Telegram-herald., 1890-01-10
DEATHS HARVEST.
"a GrpDs kssps New YORK aad
BSss0a Uzasrtzksrs 51sy
IT'S UcrlYS IUGEa EUssREDS
zsss - ths Ds@thz Bus. Hs~ssex. ~
Gs@Slisaslezs AF.slaz G@z2 A.
t@eks ~ Isaasaza-Ehs FrxsL-
esssa kf4aslsz a. add

EzAFT koaEALrTT LIST
Nss Yeas yaa. s-ILe returns 30
t1a baEst+ ~ fl-4i oraEs 80 snoa thas
40 dea -As -cc4rsed IL t14s city for L1e
E@easy -oars ended ~ uQou yssse
day 1ae Ake ~ shls bas ueyer bsea
ADesn Ia lle hstefy III tae department
s-nce ras 1ae at fa raeiera TIE rec-
ogd z.erd4y ls 9 -ea in excess q th1t
- TUESDAY D.r-az -As four DAYS -
t4is sees SO 1eoe-s have died be- tie
city - Aeu fsss The lnorxus IS
cgoRded - l-. l-uo.t capacity. TIE
FePerts from hs--ss-e Hospital 10 the
ceaEfal one sloa=l tha. ninety bodies.
t1s greata.s sumter ID tno history or
thAs Institution, aere there awaiting 70
u5EzL
Cf tns deaths recorded Weanesdav
ltf we're de - diseases OF which the
grip E2s The or !. q or direct forerunner
This l. the score. Faegmon. = 80; con
srmption. a., bronchitis. -, Influenza.
a, iafasnEA. complicated wlsh ether dis
eases, Il.
Nav YOsz. jan s-The number Of
deaths during ths twsatY four hours
sndiag ~ noon TO-DAY reported % the
5uFe4g % vital statistics vas 20T. a de-
creass OF IS IS compared with the pre-
eeding swenty-tour hours OF these
deaths - were attributed % consump-
tion. - 70 bronchlris, O. 20 pneumonia
and Il ~ influenza
Wednesdays mortality list Is the
largest known in gAs history Of the
health department IN twenty-four
hours during winter month. and is
more than IN any summer month since
July - 1872, when 35l deaths occurred,
sixty-eighs Of which were from sun
stroke
The stock Of antipyrine has entirely
given OUt. The drug is made in Germany.
Since tha influenza epidemic began the
demand Tor the drug has So largely in
creased that the supply hss become ex-
hAusted.
BosToS. Jan. 9 9--The mortality OF Bos-
ton these days is away beyond any thing
ever known In the history Of the city.
The death rate FOR the week which
ended last Saturday Was about double
,hs ordinary. Sunday Of this week So
deaths were reported; Monday, 50; Tues
day, rs, and to-day 55. or for three
days about 20 more deaths than are
usual in = week II is not necessary to
say that 70 per cent of these deaths are
either directly or indirectly due 70 the
influenza. Some sevent teen Of them are
attributed directly 70 this epidemic.
The uHdertakers have their hands full
and are working days, nights and Sun
days 20 keep up with their orders. The
hacks and hearses used at funerals are
IN constant demand. The grave-dig-
gers were never so busy. The florists
stocks OF funeral flowers are depleted.
Meanwhile about one in every three Of
the clty's 420, 600 inhabitants has or has
had tho disease, and the remainder arc
IN hourly expectation OF being attacked.
Children escape easily.
Reports from all over the New En-
gland States show that the disease Is
making steady progress. In Athol,
Mass, there are 500 cases, leading ply
sicians are III and several schools a.e
closed; Nasick, 81 per cent of the popu-
lation III; salem. s. per cent. of school
children suffering; Great Falls, \. H.,
100 people i'll; Manchester. deaths so
FAR; Windsor, VI, 100 cases; Lowell. 500
cases. Or. Phelan died 2 Lowell Tues
day as the result Of an attack Dominick
A Costa, the largest fruit dealer in
Plymouth. died Tuesday night of ty-
pboid pneumonia. beginning with in
fusnza. A. Nashua there have been
?, 800 cases, and the number IS incveas-
ing. There has been a marked increase
Ia she death rate throughout the State.
Among the seventeen cases a. the navy
yard, Portsrp outh, are those of Commo-
d0rs Shoritt and Constructor Hoover
WAsHIy0roN, Jan o-Tt Is reported
that there are a. least 90, 0D0 cases Of
influenza here. Secretary Window was
obliged to leavs work Wednesday after
noon, owing 20 tne disease. Private
Secretary Haltord. Miss Sanger. the
ssenographer. and two other White
House clerks are down with IT, The
President himself has some symptoms
o. H. although his physician says MS
trou be e only bad cold.
PITUADF LruIA, Jan. Q. John Nc
Arthur. Jr.. q distinguished architect
and designer Of public buildings here.
died "wednesday from a complication %
diseases. supsrir3u 4 by influenza
lie vas an archi'r. in ne employ OF
ths War Department during the var.
and after ard OF rls Navy Depart
mons and IA charge Of ths construc-
ton OF hosp pts'- ne Philadelphia
Marc IsiauL Calfo-a and Annapolis
navy Ts-ds
MuwArE~v Ian q-The grin o.