Oakland Tribune (Newspaper) - December 26, 1901, Oakland, California Telegraphic service is the bast to be had Its readers get the news f the world the day it happens Is read by thousands of fam in Alameda county It the popular advertising of Oakland O ATTL A THURSDAY 26 1901 NO 394 PLAN TO RUN AN AUTOMOBILE LINE TO ELMHURST Egbert Stone Protests Against the Raise in Pares and Telegraphs His Brother to Price the Autos ELMHURST Dec change In the fare on the San Lean dro division of the Oakland Transit System has caus ed a shout of protest to go up all alons the route People who settled in that section and made it almost a con city from Oakland to San Le andro have denounced the new sched ule of rates put into effect by the Oak land Transit system more especially because the change professes to Ibe a reduction in rates as a concession to the patrons oE the system This how ever as appears to those who have looked into the matter is not the case and lias impelled Egbert B Stone and other people in that section to lock into the feasibility oC establishing a com line of automobiles between and Regarding the false representation as to the relative cheapness of the rates which prevailed before the Oakland San Leandro and electric system was absorbed by the Oakland Company and those now prevail ing as also regards the question of a competing line oC automobiles B Stone this spoke as fol lows My brother Andrew is now in the East and I have wired him to look into the feasibility ot electric automobiles for passenger uses then cost capacity and everything connected with them with a view to introduction as a competing passenger iine on the San Leardro road between Elmhurst and Fruitvale avenue I have been im to do this by several considera tions While I will say that such a competing line will to a certainty be established at the same time I will say it may become a reality because of the in the rates on the pres ent Transit system in that section and because of the injury it does us and to the hundreds of people who have been induced to settle there with the under standing that they would get a commu tation fare of about a month While we were connected with the road we sold a commutation tick et which gave a of six and two thirds cents from inhurst to Oak land We sold a stlight commutation which afforded a rate and wa also sold a book o rickets which made the cost only four cents for that dis the Oakland Transit Company has taken off those books and the fam ily and straight commutes and charges a per month from Elmhurst to Oakland and vice versa We had in effect a commute rate from Hay wards ot That has been aside and now it costs a month to travel that distance Under the old management the com Continued on Page 2 SAYS CHAFFEE WILL END THE INSURRECTION Dec was publicly announced today fhat the for of 1002 will be Mexican silver to one American General Wrisht tle acting Civil Governor says tot though un safe factory this is the only solution of the matter the sion thought He hoped for early action by Congress on this sub Wrigfht that the situation in those pants of Hie Philip pines where operations arc being carried on is ctay Improving lie has the greatest in General y to end tha insurrection in the islands and says perfect harmony prevails between the civil and military authorities TO HAND BATTLE WITH Dec War today is advised by eral draftee at Manila that Company F had ate encounter in a gorge six mites south oC San Jose gas December 23 Twentytwo of tilio enemy were A nelly received an ugly wound in the leCt cheek private Carney bolo wounds in the neck and shoulders SOLDIERS ARE TO PHILIPPINES if if LOS Dec Sam to announces today that two spe clal trains bearing soldiers en route to the Philippines Albuquerque this morning and will pass Los Angeles some time The if I if specials carry 500 officers and men and are due in San Sat if CONDITION OF WAR EXISTS AT PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON Dec reference to a to the Treasury De Secretary Root at Che War Department has the ing opinion Tlhe insurrection to the Philippines the sovereignty of the Dnilit ed States and the authority of the government of tihe Philippines is of such character and extent as required the United States to prosecute its rights by force and therefore creates the condition of war in said archipelago The claim in is that of First Lieutenant Horton w saddle Corps of Engineers for for certain books lost en route from West Point N Y to Manila P I under Shipment by the Xe The books were tlhe personal property of and dit appears they were included in a of the cargo of the which was thrown overboard hi order to lighten that vessel when it nan aground otf tihe coast of Northern Luzon P I Secretary Root iwis recommended to the Secretary of the Treasury that Lieutenant Sticklers claim be Included in the recommendations of Congress Uhe WHITE HOUSE WILL BE CLOSED FOR A WEEK WASHINGTON Dec 26 The White House will remain un Years day Only visitors having urgent aml important business will be seen by tho President during the coming week Mrs Roosevelt and the children will sail down the Potomac this on the Gov Dolphin They will be several days A of the time will be spent at a club house on an island near Va about twenty miles from Washington and Dr and young Theodore Jr expect to have some duck shooting from tihe clubs The Pres Ident will remain here while the family isaway He will entertain some of lils friends at luncheon and dinner each day CRASS VALLEY CHINATOWN IS WIPED OUT GRASS VALLEY Cal Dec 26 Fire this morning swept half of Chinatown out of existence and all about forty bus iness houses and cabins of wood went up in smoke entailing a loss of about A general term was turned in and with four streams water the Fire Department prevented a complete con flagration of the quarters Tihe buildings burned like tinder bat fortu there was not a breath of air ring A number of tha residences are a hundred yards of but were not injured The destroyed property owned by John Mrs L M Barger and bhe estate of J P Stone The burned district mm prob ably be a meat lor to same otter city HISTORIAN MACLAY DISCHARGED FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE President Roosevelt is Upheld ty the Civil Service Commission WASHINGTON Dec Civil Service Commission today notified Ed gar S Maclay the historian recently employed in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that his removal from Ills position at that point was not in violation of the Civil Service act This notification Is contained in a letter written to Mr Maclay toy President Proctor of the Commission and is in reply to an in from him DISCHARGED NEW YORK Dec S Maclay refused to resign as spec ial laborer in the office of the General Store Keeper of the Navy Yard was summarily discharged today went to the Navy Yard as usual this morning and prepared to resume his duties Pay Director Putnam went to desk read the telegram from Washington yesterday and toid him that he was dismissed Maclay left tlhe Yard immediately He said he would return at the usual time tomor row prepared to go to work Mr letter is as follows Office of the General Storekeeper Navy Yard New York December 24 John P Proctor President Civil Service On December 23 yesterday I received the following communication from the Secretary of the Navy I am directed by the President to ask Edgar S Maclay special laborer General Storekeepers office Navy Yard New York to send in his res ignation Signed D LONG Secretary This communication was addressed to the Commandant of this navy yard and was duly forwarded to me I de sire to get an opinion from the Civil Service Commission on the following points 1 Has the President of the United States any authority under the laws governing Civil demand the resignation of a Civil Service employe in the classified list 2 Has the President the power or authority to cause the dismissal of any Civil Service employe without prefer ring charges in writing and giving said employe an opportunity in which to make a defense Very respectfully EDWARD S MACLAY To this the Commission replied as follows Edward S Maclay Navy Yard New The Co in receipt of your letter In to your questions you are that it is contrary to the practice the Commission to undertake to answer such questions Your separation from the service according to the facts in removals or removals on secret charges No issue of this kind is in in your case Very respectfully JOHN R President President Proctor of the Civil Service Commission also gave out the following statement bearing upon the case The Commission has always held as shown in its thirteenth report January 1 The Civil Service act did not intend that incompetent persons should re tain office The authority of removal and its exercise for proper reasons are necessary for the discipline and the efficiency ot the public service The power of removal is not affected by the law or the rules further than that they provide that removals shall not be mide for political or religious reas ons The rule of the President JuVy 27 that a person should only be removed for just cause and upon reasons in writing and affect an opportunity for making answer was Navy lard for the purpose of is or removals or removals upon response but wa to curtail the p in no way in removal just cause Under this rule tha reasons for a removal are to be a mat ter of record but it does not impair in your case as they appeared in the pub the slightest degree the prompt lic press was made upon the order of of the ot discipline In chs the Secretary of the Navy in whom cussing this rule in the fourteenth re the power of removal rests The ot the Commission December 31 mand for your resignation followed by it is stated that if the reasons are your removal upon the direction of the sufficient the officer will not hesitate to President the Secretary of the make the removal It cannot be as Navy was not in violation of the Civil that removal was for Service act and rules in view of the political or religious reasons or upon well known facts in your case i secret charges as the reasons for tha The object ot the rule requiring noj Departments actions known tice and a hearing was to prevent po both to and to the public EAST OAKLAND WILL SOON BE AN IRON CENTER The prospect for erecting a bi md steel plant near Twi nue East Oakland is shape Arrangements h perfected that ground will probably broken very soon Twelve ground have already been s ilch two acres additional v by filling in on the w side The plant will be called th teel Works The plans that be adopted will probably c four times as large as As soon as the Trade raises the promised bo will tie begun These works ing many hundred hands tons per annum and also hearth furnace to convert steel An open hearth fur render possible the utilizing scrap material as borings ast steel pipe high carbon act all kinds of iron and manufactured at a DIS third ana ui IL no value hepe at cut tide water and has the cost of car the chief feature of the plant in Its favor as compared with Eastern or foreign iron Iron can be 30 far the smelting of iron direct from at the uaters edge in Oak by means of oil by means of at a cost not to exceed ten dol acres invented by Sir William per ton It costs ohan thai ship iron out here from the East are several processes for can be laid down here for be iron by volatile agents such as ton it costs 35 a ton in Pittsburg ater etc namely the Blair Adam can be laid down at lowen and Sirmens processes and all than at Pittsburg Fuel and is demonstrated to be are the other two items to bt is now being smelted by The wage cost here wil will in Pittsburg but in general higher because the smelted sponge all for and coke found iron is called must be 3 had cheaper than oil or gs additional treatment to bring it Board common a metallic state This is done bj has no smelting coal per cent in weight has an inexhaustible supply either charcoal coke or anthracite promise oil which can be Jaid down But the cost of oil is about mense than coal can be the cost of coal and coke in Pitts y She ihas vast beds that ia so far as smelting ca ore and limestone can is concerned i here at less assemblage iby attaching stills to the fur ut a plant steel Pittsburg at Cleveland Assemblage cost of materials the asphaltum residue and a high percentage oE distillates are saved id or are the two elements are worth more than tihe cost of an the cost oC producing iron crude oil Without saving this iron inquiry into the subject iron can be produced here nace manager of the proposed a cost per ton of not more than T plant shows that iron can but if they are saved the cost wil turnings i steel in Oakland at as lAw if not lower cost than it can ibe much reduced However it is proposed to save them which will create steel in Pittsburg It has the further byproduct works W G HENSHAW IS BACK FROM HIS TRIP TO EUROPE Tells of Progress in East and in Old World Sorry Oakland Does INot Favor Public Improvements William G Henshaw President of the Union Savings Bank returned yes from where he went to visit his family I had a very enjoyable trip he said this morning My wife in London and after a brief stay there f we went over to Paris where any child ren are at school They will remain at school there next autumn and then my wife will bring them home un less we decide to take them to Ger many to gain a speaking knowledge German Paris is as gay as ever I saw no indication of the hard times that are prevailing in Germany The French are the lightest hearted and most thrifty people in the world France is a richer country than Germany has more savings to fail on As the lation is at a standstill there is not the same pressure on subsistence that there is in Germany But they are all afraid of America Our invasion of the markets cf tha world has been so like a march of con quest excites alarm all over Europe The recent demonstrations ot our financial strength have carried the conviction that the United States is destined to shortly take the financial supremacy from London This is freely admitted even in England although a good many are disposed to think a long time will before this comes about In some places the alarm over American commercial aggression is causing positive hostility country In England however popular senti ment strongly inclines to America The English are very friendly to us I Viever come back to Oakland after beins gone for a month or a week feeling that this city is mk no steps toward public improve ment After what people are doing elsewhere it makes me ashamed that Oakland should so its pos and opportunities It is an era of public improvement nil over tne Everywhere one goes the process REDFIELD WOULD NOT SUPPORT CHILD Judge Hall today granted a decree vorce to Jessie Marian Horace Allen printer and choir this city on the ground of failure to provide for the plaintiff and the little daugh of divorce from ter of the couple did not face his court Mrs Hedfield was sister M in attended by her wealthy miner in who i ia now on m visit to this city j Mrs Redfield was formerly Miss Jessie McKee She testified that Bed field had utterly failed and refused to provide even the necessaries of life attendance for her self and her daughter ing that the has an income from a and from his singing When remonstrated with by his wife Redfield has given as an ex cuse that he has not been able to sup port himself Mrs Redfield fur ther stated that has kept herself alive from heir private means and the assistance she has received from her j sister Mrs Hellmann The latter has evinced a great interest in the daugh ter of her sister and promised Hall that she would guarantee that the little one would be maintained and ed in a liberal manner Mrs Redfield was given the custody of her daughter Will H Waste was the plaintiffs attorney SIX WERE WOUNDED IN A FIGHT AT A CHURCH O Dec men were when Charles and Orrin Day appeared out of the windows Only the minister u ut LU and that Mr Rowe remained At the six wounded in a general fight at a and Orrin small country church at Pike last night and a panic took place had come family the Days had had frequent quarrels A general wee called from Piketon the worshipers A series of refight resulted in the church and around Idaho to attend the men and meetings was in progress at the it women and children bought safety the notified Many others and the was filled from revolvers and knifes hy Jumping were slightly injured WIDOW IS ENTITLED TO ENTIRE ESTATE PUEBLO Colo Dec Coul that Mrs Delia J Hobson widow of the ter in the County Court today decided George H Hobson and Mr Hobsons I daughter Georgia ware entitled to the j estate I In announcing his decision Judge Coul I ter said had never been any for made in the plead ings upon the legitimacy of the chiM born at Los Angeles since the of Mr Hobson No testimony had been in to attack the childs parentage Both parties to the will contesting have given notice of appeal The brothers and sisters object to the widow and daugh ter the estate and the counsel object to the the court the will holds as to the naming of an executor Baking Powder Most healthful in the world Goes farther f CO NEW DEATH OF PIONEER Cal Bee Thomas Snodgrass s pioneer of the Pajaro Valley aged 82 died here yes He leaves an at GOV ROGERS SINKING OLYMPIA Dec 26 Governor Rogers suffered a slaking 8 oclock this Doctors are now in constant but there Is of tiis NOT LTV NEW YORK Dec Holbrook handed down an order in the Court of Special Sessions today dismissing the charges of oppression brought against Deputy Commissioner Devery The charges made at the instance of a discharged patrolman named ONeill who alleged that Devery had refused ti hear witnesses summoned by ONeill when he was called upon to answer acom plaint that he was drawing a revolver on persons Xmas Glasses are much appreciated by those having to use them You can exchange any glasses for one that will cor fit Other useful articles in my line as presents CHASH WOOD THE OPTICIAN 1103 St Look lor tie Winking Eye of beautifying and improving J Goin on Cities much smaller than Oakland nnd not nearly so rich are providing themselves with parka squares and other recreation grounds They are public buildings such as city halls schools and libraries and are making inn streets and boulevards along which trefis are planted i In the race for municipal improve Oakland has not started at all i although all the Kostern aro forging chead rapidly Oakland his done nothing in liftmen years to im prove itself save to build some school houses Oui streets are in con dition than were years ago and tho City Hall is a disgrace Our solitary public building worthy of the name is the gift of a nonresident Twenty years ago it was the wisU all over the Coast in the mountains at California Nevada and Arizona to j come to Oakland to live Vou do not i hear that wish expressed now have cut down our beautiful trees nrd disfigured instead of beautifying the town Wo have no parks the land st aside for one beingan unsightly waste while our lake one of the most beau parks in America is il lowed to fill with mud and its shores remain unimproved and practically un approachable for threequarters of its circumference j I am sorry that this 13 so but it Is our I fault have sat still and Mother places to get ahead of us Fifteen yeirs agw Oakland was ahead of Los An geles in wealth population and natural beauty Look at tho now Los has planted trees while we were down She has cra beautiful parks constructed some public buildings and open broart well paved clean streets and boulevards by nature In the matter of water she has dug an artificial lake Having a beautiful natural lake in the heart of the city to with wo have it degenerate linto a mere frog pond ft is say we cant afford to Improve Nonsense We were better alIe to im prove Angolas was really liave more mans than had when they slanted Improvements on an extensive scale It pays to It population ami business It en courages and stimulates private improve ment and enhances property values Pub lic Improvement is an investment no modern city cannot afford to make Shabby public buildings and ill dirty drive people away and re aard With ius unsurpassed ad should be and attractive city on the Pa Had we shown tihe same spirit and energy tlint Che people of Los Angeles have Oaldianrl would have 150000 today and be with business It Is not too late to begin and we ought to begin without squabbling any about it This town be at once as Los Angeles was to a new City Hall acquire parks Improve Lake Mer ritt and put the streets sewers in thorough condition Kvery city cliat has done this his prospered nnd grown and become a pride to its BULLETINS ESTIMATE From S F Bulletin Dec 24 The holiday edition of the TRIBUNE is a Ito The budget has been withdrawn for the It 13 believed however that the govern ments financial department will pass OAKLAND splendid triumph of journalistic enterprise and the printers art Embraced within the three sec tions of thirty pages is to be found all the news of the day a large and carefully selected amount of Christmas reading many artistic engravings and an amount of business matter that clearly indicates the esteem in which its columns are held by the business community on the other side of the bay The magazine section is spe attractive It is printed paper on a fine quality of heavy book which brings out the photoengravings with good feet The edition well serves the mission of THE TRIBUNE as the champion of interests by portraying a page photograph of the land harbor alive with shipping and the busy scenes around the bay Many of the most residences of the city are shown The edition in short does Oakland great credit the features of the mag azine sections are John Mil tons Christs The Resurrection of Jesse Adding ton s Christmastide Incident of the Rocky How Levi Learned a Love on Lost Mountain by Cyrus Townsend Brady Miss Peg gys Proteges by Bret Harte and John Cook ters Clerk TROUBLE IS SETTLED YOKOHAMA Cabinet j differences have hen arranged owing largely it is understood to the telef graphic intervention of the Marquis INCOME PER ANNUM 5 MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE J FOUR FLATS S BIGHT IN TOWN f ONLY ONE YEAR OLD COST OVER 4 t Woodward Watson 903 BROADWAY Holiday Gut Prices in Groceries To reduce our stock prior to taking our ann ual inventory we quote for a few days only as follows Fancy Table Raisins per slb Loose Cluster Raisins per Ib T H Fruits 3 Ib Iea Perrins Sauce large Ivory Soap per Babbits Soap per Andersons Cranberry Sauce per Condensed Mince Meat per Mince Meat Q Ibs H Ib package Fancy Prunes per 5 lh 75 cents Maine Supar Corn 6 tins Regular 150 per tin Iowa Sweet Corn 6 tins for Regular ioc per tm Tomato s solid pack 3 Ibs per 26 Regular 150 2 for 250 Tomatoes Our dozen OOc Regular roc 3 for 35 i Ib A Tange foot pr doz Pet Cream 3 tins Singapore Pineapple sliced or cubes per Agard and Russell Co GROCERS 475 477 479 FOURTEENTH ST OAKLAND Sole for Baldwin Baiter MAIN 24
