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NOMK. ALASKA, MONDAY. AI'UII. lfMMi
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ONLY ABOUT ONE DOZEN CASES OF SMALLPOX AND
TYPHOID FEVER IN THE CITY, ANfr ALL
HAVE BEEN ISOLATED
Complete House Furnisher—G. P. GOGGIN—Complete Hotel and Restaurant Furnisher
IN RUN I UIPiT SUE
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
2-ply INGRAIN CARPET 82‘/2? yd.
WOOL WITH COTTON WARP, Ingrain 65? yd.
COTTON AND WOOL INGRAIN 45? yd.
9-WIRE TAPESTRY CARPET $1.15 yd.
PR0-BRU5SELS CARPET, looks like Tapestry, 90c yd.
Complete
House
Furnisher
Complete
Hotel and
Restaurant
Furnishe
$100 Bed given away May 1-take a chance, it will cost you nothing
Dead, Dead, Dead, Who?
The Cheatem Street
Ky-kys
The Greatest Sale ever seen in Nome
is now going on at OUS BROWNS
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'■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.
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(Bus Brown
Cbe leading Clothier and furnisher
ALL NOMEITES
SAFE IN
FRISCO
Charles E. Kruse this morning re
ceived tile following telegram from C.
A. Ken-In, Berkeley, Cal.:
“We are all O. K. San Francisco
in ruins; about half involved destroyed
by tire. All Nomeites safe. Berkeley
and Oakland all right. W. M. Hoag’s
folks all O. K."
Mr. Hoag is manager of the Kouga
rok I fitch Company, at Davidson's
Hamlin g.
It. G. Hudson lias received tin* fol
lowing telegram from .1 M. 'Davidson
at Seattle, dated April -I .
“Fire controlled. Three-fourths of
Frisco destroyed. detson, lAndobcrr,
and Heland safe. Great suff(*ring. Be
lief coming fast.”
Dudley Dean also received a tele
gram from C. E. Darling stating that
all was well with him, and that Dar
ling &- Doan's hardware shipments
would he shipped via Seattle.
The Gutta-Percha Girl is soon com
ing. Have you met her?
Nome ranch eggs. Phone Main 69.
Nugget's Special Service.
ft\N FK a X ' IS* 'i • Apr'I .'It - Order
has succeeded chaos in evet y onlt of
the city Afl< r strenuous labor street
cars ate being run as far as Killmor ■
street. The other power lines will
stiirt today, and horse ears will be
running mi carious streets as soon as
the work of charing the streets will
permit.
Food Piling Up.
Komi is piling up at Oakland, and
is being held for distribution as need
ed Kvt'rybody in the city is working.
509 Bodies Recovered.
Up to last night the total number
of boiln s \\ hieli had been recovered
and buried was ran., .if which more
than two bundled were uuidentitieii
tile bodies being so charred that they
were scuit'ely reengntzabl. as hinnuii
bodies.
Will Never Be Known.
The loss of life in the lodging 'muses
will never he known.
w Ruined by Earthquake.
In iln resiilenee districts ninny
(muses were found standing which
had been ruined b\ tile hip caftlli|tutke
Supplies for Sufferers.
SRATTLR, April j:i The en||ce
tions in the Seattle chnrelies for the
San Francisco relief fund reached
$4,11(10.
Three hundred hrakeiueii left here
last night for San Francisco. Right
hundred and fifty tons of (lour were
also sent out, with halters a hoard the
train to make bread hi route.
SEND MONEY
TO RED CROSS
WASHINGTON. 14 G. April 2:t. -
The president has issued a proclama
tion urging that all moneys collected
for the San Francisco sull'i rers he j
sent to the Red Gross Society, I>r. i
Devine, secretary, in San Francisco, |
who is working in connection with I
Dr. Livingston, who is distributing
government aid. The president states
that this will insure no waste
ONLY FEW
CASES OF
SMALLPOX
SAX KRAXt’lSf'O. April 23.—The
United States infantry, nil duty hen.
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hits isolated all smallpox anil typhoid
fever cases in the city.
There are only about a dozen cases
in all, and these can easily be checked.
None of them is considered dangerous,
and no alarm whatsoever is felt.
The sewers are being gradually re
paired with all the rapidity possible,
and wonderful progress is being made.
Over one hundred physicians are in
charge of the temporary hospitals and
sheltering tents, of which there are
eight of the latter, each 150 feet in
length, in Golden Gate park.
The excitement attendant upon the
terrible disaster has abated, and peo
ple generally are feeling hopeful.
CRUISERS
TAKE ALL
SUPPLIES
iiAKIiAXO. April Tin- cruisers
'Chicago ami Marblehead are standing
I off Meiggs' wharf, ami they are stop
piag all hu'onihig vessels, loaded with
supplies. These supplies are taken
and luriieil over to tin relief eomniit
lee, no m ,:er in whom they are eon
signed.
A I Vessels Hrlo.
No > essels ale allowed to leave tile
harbor, being held here in ea e of
eniergeney to transport refugees to
places of safety
WASHINGTON STATE’S
GENEROUS RESPONSE
■ >1. V At 1 ’1A. Wash.. April 31!. <Sov
.Mead n ill not rail all extraordinary
session of tin state legislature. The
response for relief funds from the
people of tjih slate ha heai, so gen
erous thill In considers an extra ses
sion unnecessary.
MILE OF WHARVES
BURNED ON WATER FRONT
Nugget's Special Service.
SAX I It A Xi 'ISt' i ' April I HI’ M.
— A mile 111 wharves on tin- water
front have been burned, all being gone
front the Fishermen's wharf to tin- foot
of i’owell si r< et.
The ruined district embraces prnr
tfcally tin- whole city from tin- water
flout to Van Xi-.-s iivcnm-. and
stretches west from Van Xcss avenue
to wln-i'i t lie Haines crossed from the
M i s s i o 11.
Loss $300,000,000.
Insurance men who are beginning
to arrive place tile loss at fully
tiOii.nun
Funston’s Iron Hand.
(Sonet-ill Funston is ruling with an
iron hand Twenty-two men who have
heeii caught thieving have In-en killed,
ami tea seriously injured. < hn- of these
ghouls cut off flit linger of u dead
woman, put it hi his pocket and se
cured the diamond rings on it He
Wits shot through tin- In-art.
Has Water Supply.
The city is now supplied with twelve,
million gallons of water daily
Fire Under Control.
The lire i>n tile water front is under
control.
tJenerai Funston has issued orders'
that no lights or tires within doors j
shall tie permitted The soldiers have
'tupped (lie ..King eamp tir- s, which
Were being used to cook food
Mayor Schmitz line issued a procla
mation urging tin* stricken people to |
keep sanitary conditions as pi rfect as
possible. Fifty thousand people have
taken the ferries for Oakland today,
and a hundred thousand will sleep in
the parks tonight All are cheerful
since the arrival of food and water
Seven Hundred Dead.
The list of dead, it is thought, will
not exceed seven hundred.
No Tickets to 'Frisco.
SEATTLE. April 21—The Northern
Paeilie has posted notices that it will
sell no tickets to Sail Francisco. All
lines are carrying refugees from San
Francisco free.
The steamer City of Seattle and the
cable ship Hurnside sail tonight, carry
ing relief supplies to the stricken city.
CONCERT WILL NET $800
The sacred concert given last night
at A. B. hall for the benefit of San
Francisco lire sufferers will probably
net about $xoo.
ALASKA RELIEF
COMMITTEE NAMED
Tin* following bulletin was received
Sunday morning by the local telegraph
office from Ciovernor Hoggatt at Se
attle
“At request of Alaskans now in Se
attle, I have named the following gen
tlemen as a committee to collect and
distribute funds collected |,y Alaskans
for the relief of tie sufferers in San
I'rnnoiseo
"ICd. It I>111111. chairman
“.I M Davidson. .tary and treas
urer.
"I’drl M Johansen
“Jack Dalton.
“J l» Meenaidi
“I request, therefore, that money
contributed by Alaska.is b" -ent to tin
thanks of Seattle to th • treasurer if
I t In A laska-Sau l't ■ lei--.. Iteli. f t Vm
| mitte. , .■{<»_• Glol)- | lidding Seattle.
Ilia' le y nun pus it such supplies
ia> c i .<lit ions best u a n i :
"If the distritmt* i of this fund is
left to this eollllnUI quicker, le It. I
land miiiv suitalile provision can he
madi for tin sufferers than In ntnr
other way
W H If up;ATT.
i iovertmr.
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From Governor Brady.
May in’ W II Pearson received the
following I• I> grain y. sierday front
t Jov Itraily. ilatetl Sitka April '.’I:
"The smitten calamity which has be
fallen San Kmncisco touches ns The
suffering is terrible, and will doubtless
he long continued Alsaka owes tnueh
to t'allforniit I urge that all public
otlieial- and organized bodies take im
mediate steps to raise funds to be sent
to those stricken people Setlil to Hoh
ert A Kittzie. Trettdyyell
.!< >HX H ItKADV.
t iovernoi
OVER $13,000
FOR SUFFERERS
It yvas stated today that over
$13,000 had been subscribed to the re
lief fund for tin* San Kram'iseo fir
sufferers, which is being raised by
Messrs Kink. [ante. Marstun t'ovvdv
Nestor, Met’ray ami Tliatem r
it is thought that the amount will
he easily increased to $14,000
Tin responses of the people of Nunn
tu tin- appeal for help Ivave been most
generous. :«tiil probably no city of 11 to
same population as Nome yy ill have
contributed as much its Nmne t" the
relief of the sufferers iif S: i I’m it -
eiseo.
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Jow^Eys
Chocolates
FRESH TODAY
Somebody at home will be waiting
tonight for a box.
The “Name on Every Piece" U
the guarantee.
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Wholesale anti Retail
Druggists