Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
A BIG DEATH RATE.

the Mortality In New York Unprecedent~
cd for This Season Of the Year-Infiu9n.
"a the Primary Cause-Progress Of the
Malady.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-The ravages Of
la grippe continue, and not a few phvsi-
clans have arrived at the conclusion
that In It's serious manifestations it is.
to be regarded as a symptom of
pneumonia. There seem to be.
good ground for this view in the
unprecedented mortality recorded re-
Gently from pneumonia. During the
twenty-four hours ended at noon Friday
22O deaths from all causes we're reported
to the health board. OF this number
tifty-one were from pneumonia, forty
one from consumption, fifteen from
bronchitis and four from influenza.
Such number Of deaths is phenom-
email for the time of year. DR.. Tracey,
the statistician of the health depart
ment, said that it was exceeded only one
day in 1889 and that was in the warm
est part OF the summer. Then the num-
Der OF deaths in twenty-four hours was
227.
Another interesting phenomenon of
the epidemic is that it has attacked
men in greater numbers and with
more serious results than women.
Physicians account for this by the
greater exposure to which men are sub
jected. The records at the health
department show that out of fifty
deaths from pneumonia more than half
the victims were men. The number of
policemen reported on sick leave at
noon Friday was 357 out of total of g.
416. Most of them are down with the
influenza.
Louis Nathal, well-known COM
poser, musician and author, died at the
French Hospital Thursday afternoon of
pneumonia, which was preceded by an
aggravated attack of la grippe. Mrs.
Winnifred Tooker, wife of Commodore
Joseph Il. Tooker. died Friday of pneu-
monia, which followed an attack of in
auenza. Her physician, DR.. Alexander
Hunter, said la grippe undoubtedly
caused the fatal disease. Mrs. Tooker
had been sick for week. She was
sister of William J. Florence, the actor.
There have been ninety deaths from
pneumonia so far this week in Brook
Ign. The total mortality for the week
is expected to run up to about 400, OF
sixty more than last week. There were
116 members of the Brooklyn police
force on the grippe list Friday, being
four less than the previous day.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA large num-
Der of Congressman are down with the
grip and the work in the departments
is seriously retarded by the prevailing
sickness among the clerks and officials.
In fact, there is no business in the city
that is not more or less affected by it.
BOSTON, Jan. 4.-Eleven deaths re-
sulting from influenza have been re-.
ported to the Board of Health within
the past ten days In each case, how
ever, la grippe was complicated
with some other disease.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 4.-Health OFF,
Ger Ashmun, of this city, reports that
there are 5000 cases of la grippe in
Cleveland. Policemen, firemen, street
railroaders and nearly all classes are
attacked by it. There have yet been no
fatal cases here.
MANHATTAN, Kan, Jan. 4.-One hum
dred cases of influenza are reported
here, mostly of a mild type. At Olathe,
Kan, canvass among the physicians
| revealed the existence of seventy-fve
cases of the disease.
BELv1DERE, Ill, Jan. 4. - The in
| f1uenza has reached this city and is
spreading rapidly. There is probably
! thirty cases, and new victims are being
| reported hourly.
WELLsBURG, w. Va, Jan. 4-Stephen
Wilcoxen, a travelling man for a can
ming firm of Utica, N. Y, who with his
family had been spending the holidays
at his fathers in this city, died sudden
ly Friday of influenza. He had been
suffering from cold for day or two.
CLINTON, Ia, Jan. 4.-The North
western railway reports forty-three
| trainmen on the division from here west
i'll with influenza. A large percentage
of the residents of the city are down or
are just recovering from an attack.
None remain i'll longer than week and
there have been no fatal cases.
PARKRRsBURG, w. Va, Jan. 4.-This
State has begun to experience la grippe.
Information from Martinsburg, Charles
ton, Huntington, Wheeling, Clarks-
burg, Point Pleasant and several other
points is that there are number of
cases of genuine influenza. In this city
many are down with the disease Gov.
ernor Wilson and Secretary Of State
Walker are among the afflicted. A
number of children have it. On the
Ohio side, just adjoining this city, there
are many cases. So far there have been
no fatalities.
BERLIN, Jan, 4.-The influenza is bad
among the miners at Dortmund, and the
coal output is in consequence much re-
duoed.
MUNICH, Jan. 4.-The influenza pre-
walls to such an extent in this city that
it has been found necessary to close the
schools.
PARIS, Jan. 4.-The deaths here for
Thursday were 422.
PARIS, Jan. "A sudden change in
temperature has greatly increased the
number of cases and deaths from influ-
enza. The streets were deserted, the
theaters and cafes empty, and the shops
were closed two hours earlier Friday
evening than is the custom. Few
wealthy people are left in the city and