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Discriminating observers have been of the opinion from the first Hint the exchange of notes by the Powers hav? ing forces in China, their statement of alleged purposes, their professed devo? tion to Chinese territorial integrity and nil the rest of it, was mere skirmishing for position, preparatory to the linal scramble, when the empire should no to pieces under outside pressure and internal disorders. The persistent raid? ing, killing, looting and burning while ostensibly conducting peace negotia? tions, the extravagant demands for in? demnity hinted at, and the highhanded execution of Chinese officials have lat? terly added weight to this conclusion. It Is useless to deny that this brings the United Slates face to face with a situation full of grave possibilities. It Is equally useless to cry over spilt milk or to say that we should have held nloof from the Infamous conspiracy against China from the outset. We did not do it, and are Jointly responsi? ble for present conditions. At no time since the trouble began has the posi? tion of the United States been s<> pre? carious as at present. The administra? tion has committed the nation to the protection nnd preservation of Its trade interests, nnd has made it, In a meas? ure, the guardian of Chinese territorial Integrity, through the open door pol? icy and notes to the several Powers. In pursuance of this policy our troops have been withdrawn from China, and peaceful negotiations for a .settlement of claims growing out of the Boxer riots have been begun. The other Powers have not pursued so pacific a course. They have contin? ued their aggressions, piling up the while larger demands for indemnity. Their real object, and the probable outcome, Is the partition of Chinese territory. In the face of partition, what Is the United States to do? Par? tition would mean at oni e the loss of any chance of getting indemnity for the Boxer outrages and the destruction of all treaties guaranteeing our trndo rights in China. The only alternative to this would be for the United States to abandon Us position and go In for n share of territory. In lieu of trade rights and Indemnity?for of course It is not in a position to resort t<? force in maintenance of the open door and the integrity of China. in such case there Is very little doubt as to what the administration will do - it will demand and get a share of Chi nose territory. It Interprets the recent Republican victory ns a license to in? dulgence In unlimited jingoism, us an endorsement of the "mailed list" as an Instrument of territorial and commer? cial expansion. Mr. McKinley will scarcely have the hardihood to run counter to the military mania of tl e screaming jingoes and the rapacity of the unscrupulous fiscal Interests that contributed bo largely to his re-elec? tion. Kach of these would, for dif? ferent reasons, demand that tho United States tako its share <>f territory, if partition becomes Inevitable. Tire chances are, therefore, hot bad that before the country is through with ti.l:; business it will llnd Itself possessed of twenty-five million or so Chinese sub? jects. So, we must continue to pay tax on our tea, the memory of the "Boston Tea Party" to the contrary notwith? standing. Secretary Gago seems to have reached the conclusion that a matter of $50,000,000 decrease in income will not bother Uncle Sam. NO CHANGE OF THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS. Tho announcement in yestciJay's dispatches that all the Bell Telephone systems of the country arc to he con? solidated under the American Bell management means only that there will be a formal recognition of rela? tions that already exist. A majority of the stock In all the hundred and more systems operated by the Bell people is owned by the same persons, and the proposed consolidation will merely simplify the management by making the managers of the several syBtems responsible to the American I'ell managers instead of directly to the stockholders of the several stock companies, under various names, be? longing to the American Bell Company. Tin- policy of all the Bell systems has been for years the same, and there is no reason to suppose that there will be either change or improvement un der the proposed new arrangement, though greater simplicity In manage? ment may lead.to a more systematic light on independent companies throughout the country. But the days of the* Bell Telephone monopoly are numbered. The advantages of compe? tition, and the success of Independent companies, run on business principles, will operate to raise up rival compa? nies, wherever, as In this city, the Bell Company attempts to enforce a sched? ule of extortionate rates. This the Boll Company realizes, and hence Its efforts to thrive through the favorit? ism of Legislatures, as In Maryland, and of City Councils, as In Norfolk. As an Illustration of the advantages of ofllclent telephone competition, and of the fact we have already cited? that Bell methods arc everywhere the same?the following figures showing the rates of the Bell Company In sev? eral widely separated cities, before and after It had competition, are offered: Name of city. Detroit. Mich. Grand Rapids Trenton, N. J.. Fa yet to, Ind. . Pos Moines ... Ft. Wayne, I ml Toledo, Ohio .. Old Reil rates. I $72 and $M> I $72 and $00 I SCO $4S and $30 I $72 and $00 $72 and $1S I $72 No. of 'phones, 4.000 : l,3d0 400 400 735 627 450 New Co.'s rates. $10 and $25 $3? and $21 $36 and $24 $30 and $13 $21 and $18 $30 and $24 SjI and $24 No. of 'phones. f,,200 3,100 soo soo 1.200 1,000 2,200 Other Instances could be given, but these are sufficient to show that an in? dependent company, giving good ser? vice, can always command patronage despite the Bell's rate-cutting. These figures also show that extortion has been the invariable rule of the Bell Company, until competition appeared, when rate-cutting always followed In on attempt to kill off competition. That Is precisely the history of the Bell Company In this city, where it seems to have pretty effectually dis? posed both of competition and of Coun cilmen's sense of obligation to their I constituents. THE CASE OF DR. ROSS AND ITS LESSON. First and last a good deal has been said about the peremptory dismissal by Mrs. Stanford of Prof. Koss. of the chntr of political economy in Stanford University. For the benefit of any who may have overlooked tho cause, it may be said that Prof. Ross was dismissed because he expressed views favorable to municipal ownership of city utilities nhd against Chinese im? migration. It Is significant, however, that the dismissal of Dr. Koss created noth? ing like the furore raised by the de? mand for Dr. K. Benjamin Andrews' resignation from the presidency of I'.iown University four years ago, though the former was an even more flagrant assumption of the right of donors to the endowment fund of a university to deprive Its faculty of free speech. The truth Is that Americans have become accustomed to seeing money exercise a sinister Influence In nearly every field of public und private endeavor, and have come to lake It largely as a matter of course. When this influence manifests itself in a pe? culiarly overt and obnoxious way, as in the case of Dr. Boss, there is a more or less perfunctory protest from the press of the country, but nothing effec? tive against a* repetition of the crime against truth and free speech results, in short, money has Its way: the man I who taught the truth as he saw It 13 dismissed and the Incident ends. Whether or not there Is any practical way by which schools like Brown, Stanford and Chicago Universities can be kept free from Intellectual subser? viency to ?the prejudices of benefactors, we do not undertake to say. The de? velopment of a professional solidarity among educators antilogous to the trades unionism of labor is hardly fea? sible, or compatible with the dignity of the distinguished men who fill unl- | verslty chairs. The only corrective j seems to be public sentiment, and wc have had repeated Instances of the Im- I potency of that. Whatever force and j effect it may have Is being lost through ' public familiarity with incidents like that of Dr. Boss' dismissal. The influence of mere money In our endowed schools is by no means con? fined to such gross and vulgar outrages as thai of which Dr. Boss has been made the victim. It is much more In- i sidious nnd shows Itself In a certain chariness of instructors in handling a whole class of political nnd sociologi? cal problems, it Impairs that robust intellectual courage which is of the very essence of healthy university life, and Is even more important than mere proficiency in the letters and sciences, it may be but a passing phase of our educational development nnd may van? ish with the men and women who have made the donations to our university endowments, but for the present It has raised the question In the minds of thoughtful men whether the endow? ment is not as much a curse as a bless? ing. NOW, BOYS, WHOOP 'EM UP. So, here wc are, "right up against it." The college boys are coming ^at urdny. We hover hail It Hl?e that be? fore, and like a country horse, shying at a street car, wo are likely to back a little until wo get used to it. And along ihIs line, a little wholesome ad? vice. They are hoys. Don't forget that. X..i i?i;!L. men, they have not "put aside childish things," nnd It will be well to remember that, nnd save a good many sudden turns. These boys are not coming here to attend a funeral, and, therefore, will htir/lly be dressed In sombre colors, wear suppressed nnd mufflet] v?i.<s, and march In the middle of the streets, They tire not members of any religious organization, and will hardly hold any pious exercises on the streets.' By all of which, we mean that these boys have selected this oily as the site of the greatest combat of their lives? a football game. They are boyo, and are going to do some boyish things. They arc going to become excited and yell all kinds of yells, and some of them are probably going to drown their sorrow of defeat or encourage their excitement of victory or partlzanry In some slight Indulgences. Now, the people of Norfolk have en? tertained all kinds of people, organi? zations and bodies. It has the honor of taking care of the Methodist Confer? ence this week. Only a little while back and the grout State Demo? cratic Convention was "In our midst," and so on. But Norfolk has not had much experience In entertaining stu? dents. Let us then bo prepared to turn over the town to them and open our doors anil hearts. Humor their eccen? tricities nnd Join In the spirit of fun. Lot us all be boys again; for in that way alone, can we sympathize with the boys and make them glad they came to see us. They have honored us, now let us honor thctn, and go to see the game. Let them yell like Com anche Indians, if they feel like It, for they are boys, and who wouldn't be a boy again." Good luck and much plea? sure to you. boys, and thrice welcome!! FINE PICKINGS^ The valued Washington Times out? lines a few of the Joys and opportuni? ties that await the statesmen shortly to assemble In the National Capital: "On several occasions wc have given the encouraging warning to raw and ripe statesmen alike that the approach? ing winter iu Washington is likely to prove the most fruitful and wide open one in the legislative history of this country. After some years of effort the present leaders of the party in power have succeeded nobly In llxing in our political system the principle that there Is no duty which attaches to the posses, sinn of public ofllce or Influence, save the duty of making money out of the possession Of either. It follows that, when legislation Is desired by any of the vested interests which combinedly control the Republican organization ami Its administration, although such legislation Is certain to be had, it must be paid for." The Virginian-Pilot has for sometime felt that any prophet who wished to plug the bull's eye could do It with the sentiment expressed by our "Washing? ton contemporary. Possibilities of this sort were so plainly In and of the sit? uation that they were bound to fall out. There Is a sort of mild poetic jus? tice In the prospect that the boodlers who bought the election of statesmen will now have to buy the statesmen?a drawback ins.pat able from the Hunna method of saving the honor of the country. There is a diluted satisfac? tion In the reflection that these states? men will have to he bought often and on a rising market. The Times says that the advance guard of the members of the "third house" are already on the ground, and that "burglars have visited the ofllce of tbo Intel nlo Canal Commission, and broken opi n the desk of Its secre? tary, evidently with the laudable pur? pose of discovering what its report to Congress is to be." This is a strenuous beginning nnd suite prepares us for what Is to follow: "From what these gentry confide to their companions over the dessert or the jackpot, .iclusion is Inevitable that chant burgundy, terrapin, birds, lobstei and those delicate green salad l":i ri that grow so opulently in the Burci n r?i Engraving and Print? ing, will 1 , itler in this capital dur? ing the i ?slon than ever before. Opportunities for Impecunious young member! >se votes are desired, to win largi ma at cards, with nothing to go in on but the traditional popper mint lozi nge, are to be too numerous to mention. Representatives with con? scientious scruples about gambling will be accommodated at any one'of several stock tickers, nnd ultra good, pure and pious Senators, who are not to be had In either way, will bo pre? sented with handsome copies of the Bible; be:v., n the leaves ol which they will be apt to lind most comforting and useful paper bookmarks." Plainly if any member of tip. Fifty-' seventh Congress dies poor It will either be l.'?cause he was honest or be? cause he made a mistake In estimating how much It would take to keep him In opulence for the rest of his days.' And so Chicago wunts a hand at the lynching business. And so Hoko Smith has risen up and told the Georgia cotton growers all ?about it. Tho taking of the census having been completed, the work of salary drawing will continue on unabated. In the meantime the Washington au? thorities have come to the conclusion that we need a new dry dock. *^ KOTES AMD OPINIONS. A WARNING TO CONGRESS. (Indianapolis Journal.) ? In the current discussion regarding thu probable legislation of the next Congress there are words of approval for various schemes involving a large outlay of money and a great addition to the already enormous appropria? tions. No Republican has yet spoken a word In favor of reducing rather than Increasing them. No voice of warning has been raised against the fatal error of construing the recent victory as popular license to the Re? publican party to do as It pleases in the matter of costly legislation and increased expenditures. Not a word has yet been spoken in favor of re? ducing the necessary expenses of the government, of arresting the seemingly endless increase of appropriations, of barring the way against he,W and un? necessary expenditures: Every meas? ure that is proposed has Its friends, and every new scheme Its supporters. The friends of retrenchment and economy have not yet been heard from. It must not bo forgotten that we have recently come through a war which, though brief and brilliant In Its results, never? theless entailed heavy expenditures on the government. It must not be for? gotten that the suppression of the re? bellion In the Philippines Is costing a great deal of money, and that the work of pacifying Cuba and laying tho foundation of free government there must ho paid for out of our own pock? ets. These extraordinary expenses, with tho ordinary ones of the govern? ment, make already an enormous ag? gregate, and If the Republican parly Is wise it will endeavor to reduce instead of construing tho recent election as license to Increase them. The best rule of action for the next Congress would be economy and retrenchment. The present seems a suitable lime to enter a plea for this policy and a warn? ing against neglect of it. IT HAD ENOUGH. (Washington Times.) Tho great portrait of Abraham Lin? coln In the East Room of the ?White House fell from its place with a, crash on Saturday night and when found lay face downward on the floor. Mr. McKinley Is not superstitious and the incident did not move him, but there Is food for gentle reflection In the fact that of all counterfeit presentments of Presidents in the Executive Mansion It was that of the founder of the Re? publican party Which first decided It had seen enough. CONCERNING LYNCHINGS. (Chattanooga Times.) The Indianapolis News, discussing the Colorado lynching, says: "This crime of killing negroes with? out law and by general consent, origi? nating in the South, has long ago spread throughout the country. It has happened in other Northern States as It has now happened in Colorado. There is no race question In the North or in the West, as there is in the South, yet there are no confines to the spirit risen In recent years, that in extreme eases puts the negro outside the pro? tection of the law." What rot! Did lynching horse thieves "originate" somewhere? A United States Senator, as the leader or vigi? lantes, has no less than fifty lynching* to his credit, and not one of the vic? tims was accus, ,i <if murder. Did mis? cellaneous lynchlrtg of criminals orig? inate in South Dakota? and was a bud? ding Senator the Inventor of the plan? Scores of white nu n have i.n lynched in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illi? nois. Only nine years ago three white men w? re strung up by the satin- mob in Minnesota. Pour years ago three white men were taken Out ?f ia" in Indiana, within sixty miles of Indian? apolis, and hanged by a mob. They were accused of nothing more heinous thnn the burglarizing of railway sta? tion houses and similar crime.-': one of the lynched was a Union veteran; and bore on his body sears received at the battle of Perryvllle. Did lynching white men for tltievi ry and burglary originate in Indiana? for years men and women, in a group of counties in central southern Indiana, were whip? ped, generally .maltreated, many_died or. their injuries: nil this py a society of vigilantes calling themselves "white cups." This Ihfernalism really did originate In Indiana and spread Into Ohio. Kentucky, Tennessee and other Southern States. Or all States for ovleinnling and per? petuating mob government, Indiana long took the lead, and many counties of the State are, to this day, infested by "vigilance committees," the lenders of which insolently dictate to their neighbors ltow they shall conduct themselves. MORE THAN EMPEROR. (N. Y. World.) "There are no trusts In this country,',' says Mark llauna; whereto all the big and little trusts respond in chorus, "Why. certainly not. Wo are merely bcneflclent aggregations of capital." In a similar manner do the imperial? ists exclaim. "There is no Imperialism in this country," and go on to explain that under our system of constitutional government ami checks nnd balances and division of powers there can he no such tiling as Imperialism. And yet? And yet Senator TTawley, as Chair? man of the Senate Committee on Mili? tary Affairs, nnd Senator Proctor, as ex-Secretary of War and senior mem? ber of the committee, gravely propose that the gresit and Important legisla? tive Question of tho size of the army, with ail the subordinate questions of organization, discipline, control, ser? vice, and, above nil. of cos; to the lax payers, shall be embodied in n bill em? powering t ho President "to maintain a regular army of such size as to him may seem lit." This is not merely Imperialism, but more than imperialism. It would i>t vest our civilian President with an authority, n power, a control of gov? ernment which the Prussian Diet stub? bornly refused to give to the King of Prussia In an hour of national need,nnd which the German Parliament later on refused to give to the German Em? peror. TO KEEP OUT THE PLAGUE. (Mobile Register.) The health authorities of New Or? leans have established a shot pun quarantine against the bubonic plague, Ttats that attempt to land' in Mow Or? leans from coffee ships coining from Rio are to be shot, the marksmen being stationed on the wharf for that pur? pose, nnd the dead rats are to he handl? ed with gloves. It Is paid this will keep out the plague. Ratut HAVE DISCONTINUED THE SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE THE LIST IS GROWING, For the information of the public the Virginian-Pilot will from day to day publish a list of the names of business houses and residences that have discontinued the service of the Southern Bell Telephone Company. If you have discontin? ued, or intend to do so, please notify the Virginian-Pilot. The following list of subscribers, who have ordered fhfllr 'phones out, has been furnished the Virginian-Pilot; ARMSTRONG & BRAINARD, Real estate. 308 Main street. AMES. BROWNLEY & HORNTHAL, Dry goods and notions, MonUcellC? Hotel, corner Granby stro eet and City Hall avenue. A. BRIXKLET & CO.. Wholesale grocers, 157 .Water street. CAPT. J. M. BURDEN, Grocer, Church and Nicholson streets. 5 W. LINDSAY BIBB, Attorney at law, 53 Granby street. C. H. BULL & CO., Wholesale lumber, 611 Columbia BWg, C. H. BULL, Residence. li?BiilJI CHARLES J. BASSETT, Milliner, 3S6 Main street. ^T? J. L. BUNTING, Grocer and ship chandler, corner Main and Mathew Btrcels, G. S. BRIGGS & CO.. Wholesale lumber, rooms 604-598 Citizens' Bank bld'g, BRAMBLETON LOCAL BOARD OP IMPROVEMENTS. W? L. BROOKE & CO., Wholesale grocers and provisions, 81 Roanoke ave. D. R. BRITT & CO.. Wholesale grocers, 12 Nlvlson street. OA TT. J. M. BURDEN, Grocer, Church and Nicholson streets. D. CARPENTER, Furniture and carpets, 356 Main street, D. CARPENTER, Residence. COUPER MARBLE WORKS. 15D Bank streeL COURTLAND LUMBER CO.. 602-603 Citizens' Bank building. COLUMBIA PEANUT CO.t 307-311 Water street. CABLER'S BAKERY. 5C Bank street. L. W. DAVIS, Wholesale tobacco and manufacturer of cigars, 94-96 Com? mercial Place. CF.ORGE W. DEY & SONS, General Insurance agents, 261 Main St. S. DOZIER, Dry goods and notions, 206 Main street. DUNCAN BROS., Wholesale nnd reta 11 grocers, 41 Market Place. R. J. DUNNING, t Residence. J. W. DEJARNETTE, Merchandise brokers, 143 Water street. J. EXGLE & BRO., Hardware, cor. Main St. and Roanoke avenue. EGGLESTON & EPPES, Insurance, Haddlngton building. E. B. FREEMAN &. CO., Lumber ma nufacturcrs, 602-603 Citizens' Bank build Ing. E. B. FREEMAN, Residence. R. S. GODWIN & CO., Produce com mission merchants, 75 Roanoke avenue. F. L. GRANDY, Hay, grain and feed, 42 Roanoke avenue. H. D. GOODRIDGE & CO., Wholesale grocers, 92-03 Water street. T. W. GODWIN & CO., Proprietors Virginia Iron Works, 102 Water Si. J. S. GROVES CO., Wholesale fruit, produce nnd commission merchants, 33 41 Roanoke square. W. P. PVES & CO., Wholesale liquor dealers, 99 and 10V Commercial Place. W. P. IVES, Residence. Portsmouth. GALE JEWELRY CO., 310 Main street. HUDSON & BRO., Freight transportation, river, bay and sea towing, 68 Roanoke avenue. C. H. HOOVER, N. Y. Life Ins. Co., Citizens' Bank Bldg. JOHNSON & DAT'GHTRF.Y, Wholesale commission, Roanoke Dock. A. M. JOHNSON, Contractor and builder, 192 Bank street. j JESSE JONES & SON, Hay, grain nnd mill feed, 26-30 Roanoke Dock, j KELLY & BOR UM, Wholesale grocers, 38-40 Commerce street. KELLY, THORNTON & WILLIAMS, plumbers. 171 Bank street. I : DR. J. F. LYNCH, Ofllce 201 Columbia building. LAWRENCE & WKLTON, Dry goods and notions, 21S Main streeL M?TTU, DEWITT & CO., Brokers, 81 Granby street. F. E. NOTTINGHAM. Real estate and rental, Columbia Bldg. OLD DOMINION PAPER CO., Paper Dealers and printers, 9S-100 Commer? cial Place. B. G. POLLARD, Commission merchants, 36 Roanoke Square. ,T. W. PERRY & CO., Cotton factors and commission merchants, Fayette, corner Lee, Southern Railway wharf. J. W. PERRY. Residence. THE PETERSBURG. NORFOLK & JAMES RIVER STEAMBOAT CO. J. W. PEDDIN & CO., Wholesale grocers, 49 Commercial Place. H. L. PAGE & CO., Real estate and rental agents and auctioneers, 23 Bank street. II. Li. PAGE, Residence. ! rOCOMOKE GFAXO CO., 624-626 Citizens' Bank building. : C. W. PRIDDY & CO., Cotton bagging and ties, rooms C24-62G Citizens' Bank bull ding. J. W. PHILLIPS, Residence. RUDOLPHI & WALLACE. Merchant tailors, 333 Main street. REID'S FANCY GROCERY CO., S6 Roanoke avenua. RUSSELL & SIMCOE, Wholesale nnd retail dry goods and notions, 346 Malt otr eet. T. P. ROGERS, Real estate and rental agents, rooms 20S-2U Columbia bld'g, T F. ROGERS Residence. STANDARD OIL CO., G. Leonard Field, agent, office 15 Commerce street. TAYLOR & PHILLIPS. Marino railway, Atlantic City. TISCHLER TOBACCO CO., 404 E. Main street. U. S. HYDROGRAPH IC OFFICE, Custom House. VIRGINIAN - PILOT PUBLISHING CO. Continued on Page 5.