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Show 01 MED ELEVEN IW CISES OF . INFLUENZA SALT LAKE, Oct. "23 Ono hundred and cloven ngw cases of Spanish Influenza In-fluenza were reported to the city board of health yesterday. Six deaths were reported as a result of the epidemic as follows: Jeanette Marshall, 7-1 years of age, Iqcal hospital; Ellon Seliginan, local hospital; Dolly Williamson, local hospital; Alexander Williamson, logal hospital; Gilbert Haws, 215 West Fifth South street; Jennie Smith Stoddard, 2G, 761 Second East street. Dr. n. W. Timment arrived from Sponkane yesterday and reported to Dr. Beatly, acting under ordors from the surgeon general. Dr. Bcatty at once sent him to Heher, where the influenza situation is reported to be grave. The adjutant general, P. C. Horris, yesterday notified Dr. Beatty in a telegram from Washington that he was now authorized to draw upon the post for necessary supplies in combatting the epidemic In Utah. Opliir is reported to have conquered the epidemic and the ban has been lifted on public assemblies and the schools have been opened. Moab will bo granted permission to open the schools if the disease does not reappear reap-pear there. "The duration of the influenza situation sit-uation in Utah and Salt Lake will de-pond de-pond on the observance of precaution- Uzen," was the announcement of Dr. T. B. Beatty of the state board of health last night. "The situation is improving In certain towns of the state. There is no state in the union in which the precautions are being more strictly or effectively observed than in Utah." Dean V. W. Fleetwood of St. Mark's cathedral received an order from Surgeon Sur-geon General Rupert Blue at 'Washington, 'Wash-ington, appointing him representative of the Red Cross division yesterday to work under the direction of Dr. Beatty Beat-ty in the present emergency. In Holllday it was reported to the Bed Cross that the mother of six children chil-dren had died of Influenza, leaving the children orphans, as the father died some time ago. Two deaths from influenza-pneumonia were reported from the isolation hospital at Fort Douglas yesterday. James Silvo, C company. Seventh engineers, en-gineers, at Fort Douglas, and Glen N. Buckner, F company, Eighth infantry, died during Monday night. Six Deaths At Post Buckner was taken from a train SUnday suffering from tho infection, and was in the pneumonia stage of the disease whe.u takon to the local hospital. These two make a total of six deaths from the disease that have occurred at the post since tho Influenza Influen-za epidemic struck tho military organizations or-ganizations here. Private SIlvo of the engineers is the first member of any of the organizations at the post to die from the disease. Tho other five fatal cases came from organizations outside of the post. A total of twenty-six now cases of influenza were admitted to the post hospital yesterday. Of this number seven were from the outside and nine' teen from tho commands at the post. |