The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-31
GRIPS DEADLY GRIP.
The Disease Becomes Epidemic in a
Number of Cities.
Many Deaths Are acknowledgements
Worse Daily Prominent Men
I'm Washington Among
the Sufferers.

Washington, Dec. 23.-From the num-
Der of persons connected with the vari-
Gus government departments and large
commercial houses who are i'll, it is APP
parent that grip is playing an inn
portant part in the present health con-
ditions in Washington. OF the 5000
employees of the government printing
Office 372 were away on sick leave
Thursday and of the 1000 in the bureau
of engraving and printing 235 were re-
ported i'll. Throughout the other
branches of the government service,
the proportion of absentees on account
of illness is unusually large even at this
time of the year. Many of the large
stores which are now in the midst OF
their busiest season are very much
short of help due TO the large sick roll.
Grip has undoubtedly reached the
proportions of an epidemic in Washing
ton, as we'll as elsewhere in the east.
The adjournment of congress and the
departure of many of the officials for
their holidays prevented the extent OF
the epidemic from being ascerlained ac-
ourately, but from the names given be-
low some idea may be obtained of the
embarrassment to the government
work The following prominent men
are among the victims:
John Hay. secretary of state. confined to
the house.
John ID. Long. secretary of the navy, at
| his desk for few hoursl but suffering with
| a pronounced type of the-epidemic.
Charles Emory Smith, postmaster-gen-
| n n ha "a h0ut
| to be in bed
H. c. Corbn, adjutant general, testified
| before the war commission and then went
| to see a doctor.
Alvey A. Adee, assistant secretary OF
state. confined to the house for several
| days.
Thomas w. Cridler, assistant secretary
of state, confined to the house most of the
time
Charles II. Allen, assistant secretary OF
| the navy, alternating between his bed and
his office chair. barely able to work.
George d. Meiklejohn. assistant secre-
! tary os war pronounced case of the cpl
demic but generally at his desk.
Francis NJ Cockrell senator from Mis-
souri,, seriously i'll at his home and threat
ened with pneumonia.
George G. Vest, senator from Missouri
has been i'll for weeks with severe colds
terminating in grip although he has beer
in the senate almost daily.
| William j. Sewall, senator from New Jer
scy. unable to attend committee meetings
1t is said by public school officials
that 25 per cent. of the pupils have colds
IT. one form or another, which may al
be- set down as various manifestation
OF the grip. In most cases in the depart
ments as well as among the school chill
dren the old symptoms of bad cold
combined with aches and pains in thu
head, back and limbs, appear so regu
larly as to classify the cases as being
of the grip type.
Leading pharmacists here say the,
are now putting up more prescription
for colds of one kind and another thai
at any time before in the last 20 years
and there also seem to be a number o
cases of pneumonia at the same time
Epidemic in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Dec. 23.-Grip is spread
ing in the vicinity of Cincinnati and j,
tie city itself. DR.. w. ID. Haines sal
the West end is full of it. He report
that most of the cases that come unde
his notice are mild in form. He sal
, that 1900 is moderate estimate of tn
j number of cases in the West end. BE
tween 500 and 1000 cases of grip are re
ported in that district. The West en-
doctors held meeting Tuesday an
agreed grip is now epidemic in Cincir
natl.
t In New York md Brooklyn.
Y New York, Dec. 23.-President Mu
: ply. of the board of health, expresse
1 the opinion that the city would be full
: able to control the epidemic of gri
i which is now prevailing here. The i
9 junction by the board of health to ell
, waited roads and city transportatio
k accompanies to fumigate and thorough
: clean their conveyances is being ca
o ried out. The health authorities
d Brooklyn report that during the
n hours preceding ten o'clock Thursdi
II morning 90 deaths from grip and pne
: monia occurred. The number Of cas-
e is increasing rather than diminishin
n Many school children and teache
i are suffering from the grip. There a
T. about o25, 900 children enrolled in Il
y public schools of this city. The norm
q ratio of absentees is about one in tw
Thursday Superintendent Jasper I
u ported that there were about $4,000 a
n sentees among the pupils, or 20 p
q cent. OF the $3.50 teachers, abo
N seven per cent. are on the absent Iii
'e whereas 31s or four per cent. is t
IL usual ratio.
g In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Dec. 23.-It is estimat
is that between $4,000 and 10000 perso
:, In this city are suffering from 81
=, and doctors report the epidemic on t
III Increase. At the board of health Thu
re day six deaths were reported to have {
re Cured within the past "a hours direct
III due to grip, and ~ other deaths we
IN traced indirectly to the same cause. i
Id ports received from eastern Psnnsyl'
u, MIA and south New Jersey point to
w epidemic of the disease in those 81
NC tions.
"a To Make Accurate Surveys.
an Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 23.-The co;
;s and geodetic survey steamer Blake Il
q. Baltimore Thursday for Porto Ric
III waters. Her departure irarks the
| 80 ,yorl, by tbic eovarp m M