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Show Interesting Statistics. Losses in War, by Fire, Number of Lynchings, etc., in 1904. The li04 Is marked by its huge war losses. The number of killed and wounded dm Ing 1001 gicttly exceeds that of VM by leason of the sanguln-aiy sanguln-aiy contest between Japan and Russia, in which lives aie lccklessly sacilllced. The total loss for the year Is about 400,000, as compaied with 80,000 In llio:i, 20,000 In 11102, and :i,ooo in 1001. The total losses in the Russo-Japanese war have not been officially stated, butfiomthe most tellable unofficial accounts they will amount at least to :i70,ooo. The lynchings lcported for 1001 aic but 8(1 in number, the fewest In any ! year since 188.1. It is also significant that no lynchings were repotted in November of this war. This, too, is gratifying when it Is cousideied that this Is the only month In 20yeais In which lynchings have not been ic-poited. ic-poited. This encouraging iccoid should engage tho attention of the many who are studying this form of lawlessness as to whether it means a better feeling between whites and blacks or a. 111010 determined attitude of the people in favor of the maintenance mainten-ance of the law as against mob violence. vio-lence. The following table showing the number of lynchings tho last 20 years will be of value to those studying study-ing in this department of criminology: 188.") 184 181).") 171 188(1 UK 1800 i:u 1887 122 1807 100 1888 142 18ii8 127 18811 170 180!) 107 18U0 127 1000 115 1801 102 1001 i: 1802 ZVt 1002 00 180,1 2(H) 100.1 104 180t 100 1005 87 The Ijnchlngs in the vaiious States and Territoilcs were as follows: Alabama, Ala-bama, .'; Arkansas, 17: California'.!; Floiida, :i; Georgia, 17; Idaho, 1, Kentucky, Ken-tucky, 4; Louslana, 2; Mississippi, IK; North Carolina, 1; Ohio, 1: South Caroline, Car-oline, G; Tennessee, 2: Texas, 4: Vii-glnia, Vii-glnia, 4; Wyoming:!. Of these lynchings eighty-two occurred oc-curred in tho South and live In the North. Of the total number elghty-tlneo elghty-tlneo were negroes, four whites and two were women. The number of homicides, including deaths by violence of every sort, shows a ainall decrease, being 1,482, as compaied com-paied with 8.07(1 In 100:1. It is again necessaiy to call attention to the increasing in-creasing number of minders committed commit-ted by highwaymen, buiglars, "holdup" "hold-up" men and all that class, it being 404, as compared with loo in 100:i, XV.i in 1002 and 10.1 In 1001. The causes of these cilmes may be lecoided as follows: fol-lows: gunnels ...4,181 Resisting anest 00 Unknown. .l,o."l Illghwaviucu Jealous) . . 01:; killed ol Liquor .. . (HO Strikes .V Highwayman 404 Self-defense :i:t Insane 271 Outiage 17 Infanticide . l.Vt Riots H The follow ing table gives the loss of life lesulting from disasters of various kinds In this country dm lug loot: Flies l.oot. Mines wi Diownings. 2,74.7 Cj clones, and Explosions. . ."ill stoims .... 2i:i Falling buildings, Lightnings. . 180 etc 200 Electricitj ... 120 During the war, 1001, theie weie thhteen tiains "held up" in the Cnltcd States and four stage 10b-bcries 10b-bcries In which llnee persons weie killed, two wounded and one tobber was killed. These llgines weie complied com-plied by tho Expiess Gaette, which has kept rccoid of such events during the past llftecn years, the total "holdups" "hold-ups" for that time being :VH, in which 10:t people weie killed and 112 wounded. |