Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-25
NINE STRONG DEMOCRATS TALKED OF FOR MAYOR
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reporter Of news agency In New
York, where his indomitable industry,
attracted the attention Of the Tribune
and he was offered reporters posi-
ton thereon. Once there he began his
warfare on the Croton water. At first
the other papers laughed at him, and
strove to belittle his efforts. But
Jacob Riis. with his wonderful power
Of stick.to.itiveness did not mind a
little thing like that. He persisted in
his attacks and warned the people that
II they did not correct the abuse they
would surely suffer from typhoid fever
by and by. One day typhoid came and
then Jacob Riis found his Tribune ar.
ticles were in great demand.
His next efforts were in behalf OF
decent lodgings for the poor. He had
been kicked out Of New York police
station where he applied for lodgings
once, when he was wretchedly poor,
because he was Dane and the police
sergeant was German! It was at q
time when Denmark was threatened
with war by Germany. Riis went to
Boston and found that there appli.
ca1ts for lodgings were accommodated
with comfortable bed, and were
given a good breakfast In the morning.
The only condition for this luxury was
that each ledger was required to take
a bath before he retired. This condl.
ton kept the lodging houses free from
a crowd-for Mr.. Baner stated 1t as q
fact that the average tramp dreaded
bath more than he did his loss OF
sleep for night! When he returned
from Boston, Riis sought out the
mayor Of New York, who was then
Hugh ]. Grant, and exploited to him
the advantage Of Boston's municipal
lodgings as compared with New York's.
YES" said Mayor Grant, II have
heard all about Boston's way Of lodg.
Ing tramps until am tired Of 1t.
| don't think New York will adopt It,"
Thus Riis began his warfare on Tam.
many Hall, whose representative
Mayor Grant was.
The next movement Of Jacob Riis
was In behalf Of better tenements. for
the poor In New York--where the
poor are 80 crowded together that
family Of eight persons occupy single
room-10 by IL feet; and Of one little
girl who was seeking to look out Of q
window to catch glimpse Of the sun,
which she did three times In summer.
Mr.. Rils said II the landlords Of the
New York tenements would be salts
fed with per cent on their Invest.
ments the tenants could be decently
cared for. But they want 25 and they
get It from the poorest and most mis-
cradle Of the population outside the
poorhouse and the jail. Not only does
this overcrowding result In untold
misery. but It IL the source Of vice
which supplies nearly all the wretched
women. men and boys who follow this
horrible kind Of life.
According to q New York paper. a
report comes from Florida that the
last survivors Of the Seminole tribe.
headed by Chief Tiger Tail. will soon
remove to Oklahoma. to the Seminole
reservation In that State, abandoning
the Everglades, where they were born
and where their fathers fought. The
report may be true, but common sense
would dictate that the Seminoles stay
where they are. For one thing. the
Seminole reservation In Oklahoma has
been allotted and subdivided, and the
lands not taken for members of the
tribe have been bought by white men.
The Florida Seminoles would have to
struggle amid strange and crowded
surroundings.
Tiger Tails band leads the most
comfortable. care.free life imaginable,
Right there In Florida. close to the
winter resorts and the hum of civilized
adventurous hunter and tourist would
die amid the solitudes. and they have
never been known to rob or mistreat
the lost traveller.
The exact number Of Tiger Tails
people 10 not known; government
agents number them at SIS. while
Floridans think there are about 400.
They are full.bloods. clad In the cool
and comfortable Indian dress Of the
southern tribes, well.armed. intelligent
and good looking.
When Osceola stirred the seminoles
to war In 1885 they numbered about
5000. In seven years of lighting the
government caught and sent west 1929
OF the tribe. In 1912 It was supposed
that only 34S seminoles were left. and
these were allowed to stay In the
swampy Everglades. A few years later
these went on the warpath and some
30 or 60 were caught and sent to In.
dian Territory. Since then there has
been no trouble In the swamps.
Some of the Semin0les who went
west. headed by Coaco0chee. won.
existence. they carry on their hunting
and their forest rovings exactly as
they did 100 years ago. They are wild
Indians Of the widest sort. and yet
are wholly harmless. The vast swamps
Of the Everglades house them we'll;
they should be left alone to ad0rn
the landscape and add color to the pic
ture.
To this day little Is known of the
Everglades. Swamp. hummocks, jun
giles and waterways. they lie in silent
splendor, a picture Of greens and blues,
untraveled by the white man, and APP
parently impossible Of penetration save
l In the 2aminnlo TiUor T>atl'o man Oh