The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-01-23
cHlcAoo.s TURN.

Tho Garden City Getting the WORST OF 1se
Grapple with La Grippe = Tho Deaths
Increase Daily = Thousands Of School
Children Kept 1t Home By the Disease
The Epidemic Absting In ths East.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16-The first three
days Of the present week show 2Se
deaths from al causes, which, st the
same rate for the whole week, would be
500 deaths, or nearly 100 moro thsn
those of last week and nearly
double those of IN average week.
Just the proportion Of these that could
in any remote way be credited to the
epidemic called la grippe will probably
never be known. That number Of
fatal cases which undoubtedly started
with cold and turned into bronchitis
or pneumonia are credited in
the death certificates to tho last
named diseases is shown by the
large increase in deaths from
pneumonia and bronchitis. The cer-
tificates received on Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday show ninety-eight deaths
from these diseases, and it WAS only In
the death certificates received Tuesday
sha. the physicians began to credit the
disease to influenza, or Ia grippe, to any
extent
Eleven deaths were reported yester-
day from la grippe or complications
arising from it. If the death rate for
the next four days is equal to the rate
of the first three days of the week the
mortality rate will be largely increased
from that Of last week, and it will be
nearly double what it is during average
weeks.
Not only are the deaths multiplying
every hour, but the reports of illness in
the public schools are appalling. From
statistics furnished by Superintendent
Rowland it appears that upward of 800
teachers are unable to attend to their
work by reason of the influenza, and over
10000 children are unable to attend
school because of illness The real
cause of their absence from school is un-
doubtedly influenza, and there are many
parents who are keeping at homo their
children who are in perfect health be-
cause they dread the contagion that
might be found in q school-house where
800 or 1000 children are crowded.
of the country, as shown by dispatches,
influenza is decreasing in virulence, .
notable exception being this city.
Here the death rate for the last week
was 1925 per 1000, against 39.s1
for the preceding week, and BAIT
for the corresponding week Of
last year. The rate is still abnormally
large in Boston, although showing .
slight decrease. The cold wsve which
swept over the West has knocked out
the disease to considerable extent but
in some places new cases are reported.
HUNTINGToN, Pa, Jan. Is. - Among
the 500 victims of the grip in this city
is Hon. Joseph M. Miller, Speaker of
the Illinois House Of Representatives.
Mr.. Miller, who is q member Of the
legislative committee appointed to in
spect the Eastern prisons and reforma-
tories, was prostrated with the disease
last week during the visit to the State
Industrial Reformatory located here.
His condition is precarious.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 15.-The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has been
compelled to refuse freight for the sea-
board during the last few days on &C.
count Of the grip. The freight
crews of tho Pennsylvania rail-
road on the Eastern division have
been paralyzed during the last two
weeks to such an extent that it
has been impossible to get enough men
to handle the freight with any degree Of
promptness. On one division where 200
conductors, freight and passenger, are
regularly employed, 1S5 were of duty at
one time with the grip.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 15-The
number Of cases of influenza continues
to increase here. The disease pre-
walls most alarmingly among tho
poorer classes, among whom since last
week there have been fifteen victims.
Reports from Indiana towns indi-
cate that the disease is spreading
throughout the State and has not been
perceptibly checked by the cold weather
of the last two days. There were three
deaths in this city attributed directly -
the disease