location for the new campus main building.
- A Judge Freezes Seattle's $118,000 School-Building Fund
Queen Anne Hill residents win a temporary injunction barring the school board from spending 1894 tax money on anything but that year's warrants and new school buildings.
- King County's Bond Fight Ends With a New Treasurer—and a Demand for an Audit
After J.W. Maple fails to perfect his bond and Dr. Mitten resigns, commissioners appoint chief deputy John Riplinger and promise scrutiny of the treasurer's books.
- The Bid for a University Medical School
Regents move to expand the University of Washington, envisioning a medical college that could serve the entire Northwest.
- An Unwelcome Suitor at Terrace Street
A woman's attempt to return home was blocked by a man who refused to take 'no' for an answer, leading to a police intervention.
- Queen Anne Taxpayers Fight for School Funding
Local residents mount a legal challenge against the county treasurer to ensure tax levies specifically intended for new schoolhouses are spent as promised.
- The Price of a Broken Heart in Clallam County
A local justice of the peace wins a $1,000 judgment after a public accusation of theft cost him both his professional standing and his fiancée.
- County Officials Take Voluntary Pay Cuts to Weather Hard Times
With business stagnant and fees falling off, the auditor and clerk cut their own salaries. Commissioner Heaton wants the treasurer to follow.
- The Watches, Pipes and Toothbrushes of the Unclaimed Dead Go Up for Auction
Two years of the coroner's unclaimed effects — purses, cuff buttons, knives and one gold timekeeper — will be sold at the courthouse door on July 7. Their owners died violently, died poor, or were pulled from the bay and written down as 'unknown.'
- Searching for Efficiency in City Hall
A joint committee of the Municipal League and the Chamber of Commerce begins an investigation into the spending habits of King County officials.
- A County Treasurer’s Bond With Too Many Holes
Seattle’s newly elected county treasurer filed a surety bond riddled with defects, withdrawn signatures and backers who pledged more than they could justify.
- The Rainier Avenue Electric Railway Sold for a Song
After years of litigation and financial struggle, the Rainier Avenue line is auctioned off at the courthouse, leaving the identity of the true buyer in question.
- Three Hundred Republicans and a Barrel of Tariff Whisky
Seattle's First Ward Republican Club packed its South Third Street headquarters, signed up 300 members, and spent the night attacking the Havemeyer tariff bill and the Democrats who defended it.
- Queen Anne Families Went to Court to Fix a Crumbling Schoolhouse
In 1894, residents sued to freeze old school-fund warrants, arguing that 225 Queen Anne children were crammed into a dangerous wooden building.
- When Seattle’s School Warrants Went Begging at 90 Cents
A judge’s ruling on school money left teachers and directors unpaid, school warrants unsellable, and King County officials refusing to honor the court.
- The Fight Over Who Gets to Count King County's Money
County commissioners hire outside experts to comb the treasurer's books, brushing aside the prosecuting attorney's claim to the job.
- The First Ward Has Not Yet Voted: A Rowdy King County Convention Picks Its Ticket
In 1894, King County Republicans packed Seattle’s Armory, fought over a contested First Ward delegation, hissed down rivals, and nominated a full county ticket in one raucous night.
- The Sheriff's Plot to Jail His Rivals Before the Convention
Seattle Republicans gathered at the Armory in 1894 amid rumors that Sheriff Woolery and John Considine planned to have First Ward leaders arrested before the county convention could organize.
- Seattle Voters Topple the 'Tammany' Machine in a Republican Landslide
A sweeping 1894 municipal election repudiates a corrupt city government, a boss named John Collins, and a looted treasury — with Democrats joining the revolt.
- The Chamber of Commerce’s Grand Gesture: Seattle’s Business Elite Rally Behind Senator Squire
Over 500 merchants, officials, and their ladies board the steamer Bailey Gate for a two-day excursion to Olympia, aiming to sway the state senate with a show of unified commercial support.