St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-09
THAT MUsCoViTE MALADY.
La Grippe Is Now Killing Its Vic
TINS by Thousands.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-When the fig
health board acknowledged that they
were alarmed. When DR.. Nagles
scanned the death certifir ateS, he found
that two deaths, both of men over forty
years of age, were due directly to the
grip; fourteen to the gripi complicated
with other comp q ntS-One of the vic
tins being child; thirty-seven to bron-
chtiS, SiXty-One TO pneumonia, caused
or aggravated by the grip. and forty
four to consumption. The other ninety
two were due to various complaints
which usually figure i'll the daily record.
The death list from la grippe and its
allies was so per cent greater than at
any time since the maiady reached our
shores. The undertakerS are worked
to tine extent of their facilities, and
many funerals are still DELAYED beyond
the advertised hour because of the de-
mand for hearses, The police force is
still i'll a crippled condition. although
many of the conYalescent officers are re-
turning to duty. The total namber of
deaths on the force since the epidemic
began is fourteen. Two occurred yes
terday. PatTolman Andrew GeddeS, of
the West Thlrty-seventh street station,
died of pneumonia at 9:l5 o'clock
this morning, after q short ill
ness. The number of officers who
reported themselves unfit for duty to-
day was 800, against 4l2 yesterday. The
drug trade have sent out notices that
they have more orders for anti-pyrine
than they can fill i'll month. The arug
is made inl HeSse-Darmstadt, Germany,
by man named Morr, and has been on
the market about two years. 1t is a
product OF coal tar, and is evolved by
secret process. 1t is said that phenace-
tine, new drug discovered by Ger
man chemist, is being used by the medi-
cal profession in the present epidemic
in place of ant-pyrine. a cable dis
patch has just been received from Rus
STA. saying that phenacetine is the drug
used in the present epidemic there.
Boston, Jan. S.-There was very
considerable falling off in the number
of deaths reported to the board of health
up to o'clOcT to-day over the number
received at the same hour yesterday.
Thirty-three deaths had been reported
board of health say that these figures
dc not indicate that the death rate has
decreased, but rather that manly of the
undertakers are so busy that they have
not been able 10 report the deaths.
Boston, Jan. S.-Deputy Warden
Huckins, of the state prison, was taken
with la grippe last Friday. The disease
has developed into congestion of the
lungs and heart failure, and he is not
expected to live. Six other prison Of
ffciaIs and about forty convicts are now
suffering with influenza.
ROCHESTER,. n. Y. Jan. S.-Four
deaths from pneumonia have been re-
ported during yesterday and to-day, and
in oh, hoc Ifod
from the Russian influenza.
ANDoVER, Mass. Jan. S.-InfuenZa
is raging here. Quite number of stu
dents at Phillips academy and Profs.
COmStock, Giles and Jernegan are Suf-
tering with it.
PORTSMOUTH, n. Y, Jan. S.-There
are seventeen cases of la grippe in the
navy yard here, among those afflicted
| being Commodore Skerrtt and Con-
structor Hoover. The malady is spread
ing in this city.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, Jan. S.-Dominick
A. Costa, the largest fruit dealer in this
town, died last night of pneumonia. 1t
developed from an attack of la grippe.
Boston, Jan. SIN Athof, Mass,
there are over 500 cases of la grippe.
The leading physicians are ill, several
schools are closed and the factories are
running short handed. In Great Falls,
n. H.. over 100 people are ill with the
| disease.
BIDDEFoRD. Me-, Jan. S.-W. a.
| Henderson, of Worcester, Mass, an
Amherst student in the class of 81, died
| at Saco to-day. aged twenry-one years.
He came here with the college glee club
on New Years day, and was taken
with la grippe, which developed into
pneumonia.
PARIS. Jan. S.-M. Pasteur, when
asked what he considered the best rem
edy for the grip, remarked: LET men
and women both quit smoking tobacco
will probably escape the pest"