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29 stories matching consul
- Norwegian Ship Enters Seattle, Sparking Consular Dispute
A Norwegian ship’s docking in Port Blakeley triggers a jurisdictional tug-of-war between competing consuls and the race to capture maritime trade.
- A Japanese Diplomat Comes to Seattle, and Likes What He Sees
Chancellor M. Odagiri toured Puget Sound to choose a consulate site, praised Seattle's buildings and Lake Washington, and predicted Japan would beat China in the war then under way.
- The Man Who Would Be King of the North
President Harrison appoints Seattle’s Cornelius H. Hanford as Chief Justice of Washington Territory, cementing his role in the region's legal and political future.
- The Last Stand of the American Flag in Samoa
Secretary Bayard’s dismissal of Consul Reesell sparks outrage over U.S. surrender to German bullying in the Pacific.
- The Ghost of the Anti-Chinese Riots
A mysterious agitator claims the soldiers have arrived to protect Seattle's Chinese population, triggering panic and confusion on the docks.
- The Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer's 1886 Protest Against Executive Overreach
A fiery editorial argues that the Cabinet, led by Secretary Bayard, is systematically ignoring acts of Congress and undermining democracy itself.
- The Struggle Over Fraudulent Certificates
Federal authorities clamp down on an alleged scheme to bring Chinese immigrants into the U.S. through falsified identity papers.
- A Local Intellectual Heads to Ancient Lands
Dr. John C. Sandberg, once a fixture of Seattle’s literary and medical scene, is appointed U.S. Consul to Baghdad.
- The County Treasurer’s Double-Dipping Scandal
A local editor challenges a powerful official for illegally holding two offices, exposing a web of political favoritism in the Grand Jury room.
- The Mealy Bug Standoff at the Seattle Docks
A county inspector orders 800 boxes of Japanese oranges stripped and fumigated. A horticultural commissioner softens the ruling—and the Japanese consul watches closely.
- The Seattle Barber Who Became a Spy
A letter to the editor recalls John Waller, a Black Seattle barber and lawyer, now sentenced to twenty years by a French court-martial as a spy for the Hovas.
- Japan's Consul in Seattle Sees a Steamship Line—and a Pacific Future
Saburo Koya, fresh from San Francisco, studies Seattle's Japanese community and predicts direct Yokohama service, new trade, and settlers for Puget Sound.
- The Fight to Save Nordstrom: Money, Friends, and a Legal Race Against the Noose
Convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, C. Nordstrom finds a network of supporters—including the Swedish consul—raising funds for a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Musicians Stranded in Seattle After Labor Dispute
Two orchestra members of the Shay Opera Company find themselves out of work and funds after requesting their pay.
- The Tragic End of a Visionary
Captain R. W. De Lion, a prominent figure in regional shipping and a former Port Townsend mayor, takes his own life in Seattle after a period of declining health and financial strain.
- The Seattle Hopefuls Denied a Post
President Cleveland shuts the door on Seattle applicants for the Victoria consulship, insisting on national distribution of patronage.
- The Political Gamble of John Collins
A Seattle power broker triggers a local storm by secretly vying for a plum federal consulship in Japan.
- The Fight Over the Hawaiian Islands
As Washington politicians and chambers of commerce clamor for annexation, locals weigh in on the imperial ambitions of the United States.
- The Bismarck Bluff: Washington’s Last Stand in the Samoan Crisis
As German warships loom over the Pacific islands, Seattle’s former federal commissioner warns that yielding to Berlin means abandoning American neutrality—and potentially igniting a conflict closer to home.
- A Wrongful Arrest on Seattle's Streets
A British subject traveling through the Northwest sues the Seattle police chief for $8,000 following a baseless jail stay.
- Anti-Chinese Discrimination on the Sound
A prominent merchant is insulted and denied service on a passenger steamer, exposing the growing intolerance of the era.
- The Boom and Bust of the Australian Lumber Trade
A look at the rise of Puget Sound timber exports to Australia and why the financial collapse in the colonies is hitting Washington mills hard.
- The King Who Wasn't: How Seattle Watched a Pacific Empire Betray Its Own
While the city prepares for its own boom, a local editorial warns that American honor is being sacrificed to German ambition in Samoa—and asks if Washingtonians care enough to stop it.
- Bismarck’s Bluff: Germany Claims Samoa While Washington Watches
As the German Chancellor declares no treaty prevents his nation from seizing control of the Pacific islands, U.S. officials in Washington struggle to respond to a diplomatic crisis that threatens American interests across the ocean.
- Forty-Five Days From Hongkong: Seattle's New Orient Steamer Docks With Sugar, Rice and Bananas
The steel freighter Palmas, first ship on the Union Pacific's new Puget Sound–Orient run, fills Yesler's wharf with Chinese and Japanese goods and Hawaiian fruit — after her captain carries two mutinous sailors in irons halfway across the Pacific to face a court held on a Victoria wharf.