Telegram-herald., 1890-01-14
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deaths we're II hospitals. nfty -slE we're
due 20 prsU no1iS. esghtesn - bron-
chlus. thirty -slgb 1t 70 OoDSuna Pxisn. ans
fifteen % int taenEs sna CEN piiostions
Boston. Jan is The grip is lesinl
its hold IN this city. TIE doctors ssy
that very soon the disease vii have dis
appeared
PHiLADELPEfA Jan lS-The infu.
enza epidemic Is abating.
DETkoIT. Mich. Jan lS-The Rus.
sian epidemic IS on the Ssns. Very lev
deaths can De traced directly = the ais.
ease ia this city.
CHICAGO. Jan lS-lntEenzs must
now be recognized a. the subtle pilot oi
pneumOniA and bronchitis IL has a.
ready reached 100, 900 people q Chicago
IN one form or another. Where proper
care has been taken there have
been. with rare exceptions. DO serious
results. There are now Is, 600 persons
IN the city IL tie grasp Ot tie grip II
Is no exaggerAti0n 10 compute the nun.
beF OF persons lying dangerously III with
resultant IMPLICATIONS al over !, 600.
There were over 500 deaths in the city
during the seven days ended az mid
night Saturday night There were 80
deaths during the preceding week.
Nearly one-third OF the deaths OF the
past week were from pneumonia, bron-
chitis and consumption
Ten additional cases from IA grippe,
or complications arising from IT, were
reported 70 the health Office this morn.
ing. Two OF the victims were reported
as having al the symptoms Of the gen.
uine Russian disorder Ex-Heslth Com.
missioner De Wolf says that with the
continuance Of the present cold snap for
a few days the epidemic viii die out in
Chicago.
1t is only by the greatest effort that
Undertakers and doctors are enabled 70
answer the calls made upon them. There
were more people awaiting burial in
town Sunday than the hesrses could
decorously carry 70 the graveysrds.
Eight bodies were borne 10 the ceme-
teries In carriages. The supply Of
hearses was exhausted early in the
morning.
At the department Of public schools
Secretary Rowland reports that from
5000 70 10, 600 pupils are kept home 10y
illness and that their silment in d large
majority Of cases was reported as the
grip. A similar state OF affairs pre-
vailed among the teachers, over
200 being reported on the sick list.
In the police department about one
tenth OF the pstrolmen are i'll The
street-csr lines still report large mum
Der OF their employees laid up with the
prevailing disorder. Out OF 1000 con
ductors, drivers and barn men employed
by the West Division Railway Company
500 are unable 10 be on duty
MILWAUKEE, Jan. I3 Two more
deaths from influenza were reported
here sunday. The ST. Francis Seminary
school, Catholic institute, has been
closed because OF the spread Of the grip
among the pupils, eighty OF them being
afflicted at present.
PITTSBURGH Pa, Jan 13-An Official
OF the freight department Of the Pennsyl
vania railroad states that an order has
been issued 10 agents on the Pittsburgh
and Wheeling divisions instructing
them TO receive none but live stock and
perishable freight. The reason as
signed is the shortage OF trainmen,
caused by influenza
Reports from the Ohio Valley and
along the Pennsylvania lines in The
mountains Eastward indicate the pre-
valence of pneumonia. typhoid feveI
and diseases OF similar nature 10 ~
unusual degree.
LONDON, Jan. 13.-InfuenLs is max
ing fearful ravages among the striking
coal miners in the Charleroi district o
Belgium. The men are destitute and
their families are unable 20 obtsir
proper and sufficient food Under such
circumstances the percentage Of DEATH
among those attacked by the disease II
very large
On the continent the disease is spread
ing IN the Balkan states, Italy and
Greece, and IS evidently on The march
70 Constantinople. bat elsewhere in Eu
rope II is absdng, although not so quick
~ az in England.
BERLIE, jan. I5.--The total numbei
OF cases of influenza in Berlin is esti
mated 81 400. 900. Thers have been 6S'
deaths duo 70 the disease. The Princess
Bismarck is recovering. but still suffers
from weakness and detection.
PARIS, Jan. Is-Thsre ls 10 spprecia
bic decrease Ia the vio, 3-- o. he epi
demic in the various provinces ..
france. Everywhere people are dying
at about double tbs usual rate.