Vol. 5.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, August J, 1903.
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BURNED TO DEATH
Three People.Burned To Death At Nome
Golden Gate Hotel A Total Toss—
* Fire Tosses Amount To Over $100000
Nome, July 8.—Three lives lost
in a fire which destroyed the Gold
en Gate hotel and a number of ad
joining buildings on Sunday morn
ing last. The property damaged
and the personal losses aggregate
$100, 000. The deed are Mr. and
Mrs, Robert M. Hayes, and Sher
man D. Gregg of Freeport, Green
* Co. Pa, The fire was the most dis
astrous that has occurred in Nome
The fire started about 5 o'clock
v in the morning, and at the inquest
h€Td Monday af.ernoon it develop
ed that L,. R. Barr, the second cook,
was the direct though irresponsible
cause of the conflagration. Barr
attempted to start a fire in the kit
chen stove, by filling an empty
baking powder can with coal oil
which he dashed into the stove.
^ The oil exploded, and as he jump
ed back, Barr overturned the large
can of oil from which he had filled
the baking powder can; and thus
the flames spread.
In addition to the loss of the hotel
and a number of small cottages and
cabins, the N. C. and A. E. ware
houses, and the postoffice building
were heavily damaged. The per
sonal losses of the hotel’s guests
will amount to $25,000. The hotel
will be rebuilt. The bush ess men
of Nome have subscribed $i5,oo0
toward this end. The owners of
the hotel, Daggett & Harris, being
permitted to take up all stock as
they are able.—Nugget.
Nome, July 10.—Mr. A. F. Zipf
former manager Of the defunct N.
C. Co, post at this place, will leave
in a few days to take the manage
ment of the N. C. Co. at St. Mich
ael.
Tommy Dolan, who was convict
ed in Nome of assaulting Embleton
came to Nome on the Oregon. His
attorney, J. E. Fenton, succeeded
in getting the case reopened, and
the court of appeals, upon Fenton’s
presentation of the case, granted
Dolan anew trial. He was releas
ed on $1,000 bail, and is in Nome
to stand another trial.
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Louis Lane received a telegram
in the last mail stating that his
brother Paul had been thrown from
a horse at his ranch in Pine Valley,
; Nev. He was renderecPnnconscious
but it was believed his injuries
! would not result fatally*
The following editorial comment
appears in the Council News of
June 27th. It refers to a recent
decision of the Circuit Court of Ap
peals sustaining the opinion of
Judge Wickersham in the Ophir
creek case. This was the most im
portant case heard by the Judge
during his occupancy of the Nome
bench, andinvolved over $3,000,000
worth of propert)'.
“The best interests of the com
munity have been served in the sus
taining of Judge Wickersham’s
opinion in tne case involving claim
N©. 19 on Ophir. Apart from se
curing title to the property, it set
tles several vexed questions of law
including assessment work, the
rights of original locators, and mat
ters pertaining to the law on eject
ment. “
POPE LEO XIII DEAD
Passes Away At Rome—Born March 2,
1810—Death Due To Exhaustion
Nome’s Judge On His Way There
[Special to Dawson News]
Rome, July 21.—The pope died
at 4:04 yesterday. His last, mo
ment were comparatively peaceful
and painless'preceded by a period
insensibility. Before lapsing into
unconsciousness he bestowed his
benediction upon Cardinal Oreglia
and all present.
Judge Moore of Nome passed thro
on the Sarah.
Senator Deiderich, of Nebraska,
accompanied by his daughter,
passed through on the Sarah.
The jury in the case of McCarthy
charged with robbery, brought in a
verdict of guilty late last night.
Mrs. Duncan and her two chil
dren left for the states on the Sarah.
After placing the youngsters in
school Mrs. Duncan will return to
Rampart.
Ferdinand Peck, a multi-million
aire, passed down on the Sarah.
Mr. Peck has heavy investments
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placed in Southeastern Alaska.
The Sarah arrived from Dawson
last Wednesday morning. Judge
Harlan and Mrs. Harlan, Marshal
Perry and Mrs. Perry, E. V. Har
lan and .Attorney Idleman were
| among the passengers for Rampart.
John F. Dillon, aSkagway attor
ney, arrived per Sarah. Mr. Dillon
will make his home at Rampart.
The Daily Alaskan speaks most
kindly of Mr. Dillon and wishes
him all kinds of luck in his new
field.