Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-06
THE POLICE HAVE IT,
Quite a Number Of New Cases
of Influenza Reported.
ANOTHER LOT OF SNEEzERS
SOuthside Medical Society Will Dis
cuss the Matter Tonight.
WHISKY SAID TO BE A PREVENTIVE

The question put to Chief Brown few
DAYS ago by The DISPATCH reporter was
what he would do should the influenza get
its grip upon the Fire Bureau. He
answered, as published, that he could put
100 men on active duty at an hours notice.
He may have to solve the problem in the
Police Bureau, for although the fire boys
report nothing running but the horses, In
spector McAleese says some ten men of the
first district are laid up. Among those most
afflicted are Officer Philip Demmel and Ser
geant Robert Gray. Detective Coulson is
confined to his house, as is also Officer
Larimer.
Several officers of station No. 2 in the
Eleventh ward were reported on the sick
llst at roll call yesterday and the doubling
Of beats will probably be necessary in few
DAYS unless the number Of subs is increased.
Of course the places where the doubling is
made cannot be announced, as the informa-
tion would be too useful to the criminal
ella ses. There are, however, several officers
in important locations, who, although they
remain on duty, are suffering from the gen
orally understood symptoms of influenza.
wHEN THE DOCTORS DISAGREE.
A number Of physicians on the Southside
reiterated their statements last night that
there is no influenza in the city. None Of
those spoken to would admit that they had
q genuine case under their care. One or
two said they had cases that resembled in
AueDza, and they were obliged to exagger-
ate to say that.
The regular meeting of the Southside
Medical Society will be held this evening
ct the Office of DR.. Keller, on South Seven
teenth street, when the subject will be dis
cussed. The physicians are anxious to
know definitely whether the cases thought
to be influenza are of q genuine character
or not. The prevailing weather is said to
be very favorable for the disease if it exists,
and 1t is desired that the physicians shall
work in harmony to prevent an epidemic.
DR.. Hersman said last night that the
most harm resulted from the excitement
created BY 80 much agitation. There is so
much said about this mslady in places
where il is proving fatal, that weak-minded
people elsewhere imagine they have the
influenza when in fact they only suffer from
a cold. In some instances suicides have
known to occur during periods of temporary
insanity caused by excitement over the
matter.
The people generally on the Southside
do not accept the statements of the physi-
clans. There is a decidedly large amount
of sickness on that side of the river, and of
course nearly everybody imagines they have
influenza. They fear pneumonia, consump-
ton and bronchitis.
Quite number Of peopl' in the two cities
were reported last night as having the
grip"
E. S. Landis, one of the good-loOking
clerks at the Seventh Avenue Hotel, thinks
be has it. He was feeling ''all broke up"
yesterday.
At the Anderson one of the clerks said:
1--WE have several guests who think they
have it, but don't think there is q genuine
case in the house. Some of the boys have
bad colds. and they want people to think
they have the grip"
D. d. Gilkinson, the detective, is devel.
oping symptoms ofthe influenza, and was con-
fined to his house yesterday.
A VICTIM OF FOUR SCORE.
Among others supposed to have the ''grip"
is Patrick Tobin, treasurer of st. Paul's |
Cathedral. He is over so years of age and |
has been suffering for several weeks The |
old gentleman is lying very i'll at the epis- |
eopal residence IN Grant street and is not |
expected to recover on account of his ex-
treme age. He has been connected as an |
officer of the church for great number of |
years and is known to nearly every member |
Of the congregation.
Rev. j. G. Goellman, of Allegheny, was
taken sick on Thursday. He grew gradu-
ally worse and was yesterday confined to his |
bed with a well-defned case of influenza.
1t was reported last night that Captain
William F. Aul had an attack.
Charles L. Walther, the druggist at the
corner of Chestnut and O'Hara streets. Allie
gheny, and his clerk, Otto TiIling, are both
laid up with severe colds that bear some of
the symptoms of the influenza.
An Allegheny druggist stated last even
ing that he had not yet seen any genuine
cases, nor had he heard of any, although a
great many people were suffering with bad
colds, which were due entirely to the
changeabl weather
An Allegheny official said he did not
believe that the influenza would gain foot
hold IN this county, but would be confined
to seaboard and lake cities, 'because it is a
fact" he argued, "that people
who drink bad whisky are more liable to
contract diseases of a pulmonary nature than
those who imbibe the pure article; and it
is also well-known fact that Pittsburg has
the purest whisky in the United States.
hence the grip will be an almost unknown
malady in Pittsburg and Allegheny"