The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-02
Showing Loss of Life by Dis
asters of Various Kinds.
DrOWnings Lead and Lightning
Comes Last.
DEATHS AND INJURIES
By Railroads Show an Increase
Over 1897.
$500 Persons Committed Sui
cide-A Decrease of $50.

Chicago. Jan. 2.-According to the statis-
ties compiled by the Tribune the loss of
life from various disasters in this coun-
try between January 1 and the morning
of December 81. 1898, was 1915 The cas-
uaities occurred as follows: Fires, 1,670;
drownings, 3,11O; explosions, 629; mines,
$50; falling buildings. etc, 5s9; cyclones
and storms, SOP; lightning, 255.
The loss of life by railroad accidents OF
various kinds was $3.50 in 1898, COM
pared with 2,764 in 1897. The number of
seriously injured was 2,S16, as compared
with 2.42s in 1897.
Notwithstanding the war between the
United States and Spain, the loss of life
upon the battlehelds of 1898 has been
smaller than for several years past. The
total, roughly estimated, has been but
about &, 900, as compared with 10S,451 in
1887.
The loss of life by epidemics and fam
tne shows a gratifying decrease. Famine
in the province of Kansu, China, has
ev spt away 10000 victims. The plague
in india has destroyed over 11,OOO. and in
China about 1000 persons Exacr ,,. sla b,+
the total is Rrobsa5 bly, d less than 2S0OO' as
SOS lives were lost upon the ocean and
e ON IgIand With Sa5s rs ia fS5al Oh
The total number of persons who have
committed suicide in the United states
graph rif' to 18th the TribIne, is 5.S90 as compared
With SEQ 9s in b 1897 so OF ths ng0eE a9
professional men physicians lead the list,
pared With Il in 1857 During the year 1s
persons engaged In the banging business
actors and 2 artists have committed sui
eide
Dependency, 3O23; unknown, 800; in
sanity, ABS; liquor, 16s; i'll health, 26si do
1876: business losses, ito.
In these cases Of suicide 2,126 persons
hanged themselves, 452 cut their threats.
1854 drowned themselves. So jumped from
selves in front of railroad trains, 26 burn
ed themselves to death. q stabbed . th hem,
themselves up with dynamite, ,4
ted in 1888 shows gratifying decreaseNa
phenomenon often witnessed in war
n 1877. 1o.s5 in isss and 1880 in 1855 The
causes of these murders may be roughly
Quarreis. 3s67; unknown, 2.67s; jealousy
go; nquor, 2O1; by highwaynnen, 222; in
tense, 50; strikes, q: outrages, 5; riots. Is.
IN Ass iS agseg gx Hsf II tR 'eo
with $4,000 ,5S7 in 1897, $111, S56. O67 in 1896
loss n each case was 500 600 and upward
amount to s64 9l5. 400, and the losses by
The criminal work of mob murderers
has decreased during the year 1898 as COM
year STAGE 1885, except 1890, when the number
I'd i me Seasons d1ragg t hyn YEAR mas se
and females.
+srTlsa lYnehIags IN fne VARIOUS states ana
south Carolina, Il; Georgia, z: Missouri.
&ayand s. oa hhon1sia + 1S Teae
Wyoming 8; Illinois. l; Indiana; L Mis-
ginia. A, and New Mexico, Florida, west
each OF these lynchngs lis occurred 94 setiS' in
the south "a and in the north OF the total
number 1Oz were negroes, q whites and
The record. of embezzling, forgery. de-
material and gratifying decrease. being
but So s5l ,26S. as compared with 81, 24s, 9S4
1s8S The statement of rascality by
m9p5ns is as sa fSl as1 anrua ssa
March, a.317,1 rs; April, s616 600; May, S576,-
aP se:pfsnber 1g4sy e1obe AugHst
1b1; November, 1926, 046; December, 81, 84S,
being an average of about $4S7,6o5 per
The record by states is as follows: Ala
Conneeficut So s9oeS 90 Tala3ra1a'
$4,000; Illinois 1904 2O2 indiana. $685.;
$1,000; Iousana. n soOe: eO Maine Aen ss7
Maryland, sS77,so0; Massachusetts, s. OSs.-
Missouri S. IL; Nevada s. 0eo Nebras ASIA
S2l1 600; New Hampshire, SO, 500: New York,
oregon. $12, 700; Tennessee. $4,000: Texas.
S6o coo; Vermont. 5000 e 900; West Virginia. 49,,
500; ARIZONA, 50, 100; District of Columbia,
%o,OOOs New Mexico, $1,000.
Out of the total number of cases of en-
6ezznng reported nine persons stole over
SO 600 each, nine over 100000 and one over
and two over S500,O00 The losses are
distributed as follows: Stolen by city and
coEnty officials 1916. S46: from banks So
9N .Se1; by agents. $510. sos; forgeries 1924
zoo; from loan associations, $349, 500; by
postmasters. $21,14S; miscellaneous steal
The number of legal executions in 1898
was 1p9s as compared with 128 in 1897 The
executions IN the several states and terri
tories we're as follows:
louisiana and Texas, 10 each; Arkansas,
MSsSa chuSettS. Kentucky and New York
each: Tennessee. Oregon, Minnesota
Ohtos North Carolina and Indian Terri
tory, each: Missouri, 5; Georgia and Vir-
gIniaz each; Pennsylvania, Z: and Flor
Ida. Maryland Connecticut, Washington
and New Jersey, L each; South Carolina A.
There were 2 hanged in the south and
- IN the north, of whom 60 were whites,
As blacks and Chinese The crimes for
winch they were executed were: Murder,
100 and criminal assault. 9.
up to the record of former years The
gifts amount to SO, 94S 800, as COMPARED
with $33,olzSl4 IN 1897. In preparing these
statistics no record has been kept of small
donations. since to collect them all would
be an tInposSibility- Of the total amount
stated above there has been given to coll
Isges $lS OS6. $50: TO charities. Sc, go 800; to
cnurcheS, s., 029,950; museums and art
galleries, 81. 472,0ee; to libraries, 81 166. 500
HOGS FED ON NAILS.