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VOL. «. NO. 47.
TEL.EPIIOIS E No. 40
NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY, Al'KIL 20. 10041
TICLF.PHONK No. ♦«» PRICE 25 CENTS
SAN FRANCISCO NOW NO MORE
Nugget's Special Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 11:30
A. M.—San Francisco is no more.
Three distinct, merciless Ares are rag
ing, defying even dynamite, which has
been procured lo check their ravages,
and back Arihg has been resorted to in
order to stop the spread of the con
flagration. Ilul this, too, has proved
unavailing. Nob hill is devastated,
and the flames are sweeping in an
easterly direction toward the water
front and Telegraph hill—the district
where It will meet a burnt-out area,
and the.i it must die out.
"The Mission" Destroyed.
A second conflagration in “The Mis
sion” tiH“ cleaned out everything from
the water front south of Market street
to Eighteenth street, and is now work
ing westward
Sweeping Residence Section.
The third and most dangerous con
flagration fs now in the western sec
tion of the city, beyond Van Ness
avenue, where It Is sweeping the resi
dences in th-.t pan of the city. The
firemen are bending every effort to
stem the Are in the latter section.
Will Lick Up Everything.
The Are, apparently, will lick up
everything from Richmond street until
the open space a mile from the en
trance to the Golden Gate has been
reached.
300,000 in the Park.
Three hundred thousand former
wealthy men, society women, working
men, boys, girls and outcasts slept on
the ground in Golden Gate park and
on the beach near the Cliff House, last
night. The camp of the homeless is in
charge of Major McKWver. of the Pre
sidio.
Wires Re-Established.
The Postal Telegraph Company last
night re-established a wire in a tent
on the water front, and over the still
warm ashes bakeries are being estab
lished. Fifty thousand loaves of hn-ai
will he baked today.
** NAME ON CVCAV PIKCt.”
loytflEys
Chocolates
FRESH TODAY
Somebody at home will be waiting
tonight for a box.
The "Name on Every Piece” ia
the guarantee. ;
FOR SALE RV
ELLY 6 CO.
Wholesale and Retail
Druggists
Flames Travel Fast.
After midnight the flumes traveled
so fust that they licked up tie- debris
of buildings which had been blown up
by dynamite. The debris was dry as
a tinder box, and the fire spread with
Increased force before the thousands
of workers could clear the debris, and
thus make an open space to prevent
the continued spreading of the con
flagration
Van Ness Homes.
Nearly all the homes of the wealthy
on Van Ness avenue were blown up.
but the fire leaped across that wide
thoroughfare as if It had been u nut
row alley.
Canng for Refugees.
A limited number of rt fug« » - .,i
being taken care of at the Presidio.
E. H. Hardman has wind the South
ern Pacific to place the f< t ry boats
at the disposal of those who wont to
lej ve the dty.
Thousands Are Hungry.
Thousands of men. women and chil
I dr n are hungry and entirely without
I mi ans, and it is expected that today
tents will be taken to Golden Gate
park and rations distributed A water
supply Is promised this afternon. The
[suffering from lack of water, even to
drink, has been great. Oakland is
sending water in barrels t«» San bran
ch co.
Gharge of Grocery Stores.
The police have taken charge <»f all
th • grocery stores, ami each person is
so'.d only one article of food at a time.
The government transports and tugs
have begun taking refugees to Oak
land.
Houses Are Deserted.
There is not a house in the city
th it is not now deserted. An are.i
embracing more than eighteen squan
miles of tile city is completely de
vi.xtated, and all hope of checking the
roaring hell «»f flames has been aban
doned.
Hut the great excitement of the past
forty-eight hours has spent itself. The
P» opte arc becoming calm, having now
n iltzed that nothing much worse can
possibly overtake them.
The Fairmount Hotel is a mass <»f
it Ins.
SEATTLE SENDS
MONEY AND FOOD
.SEATTLE. April 19.—Tin* San Fran
cisco relief fund committee has raised
$7 »,000. and will double that amount
today. A train load <»f provisions
loaves here tonight. Governor Pardee
has wired Mayor Moore that the peo
ple are almost starving. The city
council has appropriated $10,000 for
the relief of the sufferers.
PRESIDENT URGES
RAISING FUNDS
Nugget’s Special Service.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 19 —
The president has issued a proclama
tion urging cities everywhere to raise
rtlief funds and send them to Charles
H. Keep, treasurer of the Red Cross
Society. Washington.
Dead, Dead, Dead, Who?
The Cheatem Street
Ky-kys
.'i
The, Greatest Sale ever seen in Nome
is now going onatGUS BROWNS
, 4
THIS is not a sale, such as is conducted by the Cheatem
street Ky-Kys, but a bona fide clearing sale of sea
sonable goods,well selected, well made and which are just
what they are represented to be.
A legitimate house like that of Gus Brown, always does
business along legitimate lines.
(Bus firown j
Sbe leading Clothier and furnisher/
Santa Rosa Obliterated.
OAKLAND, Pal., April 19.—Couriers
from Santa Rosa say the town has
been obliterated, and live hundred
people are dead. Refugees are now
arriving here.
ALASKANS HAVE
BEEN HEARD FROM
Nugget’s Special Service.
SKATTLK. April 19—The following
Alaskans are safe: C. B. Phillips,
grand arctic chief, Arctic Brotherh
oood. at Oakland; Judge Hannum, San
Francisco. Bd. It. Dunn has contrib
uted $."i00 to the relief fund. His son,
K. ft. Dunn, Jr., Is safe at Berkeley.
Local Woodmen say the grand camp
has raised $100,000. The local lOlks
have raised $4,000, and will add more.
All local associations, churches, hanks
and municipal departments are making
I contributions. The local quartermas
ter has been notified from Washington
to purchase a thousand tents and sup
plies and rush them south by special
train. All oriental mail lias been or
dered to Seattle
Many People Cremated.
SANTA ROSA. April 19.—Th»* whole
business section of this town col
lapsed. Many people were imprisoned
in the buildings which caught tire, and
they were cremated.
At the town of Brawley a hundred
buildings were wrecked, but no lives
lost.
More Ghouls Killed.
OAKLAND. Cal.. April 19.— During
ill** night ghouls and thieves raided
the burnt district, and two more were
killed, making eight Many others es
caped after being wounded by the sbl
diers on guard.
The blowing up of the millionaire
homes on Van Ness avenue sounded
ike a cannonade of artillery.
Bread is selling this morning for a
dollar a loaf.
Chinatown Wiped Out.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19—At 6
o'clock this morning Van Ness avenue
was a seething mass of flames, which
were sweeping toward Russian hill
Chinatown has been wiped out.
LAST NIGHT’S DISPATCHES
Nugget’s Special Service.
OAKLAND. April 1», IS R M.—(Via
Courier from Sun Francisco)—The
tin-men and soldiers are dropping from
exhaustion. Many are lying under
wagons asleep.
Flames are leaping all about, and
on Nob hill, from hou**e to house, al
most every house being on fire. The
tire, too, is rapidly spreading to the
outlying districts. Not another stick
of dynamite is to be had anywhere.
<}as mains are exploding, blowing
buildings into the air with terrific
force.
United States Mint Is Safe.
Superintendent of the Mint Leach
lias just wired the treasury depart
ment tit Washington that he has saved
a hundred million dollars. The mint
building is still standing, and Is the
only one left in that district. Super
intendent Leach says the safety of
the structure is due to the efforts of
Lieutenant Armstrong, of the Sixth In
fantry, and the men under him, who
worked most heroically.
The St. Francis hotel walls have col
lapsed, hut no one has been injured
in the hotel so far as can be ascer
Volcanic
Eruption!
Right here in Nome at the Sur
prise Store—prices knocked all to
pieces, burying competitors small
and big.
It is needless to say that we are
the cheapest store that ever came to
Nome, and with our incoming stock
we will be able to blow our competi
tors’ high prices all to pieces. The
missing “ad.” fakers will feel the
same as all the others. Our aim is
to sell cheap for cash.
Wait till the boats come; then
come to us—you will be surprised at.
our low prices. We and everybody
else are selling out; try to rent the
selling- out fukers' store.
Surprise Store
FROMTST. Opp. Kester Ave.
tallied The guests and employes left
the hotel shortly after the second
shQtfk on Wednesday
Fire Chief Dying.
F*re Chief Sullivan, who was injured
by a falling wall yesterday, is dying
Mali than twenty policemen have been
seriously injured, and some fatally
None Will Be Left.
A courier from San Francisco at It ,
| o'clock this afternoon says that not a
building In Han Francisco will be ;
saved.
orte hundred thousand are trying
to legive the city, but ih« v are unable
to do so, as the trains and all ferries
have stopped, and boats cannot he
hired.
Many deaths art* reported from ;
heart failure Men and women have
fallen on the streets never to rise
again.
* Congress Gives Million.
WASHINGTON. D. < . April 19 —
Congress this morning passed resolu
tions appropriating a half million for
the relief of the sufferers of San Fran
cisco and other towns. The amount
was increased this afternoon to one
million.
Seattle Raises $40,000.
SEATTLE. April 19—To date Se
attle has raised $40,000 for the Cali
fornia sufferers.
Indianapolis Sends $10,000
INDIANAPOLIS, ind., April lft —
T«n thousand dollars have already
been forwarded to San Francisco for
the relief of the sufferers of that city
San Jose Wiped Out.
SAN JOBE. Cal.. April 19.—This city
has been practl ally wiped out Th*
city Is under martial law. ond the hos
pitals are crowded with tin* dead and
the dying
Six Ghouls Killed.
\£L4>Xp April 19. - Six ghouls
have been killed to date In San Fran
cisco, and the criminal element Is In
creasing.
Loaded With Refugees.
Two steamers at tin* foot of Jackson
street are now loaded with refugees.
their dent Inatiou PHmk uiik*'*\vii
Loi Angeles, Too.
OAKLAND. April !’.* It ha* just
b* ii reported hut' that tl.ire hi*s been
in . arthtjuake In Los An (fries, hut the
report larks confirmation
ROOSEVELT TO
ENTER SENATE
WASHINGTON. U r April IK.—
Pr*»sld»*nt KooHf*v*'lt has told warm
personal fronds that »i** desirf.s to
•»nt€*r tli*1 sennt»* to -u •• • *•«! Senator
Platt, nf New York, whom* term ei
plrc.s March 4. !9t>9, and It Ih predicted
that he will attain be the candidate of
the Republican party In 1912.
NELSON HOLDS UP
THE DELEGATE BILL
Nugget's Special Service.
WASHINGTON. I> c.. April 19 —
Soiatnr Nelson refuses to allow I he
Cushman delegate bill, passed by the
house, to pass the senate. He insists
I that his own bill, passed by the senate,
he passed by the house, and If he In
sists in his demand no delegate bill
will be passed at this session of con
gress.
JUDGE MOORE IS
RE-APPOINTED
WASHINGTON. D April 12—a
Tin* senate today confirmed the nomi
nation of Alfred S. Moore, to be? Judge
of the second Judicial division of
Alaska. Judge Moore* succeeds him
self, having been appointed to the
b« neh of Alaska in 1902 to succeed
Arthur H Noyes, removed. There was
no opposition to the confirmation of
Judge Moore's nomination
ALASKA APPROPRIATIONS
Nugget’s Special Service.
WASHINGTON, f> April IK
The army appropriation bill as report
ed by file senate carries $71,250,000.
and includes $170,0U0 for the exten
sion of tin* Alaska cable, and $100,000
for Alaska road construction.
WITT'S BURNER.
Hums distillate or coal oil. iTuaran
i teod to steam any boiler from one to
i lifty-horse-power More economical
j than coal. Phone Main 58
Nome ranch eggs. Phone Main 69.
Have your gold made into artistic
and up to date jewelry at Zehner's.
Nome ranch eggs, Diamond Fruit Co.
Complete House furnisher—G. !*• GOGGIN—Complete Hotel and Restaurant furnisher
INGRAIN CARPET SALE
This is the greatest Carpet Bargain ever offered
in Nome. There are 35 patterns in this lot--all
rich colorings of Persian and Floral Effects
3-ply All Wool Ingrain Carpet
$1.10™
2-ply INGRAIN CARPET 82^? yd.
WOOL WITH COTTON WARP, Ingrain 65? yd.
COTTON AND WOOL INGRAIN 45? yd
9-WIRE TAPESTRY CARPET $1.15 yd.
PRO-BRUSSELS CARPET, looks like Tapestry, 90c yd.
Complete
House
Furnisher
GpggMt
Complete
Hotel and
Restaurant
Furnish;
$100 Bed given away May 1-take a chance, It will cost you nothing