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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1888 | 12 |
| 1889 | 32 |
| 1891 | 10 |
| 1892 | 26 |
| 1893 | 42 |
| 1894 | 63 |
| 1895 | 112 |
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- The State Tries to Soften the Panic for Delinquent Taxpayers
The Senate passes a bill remitting penalties and interest on delinquent 1893–94 taxes, citing “great financial stringency” and declaring an emergency.
- The Mystery of the Two Wills
After the death of Jennie McHugh Brown, two conflicting wills emerge, leading to a complex legal battle over her estate.
- Bank Records Lifted the Shadow of Murder From Louis Kiendl
A Seattle suspect in the killing of a mother and her baby traced the $200 found in his trunk to savings accounts in California.
- The Unjust Burden of the Geary Act
Chinese laborers in the United States face an expensive and discriminatory federal mandate to register for residency or risk immediate deportation.
- The Settlers Beat the Railroad
A Pacific County land fight ends in favor of homesteaders after the Northern Pacific tried to claim their township under its indemnity grant.
- The Streetcar Franchise Seattle Threatened to Cancel
Council set a June showdown over the Seattle City Railway's failure to double-track Yesler Avenue and Jackson Street—while another line asked for a longer franchise.
- The Nameless Grave by the Tulalip
A grim discovery near Marysville reveals the quiet tragedy of a life ending in the river woods.
- The Bankruptcy Fire Sale of 1891
A failed clothing enterprise on the corner of 2nd and Washington puts its remaining stock under the gavel as the assignee clears the shelves.
- Who Owns the Mud Beneath Smith Cove?
Seven King County men file claims on twenty acres apiece of Seattle tide flat, then protest the state's plan to fill and sell the same ground out from under them.
- The Day the Knights Came to Town
A delegation of Redmen from Port Townsend arrives in Seattle for a ceremonial gathering, greeted by crowds and banquets.
- The Return of Chinese Merchants to Tacoma
Years after the 1885 expulsion, a cautious attempt is made to re-establish a Chinese merchant presence in the city.
- The Old Cascades Blockhouse Falls
A historic log fortification dating to the 1856 Indian Wars has collapsed in a windstorm, marking the end of a physical connection to the territory's early conflicts.
- The Great State Flower Feud
A public spat erupts between Washington women over whether the clover or the rhododendron should represent the state.
- The Forged Deed of Fairhaven
A landmark land title dispute is settled in court after the discovery of a printing date discrepancy.
- The Wandering Numismatist
Police arrest a man from Fidalgo City carrying a century-old coin collection and a concealed weapon.
- The Deeds That Set Tacoma Speculating
When Tacoma Land Company deeds to railroad magnate Henry Villard hit the recorder’s office, rumors of a Northern Pacific power grab briefly set off a real-estate boom.
- A Six-Month Divorce Rule Meets a Quick Idaho Wedding
A Spokane court asks whether a divorced woman's speedy remarriage makes her an adulteress—and whether hundreds of local marriages and land titles are at risk.
- A Million-Dollar Piece of Everett Nearly Slips Through a Homestead Loophole
A years-long fraud contest over the land beneath the Pacific Steel barge works is quietly withdrawn and struck from the record — and the waterfront keeps its fortune.
- The Spokane Baseball Mutiny
When two ballplayers demanded early payment fearing the league was going bust, the team left them behind in the dust.
- A Belfast Wife's Letter: Find My Husband in Seattle
Martha Bateson last heard from her husband in 1888. Now she has written Seattle's police chief, hoping someone recognizes a tall, fair wood turner who once sent money home.
- The Strange Order from the North
A local merchant is tasked with sourcing a custom gravestone for an Alaska Native man who is very much alive.
- A Captain's Fortune and the Daughters Who Couldn't Prove They Were Family
Washington's supreme court threw out a contest over the $500,000 estate of Port Blakely mill man William Renton because the claimants could not show they were adopted.
- A Monument to Brave Woman's Effort
The Sarah B. Yesler Home marks its first year, providing a sanctuary for the city's working women.
- Banking on Seattle’s Resilience
When the First Presbyterian Church laid its cornerstone in 1893, they buried a message of defiance against the global financial panic.
- The Plagiarism Scandal of the Walla Walla Poet
A local Tacoma salesman is publicly shamed after allegedly passing off someone else's verse as his own.