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STATISTICS OF IMMIGRATION
First Bepe' Tiud by New Bureau f
CkUmaroa and Labor.
BIG INFLUX LOOKED FOR THIS YEAR
Mew York, PeaasylTaata, Muiuli.
setts aai Illlaals Lead la Foreign
Peaalatioa aa Soata
Cai Last.
Th Department of Commerce and Labor
f the United States has recently laaued Its
flrat report on immigration to thla country.
Thla report will be supplemented from time
to time with other which will ahow from
what portion of the world the emigrant
come, what percentage and the number
from each country and other faota which
will ha of Intereat to the people In general.
The Western Paaaenger aaaoclatlon haa
made aome extract from the report of the
department which had been aent out
to the paaaenger department of the
various rallroada for their Information. The
reporta, aa laaued by the department, are
to be publlahed In the dally conaular re
porta, and subsequently In a aeparate
Volume.
The reporta ao far compiled ahow that
from 1821 to '1903,' both Inclusive, the total
number of Immlgranta Into the United
State aggregatea 21,266,73, equal to one
fourth of the preeent population of the
entire country. Thla lramenae Influx of
population Inoludea aim oat every national
ity under the eun. Europe fumlahed 93
per cent, the weatern hemisphere fumlahed
4.1 per cent, and China and all other coun
tries If per cent
Arrival from Natloaa,
The following table ahow the arrival by
Batlonalltlea of alien paaaengera and Im
migrants (alien paaaengera included prior
to 13 and Immlgranta or partlea coming
to make permanent settlement only after
that date) from 1C0 to 1902, with the
relative percentage of each and the total I the csar. "We are willing to pay for the
number from Europe in IMS: I coat of the war, but we will die in the last
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Country of Last Perma
nent Residence.
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Denmark
England and Wales
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway and Sweden
Russia and Poland
Scotland
Spain and Portugal
Swltierland
AU other Europe
Total Europe
British North America
Mexico
Central America
South America
West Indies
Islands of Atlantlo
Total weatern hemisphere
China
All other Asia
Total Asia.....
Africa
All other countries
1821 to
Total
Number.
.. 1.816.914
.. 68.211
... 2u4.6'2
... 1.739.937
... 4H8.619
... 6,0ft8.006
... 1.944.269
... 1,368,67
... 137,323
... 1,134,961
... l,Hiii.8t2
... 888.608
... 84.381
... 208,963
... 82.321
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... 1,000.682
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... 14.417
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36.300
230,622
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2,792
234,885
112, 22
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13.09
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Total.
1.62.926
68.211
204.602
2,766.16(1
408,619
6.138.091
2,979.669
1,689.219
137,323
1.4i6.420
1.242.4A6
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82,321
19.226.661
1,060,683
29,033
8.872
14,417
1S4.S59
86,706
1,268,069
817.9
103,161
421,0!0
2.7S2
347.111
21.2GS.723
Seven Earopeaa Coaatrlea.
The claaalflcatlon of emigrants In the
above list In 1908 were confined to only
even European nationalities.
The report take up the states and con
siders their respective share of foreign born
population and the percentage which this
element in their population bears to their
total population. It shows New Tork has a
larger proportion of foreign born population
than any other state In the union. In
1860 it foreign born population was 461,901
persona: in 1860. 998.(40; in 1870, 1,138.363; In
1880. 1.211.379; In 1890. 1,671.060, and in 1900,
1,900.426. The percentage which th foreign
born population formed of the total popu
lation of New Tork state was. In 1900, M L
Thus the proportion which the foreign born
population formed of the total population
of th state has gradually Increased since
1860. This was the earliest date upon
which data upon this subject was obtainable.
Next In rank to New Tork with reference
to foreign born population in proportion to
total population in Pennsylvania, Third Is
Illinois and fourth ia Massachusetts. The
statea having the lowest percentage of for
eign born population are the aouthern
statea, Georgia having .( of 1 per cent.
South Carolina .4 and North Carolina .1
Stages of laersats.
During 1820 8.886 Immigrants arrived In
the United States. In 1830 th number of
arrivals had climbed to 23.822; 1840, 84,066;
1850, 369,900; 1860. It dropped back to 163,640;
1870 it had again climbed to 887.203; 1880,
467.267; 1890. 466.203, and In 1900, 448.672; 1901,
487.918; 1902, (48.743; 1903, 867,041
The report concludes by stating that
emigration is beneficial to the emigrant.
and that preparation la being made for a
great exodus from Italy during the coming
season, and several new transportation
companies and a number of additional
liner belonging to companies already In
the trade are to be added to th already
extensive flotilla steaming between Naples
and th United States. In August. 1(97,
there wer four steamship line which were
regularly plying between Naples and th
United Statea, and this number ha new
been augmented to ten line.
ditch before we will allow you to stick us
with th coat of th ante-bellum station
ery!" Neverhelesa. Japan being firm, the erst
while haughty Slav was forced to accept
Its terms. Puck.
Th Bee want ad are the Beat Business
Booster.
DEATH FOR THEIR COUNTRY
One of the Five Chapters of tta
Present War.
After th War.
Th Jsp had triumphed. Th baffled
Muscovite had asked for terms. After some
negotiation the status of Manchuria and
Corea had been agreed upon. "But." aald
the Japanese diplomats, "thsre must be ao
Indemnity."
"How much?" said th Uneaten.
"Tea theuaand million yen."
' Preposterous I" said th emissaries ef
PRATTLE OF THE YOl'SGITEHS.
Caller I never saw two children look ao
much alike. How does your mother tall
you apart T
On of th Twin 6h tads out by
pankla' us. Dick cries louder'n I do.
'Johnny," asked the visitor, "do you vr
get any good marks at school?"
"Tou bet I do," replied Johnny, "but they
ain't where I can ahow 'em."
Little Harry Mamma, wouldn't It be nice
If you had the toothache instead of aister?
Mamma Why do you think it would?
Little Harry 'Cause you can tak your
teeth out and she can't.
"Mamma, teacher whipped a boy today
for whispering in school."
"Well, that was right"
"But. mamma, he hollered ten times as
loud aa he whispered."
Little Fred Our teacher says th earth Is
round like a ball.
Papa Tea, that's right
Little Fred And do peopl live on th
other side of it?
Papa Certainly.
Little Fred-Why don't they fall off?
The teacher was explaining why so many
words bavs silent letters.
"They ahow the origin or derivation of
th word," ah aald. "For example. In the
word 'gnat.' while you do not sound the
r "
"Tou sound it all right enough when on
of 'em gits in your eye," Interrupted the
shock-headed boy.
Master Fred Is one of those little peopl
whose curiosity knows no bounds, and who
seems always wound up to ask questions.
One day he was to have hi hair cut, and
his father Jokingly aald It must be cut very
short to stop his asking so many questions.
"Oh, that wouldn't do any good." aaid
Fred. "You'd have to cut my head clean
off, th question are Inside of It."
Ten free trip to th World' Fair each
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JAPAN'S HEROIC SEVENTY-SEVEN SONS
Volunteers Who Undertook the Task
f Bottling; Vp Port Arthur
Went to Their Doom
Cheerfully.
(Copyright, 1904, by T. C. McClur.)
TOKIO, March 28. "Th Seventy-Seven
Determined Death Body" such Is th plo
turesque Japanese designation of the hand
ful of volunteers who took the Ave ships
into Port Arthur In th first attempt to
block that harbor.
If Hobson's act before Santiago set Amer
ica aglow with enthusiasm, the deed of
these seventy-seven men has caused Japan
to go wild with delight. Togo's victory on
the night of February 9 caused Nippon to
break out into processions, but it did not
touch the deepest cordB of patriotism a
has th exploit of this little band.
Th reason Is plain. The fleet on the
night of lht 9th went Into action with the
idea of coming out of it more or less alive;
the seventy-seven willingly went into the
Jaws of death, knowing that ths chance
were against their coming out of the hell
of shot and shell alive. They unhesita
tingly laid their lives at th emperor' feet
and that 1 th subllmsst height of patri
otism In Japan.
So th story ef th "Seventy-Seven De
termined Death Body" Is being told all
over th Islands today under tho title f
'Th Cherry Blossom of Tea Thousand
Deeds," which, in plain English, means
that these volunteers in their on act
howed th samurai valor that la usually
contained In 10,000 brave deeds.
Type af th Heroes.
On of th herolo seventy-seven was
Umehara Kenso, and ths manner In which
be Insisted on doing his duty at th sacri
fice of bis Ufa is representative of the
spirit that actuated his fellows.
Kenzo was one of the volunteer from
the battleship Yashima, ef which he was
second engineer. He wss assigned to the
fire boat Buahu Maru, and put in charge
of. the engine room. Aa the five boat
neared the harbor, heading skilfully for
their positions, a ahot pierced the Bashu
Maru three feet from the engine room and
disabled the engine, setting th beat clear
off its course.
Th officer In command, seeing the hope
lessness of attempting to do anything more,
ordered the crew to escape In the small
boats. Kenso at first refused to desert his
post; he still had an idea that he could
aomehow make his wrecked machinery
work, and eventually place the boat Water
flooded th engine room, and still Krmo
stood by his machinery. Finally, with th
water above his waist and with tears in
his eyes, hs regretfully responded to the
last call and came on deck. His comrades.
with shells bursting all about them, were
alongside in the boats awaiting bis appear
ance. Juat then a ten-inch ahot fell on the
deck of the drifting fir ahlp, burst, and
Kenso was seen to fall.
A second later several of his comrades
bad leaped to the deck, and Kenso, mor
tally wounded in the abdomen, was low
ered Into a boat, which, after narrowly
escaping sinking from the shells that
struck all around It, eventually reached
the Yashima. There, an hour later, Kerzo
died.
Did Rot Dl la Vala. I
But he did not die in vain. Hi parents
I In Osaka gave a great feast in bis honor
hi portrait was dedicated at the temple,
and the women of Osaka, where Kenso
ran the streets as a boy, cutting off their
hair In his honor, made great ropes of It
and sold them to the temple, where such
ropes are used in ceremonies and In pulling
timbers used In building temples. The
money derived by thla sacrifice has been
turned into the government war fund; and
so Kenio, although he could not place his
ahlp, materially benefited his country after
all, for big prices are paid by the priests
for ropes of hair, and hundreds of Osaka
women are minus their "crowning glory"
today.
To the pluck of another of th seventy-
seven a boat load of his comrades owe
their lives. This common sailor was at
the tiller, steering the escaping boat out
to sea, after the crew's failure to place
the Are ship, when a stray cannon shell
shot away the elbow of the arm that was
holding th tiller. The man's other arm
had previously been injured, th boat was
drifting in direct line of th Russian fire,
when he dropped down on his knees,
grabbed the tiler In his teeth, and, as If
nothing had happened, steered th boat
straight for hla battleship. Then, when he
aw his comrades safe and sound on deck,
he fainted from loss of blood and pain.
Such were two of the Individual deeds.
and similar stories could be told of every
man who went In with the fire ships, not
one of whom expected to come out alive.
That Is why their last half hour before
climbing up th sides of the fire ships was
given up to writing letters home; and this
letter, written by 8ub-L4eutenant Torizakl
Yasuso, who was killed, is a type of all
th other. It was written to hla unci In
Toklo;
Kaw Their Peril.
"W are to tak fire ahlpa Into Port Ar
thur to block th Russians. It Is a daring
feat, but we are anxious to engage in It
W will show th enemy th keenness of
th samurai sword. I will never see you
again In this world. Give my best regards
to th boys. Tak good car of Klyoahl
(hi coualn). This is my final letter to you.
Goodbye."
The volunteer themselves not alone real
ized that they were going into the Jaws
of death; th whole fleet knew It. Captain
Yashiro, of ths battleship Osama, Just
before th Seventy-seven wer dispatched
on their task, held a farewell celebration
for the five volunteers from hi ahlp. He
piped the crew onv deck, brought out the
great allver ceremonial cup (sakadzukt).
given the Oaama by the crown prince.
and filled It with water. This use of water
Instead of sake is significant in Japan.
Whenever a friend starts on a Journey
from which he may not return, he drinks
water out of the sakadzukl with his friends.
Th crew, then, realised the full signifi
cance of the captain's act. Then the cap
tain spoke, addreaaing hlmeelf to the little
band marked out for death:
"Ordering you men to bottle up Port
Arthur means sending out beloved sons
to tsste the gall of death. But If I had on
hundred aona I would eend all of them on
thla adventure. Or If I had Just ons well-
beloved son I would appeal for hlra to be
sent"
Caatala's Farewell Orders,
Then, turning squarely to th quintet, b
continued.
If inn tnaa vnur left hand. WOrk With
the right If you loee both handa. work
with your feet. If both feet are snoi away,
work with your head. Obey all order re
apectfully. Do not in any degree disobey.
"I am aendlnar you to death. No doubt
you ars determined to die. but that does not
mesn that you should die too readily. Do
your duty first. Nor do I want you to go
mi thla errand atmnlv for the fame that
will be yours for centuries of generations
(forever). My appeal to yu la. do not
think of your life or of fame in doing tula
patriotic duty.
"The water I am drinking with you la
not to encourage you to do your duty.
but I give it to you a a tonlo. You are
th representatives of th brave son of
the Ohama. It would be a disgrace if it
were discovered that you died by aid of th
power of this cup. (If you sought death
because w drank from this cup.)
"I await for your return after th accom
plishment of your duty, and I long for the
day when we shall Joyfully drink real sake
out of the same cup.
'Go. .Trust all to the Almighty. Leave
life or death In th hands of God,, and
with perfect peace dwelling In you, do
this great deed."
These are but fragments of the deed ef
th Seventy-seven Determined Desth Body.
When the whole story Is known, It will un
doubtedly prove to be a close rival of what
ha been called th finest national story of
Japan th story of the Forty-seven Ron
In. OLIVER T. SAMPSON.
Th Be want ads are the Best Business
Boosters.
A La Mode.
-Tt i. nnkind of you to say I may not
have ruffles and frills whan they ars In
fashion," protests the wife.
Th. husband rjreserves a grim tllence.
Her the wife grows angrier still and give
him a large piece of her mina.
it ,n,iM nnt he becoming to you." ar
gued the husband after she had pauaed for
breath. "See how you loox wnen even your
temper Is ruffled."
Then she basted him. judge.
, LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
Th pay roll of the navy 1 120,000,000 a
year.
Th southern statea are producing holt
the lumber cut in America.
Farm land in England ranges in price
frcm 860 to 8120 per acre.
The American petroleum sold In Europe
Iaat year wae 37,h2,0uo worth of refined and
86,298,000 worth of crude oil.
Th making of Brussels lace, which was
thirty years ago the occupation of lOO.uuO
Belgians, now employs Its than one-fourtU
that number.
Considering our n porta by countries, the
largest total ia to the United Kingdom,
Hat.aa.OUO; the next largest to Germany,
8193,842,000. and to Canada. 8113.2G7.1MJ.
The value of the farm animals in the
United States, as shown by the Agricul
tural department, ia: Horses, l,0uu,ow,000;
mulea, !ai0,000,0u0; cattle, 1.3(JO.00G,uw; sheep,
3168,000,000, and hoga, 3it4.0uO.6uO.
A machine haa been invented vhlch la
capable of splitting wood two feet lung
and eighteen inches thick, it Is run by a
three-horse power gasoline engine, and con
sists of a hug knife which works through
the knottiest wood at the rate of xlxty
atrokea per minute.
Radium exists In Amerlcsn or.es. This la
the opinion reached by Prof. Kohert A.
MUllkan of the department of phslcs In
the University of Chicago, after a seil.s of
experiments. Prof. MlHlkan has found In
pieces of uranium from Colorado and South
Carolina radio activity, and i.ome samples
from South Carolina showed a tadlo activ
ity of four.
In Russian factories 48.4 per cent of the
workmen know how to read and write. In
towns 32.2 per cent of the peasants sre
educated. In certain factorlea children of
10 to 14 work on condition that they aitend
the school connected with the factory three
or four houra dally. The factory popula
tion la composed almost exclusively of peas
ants from 18 to 80 years of site, une-fourth
of whom are women. The workmnn
reaches the limit of hla poaaiblllles at 83,
and Is usually a wreck at 46.
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