Show EPIDEMIC tn TONOPAH people rushing away from the mining amp reports that come bioni Tono pali about a verl tallo fearful iri its anden nearly every Ins tarpe deadly may cause a in ahe to the naw rold camp to the as well aa ho la man lio and oviln or ho anro of the hobt nali ire several leave beleu ad vane eil but nono of dieso explains he biye paaso of UK malady acost ot elioso who kiive bcd bioni iho disease have passed away within from eight to thirty hours after being afflicted in all there have been at least thirty deaths and the town has been nearly depopp by the that set in several days ago one theory advanced was that liquors served over ano bars of the town had been adulterated with wood alcohol but physicians scoff at this and declare that such poisoning could not cause deaths in the manner in which all of th e victims have died latest imports are to the effect that great headway has been made in stamping our the epidemic and the situation Is considered more hopeful on wednesday there acie seven deaths and thursday day two died from ohp plague drs dunham of reno and higgans of tonopah say the disease comes probably from the dust in this connection it 18 considered possible that the poison originates from ores mined in the traffic on the street the duat Is thoroughly impregnated and this breathed into the lungs has infected those who have been the dread disease attacks the heart lungs and liver many of those who have died were of robust constitution and apparently in the best of health just previous to becoming within a very few hours however the deadly germs thoroughly poisoned the lungs and liver and death followed quickly autopsies have shown the lungs of victims a mass or puss and the livers enlarged to several limes their normal size the plague Is generally called black pneumonia although none of tho pathological features are similar to ordinary pneumonia the town has been districted and citizen committees have been appointed to make a thorough thoi ough inspection spec tion of all rooming houses and prosecute a systematic plan of great quantities of disinfectants disinfect ants have been ordered and the streets are 0 o be sprinkled iwic a day until all fear of further infection shall have passed for two days ahe wildest rumors navo been circulated bogli in rano and tonopah To some of these were to the effect that the elace truth regarding tho number of deaths was being kept a secret in order to allay fear thero aro at present four bodies at tho those alio have died have been bin fed etith haste anto tonight dr hiskle reported hat tho plague has been apparently camped tamped tam ped out he leport cd eliat were no new cases today and that the general condition was decidedly favorable the departures from tonopah for the past few davs have been from till to |