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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



The annual average ratio of deaths by homicide in Chicago, as 

 given in the table, is, for the six years 1901-06, 7.30 per 100,000 of 

 inhabitants. The minimum for these years was 5.23, in 1901 ; the 

 maximum was 9.26, in 1905, the ratio for 1906 being 9.17. The 

 maximum for San Francisco was 11.90, in 1902; and for Cleveland, 

 8.57, in 1906. From these figures it may be seen that the " carnival 

 of crime" in Chicago, in 1906, did not by any means place the Windy 

 City in the lead as a " Scarlet City." While it is true that crimes of 

 violence are increasing in Chicago faster than the growth of popula- 

 tion, the augmentation has been gradual, and no greater, relatively, 

 than in Philadelphia. Cincinnati. Cleveland. Louisville, Los Angeles 



