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Show Spreading in Mexico. EL, PASO. Oct. 16 Spanish Influenza is spreading rapidly through northern Mexico.- The death toll from the epidemic is reported to be heavy, because of the living conditions among the poorer classes, which makes pneumonia, tile frequent fre-quent after-effect of influenza, fatal in a majority of cases. In tiie valley settlements on the American Amer-ican and Mexican sides of the border many Mexicans are dying of the disease, and native carpenters are working night and day to make pine coffins for the victims. vic-tims. In El Paso the Red Cross today took charge of all Mexican influenza cases and began concentrating them in school houses. Physicians arc so busv in the Mexican quarter that they have 'been unable un-able to make complete death returns, but the deaths for the present week from influenza in-fluenza are estimated at 20l cases. The number of deaths at Fort Bliss todav was reduced to six. the smallest since the epidemic epi-demic appeared in the military district. |