The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-06
G. II. MICHAEL SEVENTH
ANOTHER DEATH FROM TY-
PH0ID IN THE FIFTEENTH

HigeIOw Roy, of the Luverne Conn
pnny, Succumbed Yesterday, MAX
ing Two Deaths In the Ranks of
ii Within Twenty-Four Hours
1t Is Thought There VIII Be Few
New Cases.
There is another vacancy In the
ranks of the Fifteenth regiment Com
pany Il loses another brave boy who
enlisted to serve his country, and the
dread fever has claimed ana, her victim.
Private G. II. Michael died at the
Northwestern hospital, Minneapolis, at
100 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Nearly
q month a9@5 he was seized with ty-
phoid fever st Camp Ramsey and soon
afterwards he was removed TO the hos
pitaL Ills condition has been most
critical ever since. He rallied at times
and il was hoped that he would re-
cover, but the malady had too close a
hold on him and he was unable to re-
SiSt il.
The dead soldier was twenty-eight
years old and his home was at Bigelow,
MINI. Upon the second call, he enlist
ed with Company Fl. He leaves a moth
er and brother at his home, and a
cousin resides in ST. Paul. Mrs. Michael
arrived last night to take charge of
the body which will likely be taken
to BigelOW for interment.
When BigeIOW enlisted he was one of
the strongest and healthiest men in
Company II, and his large built and
Soldlerly appearance placed him in the
Irst set Of fOurs Of the company.
Nevertheless he was one of the very
hrst to come down with the fever.
private MOftttt, who died yesterday
morning, was also a member Of Com
pany h, and the company feels the
loss or the two men deeply. Moffitt's
sister came TO ST. Paul yesterday to
make such arrangements as might be
necessary. She VIII probably allow her
prolhers remains 10 be inferred at Fort
Smelling cemetery. If that is done the
runera! Will take place this afternoon.
-Four cases Of fever were sent to the
post hospital from the camp yesterday.
one has been in the hospital some time
as a suspect, the other three were the
cases which had developed during the
1orty-elght hours preceding. The four
We're all from Company G, Edward
GrCot, Benedict ShUrOs, Dan Kelly and
Warner Townsend.
The surgeons are expecting very few
new cases to develop among the boys.
let one OF the Su. geOnS yesterday p!ac-
ed the least probable number of deaths
directly resulting from the epidemic
OF typhoid fever, at the startling total
OF twenty-five to thirty. If this is true
the regiment will know before long the
real meaning of war.
Great care is naturally being taken
to keep the new camp free from the
causes Of the dread disease, and the
sanitary condition Of the sinks is be-
ing carefully watched by Surgeon Fry.
His daily inspection is now at no regu-
lar hour, as he counts on seeing the
places when no special preparation has
hRnn
day he was able to report to the colonel
that the sinks were in a better con-
dition than any time since the regl-
ment has been mustered in.
a large number Of men who have mad
the fever reported yesterday at Camp
Smelling from the hospitals OF st. Paul
and Minneapolis. They were Alexander
Brunn, Company F; William E. Nc
Kensie, Company E; George Rebl-
chung, Company NJ; Michael Koran,
Company a; L. Olson, Company x:
James OConnor, Company F; Charles
2. Faulkner, Company A; lionel
,Baucht, Company H; Leo Cowell, Com
pany K; Patrick Connolly, Company
X; Olaf Ludgard, Company L; George
II. Morton, Company c. All those who
have had the typhoid fever are given
thirty-day furlOugh in which to re-
cuperate.
Private Dudley, Company I, Fiji
teenth regiment, is lying in very
critical state at Northwestern hospital
Private OXley and Sergeant Nelson
are also very seriously ILL., although
they have shown a Slight improve
NEXT in the past few days.
At the other Minneapolis hospitals
the sick soldiers were reported i'm
proving rapidly. A number left the
various institutions yesterday.
The typhoid fever patients from the
Fifteenth regiment at the four st.
Paul hospitals are, with four eXcep-
tions, reported as improving. Half a
dozen Of the patients at st. Lukes
hospital will be discharged in a day
or so.
The exceptions are William E. Pres
ton, at the city hospital, and Caldwell
Goodrich, Andrew Bigelow and J. w.
Mueller, at st. Lukes.
Preston is del.rious, and while not in
critical condition, is very i'll. The
three patients mentioned at st. Lul1e's
are deliriOus and fears are entertained
as to their recovery.
\ large quantity of reading matter,
grape juice and flowers was distributed
in the morning between the post and
field Hospitals by Miss Pierson and Mrs.
Curtice, of ST Paul.
o. Drill by battalion was resumed yes
terday and the whole regiment will be
hard at work every day that the
weather permits.
Capt. Brant returned from Grand
Forks yesterday and Capt. Spicer from
Willmar, While Capt. Morrison went on
visit to Litchfield.
Capt. BarrOws entertained Mrs. Ar
thur Merriman, Of Minneapolis, and
Fred Grundy, Of Sioux City, at break
fast, after which they attended guard
mount.
The dry grass on the east side of the