The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-04
PHILANTHROPY
AND CRIME 1904
OF $4,000, $50 in Charity Carne-
gle Gave Sll,243,23O
.HONICIDES WERE 1882
SUICIDES s,24o. Sc LYNcHlNcs
ANr ff6 LEGAL EXECUTIONS,
BOTH OF LATTER SHOW
mic A FAILING orr:

mic A FAILING orr:
/ Chic sgo, Jan. o. While the dona
tiong Of 1901 by actual gift and be
1ues TO charity, religious and educa
ional Institutions. libraries. museums
.aierlAs and municipal betterments
have allen off considerably. being
but s4G, 29G.9 68 as compared with SIC,
134,9s7 in 1903. s773SS. lGf in 1903 am
lo3Sss,723 ins1901. the record-breal
4 ~ wear the total amount remains
/ large. The decrease II partly account
| u for by he abatement Of Mr.. Car
1egie's library ferynr and by muc''
smalle. amounts given BY multimil
lonairoe. Tie total given above In
GUIDES only such donations or be
lueeta as have been publicly made.
If the total amount for the year the
donations are soc C0n.0n0 and the be-
quests s25, GG0,173. These sums have
been divided as follows: To charities
s5.S42.235; 10 religious enterprises
s5.842.S90. to mu- eums and art ga
leries, sS98.000: to libraries. 81 SAL
800. To educational institution, s21
225.432
Carnegie Gave one-fourth.
Mr. Carnegies share In the bene
ncence has been sal, 243. 23O. or ahour
n1e fourth He has given for librarits
se5a,sGO. To educational ms f.rtior
Ar Carr "a has given as follows;
- iala 8'liafcc $4,000. Atlanta
an Sir s Gea Dickinson college
s5at'1; E manual tlalnins schoo
Boa-on $50 .00a. clarl- urive~ei'y
siy9.aa0 Eemner college. $4,000
Mount Helyolse seminary. $50 03o
pittsburg Carnegie inftitute, $1,000
100 For miscellaneous purpo-es:
church organs. $3.50: New York lie
gal Aid society. $1,000; charities $50,
200 Arbitration league. $1,000; Hero
fund. s5,OeO. 900. ]. Il fstt FL spf
Mr.. Rockefel'er's beneficences
laYe amounted 10 s1.4G1, 600, as fol
lowsi Dennison college, 500 600
Drown university. $1,000; Uniyersit
I chseaso. S2oB. gopb rsiigieAs, institH
IONS. $4,000: charities. $1,000 900.
DR.. .. X Fsarson has given sa.k \
.ope- ss-4+ Az ~ ssass WI
Ninsty-six colleges have shared lr
re donation or ssi, zzs, $50
Financial crookedness.
: The record OF embezzlemsnts. forg
cries. 1efa cations and bank wreck
q shows q gratifying decrease. Be
ing but s4.443,5o7. AZ cofnpafed with
sG.5G2,sis IN 1909 ThfsHGoes NIT
axe @Atos fbnsiderationa. the losses
'hrhsf Mrs ChadwlrNss huanaierinq
ghich are a vast ana sindefcfmlncd
.uantity. The losses are sdhEiibute
as follows; Stolen BY public Official
s22s.455; from banks, $2,42435i: h.
agents. $75s.s23; forgeries. 1888 400.
from loan associations. s3lI,000: b,
postal employees, s14,50O; miscel.ane
aus ste alings, s637,970.
The sumber OF homicldes inclndine
deaths by violence Of every sort
shove small decrease, being s.is9
as compared with 1870 in 1908. Their.
vas an increase In the number OF
murders committed by highwaymen
burglars, hold-up men, etc. the tota
being iG4, as compared with 49G f.
1903, 1913 in 1902 and 1873 in 1891
There were thirteen train hold-upf
and forr sage robberies, In which 2
pas eni-ers were killed and twt
wounded and one robber Killed. IT.
the las fifteen years there were %
hold-ups in which 1903 people were
Tiled ind Il2 wounded.
The lynchIngs reported during
s0i we're only Sc. the fewest in any
'7r snce 1885. During Noremte,
"o' ore lynching was reported: f.
- the only stainless month In tina
"esoect in twenty years, Mississippi
had tho largest number of hang ngs-
rs OF the total ynchings So oc1ur
the south ard in che nor l..
: tie nc inns SO were negroes and
whiles. and ere women.
cteady increase Of Suicide.
suicides cCntinre 10 Increase the
ecord f.r 1904 being 9.24O. In 1899
there were 5.s4O. IN 1900 G.755. in 1901
1895. II 1902 1921. In 1903 s.597. OF
the uicldes in 1904 G.5G0 were men
and 2t1g women. Physicians, as al.
ways. head the lis; OF professional
men, the number having been y. as
conpiied With s5 IN 1893 and 50 in
1902 TIE causes Of salf-des.ruction
we're: Dependency, 4.l30: unknown,
975; domestic inielicity. LOGS: insan-
ity. 1869; disappointment In love. sGs
III heath. s95: liquor, 405: bu liners
losses. As: poison, as usual, was the
most Common agency, 4.1e5 persons
having used IT, OF the others 1870
shot themselves. SCI cut their ehroatx
i55 drowned them. elves, IS threw
themselves in front Of locomotives. 50
leaDed from roofs or windows. 70 stab
bed themselves, IL set themselves on
fire AMI 4 ended life by starvation.
The legal executions were the few