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POPULATION OF PRINCIPAL CITIES. -- CONTINUED [[line]] [[city]] | *1906 | 1900 Peoria, Ill. | 66,365 | 56,100 Philadelphia, Pa. | 1,441,735 | 1,293,697 Pittsburg, Pa. | 375,082 | 321,616 Pittsfield, Mass. | 25,648 | 21,766 Portland, Me. | 55,167 | 50,145 Portland, Ore. | 109,884 | 90,426 Providence, R. I. | 203,243 | 175,597 Pueblo, Col. | 30,824 | 28,157 Quincy, Ill. | 39,108 | 36,252 Quincy, Mass. | 28,911 | 23,899 Racine, Wis. | 32,928 | 29,102 Reading, Pa. | 91,141 | 78,961 Richmond, Va. | 87,246 | 85,050 Rochester, N.Y. | 185,703 | 162,608 Rockford, Ill. | 36,051 | 31,051 Saginaw, Mich. | 48,742 | 42,345 Saint Joseph, Mo. | 118,004 | 102,979 Saint Louis, Mo. | 649,320 | 575,238 Saint Paul, Minn. | 203,815 | 163,065 Salem, Mass. | 37,961 | 35,956 Salt Lake City, Utah | 61,202 | 53,531 San Antonio, Tex. | 62,711 | 53,321 San Francisco, Cal. | ....... | 342,782 Savannah, Ga. | 68,596 | 54,244 Schenectady, N.Y. | 61,919 | 31,682 Scranton, Pa. | 118,692 | 102,026 Seattle, Wash. | 104,169 | 80,671 Sioux City, Ia. | 42,520 | 33,111 Somerville, Mass. | 70,798 | 61,643 South Omaha, Neb. | 36,765 | 26,001 South Bend, Ind. | 44,605 | 35,999 Spokane, Wash. | 47,006 | 36,848 Springfield, Ill. | 38,933 | 34,159 Springfield, Mass. | 75,836 | 62,059 Springfield, O. | 42,069 | 38,253 Superior, Wis. | 37,643 | 31,091 Syracuse, N.Y. | 118,880 | 108,374 Tacoma, Wash. | 55,392 | 37,714 Taunton, Mass. | 30,953 | 31,036 Terre Haute, Ind. | 52,805 | 36,673 Toledo, O. | 159,980 | 131,822 Topeka, Kan. | 41,886 | 33,608 Trenton, N.J. | 86,355 | 73,307 Troy, N.Y. | 76,513 | 60,651 Utica, N.Y. | 65,099 | 56,383 Waltham, Mass. | 26,842 | 23,481 Washington, D.C. | 307,716 | 278,718 West Hoboken, N.J. | 30,280 | 23,094 Wheeling, W.Va. | 41,494 | 38,878 Wichita, Kan. | 35,541 | 24,671 Wilkesbarre, Pa. | 60,121 | 51,721 Williamsport, Pa. | 29,735 | 28,757 Wilmington, Del. | 85,140 | 76,508 Woonsocket, R.I. | 32,994 | 28,204 Worcester, Mass. | 130,078 | 118,421 Yonkers, N.Y. | 64,110 | 47,931 York, Pa. | 39,168 | 33,708 Youngstown, O. | 52,710 | 44,885 [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] [[double line]] Friday, January 1, 1909 [[line]] [[preprinted]] One more year started in. Last night after working like hell (by gum there goes one good resolution already) l turned in about half past nine, and was already well on the road to slumberland when there issued from inside Stewart's mosquito curtains, "Only a few more hours left of 1908!" "Gee whiz" l says, suiting the action to the word, "I 'most forgot to watch the old year out." I lighted the lamp again and read Marco Polo until the band began to make believe play and the firecrackers commenced. Firecrackers are the recognized thing for Christmas and New Year's celebrations out this way. Those bloody (oh, what