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|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 14 |
| 1876 | 131 |
| 1877 | 96 |
| 1878 | 63 |
| 1879 | 7 |
| 1880 | 26 |
| 1882 | 21 |
| 1883 | 76 |
| 1884 | 29 |
| 1885 | 118 |
| 1886 | 52 |
| 1887 | 68 |
| 1888 | 61 |
| 1889 | 133 |
| 1890 | 24 |
| 1891 | 159 |
| 1892 | 273 |
| 1893 | 237 |
| 1894 | 298 |
| 1895 | 83 |
| 1896 | 2 |
| 1897 | 8 |
| 1898 | 8 |
| 1899 | 59 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 11 |
| 1903 | 100 |
| 1904 | 143 |
| 1905 | 9 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 161 |
| 1910 | 21 |
| 1911 | 11 |
| 1912 | 7 |
| 1914 | 32 |
| 1915 | 31 |
| 1916 | 64 |
| 1917 | 44 |
| 1918 | 7 |
| 1919 | 2 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 10 |
| 1924 | 14 |
| 1925 | 1 |
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People 263
- Judge Humes1891–189518
- Mayor Ronald1892–189417
- James Hamilton Lewis1887–189415
- Judge Hanford1889–190915
- John L. Wilson1890–190315
- James J. Hill1891–190912
- John Collins1876–189412
- Judge Glasgow1893–189511
- J. T. Ronald1885–189510
- George White187810
- A. R. Gardner1914–19169
- Nelson Bennett1886–19099
- Judge Langley1893–18959
- John B. Allen1876–18948
- Jim Hill1891–19098
- John Leary1883–18938
- Grover Cleveland1885–18958
- Coroner Horton1892–18948
- Chief Jackson1892–18938
- H. J. Snively1889–19168
- Chief Hunt1892–18948
- Gov. McGraw1893–18958
- Justice Caldwell1893–18958
- Mayor Phelps1894–18958
- Thomas Burke1876–18977
- W. H. White1876–18957
- Levi Ankeny1893–19037
- Lee M. Lampson1914–19247
- Watson C. Squire1889–18947
- C. B. Wright1883–18937
- Judge Osborn1893–18947
- Chief Rogers1894–18957
- Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–18947
- Justice Humphrey1893–18947
- S. H. Piles1888–18956
- Governor McBride1903–19046
- Governor Ferry18916
- Judge Burke1889–19106
- John Arthur1885–18946
- Henry Yesler1876–18936
- J. Eugene Jordan1892–18966
- J. M. Colman1876–18956
- Sheriff McGraw1883–18916
- Jack McDonald1893–18946
- Fred Gasch1893–18956
- John Miller Murphy1891–18926
- Mayor Wright1904–19076
- Andrew Jackson1876–18955
- Mayor Humes1899–19035
- Eugene Semple1889–18955
- Dr. J. Eugene Jordan1888–18965
- M. S. Booth18765
- Jacob Furth1889–18995
- Senator Squire1891–18945
- Reed1891–19095
- Allen1894–18955
- Miles C. Moore1889–19035
- Junius Rochester1892–18935
- L. C. Gilman1887–18945
- Officer Gardner18855
- Hawley1904–19095
- Mayor Linck19095
- James Murphy1892–18945
- Corporation Counsel Scott1894–18955
- Mayor Horr1891–18925
- Theodore Roosevelt1902–19074
- Johnson1883–18944
- Senator Foster1899–19044
- Brown1882–18944
- Miller1887–18994
- Sheriff Cochrane1887–18924
- Wilson1888–18954
- D. T. Denny1876–18934
- Beriah Brown1876–18804
- Judge Greene1885–18884
- Clements1916–19174
- J. R. Lewis1876–18924
- John Smith1885–18944
- Bolton Rogers1894–18964
- Judge Wickersham1885–18894
- E. O. Graves1892–18994
- Justice Scott1876–18804
- Watson Squire1883–18924
- Davis1877–19164
- James Wickersham1889–18944
- Sadie Brantner18894
- E. F. Blaine1894–18954
- Stiles19094
- Justice Von Tobel1891–18924
- Sheriff Woolery1891–18944
- Armstrong1904–19094
- Lynn19094
- John Considine1894–18954
- Detective Cave1892–18934
- Luke Powell1915–19174
- Byron Phelps1894–18954
- Dr. Sargentich19094
- Giblett1904–19094
- John Fairfield1893–18954
- President Demorest18944
- Sickels18914
- President Roosevelt1902–19033
- Abraham Lincoln1861–19103
- Voorhees1885–18863
- Williams1876–18993
- Kellogg1877–19143
- Kelly Ramsey18883
- T. J. Milner1885–18883
- Frank Terrace1888–18943
- Mr. Morgan1888–18893
- A. A. Denny1884–18953
- Guy C. Phinney1891–18933
- Carroll1887–18993
- Allen Weir1888–18943
- J.H. McGraw1885–18923
- Chief Woolery1882–18833
- Anderson1889–18943
- George Kinnear1884–18943
- Dr. Sparling18923
- Mitchell1885–18943
- Ulysses S. Grant1872–18943
- Judge Jacobs1876–18843
- Thompson1877–18993
- J. C. Haines1885–18913
- Charles Francis Adams1872–18883
- Superintendent Barnard1892–18943
- C. P. Ferry1894–19043
- John Ross18763
- John Lamb18943
- Baker1894–19093
- Clark1877–18913
- Hogan1876–18923
- George Turner1893–18953
- Jones1892–18953
- B. S. Grosscup1903–19143
- Stewart1876–19093
- Mr. Piles1888–18953
- McGraw1886–18923
- Ward18913
- Dixon1883–18963
- Judge Jones1887–18883
- George1885–19173
- Robert Frost1863–18923
- Turner1892–18953
- W. G. Jamieson1876–18773
- Soderberg1888–18943
- Yesler1876–18863
- Brooks1877–18943
- John H. McGraw1892–18953
- President Grant1877–18923
- E. C. Ferguson1876–18943
- Manning1877–18893
- John Quirk18763
- William Cochrane1886–18943
- William Jones1889–19043
- Dr. Brown18893
- Robert Bridges1892–18943
- George T. Myers1886–18923
- McNeill1916–19173
- Frank J. Barnard1891–18953
- E. H. Beckler1891–18923
- Judge Lichtenberg1891–18923
- John Reed18913
- Senator Allen18923
- Justice Hill18853
- Philip Dawe1892–18943
- John F. Gowey18913
- Buckley1883–18873
- M. C. Sullivan1889–18933
- Chief of Police Rogers18943
- Francis Murphy1891–18923
- Judge Robinson1891–18923
- George Donworth1893–19093
- George Hazzard1892–18943
- Mayor Miller1892–18933
- Noble1892–18933
- Thomas M. Fisher1892–18953
- James Hart18923
- Charley1876–18943
- Mr. Percival1877–18913
- Ankeny18953
- H. W. Desgranges19173
- Ole Hanson1909–19143
- Mayor Hunt19033
- William Howard Taft1907–19093
- Edward Whitson1883–18903
- Copeland1914–19173
- Jim Clements1916–19173
- Fred Gilhuly1916–19253
- Stambaugh19093
- Patsy Carroll1883–18933
- F. J. Bonn1922–19243
- John B. Denny1892–18953
- R. G. O'Brien18913
- Commissioner Welsh19043
- Simmons18923
- Frank Mortimer19043
- Detective Roberts1892–18943
- Franklin K. Lane1892–18943
- Judge Arntson19093
- McGregor19093
- Herbert Bashford18923
- Wilkeson19093
- Turnbull19093
- Hawthorne19093
- Colgate Hoyt1892–18943
- Hogberg19093
- Henry J. Snively18923
- City Engineer Thomson18943
- James Dugan18943
- Mayor Orr18943
- Representative Doolittle1894–18953
- Detective Wells1894–18953
- George H. Hollidge18943
- Mr. Steel18943
- Mrs. Steel18943
- Councilman Watson18943
- Bishop Joyce1894–18953
- Sheriff Prince1891–18943
- C. M. Moore1891–19033
- Councilman Murphy1891–18923
- Henry L. Yesler1884–18932
- George Washington1892–19032
- Daniel Webster1877–18922
- Elwood Evans1860–18762
- Senator Ankeny19032
- President Penrose19032
- Superintendent Dryden19032
- A. T. Fariss18882
- Dr. Webb1888–19092
- Chas. H. Collins19142
- W. R. Crawford1914–19162
- Mayor Campbell19042
- Jackson1883–18992
- Sheriff Canutt1900–19032
- Thomson18942
- William Welsh1872–19042
- Cameron1883–18992
- Charles H. Baker1899–19042
- Collins1894–19092
- Amos Brown1877–18942
- Dexter Horton1885–18952
- Judge Turner1890–18912
- George E. Starr1885–18882
- McDonald1883–18942
- Charles Johnson1889–19092
- Eben Smith18942
- Orange Jacobs1877–18932
- Foster1894–19092
- Morris1888–19092
- Judge Lewis1876–18772
- Joe18942
- B. S. Miller18882
- A. W. Bash18882
- W. H. Whittlesey18882
- Benjamin Harrison1888–18922
- Thomas H. Brents1880–18952
- Sullivan1878–18942
- Brents1880–19042
- Roger S. Greene1882–18952
- Evans1882–18832
- W. H. Fife18922
- Mrs. Brown18942
Organizations 137
- Northern Pacific Railroad1871–192462
- Northern Pacific1876–191631
- Tacoma City Council1893–190930
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–190429
- Seattle City Council1876–191529
- Post-Intelligencer1882–189528
- Oregon Improvement Company1884–189525
- Great Northern Railroad1891–190919
- Knights of Labor1885–189418
- Northern Pacific Railway1894–191815
- Chamber of Commerce1889–190914
- Great Northern Railway1892–190914
- Everett Trades Council1909–191214
- Republican Party1891–189512
- Great Northern1892–192211
- Board of Public Works1891–189510
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1888–190910
- Providence Hospital1879–189910
- Commercial Club1892–191610
- People's Party1892–18949
- Tacoma Ledger1891–19049
- Olympia City Council1891–18929
- Sunset Telephone Company1894–19098
- Salvation Army1893–19048
- The Daily Intelligencer1876–18778
- Puget Sound Dispatch1872–18808
- Kennewick Commercial Club1914–19168
- Washington State Legislature1886–19118
- First National Bank1889–19038
- The Tacoma Times1904–19098
- Seattle1876–18927
- Democratic Party1892–18947
- Bureau of Associated Charities1893–18957
- The Labor Journal1909–19117
- Union Pacific1888–19036
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1888–18996
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1882–18866
- Seattle Intelligencer1872–18806
- Intelligencer1872–18806
- City Council1876–18996
- Tacoma Light and Water Company1893–19046
- Tacoma Railway & Power Company1904–19096
- Populist Party1893–18956
- American Railway Union18946
- The Seattle Star18995
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1885–19035
- The Herald1888–18925
- Seattle Fire Department1889–18945
- Miners' Union1888–18925
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–18785
- The Tribune1891–18925
- King County1876–18955
- County Commissioners1872–19175
- First Washington Volunteers18995
- Whitman College1903–19045
- Stetson & Post1883–18875
- Crawford & Harrington18775
- Seattle School Board1892–18955
- Anti-Saloon League1900–19095
- King County Commissioners1876–19194
- War Department1892–19174
- Tacoma Police Department1894–19044
- Canadian Pacific Railway1886–18994
- The Intelligencer1876–18784
- Seattle Coal and Iron Company1889–18954
- Everett Land Company1893–18944
- Port Townsend Leader1890–18934
- Board of Aldermen1893–18954
- Tacoma Fire Department1894–19094
- Seattle Athletic Club1893–18944
- House of the Good Shepherd1892–18944
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1883–18914
- Aberdeen City Council1891–18934
- Spokane Chamber of Commerce1903–19164
- Spokesman-Review18954
- Independent Telephone Company19044
- The Ranch1902–19034
- United States Congress1886–18883
- Treasury Department1883–18953
- City of Seattle1893–18993
- Plymouth Congregational Church1892–18993
- Fannie Paddock Hospital1904–19093
- Tacoma1876–18883
- Port Townsend Southern Railroad18883
- Hastings & Littlefield18883
- Seattle City Government1876–18893
- Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1878–18993
- Congress1879–18953
- University of Washington1891–19033
- Seattle Dispatch1876–18803
- Western Central Labor Union1892–18943
- Oregonian1890–19163
- Oregon Steam Navigation Company1862–18793
- Courier-Reporter1914–19163
- Yakama Nation1889–18923
- Union Pacific Railroad1891–18953
- The Oregonian1877–18923
- Success1877–18783
- Blackman Bros.1877–18953
- Tacoma Land Company1887–18933
- Merchants' National Bank1888–18943
- Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1883–18863
- Wold Brothers18853
- Longshoremen's Union1888–18943
- City of Tacoma19093
- Washington State Supreme Court1891–19153
- Seattle Telegraph1891–18943
- Aberdeen Herald1891–18933
- Walla Walla City Council1865–19033
- Washington Supreme Court1891–18933
- Spokane Review1891–18933
- Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union1916–19173
- Tacoma School Board1904–19093
- Woman's Reading Club19033
- Lake Shore road1893–18943
- Tacoma Board of Public Works18943
- Quinault Agency18923
- King County delegation1892–18953
- Southern Pacific Railroad1894–18952
- Walla Walla Union1882–18882
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway1887–18882
- General Land Office1885–18952
- Tacoma News1899–19042
- Snoqualmie Falls Power Company18992
- Seattle Police Department1894–18992
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company1886–18942
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1892–18942
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad18882
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad18922
- Arlington Hotel1883–18942
- Stetson & Post Mill Company1888–18892
- McIntyre & Wood18882
- Argus Real Estate Company18882
- U.S. Congress1859–18852
- Seattle, Walla Walla and Baker City Railroad18822
- Post Office Department1891–19162
- Port Townsend Argus1872–18772