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attribute the trouble to the atmosphere. have
Il Il : curious fact that while the doctors. o.
| at least majority OF thenn, arc sloY to admit
that the infIsnEa L The RSssian grin the be pa. pa
tSsss Ss it IL no Here Si is iss@pis OcnVersstlon oS
entered q Broadyay horse car together:
,Hsv9 you had the grip 2" asked she: al,
SSS SNss asySRIu Iu.s sHif aSa Sft SSia shS
you know, the doctors say thore isn't any
with ysJ E s5DTEYSsiyS sEC, fS9oH Ss5 from rom
% seems as thou though S You % were going to die surely.
Sister Jennie and my two brothers had Il alec,
from eevore colds are inclined TO think that
doctors St disaGroe Il is Of course only natural
that the lRyman's opinion should be turned to
the eide that he thinks Is justified by his per-
$sSsSEd e. e II: Be- Leading q singers II
several other members Of the company are af-
flioted with II less severely. The only ones en-
tirely knocked out by 1t SO far are a few mem
II was reported at the Custom, House yester-
day that Surveyor Lyon and Auditor Blatch-
number OF gubordinates in all tho depart
G 4 asSs S Ssa stef ss PG b 6ds Tu%SE aS
we're laid up with It. He admitted, however.
Commissioner Mathews sent word that he
DOCK Commissionersy yesterday.
:, Men were drawn from the extra list on the
Broadway road last night 70 take the places Of
mSlady, He is very hi. and was mot at his
0TfiS EiSrldeo "a sHf Tfs1G5dsy asTsS sss the grip
About 2 dozen Of the sttendants and em-
plSCyees Of Bl99SmingGale Asylum have been
Lyon said yesterday he did not know whether
It was the Russian grip or not. None Of the
Sergeant Thomas 6oyle OF the West Forty
seventh street police station. was attacked
with the grip at the station last night. and had
Justice Dykman was In bed at White Plains
yesterday with an attack Of the Russian grip.
and there was no session OF the Supreme Court
MAYOR CHAPLIN HAS IT.
1t turns out that the. disease which drove
Mayor Chspin, Of Brooklyn from his Office on
Thursday and has since confined him to his
Russian influenza. In his case. however. the
ne y on Tf
Of the Brooklyn Board Of Aldermen ALSO has
the grip but the symptoms, are. not so we'll de-
bers Of his family have the vexatious malady.
STATEN ISLAND VICTIMS
District Attorney. elect Thomas ". Fitzger-
Aid. Col. John A. Duff. proprietor Of the Club
House. and thirteen members OF the police
forge are Sm9ng& & the 81 Staten ISL Island victims. =,
the heon people Of Nysek have inuenNs p some 81
the cases are severe. Tho. disease has ap-
peared IN several other places in Rockland
comfy, f,,ay, In some families all the members are
0swEGo, Dec. 2s.;-"La grippe" has struck
9s
increasing Between 80 and 100 employees
of the Rome. Watertown and Ogden sburRh
The number comprises trainmen. engineers.
pasSserGerss pas and fTSIGat eonduGt,ors aremsn
pioyed in % the eompanys freight yards in this this
city are off duty, and the freight business is
almost at a standstill. Sunerintendent Jones
Of Transportion ". w. Currier and four train
despatciers are down with the disease. Unless
man employed in the yards will be down. Ply
slcians report several OF the cases as serious,
with symptoms OF pneumonia
THE DISEASE IN NEW JERSEY.
About 1876 cases have appeared in New Bruns-
wick. some Of them very severe. but none con-
sidered dangerous. Among those afflicted iB
TIE T. Prosecutor OF the Pleas, J, K; Rice. The
town, and Metuchen.
:, A few cases OF q mild type have appeared In
About 1900 cases are reported in Newark.
None OF the cases has been fatal.
$4,000 CASES IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHIIApELPnIA, Dec. 2s..A prominent physi-
fully 25.000 persons now being treated by local
physicians for influenza IL some form or other. |
In every large business house, Industrial es-
.ablishment, or ofice percentage Of the en-
ployees aie detained at home, nndithe doctors
say they were never buster. The character Of
IF fatal Consequences and 1t is merely an ut
nospherc disease. due probably to the heavy
oGs and unreasonable weather prevalent for
According to the Board OF Health report for
he week ending to-day. there were Is per
No % that time than an for "f the corresponding 1G ding
'erod OF last year and thus far not one death
III cssss Of eseDs are eS
4 the city have, been compelled to absent
!cconnt Of the grip" notably Mr.. George ".
'hilds' t,n who o is only Just recovering from an
lays. Physicians express the opinion that the
pdemlc has reached its height and that with
he coming OF cooler. bracinR weather the dis
FATAL CASE IN BOSTON,
BOSTON. Dec. 28-John Templeton Coolidge,
resident OF the Columbian Bank. died this
2oEndEs at his residence d, nee ia 9rBpe, Mr.
Since last Sunday there have been three
ther deaths in this city which were caused
|
tctimB were women. ono being 48 and the
ther G3 years OF age and according to certiil-
ates filed at the office OF the Board OF Health.
niuenZa was the primary causes of their i'll
ess. which developed into pneumonia. the ac-
lal cause OF death. The third case was that
{ an eight -months-old child. who had COM
lication OF Ills. and was altogether too weak
0 survive an attack OF influenza. II the dis |
ase had anything more to do with the rather
arRe mum Der OF deaths thirty eight from pneu-
1onial this week Il Is not SO reported in the
the Board OF Health. With the increase over
he average OF deaths from pneumonia, there
as been forty deaths from consumption during
no week. which 10 considered to be a large
lumber even for that dreaded disease. During |
no corresponding week last year tho report
bowed Pneumonia. 90 cases: consumption.
4. Tho total number OF deaths reported TO the
oard OF Health this week was 232. which is |
10 largest number for any week during the |
ear, save those weeks In July and August
hen cholera infantum sent the death rate to
Ugh notch. The increase over the number OF
eaths during the corresponding week last
ear 10 40. The death rate this week Is 29.7,
hereas few weeks ago 1t was less than 20.
THE SUGAR TRUST HAS IT. TOO.
WASHINGTON Dec. 28.-The members OF tho ,
'9ys and Means Committee were on hand
romptly at 10 o'clock this morning and waited
Rtiently for an hour for the appearance OF
)me one interested In the refining OF sugar ,
nd daairnua nj halnD hal an hat