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The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12
LE:vAN T ED E
Cilas. Spencer, Deputy
 City Assessor.
Cashed Warrants Belonging to Other City Employees and
 Kept Proceeds.

Charles Spencer. elstwhile deputy eity assessor. is missing, And Thomas l,. White, city clerk, Police Officer James and Theodore Wohlcr, street superintendent a, well a- others, would like to know his whereabouts.
 Spencer was employed as deputy as sessor for about two months. He was highly recommended for the position by Nolney T. Hoggatt, formerly city attorney, who had known him ia New York
 Spencer was last seen Monday morn ing when he met Theodore Wohler and borrowed g. from him. 1t is believed that he left Nome on small schooner bound for Naldes.
 Spencer had Hlo0 salary warrant belonging to City Clerk White, and two othels for similar amount belonging to Wulnvr ana OLnCer Janto. these were entrusted to Spencer for negOtia- tion with business firms in payment Oi ci;y taxes. That he secured money or one warrant is known.
 A warrant for Spencer'' arrest was sworn out Wednesday, the steamer Cen. tennial on which il was thought Spen, cer might have taken passage, wa- searched, but he was not on that vessel It is believed that he is oitherin hidir. in Nome or left on schooner for the outside.
 Just previous to his departure Spen- cer secured S25 from Mrs. Domergue, proprietor of the Occidental hotel, hay ing sold her an alleged mining claim, which he had previously sold to at least two other parties.
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SHIPPING NEWS.

Steamship Ohio arrived in the road stead yesterday afternoon about , o'clock. She is at Siedgc island.
 The Garonne arrived Thursday after noon. Seattle newspapers of Sept. 2G were brought ashore but the Garonnc failed to land the mail It is said there are about S0 sacks of mail on board the steamer.
 The St. Paul, of the x. (. Co.'S lne will sail for seattle and san Francisco d. sCUn as the storm abatcs.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12
A Question of Weight.

A correspondent asks: 'What was the respective weights of Eitz,immons and Dempsey when they fought for the world, championship Jan. II. l9ol at New Orleans :"
 Fitz,immons, five minutes before the battle began, weighed in at liol pounds: Dempsey at l473. The other day Joe Ileery, of the Hub saloon. won two bets on Dempsey's weight, lIeery wagering that Dempsey weighed in under liSl pounds. Ileery iS an old sporting man with q retcntive memory for sporting events
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The worst storm that has visited this coast since Sept. l2 and l3, 1900. began on Thursday evening last.
 It gradually grew more violent, and by l2 O clock last night it had reached 6 degree of violence not paralelcd since the great storm of two years and iIssre' ege which wrought damage to the arronnt of half million dollars
 The loss entailed by this storm can not as vet be estimated, but it will not be- nearly so heavy as that caused by the storm of 1900. At the present wrfting it will not exceed $2j,0 GOO or s30,OOO.
 This storm came on gradually. All dse yesterday ttIv stuff vas htaNh' puI the wind was not strong. The break CTS rolled in upon the beach in long. swelling motion, and were particularly noticeable by the heavy foam oa the crests of the breakers. This was taken toimesn bv the wise ones along the ya+er front'that there was had storm far out at sea.
 As darkness came on the wind ln- creased, and with it tn" '"|lH. o' the s,,rf S.o.. etrp lower end of the sand- splt from the point on Snake river to Gieger's bridge was swept by succeed ink waves. which broke over the t6hgue of land carrying everything in h>; SAynra1 hni1GinH. washed away and were beaten to pieces 5! the angry waves.
 kAll night long a number of heroic Notwithstanding the lfe-saving corps under the direction of Lieut. Hamlet, pshdered Aft, to the sufferers. Captain MeNich0l, of the Pacific Packing X Navigation Co.,. and about 90 citizens worked during the night, and were in srramental in saving the household effects of many people. DaFid"Good friend, the grocer in the Illinois build ing, placed his store at the disposal O those who had been drowned out, ant many people there found safe storage for their goods and chattels.
 The wind increased in violence after midnight this morning, and when day light broke the mouth of Snake river was filled with wreckage, which score: of people risked their lives to capture as it foated in on the waves.
 There is scarcely building fronting 6n Boring sea that has not been more or less damaged. The damage in any case is not great, probably the heaviest ; loser being. F. T. Casey, of the Cali fornia house. His warehouse, ad ioin ing the water front, was swept away aHtf'~fth'it 300 pairs of l2pound blank cts and a lot of other goods. His loss will probably reach 5000.
 Little damage is reported betwcer . THE NUGGET building and Barrack: ' square. On Barracks square the wave. twice battered down the door of the life saving station.
 The general office building of the Pacific Packing & Navigation Co.,, or the water front at the rear of Cranes yrocery is a wreck. Tne surf broke the windows, dashed in the doors, fill insEhe building with gravel a foot deep. The windows in the second story where number of men were try ing to sleep, were also broken and the
 .~ants were forced to retire.
 waves "'--hed clear over Cranes eeTc9}cGery store to Front street about II their force that "ttwknGPr twnGP So great was knocked down, while Geo. V. B6ifrf senius, clerk of the district court, who was passing, was thoroughly drenched
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12
PERSONAL.

A. C. Fox, q Council City mining man, is in town.
 Capt. Sperry, q kasson creek mining man, IS ln town from Solomon river en route to Portland, Ore. Capt. Sperry reports fairly prosperous season.
 Judge Walter II. Ferguson, of Coun- cil City. is in town, and with Mrs. Fer guson is stopping at the Golden Gate. Judge Ferguson will remain in Nome until Nov. l.;
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flooded yesterday afternoon. He eX- presses grave fears for the people of solomon City, as he believes the whole town will have been swept away by the present storm.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12
Shot gun shells at Giese's.
Just Arrived.

The largest and most complete line of Boys and Children's Suits ever shown in Alaska. Gus Brown. Lead ing Clothier and Furnisher, 3l6 Front St., Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12

The finest lines of clothing and over coats have just been received at Gus Browns. Just call and see these good, for NOurSeif
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12

Cigars, Porto Rico, Sanchez X TTaya, Stanford and other makes, very cheap in order to close out the stock. HoXsie X NeNtor. the Dexter.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12
Port Safety and Solomon,

A. E. Boyd, of the Long Distance Telephone company, arrived this morn- ing from Hastings creek. He was at Solomon and Port Safety yesterday. He states that every house in Port Safety, except Mrs. Jackson's was
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12
A Comparison.

Capt. F.. M. Cederbergh furnishes the following comparison between the present storm and that of 1900:
 Sept. II, rain: Sept. l2, strong wind increasing and water rising; Sept. 13, kept on rising during day and night; Sept. IA, highest water a. m.: went down little, but rose again between , and : a. m.; began to recede at 7:3O and went fast, and soon Snake river was like piece of glass.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12
Paints and oils at Giese'S.

Dr. J. k. Sewell. dentist, has re- moved to Room ,. Golden Gate hotel.
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For your next seasons lumber see Tanner X Clark.
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I5O,ooo

For rifles and sluice lumber see Tan ncr X Clark
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FOR RENT

EROM Nov. 1, next, store now known as But ! lers drug store. Inquire of Robert Lyng.
 l0-S-2t
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12
The Present Storm,

Oct. Il. highest water 3:3O a. m. about ? inches less than Sept. If, 1900.
 Capt. Cederbergh concludes: "In re- gard to the two storms, I think this one has little the best of it; there was more wind during the night than in lQOO :,
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12

Don't fail to attend the greatest storc- ful of worthy merchandise under prices that Nome ever had 8 cirucc to share.
The Nome nugget., 1902-10-12

Minneapolis, which are moored near the bank of the river, are tanning into nearby cabins and doing some damage.
 The running of trains on the Wild Goose railroad was suspended this morn- ing owing to the water backing up in Snake river and flooding the tracks. The lagoon in the bend of the river is well stocked with boats of all kinds, which were torn away from their fast enings.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-03
Highest Paid Mail Carrier,

The bIgness Of our country Is EN-
phasized every now and then by some
obscure governmental routine. Away
off In the Philippines we are delivering
mail In canoelike boats, and, on the
other hand. contract was let recent
ly for carrying the mail In Ainska by
dog-slcds. The successful BIDDER ""s
Oscar Fish. and his route lies between
Eagle and Valdez, a distance 81 IL
miles ue makes two trips a month";
and receives nearly $1,000 a trip, or
81, 900 a year. Only 800 pounds are
carried per trip. and this Is usually
made nm of letters, few newspapers.
postoftice Department ofhclais say
TINT the sum paid to Fish IL very rea-
son.ble when 1t IL considered that he
makes the trip by dog sleds, and that
ha has the most dangerous route of
any mail carrier In the world. lie
has several times been given up for
dead by residents of Valdez aud Eagle,
hut so far he has always managed To
reach the end Of his journey, although
sometimes overdue. and occasionally
very much battered up. He has fallen
, down precipices, got mixed up in ava.
lanches and has been starved and frost
bitten. but is still happy in rlsking his
| lonely lfe-IIarper's Weekly
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-03

"Cranford" spinsters. the most per.
fest examples. in fiction at least. OF
elderly maldenhood. avoided danger by
meeting II plump. after the formula OF
Sir Boyle Roche. Said they: a man
is so in the way in a house,"
Miss Phoebe Riggs. an Amazon of
the present day. OF whom the New
York Tribune tells, was little less
effective In defense, possibly because
she did not get in the first blow.
For more than eighty years Miss
Riggs has lived IN the little New En-.
gland town in which she was born. A
recent conner to that village. meeting
Miss Riggs for the first time. said apol-
ogetically after while:
You must excuse me, but | am not
sure whether you are Miss or Mrs.
Riggs: didn't quite understand when
we were introduced
The bent little spinster drew herself
up as straight ms possible.
Miss Riggs; from cholce"' she re-
piled. in n freezing voice.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-03
JOSEPH COULD PLAY POKER.
But lie Finally Ran Up Against White
Expert Who Downed Him,

There may be citizens in Deadwood
who remember Buck Joseph" said the
man with the taper fingers as lie per-
mtted smile TO lurk for a moment
around the corners OF his mouth
Buck was full blooded Sioux In
dian, but he had learned thing or
two In his time. One of 'em WAS how
TO play poker and another was how
to hold the best hand. He was early
ON the ground at Deadwood and he
was n winner from The start.
There were some pretty sick gam.
blers hanging out there in the old
days They believed a good deal In
luck, but good deal more in finger
ing the cards. None OF them had Buck
Joseph's sleight- of hand. however.
They tried him on time and again and
they worked all the arts known to The
profession. but he was still ahead of
the game. AS a last resort they sent
over 10 Abilene. Kas.. for me. I'm not
going TO say what | was doing over
there. but the boys who knew me hest
We're ready to bet two to one thar
downed Buck at his own game.
when | reached Deadwood," con.
tinued the narrator. Il had $500 in
cash with me. Old Lo came I'D sDil-
ing with an equal amount and We SAT
down for an all-day tea party.
started out as square AS a dot. de-
pending on luck alone and had LOST
5000 before | made a change. Then |
went In for nothing less than nushes
and inside OF an hour got nv money
back. Buck knew | was beating him
AT his own game and he laid for me.
On one of his deals he got -four aces.
and knew it. got king, queen and
jack Of diamonds, and 1t was $40 TO
come In.
Il drew long breath" continued
the man with the taper fingers. accord
ing 10 the Detroit Free Press. and
Clipped and drew two cards to his one.
My heart thumped as found ten
and nine Of diamonds in my hand a
straight flush. or course Buck knew
there was only one hand higher than
his, and he came for me with bets of
500. He had friends 10 borrow from
and 50 had |. and when he finally call
ed. me we had $4,000 In cash ON the
table. and he had three ponies. two
sduaws and five papooses up agaihs,
my watch and pin. He was ge''his
ready to yell when showed my mana.
His yell died away. and he sat there
like stone man for five long minutes
Then he slowly rose np, gatherea ms
blanket around him, and as he walked
out of the place he said;
Humph. Heap smart white man
heap ass Injunv
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-03
GOOD
Short Stories

Abiding to the fact that il was The
late Dante Gabriel Rossettl who III
duced Hall Game to adopt the PROBES
sion of a novelist, Austin Dobson re-
Gently remarked: Yes. lie raised
Game"
The lot of British chancellor of the
excheduer has never been exactly a
happy one, and Sir Michael HICKS
Beach. of all English chaneeilors. may
be held 10 come nearest to Sir Robert
8 ree's idea Of perfect misery: i can
NOT cglceiye more lamentable posi-
ton THAI that of chancellor OF the
exehequer. seated on an empty chest,
h, the side of bottomless deficiencies,
ishine for budget -
Srnatorslect McCreary. of Kentucky.
Is said TO be n fine campalgner. " heh
he goes the round Of his district he
kisses all the babies, praises the cook
ine al the housewives, Judges the cattle
of The farmers. and adapts himself 10
all circumstances On one occasion he
arrived ut the house Of a farmer after
supper hour. and when The good woni-
an of the house insisted on getting HIM
something to eat, he refused to allow
her to 90 to any bother, and SAID ne
would take anything cold that she had.
Size told him she had some cold ham
and cold biscuits. and would warm the
coffee. Never mind warming the cot
fee. madam" said McCreary. Il prefer
II cold" Next morning at breakfast,
so the story goes the good lady handed
him cup of sickly looking liquid, say
ing: Governor. you seemed 10 enjoy
the cold coffee so much | saved some
for your breakfast
\ well.known man In England tsays
the New York Journal had among his
ancestors a number of men and women
who committed suicide. He himself
became Respondent and melancholy.
and his children, who knew the hered-
itary faint, were much worried about
him. \ physician told him that mental
fatigue was his trouble, and persuaded
him to try an experiment. The man
was very busy man, and scoffed at
the idea Of taking IA nap in the middle
of the day. He finally agreed to this:
He would sit in his easy-chair every
afternoon with his hands on his knees.
holding dinnerbell in both hands II
he lost consciousness and went TO sleep
he would be willing to sleep for MS long
n time as II would take for the dinner
bell to fall to the floor and wake him
up. The doctor who suggested this ar
rangemcnt declared that the mere men
tai relaxation of going to sleep, If only
for a few seconds, would suffice To save
him. He invited his patient to study
the activity Of the brain by noticing
how many things lie could dream while
the dinner-bell was falling to the floor.
Every day for many months the man
with the suicidal heredity sat down
after luncheon with the dinner-bell in
his hands. Every day he went to sleep.
slept for half second while the bell
fell 10 the floor. ana MS mental eondi-
ton improved steadily, partly because
Of the rest which his mind got through
losing consciousness for Il second. and
partly because of his interest in the
extraordinary dreams which passed
through his brain while the bell was
falling.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-03
Where the GIuepo, Came I,

There was the usual collection of
commercial travellers In the smoking
room of the hotel, and the ineyita BILE
quiet man was one OF them. They had
been asking conundrums. many OF
which had been received with roars of
laughter, as being particularly clever.
Then the quiet man lit fresh cigar
and spoke;
1T Is easy" he said. ito think or
such riddles as Why is your hat like a
babyT which contain one slmile. but
those with two are far more difficult.
For instance:
What are the differences between
the son OF a millionaire an organ and
a gluepotf"
Il give 1t up" said the mustard trav-
eler presently.
The son Of a millionaire Is an heir
TO millions. while an organ has a mill
ion airs. Dye see?'
But what about the gluepotf" In
qulred the hosiery representative.
"Oh, that's where you stick return
ed the quiet man. And the waiter
smothered guffaw behind a tray Id
was busting. while the hosiery repre-
sentative howled for soda water.-Lon.
don Answers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-03

| In recent interesting discourse on
the question. lis the Pulpit Free
/ Rev. Frederick G. Priest got at the root
F.. OF the matter when he said that the
! preacher should be a specialist and
/ should attend to his specially Within
the limits OF that speciality and the
creed that he processes his freedom Is
az perfect as human freedom can be.
He IL always secure In the approval of
his parshloners when he breaches a
thoroughly Christian sermon, founded
OIL the morallties and the promises OF
the gospel, and more than that, IL Is by
such sermons alone that he can best
help comfort and inspire his hearers.
But the peculiar respect which he conf
mands "a a specialist yanishes imme'
diutcly when he goes out of his sphere
to talk d0gmatically upon questions OF
secular controversy about which he
may know much less than some of his
auditors. There are preachers who
seem 10 have a persistent itching dur
ing political campaigns 10 bring the
pulpit into politics and who deceive
themselves by imagining that their
partnership comes of God, when II Is
Just the ordinary kind. They may con
tent themselves with yelled illusions or
they may go so far az to express eulogy
or denunciation. but In either case they
are using the church as campaign
wigwam when they should hire hall.
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tolerated as much as they are, and Ger
talnly there could be no blaming pew
holder for protesting when he believes
that there IL more of the devil than of
God in the preachers party. 1t is his
right to protest aud to demand that his
temper shall not he ruffied by the dis
ingenious or Over-zealous pulpiteer.
who IL taking him at mean disad-
vantage and depending on him for
financial support at the same time.
Aside from the question of authority,
men are stated with such stuff anyway
during the week. and IL they go TO
church Sunday II is 10 be recalled 10
the spiritual side OF life, which IL too
much neglected. There is still enough
In 1t and In pure religion for centuries
upon centuries OF sermons, Ms there has
been in the past The speciality Is still
rightly considered the greatest of spe-
clalties, and when 1t Is properly full
filled II ministers more 10 the higher
aspirations OF humanity than any other
and commands a yeneratlon that Is a
very bulwsrk against those who would
curtail Its just freedom.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-03

Squire l.. ID. Chaddon. OF Wellington.
Kan, who celebrated his elghty-fonrth
birthday recently, when boy used To
go into the woods after squirrels with
Roscoe Conkling. He chewed tobacco
for half II century, and then quit. He
finds his pipe n comfort. lie never
took drink of red liquor AT a bar.
After sixty years Of married life. Mrs.
chaddon still does all her own house.
work except the family washing ami
the squire says he has to read the riot
act once In while TO head her of from
doing that,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-07-03
FIRE HAS RAvAGeD FORESTS.
The Tremendous Waste in Forty Year.
On the Cascade Range.

On the Cascade Range.
The report of the examination of the
Cascade Range and Ashland Forest
Reserves aud Adjacent Regions by
i. Il. Iceberg is II part of the twenty
first annual report of the United States
Geological Survey. aud is edited by
Henry Gannett. geographer.
The region discussed In this report
Is Ia Southern oregon. IL contains
nearly 5000 square miles, 4,616.3d0
acres. comprising the central and up
Der areas of Rogue and klamath river
basins and small part Of the water.
shed OF the upper South Umpqun nser
aud Is divided into two nearly equal
portions by the main range of the Cas-
eades
The eastern and western slopes have
many dlssimlar characteristics. the
country dropping on the west Ia long
spurs 10 The valley of the Rogue river
aud on the east IN sleeper declisitles
Ia the klamath lakes and the great
plains stretching east ward from them.
The mean elevation Is COCO feet The
character Of the Cascade range Is vol.
canic. the cones and peaks being Of
different ages. aud extinct eraters
Astounding among them. the one con
tanning the famous Crater lake.
The Ashland forest reserve consists
Of Slsklyou peak, or Ashland butte,
nearly 5000 feet above sea level. aud
contains over 22OOo acres. The oh.
Jast af this reserve Is to maintain the
volume aud purity OF Ashland creek.
the water supply OF the town OF Aph,
land The Siskiyou mountain range
forms connecting link between the
Coast range and the Cascades.
In this region the same general con.
ditions prevail "a In the Mount Raj.
nief reserve The crest Of the range
forms dividing line between two
widely differing sets of forest condi-
lions. Upon the west, with an ample
rainfall. the forests are fairly dense
and The underground luxuriant. Upon
the east. where more arid conditions
prevail. the forests are open, With no
nnderbrush.
Fires have widely rayaged this re-
gion. says the New York Post or the
forested area examined. Ia round mum
bers 5000. 900 acres. Iceberg estimates
that 2.975.Oo0 acres or 1898 per cen;
are hre marked: and that OF this nre,
marked area, $50 900 acres are badly
burned That Is TO say, within the
last forty years. settlement clearlngs
not Included. 1908, 10000 feet OF mer.
charitable mill timber has been de-
stroyed by fire.