The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-28
GRIPS DEADLY GRIP.
The Disease Becomes Epidemic in a
Number of Cities.
Many Deaths Are ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Worse Daily -PrOminent Men
in Washington Among
the Sufferers.

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commercial houses who are i'll, it is APP
parent that grip is playing an i'm
portant part III 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
| ton, as well 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 ascertained ac-
curately, 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 &c
the house.
John D. Long, secretary of the navy, al
! his desk for a few hours, but suffering with
| a pronounced type of the epidemic.
! Charles Emory Smith, postmast er-gen.
eral, able to be about. but quite sick enough
E! to be in bed.
H. c. Corbin, adjutant general, testified
| before the war commission and then went
| to see doctor.
! Alvey A. Adee, assistant secretary o.
| state, confined to the house for severa
| days.
Thomas w. Cridler, assistant secretary
| of state, confined to the house most of the
time.
Charles H. Allen, assistant secretary Of
| the navy. alternating between his bed ant
his office chair. barely able to work.
George D. Meiklejohn, assistant secre
| tary of war, pronounced case of the cpl
demic, but generally at his desk.
| Francis M. Cockrell, senator from Mis-
souri,, seriously i'll at his home and threat
| ened with pneumonia.
George G. Vest, senator from Missouri
has been ill 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
| il. one form or another, which may all
be- set down as various manifestations
of the grip. In most cases in the depart
ments as we'll as among the school chill.
dren the old symptoms of bad cold
| combined with aches and pains in the
head, back and limbs, appear so regu.
larly as to classify the cases as being
of the grip type.
| Leading pharmacists here say they
are now putting up more prescriptions
| for colds of one kind and another than
at any time before in the last 80 years
and there also seem to be number OF
cases of pneumonia at the same time.
Epidemic In Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Dec. 23.-Grip is spread.
| ing in the vicinity of Cincinnati and in
| tie city itself. DIR. w. d. Haines said
| the West end is full of it. He reports
that most of the cases that come unde,
his notice are mild in form. He said
that 1900 is a moderate estimate of the
number of cases in the West end. Be.
tween 500 and 1000 cases of grip are re-
ported in that district. The West end
doctors held meeting Tuesday and
agreed grip is now epidemic in CinciE
natl.
In New York and Brooklyn.
| New York, Dec. 23.-President Muir
ply, of the board of health, expressed
the opinion that the city would be fully
able to control the epidemic of grip
which is now prevailing here. The in
junction by the board of health to ele.
waited roads and city transportation
companies to fumigate and thoroughly
clean their conveyances is being car
ried out. The health authorities OF
Brooklyn report that during the "a
hours preceding ten o'clock Thursday
morning 20 deaths from grip and pneu.
monia occurred The number Of cases
is increasing rather than diminishing
MANY school children and teachers
are suffering from the grip. There are
about 225, 900 children enrolled in the
public schools of this city. The normal
ratio of absentees is about one in two
Thursday Superintendent Jasper re-
ported that there were about $4,000 alb
sentees among the pupils, or 20 pei
cent. Of the $3.50 teachers. about
seven per cent. are on the absent list
whereas 31s or four per cent. is the
usual ratio.
In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Dec. 23.-It is estimated
that between $4,000 and 10000 persons
in this city are suffering from grip
and doctors report the epidemic on the
increase. At the board of health Thurs
day six deaths were reported to have oc-
Cured within the past "a hours directly
due to grip, and IL other deaths were
traced indirectly to the same cause. Re.
ports received from eastern Pennsylva-
MIA and south New Jersey point to an
endemic of the disease in those Sec
tions.