Show TYPHOID EPIDEMIC WORSE IN SCRANTON Scranton Pa Jan 1 Up I.-Up Up to 8 S o'clock tonight C G new ca cases cs of typhoid fever I had hind been reported to tn th time the board of In the tiro Ia last lal 21 I hours This makes a a. total of or cases on record many of whom are arc In Ina Ina a n. critical condition Hun Hundreds reds of or families have lied Hod from flom the city in terror since the tho conditions became so alarming and It It Is expected that the public schools will b be closed d this week Officials of the health department are arc making a rigid examination of ot the water supply but so far tar they have found no reasonable explanation for tor forthe forthe the terrible scourge c |