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- Tensions Ease in Conflict with Chile
Diplomatic friction between the United States and Chile resolves with an official apology following the attack on Baltimore marines.
- The Mason Who Rebuilt Seattle
Otto Ranke, the master mason who constructed many of the city's most prominent buildings and steered the post-fire reconstruction, has died at 49.
- The Price of a Right of Way
Aberdeen negotiates for a rail line, but land prices and local skepticism hold the project hostage.
- Seattle Buries the Senator It Almost Had
Col. J. C. Haines's death draws a large Olympia delegation to Seattle—and the Tribune's regret over the 1889 convention that denied him a Senate seat.
- The Chamber of Commerce 'Dead' After Political Feud
Port Townsend's business leaders dissolve their Chamber of Commerce in a radical move to stop members from using the institution as a political weapon against Seattle.
- A Forced Marriage in the Courtroom
A judge in Pierce County lectured a man on 'conjugal obligations' and forced him to marry the woman he was accused of seducing after a scandal involving his community’s traditional marriage practices.
- The Railway King vs. The 'Bow in the Ram's Horn'
James J. Hill, the legendary railroad titan, packs the Seattle City Council chambers to demand a straight track through the city's waterfront, warning that 'bottlenecking' the rails would cost the city its future.
- The Ballard Y.M.C.A. Rebels Against Seattle
After the city association attempted to dissolve the Ballard branch, residents rallied to save the reading rooms from the saloons.
- The Era of Corporate Thugs
A look back at the private, armed detective agencies hired by corporations to break strikes and terrorize workers in Washington mining towns.
- The Price of Virtue in a Growing Boomtown
Mayor George W. Hall rejects 'vicious' municipal profits from sin, grappling with the fiscal reality of a rapidly expanding, fire-scarred Seattle in 1892.
- The Murky Business of a Mining Claim
A Seattle businessman publicizes his defense after being accused of a fraudulent mining deal, offering a glimpse into the informal, high-stakes nature of early Pacific Northwest property speculation.
- Anacortes Mayor Quits in Protest Against 'Subsidy Brokers'
A.P. Sharpstein steps down, accusing the city's powerful corporate interests of stifling growth and ignoring the needs of local citizens.
- The Courthouse Feud: Superintendent Resigns and Foremen Are Ordered Off the Job
Thurston County commissioners accept W. A. Rogers’s resignation as courthouse superintendent, citing “strained relations” among contractors, architect and foremen, then appoint R. O. Owen to finish the job.
- Samuel Gompers Tells Seattle: Organize, and Dare Not Do Otherwise
The president of the American Federation of Labor writes to Seattle organizer Abe Spring, lamenting the bloodshed of the era's labor wars, urging union solidarity, and declining a Western trip.
- Seattle Takes the Pennant as the Pacific Northwest League Folds
Four clubs vote to end a money-losing season; Seattle is awarded the second-half title, and a championship series with Portland is proposed.
- The Lie That Shook Olympia Collegiate Institute
A whispered rumor, a boarding-house accusation, and a faculty insult ended with two students expelled and Professor Jones gone. Rev. Dr. T. B. Ford told the school why.
- Olympia to Boston: 'The Athens of the Northwest' Makes Its Case
A Unitarian minister's letter to Eastern readers insists that the capital city, older than Seattle or Tacoma, is no backwater — and that the whole Sound country is bound to Boston by blood and history.
- The Powerhouse Killing in Hamilton
A quarrel over steam, firewood and a dollar a day left an electric-light manager dead, a young night watchman charged with murder, and a town talking of lynching.
- Seattle Democrats Bolt Their Own Party Over the Lake Washington Canal
Furious that the state convention caved to Pierce County and denounced the Lake Washington canal, King County Democrats vow to vote the Republican ticket — and to knife their own party from top to bottom.
- Dirty Tricks, 1892: Yakima's Candidate for Governor Fights Back
A Seattle paper accused the Democratic nominee of fleeing his debts and defrauding orphans. Snively's supporters called it a Republican smear—and produced letters to prove it.