Show joT DEAD AT NOME Two Shooting Affrays in the Alaska Gold Camp TOWN UNUSUALLY LIVELY Everything is Bustle and thc Activity Activ-ity at Dawson During the Height of the Klondike Excitement is Passed A Square Menu Can New be Had for S4 Several Vessels on Which Salt Iakers Sailed Reported Safe in Harbor at thc Cape Smallpox Small-pox on Two Ships Portland Or June 29The steamer George W Elder arrived this evening even-ing nine days from Cape Nome The Elders passage was a quick one She left here on May 26th and arrived at Nome June 14th The Elder brings news of two shooting affrays which occurred at Nome recently On June 18th A G Lucas a watchman watch-man for thc Alaska Commercial company I com-pany while guarding some land for J the company was accosted by J Lyons Ly-ons another claimant The men be j came involved In an altercation and Lucas shot Lyons the bullet talclnc effect In thc mans stomach Lyons I was also armed and fired live shots I at Lucas all taking effect Lucas died Instantly Lyonss wound was fatal J and he died the following day The other shooting scrape occurred in a saloon A stranger In Nome i lie had arrived on June 20th got into a fight on the same day and was shot and instantly killed The trouble u as the result of a gambling dispute The name of the murdered man had not been learned when the EIdr left Restaurants arc doing well a squnic meal costing 1 while ham and eggs are worth 150 Everything Is bustie at Nome and the activity at Dawson I during the height of the Klondike excitement ex-citement is surpassed The following vessels were at Nome when the Elder sailed Roanokc St Paul San Pedro Rainier Luella Dowey Albion OlMii lila South Portland United States steamship Bear Tacoma Fulton Ful-ton Santa Ana Senator Signal Sig-nal Aloha Utopia Grace Dollar Dol-lar Alliance Valencia Lakme San Jose SIgnorlla Ellhu Thompson Ohio and Charles Lane Itirser Hay ward describes the scene at Nome as one of unparalleled activity activ-ity He says the beach claims havo been worked over three or four times but Is of the opinion that the creeks near Nome are rich He thinks the poo ulallon of Nome may reach 50000 be fore the rush subsides |