Nome, Oct. 8- Intense suffering pre
vails among the inhabitants of Nome,
fellowing the wreck and ruin wrought
by the great storm, which has now
abated. Undaunted by the big finan
cial loss sustained, the brave people of
this big frontier camp are today in
dustriously employed in bringing or
der out of chaos, insofar as the ele
ments will permit.
Refugee camps are being construct
ed on the tundra, to house and feed
the hundreds who lost their homes in
the devastating visitation.
There is a shortage of food. The
meat supply *s burning. Clothing is
scarce. Relief is necessary imme
diately, to relieve the situation. A
call for funds has officially been sent
to the states and Alaska towns.
Following the receding of the waves
^ yesterday, tires broke out, at various
points, to complete the work of de
struction, They are now burning.
Ail of the buildings south of Front
street, bordering the shore line, were
SUSPECES DENY
THEIR GUILT
Sun Francisco, Oct. 8-Seventeen
persons, charged with smuggling and
alleged to be members of a well organ
ized opium ring, were arraigned yes
terday and all entered pleas of not
guilty. The prosecution feels certain
** of conviction
MURDERER IS
A ROMANCER
Chicago, Oct. 8—Henry Spencer,
who upon his arrest for the murder «*f
Mildred Rexroat, a dancing teacher,
m confessed to the police that this w'as
his fourteenth murder, is proved, upon
investigation, to be a romancer. He
is guilty of two murders only, say
the authorities.
The American Bar association, at
its recent meeting in Montreal, elected
Judge Robert W. Jennings a member
of the general council for the territory
of Alaska.
Governor Strong has appointed Dr.
Leopold David of Knik and Robert
Morrison of Hope notaries public.
The Pioneer market handles Swift’s
premium meats and meets prices of all
competitors. *
Meet me at the Branch *
Budweiser beer at the Branch. *
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demolished by the waves and the
wreckage is a mass of flames. Great
quantities of food supplies, clothing,
etc., are lost.
The Miners and Merchants bank is
destroyed, as well as many other big
business buildings. Every restaurant
in the town was put out of business.
A once prosperous city is today but
a disordered mass of.wreck and tuin,
caused by those most destructive ele
ments—water and fire.
Last night was one of terror and
misery. The town was in darkness,
save for the light made by the burn
ling debris. Hundreds of shelterless
people stood watching the flames, and
gaining heat thereby, throughout the
j long hours of darkness.
The steamers Victoria, Corwin and
Navajo, lying at anchor in the road
stead when the storm came on, fled
for safety to the lee side of Sledge
island.
Seattle, Oct. 8—A fund for the re-!
lief of Nome has been started here.
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LAUDS OFFICERS
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i Washington, Oct. 8—Lindley Garri-1
son, secretary of war, was the guest of
: honor at a banquet here last night,
given by officers of the United States
array. The war secretary, in a speech,
praised the officers of the army, but
| took a rap at the enlisted men, (Declar
ing that they themselves were to
blame for the public’s antagonism to
them. __
MASKED MEN
ROD CASHIER
I
—
Stonington, Conn.. Oct. 8—Three
! masked men entered the office of the
American Velvet Company here yes
terday, held up the cashier, robbed
the safe of $16,000, and made their
escape. _
Ground is today being broken for a
business building to be erected for
Mrs. Jessie Ellsworth.
The measle patients are in quaran
tine in a building near the sawmill, at
the head of the lagoon.
Fishing tackle at J. L. Graefs. X
Life preservers at J. L. Graef’s. *
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. * *
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
$
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A Wanton Falsehood From Alaska.
The Seward, Alaska, Gateway, in
its issue of September 13, says it is in
formed “from authentic sources that,
throughout the tour of the territory
made under the auspices of the Alaska
Chamber of Commerce during the sum
mer, the officials in charge of the tour
ing party “did most effective work iu
boosting the Cordova route as the log-,
ic entrepot for the opening of Alaska,”
and adds:
“They incessantly dinned this as
sumption into the ears of the Hon.Seth
Mann, the president’s personal repre
sents ve, for a purpose well understood
by those familar with the fact that the
government contemplates the building I
of a trunk line railway system in Alas
ka, and a recommendation from the
Hon. beth Mann might go a long way
toward determining tiie coast termi
nus.”
All of which is absoluty untrue.
The Gateway received no sucn infor
mation “from authentic sources.” It
may possibly have given ear to mis
chief-making, slanderous gossip to that
ell’ect, but it is engaged in no worthy
business in accepting it and libeiously
spreading it. •
Neither the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce nor its Alaska bureau, nor
any of the officers of either body, is
boosting the Cordova route or any
other route for the opening of Alaska,
and nothing of the sort, or remotely
approaching it, occurred on the 8,000
mile trip through Alaska. And the
Hon. Seth Mann and every member of
the big party would as quickly resent
the Gateway’s wanton msuit to the
Alaska bureau and its officers as does
the Post-intelligencer.
No part of tin* long pilgrimage was
more impressive than the visit paid to
Seward, and the incomprehensible atti
tude of the Gateway is certainly not
expressive of the sentiment of the citi
zens of that line little city and of the
wonderfully resourceful country adja
cent thereto.
The foregoing editorial appears in
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of Sep
tember 25 and the Gateway repub
lishes it, that it might gain a wider
circulation than possible if itwerecon
to that paper alone.
As to the subject matter, this paper
has no comment to make other than
to say that the writer’s credulity has
been imposed on. His good faith can
not be questioned, but he is manifestly
not conversant with the facts in this
case, and naturally rushes to the de
fense of the gentlemen of the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce., as befits a loyal home
paper.
Mr. Scott Bone, the probable author
of this editorial, would be quite sur
prised if he knew from whom the Gate
way obtained the information upon
which it based it$ accusation against
the industrious secretaries. And fur-1
ther, we venture he would be very will
ing to retract his imputation that the
Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the
Branch. _ *
Evinrude motors $75, at J. L. Graef’s.
Long distance telephone uooth at the
Branch. *
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Gateway obtained its information from
other than a reliable source.
So far as this paper is concerned, it
has nothing to retract. On the con
trary, it will probably have ranch more
to say with regard to the officials of
the Alaska bureau. But as heretofore,
it will confine itself to the truth. That
will be sufficient to confound them.
One of the aggrieved secretaries sent
the Gateway the following, with a plea
for its publication. Certainly we'll
print it. But in so doing we do not
wish to he understood as apologizing
for any accusation we may have made
concerning him. We do so in the
spirit of fair play, an attitude which is
a persistent policy of this paper. Here
it is:
To the Editor of the Post*lntelligencer,
Seattle, Washington:
Dear Sir—Referring to your article
in the issue of September 25, headed
41A Wanton Falsehood from Alaska/’
1 desire to state that so far as I am
concerned there is not one particle of
truth in the article in the Seward
Gateway of the 8th (not 23th). Were
it not that such sectional misrepresen
tations are largely the cause of Alaska’s
retarded development, the article
would not be worth notice.
On the entire trip the total time
spent lit conversation with Mr. Seth
Maun aid not probably exceed an hour
at luc outside, and the railroad situa
tion was never broached, following out
the policy o! the Alaska bureau of
taking no part in the controversy, as
to how or by whom Alaska railroads
are to be built, or what ports of entry
shall be selected as terminals. Mr.
Mann will corroborate tins statement.
Personally, I do not remember dis
| cussing these questions with any of the
I publishers accompanying the excur
sion, our desire being to let them form
their own impressions.
The Alaska bureau is fighting for
the development of me country, it
endeavors to avoid, and has made it a
point to avoid,the exploitation of spec
ial localities or individual schemes,
being willing to leave the matter in
the hands of the president. The Bu
reau has spent nearly two years and
large sums of money to further the
opening of the country and the results
speak for themselves. Respectfully
Yours,
Alaska Bureau Seattle Chamber of
Commerce. R. H. Stretch,
Assistant Secretary.
And while this subject is before the
house, so to speak, there is another
matter bearing on this railway contro
versy upon which some light should be
gained.
This paper would like to know just
what interest the commanding officer
at Fort Liscum has in the building < f
a government railway in Alaska. Is
he, or is he not, concerned in a towTn
site scheme at Portage Bay? Is it
true that he dispatched a government
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Meet me at the Branch. *
—
Lilly’s fly killer at J. L. Graef‘s. *
Savage 22 High Power rifles at J. L.
Graef’s. _ J
Meet me at the Branon.