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- Half-Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Cincinnati Freight Depot
Seattle fire department rushed to the corner of Sixth and Main streets to battle a fire that decimated a major grain and freight warehouse.
- The Strange Leniency of a Supreme Court Murder Verdict
After two trials and two death sentences, the Washington State Supreme Court abruptly commuted Albert Friedrich’s murder conviction to second-degree, sparking legal confusion and outrage from the defendant himself.
- Fifteen Minutes to Confess: The Morphine Trial of Port Townsend's Captain De Lion
A former mayor, Chilean consul and dry-dock promoter worth half a million dollars sits in superior court while his emaciated wife describes a year of morphine, delusion and a pocket watch set on the table between them.
- The Great Hose Heist: How a Seattle Fire Department Was Almost Scammed by a New York Manufacturer
A peculiar dispute over fire equipment reveals the cutthroat world of late-19th-century municipal procurement, where agents played cities against manufacturers and warrants were used as currency.
- Henry Villard's High-Stakes Visit to Tacoma
The Northern Pacific Railroad president defends his company's delays and promises a new luxury hotel to soothe local frustration.
- The Exclusionist Debate in 1885 Seattle
An editorial from the Post-Intelligencer outlines the legal arguments used to justify the early efforts to bar Chinese residents from owning land in Washington Territory.
- The Broken Promises of the Northern Pacific Railroad
A critical report on the railroad's failure to honor its land grant agreements with settlers in the Washington Territory.
- Congress Moves to Reclaim Northern Pacific Land Grants
A House committee votes to restore millions of acres of public land to the domain, challenging the Northern Pacific Railroad's long-delayed construction promises.
- Labor's Right to Speak Out
A landmark court battle over whether workers can legally label businesses as 'unfair' in their own publications.
- How Everett Got Its Harbor Money—by Telegrams and Western Nerve
A seven-month lobbying campaign, a reluctant War Department and a $10,000 dredging appropriation: inside the fight to make Everett a deep-water port.
- A Wife's Testimony Was Enough: Supreme Court Reverses Divorce Denial
The Washington Supreme Court ruled that a wife's own account of cruelty and habitual drunkenness could justify a divorce, reversing a lower court that had dismissed Nellie Lee's case.
- The Boom is Over: Seattle’s Doctors Face Public Backlash Over 'Trust' Pricing
As the city settles into metropolitan growth, a newspaper investigation into exorbitant medical fees sparks outrage among patients and division among physicians.
- The Murderer Stays Behind Bars
A federal judge refuses to release a death-row inmate, ruling that while the state court erred, the prisoner must exhaust his legal appeals first.
- Washington Debates Making the Railroad Commission Permanent
Debating the power of the state to regulate railroad monopolies in Washington.
- The Price of Iron Rails: Fighting the Corporate Lobby
A century and a half ago, local taxpayers were urged to reject public subsidies for railroad giants, a struggle that mirrors today’s battles over public infrastructure and private gain.
- The Fight to Stop Seattle's Exclusion from the Grain Trade
A proposed legislative bill threatens to reignite old regional rivalries and disadvantage Seattle's grain producers in favor of Tacoma.
- The Final Verdict on the Yesler Fortune
The Supreme Court intervenes in the contentious battle over Sarah Yesler's estate.
- Tacoma Mayoral Race Centers on Clean Government
As the mayoral race heats up, the local press weighs in on the divide between a 'closed' city and the advocates for a wider-open town.
- The City That Breathed Soot: Seattle’s First War on Air Pollution
In 1898, the Board of Health declared a 'war upon smoke' to save the city from choking on its own industrial exhaust. It was one of the earliest municipal attempts to regulate air quality in America.
- The Tax Trap: How a Federal Order Threatened Seattle’s Revenue
In 1876, a bureaucratic directive from Washington D.C. threatened to drain King County of its maritime tax base by forcing all vessels to 'hail' from Port Townsend, sparking fears of financial ruin for local developers.
- The Never-Ending Battle for Aberdeen's First Schools
Before the foundation for the city's school was even poured, a series of bitter land disputes, budget overruns, and public petitions threatened to bring city governance to a standstill.
- North Yakima School Playground Accident Leads to $5,000 Judgment
A court ruling finds a school district liable for injuries sustained on modified playground equipment, sparking concerns about the future of school recreation.
- The Great Seattle Streetcar Standoff
A proposed deal for a unified street railway system in Seattle hits a wall as Boston-based investors reject municipal demands for fair wages and affordable fares.
- A Seattle League Wants Workers to Share the Profits—and the Losses
In the wake of labor unrest, a new Seattle group of employers and union men proposes profit-sharing as a cure for strikes, pointing to a company town in Illinois as proof it can work.
- Forty Teachers Failed the Exam. The County Superintendent Called It a Disgraceful Outrage.
A dozen working King County teachers are about to be fired because they can't pass tests in higher mathematics and science they never teach — and the man who oversees them says the fault lies with the law, not the women.
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- A Noisy Surprise for the Newlyweds
Local residents revive the old-fashioned 'charivari' tradition to celebrate a neighbor’s recent marriage with a cacophonous midnight parade.