The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-05
" GRIPPE GOSSIP"
Tho Epidemic sun Raging All over the
World.

Tho Epidemic still Raging All over the
World.
NEW YORK. January 4.-Dr. Paul Hon-
man. assistant superintendent Of schools.
was taken % Bellevue Hospital early this
morning raying maniac from the elects
Of an attack Of Ia grippe, with which he has
been suffering from for several days. He
was attacked with the influenza four days
ago. and has been unable % sleep. lt Is the
opinion of his friends that he must have
taken some drug to induce sleep. which re-
suited in the loss Of his reason. More than
0neshundred new eases have been reported
in the past two days ON Staten Island.
Many Of the ticket agents and choppers
on the Rapid Transit railroad are confined
t0 their homes and the company Is work
ing shOrt-handed. I'm Newark the city mail
delivery is badly delayed because 30 many
carriers are attacked by influenza. Exir3
carriers have been put on. In NeWhurg i
is estimated inIl iAe grip has i.Jilv victims.
Several pOstOiiico employees have the iniiu-
enza. and an the newspaper Offices arr
sh0rt-handed on account Of the mM1df
Physicians say that nlnc-tenths Of The cases
ON their lists are those Of persons suffering
with the prevailing disease.
NEW YORK. January IA committee OI
the Medical Society tonight discussed tha
influenza. and decided that the Only remedy
was 10 take great care % persons in weak
condition. and who were exposed 90 the dis
ease. There are 600 cases ~ the grip in
Auburn prison, aud hny in sing Sing.
NEW HAVEN. CONN. January 4-lhor
are In the noighborh0od Of one thousand
cases Of grippe in New Haven. In the aims
house and hospital there are dozen pa
tents. Ten police officers out Of the hun
drcd are Oh duty with she disease.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, January Tile
influenza is spreading very rapidly here.
Secretary fannlng and his wife are both
very in. The Governor has been IN for tNo
days. and several clerks at the capitol are
confined 90 their rooms. William Deweyll.
druggist. twenty-five years OH, aas died
/ from the disease.
ORANGE. MASS, January 4.-katie Hast
/ ngs. aged twenty-three, daughter Of
Charles W. Hastings. was taken with Ia
grippe the first Of the week and died this
morning. -eyenty-hre employes Of The
/ sewing-machine WOiAs here are out with
la grippe
/ COSCORD, y. H.. January I. Captain
/ Rufus r. ,lanicls, a prominent Insurance
and Grand Army man, died to-day: aged
/ hiN-cighf. lie WAS attacked with Ia
grippe Yesterday. which developed into
/ typhoid pneumonia i'm the evening, and
terminated fatally this morning. lle icayes
"a widow. who IA president 0f the State
W0man's Relief Corps.
O,WEGO. n. y. January Thomas i.
Burch. senior member Of The firm ~ Burch
& otto. propretors of the Hamilton House.
died this morning ~ iuhuenza complicated
with pneumonia.
BUFFALO. y. Y. January 4.--rhe spread
Of Ia grippe in this city shows no abate-
ment.
/ PORTSMOUTH,, y. H., January Ala
grippe l. 0a the increase here. ana nearly
every family in the city Is affected.
] AMSTERDAM. January 4.-fhere are over
1000 cases Of Ia grippe in this city. tn,
Rblic offices have been closed.
I BO,TON. January THE number ~
death, in Boston thi, week reached IA,
probably unequalled number ~ 3-l. Of
which some forty per cent. are due 10 acute
lung diseases aud are therefore lrlceabla 10
great part 60 the erreya.iHge epidemic. known
as H. grippe ihe death rate j. 40.sI where's
ia tae corresponding week OF 1883, the fat,
was only 2lO,.
superintendent seaycg, IT The Boston pub
lie schools. reports shat superficial e1'
animation oi the attendance since the 4 hrist
mas holidays shows that irfm % % ~ pea
cent. pupils are ab-fnt with Ia grippe. Tw,
schools in lhar.estoa and one in noThes
81 ANf' |'"f N'f'" "a ~ t'''"'HN tt tt-'
pri~iraii0n ~ both teachers and pupils.
EXETER, y. If, January i.-ia gr pp'
has IL strong hold upon the people here aId
IN the surrounding towns.
BROOKLYN. Ny January Il = - noOi
to-day 1870 members OF the police force wcr'
reported sick with influenza. Among then
was Onu inspector and two captains. Jude'
Henry Moore and Judge Van Myck sIe botl
very IN.
LONDON, January 4.-Mr. Chaplin, Min
ister Of Agriculture. has a severe attack o
inutcnza. lie - confined To his bed. lh
influenza prevailing In LiNerroo' has Drel
positively traced 30 infection. nom letter
received In the Russian mail. The sprea'
OF the disease IL facilitated bv the weather
which is damp, warm and oppressive,
The Daily News is now fOgced ~ admi
frankly that the influenza Is q true epl
demic, and not what many people fondl.
, Imagined q mere scare. The matter j. be
/ coming too serious 10 admit Of selfdeccu
ton. The plague is upon W., and in th
I most dangerous iora,
! BERLIN, January i.-Ihe Empress Az
gusta j. III with influenza,