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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15

1871, when for ten years th,. was
falling off. In the succeeding ten years,
however, English and Welsh immi-
grants increased rapidly, outnumbering
the Irish, and being second only to the
Germans. In the last seven years they
again have fallen below the Irish in
numbers. Italian immigration was
small up to 1870, but since then it has
rapidly been increasing, and in the last
seven years nearly half a million Ital-
ians have arrived here. Prior to 1871
immigration from Russia and Poland
was small, but since then it has been
increasing fast, and since 1890 over
All 900 immigrants from those coun-
tries have arrived. The immigrants ar
irving in the United States in the four
years ending June 80, 1898, brought to
this country in cash the sum of SIG.
4S7, ,429
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15

genial climates of other regions. One
of the greatest Of these early migra-
tions was the passage Of 2,500,000 Is
raelites out of Egypt into Palestine.
But, as is pointed out in the report Of
the State Board of Labor Statistics,
mot since the confusion Of tongues at
Babel, which led to the scattering of
the people abroad upon the face of the
earth, has there been anything of such
n cosmopolitan nature 'as that which
forms the phenomenal immigration. to
the American States"
From the treaty of peace with Eng
land in 1888 to June 30, 1898, according
10 careful collation. of the figures
of accepted authorities, there arrived
In the States 19,06S,556 immigrants,
drawn from every nation under the
sun. Statistics of immigration were
not kept until 1919, but it is conceded
by statistical experts that the number
of immigrants arriving in the twenty
six years preceding was 25O,OOO, exclu-
sive of negroes" In the early periods
Of immigration a whole year did not
bring to these shores as many imm-
grants as land now at the port of New
York In a single week. "In IT'S the
landing at Boston of five vessels, hav-
Ing on board $50 Irish immigrants, and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15
ON HIS DIGNITY.
Mr.. Williams Has Notice that He Is Be-
meath Editorial Notice.

Mr.. Williams Has Notice that He Is Be
meath Editorial Notice.
Just after we went to press last week,
and while on our way to Abraham
Whites grocery, we met Dan Williams,
who owns the livery stable on Violet
street. Mr.. Williams did not return
our bow of recognition, but advancing
upon us in threatening manner said:
Mr.. Colwell, you owe me two dollars,
and you either hand it over or will
take it out of your hide"'
"Mr. Williams" we kindly replied,
though much astonished at his abrupt
ness, 1--WE know we owe you two dol
lars, but we cannot pay it at present
AS soon as the money comes in on sub
scription you shall have It,"
This was the best we could do, but
so far from letting the matter drop he
knocked our hat into the middle of the
street. Then he knocked us after the
hat. Then he kicked us and called us
names.
We did not fight back. Our editorial
dignity was at stake, and we maintain
ed it. Even when Mr.. Williams hit us
in the back with an old tin can we did
not turn to handy words with him We
think that an editor should maintain
his dignity at all times and under all
circumstances, and our wife is highly
pleased at our conduct In the affair
mentioned
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15
Coxey Gives Food for work.

Every man who applies at Coxey's
quarry near Massillon, Ohio, can get
work. All tramps have heard of Coxey
and 1t is n favorite game of theirs to
apply to him for work on Saturday
afternoon. They are given good meals
and comfortable beds, not having to
work on Sunday. When Monday comes
they make their escape. Two men
tried this recently, but Jesse Coxey,
son Of the general" brought the run
aways back at the point of revolver
and made them work out the price of
the comforts they had received.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15

In 1929 the arrival at Philadelphia in
one week Of several small ships con-
tanning passengers from Ireland excit-
ed much comment; while even toward
the close Of that century the entry into
New York harbor in one day of two
vessels laden with Germans created
sensation. During the era of Dutch
rule in New Netherlands a couple of
ships annually conveyed all the re-en-
forcements to the colony, and In that
whole time the immigration consisted
of only a few thousand"
From the time when the tide of immi-
grafton really began to set toward
these shores until now, New York has
been the great receiving and distribut-
Ing point for the seekers of new homes.
or the entire number of immigrants
who arrived in the United States from
Oct. /, 1919, to June 80, 1885, nearly go
per cent. debarked at the port of New
York. This has had much to do with
keeping New York cosmopolitan COM
munity. Governor Roosevelt in writ
Ing of New York in 1775, says: New
York's population was composed Of
various races, differing widely in blood,
religion and conditions of life. In fact,
this diversity has always been the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15
HOTEL RATES FRIGHTENED HIM.

Mississippi Congressman Appalled, at
the Prospect of Paying $50 Day.
Colonel Mann tells this story of Rep
resentative John Allen of Mississippi.
When Mr.. Alien journeyed over to
Manhattan several weeks ago to en-
joy the dinner of the New York Bank
erS' Association he arrived Saturday
at noon and was taken to the Waldorf
Astoria. There the clerk assigned him
to n room and on going up, he found
that 1t was great suite of three rooms,
magnifccntly furnished, one mass or
gilt and dainty coloring. and with
punches of American beauty roses
standing around on costly tables.
"Mr. Allen began to grow fearsome,"
said Colonel Mann, land saw visions of
large bills being presented when he
left for Washington. After taking an
other look at the princely surround
ings he concluded that they were too
expensive for him and rang for bell
boy. When the boy arrived Mr.. Allen
gave him a half dollar and quietly in
structed him to find out what the rates
loI lue Sulte lOr' u udy WeIe' L lie uoy
returned within a few minutes and
reported the price per diem as $40.
John Allen saw that he was living too
high and after sending his grip down
strolled up to the telegraph office and
wrote himself messdge from dear
friend uptown, who insisted that he
come up and stay with his boyhood
chum. He then adopted long face
and, going to the hotel Office he ex-
tended his hand to the clerk and ex-
planned the situation.
Livery well Congressman said the
clerk, but / am sorry you cannot re-
main with u.s.
"'Oh, l would like to- said Mr.. AL
len, but l can't disappoint my old
friend. Well, good-by; and by the
way, what is my billY
Here he pulled out his wallet.
oh, nothing at all, Congressman
said the clerk. You were to have been
the guest of the Bankers Association
at the hotel and your suite has been
settled for
well, John Allen went out sadder
and wiser man and hunted up
cheaper hotel"-St. Louis Republic.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15
Russia.s -Four Lareest CItiea.

The population Of the four greatest
cities Of the Russian empire Is given as
follows in the figures of the recent GEN.
sus: St. Petersburg, 1,132,677; Mos
cow, with Its two suburbs, 9SS,614;
Odessa, 405,041 "a great increase since
1892, and Warsaw, 826072. Contrary
to what is observed almost universally
throughout Europe, the male inhab-
itants outnumber the female In the
three first named communities, while
In the last, Warsaw, the proportion of
women Is but slightly superior 70 that
Of men.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15

dominant note of New York. No sooner
has one set of varying elements been
fused together than another stream has
been poured into the crucible."
A glance at the chart published here
with will show how immigration ebbs
and flows from time to time. The Com
missioner, in his report, says: THE fig
ures in the table Of annual arrivals in
dicate that immigration, like ocean
tides, recedes for while, then rises
again. Aside from the civil war period
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15
AMERICAN TEA AND CHOCOLATE
Englishman Says Neither of Them Is
Fit to Drink.

Fit to Drink.
'Its odd, now, isn't it, that one can
get superbly good coffee in even the
cheap restaurants in America, and can't
get cup Of decent tea in even the best
hotels?" He was young and amiable
and good-looking, and had dropped in
at o'clock Ostensibly for cup Of his
national beverage, so the woman to
whom he spoke simply smiled, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser. "Of
course, you won't agree with me-" he
continued, good-humoredly. "Amerl-
cans never do agree with us, because
the institutions we like they are tired
Of, and the things they are proudest of
I'm afraid we don't appreciate. For
example, those Observation-Disclosures, I
will take another, no cream, please.
But, as l was saying, the coffee is so
good everywhere 1t almost makes one
feel one Is In Paris, and now, l come
to think of 1t, the tea does, too. | SUD-
pose you've had nightmares after
drinking French tea? But one expects
nothing better in a wine-d drinking coun-
try like France. In America it's more
surprising. Why, in England, yon know.
we think Of America as place where
drinks are invented, improved upon
and made with the same genius you put
into your patent clothesplns and talk
ing machines and song-and-dance com
edies.
"Why, remember when my Sfsters
were at school they met some Ameri-
can girls who used to lament England's
lack Of ice cream soda Their relatives
in this country used to send them out
pounds Of maple sugar-such dark,
sticky stuff!-but the poor little beg
gars were very 'home-sick for their spe-
cial tipple. When l came out here first
/ was homesick, too-when tasted the
tea. You know, tea Is a panacea for
the Ills of the mind as well as for those
of the body and for the blue devils
There's nothing like good cup of tea.
What's that2 We're sad nation? oh,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15
FELL FROM A VESSEL.
THRILLING RESCUE FROM
DEATH AT SEA. .
Boatswain Who Was Swept Overheard
Saved Without Lowering a Boat
Sailors with Buoys and Life-Lines
Snatch Him from the Water.

Notwithstanding their hard lives and
their 'closeness,' the larger number of
tramp shippers treat their crews with
great humanity. They are generally
much affected by the loss of any Of the
ships company, and they have been
known to risk the ship herself to save
the lives of their shipmates. Perhaps
one of the most stupendous efforts at
life-saving ever reported at sea was
that performed by Captain William
Inness of the freighter British Prince.
His boatswain, hardy Swede named
Lastadius, while getting a bucket of
fresh water for a timid cook, was
picked up by heavy sea and carried
overheard. AS he swept along the star
board side of the ship Captain Inness
saw him and shouted:
Keep up stout heart! We will
save you If we can
ut was getting very dark and the
boatSwain was three ship lengths
astern before anything could be done
aboard the vessel. He gave himself up
for lost, but kept on swimming. 1t was
Impossible to launch boat, as the seas
were colossal. The captain had just
finished his supper when he saw the
boatswain swept astern. He ran to-
ward the bridge, shouting as he did so
to the engineer:
Stand by to stop those engines
''Then he flew to the bridge and laid
his right hand on the telegraph.
stop and reverse was flashed to
the engine room, and the captains
voice rang out, All hands to starboard
with lines and buOys!
"The captain told me about the event
thus: Our only hope in saving him lay
in picking him up with the ship, for no
boat could live in the sea that was run
ming When backed the ship down to
him | saw him struggling for his life.
He had the buoy that the second officer
had thrown to him under his arms and
his body was well out of water. de-
termined to save him il he could hold
out and could fetch him alongside.
We missed him the first time, and he
was carried around the bow to the port
side. He kept shouting and we answer
ed back. Wewere going ahead bit
when he was whirled to starboard.
GAS the night had we'll set in, we
soon lost him, but | turned on the
bridge and got the bearing of his voice
by star. l kept that star In sight, and
put the helm hard starboard and bore
down in the direction of the star. We
had lost his voice altogether, but as we
steamed toward the star we heard it
family. We caught sight of him too
late to pick him up as we steamed past,
so we came up with the wind again,
with the bo's'n on our port hand. We
steamed slowly, so that the men ranged
along the port rail, each with lifeline
or buoy, had chance at him. knew
by the cheer that went up that he was
saved. He had caught line and was
hauled aboard. He chung to the rail so
tightly, not knowing that he was saved,
that the men had to pound his hands to
break his grip. '"-Ainslee's Magazine.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15
TIDE OF IMMIGRATION;
Its Ebbs and Flows Have Left Nearly
2O,ooO,ooo Foreigners on
Our Shores.
I10o OF only does immigration into DOM

T0 OF only does immigration into
JNi the United States exceed that
H into any other country in the
world, but it is Of character which
makes the subject one of the greatest
interest and well worth the study of
historian and political economist. In
ancient times whole nations emigrated
and sought new homes, driven from
their former ones by oppression and
force, or lured from them by the at
fractions of more fertile fields and more
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15
NORWAY.

In One District Consumption Has In
creased A1armingly.
In writing of the terrible scourge OF
consumption in Norway, United States
Consul Victor e. Nelson. located at
Bergen, says: In November of last
year DR.. Claus Hansen. of Bergen, de-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15

and that part Of the present decade
ending June 80, 1898, the incoming
wave Of each decennial term rose high
er than the one Immediately preceding
it,"
Germany has furnished the largest
number of immigrants to the United
States. Next In order are Ireland,
England and Wales, Norway and Swe-
den, British America, Italy, Austria
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15
Atlantic Fogs.

The captain of an Atlantic liner, after
many calculations, has come to the con
clusion that the general size of fog
in the Atlantic is about thirty miles In
diameter.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15

After a man once reaches the top he
never talks about the surplus room up
there.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-06-15

An old bachelor says that widows are
the only secondhand articles that sell
at par,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-27
Spencer WiIkinson's Review of the
Situation and Possible Plan of
Lord Roberts's Campaign.
FREE SKATERS DIsHEARTENEI
MANY HAVE DESERTED sTEYN AND
RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES.
Scenes at MafeEing-Last Honors to
Members of the Garrison Who
Fell Duriag the Siege.

LONDON. May IS. 3 p. m.-The War Of
fee has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
''wolverhoeck, Orange Free State. May
2s.-An advanced portion of this force
crossed the Vaal river on the Queens
birthday. near Parys. Hamilton's column is
at Boschbank. Our scouts are now at VIII
joen's drift on the frontier north of wolve-
hoeck. The local mines are uninjured and
work is going on as usual. There is no
enemy On this side of the river. Hunter
reached vryberg, May "a
An official bulletin at Pretoria, says:
The British have crossed the vaal at
Grobler's drift. near Parys. The high level
bridge at vereeniging has been blown UP
by the Federals. General Dutoit advises
that the burghers are coming forward in
force. determined to fight to the end. After
retaking Heilbron. the Federals followed
the British as far as wolverhoeck"
AS anticipated the first news from Lord
Roberts after his long silence was the an
nouncement that the British had crossed
the Vaal river. This is probably General
Hutton's column, which crossed at Parys
and may be expected TO make a dash at the
railroad in the neighborhood of Potchef-
stroem. whence there is direct communica-
ton with johannesburg. General Hamil-
tons column is at Boshbank which is close
10 the river, about eight miles northwest OF
Wolverhoeck. Lord Roberts's headquarters
and may be expected to also cross the vaal
river and create a diversion on the flank
OF any Federal force in the neighborhood OF
yereeniging. AS he has only about fifteen
miles to traverse a speedy announcement
may be expected that the British COM
mander-in-chief himself has gained foot
hold in the Transvaal. and that he will
reach the Federal position south of Johan-
nesburg in the middle of the coming week
The same secrecy which shrouded the
movements of the main army envelops Lord
Methuen's and General Rundle's columns
so, probably, the next official dispatches
will show decisive movements OF these
wings Rumble ought 10 be close to Bethle-
hem by now, and the experts expect to
hear of some decisive movement on Harri-
smith Railroad, in which part of General
Buffers force will cooperate. in the
direction OF Van Reenan's pass.
Should the Pretoria bulletin announcing
the reoccupation of Hebron by the Fed
erals turn out to be true, it will be a
totally unexpected development, as General
Ian Hamilton occupied Heilbron Tuesday
and nothing has been heard from there
since.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-27
PATHETIC SCENE AT MAFEKING.


MAFEKING, May 1s.-The entire garri-
son paraded this morning to a thanksgiving
service Colonel Baden-Powell addressed
the men, saying: 1--WE have been unable
to fire a volley over the graves OF our
killed, being fearful of drawing the fire of
the enemy's guns"
To-day the garrison paid the last honors
TO the dead, assembling ir the graveyard
and bidding goodbye TO their fallen COM
rades. After sounding the last post the
garrison attempted to sing the national
anthem, but could hardly be heard, as the
men were choked with emotion. Colonel
Baden-Powell was deeply affected and ad-
dressed each unit separately. He told the
town guard that those who wished would
be permitted to return to their civilian vo-
cations. To the Rhodesian column, In a
characteristic manner, he said: We've
kicked out the Boer protectorate" s'-as
The Beers to the south retired from Kun
ana ten miles east of Martha, and are fall
ing back further on Barpilspan. The
Beers routed here rallied a few miles east
of Polfontein.
A cornet who failed to support Com
mandant Eloff in the latter's attack on
Mafeking, in which Eloff was captured,
wrote a letter sympathizing with him.
Eloff replied that he hoped the devil and
all his angels would torment him eternally
and that he and his would rot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-27
STREETER'S KINGDOM.
How the Captain Became POssessor
of the Disputed Land.

CHICAGO, May 26.-Captain Streeter
claims to own the land which, were the
title clear, would be worth between $50 OOO-
600 and s50.000,0O0. In 1885 Captain Streeter
and his wife were stranded on a little sand
bar few yards from the shore at the foot
of Superior street. The spot was not down
on the maps, and the doughty navigator
laid claim to the land and declared his
right, being the whole population, to elect
himself to all the offices which he in franz
ing a. constitution. deemed the territory in
need of. AS the years passed the dumping
of all sorts of refuse, and by the earth
washed up by the lake. formed a large
tract, and Captain Streeter became a man
of Importance. With his Importance and
the increased value of the lands his
troubles began. The tract became con-
nected with the shore. and owners of ad-
joining property resented the presence of
Captain Streeter and the retainers he had
gathered about him. They carried the mat
ter into court. The Supreme Court of the
United States decided that the land was
within the jurisdiction of the State of Illi-
nois. Streeter thereupon offered the district
10 the federal government. A year ago he
organized O. territorial government under
the name. District of Lake Michigan" and
other Offices of Importance. The police,
however, descended on him and his army of
about fifty men, and since then up to to-day
the captain has lived in another part of
town.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-27
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.
Roberts Getting I'm Position to End
the War with a Dash.

LONDON. May 27.-Spencer Wilkinson.
reviewing the situation at the seat OF war
in South Africa for the Associated Press.
says: Lord Roberts is keeping a tight
hand on all kilograms in order not TO dis
close his moves. After occupying Rhenos-
ter he pushed his left wing at once towards
Parys. where the vaal river was crossed
on Thursday. The whole army seems to
have changed its direction TO the left. as
General Hamilton's original right wing to-
day was at Boschbank. half way from
Parys TO the railway bridge at viljoen's
drift. which is being watched by Roberts's
scouts. General Hamilton probably crossed
the Vaal to-day. assisted. IL necessary, by
a march up the river OF the force that
crossed at Parys. The whole force probably
will be across the vaal Sunday afternoon
johannesburg then will be two marches
distant.
IT suppose that Lord Roberts will push
on Hamilton and perhaps General French
10 turn the Beers. while Generals Tucker
and Pole-Carew will attack IN front. The
Beers, as usual. must either be enveloped
or 20. Very special exertions will be made
10 cut of their retreat. as Lord Roberts is
noy determined 10 capture them IL possible.
He relies fully on Ian Hamilton. whose
combination OF fire and prudence justiies
every confidence. II the Beers escape to-
ward Pretoria. Roberts will likely follow
swiftly and be at Pretoria In less than a
week.
THE Beers say they have retaken He'll
bron- General Roberts win neglect that.
but Will guard his railway, which I think
he VIII not wait to repair before going to
Pretoria
General Butler. At Iains's nek, IL eight