Show NEW ISLAND ISLAN D LOCATED I FLOA FLOATING TI NG N NEAR EAR JAMAICA Galveston Texas Feb 9 Captain i Hob Robertson of the steamship Ikbal I hal from rota Liverpool Li arrived in port today and amid reported having encountered a floating h island to the southeast of oC J Jamaica 83 53 miles mies anti and which has evi evidently i e evi- evi dently been betI detached by hya a seismic dis dis- The II Ikbal hal lund had got a little out of or her hel course se e when it came upon I the itt Island which was ml moving I No island is shown howl on omu the lie map and the v vs FI fl kept well wel oft off or nn and steamed all I past the earthen raft mn nearly iy threw three miles In length lengh While hlo nn an Immense accumulation of or dead ha tices tm-ees formed I tees tho the edge eco of or the Island shrubbery and anI owing growing trees K were weme In plenty alum ami I the time anti and el crew believed bele they hind had dl discovered fre co a n new world |