River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-01-05

had a very quiet year Italy has only been
harrassed by the cholera Switzerland anu
| Portugal have had nothing to mar the
quiet tenor of their WAYS, and Turkey
and Greece have only been disturbed
by their indirect Ieistion to the
Bulgarian problem. Apart nom Rus
sia's trouble with Austria there has
been nothing more exciting than a
renewal of ttempts TO assassinate the Car,
which have only assigned fresh victims 70
Siberia Though Russia is rapidly pushing
her railroad system into Afghan
istan, there Is no danger OF any inn
mediate trouble with England, as the
Afghan boundary has been sat
isfactorily fixed The Dark Continent has
been very quiet With the exec rtion Of
SANKEY'S new adventures along the Congo
and the squabble over the English conyen-
ton to evacuate Egypt in three years. no
news of importance daas come from there.
Asia presents nothing OF Importance except
terrible floods In China and pestilenees in
India, Japan and China which have swept
of people by thousands
PROMINENT DEAD.
The neurological list OF the year lust
closed does not differ from any of its i'm
mediate predecessors in the long array of
names which have been prominently identi-
| Ned with every department of the worlds
enterprise. Anything like a complete list
OF the noted personages who have passed
away is impossible in these columns, but the
most prominent in the various walks of life
are here presented:
In the busy field OF science skill and in
vention there have dropped ont General
W. b. Hazen, the Chief Sigma Officer OF the
United States army; Sir Joseph Whitworth,
the inventor of the Whitworth gun; John
Roach, the ship-builder; Prof L. l. YOU
mans, the eminent chemist, who 80 long
and successfully edited the Popular Science
4hoYh D.; James b. Eads, the civil engineer,
whose name is prominently identi0e
with the first gun boats OF the war
of the rebellion. the Mississippi ietty sys-
TEN and the proposed ship-railway scheme
which his death lnterrupted; Lieutenant
John Danenhower the Inflated victim of
the results of Arctic exploration; Friedrich
krupp, the noted iron-master and gun
maker of Essen; Alvin Clarke, the
telescope maker, of Cambridge, and
Spencer f. Baird, the accomplished
secretary of the Smithsonian Institute.
The church has lost Henry Ward
BeecheT, who confessedly was the ablest of
American divines whatever view may lie
taken of his peculiar religious sentiments;
Bishop OF New York; Cardinal Jacobini, the
Papal Secretary of State, who was equally
yersed in politics and Theology; Rev Marx
Hopkins d. d., the venerable ex-President
OF Williams College, who was equally prom
inent as divine and am educ tor; and j ohm
Taylor, the president of the misguided Nor
mon church. From the busy world OF poll
tics and diplomacy there have disappeared
Sir Stafford Northcote, the English states
man; ExNice- President William A. Wheeler,
who nearly reached the top of the ladder
of fame; NJ Katkoif, the editor OF the Mos
COW Gasette, who was the power tehind tie
throne in Russian politics; IL hu i. WASH
burne, who made bril- liant record
in diplomacy during the Frdnco-German
war, and had frequently per Ormed valu-
able services for the State of Illinois; Lord
Lyons, one of the most eminent of British
diplomats, and Daniel Manning, Mr. Cleve-
lands first Secretary OF the Treasury. Liter
allure has notlost many represen Iatives Of
the first class, the most prominent names
being those of Philip BOurke Marston,
the lamented English poet; Mrs
Henry Wood, the popular now
elist; James Grant, he essayist;
Lady Brassey. the adventurous and charm
ing writer; and John G. SAKE. the poet and
humorist The most prominent representa-
lives OF the business world who passed
away were Alexander MITCHELL president of
the Milwaukee * st Paul railroad; John s
Newberry, of Detroit William h Travers,
the witty New York broker; W. G. De
Pauw, the glass manufacturer and
noted philanthropist of New A bany; and
Stephen S Hoe, the priiting-pre maker
OF New York. The most prominent repre-
sentative of the law was Justice Thomas b
Woods, of the United States Supreme Court
The drama has lost John T. Raymond, the
American comedian; Louis Haycinthe
the French comedian; Nile Aimee
and Eliza Weathersby, both brilliant per-
formers in opera bOuffe. Music has lost
many prominent names, among them those
of Jules Etienne Pasdeloup the French
conductor; Sir George A. Macfaren, the
English composer and musical litterateur;
Eduard Remenyi, the eccentric violinist.
the report OF whose death, has not vet been
confirmed; and Jenny Lind, the queen of
all contemporary vocals SITS
loss or LIFE
The following table gives the loss OF life
occurring by various disasters in this coun-
Try as noted by telegraph during the year:
Drowning ......... GA Powder explosi'ns 163
Fire ....-.......... 6J6 Lightning. ........ 1876
NJ ming disasters. 233 Falling buildings 65
Tornadoes. storms iss Total :. ........ 1910
The loss of life by railroads in the United
States was much larger than at any time
since 1850 The total number killed as re-
ported by telegraph is L. 500, as compared
with $50 in 1886. 947 in 1885. 62l in
1854, 775 in 1883, $50 In 1882, and l,040
in 1881 The total number OF those seri-
ousiy injured shows proportionate in
crease, and foOts up 1899, as compared
with 500 in 1856, 1856 in 1885, 1850 in
1854, ZIG in 1888, 1,l15 in 1882, and
527 ia 1881
During the season of lake navigation 2U4
lives have been lost ON the inland seas and
not less than 81, 500 600 worth of prop
cry has been destroyed Seventy three
vessels, aggregating 20, 6S7 reg stored tons,
have ceased TO exist as compared with
81 vessels and II, 070 tons in 1856 The
total loss comprises Is steamers, 43 schoOn-
ers, 6 tow barges and y tug boats, repre-
senting a financial loss of S792, 900 on hulls
and $I0S, 400 on cargoes
So far as reported q, 557 lives have been
lost upon the ocean, 235 fpon the lakes
and rivers "a total of 1892. as compared
with 2, 749 in 1856 and ., 397 in 1889
/. S12 by railroads. 2,610 by disasters in
the New World, and 1s7, $50 in the Old
World, including pestilence and battle.
making in all 1919, 1914, as compared with
I22. 791 in 1856 and 1897. 1853 in 1885.
SUICIDES
The number OF persons who have com
mtted suicide in the United States, as re-
ported by telegraph, was 1,3S7, as compared
with GA in 1856, 97S in 1885, S42 in
1854, 727 in 1888 734 in 1882, and 500 in
1881 OF the total number 1.0S7 were
males and 800 females The causes were
as follows:
Melancholy ....... 1857 Liquor ...............97
Unknown ..........3O5 Disappointed love. IL
Insane ..............2iS Ill health ....... SO
Domestic infelicity 1l9 Business losses ...... 1
OF the above cases 527 shot themselves,
295 took poison, 235 hanged themselves,
I34 drowned themselves, liz cut their
throats. 25 threw themselves in front of
railroad trains, % jumped from windows,
IL stabbed themselves, 4 burned them
selves, jumped from housetops, 2 starved
themselves, l strangled himself, l threw
himself into machinery, another down
mining shaft, cut a tree and let it fall on
him, | killed himself with a hammer and
another with poker. l froze himself to
death and another Qinggl destroyed him
self with bomb
MURDERS
The total number of murders committed
in the country, as reported by telegraph,
was 2,335. as compared with l,499 in
1856; l sos in 1885, L. 65in 1884. ,697 in
1888, ,467 in 1882 and 1,265 in 1881.
The causes of these murders may be CLASH
ned as follows:
Ouarrels 100 Resisting arrest. 81