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Show IMMIGRANTS INCREASING More Than Fifty Thousand Thou-sand Arrivals Thus Far During May. ? ! NEW YORK. May 18. Immigration continues on the increase. For the seventeen sev-enteen days of May, this year, 50,077 aliens , passed through Ellis island, as against 45.48G last year and 36.371 In the same period. of 1901. This is an increase of 5221 over the same period last year and 23,000 are expected this week, and the last week in May promises to be unusually large. It is predicted that the month will show fully 100,000 as against 84,000 last year. |