DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
VISITS DAWSON
Starts in Hotel Cecil Kitchen and
Spreads Rapidly.
Poor Service by Fire Depart
ment To He Investigated.
Dawson, Sept. 24 —Fire swept a
wide portion of the city last night,
causing a loss of property valued at
approximately $200,000. The fire
started in the kitchen of the Hotel
Cecil and spread to adjoining build
ings, taking in buildings in six ad
joining blocks.
The tire swept both sides of
Queen street eastward as tar as the
alley between Tbiid and Fourth,
and westward to the alley between
First and Second. It extended
south as far as the McDonald
Trading company on one side and
the Westminster hotel on the other.
The burnt area includes all of the
block bounded by Queen, Princess,
Second and Third, the northeast
corner of the block opposite on the
west side of Second, and several
hundred feet back from the street'
along Queen, from the Empire sa
loon to Third avenue.
Numerous other buildings be
sides those mentioned were aflame,
but were saved. Among these were
the bank of British North America,
Rook's bookstore, Seabiook’s ma
chinery store and the Salvation
Army 1 arrark;.
No one was burned, though sev
eral of those sleeping in the Cecil
had narrow escapes. Mrs. Card,
Mrs. Carl Leuders, Capt. N. A.
Fuller of Fairbanks, and a negro
were compelled to jump to the
ground from the second story of1
the hotel. The only one injured
was Captain Fuller, who had a leg
broken.
The fire was caused by the care- j
lessness of the cook, who had quit
for the night without closing tip:
the firebox of the range. The
flames were beyond control in the
Cecil when the alarm was turned
in. To make matters worse the
fire department was unable to get
water in the hose lines for twenty
minutes. Then it was found the
principal line was useless because
of the nozzle tieing choked by a
stone. Mow it got there is a mys
tery.
An investigation of the t*«>r ser
vice of the department has been
proposed aud will Itkely he held.
SllUtll Botll* Mill 1 olliilU'.
A number of small boats have
just arrived trota Dawson. Must
of the occupants are bound lor
Fairbanks
WICKERSHAM CHIEF
OF FAIRBANKS POLICE
! - —
The City Confers High Honors on
Former Deputy Marshal.
$350 a Month Allowed for
Policing the Town.
Fa.rbank* New*, Sept. 24.
Edgar Wickersham, who until
recently held the two positions of
United States deputy marshal and
city constable, has been made chief
of police of this city and given en
tire supervision of all matters in
that department of the municipal
government.
The rapid growth of the city has
made it urgent that a strong police
department be maintained here, and
in charge of some one who could
devote his entire time to it. The
resignation of Mr. Wickers am
from the federal service left him
well qualified for the position and it
was offered him by the council.
Three hundred and fifty dollars a
month will be allowed Mr. Wicker-1
sham for policing the town.
Fairbanks is fortunate in secur
ing Mr. Wickersham’s services, for !
besides being a man thoroughly i
familiar with all branches of the !
work of a peace officer he is a man 1
of tried courage, and being used to
a frontier life, knows how to deal
with frontier people.
PROPOSEDALASKA
RAILROAD PLANS
Alaska Short Line Seeks Ter
minus in the Stntts.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 12.—There
is a plan on Lot in which capital
ists of Portland are interested to
make Portland the water terminus
of the Alaska Shoit I.ine railway,
which was incorporated in Wash
ington last fall with a capital oi
$t 5,000,000
J. T. Cornforth, of Alaska,
broached the plan during his re
cent visit here when he was attend
ing the convention ot the American
Mining Congress. It is said this
road, when constructed, will open
the interior of Alaska and will
make it possible to ship the vast
amount of supplies used in that
country easily and cheaply, thus
d> g away with the present slow
and arduous methods emhloyed.
It is proposed to urganiae a
steamship company in connection
with the road and to make the
southern ter Blind* of this line at
purl ia ml At the present time
lour kith* of the supplies seut to
Alaska are shipped Irum Seattle
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HYDRAULIC PLANT
DEFIES THE FROST
Work Not Suspended on Ac
count of the Cold.
The Iloosier creek hydraulic
plant continued successful opera
tion all through the frosty weather
of the past month. IIow much the!
company's cleanups amounted to is t
not known.
The important matter, however, |
is the tact that the company was
enabled to coutinue its operations
unhampered for a mouth after
work by old methods was rendered
impracticable. Even a week means
much where the season for action
is so short.
L. M. Davis, recently employed
by the Hoosier company, said last
week that the company’s ground is
very rich, ar.d will yield handsomely
next summer.
Out lit for Quail.
K. McLeod is in from yuail
creek and has t-ou^ht his winter
outfit. It is now in Heeter's freight,
house and will t>e taken over Fri ,
day Mr McLeod says be has pay
and looks tor the cieek *o turn out
wed. _
Steamer Cr uutu ms arrived at
Rampart Sunday night cn route tor
I>awson. She ( ‘ought ft> in Tatiana
some beet tor the N C- mess and
two carcasses fir the Reception
Heatauiant. Now ia the time to
get a fine steak.
APPREHENSIONS
NOT JUSTIFIED
A well-known local married man
of an inquisitive turn of mind re
ceived quite a shock the other day.
In the mail fiom the outside was a
package addressed to his wife. Cu
rious to learn its contents, he took
the package into his office and pro
ceeded to investigate. Imagine his
surprise when he brought it.to view
a varied assortment of the most
diminutive and dainty wearing ap
parel. Now, the good gentleman’s
home has not been blessed with a
need of that kind of outfit, and he
lost no time in seeking an explana
tion. His apprehensions were re
moved when he learned the cute
little garments were intended as a
surprise to the family of Louis
Shequin on Little Minook, where
the arrival of a little son last Tues
day night made them a very appro
priate offering.
Return of an Old-Timer.
W. S. Ramsey, an old-time Katu
purter, one of the original Eureka
creek discoverers, arrived up from
Teller on the Oil City last week
and will probably take out a dump
on Eureka this winter. Within the
past three years Mr. Ramsey has
been in almost every mining camp
in Alaska. He says Rampart looks
better to hint than y other camp
in the territory, and he will proba
bly stay with it this time.
" I -ay. Jones, that horse I bought
of you is actually no good."
• You wouldn't speak in that way
about the horse if you wanted to
sell him "