GREAT FOREST FIRE
THREATENED SEWARD
The following clipping from the
Seward Gateway of May 11, gives full
details of the fire, which for a lime
seriously threatened the destruction of
that town and also verities the account
printed in the Nugget on that date:
Seward looked perilously near de
struction this morning when the whole
country directly north of the city
, broke, into flames with a strong nortli
wind driving the conflagration to tlie
very edge of the closely built portions
of the town. The blaze was going on
yesterday end early this morning fire
bells were rung calling the people out
At that time the flames were raging
at both sides of the road between the
sawmill and the Rudolph homestead
■ In spite of the efforts of the fire
department and volunteers the wind
drove t lie blazes cityward and at
breakfast time the town was really
illhr<^|eneKl It came across the
Rauhncr addition, the railroad Term
inal grounds and into the Bn Hattie ad
dition until it passed the Ballaine
residence and travelled behind "Mil
lionaire Row” going south parallel to
the buildings. In the meantime to
the east the wind drove the flames to
wards the railroad tracks which it
soon reached, setting fire to the
machine shops and the locomotive and
railroad cars. To the north of the
iity the tent of Postmaster Hickey
was destroyed as well, it is said, as a
few others. One house wns reported
I hurried near the sawmill but this hid
not been made sure when this was
written. All the private lms. lines
were brought into requisition in t In
town while almost even man turned!
out to fight the flames in some way or
another. Owing to the fart that sev
eral men were lounging in the saloons
instead of lending a hand at fighting,
Marshal Tuvans ordered the saloons1
closed and the order was willingly '
obeyed by the proprietors themselves. |
So sure wore the people that thej
« ity was about to take fire that a |
| wireless message was sent .after the'
i steamship Corwin, which had then
travelled about five miles on her wayj
to Nome, asking the captain to come |
hack and ask the passengers aboard i
to give a hand in fighting the flames
Without hesitation Captain Dick
Ifenlv. with the full consent of tin*
more than hundred people aboard, i
turned around and the Nome people
were soon on the spot ready to give
very Mssistanca in their power
About noon the wind seemed to veer,
slightly and grew less strong and this
fact, with the work of hundreds of
people, soon had removed tin* danger
The fire ran rapidly before the gale,
carrying a cloud of sparks and burn
ing cinders, and within half an hour
had crossed the terminal tract and
tiiat portion of the town site and west
• r the earshops. The two large motor
< iis were saved hy being run down
the track before the shops burned.
• dio r railroad losses wen- s< \ i*n ho\
cars, the small locomotive and a mini
her of dump a* is
Six dwellings m th* same vieinitv
were burned th. iwu helntiging to Dr
Uomig and Deupiv Marshal l-hans an<!
rented h> recent i riv als, who site
reeded in removiin.- all their furniture
and personal eftV. ts. tin- new cabin
belonging to A. Jacobson and occupied;
by a renter; tin cottages of J. C
(Tucker. Mui'phv and (Jlivci Decs
A hosc# attiu lied t" the hydrant real
vvareliouse C vv.is the means of saving
that structure and several resiliences
and tents in its vicinity. Three blazes
caused by the burning cinders that
were carried entirely over the busi
ness section broke out among debris
near tin* warehouse of Drown &
I law kins, but were discovered and ex
tinguished by persons passing
At noon the danger had been av.-rted
After the subsidence of tin tir- it
was found that the hous.- belonging
to Arthur Melasli and A1 Wolff, beyond
the sawmill, was burned Tin* Durr
house was also dest rov ed, aeeording t"
Dhief Mel Horner, and A1 Chamberlain
lost the lumber which lie had out near
the sawmill for building purposes.
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EMPEROR WILLIAM
SCORES ACT OF BRITAIN
MUNICH, liermany. The Neueste
Nachrichten has published an inter
view willi l»r. Dudwig Uanghoter, the
Herman author, in which is given a
further account of the writer's visit
to Emperor William at the imperial
Held headquarters.
"i heard and saw an example of the
emperor's quiet patience with slander
ous statements that should be instruc
tive for us ail,” l)r. Oanghofer says.
''Remarks of such a nature embittered
him, but even lit his greatest excite
ment he never loses the mastery of his
tongue. I heard his say in such a ease:
‘That is strong, but it is silly also. It
is fortunate that truth always is wiser
in the long run and that it has longer
legs.'
“The knightli conduct of individual
opponents in tIn Held gladdens Em
peror William.” continued Dr. Oang
hofer, “and rarely have 1 heard any
man speak so Justly and appreciative
ly of the good qualities, the courage.
and tlie accomplishment* of the na
it ion’s enemies.
"Even against England 1 heard from
the emperor no unmeasured word
spoken in anger. E\«*r> verdict he
‘pronounces, severe as it sometimes is,
'is always within the bounds «»t su
preme reverse. Nevertheless, there is
a slight but hardly noticeable vibration
in his majesty’s voice when the subject
is our Germanic cousins across the
channel.
“In a conversation with the repre
sentative <>f a neutral slate the em
peror once said, Yon are i sportsman.
When, in a horse* race, the weaker
animals gradually drop out and only
j the two strongest arc left, have you
j« ver seen the jocky of the horse which
threatens to fall behind strike with his
| whip at the jocky of the more anibi
11 ions and stronger animal?’
: “Tin* man questioned shook his
head. Tin* emperor continued: ’Why
'docs England strike at us? W hy does
---- ■» ■
she not nttli'T strike at her own
weakening horseV’
"Vet other words of the einperoi
must he remembered/* Hr. (Janghot'ei
says. “On one occasion he made this
remark: ‘Any people who judg* u
Germans solely by outward polish ami
term us barbarians seem n«*t to know
that there is a great differ* nee between
civilisation and "kultur**' laiglami
certainly is a highly civilized nation
< hie notices this alw ays in the drawing
room, hut to have ,*kulture" means t• *
possess deep conscience and high mor
ale. My Germans have < ouselem *- ami
morale.
‘When they say in other lands that
it was my intention to found a world!
empire, that is the funniest nonsense i
ever said about me. ltiit in tlm. morale
industry and eon sc ie nee of the German
people is to he lolind ,i con*|II*m ini*
power that will open the world for j
t hem.’ ”
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ENGLISH OBSERVERS
CLAIM THE RUSSIANS
ARE DOING WELL
LONDON, May 26.-Tile War Office
has officially branded as falsehoods
(he German reports claiming the cap
ture of numerous Russian prisoners.
The Premier and Karl Kitehner, after
receiving reports from English mili
tary observers who have personally
inspected the condition of the Russian
armies in Poland and the Carpathians,
state that the Russian commanders are
doing as well as can he expected under
the circumstances and they like Eng
I land, have greatly underestimated the
strength of the great German war ma
chine. The reports of the Knglish
militate officers assert that the morale
of the rank and file of the Russian
forces is excellent, the men are fairly
[well fed and properly clothed and have
sufficient ammunition on hand and en
route to last for several months
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ITALY WILL INSTITUTE
STRICT CENSORSHIP
ROME, May 26.—The Italian war
authorities are likely to become more
severe in their censorship of war news
than were the allies daring the earlier
periods of the war The press of Italy
has already received warning from the
government that they must abide
strictly by the law or their plants will
be closed and the proprietors imprison
ed until the termination of the war
LUSITANIA VICTIMS
WASHED ASHORE
QUEENSTOWN, May 26,-Klnsale
fishermen have recovered twenty more
unidentified bodies from the Lusitania
disaster, the bodies being washed
ashore along the coast near Kinsale
Head.
AUSTRIANS ADVANCING ON
ITALIAN BORDER
ROMK, May 27. Italian Airmen
scouting over the Tyrol frontier report
having discovered heavy Austrian
columns with considerable heavy ar
tillery advancing toward the Italian
frontier. It is predicted taht the first
great land battle between the Aus
trian and Italians will take place along
the Kisch river or at some point in
jibe near vicinity.
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