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- Chinese Merchants Return to Tacoma Streets
For the first time since the forced expulsion of 1885, Chinese business owners walk the streets of Tacoma openly.
- A Bloody Row on the Quincy Wharf
A waterfront altercation between two men, Wiley and a ship's crew member, leaves the docks bloodied before authorities intervene.
- The Rebirth of the Port Ludlow Mill
After years of silence, the Port Ludlow mill prepares to resume operation with a fresh crew and a new vessel on the stocks.
- Detective's Divorce Case Reveals Scandalous Secrets
A former Spokane police detective is caught in a bitter divorce suit after a suspicious photograph is discovered in his watch.
- The Price of 'The Reform Administration'
A juror protests the Seattle municipal court's practice of fining sex workers as a de facto monthly licensing scheme.
- The Great Grass Heist: Wenatchee’s Park Finally Opens Its Gates
After months of enforcement by City Marshal Pete Wheeler, the town’s new two-acre green space is officially open to all—free of charge and free of fear.
- The Deadly Ambush at Council Prairie
An eye-witness account of a harrowing escape during the Puget Sound Indian War, describing a fatal skirmish, a desperate trek through winter swamps, and the loss of Colonel A. Benton Moses.
- The Night of the Knives: Snohomish Councilman and Printer Attacked in Coordinated Assault
Two men were ambushed on Third Street within hours of each other; one beaten with an iron bar, the other held at knifepoint. The paper warns that 'a general preparation for self-defense' may soon be necessary.
- The Sheriff Who Arrested the Election Judges
At the opening of a Republican primary in Seattle’s First Ward, Sheriff Woolery had the judges jailed and then tried to pull police off the polls. A judge’s restraining order stopped him—barely.
- The Key-House Raid: Seattle Police Break Up a Gambling Club
Chief Rogers raided the Union Club in the Cobb Block, seizing 1,150 chips and 63 decks of cards—and arresting two men who each claimed to be in charge.
- Aberdeen Sleeps Through Its Own Election
Only 219 of 278 registered voters bothered to show, the usual campaign cigars never materialized, and one or two candidates went duck-hunting instead. The Citizens' Ticket still swept every office.
- The Mayor Fires a Police Commissioner to Save His Chief
Seattle's mayor removes John G. Niggle from the police board, accusing him of protecting prostitution and conspiring to oust Chief Rogers — then demands that two more commissioners resign on the spot.
- The Chief Knew Seattle’s Dance Halls Were Selling Beer. He Had One Question.
A Post-Intelligencer investigation found liquor flowing openly in variety theaters despite state law and police orders—then the police chief asked reporters whether it was true.
- The Valley the Kalispel Never Ceded
A federal allotting agent explains how the Kalispel Valley was divided into individual parcels—after much of it had already been treated as public domain and claimed by white homesteaders.
- The Healing Lake That Hid a Walking Fish
On the Columbia plateau near Spokane lies a strange saline lake with no inlet and no outlet — credited with curing rheumatism, foaming like soap in the wind, and home to an axolotl that fooled the naturalists.
- Wenatchee, 1898: A Valley Sold on Irrigation and Fruit
A booster's tour of the Wenatchee Valley recounts the first settlers, the whisky traders who fled the law, and the orchards and ditches that promised to turn sagebrush into wealth.