davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05
Superstitious Ignorance of Immigrants Leads
Suspect Concealed Dangers in Ordinary Oc-
currences and Rise n Excitement

action Some newspaper men wearing glasses
were attacked with pushcart vegetables and
greeted as Butchers" in the jargon. An
eightesn- year-old Judas Maccabsus arrested
for ch2slCg q Board Of Health physician with a
loaded - olv1r and compelling him to throw up
his ha14s. One arrested orator, who was de-
scribing the slaughter of school children in Riv-
ington street when ordered to desist made the
extraordinary statement that he was speaking
under the constitution OF a free country The
Illogical humOr o. it did not appeal to a people
whose funny buc,p g lacking.
Jewish teachers in several cases were able to
Quset -ae TnobS by addressing them as fellow re-
l cniSrss The entiR excitement had died down
IN few hours as suddenly it had risen and
graduation exercises were held in several schools
in the afternoon.
Next day the East Side was calm. as usual
put there was a small outbreak in the Italian
quarter as an aftermath. No doubt the sons and
daughters of Italy got their inspiration from the
accounts OF the riot that appeared in their news
papers Three schools from Spring to Grand
street, west Of the Bowery, were rnobbed by
purple slGrted, red 'kerchiefed women The tan
ltor OF one building was slightly stabbed by a
stIetto IN the hands of an infuriated mother
and several children were found to be char
acteristically armed with knives to repel the an
tlclpated assaults of health doctors They also
had packages Of salt to throw in the doctors'
eyes The trouble ended by sending the
eHllqEen H ! nome before the noon hour. and most
OF Lhem came back TO the afternoon session
Three years ago East Side eruption was
almost caused by the benehcent work Of the
school children for trachoma, a malignant eve
disease that bars many immigrants from land
ing IN this country. The rumor spread that a
black man was going about cutting eyes and
leaving bloody trail. Sore eyes a disease that
needed operation? No. no, said the wiseacres
of the Ghetto; an enemy of the race was trying
10 blind the children The teachers luckily
heard IN time the premonitory sounds of seismic
disturbance. gave the children a lecture and dis
missed them from school
During the recent meat famine that extended
over the country there were serious riots in the
East Side. due TO belief that the retail butch
ers had arbitrarily raised prices. Yiddish women
and girls TO the front in the role OF
Tnsenads who assalled butchers carts and deded
the police
The landlord riot is regular institution that
breaks out when rents raised. The tenants
pand together to resist what is. in fact, general
~ extortiOn; they hire lawyer and fight legally
with words and with missiles. Not long ago
landlord was besieged in room Of the tenement
mouse he owned. and had 20 be rescued by the
police II a riot is ever justified, il is one
against the landlord. Tenement house rents are
higher proport!onately than those Of Fifth ave-
nue. properties.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

OF their country as did Zehulon M. Pike, who
fell at York Canada, In 1913 at the early age
OF thirty-four years. He first made known the
physical characteristics of the unknown and de-
batable territory which separated the eastern
inhabited parts of the newly acquired Louisiana
from the northwestern domains OF New Spain.
Pixies diary, which fortunately has been pre-
served shows that he encountered many hard
ships on this expedition, and that he met diff
culties with a surprisingly bold heart consider
ing his age and experience.
If the spirit OF the hardy explorer hovers over
the scene, II will doubtless smile at the unveil-
ing In his honor OF a shaft hard by the Garden
OF the Gods. with its huge red sandstone monu-
ments rising more than two hundred and fifty
feet, beaten by the weather into fantastic shapes
and scattered In wild confusion. The gateway to
the Garden OF the Gods, properly consecrated,
would make noble monument
No Edffel Tower or Ferris Wheel VIII be needed
at this centennial celebration The summit of
the Peak will unfold, through the clear. thin
September atmosphere, panorama surprising
that any Worlds Fair visitor has seen. And the
summit, though declared inaccessible by its dis
coverer may be reached by railroad, carriage,
bUrro foot The mountain climber OF to-
day would not consider the ascent worthy Of his
attention: the tenderfoot however, after his
climb Of nine miles. never longs for a second
trip.
At the close of the weeks festivities there is to
be grand illumination of the Peak. II the old
mountain is enterprsing, IL will get up one Of its
characteristic electrical displays, which far sur
pass any fireworks man has yet been able to
invent
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

newspaper that ten years before she had written
a Christmas hymn The newspaper assumed
that a jealous Gentle she had a deep design
70 proselyte When she went 70 the editor
denied the charge. and showed its folly, an apOl-
ogy was printed that averted all future trouble.
Schoolteachers have 70 be wary in avoiding
the religious source Of difficulty. The law pro-
vides for Bible reading ~ the principal az
the morning exercises. but patriotic songs take
the place Of hymns Bits OF Christian story and
legend in the school readers are sometimes or
dered left out. One teacher had to explain to
her pupil that a casual allusiOn 70 Christ in
Robinson Crusoe" had no sectarian meaning
Since all Anglo-Saxon literature is full Of Chris
ton references the teachers are often hard
pressed TO avoid offence The careful in
structor. when taking her class out for a holiday
does not invite them to partake of the mildest
refreshment To drink lemonade with a Gentle
would be trafer It is told that the angry parents
Of Yiddish boy who had broken the rule OF
not eating with Gentle gave him an emetic.
While scorning the historical origin OF Christ
mas. presents are exchanged during that sea-
son
All the fantastic contrasts depicted by Zang-
will in his stories are TO be found in the East
Side. The stern cid rabbi has a son who goes
to college and eats hearty meal in a restaurant
on the fast of the Day of Atonement China
town restaurants filed on fast days with
the young generation. A piOus old woman who
wears her black wig over red hair has married
daughters who sCoTn TO dsfigure themselves and
wear stylish frocks. The wig. an ancient inei-
tuition. IS explained by as a badge OF hu-
mility and a sign that the married woman has
made herself unattractive 70 all men except her
husband The AmcriCanized married woman
going shopping uptown carries her wig in a
handbag and returning TO the Ghetto puts il on
In some convenient hallway. II she plays thus
fast and loose with her paruk. she is apt to be
greeted with the contemptuous ridicule of ortho-
dox neighbOrs. expressed in the word .ausseas-
sen (enancipated).
\ riot that had some reason occurred two
years ago al the funeral Of Rabbi Joseph. a
chief exponent OF the Hebrew faith in this
country. About a million thalalsim. or prayer
shawls. were sold 70 the devoUt. and more than
one hundred thousand people turned out for the
funeral procession. As the procession was pass
ing iron foundry some mischcvOus employees
turned hose on il, causing panic and riot.
There also excuse for the excitement which
followed a report that a self-appointed mission
airy was branding crosses on the OF little
boys. This man. cripple. went about in a
gospel wagon inscribed Jesus Christ" and ne
had three women attendants 20 hand out tracts
and announce that Jesus of Nazareth was sit
ting inside II is likely that this fanatic was
guilty. rs reported. Of paying little boys JO cents
apiece 10 burn crosses on their arms with lunar
CaustiC.
\ characteristically large crowd turned out 10
honor the obsequies or Elias Ginsser. the Yid-
dish poet and playwright, who wrote several
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05
EVOLUTION OF SHIPS.
Models of AL Kinds Sho50n at
Bath SMpyard.

Bangor, Me, Aug. 4 (SpeciaD.-Few shipbuild-
ing firms in the United States possess so large or
valuable a collection Of models as that which
ornaments the walls of the Office Of Arthur
Sewall 6 Co. In Bath. These models serve as
an object lesson. showing as they do the many
changes which the styles in vessels have under
gone in the last seventy-five years. In the early
years Of the century the vessels were compara-
lively small. with round. full bows. heavy quar-
ters and full run. Compared with ships OF to-
day, they were Clumsily built, were dull sailers
and. though safe. were uncomfortable sea boats
Up to about 1887 they had flush decks: the
cabin and crew quarters being under the deck;
the galley. or ''cookhouse" as IL was then called
was by foot box lashed abaft the mast
About that time American shipbuilders adopt
ed the topgallant fOrecastle. which was soon fol-
lowed by the deckhouse. square structure built
on the deck near the stern of the ship covering
the gangway leading to the cabin. and used as a
dining room by the captain and officers during
fine weather. The vessels in the coasting and
Cuba trade ranged from twenty to one hundred
tons burden. They had single decks. with high
poops under which were quarters for the
officers and crew. They were large carriers for
their tonnage. and were excellent sea boats but
very dull sailers.
The first improvement noticed in marine ar
chitecture was In the fishing feet. The square
stern was adopted. the bows were built sharp
making them better boats and swifter saiers.
Then the coaSting trade began TO feel the need
Of a better class Of vessels The high poop
deck became thing of the past. and a half
deck $50 called) of lighter construction than the
other parts was built over the main deck from
the stern to the mainmaSt, and surrounded BY
light but strong open rail. Eventually these
light decks were extended TO the topgallant
forecastle, thus making the vessel practically
double decked.
These improvements had the effect to spur
the genius Of inventive shipbuilders and naval
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05
DONKEY DISCOVERED" RICH n

Spokane. Wash, Aug (SpeciaD-Ths s--.
how donkey was declared by a LEANED f-'-.
the Supreme Court to have discovered the P-,
Hill and Sullivan mine. now worth S5Nam !,
thereby caused the court 20 award his u--'-
third interest IN the mine, was recalled Iss n.
Oy the death Of o. O. Peck owner Of The l--l
at his home IN this city.
though the story is stranger than fiction h
literally true. and the facts are familiar NJ :
TO all miners and business men in this t---
Dut can be substanIiated by the court Ur.
Peck and w NJ kellogg were pTospecil-
gether through the CCeUr Alene NCuntaf
Central Idaho. when the famous mine was
dissolved partnership. But Kellogg retlils'
donkey that belonged 10 Peck. kellogg Al
prlatea the donkey, used 10 as q pack anin,l &
they were together when the great minel. {
pOsit was found. According TO the SupreUs G !
the doukey's participation in the discovery o
Peck TO an interest Harry Basr and JacOt G.
OF this city, who had ''grubStaked" Kellogg
the latter'S interest and he thus fared more
than Peck GOetz and Baer subsequently sod
fractional interest for S9o9.010
Judge Norman Buck Of the Idaho court Tc1isi
the famous opinion. He held;
From the evidence Of witnesses. this c0lIi
covered by Phil o ROUrke. w NJ Kelloss a.
1ackaSS belonging 70 o. O. Peck As plaintiff
the jackass. plaintiff is entitled 70 a Ole-t1il
tereSt in the Bunker Hill claim and Q1zTa
terest IN the Sullivan claim
Kellogg had originally been "sruhstaEid
Cooper and Peck. and had shown them soma .
which he found near the great mine which ,. :.
seQueutly discovered. They prOnOunced IT v
less. and the dissolution of partnership tol,
Kellogg and O'ROurke then formed
O'ROurke being of the opinion that the ole
valuable. GoetZ and Baer "grubstaked ne =
on this trip, ami had II not been thar tAsI
vertentIy happened upon Pecks buFF0 and az
priated its services Peck would nave had 20 =
IN the great discovery
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

architects. and II soon became a,-,.-
many new departures from ~ - ]
types n the improved modoIs 49, ~ IN
tonnage. The shipbuiIders raDiJi1- 60 - On
tonnage OF their ships built for - --eas-
II 1871 the HtappahannOck, Tegisterirg ~
was DuliC BY the Sewalls, and vss ,s.'' -
or the world. being, uD ~ re -
largest vessel ever built fo- - uls
service She was another departS-s 49, -
VtoUS models. Her cabins V-ers -. =. . O
upper deck and were lofty. spacio,-- 49, g
up IN g style previously unlrroT---' - =. q.
what was then known as "frigafe b,,T.s>.- = q
oilge, tumble-in top sides and verT vi,s Z +,
During the 4O's the shius buIls -.
cred models Of strength and beautv -s.A-
poop cabins were fitted up with an 49,
q view TO comfort never before affo--o-s s :
sailing ship Their graceful. darinC - =
true sheers and light counters .ysrs -.
American But they were built ev,--..--, |,
capacity, not speed. and IL remsins5 =
exciting news of the discovery ~ ooIs y ~ 4.
forn1a TO stimulate the genius ~ s---s-
architects, and the result was tho -
clipper OF the SOS. one OF which tt. r
Cloud. made the passage from New w.
san Francisco in eighty-twO DAYS. and -
has never been beaten. But thesa v-,--'s-
ships soon proved 20 be not exactly ~. :
wanted, and at once shipbuilders tuFnos =. I
half clipper-a ship combining the OuaI.'-
large carrying capacity with speed s1s..- I.
comfort The full clippers were verv 49,
the bow, and some Of them were 8, T-s
that every plank was put on withous ~,
sorting to Steaming
The coming OF steam vessels into ths -
trade drove the builders into conffT-,r- +
creasing the carrying capacity OF tba'r -
and the sharp lines had TO give place I, :.
rounding ones. which while they renI.i 4 /,
crease the speed. materially increased tF-'-
Iacity, and to-day another change a =.
that Of building ships OF steel instead OF m
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

/
KOSHER OR TRAFER Foul
The foundation Of the YIddish home tas = =
Of the moral law. is the question Nus--- -
| is kosher or trafer. clean or unelea.
/ explains many things The orthouoN
rather break one o6 the Ten ConnInanaii'-'
fail to preserve a kosher home a.
to ask a shilae OF the rabbi is the e''-
remark Of the East Side housekeepsi' =
that she will ascertain whether ee''
is religiously edible.
All food is divided into three Sla-- =,
food, meat food and Indifferent 1.,S- 1egG csnroi
is a specified combination AllH.oe4- AllH oa
drunk until six hours after ealiils bsF's 4
other hand. one may drink nllIA - - ~fabsa
ing meat. After a milk Medl 80 n p
must be changed for the meat eouls. - 81 9.
of the family drinks milk and tne - - .cset-
the table is divided II two mas s-s s..-'.- bT 81
between which there must oe no 0O--''
spoon or split food ,ts,,ra in po.
The hOusekeeper spends het ,I,.-ir- iC,,5 ra.lr-
over such regulations as tns lOllo l-' ~ aust
kosher food. printed in the FORM -
and answers: s,5 gets ui
Off boiling milk runs over %Ts ,Ts SSliIk "a.
pot OF soup OF a quart Sc - II me %, ,
paste around the soup POI, = ,.star ard ~ +
II has 10 be, washed in 5oihng VI ~ CAV -
stove; II earthen. It nns1 oe
SNif boiling milk gets into GaaII ~ Is E,s
At only a little milk got II; 80 -9iif ness :
"a spoon and a plate useu 10 10, dish srl 4
were accidentally used IOl q - rlafss! -
mixed up with other spoons t5royvn aWal y
spoon and one plate must oe '-rd -,'sad -
mixed lot, and the rest ca can y al Ia a got e. i
OFF two ounces of soap la1.,,-5 "a. 81 ne1i' ?
with half a chicken and hal1 a po"-@ ID
The meat is kosher ,-os not Was.as--s
.,>SS,ir-- Zen TcorTircH A-rhe hie- 80 4 O.
OF a plece OF broken siass chicken e =
are found in the inside naVei - ~ ~ iS without
navel is without hole =
OF there is doubt whetEesFs, sFs,,Stsrs = 49,
was broken before or altel 80 botiy, i y -,
the fracture is one inch Ifel.t el.t.5 In the VIII
OF q small hole was i1--.- -..--es=r - q
the ChiCken2 A.-AeSeiu gsA5.l-sn is sNo.ss-r .
OF tho liver OF a chlcSSs@ 4-flos-s.'
bladders but without any ~ Ss~0rle clal- q
less the liver is so soiL as IN ths soup ~ 8
holiday without knowing the ~. So tind. IS -
Wheat or corn or ANY Seel - - ~ chOnlsz - :
OFF a plate and spoon 20 If me ~ g
with Pesach pots ana plates "a put n - -
otherwise IL is chomez-
ChOmez. So O.
II the housekeeper gets tirsI ..h.. hss >
domestic instructions. she rei'0'
with the following facts: r-a q.
Rabbi Abraham. son Of Rabo5s Ra'5, many ~
lived IN the year 1isA ana '
''IRS Rsnbi Ij 'Ts David io's son Of Rabbi J,s o
lived i'm 1928 ard contributes
tUre. 0,.,s,a killed IN :.
The holy city Twerrt W - bor- =
Elias the great. q III, Ms ira
and was the greatest 'l-AA V-
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

That the East Side OF New York IS a volcano
OF superEZitIous ignorance, however masked by
vineyards of youthful education and talent for
profession art, was demonstrated again
recently by one Of the largest riots on record
a score OF public schools had to be closed and
fifty thousand scholars sent home. Everything
WAS peaceful at 10 o'clock in the morning. No
social scientist had observed signs Of an erup-
1ion Within half an hour the cry rang from
Houston stneet TO Madison, 1.-THE Christs are
numbering our babies" and a mob OF many
thousand weeping, moaning and shrieking men
and women marched on the public schools to
save their offspring. The police reserves. mount
ed and afoot. could do little to check the uni
versal frenzy; their appearance, II anything
convinced the parents OF the authorities con-
nivance IN the massacre OF innocents. Are not
the Cars Cossacks the greatest fnstigators and
perpetrators OF evil?
All over the Ghetto such cries as these were
heard in Yiddish:
They Sitting my Yetta's throat! .
oh, nyseldest born son. Tsidor. Cursed
be the Christ teachers who elay our children and
Hap their blood This IS worse than
AisninefL- and Biaiystok. Save our be-
loved JehoVah1 Judge US. Lord, ac-
cOrdAng TO our iriquities. but spare children
Woe! WOei Accused dayl"
Every school building was surrounded nv
bowling mob that broke windows and tried IN
smash IN the doors that had been locked against
them The children inside knew that they vvere
not being murdered. but they could not helm
being frightened by the noise and the confident
statements OF their parents. The most American
2zed T4ddlsh boy when he saw his wig-avyrv
wlld-eyed mother beating on the door with
clenched slsts-Or climbing ladder 90 rescue him
from a second story window-whIch happened
az School 1S7, IN Essex street-naturally felt
bit alarmed So TO the fury OF the outside mob
was added the panic OF the children within, ana
The teachers had some-Ty1ng moments.
This IS not Russia, my friends" cried e.
school principal. addressing the mob from a
window. why 90 you act so 1eolishly2 Who
told yOu that any harm had SbefaIlen your chill
dren27
The health doctors go into the schools and
cut throats." yelled a red bearded man.
listen. you are so ungraSeful end foolish that
sou co not appreciate the benefits OF 3 free
country -
1T Is no benefit 20 have our babies killed and
buried fn cellars
bah, do you believe such nonsense: Could
such thing happen IN free America? Was It
true when the Cars ignorant peasants in Rus
STA charged yoE with murde- g Gentle babies?'
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05
NEw.YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. AUGUST s. 1906.

tween meals. is pretty good evidence OF the grea.
difference In this particular between tea ana most
other beverages.
And IL IS this difference which most strongly ar-
eues in favor of the afternoon tea. Which. by
The way, the esteemed Sun reports as having
spread rapidly IN the Wall Street district ~
adds; "An interesting feature Of the spread OF the
custom Is it's adoption by the head of prominent %
department OF OF the biggest banks. Ihis
banker is IEishman. and his assistants are Ger
mans, yet all gather az a fixed hour every after-
beverages as Irish whiskey and Pilsener had never
been" Shrewd and sensible! That banker simply
renevs and at trifiing COST the vital energy OK
himself and staff-renews il fully, and that; too
with little waste OF time. And anything which can
restore 70 pristine strength and vigor-in the few
minutes the reflection consumeS-the human aninla!
almost wake the dead
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

The principal tried TO explain to the parents
what was in fact the triding cause OF the entire
disturbance. great many East Side children
are troubled with adenoids or warty growths in
the throat that interfere with breathing; others
have enlarged tonsils. It was suggested to the
mothers that the slight operations necessary, re-
quiring about minute's time and costing %
or so cents at the hands of Yiddish doctors,
ought 10 be performed. The parents said they
were too poor TO pay even this amount and they
seemed willing TO have the work done at the
schools free Of charge by the Board OF Health
doctors and a physician from Mount Sinai Hos
pital. About week before the outbreak eighty
three operations were performed in School 10,
at Broome and Cannon streets. Nearly all the
children treated were able 70 attend school next
day.
The volcano therefore, must have spent a
week getting seady TO erupt though no observer
took note of ii. 1t is believed that the RESPONSE
bility rests largely on the Ghetto nedicos, who,
dsgruntled at the loss OF 25 cent fees, talked
against the Board Of Health and also on a
popular Yiddish newspaper that is In the habit
Of hysteric sensation regarding the terrible
Christianity OF the schools. Two years ago this
newspaper warned parents that the teachers
were trying 20 make Christians out Of the chill
dren- It can, perhaps. be imagined how ignorant
parents. themselves not long in the country and
with the tales of European massacre fresh in
their minds, could attach the widest meanings
TO the mutterings Of Ghetto doctors and religious
mysteries OF Yiddish Journalists.
The riot scenes throughout the district were
both ludicrous and pathetic. Essex Market
court was in session when the tumult broke out
at the school next door, and magistrate. police
men, lawyers and reporters tUmbIed into the
street Dell nell. Though hustled by the mob the
court managed 20 keep together, and Magistrate
Breen had the pleasure OF assessing an immedi-
ate nne OF 81 on an orator who stood on the
court steps and shrieked:
!heyre cutting their heads Oft"
Inc ever useful fire drill, directed by a cour-
ageous little teacher. Miss Julia Hamburger
prevented the panic Of one thousand children
within the building. She beat time with a spell
ING book and started The chorus. Three Cheers
1oT the Red White and Blue" and got the fright
ened little ones 70 fall in line and march out of
The building. II was more than an fmpressfye
sight 10 patriotism discipline and inteiIie
gence marching into the street 20 confront SUPER
stitious Old World ignorance. Some OF the par
enfs must have been ashamed OF themselves ~
the children were not ashOmed Of their parents
they made excuses or denials like that OF one
little girl who said:
My mamma wouldn't do such a foolishness" {"
New-York tribune., 1906-08-05

Navy Yard. has issued orders that no more men
shall be detailed as gardeners. stable keepers.
etc. for officers For thirty years IL has been
the custom OF officers TO have work about their
homes done by navy yard labOrers. and many &C
the present officers could be court martialled for
certifying payrOlls for labor not employed on
public work
The sixtieth anniversary OF raising the Arneri-
can flag az San Diego was celebrated Sunday by
the militia and civic bodies. The flag was
hOisted by Mrs. De Baker. and a granite monu-
ment 20 commemorate the event was unveiled
by daughter OF General John q. Fremont
The excessive heat on the Colorado and Nfojave
deserts this summer has caused many deaths
Of prosrectors. Especially is this true Of Death
Valley asl the Panamint Mountain range. into
which hundreds Of gold seekers have swarmed.
eager TO locate claims. The temperature az night
has been as high as 116 degrees. while by day
the mercury has gone up 70 16O degrees.