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- Why Do We Pity the Rich Criminal?
An editorial questioning the double standard applied to wealthy fraudster C. D. Hillman compared to the swift punishment of the poor.
- The Judge Takes the Stand
A trial in the superior court becomes heated when a Seattle judge takes over the cross-examination of a land agent.
- A Brutal Pacific Crossing—and Five Passengers Held at the Dock
The Japanese liner Tosa Maru limped into Seattle after fourteen days at eight knots. Then immigration officers detained two Russians, two Japanese and one Korean for questioning.
- The 1861 Congressional Debate in Whatcom
Candidates for Congress face a tense local crowd over the question of loyalty to the Union as the Civil War erupts.
- The Smuggler Who Ran a School for Contraband
A smuggler caught near Sumas taught Chinese immigrants American geography to help them evade border officers.
- The Seizure of the Steamer Fairy
Federal authorities seize a vessel accused of smuggling eight Chinese laborers into Puget Sound.
- The Original Seattle Growth Strategy
In 1877, business leaders debated how to fund a private office to lure immigrants from 'grasshopper-stricken' regions, mirroring today's debates over attracting talent and industry to the Pacific Northwest.
- 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.
- Seattle's Young Outlaw Dies—and the Paper Prints His Face
Thomas Blanck, a Seattle criminal notorious before he was twenty, is dead. When the Post-Intelligencer runs his portrait, a reader protests the spectacle—and the city debates how to bury a reputation.
- Seattle Cut Water Rates—Then Claimed the Lake
In one night at City Hall, the council trimmed water bills for every ratepayer and got legal cover to take Lake Washington water, even if it meant digging its own canal past a private company.
- The Letter That Asked: Is Olympia's Street-Tax Ordinance Even Legal?
A citizen signing himself 'Marius' argues that the city's method of charging property owners for street paving and grading violates due process — and warns that if the assessments collapse in court, every taxpayer in town will pay for it.
- Who Gets to Vote in the Primaries?
Seattle's corporation counsel says registration is not optional—even for party primaries—and that election judges cannot waive it.
- Hasheesh, Absinthe, and a Human Pelvis in the Page Murder Trial
Defense experts told a Seattle jury that a drug could explain Page's condition on the morning he shot Fraser, while the state argued he remembered everything.
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- The Pioneer Argument Against Prohibition
An 1854 speech by legislator Mr. Chenoweth argues that legal coercion is a poor substitute for individual morality in the fight against intemperance.