| Show INCREASE OF MURDERS IT is claimed that the people of this country live under the benign influence of christianity that this pretension to is for the greater part mere profession unsupported by the genius of peace and meekness is apparent by one fact alone the appalling increase of murders the record kept for the year 1890 by a single american newspaper of the murders reported in its mail and telegraph service furnishes terrible proof upon this point it shows a total of murders committed in the tho united states during the twelve months this would amount to per month or a daily average of twelve for the entire year the rapidity with which crimes of a violent character fatal in their results have increased is shown by the figures of former yea years which are as an follows in 1889 8 9 in 1888 2184 in in 1886 1499 in 1885 1808 it should be kept in mind that there were doubtless many crim crimes of this character that never reached the columns of the newspaper which took the trouble to keep the record and compile the sta ata J tia tica this is a fearful exhibit the causes of these tragic occurrences for 1890 may be classified as fal lows quarrels 2184 liquor unknown aft by highwaymen 27 infanticide aal resisting arrest arr cat highwaymen med killed 74 serf self defense IT 7 insanity fit outrages 86 duel A strike 1 |
