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| Year | Stories |
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| 1889 | 3 |
| 1891 | 3 |
| 1893 | 6 |
| 1894 | 4 |
| 1895 | 8 |
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- The Fireboat Battle of Elliott Bay
A power struggle between a fire captain and a marine pilot boils over into a violent, axe-wielding confrontation on the deck of a city fireboat.
- The Night Seattle's Athletes Took On Tacoma and Found a Champion
A packed Armory crowd watched the Seattle Athletic Club's indoor meet, where H. H. Connor won the diamond-studded Hansen medal and Tacoma took the relay.
- Architects Cry Foul Over Queen Anne School Contract
A school board vote to award the Queen Anne schoolhouse contract to Skillings & Connor sparks accusations of copied plans, backroom deals, and a three-way feud among Seattle's architects.
- Street Chase and Arrest of a Known Tough
A jeweler's clerk helps police apprehend a suspect following a daring daytime robbery on Front Street.
- The Jailer’s Mysterious Absence
A police inquiry into the escape of a prisoner who slipped away while his guard was supposedly busy with locksmiths.
- Union and Non-Union Seamen Clash at Port Townsend
A saloon becomes a battleground as a labor dispute over shipping jobs descends into a violent, armed confrontation.
- The Man Who Owned the Earth
A laborer from Redmond is committed to an asylum after a mental break convinces him he holds the deed to the entire planet.
- The Unlucky Clerk of Ballard
A city clerk-elect struggles to secure his required $5,000 bond after his sureties back out, reportedly due to his stance on the location of a new railway hub.
- The Jailbreak That Almost Was: A Struggle for Freedom in Port Townsend
In a dramatic afternoon at the Clallam County jail, five prisoners attempted to overpower the keeper with an axe and a garrote-style choke. Jailer Furlong’s quick draw saved the day.
- The Thief in Blue: Police Chief Exposes Captain’s Theft of Prisoners’ Belongings
A dramatic hearing reveals Officer Fayban’s accusation that Captain Henry Sheahan stole handkerchiefs, neckties, and cash from arrested men, sparking a bitter war of words between Seattle’s top law enforcement officials.
- The Gun Behind the Bureau: A Seattle Shooting’s Reluctant Witness
In January 1891, a tense arraignment revealed how a teenager’s hesitation and a hidden shotgun led to an assault charge in downtown Seattle.
- The Battle for St. Mary’s Pulpit
A bitter ethnic divide pits Irish and American parishioners against the church hierarchy in Tacoma.
- Fire Department Shake-up
Mayor and commissioners dismiss two captains after allegations of internal strife within the fireboat companies.
- Arson Suspected After Fire Devours the Ballard News
A 2 a.m. blaze destroyed a newspaper plant and several buildings in Ballard; the fire chief’s engine never made it through the roads.
- The Notorious Outlaw of Snohomish County
A local sheriff tracks down a notorious outlaw and forger in a Port Angeles jail, only to find the prisoner remarkably unbothered by his pending trial.
- The Great Olympia Real Estate Boom: 'Only a Question of Time'
As the capital city experiences a frenzy of property sales and predicts its future as a metropolis powered by Turnwater Falls, locals debate whether the boom is sustainable or just hype.
- The Aldermen Vote to License the 'Weed,' 34 to 27
A year-old cigarette ban had become a dead letter, so Seattle's council moved to regulate rather than forbid — a $600 license, health inspections, a chemical analysis of every pack, and a fight over keeping the trade 1,000 feet from schoolhouses.
- The First Lacrosse Game Ever Played in Seattle
Five hundred spectators packed Madison Street Park as picked teams from Victoria introduced the city to lacrosse — and a stocky second-home nicknamed 'Billy' ran away with the show.
- Boosters Pass the Hat for the Ship Canal
Tacoma coal money, St. Louis money and Vancouver money swell Seattle's canal subsidy fund — even as promoters insist the waterway is 'a Seattle affair.'
- The Inspector and the 'Kickers': Sea Captains Rally to Bryant
A Puget Sound steamboat inspector fights charges in a Seattle hearing as captains line up to praise his reputation—and his accusers hint at old grudges.
- Rivals Take the Water: Coast Oarsmen Gather on Lake Washington
Portland, Vancouver and Willamette crews descend on Seattle for a two-day championship — with a champion single-sculler and a grudge match on the line.
- Olympia Cut Salaries and School Terms to Survive the Panic of 1893
Facing depression, Washington’s capital city slashed official pay, shortened the school year to six months, and bet on harbor work and a new capitol to pull itself out.
- 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 Variety Palace That Became a Business Block
John Cort's Standard Theater, where rival bands paraded in Pioneer Place and 'box rustlers' rode through the streets, is being remodeled into ordinary commercial space at South Second and Washington.