Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-01
THE RUSSIAN PLAGUE.
Distinguished Men Subject
to the Epidemic.
sALIsBURY's SERIOUS ILLNESS,
Other Persons in High Places At
tacked-Calvin s. Brice Among
the Sufferers.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
LONDON, December 3l.-The Marquis
of Salisbury has la grippe in severe
form. He was taken on the oath, but as
the observation of the strictest secrecy
was enjoined upon all the persons in the
MARQUIS household as to the facts, it was
not known that he was i'll until Thurs
day, when he was threatened with re-
lapse. The Queen then sent Sir William
Jenner to attend him. He was then
kept in bed three days and has been
kept in his room ever since. Pneumonia
is apprehended, and the Marquis is
physically untitled for struggle with q
very severe disease.
Many diplomats are down with the
epidemic. Count Hatzenfeldt, the Ger
man Ambassador, has been i'll fort
night, but is now better. Mr.. Phillipg,
one of the secretaries in the foreign Of
fee, and Francis Oilliers are i'll.
BERLIN, December 31.-The nearer the
epidemic in Berlin is drawing to close,
the greater is the tendency to various
complications, mostly that OF pneumonia,
which itself seems to have become ver-
itably epidemic. Other complications
are diseases of the ear and neuralgia. In
New Frankfort scarcely a single house
has escaped a visitation.
PARIS, December 31.-During the past
twenty<four hours there has been no in
creps1 in the number of cases of infu-
ey14nna in this city. 1t is believed that the
epidemic has reached it's height. In the
outskirts, however, the disease is spread
ing. Ithas made it's appearance on the
southern shores of the Mediterranean.
Several cases are reported at Algiers and
Bon. 1t has also appeared in Turin and
Gaeta, Italy. At Milan the garrison,
students of Logore college, police and
municipal guards are severely affected.
VIENNA, December 31.-Influenza ia
increasing. The Board OF Health has
ordered the schools closed until January
9TH. The hospitals have become 80
crowded that it has been found necessary
to erect special structure for those suf-
fering from the disease.
Professor Rosenthal and Herr Brau
muller, the bookseller, have died from
heart trouble, aggravated by influenza.
New YORK, December 31-La grippe
has reached the postoffice here. Post
master Sexton, four or five of his dep
uties and forty clerks have been at
tackled.
The number of deaths during the
twenty-four hours ended at noon today
was 1876, an increase over the average of
100 per cent. The increase is from pneu-
monis, bronchitis and especially con-
sumption. La grippe is credited with
being at the bottom of the increased
fatalities. Policemen to the number of
300 are on the sick list.
UTICA, December 31.-Michael Hop
kins, prominent drygoods merchant
here, died today of la grippe.
BosToN, December 31.-George P.
Smith, 81 years old, a watchman at the
Massachusetts State prison, suicided this
morning while insane from an attack of
la grippe.
NORFOLK, Va, December 31.-Twenty-
seven cases of la grippe are reported
among the men on the United States
receiving ship franklin, and forty-five
cases at the United States Marine Hos
pital here.
LIMA, O., December 31.-Calvin s.
Brice, Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, is a victim of Ia
grippe. He is oonfueo TO his house.
LANSING, Mich December 31.-A large
proportion of the 500 reform school boys
are ill with la grippe.
PREsCoTT, Ariz, December 31.-From
twenty to thirty cases of influenza are
reported in Prescott and Whipple Bars
racks.