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Show ROOSEVELT'S FIRST ailli EXPEDITION Kills Two Wild Beasts! Names Not, Designated in Dispatch, and a Gazelle. 'AlROP.I.: British East Africa. April A'fter a brief hunting expedition ex-pedition last evening at Kapiti plains, Theodore Roosevelt and his party broke cani) and started for the ranch of Sir AlfrccI Pease on the A t hi river today. Colonel Ifonsevelt" spent part of yesterday yes-terday sorting his kit, while Kermit and several of (he men went to try their luck with the rifles. An old settler, who seemed to take a liking lo Iverntil. offered lo show him a likely place for good sport. They succeeded m bringing bring-ing down one buck. Colonel Roosevelt's first hunt was favored by fine weather and ho enjoyed en-joyed the experience immensely, lie bagged two wild beasts and a Thompson Thomp-son s gazelle. Mr. Roosevelt was somewhat some-what disappointed, as he had been anxious to secure a Grant 's gazelle the massive horns of which arc much sought aflcr for trophies. Tlic hunt lasted several sev-eral hours. Smallpox is prevaleut in Nairobi, and two cases have developed among tho people at Kapiti. These have-beeu quarantined and (he strictest precautions precau-tions are being observed lo prevent a spread of the disease to those attached to the Roosevelt party. The police si ill maintain their measures meas-ures for protecting the. Americans from annoyance. They will not permit anv except (hose designated by Colonel Roosevelt to go wilh I he expedition. |