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| 1891 | 2 |
| 1892 | 2 |
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13 stories matching bryan
- The Case of the Fairhaven Silk Dress
A stolen dress from Fairhaven is recovered in Seattle after a swift investigation involving local police and a steamboat passenger.
- Five Years on a Fraud's Word
John Bryan was pardoned out of the Walla Walla penitentiary after the real robbers confessed — but his companion was still inside.
- Pullman's President Came to Seattle With $18,000 Recovered
E. A. Bryan touted free tuition, new engineering courses and a faculty of fifteen—after the regents forced a former treasurer to hand over $17,000.
- A Frontier Education: The Struggles of Washington's Early Schools
State Superintendent R.B. Bryan reflects on the chaotic, underfunded, and record-sparse beginnings of Washington’s school system.
- Two Hunters Left Clinging to the Bottom of Their Boat in Lake Washington
After an energetic Irish setter caused their rowboat to capsize, two men spent two chilling hours adrift on the lake before being rescued by passing boys.
- Squatter’s Rights and the Railroad Tie Cutters
A land dispute in Maple Valley leads to the arrest of six men accused of harvesting timber on claimed but contested land.
- The Fight Over School Funding
A Seattle legislator warns that a proposed state school levy would strip over $150,000 from the coffers of Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane.
- Grim Discovery in a Remote Cabin
The discovery of a skeleton and a bullet in a nailed-shut cabin suggests a cold case of murder from the previous year.
- The Postal Inspector's Decoy Trap
A persistent postal investigator nabs two local lottery men after months of elaborate sting operations.
- The Seattle School Board's Fight for Independence
In 1891, Superintendent Frank D. Barnard sought to sever Seattle’s school examinations from county oversight, a move that echoes modern debates over local versus state control in education.
- A Libel Trial Over 'Sweet-Scented Houses' Puts Seattle's Police on Trial
Newspaperman C. H. Lugrin stands accused of criminal libel for printing that gambling and vice flourish under police protection — and the hunt for a jury drags from morning into night.
- 1,950 Farmers Tested Whether Washington Could Grow Its Own Sugar
A statewide experiment from Pullman found Washington soil and climate unusually suited to sugar beets—raising hopes that the state could someday manufacture all the sugar it consumed.
- Col. Lewis Defends the Militia Against Corporate Capture
A fiery speech at the Seattle Armory denies that the state militia is a tool of the railroads, drawing cheers from 1,500 spectators.