Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-12
SPOTTED FEVER
STRIKES TERROR
Placed on Contagious Disease
List and Public Funerals
Cancelled.
ALFRED BENNI0N A VICTIM.
Dreadful Malady and Its symptoms
Several Cases in the City and
It's surroundings

City Physician Stewart and secy.
Beatty of the state board OF health TO-
day notified the relatives OF Carl f. Fa-
gergren, whose death was announced N
the Deseret News OF last night from
spinal meningitis that under no cir
oumstances should the body receive a
public burial.
Arrangements had been made for
funeral services to be held from the
Second ward westinghouse tomorrow
at " o'clock, but these have been 81.
aside, ana the burial Is TO be private
from the family residence, owing to The
fact that It has been officially deter
mined that the decea sed Is a victim Uf
spotted fever The health authorities
state that this particular kind of spinal
trouble Is highly contagious, and must
be handled under the strlctest quaran-
tine regulations, Just now there ~ n
considerable number OF these I'm the
city and surrounding country, The doc
tors declare that 10 per cent Of the per-
CONS attacked will die. leading un-
dertaker. m discussing the su bject TO-
day, declared that the death rate viii
approximate nearly IL not quite 100 er
cent He says he If sure that not one
person in 1000 will recover where they
have a thoroughly developed case As
already stated I'm the Descret News, the
technical name Of the disease is cere-
bro-splnal meningitis, and the symp-
toms are severe pains IN the head aud
neck, vomiting, spasms dellrium, high
fever and eruptlons OF the skin.
ALFRED BENNION DEAD.
One OF the latest victims of the dis
ease Is Alfred BennIon. of Taylors-
Vile, whose funeral was set for 2
o'clock, from the Taylorsville ward
Westinghouse tomorrow However, Il
Is not yet certain that there viii be a
public burial IN his case, either. Or.
Beatty said this afternoon that his at
tention had been called to the demise
OF Mr.. Bennon and the alleged cause
thereof, and that he would Immediately
communicate with the local health au-
thorities, with view to verifying the
statement that death was due to
spotted fever. In case that conclusion
was arrived ut officially he said that
under no condition could the service
be a public one, as II would be IA mem
ace to the community.
Mr.. BenniOn died AT $40 o'clock
this morning He had been III since
Tuesday last, and X said to have con-
tracted the disease from a Young sheen
ha ea uen na'eu arthur ball Whom ne
treated Young Balls case was fatal
and he was buried during the
week. MI. Bcnnlon was uncon-
scious for many hours preceding
his death and in fact had been In a
comatose state for most of the time
since he wax stricken, except for a
short period on Wednesday afternoon.
r,,.rr n NOM, r,,,, r
h'r' i'ofE rNoM fihSl'
Doctors Ferrlbee and Calderwood.
who We're called on Wednesday, said
there was but slight hope for his re-
eoSdry. at.er a consultation but We'd
and rceained consc,ousnsaa '1 on ,rb ".s'
dav afternoon bowever he nond,,ion
became worse. ana continued tn no
critical until the death If Mr. pennian
this morning
Alfred Dennion was horn nj TavIors.
Wild. forty.six years ago He ia the
second son OF John and Marv Rennion
who ware Irtah ntonsory "a 10 go
tinued to live In Taylorsville for most
OF MS NE. Some years ago he filled
~. 49, ''N'' o'uN'H,
una WAS member OF the council or
Seventies, and acted as ward clerk.
I,NIvrpsrTy FANNY
He was married "a years ago TO Eliza
Slade, who survives him. Their
children are Ave boys, the youngest OF
nearly ~ years, They are Fred, who Is
a junior az the University OF Utah,
and captain Of the football team, Earl
who Is a medical student at the uni