Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-12

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the port, surprising that some dreadful
contagious disease had killed everybody
on board. trained guns on the shi and
began a furious cannonad de With the IDEA
of sinking her and thus preventing the
pestllence from reaching the shore rms
aroused those on board somewhat, and
one of them got sufficient control OF his.
Wits and legs to sta gger to his feet and
raise the Norwegi ian flag.
W1nen the floating alcoholic ward be-.
came somewhat sobered they tried =
again, after getting help and supplies 9 8
various kinds thru the good Offices OF
the American consul. The peculiarity
OF this advance guard of the army Q s
Scandinavians was that they called
themselves Quakers', and did. as mat
ter of fact, belong 70 some brailch OF
that sect. On the arrival Of the Res
tauration in New York all the lriiiii-3
grants were in practically destitute
condition and 5wcre helped with food
clothing and money by members 81 the
Society of Friends in this city l'heir
sloop, with its cargo. which had Cost
them something like $4,000, they sold
for about a quarter of that amount and
then turned their faces inland To seek
their fortunes. Mr.. Nelson remarks that
With the single exception of the brave
Col Olson. an Illinois soldier in the War
of the Rebellion, not one of the sloop
Party or any of their desc endants ha 9
disting rushed himself in any line. during
the seventy five years that have elapsed
since the Restauration arrived III New
y ork
Mr., Nelson figures that up to 1909
fully 1900. 900 Scandinavians had set
tied in this country since colonization
began. The Scandinavian immi ton.
as compared with that OF other races,
Ibid not begin seriously until very lats.
The Norweg Ian, which Was the earliest,
did not exceed 1000 year until 49,,
and the Danish not until 1857. The
Scandinavian immigration reached its
maximum in 1882 when nearly 65, 900
Swetles, 10000 Norwegians and 12,9gV
Danes arrived in this country Since
then The Immigration from all northern
countries has declined. From 1891 tes
1890 the Scandinavians Constituted I
percent of the total immigration. Sixty
two per cent of the northern Immigrants
are male; 6j per cent arrive oetwes..
1.-THE ages of Is and 40; "a per cent ar.
children under 15s and II per cent q re
niore than 40 years old. About one -ha.f
OF the Swedish Immigrants come here
fer the purpose OF engaging in aeri-
cultural pursuits. and in this respect
Sas indeed in many others. they compare
Very favnrably with the REPRESENTATIVES,
of all other nationalities that come here
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