The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-04
ONE HUNDRED A MINUTE
Approximately That Number Of HUI
man Lives Go Out the
World Over.

In catastrophe which suddenly blots
ogt nearly thousand lives the civilized
world finds cause for horror and sympa-
thy alike. On the community In which
such disaster occurs its first effect is
daxlng and Il Is not strange that follow
ing the destruction of the General Slo-
cum expressions OF doubt as to the wis
dom OF God and his direction OF human
Affairs should be heard alike from the
irrellgious and the unthlnking It is
only In the ealmer time Of afterthought
that thanks 70 the figures oi the stats
tIcian. such an accident. terrible In its
detail and shocking Ii is nature. sinks
into inslgniheance in the death list Of
the day, not merely in the world or the
nation. but even IN the state and the
city. says the New York Tribune.
The estimated annual death rate for
the world Of 5000 900. a daily total OF
$4,000, sends into ohscurity the thou
sand or fewer who were slain on the
General sloeum In the omniseienee Of
God. whether one assume the position Of
the doubter or the cynIe. the death roll
Of a single accident even though II be
as great as that OF the General sloeum
can be only minor detail even more In
significant. In view OF the fact that all
life 10 doomed TO perish In the case Of
this recent horror nearly a thousand
lives. larger number than in any sim
lar accident in recent years. we're lost.
For few hours the wharyes and shores
along the river were transformed into a
mdrgue In 3 single day there were more
than 200 funerals Of victims. while the
eity was plunged into mourning and the
civilized world gave expression to rs
sympathy and sorrow
Yet. great as was the tragedy Z the
moment. its part even in the death lisi
Of the year ls only slight. In the nor
nal existence Of this metropolis as many
persons die every los hours from reasons
INCIDENT 20 city life as perlshed in The
holocaust near North Brother island.
That this number should be equally sig
nlfcant 10 the Divine Power must be
granted. and. as death Is the common
est factor in human life, q cannot be
regarded from a different standpoint.
whether it eefars in accident or la ordi-
nary course of affairs Within this
state s60 de every dsy The tale Of
deaths IN the United States reaches ?.
$50 daily. figure three times that of the
victims OF the General Sloeum
There die annually IN Greater New
York 7s,oao persons q number larger
than that II the population Of Trsnton
\. J. Within the United States rfave'
are annually dug for more than 3 million
eoflns IN the face q this vast harves
uf mortality. the number slain On th'
General sleeum seems slight. even 70 th'
human Intellect In the death rats Of th'
year Tor the state or elts the Sioeum hor
ror viii hardly make an appreelahi.
difference. while IN the IS o0o eao deaf
q The world each i2 months Il Is only
tiny item Therefore 70 sober secon,
thought the unreasoulng instinct /,
place upon the power which the Million
regard ne omnlpotert whether rightly
Of wrungly does not enter into tbs qucs
tion and additional responsibility fol
re SLIGHT an luerCafe "a humanity s death
faii appears mtentie absurd