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Show aajejetavaaeMeaeava ai ani CONDITIONS AT NUMB. leaeral Itanitall Aia.rlt Ihtl the tltteh li vtork.U Oat. tlrlgtdler-aeneral (Irorge M. Ktn. Jail, commanding the departmenl of Alatkaat HL Mleliaeli, hat tubmltted lilt annual reporL Much apaee It devoted de-voted tocondltlont at Nome, which he found upon hit arrival at a crltcat tage. It wat difficult to obtain cou. rlctlom by jury trial In the United filatet Cnmmlitloner'a oftlce, which embolilened the lawlett iainir organl latlont, prevented men from working for lett than f I an hour anil wat Ihe caute of much dcatltullou anil want, and dtttrurtlon of property, fully l,000 people arrived at Nome In June. Claim Jumping wat the order of the day. Many property ownert were dlf poted to defend their rlghtt by taking Ihe law Into their own handt. Tliear-rlvat Tliear-rlvat of troopt pteventtd acrloutdla-order. acrloutdla-order. The military took charge, thoroughly etamlned Into alt com-plalnti, com-plalnti, and where the rlghtt of property prop-erty could be determined, placed It In the poiteulon of the lawful ownere. Captain W. A. Iletthel, who acted at judge advocate in thrte caiet, it highly pralted by lleneral llandall. The tan Itary condition! were pltced under the charge of Major Charlet II. Kbert, iur-gcon. iur-gcon. The rnergello elTorlt of the military Improved thete condition!. There were about 10 men working on the beach at Nome with machinery alone time, and many declined to give aniwera concerning the proipectt foi gold, while olhert admitted they were taking out only from It to SO a day The beach wat practically worked out lattyear. The tundra it believed to be rich but II would require. Itrger capital to produce retdlta. There It a Urge area of country which hat not been protpeeted, where gold can yet be fouud but It require! men of experience ex-perience to develop luch a country. |