The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-13
AND OTHER THINGS.

the Chicago Tribune for the Past
Year, Showing the Number of
Violent Deaths, Robber.
les and Accidents.
or much interest and significance
are the figures contained in the Chi
cago Tribune's annual review of the
year 1904. Especially satisfactory is
the ebuwing that there were fewer
lynchlngs than in any previous year
since 1885. There was marked
falling Of In the sggre1ate of dona-
tions for educational, philanthropic
and religious purposes. There is a
decrease in the number of legal hang.
ipgs, in the total Of defalc atoms, for
geries and bank wreckings and In the
number of homicides. Fire losses
show small increase. Ia general
business, manufacturing and com
mercial way the latter half OF the
year was decided improvement over
the first six months.
LYnchings f)r the year number 81,
as compared with 1O4, the previous
year, SO In 1902 and 1876 in 1901, No
vember was the one month in twenty
years during which 10 iTnohiuK Wa5
reported North or South. or the 81
-lynchings 81 took place In the South
and In the N rth. There were S3
negro victims and whites. Two
women We're among the number.
The high water mark for lynchings
was in 1892, when mob vengeance
wa3 wreaKed On 235 persons.
Mississippi heads the list Of States
with Is iyncnings. Arkansas and
Geo ga divide dishonor with II each,
Kentucky, Virginia, Texas and South
Carolina each has fewer than a half
dozen cases to It's credit. Every state
OF the Upper Mississippi Valley es-
capeS without blemish.
The alleged causes of the lynchings
Were: Murdey SO; race prejudice 10;
attacks on women 20; murderous as
sault 4; conspiracy to murder 2; un-
known 9; insults 2; threats L, and
robbery L.
Naturally the numb,r of killed and
wounded In war during 1904 greatly
exceeds that Of 1903, because Of the
sanguinary conflict between Russia
and Japan. The total loss of the
-,a.,ls |. - ,naa a,asaa :;.ssssaasl..s.sss
with $4,000 IN 1908, $4,000 In 1902,
approximat 1900 were on Russo
Japanese ba- 9 fields and seas. OH
er Losses hay Gbeen: Armenian mas.
sacres, 7,S6A Thibet 6,492; Philip
pines $3.50; ;Sumatra 2,379; Africa
3,7l4; Uruguay 2,035; Macedonia $50;
San Domingo 24O; Bulgaria 239;
Morocco so; Arabia 30.
Legal executions numbered 116, as
| comp with 1913 the year before
and 1914 Ia 1902 There were sixty
TWO executions in the North and 54
Ia the South, OF whom SO were whites,
10 negroes, one Japanese and one
Chinese. In llo cases the victi ms
we're convicted of murder. Six were
Onvcted of murder. Six we're put to
death for attacks on women. Penn
sylSania executed 10, O1io 10, New
York 8, Missouri 3, Alabama 6, Ar
kansa, I, California 5, and Indiana 2
There was marked fall ng IF In the
last th-ec months OF the year.
leaving ont the onerot,op. ~ urs
O,gJe Chsd aicS the ey.ent ] of - rh,os ~ -
has not been ascertain I'd, the rec )rC
Win nnhlic and nrivate tnnds nra ha
coming more honest A. a,v ras, az
the total OF defalcntions, emhe1y,e
ments. forperins and h,nk wrect,n~
is 81 742 5o7. az comnarad With es
562 l65 in 1904 TIE flsnres for th.
YEAR nre smaller than Tor anS SDea
since I00a one.sixth ~ ,ho.a ir 100.
and less han haif those in Isa5 $50,
and 1897 The tabnlsr state MANI e.
1904 shows:
From banks 40 o42 81
Stolen by public oCy3ci,l, 2se 20
By agents. 75s az
Forneries. - Isa4o
From loan associations All on
BY postal en- ployees "a "a
Miscellaneous stealinps SAT o.
While there was q decrease of sew
eral hundred In the number of hom,
cldes, it IS signiti ticant fact that ther
has been great increase In the mum
bar OF murders committed by high
waynen, burglars, hold. up" me
and all that class OF Criminals. Chi
, cago in this particular makes
gloomy showing. The growth Of thi
variety OF crime has been steady fo