The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-01-04
Various Disasters.


The loss OF life resulting from various
disasters i'm this country is as follows:
Fires, go: drownings. 3,110; explosions
500: mines, $50, falling buildings. etc,
559: cyclones and storms, SOP, lightning,
$50
The loss Of life by railroad accidents OF
various kinds was $3.50 In 1898. as compared
with 2.764 i'm 1897. The number OF seriously
injured was 2.6l6, as compared with 2'4zs
I'm 1897.
The list OF marine disasters shows 1855
lives were lost upon the coast and 70 on
inland waters, total of 3, $780, as compared
with 2,426 in 1897, 1912 in 1896, $3.50 in 1896,
and 6,SSl in 1894
Notwithstanding the war between the
United States and Spain the loss OF life
upon the battlefield throughout the world
in 1898 has been smaller than for several
years past. The total, roughly estimated.
has been but about $1,000, as compared
with 103,45 I'm 1897 l29,0S0 in 1896, 1885 In
1895. and 81, $50 I'm 1894.
Epidemics and Famine.
The loss of life by epidemics and famine
shows a gratifying decrease. Famine In
the province OF Kansu, China, has swept
away 10000 victims The plague In India
has destroyed over 1000. anu "a China
about 1000 persons Exact statistics OF this
kind are hard to procure. but the total Is
222, 902 I'm 1897, 22.676 i'm 1896, 79,46l In 1895,
and III, $40 in 1894.
summary Of Disasters.
As closely as can be estimated 1855 lives
have been lost upon the ocean, 70 upon In
land waters, $3.50 by railroad accidents, 25,-
N3 by disasters abroad, 1887 by minor dis
asters I'm this country, $4,000 by epidemics
and famine, and 65, 200 by wars, making
total OF 127 $50. compared with 3Ss,Ol7 in
1897, 246, $40 in 1896. and 275,39l in 1895.
Suicides.
The total number OF persons who have
committed suicide I'm the United States dur
ing the year 1898 is 1920. compared with
$500 In 1897 $3.50 in 1896. $3.50 in 1885, 1912 in
1894 4438 in 1893, $3.50 in 1892, 1881 in 1891,
and 2,O4O I'm 1890 the figures showing a de-
crease I'm the crime of self-murder in the
last nine years OF this number 1856 were
males and 1.634 females, this proportion
being steadily kept up year by year
Among professional men physicians still
lead, A having taken their own lives, as
compared with Al in 1897 AZ in 1885, 50 in
1895, and 40 in 1894. During the year also
Is persons engaged i'm the banking business,
clergymen, Z journalists, attorneys, 2
actors and 2 artists committed suicide.
The causes Of suicide were as follows: De
spondency, 3.023: unknown, 100 insanity,
42S: liquor. 1863 ill-health. 2SS domestic
infelicity, 1877: disappointed love, 1876; busi-
ness losses 10.
Murders.
The total number of murders committed
I'm 1895 shows another gratifying decrease
a phenomenon often witnessed I'm a war
year-being 1910 as compared with $500 in
1887, 1862 i'm 1885, 1850 in 1895, $500 in 1894,
6.6l5 in 1893, GAP in 1892, 5,lO6 in 1891, and
$3.50 in 1890.
Hangings.
The number OF legal executions in the
United States In 1895 was 109. COM
In, n, in
1872 i'm 1894, 1876 in 1898, and 1O7 in 1892. There
were " hanged In the south and 81 in the
north OF whom 90 were whites, As 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
ing 1885, as compared with 1897, being small
er than i'm any year since 1885, except 1880,
when the Number was the same. Judge
Lynch has executed l27 persons during the
year 122 males and females. or these
lynchings rs occurred in the south and
8 In the north or the total number 102
were negroes, % whites and Indians.
EmbezzIe
The record OF embezzlng, forgery, de-
faultng and bank wreckage for 1898 shows
a material and gratifying decrease being
but s., sol, 1853, as compared with 81. PAS 0S4
In 1897. being also much the smallest total
since 1888.
Fire Losses.
The losses by fire i'm the United States I'm
1898 aggregate s123 1S9. 49, as compared
with $l29, OOl ~ S97, Sill ,S56 O67 in 1896 and
$l31, SIS, 2O6 IA bose where the loss in
each case Nlpd upwards amount
to $64, 915. YES by smaller fires
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