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- The $500 Vote: How a Spokane Judge’s Bribery Plot Exposed Seattle’s Political Rot
In the winter of 1903, Washington’s legislature was paralyzed by a scandal involving bribed senators and a desperate governor. When Representative Metcalfe revealed he was paid to vote for Judge Calkins, the resulting investigation tore through Olympia’s elite, revealing a web of corruption that threatened to define the state’s young democracy.
- Seattle Rebuilds: Schwabacher Block, Arlington Hotel Lead Construction Surge
Architects unveil plans for new commercial blocks, a school, and hospital expansions as Seattle enters a building frenzy.
- The Mail Carriage Dispute
Citizens of Olympia clash with their local postmaster over a controversial contract, suspecting graft in the transport of official mail.
- The Women Who Refused to Give Up Built a Home for Working Girls
After three incorporations, a lost treasury, and months of watching an unfinished roof, a band of Seattle women finally turned over the keys to their new Women's Home, a refuge for women 'out in the world for themselves.'
- A Massive Seven-Story Building Planned for First and Seneca
In a $90,000 real estate deal, a new landmark will soon rise on the downtown waterfront, featuring three stories of warehouse space below the street level.
- The Price of a Senate Seat: Inside the 1891 Power Struggle in Olympia
As a crucial U.S. Senate election looms, Seattle political figures and state legislators grapple with accusations of bribery, railroad monopolies, and the 'corrupt' influence of money in Washington’s halls of power.
- The Cold Transit of the Ching Wo
Elderly Chinese passengers endure miserable, freezing conditions on a freight steamer as they seek a final journey home.
- Expanding Seattle's Waterfront for Global Trade
Local builders begin a massive wharf expansion project to accommodate the largest steamships on the Pacific.
- The Rowdiest School Election in Finley History
A local election for school directors descended into a scene of chaotic oratorical debate, resulting in one bruised nose and the election of a new board.
- The Cable Car That Would Have Opened Union Bay
A promoter promises English capital, jobs, and a wharf at the foot of Seneca Street; a rival railway president warns Seattle is already overbuilt.
- A Glowing Report on Seattle's Boom
A Nevada judge visits Seattle in 1883 and finds the town 'peopled' by familiar faces, overflowing with construction, and perfectly suited for the future 'emporium of the North Pacific coast.'
- The Pirate Queens of Seattle
How an amateur opera company in 1886 Seattle silenced critics with a masterful performance of Gilbert and Sullivan.
- Seattle Approves a New School Wing as 500 Children Wait for Desks
The school board chose a 20-room brick plan for Pontius, starting with one wing to relieve crowding at Denny, Homer, Columbia and Central.
- The Real Estate Boom of 1888
A look at the frenetic land speculation and building sales in Seattle, as recorded by the city's abstractors during the week of May 1st, 1888.