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- A Sculptor's Gift to the Presbyterian Church
A newly installed white marble baptismal font at the First Presbyterian Church celebrates local craftsmanship and memorializes a Philadelphia parishioner.
- The Janitor's Failed Replevin of Romance
A Seattle janitor attempted to sue his former flame for the return of bedroom furniture after she refused to marry him, only to be laughed out of court.
- The Waterfront Confidence Game
A sailor from the U.S. steamer Grant learns a hard lesson about poker and 'accommodating' strangers on the waterfront.
- Seattle Rallies for the Franklin Mine’s Widows and Orphans
A relief fund grows by small donations, Black Seattleites organize their own drive, and officials seal the burning mine to starve the fire.
- A Senator’s Gift of Stone
Senator Watson C. Squire offers the city free rock from his Duwamish River quarries to help jumpstart local street paving efforts.
- The Baby Clothes War
A mother-in-law's zealous attempt to reclaim laundry leads to a glass-shattering store confrontation.
- Workers Surprise Their Tunnel Superintendent
A crew of men working on the Lake Union sewer tunnel show their appreciation with a gold-tipped ebony walking stick.
- The Actor Who Changed His Face
James O’Neill stuns Seattle audiences with his physical metamorphosis between two classic roles.
- The Commonweal Army's Soaked March to Kent
Striking workers and the unemployed marched from Seattle to Kent in a pouring rain, seeking passage east to Washington D.C. as part of the nationwide Industrial Army movement.
- A Flag at Half-Mast and a Populist's 'Lost Liberties'
A county auditor candidate is accused of helping turn the Fourth of July flag into a protest banner—and of being an unnaturalized New Zealander besides.
- Seattle's Public Library Gets a Grand Opening
Civic leaders and citizens celebrate the opening of the city’s new library rooms, featuring an elegant ladies' reading room and aspirations for a permanent building.
- The Industrial Army’s Plea from Behind Bars
A committee of incarcerated laborers writes to the ladies of the relief corps, describing the cruel conditions of their transport to Spokane.
- Building a Railroad from Shipwreck Scraps
When a derelict ship wrecked off the coast, its cargo of steel rails became a tax-delinquent treasure for Aberdeen’s civic boosters.
- Seattle's Free Kindergarten Prepares to Open Its Doors
A new charity school at the old South School on Main Street will offer free early education and train a new generation of kindergarten teachers.
- Seattle Opens Its Purse for the Franklin Mine Widows and Orphans
A Post-Intelligencer relief fund nears $1,500 as post office clerks, university employees, railroad men and benefit audiences contribute to families of the miners killed at Franklin.
- The Oxford-Educated Mohawk Chief Who Came to Seattle
Dr. Oronhyatekha, supreme ranger of the Foresters and chief counsellor of the Six Nations, tells a Seattle reporter of Queen Anne's buried silver, self-supporting schools, and a people whose ballots, he boasts, cannot be bought.
- Col. Patrick Henry Winston Bolts the Populists — and the P-I Pounces
The Post-Intelligencer gleefully dissects Patrick Henry Winston's letter renouncing the People's Party, calling it less a conversion than the squirm of a politician who has run out of options.
- Seattle Pastor Warns of Anarchy and Labor Unrest in 1893 Sermon
Rev. Dr. D. C. Garrett told St. Mark's Episcopal congregation that labor troubles stem from a failure to render unto God and Caesar.
- The Night a Gilded Age Mansion Lit the Road to Its Own Party
In 1894, Horace and Susan Henry welcomed nearly 200 guests to their new showpiece house above Lake Union—then sent them home by special streetcar under a private line of electric lights.
- A Gavel, a Roar, and a Populist Ticket Born in Chaos
King County's People's Party convention at Turner Hall turned into a shouting, proxy-fighting, faction-splitting marathon—and buried Dr. J. Eugene Jordan and Jack McDonald on the way to nominating a ticket.