Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-01-07


vention there have dropped out General
W. B. HaEen, the Chief Signal Officer of the
United States army; Sir Joseph Whitworth,
the inventor of the Whitworth gun; John
Roach, the ship-builder; Prof e l. YOU
mans, the eminent chemist, who so long
and successfully edited the Popular Science
Monthly; James B. Eads, the civil engineer,
whose name is prominently identified
with the first gun-boats of the war
OF the rebellion. the Mississippi jetty sys-
tenn and the proposed ship-railway scheme
which his death interrupted; Lieutenant
John Danenhower, the il-fated 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
Beecher, who confessedly was the ablest of
American divines, whatever view may be
taken of his peculiar religious sentiments;
Rt-Rey Horatio Potter, the Episcopalian
B shop OF New York; Cardinal Jacobini, the
Papal Secretary of State, who was equally
versed in politics and theology; Rev. Mark
Hopkins. d. D., the venerable ex-President
of Williams College, who was equally prom
inent as divine and an educ ator; and John
Taylor, the president of the misguided Nor
mon church. From the busy world of poll
tics and diplomacy there have disappeared
Sir Stafford NortLcot the English states
man; Ex-Yice- President William A. Wheeler.
who nearly reached the top of the ladder
of fame; M. Katkotf, the editor of the Mos
COW Gazette, who was the power behind tie
throne in Russian politics; Ell hu B. Wash
burne who made brilliant record
in diplomacy during the Franco-German
war, and had frequently performed valu-
able services for the State of Illinois; Lord
Lyons, oneo of the most eminent of British
diplomats, and Daniel Manning, Mr. Cleve-
lands first Secretary of the Treasury. Liter
allure he's notlost many representatives Of
the first class, the most prominent names
being those of Philip Bourke Marston,
the lamented English poet; Mrs.
Henry Wood, the popular nov
elist; James Grant, The essayisr;
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 We're Alexander Mitchell, president of
the milwaukee e. St Paul railroad; John s.
Newberry, of Detroit; William R Travers,
the witty New York broker; w. c. De
Paw, the glass manufacturer and
noted philanthropist of New Albany; and
Stephen s. Hoe, the printing press 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. Macfarren, the
English composer and musical litterateur;
Eduard Remenyi, the eccentric vlo.inist,
the rport of whose death, has not vet been
confirmed; and Jenny Lind, the queen OF
all contemporary vocalists.
LOSS OF 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. ........ 944 Powder explosi'ns 1853
Fire e. a;sos,s:: s SIS Ii 1876
Boiler explosions. 225 -
Tornadoes. storms 1888 Total .. 1910
The loss of life by railroads in the United
States was much larger than at any time
since 1880 The total number killed as re-
ported by telegraph is 1922, as compared
with ss5 in 1886, 947 in 1885, 62l in
1884, IT'S in 1883, 800 in 1882, and 1,O4O
in 1881 The total number OF those seri-
ous!y injure shows proportionate in
crease, and foots up 1899, as compared
with $50 in 1886, 936 in 1885, 1850 IN
1884, ]. JIG in 1883, 1,115 in 1882, and
527 in 1881
During the season of lake navigation 2U4
lives have been lost ON the inland seas and
not less than 50, 10000 worth of prop
cry has been destroyed Seventy three
vessels, aggregating 20, 6S7 reg ;stered tons,
have ceased to exist compared with
81 vessels and II, O7O tons in 1886 The
total loss comprises Is steamers, 43 schoon-
ers, -barges and 8 tug-boats, repre-
senting financial loss OF 1892, 600 on hulls
and $4O9, 400 on cargoes
So tar as reporte 6, 557 lives have been
lost upon the ocean, 235 upon the lakes
and rivers "a total of 6,792, as compared
with 2,749 in 1886 and 1897 in 1880
1912 by railroads, 2,61O by disasters in
the New World, and 1S7, $50 in the Old
World, including pestilence and battle,
making in all 1919, 1874, as compared with
100, in 1886 and 3S7, 463 in 1885
SUICIDES
The number Of persons who have COM
mitted suicide in the I'm ted States as re-
ported by telegraph, was ], 1897, as compared
with 914 in 1886, 978 in 1850, S42 in
1884, 1877 in 1883, 734 in 1882, and sos in
1881. OF the total number 1,OS7 were
males and 300 females. The causes were
as follows:
Melancholy 1857 Liquor ...............M
Unknown. ..so5 Disappointed love n
Insane ..2lS III health, .........ee
Domestic infelcity .119 Business losses ..,...1
Of the above cases 527 Shot themselves.
300 took poison, 235 hanged themselves,
1874 drowned themselves, III cut their
throats, % threw themselves in front of
railroad trains, % jumped from windows,
IL stabbed themselves, 4 burned them
selves, jumped from housetops, starved
themselves, strangled himself, / threw
himself into machinery, another down a
mining shaft, cut tree and let it fall on
him, l killed himself with a hammer and
another with poker, l froze himself to
death and another uinggl destroyed him.
self with a bomb
MURDERS
The total number of murders committed
in the country, as reported by telegraph,
was 2335, as compared with 1,499 in
1886; l sos in 1885, ], 465in 1884, !, 697 in
1883, ], 467 in 1882, and 1,265 in 1881.
The causes of these murders may be CLASH
tied as follows:
Quarrels -. ,199 Resisting arrest. 81
Jealousy ........... 1874 Strikes ~ 26
L quor.. -. PIP Riots ..... 1s
By highwaymen. 118 Self-defense - "a
Highwaymen kill'd s. Outrage .........s 10
1asani.J .,..h'..... % Duel.. /
infanticide ....... 107 Unknown. ..... 211
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