Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-05

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record Of the year 1895:
Various Disasters.
The loss OF life resulting from various
+ disasters IN this country is as follows:
Fires, I $40; drownings, 8, ITO; explosions.
-; mines, $50; falling buildings, etc.,
40: cyclones and storms, 502; lightning.
& The loss Of life by railroad accidents Of
various kinds was $3.50 In 1898. as compared
with 2,764 in 1881. The number Of seriously
injured was 2,616. as compared with 2.42s
IN 1881.
The list OF marine disasters shows 1866
lives were lost upon the coast and Is on
! inland waters, q total Of $780, as compared
\ with 2.426 In 1887. 3,912 in 1896, $3.50 in 1885,
and 6,8N In 1854
Notwithstanding the war between the
United States and Spain, the loss of life
upon the battlefield throughout the world
ia 1888 has been smaller than for several
years past. The total, roughly estimated.
has been but about 65,0 600. as compared
with 103, 451 In 1887. 1290s0 in 1886. 1895 in
1885, and $3.50 in 1894. e.
Epidemics and Famine.
The loss. Of life by epidemics and famine
shows q gratifying decrease. Famine IN
I the province Of Kansu, China, has swept
away 10000 victims. The plague In India
has destroyed over u,000 and in China
about 1000 persons. Exact statistics OF this
i kind are hard to procure, but the total is
probably less than $4,000, as compared with
2e2.9O2 In 1897, 22.676 in 1896. 79.461 in 1895.
and III $40 in 1894.
Summary of Disasters.
Az closely as can be estimated 1856 lives
have been lost upon the ocean, % upon IN
land waters, $3.50 by railroad accidents, 2,-
,.273 by disasters abroad, 1887 by minor dis
asters I'm this country, $4,000 by epidemics
q fn,, RI 1,yy M a a
t6t41 of 1880. as compared with 3Ss,017 in
1887, 22465 SAG in 1896, and 275,391 in 1885,
Suicides.
The total number Of persons who have
committed suicide in the United States dur
Ing the year 1898 is 1920, as compared with
$500 In 1897 $500 in 1886, 5759 in 1895, 4,912 In
1894, 4s6 in 1893, $3.50 in 1892, 1851 in 1891,
Grease in the crime of self-murder In the
last nine years. OF this number 1855 were
males and 1854 females, this proportion
being steadily kept up year by year.
Among professional men physicians still
q. lead, A having taken their own lives, as
compared with Al in 1897, AZ in 1896. So in
i 1896, and Is in 1894. During the year also
A13 persons engaged in the banking business,
ssA sclergymen, journalists, attorneys, 2
& Nprs and artists committed suicide.
Ncauses of suicide were as follows: De-
M sgss1S ency, 3,023; unknown, 1900; insanity.
1sller kauor, 1884, ill-health, 2SS; domestic
\, 1877; disappointed love, 1856; bust
flelA Ges. ITO.
u Ytotal number of murders committed
: $ mrs. shows another gratifying decrease
. q phenomenon often witnessed in a war
year-being 1910, as compared with $500 in
1897 eG52 in 1896, 1O,50O in 1895, $500 in 1894,
y6,615 in 1898, 6,742 in 1892, 5,106 in 1891. and
$3.50 in 1880.
Hangings.
e....5 A.
United States in 1898 was 109, as COM
pared with 1928 in 1897, 122 in 1896, 1872 in 1895,
1872 in 1894, 126 in 1893, and 1O7 in 1892. There
were Y hanged in the south and 81 In the
north, of whom 60 were whites. 4S blacks
and Chinese. The crimes for which they
were executed were murder 100 and rape 3.
Lynchings.
The criminal work of mob murderers
throughout the country has decreased dur
4 ing 1898, as compared with 1857, being small
er than in any year since 1885. except 1880,
when the number was the same Judge
Lynch has executed 127 persons during the
year, 122 males and females. OF these
81 in the north. OF the total number 102
were negroes, % whites and Indians.
Embezzlements.
The record Of embezzling, forgery, de-
6aulting aud bank wreckage for 1898 shows
q material and gratifying decrease. being
but S., s., 263, as compared with $ll,24S,OS4
in 1897, being also much the smallest total
since 1883.
Fire Losses.
! The losses by fire In the United States in
1898 aggregate $133, 139, 467, as compared
with $129 1877 in 1897, SILL 1885, 067 in 1896, and
s$l31. SIS, 2O6 in 1885, Those where the loss in
each case was 500, 900 and upwards amount
to $64, 81. 400, and the losses by smaller fires
to $6S. 224067.
Charities.
The record for charity for 1898 keeps well
up to the records Of former years, the gen.
erous sums contributed by bequest or per-
ssonal gift to churches, colleges, charities
museums. art galleries and libraries
amounting to $23.9s4,s $780, as compared with
SIS, ,s14 in 1897. In preparing these statis-
tics no record has been kept of small do
nations. OF the total amount stated above
there has been given to colleges the large
sum of $13.0S6.150; to charities, $6,230.3O0;
to, churches. $2,029,950; to museums and
art galleries. s.. 900; to libraries. s.. 1885,
500
Dies in a Dentists Chair.
Milwaukee, Dec. 3o.-Mrs. William
mi.