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News from Nome.

| SEATTLE, WASH, March "a, 1900
Latest advices from Cape Nome, under
date of Dec. 5, $780, state that ''Behring
the eye can reach, stretches away for
miles, IA frozen waste, before the greatest
mining camp that the world has ever
! known. The weather so far has been
comparatively mild, contrary to the pre-
dictons of even the oldest inhabitants.
| Nome is unsheltered from the wind, and
, it was expected that the Arctic gales
would long before this make themselves
| dreaded foe.
Gin all about 3, 600 people are wintering
in Nome and vicinity. They are all
comfortably quartered in cabins. built of
lumber which cost $3.50 thousand feet.
Provisions are plentiful at prevailing
prices, and there is no question but that
there is enough food in camp to last
through the winter. Plenty of drift wood
is stacked up along the beach. Coal is
scarce at 500 tor.''
The waves of winter have swept the
beaches and have totally obliterated all
evidences of former washings. Paddy
Ryan, ex-pugilist, is prospecting on Sol
ONION river with Cherokee Bob as partner.
Flour was s. per sack sugar, p cts; but
ter, 81 90; fresh meat Sl.00 per pound.
! Stampedes were of frequent occurrence
and many new finds were reported.
Nome has 6 bakeries, 20 saloons, aun-
dries, l. general merchandise stores, 3
second hand stores 4 wholesale liquor
/ stores, 4 hotels, 6 restaurants, 6 lodging
houses, real estate and mining offices,
paper hangers, 3 fruit, cigar and con
fectonery stores, 2 tin shops, 4 drug
stores, 2 photographers, one brewery, 3
watchmal>ers, sign painters, 2 mea.
markets, one boot, shoe and clothing store,
one book and stationery store, packers
and forwarders dentists, Congregational
church services, Roman Catholic church
services, II physicians, Is lawyers, one
mining engineer, 2 surveyors, bath
houses, one bank and safe deposit vaults
two printing offices, one candy and con-
fectiouery store, one blacksmith shop, one
assay office, 2 contractors and builders
one hospital water works, barber shops,
clubs and population of about 3, 900.
Another immense lumber raft is being
constructed in Seattle, for towage to San
| Francisco, and it is rumored that another
| w II he bIilt fn, fpJaiUn to no
| towed across the Pacific 1t will be re-
mem bered that such raft was last year
towed to San Francisco, after having been
| lost for several weeks. Efforts are being
as menace to shipping though 10 dam
age has ever resulted. 1t was claimed
! that the raft Of 1899 was cut adrift by
! connivance of Frisco longshoremen, who
are the real opponents of this cheap sys-
/ TEN of transportation. The present raft
will contain IA, coo small logs intended for
piliug. They are shaped in cradle
/ cigar fashion-and dashed together with
100 tons Of chains. The dimensions of
the taft will be, length CPS feet, depth 43
feet, and width - feet-17 feet beneath
the surface of the water. This immense
raft Will contain approximately from ii
to IT. million feet of timber and would
require 20 or more of the largest vessels
to carry the load.
The latest wreck on the rock-rbbed
! coast of Alaska claims the L. S. revenue
cutter Wolcott as a total loss. She was
! driven on the rocks in a frightful gale,
but all her crew and officers escaped. The
wreck was on Kodiak island, off the usual
run to either ST. Michael and Nome or
Skagway. Kodiak is just south of Cook
Inlet.
Existing conditions at Seattle, and an
example of its rapid and constant growth,
are we'll portrayed by the fact that even
temporary quarters for General Randall
and staff, of the new department of Alaska,
are found difficult of procurement. Seven
teen rooms are required, and such quarters
are not at present obtainabe, notwith-
standing the fact that large building opera
tons have not ceased for the winter
months, and are still progressing at rate
of expenditure which promises to aggre-
gate 50, 600, 600 for the year 1900. The
commanding officer of the Department of
Alaska is G.. M. Randall. With him comes
Capt. W. p. Richardson, acting adiutant
general; Capt. Gonzales S. Bingham, chief
commissary, and DR.. r. G. Egbert, chief
surgeon. In addition the General will
have two aides, chief quartermaster, and
force of clerks and accountants. Capt
w. r. Abercrombie will be chief of en-
O. M. MOORE.
April Notes.