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Show SAY OFFICIALS ARE HOGS People nt Nome Complain of Alleged .Public Grafters. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 4. Advices received re-ceived In this city from Nome by tho steamship Qhlo stato that the' people of Nome are up In arms against the Government Gov-ernment officials and their alleged actions In llllng upon valuable mining claims. Tho Nome Nugget, in a long article, charges tho officials with using Illegal methods and taking advantage of heir positions to possess themselves of many vnluablo claims which arc obtained by relocating. The Nugget prints comparative tables, showing tho numbor of claims held by the Government officials and their relatives or assistants, and also tho number held by the leading mining and business men of Nome and vicinity. Officers of tho Ohio report that tho people peo-ple aro greatly exercised over tho matter, and are talking of drastic measures If (he authorities at Washington do not Investigate Investi-gate the matter. |