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REFUGE FROM FEVER
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Escape From Yellow Jack Offered
in Isie of Pines.
By Cable tc the Gateway
New Orleans, sept. l:i The owners!
of immense tracts ot land in tin* Isle |
of tin* ; ines have o:Tei\ d their planta-:
iion> as a refu.fi* for persons who tnay i
A-ish to escape from the yellow fever i
eontaifioii which is certain to eontnute
in this city until frost comes, the ot-,
fer wilt prohahly he* accepted and ar
rangements made to transport to the
islaiui ail who wish to ifo. Although
the island is within the tropical circle!
it has a temperate climate, and yellow
fever has never been Known there.
The lev i nation in this city is
slow In improving* and although new
case- art* constant l\ appealing tie \
aiv usually of a mild type and few
deaths are occurimr. In the river ids
tricts ot ihe country tLt> fever is
spreading.
TO RUN FOR THE POLE
Pea y Hopes to Make Connection
by Relief System
Explorer lVan hopes to reach the
(V v\ h po e b\ 11 * ails of a complete -\s*
tom of relief squads which will enable
the men who make the final dasn to he
fully supplied with provisions. He will
sail as far north a> possible in the jrood
ship Roosevelt. Then a *roop of men
will plod northward with a laryfe snp
plv of provisions. W hen pari of the
stock is consumed a s«|it:id will st a ft
hack for more, the others wdl con
tinue another lap. and 'hen another
squad v\ ill jo back.
The returning s puds will bi in/ an
other stock of provisions from the ship
aid deliver to the second: the second
will deli\* i* to the third and so on.
'lke‘ squad which makes the dash will |
have just enou/h to reach the pole and
return to the point where i* will meet
the nearest relief company. The suc
cessive relief squads are expected to he
able to take care of the entire company
on the return.
The ret. •oid of previous attempts to
reieh tin* po e which have lesulted in
a nearer appioach is as fallows:
Miles
Latitude from
Yum Kxploret* ixaclud the pole j
17 ti l>:;rent /. Tf.N) Tl.i
R.07 Hudson Hl.23 0.41
1 ;oo Phipp> 80.48 035 j
1 0 i Scon sh\ >1.50 *>s4
1 2* Parry * 82.43 oOO
1>70 Xa res «X>.10 400
;>s2 (lively <v3.24 4*>»> j
P05 Nansen 80.14 -001
p 00 Abruzzi 80.33 -41
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CHANCE TO SOBER IP
Several Disorderly Drunks (iiven
Jail Sentence.
I’. S. t’ommisMoner Hildreth luis
been bu>\ the last two days in provid-j
ino* a temporary home tor drunk and ;
disorde rly men. where they may have
an opportunity for profound thought
with their heads freed from alcoholic
effects. The jail is almost too full tor
comfort now, and the “bull-pen’* looks
like* a court ntion et politicians.
J. K. Auderson, with a ten day la^',
.John Manning with thirteen clays of
conila mienl liefoiv him, and 1). L.
lhMrdon, with fourteen days, were sent
up h\ .J ud^e llildia th yesterday. ihe\
had acquired an assortment ol booze
which exhaled in a ilow ol prolamit
that astonished even the waterfront ot
ch*ward, and were* picked up b\ int*
marsnal.
vim* man routuleu up with tne oineis.
talked his way to IVt-cdom with a tin
ene\ a la wyer might envy. lie saidt'
•*l had ,u*i eome in oiT the road juuge,
wi\v*i*e 1 haun i crunk nothm but "a
ter amt eotlee tor vjiide a spell, and 1
guc» i throwed in ahoul ten or twelve
vtrinks ot whiskey pretty last. 1 "as
drunk all right out 1 d an t waive no-1
hv d\ any trouble. .V* it appearedj
imu i he defendant iiad not been noisy
or troubl si'tiic In* was allowed tv» go.
o>* Mv Frau paid a line of $10 for get
Uhg »ie.\ed up in a saioon row. lie
started in as d peacemaker in other
mens i'-ouliles and wound up by swat
ling a man wao ollered lo iick him.
*•1 hit him all right, judge," said
. o^* pn, "bat he started to.di me first.
Th • way ii was a long, tall man start
ed tv) lick a little feller, and 1 told him
he oughtit,i to light a little man like
that. Then this feller come at me to
put mu out and 1 just soaked him one*
••Well as you have never heel) in
trouble be lore I. will let you oil with a
$10 tine," said the court. “After tins
Oilii in the maisnal to stop a row in
stead ol doing it yourself."
Jue McLennan was assessed $ J5 for
trying to make a rough house iu tiu*
Seattle Bar Iasi nignt. Joseph was
plax.ng roil iet le and accused the croup
ier, Joe Miller, oi tailing to pay him a
25 cent bet he thought lie had won.
The two Josephs could not agree on
the question of liability and McLennan
offered to make a rough house. In
loud, unprintable language he threat
ened to clean out the place until Spec
ial Officer Graves, also named Joseph,
scooped him in.
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Temperature at - p. ir. today 55.
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