Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1902 — INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION. [ARTICLE]

INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION.

Official Statistics Showing Nativity of Prospective Americans. A statement has been prepared at the imniigrntlou bureau showing the number of immigrants who arrived in the United States by countries during the fiscal year 1902, as compared with 1901. TlfF total arrivals for the last fiscal year were 648,743 immigrants and 82,055 other alien passengers, making a total of 730,798. This is an increase of 160,825 immigrants over 1901. The principal inereane during the last year as compared with 1901 were as follows: Au st rI a H an gn ry 58.500 Italy. Including Stelly and Sardinia;. .42.370 Russian empire mid Finland 22.000 Japan pool Sweden 7.5U3 (lernian empire (1.(153 Norway 5,23(1 Greece 2,11)4 Denmark 2,006 The principal decreases are: Ireland 1,425 I’hlmt 810 Turkey In Europe 200 Following are the names of the countries from which the largest number of immigrants came during the last fiscal year: Italy, Including Sicily and Sardinia. .178,375 Austria Hungary 171,1)80 Russian empire mid Finland 107,347 Sweden 30.8114 Ireland 20.138 German empire 28,304 Norway 17.484 Japan 14,270 England 13,575 Mrs. .Tames 11. Wood, whose husband died after securing claim No. 1 next to Lawton, O. T., has been giVen n final certificate to the land by the Interior Department. This ends all contests in the case. John Francis Duncombe, a pioneer settler of Fort Dodge and prominent in legal and political circles throughout Town, died at his home in Des Moines, aged 71 years. An agent of the Colombian government purchased a vessel at Seattle, Wash., for $68,000 to be used as a “warship.”