Telegram-herald., 1890-01-16
BADLY CRIPPLED.
Ia Grippe Partially Ties up the
Psnnsylysnis Road
HUNDREDS or IFS ExPLOYES sICK.
~ Ia CS~ssued 80 sHsfnss - Garry
frsigRt- Ths Disease la Chicago
lot quite - tlrslsat IA ~es
ruTk sEa Boston.
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PiT1sBUKsH, Pa, JsA. Is.-Ths Pern-
stlpanl@ ksilTox6 Company has eeea
compelled 70 refuse trsiFht for the see
ooard during tie last fsw DAYS o1 Sc-
count of the grip The freight
crews Of tie Pennsyivania rail-
road on the Eastern division have
been parslyEea during the last twC
weeks 20 such an eRtsEt that IT.
has been impossible 70 get enough nsn
20 handle the freight with any degree of
promp;ness. On one division where 800
conductors, freight and passenger, are
regularly employed, IS5 were OF duty 81
one time with the grip.
CHICAGO, Jan iS-The first three
days VI the present week snow 2s6
deaths from al causes. which. at the
same rate for the whole week, woud 70
$40 deaths, or nearly 100 more than
those ot last week gnc nearly
double those o. an average week.
Just the proportion Of these that could
in any remote Way be credited 20 The
epidemic called Il grippe Will probably
never be known That . number Of
fatal cases which undoubtedly started
with Q cold and turned into bronchitis
or pneumonia are credited IN
the death certificates 20 the last
named diseases IL shown By the
large increase in desths from
pneumonia and bronchitis The GER
tiGcates received on sunday, Monday
and Tuesday show nin .y-eight deaths
from these diseases. /, sac death rate for
the next four days Is equal TO the rate
Of tho first three days Of the week ths
mortality rate will be largely increased
from that OF last week aEa a will DO
nearly double what II is during average
weeks.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-In some portions
of The country. as shown b. dispatches,
influenza is decreasing Ia viTulence. a
notable exception being this city.
Here the death rate for the last week
was 4e.2 per 1000, against 1881
FOR the preceding week, and 2AT
for the corresponding week Of
last year The rate is still abnormally
large in Boston, although showing &
Slight decrease. The cold wave which
swept over the West has knocked cut
the disease 70 a considerable extent, but
in some places new cases are reported.
HUNrrNGToS, Pa, Jan. Il. - Among
the 800 victims OF the grip in this city
IS Hon. Joseph M. Miller. Speaker Of
the Illinois House OF Representatives.
Mr. Miller, who is a member Of tho
legislative committee appointed 10 in
spect the Eastern prisons and refcrmA-
tories, was prostrated with the disease
last weel, during the visit 20 the stats
Industrial Rclormatory located here.
His condition ID precarious.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 15.-The
number Of cases Of influenza continues
TO increase hero. The disease pre-
walls most alarmlnKly among the
poorer classes. among whom since last
week there have been fifteen victims.
Reports from Indiana towns indi-
cate tn2t the disease is spreading
throughout tho State and has not been
percepubly checked by tho cold weather
OF the last two days. There were three
deaths in this city attributed directly 20
the disease.
FoRT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 16.-Several
OF the schools OF this city were closed
Tuesday. teachers and pupils being
down with tho influenza There are
numerous cases in the city. bat the cold
ar weather is working an improvement
in the public health.
CLISTOH, Ia. Jan. IA girl and =
young man died from the grip here
Monday. The cold wave has had the
effect OF lessening tho number OF cases.
Los hNGELKs, Cal. Ian. 15.-It Is
estimated that there are oTe; 900 cases
Of influenza IN this city. Many proni
nent citizsns and railway officials are
confined to their houseA One death re-
ported 50 far
LoNDox. Jan. i5.-Ths registTsr's re-
turn of deaths in the metropolitan dis
trict Tor tho week gives o.Ts7 This is
$40 above the average. az these deaths
g. arc classified 50 due 20 influenza. bu;
!. .oeo arc reported as due 20 disease ~
tho respir3tory organs. This IA IA N
excess q the average Of death. FROM
such diseases The registrar returns
for Ireland sho~ that the epidemic there
Is decreasing.
I.oxDox. Jan l5 -- Lors Rob.-t Cor
nslius Nsp.sr, Of Hsgvisls, IA dead Re
~as victim Of Influenza LORD Napier
vas born ln 1850 and served 18th de
tncticn in a number of war; in Which
Great Br.EsD vas engaged, ts mo-
bti ..sut canpsign'nE being II oosnec
tioa wIfh tbs capture q Pskin. ih'
Abyssinisn expedition ard ths osEturs
% Nsgdais
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