New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-01-08
H HISTORY NIR.
Brief Story Of Many Of the Lead.
ing Occurrences During the
Past Twelve Months.
RECORD INCLUDES TWO CONTINENTS.

RECORD INCLUDES TWO CONTINENTS.
| the Loss of Many Lives-Record
| Broken In the Matter Of Donations
| and Bequests-List of Crime Is .
Long One. s5s II. ~ 81 .s IL Ss
The year which has just9closed in some
respects hasibeen a memorable one. In this
country it has usually been free from
great calamities and epid emics and has also
been one of extraordinary prosperity and
business DEVELOPMENT. It has Witnessed
and the expansion of the national COM
merce. There was but one serious strike
and it did not long interfere with ndustry.
Cuban affairs nave been satisfactorily adj
tusteG and that island this year will at
tempt the task Of self-government. Porto
Rico is progressing well. The Philippines
hostilities, since the capture of Aguinaldo.
have been confined to struggling bands.
The IN work Of development goes on steadily:
treaty has ended an old and vaxatious con-
troversy and has opened the way. for the
construction Of an isthmian canal.
assassination of President Mckinley This
nation mourned him deeply and unusual
expressions of sympathy came from all
deed Of the anarchist, however, was fruit
less. The administration of the govern,
ment was not interrupted for an hour, and
sponsibilities Of the presidency with the
good wishes of the whole country and the
respect of the world, The. central and
nent have been disturbed more or less all
the year with revolutions and war, and the
new year opens with unsettled conditions
prevailing PREY 81 in Colombia Venezuela, Argen-
Railroad Disasters.
The loss OF life by railroad accidents
reported by mail and telegraph for 1901
Hnd s as ssa With 4q9 IN 1890
$3.50 in 1900, and 1885 in 1899. a.
Donations and Requests.
The year was a record breaker in do
nations and bequests.. The total Of gifts
reaches s12s, $685. 1872. OF this amount there
tons the prineely sum of SIS, $50, 961: to
charities CHI s22,217, 47O:, to churches. $685.
1897 to museums and art galleries al s111sa,-
liz; and to libraries, $15,3SS, 49, ~
Railway Building. ~
Railway building in the United States
during the year 1901 has exceeded that
of any previous year since 1880, when
$50 miles of new lines were completed,
been surpassed had the steel mills been
able to furnish the necessary cars. The
records Of the Railway Age for 1901 show
not less than 5057 miles of track have
been laid on 1872 lines in 43 states and ter
ritories.
Fire Losses.
The total fire losses of 1901, it is be-
year, when the total reached $3.50 250, 226
The losses this year Of 100000 and up
wards reached a total of $780,
Embezzlements.
The record of embezzling forgery, de-
faulting and bank wreckage for 1901 shows
a small decrease as compared with that of
1900 The total is s4,oS5 1863, as compared
With s46so1$ $a, in 1900 The los are dis
Stolen by public officials. ............$ 696,945
From banks ......................... l,5lS, 496
BY agents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 27.sCo
Forgeries $4,000
From loan associations .............. 1885, 315
BY postmasters Observation-Disclosures. 1876
Miscellaneous stealings ............ 1,00S,977
Suicides.
stafe9 Ss to nups in the
! for the year 1901 is 7,2A5, compared with
e,755 in 1900 and $40 in 1899: Of this total
$3.50 were males and 1895 females, which
, curiously shows the same proportion of
nearly five males to one female for several
years past. The causes of self-murder
were as follows:
.L,SCU
Unknown ........................... ,643
1nsanl1y .'..'''..'.'.'............ 81
Domestic infelicity ..................,... al
Disappointed love OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S3
Business losses ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
agency in committing suicide; BIOS killed
themselves with poison, 2,476 by shooting,
GA by hanging, 513 by drowning, s56 by cut
ting their throats, 81 by jumping from roofs
and windows, IS by throwing themselves in,
front of locomotive engines, q by stabbing,
70 by fire, IL by dynamite and by starving.
Murders.
The total number Of deaths by vio-s
shows a small decrease, being 1852, as
compared with 9,275 in 1900. The causes
nay be classified as follows:
ieIo '''''''''' ,b4b
tlquot $40
5ea1Guoy 2S4
BY highWaymen ......................... 1913
INSANITY .'..'........-....... ............. IVA
lu1ouL !Clue lag
Resisting arrest ia
Highwaymen killed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 70
2elii;,de1ense .............."......... %
5trlkes .......".................. 20
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HanEings. Ht.:.& a.
The number of legal executions in 1901
was us, as compared with 11s in 1900,
s2 in 1885, 1872 in 1884, i2s in isss ana ID
| lO7 in 1892. There were 81 hanged in the
| south and 36 in the north, of whom "a
were negroes. and At whites. The crimes
| Tor which they were executed were:
Murder. 1O7; crimiral assault, s. attempt
ed criminal assault, i: and train rob-
| oery. l. 25.&# > z : y
-@Lynchings. :, 2
| The lynch1ngs reported in 1900 showed
an increase of eight over those Of 1893. !. A
| still further increase must be noted this
year-an increase in brutality as we'll as