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Show HEAYJ RAINS Popular Shooting Season at an End, Thirteen Men Mauled By Lions Mombasa, March 24. The heavy rains have begun In the protectatorial, and yesterday there was a precipitation of four inches in three hours. The grass fires which lately have been drying the prairies and driving the game in close to the railroad line,- were extinguished ex-tinguished by the downpour. The popular shooting season is at an end. The record for the four months shows the killing of 110 lions, including two man-eaters and three thousand head of other game. TJuring tho season nine natives and four white men were mauled by lions. George McMillan nephew of the late Senator McMillan of Michigan, returned to the protectorate from a tiger hunting trip In India. He left Mombasa yesterday for Juja ranch, his property north of Nairobi, to mak preparations for the reception of Mr. Rooseelt Mr. McMillan's residence on the ranch is in the midst of the bush country, but he. has Installed there an electric light plant and an Ice making machine. There was a slight earth shock in tho Kilindini district March 20. last ing in all thirty seconds. This disturbance distur-bance was piwbesled a fortnight ago by Emile Marcbrfnl. director of the observatory on JAe Pac Du Midi, in the Pyrenhees. The African Standard has published an eulogistic article welcoming Mr. Roosevelt, in which the former president presi-dent of the United States is referred to as the "greatest Republican autocrat auto-crat In history." j Alfred M. Oottschalk. American consul con-sul general at large, has arrived here and is looking into the matter of opening open-ing new American consulates to take care of the expected increase in trade with this district A complet taxidemilc laboratory is A complete tazldermic laboratory la being established here for the treatment treat-ment and preservation of trophies for tho Smithsonian Institute. |
