The Grip Takes Hold In Gotham

New York, April 1. - La grippe ñas invaded the public schools, and held more than 5,000 pupils and teachers in its clutches yesterday morning. The pólice sick list keeps on growing. Yesterday morning more than 200 men reported 111, an increase of twelve since Monday. The ratio of increase in the list of sufferers :i other city departments and amona; elevate;! and surface railroad employés is about the same." Not So Fatal as Last ïear. Dr. Cyrus Edson said: "La grippe is epidemie. There are hundreds of cases th.it are not reported, because it is not obligatory. Mauy other cases exist that are r )t sufficiently serious to require the services of a pliysicinn." "Is it as fatal as the last epidemie?" "No, I th.nk not. The symptoms c-e more catarrhal than usual, and as a res.iC less likely to be atteuded with serious consequences. "