Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01

Judge II. o. Claughton and Miss villa Gus
us on the Deanwood crossing occurred the
10th of August, and the sad double tragedy
was tuily investigated by a coroner's nlry
lhe coroners jury censured the railroad
company Tor the affair. Fred Burngame,
son OF +. IL. Burlingame of CapItol HIM
was drowned near Sandy Point by the cam
! sizing OF boat. Rollin Hood fifteen wears
| oia' met his death early in September by
TIE accidental discharge of gun. He was
a son OF Mr.. j. +. Hood secretary NJ the
! American Security and Trust Company.
anu was hunting near Boyds at the time
! the accident occurred. John b. Baird who
| was chiet clerk to the constructors of the
| new city post Office building was found
4 drowned IN the canal above Cabin John
| oriuse. MS drowning was the result of
| an accident. F. w. Holmes was accident
! any drowned in The river the same day
| On the night of September 4 there was an
accident on the New York and Florida
| avenue grade crossing. Valley train No IA
| struck a horse and buggy killing the horse
ana demolishing the vehicle The driver
escaped The accident was the result or
o .mo iaiaure OF the company to protect the
crossing after o'clock pm. Louis Cum
| ningham lost his life by being injured nv a
Brlghtwood electric car
! mr.. ana Mrs. Carl Auerbach and their
L guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Rosenberg of Norfolk
inquired IN serious smash-up on the Nj
| street grade crossing September s. They
| were seated n carriage at the time and
tne crossing was unprotected. The result
| was that moving train crashed into tho
| vehicle and while some of the Occupants
| We're dangerously hurt none of the iniur
, re-, proved fatal: Miss Maud Mason of sol
I'm street northwest was run down while
riding a bicycle and dangerously Injured
! nonas Il. Fletcher, colored boy was
| kIlieu on the Rock creek dump by a stone
from cart striking him on the head. SEN
TENDER 10 George l.. Ammon of Anacostia
was Killed by train while walking on
lhe seeming trestle of the PENNSYLVANIA
| railroad. The next day Thomas Ritter wa.
a sunken barge. Zephaniah Jones, one Of
me Oldest contractors I'm the city received
la.al INJURIES at North Capitol and III
streets by being Knocked down nv a BIZ
cycle. X r. Grey, the bicycle rider was
acquitted or criminal responsibility. Chas.
loss loss; colored vas drowned in the James
creek canal, October g. and five DAYS later
Charles Cooper was knocked down Inv a
metropolitan electric car and killed Mo-
vcmber .. about O'Clock in the morning.
herman l.. Lewis, a clerk in the CapitoI
was killed near the South CapItol street
crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad. and
MS body badly mutlated. A shifting en-
glhe surck him Count de Vecchi and DIR.
Kelly were made sick by eating mush-
rooms. AID the former died. Dr. Kelly re-
covered. About Thanksgiving J. Walter
heieher was killed by fall from a BIZ
cycle. a painter named Robert A. P,m-
| rhrey, lost his life on street by falling
| from a scaffoid. Last "Wednesday {, q
Hessler, bricklayer. was killed by tho
| partial collapse of building near I'd and
y streets southeast, and Thomas Carroll
John Kirby. Gus Williams and ] f Homes
we're injured.
Health of the City
AS an offset to the "hard times" the
people Of the capital were blessed with
favorable health conditions. review OF
these for the year just closing shows a
decrease In the number of deaths I'm the
District as compared with the year preced-
ing of about $50. In the calendar wear lsg6
there DS hs he
dar year 1897 there were 5.4SS. estimating
for the last several days of December. of
which the whites composed 1904 and the
colored 2419
The year began with an outbreak of the
grip. with increased virulence over that
OF the winter previous This malady
caused lis deaths directly, and through
pneumonia, as its principal signal carry
ing on about 300 persons in addition. The
weather prevalent during this period was
attended with sudden changes from warm
to cold days and the reverse. During this
time there were nigh 400 deaths from con-
sumption in the first half of the year and
about 100 during the whole year. amount
ing to the normal percentage of all the
leaths.
As the year progressed and the summer
season approached affections of the lungs
grew less. and those incident to the sum-
mer time gradually appeared. The diar-
rhoeal diseases, which, in the preceding
year carried off 46S victims. declined to :5s
making a decrease of over % per cent.
in the last year. declined to 153, or over rs
per cent. These decidedly favorable re-
suits may safely be attributed to the great
work of the health department I'm the radi-
cal suppression throughout the city of I'M
sanitary Accommodations and the closer sup
ervision Of the milk supply. Under the law
OF Congress compelling premises to be con-
nected with sewers that department has
caused about l so of these connections to
be made, from which are discharged tho
house refuse and the overfiows of clubhouse
secretions which formerly ran over the
Leighboring surface grounds. The dairies
number over ESQ in the surrounding country
and in the District. which furnish the milk
supply TO the city. have been placed under
strict surveillance The adulteratson and
filthy manipulation of dairy products have
been curtailed to a minimum. and the kill
ing OF diseased milk cows unfailingly In
sisted upon.
While it may not be safe to base conclu-
sions upon the results OF a single year.
yet the closing of many surface wells. tho
removal of a great number of exposed
privy boxes and supervision Of the milk
supply undoubtedly has had a most de-
cided influence In the diminution of diar-
rhoeal diseases and typhoid and malariai
fevers.
During the year the use Of anti-toxine
as In cases Of diphtheria has been extern
sively tried, with decidedly favorable re-
suits The number OF cases was Go, OF
which 2S5 were treated with anti-toxine
resulting in a death rate OF 7.3 per cent.
while 335 cases treated by other methods
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