| Show that is the prediction of government expert noon fever report new cases in new orleans since 6 p m monday 13 total cases to date 1031 deaths today 5 total deaths the number of ner boses and deaths up to noon today shows a slight improvement in the yellow fever situation in new orleans now cases continue to appear from day to da in the state lut there is no general or violent spread 0 the pestilence of tho original center of infection alabama and mississippi are tree from the disease three suspicious cases at raymond being pronounced not yellow fever dr guiterez Gul terez the expert predicted today that new orleans would be tree from the infection in 40 days LITTLE BREECHES OUTDONE BY A STORY IN REAL LIFE tl paso texas aug IS more pathetic than john hays little breeches savoring more of the frontier than even bret II artes the luck of roaring camp is a story that has had its sad sequel la this city thia week it relating to the experiences that befell a 2 month old infant winifred tyron whose short career was crowned with some eventa more stirring than befall some mortals who pass away at the age of three score and ten the little ones death was no less than her birth when she came into this world in a mining camp down in the interior of the state ot chihuahua mexico her mother died there was not a woman within miles of where mother passed away for with her husband C T tyron she had lived alone in the mountain fastnesses fast nesses where he waa developing ve loping a mine of much promise and they had sacrificed the luxuries of the settlements for the wealth that awaited them in the promising mining property when the incident which had brought another member to his family and takei one occurred the grief stricken father with no one but a mexican mozo to turn to tor sympathy and material aid started back to the pueblos after burying the re mains of his wife near the scene of his mine with the hc loless gintant and no woman within miles the party started on burros over the long trail that led to the valleys from the high mountains on the way ho concluded that it was the beat policy tor him to come on to the united states the little one and and there a home tor the babe in some american family in el it was an awful journey to contemplate by the nearest known trail it was a six days trip by to a stage line and from this point it was a three days trip overland to the nearest railway station bat undaunted mr tyron continued bis trip with the aid of tho mexican mozo he procured some goats milk and with this for sustenance for the little one he continued his journey astride a burro and carrying the young babe in his adars for six days he rode on the wild trail sleeping in tho open air and takang every precaution to prevent the little on from dying ot exposure reaching the stage line be found a mexican woman with motherly tenderness who took the infant in charge tor three days and nursed it until the babes strength was restored mr tyron then proceeded on his way to the railroad finding other mothers on ahls journey who gladly gave ance to the tiny charge finally reaching the railroad mr tyron proceeded straight to el paso arriving here about three weeks ago and stopping at the hotel he remal nid at the hostelry a week meantime looking tor a suitable home tor Ms motherless child he eventually found a family at north stanton street that agreed to rear the babe tor him but the exposure and irregular nourishment incident to tho unparalleled journey for an infant but a few days old left it in a very weak condition with the chances against ita recovery however the kind matron with whom the father left his offspring did all that medicine and motherly instinct could do but the ordeal through which baby winifred had passed was too great tor its years and so it passed away the father being satisfied that the I 1 little one was in kind keeping went I 1 back to his searcha tor gold in the mountains ot mexico and so the infant making a ight against death under circumstances that perhaps have never been equaled died among strangers CAPT BINGHAM DEAD san francisco aug 15 Captain henry V bingham of the old stevedoring firm of and bingano Binga nm and one of the best known shipping men on the coast Is dead he was a native of belfast ireland 70 years old |
