Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31
CASUALTIES FOR 1898.
Losses Of Life During The Year Much Less
than In 1897.
STATISTICAL SHOWING MADE THEREON.
Accidents. Disasters. War. and Grimes,
Listed In Their Effect on the Worlds
Population.

Bfts HAH-atA'NANANN w AH'
statistics complied by the Tribune the
loss of life from various disasters In this
country between January !. and the
morning OF December 81. is9s. was -
als. The casualties occurred a. follows:
fires, 1870. drownings. 5,ii0. cxplO-
riona. $50: mines. esO. falling buildings.
ctc.. 90. cyclones and storms, 502;
lightning, $50.
The loss OF life by cpidemIcs and FAM
ious kinds was $3.50 In 1898. as compared
with 2,se4 In 1921. The nuiuber Of s"r-
l1uHiy Injured was 2.oi5, rs compared
with 2.,2S In 1897.
Notwithstanding the war between
toe United states and spain. the loss OF
life uTln the baitiefelda Of 1898 has
been smaller than for several years
past. The total. roughly estimated, has
been but about 5000 as compared with
iOii5i In 1897.
the ioA Of life BY epidcmlca and fam
Inc shows q gratifying decrease
Famine IN the province OF kanNau'
china, has swept away 10000 victims
The plague In India has destroyed over
If. 100 and In China about 1000 per.
sons Exacl statistics " this KIND
are hard to pyocurc. but the total "
probably less than 5000. Az compared
me M Of marine disasters showa
that aGs5 lives were lost upon the
ocean and 20 on Inland waters, tpthl
~ $3.50 a. compared with s'f-b IN
1885,.
committed suicide In the United states
during 1895, uH reported by mall ana
teieFraphlc dispatches e. the Tribune,
IL 500, az compared with G.6O0 In 1871
or this numer 1850 were males anu l.
GA females. Among professional men
D.. a h.. - A IL
en- their own lives 40 compared Win VI
In 1877. During the year " persons on
gagged In the banking business, clef-
Fymen. journalists, attorney,
actors and : artists have committed
nuicldc. The cause of suicide were ~
follows. Dependency, i.oi3' unknown
zoo. Insanity. AS; liquor. ihs' III
health. ggS: domestic infelictiy. 49,; dlh-
npp1lntel love, 1876. business losses, llp.
liz these case Of suicide ?.iss person.
t1ok rolron. -.O71 shot themselves, ~
hanged themselves. f.i eut W',s
Jumped from windows. or house TOPS
Ia threw themselves In front " rail-
f,.ad trains 20 burned themselves 1,
death, % stabbed themselves, rtarN'I
themselves and blew themselves UP
with dynamite. t,
g.i In iSgS gCrlNr a grEsifyi1r d,rrtarc
"a Ihe,lri slyn cftcr M'f''ftth "
War ytir--bfir,g 1910 uf cgmpiri WIN
s.l21 IN 1897: i0.sss 81 1896. ard lo,sop ~
hc roughly cllssiiitd a. feliow!' quar-
rois. aSG5. unNnvwr' ISIS jta~ lsy'
so;. rarr 7. eo5: by hlghwtymcp ~;
b-sfirttcsif. 2iS: rrff.lrf nslt y, ~,
hirhNugmcr klllfd, ~; ipdlt'Gy' ";
s,pf.iet'upe, %; strikes. q; oH.fases' o.
The iSssr. by nrc x, the Ur4ttd ss1,cs
IN 1855 aggr,gls. ti33. i39,iGi. ~ con-
pared with ,igs.00i.7s7 IN 1897, nil.ssa-
ns5 Ea 1896. uri sili.sissos lr' 1870
Thafs sSnerc dhs h1ts In d1oh cue vas
100000 aui upwards amouui g sf,-
gis.io0 ana sAe locsea by smaller hr'a
~ So. ael0s7.
ma erin raj work q mob murdered
rffCughaue loi, couu.ry has decrease
durlfg the year 1895. aE comptred Nfth
1897. helf'y smaller ghin ~ anY year
srrc issh. eNclT, 1890. When The num-
Der was she olgnc. Judge Lynn cs ,s.
cutod ~ persan, dursng phc 'Srar u.
mtief ara fonalis.
The lyfthlnss IN shr various states
an,l tCfrscrits wsrr a. f3lilwa:
Afkinsas IL. south Clro,rl n. Gcor-
gia ~. sslul g. Kci.ucky 9. Lou
lfarl ~. Texas ., MarysNpi :. okll-
homa 1. washlpstou 1, wyomlrS 2, MI
rs'S /. if,ilana /. Mississippi 40. Indian
Trultcry 3, Alabama n. North clio-
Ma I, TrDynsser q, Nrglr.l 4, New
Mexico. Florida. West viIEirfa, Alasii,
Klrels and MSni.rna each. or mere
lyu.hinga lis occurred In she south ami
In thc North. OF tbs to',ll number w
were rygrnss. 90 whites ani lndiaue
Tho rccor1 al cmbezEllrg. Forgery, de-
fauflrg arh bank wvtcklng Tor lAys
sip,Nn a mattflal ard grAdfysn d.
crease. bolng hut s,s5i .2Gs. IA compared
w.h 81 .eis0si In 1891, bfirg also much
,he smallest to.ll Fg,cc isSs
49, . a.
1855 WAS 100 a. COMPARED wish iss IN
1891. The exech,lofs IN fihc several
..at,.s ard territories were "a foa5ws'
LoURana ard Texas. 10 each; Ar
kareas. Mississippi ard Illinois. zach;
Alabama, Mas tdhusesis, keEtuaky
or,l New York. cash; TcrfeFe e. ore
ga. Minnesota. o'hlo. NoH.h caroilrn
ard Indian Torit9ry, 2 each; Missonrl.
o. Georgia and Virginia, \ each; PENN
gylNarfl, :; Florida. Mlryland coim'c-
r.cui. WashlEgtcn ARA New jersey. pne
cpch; South Carollpi, 4.
nhsrs wtrc 12 hanged In me South
urd 81 In me North. - N'Iocn 90 were
NfiFts, ~ segroes ard ore Ohinasc.
The ci;mes for whiah they were exc
cgtid were murder 100, ard rape ..
1ne record a. charity for 1885 keeps
wen up 10 tbs record az former yeasa.
The glf,s amour. 10 s.l, 1854, 800 as cym-
pared wl.h sss.Ci2.sii en- 1897. In pre-
Ing-lrg thcsa satis,lcs no soogd has
brtu kept u NmaA doaalidfis. s,rlfc 10
to'lec them al would be an impossible
~. OF the t,.al 9molfd s.ahd above
nherc has bsep glytgi 10 colleges Si9.-
OsG,ibO. 70 dharl,fes i6le30, 500; 10 church
80 SsO2e,sa0; ta npusdams ard art gal
loiiea N,sI2,000; 10 libraries yl,iGG,5OO.
Rescued tho Crew of American schooner.
London, Dec. ai.--'rbe British Steamer
Durhtys a. YORK, captain Storm, wliiCh