The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
IN GENERAL
THE YEARS DISASTERS.

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The record of. loss Of life by. fire, field and
flood, disease and BATTLE and accidents of
various kinds which have happened in the
World during the, year is an appalling one.
The 10Th day of May the cholera broke out at
Valencia, on the east coast of Spain, and dur
ing the following five months spread around
the entire seaboard, penetrating into Portugal
on the one hand, then crossing the Pyrenees
INTO Southern France, and thence spreading
into Italy and Sicily. 1t was supposed to have
exhausted itself about the middle of Septem-
Der, but few weeks ago it broke out again
in Venice. During tbe year it has also APP
peared at Gibraltar, Algiers, Odessa, Trieste:
at HaiphOng and Nugusaki, in Japan; and in
Cochin China. The total numberof deaths is
estimated at 100000, as compared with 5000
in 1884 and $1,000 in 1883
The loss OF life in battle has also been very
large, though there have been no great wars
The entire mum Der of those killed and carried
off by disease in the French operations in Ton
quin and on the coast of China was about l00,-
OO0, which includes the disasters to the French,
Chinese, Annamese and Black Flags. In the
Anglo-Egyptian war and the isolated attacks
on garrisons, including the Khartoum massa-
ere, the English loss was 3, TU0, the Arab pa
$50. In the Albanian instruction against
Turkey 1880 were killed The Rel rebellion
in the Northwest cost 273 lives the rcbellions
in Central America 1885, and the French oper-
atoms in Madagascar 800. In the affair be-
tween the Afghans and Russians, near Penj
och, 7l3 were killed. 1t is difficult to ascertain
the number killed during the brief Servo.
Bulgarian war, but it approximates 5000
The Total sum of casualties in battle is about
244G01 The whole list of casualties in the
Old World sums up l37, $40, as against sc, 354 in
1884, 1885 in 1888, 2,0S5 in 1882, and 11273 in
1851 In this comparison the battle returns of
1855 are omitted, as we have no knowledge of
the losses from that source in previous years
The sum total, however, would be 8l1.Sf5
The following table gives list of disasters
occurring from various causes in the New
World during the year: ~
Tornadoes -. -. Ill Lightning ....... 1913
Boiler explosions 179Fanipg buildings Sc
Fires .......... 610SnoW Slides 49, SO
Mining disasters. ss : a ~ -
P PIoog. explosions RroMn9s ~ e Total
The disasters by railroad have. been more
fatal than in any year since 1881. The total
number. as reported by telegraph, is 81, as
compared with 62l in 1884 rs in 1888, $50 in
1882, and I,040 in 1881. The total number of
those seriously injured is 936, as compared
with oS0 in 1884, lll6 N 1883, ,l5 in 1882 and
527 in 1881. e+'@ W. t@2 &V
SO far as reported 2,23s lives have been lost
upon the ocean, .13g upon our inland waters,
947 by railroads, 2,2g4 by disasters i'm the New
World aud 3Sl,s45 By disasters in the Old
World. or a grand total of 3S7, 463. as COM
pared with 10, S84 in 1884, the battle list being
omitted in the last estimate.
a4es03 at s MURDERS.
The total number of murders committed in
the United States, as reported by telegraph
10 the newspapers, is ], sos, as compared with
49, IN 1881, 1853. in 1885, 1467 in 1882 and ,265
in 1881. The causes of these murders may be
classified as follows: 5
Quarreis... . o35 Feuds ...... 9
LIQUOR. .4.....l.. FOG Outrage. ,....... is
jealousy !. ....., 214 Duels..-.. -..-....s.. 10
By h ghwayman. E.6 Resisting arrest 80 AZ
Highwaymen killed 9IiSelf defense ..... %
Insanity IS Unknown - 297
Infanticide ......,. 61I
HANGINGS.
The number of legal executions during the
year is lfss than that of last rear, although
the volume of crime is mGch larger The
total numher is los, as against ia III 1884. 107
in 1855, II in 1882 aud % in 1881. OF this
number 81 were white Al coI0red, Indians
woman, ~