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1.541
504
375
1,285
8,398
64
13.200
17.515
5.491
Brooklyn
46.000
88.759
2.200
838
12
4
55
5
10
2
4,927
325
51.990
3,216
1,100
700
2,400
16
2
2
138
3
18
6
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8.028
390
1.610 372
49,000
5.476
13.200
Fall River
6.200
7.200
12
4
14
19 4
10 1
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1
55
81
47 21
18 3
1
5
4
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3.031
329
4.418
2.344
1.800
1,740
40
797
86
29,000
7,205
Grand Rapida
Green Bav
40.200
23.231
9.544
39.000
900
11,032
1,100
1,400
1,550
400
2
8
1
1 11
1 12
6 33
5
3
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2
4
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184
283
1,900
9,500
Mobile
400
Monterey and
1.200
7
39
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2,570
50.550
1.100
7
19
47
26
74
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18
1,613
1,429
4,913
16.000
Peoria
12.140
77.309
5.500
3
11
496
4.700
600
14
1
6
1
18
4
4
639
190
12.076
1,700
Salt Lake
600
10
32
3
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10
12
32
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1,071
1,842
6.042
52.200
2.800
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1,437
493
455
1,687
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1.250
28.580
7,200
4,.500
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925
4.200
6.420
702
517 330
1,678 134
104.143
1.244.42S
Archdiocese. Diocese, or Poush
Vicariate Apostouc Population'
Dubuque 800
New Orlean.s 700
San Francisco 3,000
Santa Fe 550
Alexandria 400
Alton 410
Baker City 500
Bismarck 600
Boise 700
Concordia 300
Covington 450
Davenport 550
Helena 800
Indianapolis 900
Lead 300
Nashville 600
Natchez 350
Oklahoma 700
Portland 1,600
Richmond 900
Sacramento 800
Archdiocese, Diocese, ob Poush
Vicariate .\postouc Population
St. Augustine 250
Savannah 1,200
Tucson 300
Brownsville 350
North Carohna 420
Alaska, Hawaii, etc 400
Total 18,830
The Polish Press in the United States. — Since the appearance of the first issue of the "Echo z Polski" (Echo from Poland), 1 June, 1863, in New York the Polish Press has been a faithful mirror of the condi- tions obtaining among the Poles in the United States. No fewer than one hundred and forty papers have been established since 1863, but of this number not more than seventy have survived, and the number is constantly fluctuating, although there is a steady average increase from year to year. The first paper was devoted entirely to agitation in favour of the mother countrj'. Its publicationwas discontinued in 1865. Not until 187() was another attempt made, when the "Orzel Bialy" (The White Eagle), made its appearance at Washington, Missouri, a promising Polish colony. The paper was issued at irregular intervals until 1875, and differed from the "Echo", inasmuch as it was devoted entirely to the affairs of the Poles in America. A third paper was established at Union, Missouri, by John Barzynski, for many ye.^rs after a prominent figure among the American Poles. This third paper was the "Pielgrzym" (Pilgrim), which later became "Gazeta Polska KatoUcka", pubhshed at Detroit until 1875, since when it has been pubhshed at Chicago and has borne the name "Gazeta Katolicka". For many years it was the organ of Father Vincent Barzynski and the Resurrectionist Fathers, and its strong militant spirit passed into the "Dziennik Chicagoski", established bythemin 1890. Until 1880 the "Gazeta" was edited by John Barzj-nski, who was succeeded by Ladis- laus Smulski. Both were men of no mean ability and sterling Cathohcity. The " Gazeta Katolicka " passed into the control of Ladislaus Smulski, and is still published by the Smulski estate. It has always pre- served its splendidly Catholic tone, and still ranks as the foremost among the Polish Catholic weeklies. The "Gazeta Polska" was founded by Ladislaus DjTiiewicz at Chicago in 1873, and for many years the "Gazeta Katolicka" and the "Gazeta Polska" were avowed champions of two factions, the Catholic Conservatives and the Nationalists. The circulation of the two papers is about 20,CKX).
Of the seventy Polish papers now published, nine- teen are pubhshed at Chicago. Not more than twenty are really as well as professedly Cathohc. About twenty-five are "neutral", while the rest range from the merely neutral to the "yellow" anti-clerical daily papers published at Chicago and Milwaukee, and the two Socialistic papers. The latter are less harmful to the Polish masses than the sensational papers claiming to be Catholic but countenancing open opposition to ecclesiastical authority. It is remarkable testimony to the faith of the Polish masses that this campaign of \'ilification has not been fraught with greater harm, and that it must be car- ried on under the pretence of the reformation of the PoHsh clergj'. With the exception of the avowedly Sociahstic Press, which lays no claim to being Polish in spirit, none of the papers are professedly atheistic or irreligious. Of the nine Polish daily papers four are published at Chicago, two at Buffalo, two at Mil- waukee, and one at Detroit. Their combined cir- culation is nearly 80,000; that of the "Dziennik Chicagoski" is over 16.000. Three of the daily papers, "Dziennik Chicagoski", "Nowiny Polskie" ("The Polish News", Milwaukee), and the "Polak
