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Show Violent Death Harvest About six p;rsois in every 100,030 in the United States ware murdered in 1910. This st itement is made bv Dr. C. M. Wikburn, statistician of vital statistics of the census bureau. He att-'butes to homicidal causes 3019 of the 48,606 dpaths from violence of that v-ir. This is at the rate of 5.9 prr 10n,000, a against 5.6 in 1909; 6 4 in 190S md 6.3 in 1907. Violent dvUhs riultl f12.3 oirna out of every 10) 3)3 ;n 1H0. an 1 in 1939 only 5 in th -a n ; n l n ber met death in the sana manner. Railroads killed the greatest numb"' and 7877 deaths are reparted from tl t source. This is an increase to 14.6 in every 1000,000 population over 13.1 in 1903. Accidental drowning took the next largest nmSer, having met death in this manner. Flames brought death to 4182 and 2484 were sacrificed in the min a and quarries. The street c ir systn m cl ti n 5 1 14)5 victims and deleterio n gisaj 137). the smallest rate since 1906. VUom )b'ls kille 1 93S persons, 1.8 to every 100,000 inhabitants. Thirty-eight persnns starved to death urii g the year, excessive cold killed 251 an I th? tnat82 Pennvl ni i h 1 1 ".'i ? I ir r m" n l Tib t of violent d afn, i l 131) and Colorado the highest rate. New York was second In cities of 100 000 population -h number of violent deaths in part follows: Ls Angele. 29; Oakland, 135; San Francisco. 3)); Dinver, 173: Wishing-1 tin, O. C, 2"l; Chicago, 2034; Kansas Citv. Mo.. 30); St. Louif.604; New York 3959 in 1910 and 3430 in 1909; Portland, Ore., 167: Philadelphia, 1299; Seettle, 227; Spokane. 119. |