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VIRGINIAN AND PILOT PUBLISHING _COMPAN Y._ KORfOlK VIRGINIAN AND DAILY PHOT (ConaoUdatca March. 1S9S.)_ Entered at the Postofflco at Norfolk, Vo.. a? second-clma matter._ OFFICE: PILOT BUILDING, CITY 11ALL AVENUE. _norfolk. va._ OFFICERS: ALBERT II. GRANDY. STeelaont, Managing Editor and Business Manager. WILLIAM 8. WILKINSON.Treasurer LUC1AN D, 8TAUK.E. JU.Secretary R. E. TURNER. Superintendent and Advertisini: Manag it. TBltEK CUNTS l'ISK COPY. subscription rates: The VIRGINIAN-PILOT Is delivered to subscribers by carriers in Norfolk und vl clntiy, Portsmouth, Berkley. Suffolk. West Norfolk, Newport News, for ID cm is por week, payahlo to the currier. By mull. :'> any place in the United States, postugo free: JUAlLr, ono year ... - ?5.00 Blx months .... 3.00 " tlirco luonlUs - l.fto " one month ... - .30 ADVERTISING RATES. Advertise nients Inserted at the rate of 7ft cents a Bqunre. nrst Insorilon, each subsequent insertion til cents, or 0i> cents when in? serted Every Other Day. Contractors aro not nlloweil to exceed their space or advertise othtr than Hier legitimate business, except by paying especially for the Eumc. Reading Notices, Invariably 29 cents pol? lute Hrst Insertion. Euch subsequent in? sertion 15 cents. _ No employco of the Virginian-Pilot Pub? lishing Company Is authorised to contract any obligations In the name of the com? pany or to mnko purchases* In the name ot the ?am?, except urea orders signed by tho PRESIDENT OF THE COM? PANY. In order to avoid delays, on account o.* personal absence. Inters and ail commit, nlcationp for THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT should not b? addressed to any Individ? ual connected with the office, hut simply to THIS VIRGINIAN AND PILOT PUB? LISHING COMPANY. EIGHT PAGES. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1900. For President, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN OF NEBRASKA. For Yicc-Prcsldent, ADLAI E. STEVENSON CF ILLINOIS. Tor Congress, HARRY L. MAYNARD. OF PORTSMOUTH. IT PUT ITS FINGER ON THE SORE SPOT. The Committee of the Board of Trade and Business Men's Association, which was appointed to examine Into the merits of the telephone question in this City, put its linger squarely on the sore spot in its recommendations to the City Councils. The Committee, In its report, says: "It is also suggested that nv telephone companies ore grunted large privileges l>u our citg legislation, Unit till companies doing business in the citg should he placed under the same restrictions identically, ami nut.ti mum charges made lo conform." This is precisely tho conclusion ? reached and announced by the Vir? ginian-Pilot in the course of an Inves? tigation of the question on Its own ac? count. It is, in fact, a conclusion so obviously fair to nil the telephone com? panies in the local Hold, and so plainly a wise precaution for the public in? terest, that any one who impartially examines all the facts In the case can hardly reach any other. The Southern States Telephone Company has demon? strated by five years of operation under a maximum rate that it Is no hardship, If all companies aro treated alike. Tie Southern States was able to operate profitably, according to our Informa? tion, under its maximum rate, so long as it teas not under-cut Iii the Hell Com? pany. A maximum rate, therefore, Involves no injustice to any ot the telephone companies; it merely conserves the In? terests of tho public by making extor? tionate charges impossible. Telegraph tolls and railway and street car fares are regulated by law as a matter of course, and nobody seriously contends that It involves any injustice to any of these important and indispensable ad? juncts of modern civilization. Why telephone companies, which are quasi public corporations, equally with those above mentioned, should not be equally amenable to public control, nobody but the Bell Telephone Company (which has everywhere, and always, resisted such control) seems to know. There is no reason why n telephone company should not be fed oul <.i Hie aarne public spoon us the railroad, tele? graph and street car company; CEU TAINLY THERE IS NO REASON IN LAW OR MORALS for putting a mni tnum rate in the, franchise of the Southern Mates Company, and leaving it out of the franchise of the lfcll and Amcracan Tele? phone Companies. The favoritism show n these latter companies was unfair, illegal and in bad faith, when they were given franchises; it has bred mischief, turmoil and injustice ever since, and will breed them until Coun? cils remedy the original error of omit? ting a maximum charge from the fran? chises of the Bell and the American Telephone Companies. It. was monstrous in the beginning, that the City should have violated It! ? n pledged word, and Hum) accept) ! , nd from a private corporation to ? rom tho consequences of breaking ?. laws. The harvest or extortionate '.r'j.-.m and rate-cutting, and Imnil . Cent monopoly, is entirely meet. Ht m edy the original wrong by am n the franchises of the Bell and Ameri? can Telephono Companies?that Us tle only way out of tho difficulty. A HOLL" THE HOG MAY GO THROUGH. The Virginian-Pilot yesterday pub? lished ami * ailed attention to the fran? chise granted, In the Spring of IM>T. to the "American Telegraph and Tele? phone Company of Virginia" (known as the Long Distance Co.), by the Councils of this city, noted especially the not generally known fact that this franchise gives that rom/Wli// flic right to ilu n LOCAL, at ire/i a* LONG DIS? TANCE, telephone Immm It Is a matter of common knowledge ?and appeared In the letters from vari? ous cities published yesterday?that throughout the United stales there are a large number of telephone companies doing business under a variety of names, but are In fact mere creatures of the "AMERICAN BELL TELE? PHONE COMPANY t>P NEW YORK," the parent corporation. Ii is more or less an open secret that the Southern Bcli Telephone Company, which docs a local ffuslness here, and the Amcdkan Telephone and Telegraph Company^ of Virginia, which is presently doing only j a long ilistance business?biff, as we have seen, U empowered hy its fran-\ iliisc to i/o a local {limine?* uUu?tiro both merely branches of the said' "American Bell Telephone Company." The Southern Bell Company, in fact, makes long distance connections with the wires of Ihe American Telephone Company, and in general the companies work together in entire harmony. The franchise of the "American Tele? phone Company of Virginia," as far as il relates to Local business is almost identical in terms with the franchise of the Boll Company. in granting it. the City Councils commit? ted the same violation of the Soulhern States franchise as in granting the franchise of the Pell Company, and, therefore, they required a like Indem? nity bond ($50,00(1), with security, to protect the City against the results of this violation, in the franchise of the American Company, by section 1", Councils reserved the right to amend, alter or repeal the franchise, just as in the case of I lie Pell Company'.':; and. by section 2, the American Company is forbidden to furnish local service at rates below those of any other com? pany for the same service. It is apparent, therefore, that Coun? cils are under the same obligation to amend the franchise of the American Telephone Company as it Is to amend the franchise of the Bell Company. It does the same violence lb the States Company's contract with the illy, as does the Bell franchise, Inasmuch as it lixcs no maximum rate. If the fian chlse of the American Telephone Com? pany should hot be amended by fixing in it a maximum rate, when ihe Hell Company has been provided with a maximum rate by Councils, the Bell Company could pretend to retire from the field and turn over Its lines, *y some hOCUS-pOCUS, to the American Company to he operated under the kil? ter's franchise. Tills would leave the public iu precisely the same predica? ment as at present; the American Com? pany could put rates tip or down just as the Pell Company has been doing. The work of fixing the same maximum rate for each of the local companies WOUld then have to be done over again. Willie the American Company's fran? chise forbids It to make any other than traffic arrangements with the Bell Com? pany, the section U evidently worded to forbid the American Company to "sell, lease or nslgn" Its franchise rights to the Bell Company, and not to forbid It to buy the indes, wires and fixtures of the Boll Company. At the time the American Company's franchise was granted, the Bell Company was fight? ing tootli and nail against a franchise imposing a maximum rate, nnd the clause in question \\.:s Intended, evi? dently, lb circumvent a possible trick of the Bell Company. The only way t? make the situation water-tight, therefore, is to (lx the sane maximum rate for local service for the Southern Stales, Southern Boll and American Telephone Companies. Thai will bo at once perfectly fair and en? tirely effective. NO STAR CHAMBER MEETINGS WILL BE TOLERATED. The committee named by (lie City Councils to Investigate the telephone situation iu this city had a meeting yesterday e vening. More than a month ago, a schedule of questions was sent to the Bell Tele? phone Company; these questions asking only Information that was of lei (ti mnto public int.-rest. The Bell Tele? phone Company insolently and con? temptuously ignored this request for in? formation, ami yesterday, with unpa? ralleled assurance, appeared befort this committee of city Councils and asked or demanded, as you will?that a hear? ing be postponed. With the utmost subserviency, the committee in 'illes llon, deferred the hearing until the 23J instant. Nor was this nil. The proposition was made to the committee that when It should finally* suit the pleasure and convenience of the Pill Tele? phone Company to appear before the committee, that nobody bul the peii representatives should bo allowed to be present; Oh the representations of the Bell Company, thus supplied at a Star Chamber session of the commit? tee, the committee is to make up its recommendations to the City Councils iclthout tMbodying Ihr evidence iipoii whieh the reeommeiidatiotti ore bated. Upon this j irifaniettt? proposition no action was t a ft a by t he < ommlttee. Ho fur as the Virginian-Pilot Is con? cerned, it do.s not hesitate to say to the complacent and subservient ma? jority of.tills committee thai no Star Chamber proceeding will be tolerated. Public decency, the public interest, the good name of the City, the rights of tho individual cltlzon, demand that this matter shall bo settletl according to the farts and not according to the. OX parte representations of the South? ern Boll Telephone Company. If, therefore, this committee, In defiance of publicly decency and the rights of the citizen to be heard, shall attempt to closet Itself with the representatives of tho Hell Telphone Company, while it makes tip stielt a report as shall meet the approbation of that company, so far as the Virglntan-Pliot is con corned it will see whether there be any power In the Courts of this Com? monwealth to compel an Impartial hearing in a matter that Intimately concerns the Interests of thousands of citizens and tax-payers In this City. Nor Is this all. The public shall have the facts in this case, to the bot? tom. Let not any member of this committee deceive himself as to that. The Issue Is squarely drawn; it is one of facts; it shall not be clouded, and every tub .shall stand oh its own leu torn. The suggested Star Chamber moet in.T. fayored by :i majority of this committee, Is a public outrage?no? thing less. Had this majority been named by the Southern Bell Telephone Company, such contemplated course would have been Intelligible; as a com? mittee of tho Councils of this City, its course would amply justify its repu? diation ;tl tho hands of tho bodies that named it. Cannot tlie City Councils name a committee in take up this question that will not arouse tho suspicion that a majority of it wears tho collar of the Bell Telephone Company? If so. it cannot Ion speedily, or too emphati? cally, lie rid of certain members of this present committee. Whether or not Councils shall nee fit to meet this re quisltc to any impartial investigation, this newspaper will see whether the Si nthern Hell Telephone Company 10 entitled to privileges before a commit? tee of the Councils of this City that it, or any citizen of this city, is not on titied to. if this committee wishes to raise that question it is welcome to do so by proceeding to hold the Star Chamber session suggested to it yes? terday. There is no demand, us Air. Willcox scented to think, for any par? ade ot the details of the Hell Com? pany's management, and that pretext is loo shallow to shield tho Hell Com? pany from a legitimate and public In? vestigation. I leivo suffered A LONG TIME with CATAUTtll. I tried different doctors and every patent medicine 1 heard ot but only went from bad to worse. 1 l>e CUniC so emaciated and run dnwn in health that my friends THOUGHT I HAD CONSUMPTION, and told me I was looking wcrse than they had ever seen me before. Mv life seemed a bur? den p. in., whi n i GOT up in Tin: MORNING MV NOSE WAS At.i, STOP? ped I i' and sore, and I could hardly gi i mv breath. 1 Wot; 1.1? HAVE A BAD TASTE IN Till-; MOUTH and FOUL BREATH. My nose frequently bled, but it did not ulvo nie any relief. At night when 1 laid down Till; HAWK? ING AND SPITTING KEPT ME VWAKE. Wien 1 slept I I.AV LIKE A LOG, HI T GOT up AS TIRED AS I i.Ail' DOWN. During the day MUCUS KEPT DRIPPING DOWN MY THROAT .-.I? that I had to clear It often. After the slightest excitement 1 would have i BAD HEADACHE and I WAS WEAK I AND NERVOUS ALL THE TIME, i Sometimes my bead would swim and He re would be SO MUCH RINGING IN i MY EAHS 1 thought 1 was going to have a "rising" in them, MY STOMACH gave mo lots of trouble. THE LEAST THING. EVEN A 'CRACKER, GAVE MCA BURNING AND i FELT BLOAT? ED The DULL ACHING PAIN ACROSS THE SMALL OF MY BACK made mo thmk I had Kidney trouble. MV EYES WERE WEAK. UNDER I'll. FIREY'S TREATMENT T GAINED 12 POUNDS Til E FIRST MONTH. Now 1 feel first rate. BLEEP SOUND AND REFRESHING, EAT WHAT I WANT WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. NOSE CLEAR. NO DRIP? PING OF MUCUS IN THE THROAT. NO HEADACHES. No FOUL BREATH or had taste in the mouth, and life cine mere In a blessing, ELTSHA WHITELEY. i'ei ner Linden avenue and Henry street, Portsmouth. Va. ? IM., J Rooms 3 and t No. 37! Main street, over "The Hub." Specialties?CATARRH and all diseases <>f Byo, Ear, Nose, Throat, Citest and Stomat h. Hours. !' a. in, to 12:30 p. m.; 2 p. in. to 0 p m. Sunday hours, 10:30 a. m. to 12:80 p. m. Tuesday night, Thursday night and Saturday night, 7:45 p. in. to S:15 j,. m. CONSULTATION ALWAYS FREE. Medicines furnished. Terms modern to. Eyes examined for glasses free of 1 barge. It's a Plain Proposition and Worthy of Acceptance! If your EYES are railing let Dr. Flrey examine them .1 lit them with glasses. WEAR T1IK.M THREE DAYS and at l he Chd of that time IF THEY AUK NOT hi all respects SATISFACTORY bring them back and Hi; WILL REFUND YOU EVERY CENT YOU PAID FOR THEM. DH. FIREY Is the ONLY PHY? SICIAN In this city who examines EYES FREE of iharge. OPTICIANS ARE NOT DOCTORS, though they usually as : '.line the title of doctor. SLAB WOOD , Dry and Green Oak Wood. Dry Pine Wood. COAL OF ALL KINDS. Prompt Delivery. OHAS. E. SCOTT & CO., IPO LOV1TT AVl'NUE. 1 Old I'll no. S?t. Now Phone. 113V SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ?AT THE? SOUTHERN SHORTHAND and BUSINESS UNIVERSITY Regular Fall anil Winter Term Now In Session. Every young man and woman who can si?mi.l attend. Branches Taught?Bookkeeping. Mathe? matics, Penmanship, Correspondence, Shorthand, Typewriting, Telegraphy and Spelling. Instruction largely Individual. For particulars call, phone or wrlto to j. M. ressler. President Phono (new) 40ii. TELEPHONE TALK. Talk Is cheap. When you have busi? ness In HAMPTON. OLD POINT. NEW? PORT NEWS, SOLDIERS" HOME, PHOEBUS and other points on the pe? ninsula, call up your peoplo by phone. Our cable lines are now working nicely. You can also reach SUFFOLK, SAHTH Pl ELD, FRANKLIN and other points over our lines. Our now subscribers' directory contains a complete list o? our out-of-town connections. Toll Rates Are Low. Soiitnern Slates TeiepM Co. C. FRED BONNEY, Gen'l Mgr. Office 'Phone nor.. Oo7-Ct Our Display of Cut Glass. is immense. You can purchase it at Surprisingly Low Prices! Wc earnestly ask you to look it over?it will pay you. You don't want to laiL to see our stock of Sterling Silver Goods, Among; them you can find something to please you at a smallL cost. ? THE NO. Where is Norfolk-on-the-Roads ? What; yovi don't know, why you arc not up-to-date. Why It la tlio t)oily of land from Tanner's Crock North to Hampton Roads, which used to bo called "Sewcll's Point." Why,, my dear man, a fow of our Norfolk hustlers, backed lip with lots of Baltimore money, have built one of the best double track Electric Railroads I ever rodo on In my lifo down to tbe extreme point and have built a pier 1,000 feet out Into the river, big and good enough for Uncle Sam not to be ashamed of. They have a darling of a steamer called "NorfOlk-On-thc-RoadS," which just slides you across the Roads to Old Point In a Jiffy. Just think of It, from Norfolk to i ild Point in DO minutes, and they say they will do It In 40 bye and-bye, and I believe they will, they mean business. Yon know what, they have built a bridge across Tanner's ("reck, which docs anybody good to look at. Its a Cracker Jack, 1,700 feet long and certainly did not cost less than $:IT>. 000.00, with a splendid driveway along? side of the double tracks, and do you know It Is the first and only Proe llrl.lgo out of Norfolk. If you go in any other direction you pay toll. Well, well; this is news to me, but tell m? what is to be seen along the route; anything to attract you? Why, yes; its Just lovely. You bo rlRht through the beautiful Magic Su? burbs of Pnrk Place I known to a few on the'inside as the FIVE P'S, "Pushers, Porry and Fender's Park Place") and Kensington; then comes the largest Silk Weaving Plant la tin- South, of which .). P Andre Mottu Is the father and the genial J. Pierson Williams, secretary; next the Powhatton Knitting Mills, the Sliver Plating Factory of the enterpris? ing McFarland, the Virginia Hosiery Mills and all through that thrifty settle? ment of Lambert's Point (developed by the wide-awake and energetic llrtn of Myers KlllamV which make these fac? tories hum dally like a moving bee-hive. Then after you cross Tanner's Creek you see one of the most cultivated farms in this section. A little further on you reach tho beautiful grounds of the "At? lantic Park Cemetery." It Is too long to tell you all about that now, but you can seo ns you rldo by there that they arc spending money and It will be a place so attractlvo that no person need to bo ashamed to own a burial lot there. The Trensurer of that Association, Wal? ler P. Irvine, Sr., and tho Trustees, E. V. White of Ii. V. White & Co., N. Hearmnn, President of tho Punk of Commerce; P. J. Andre Mottu, of Mottu, Do Witt & Co.; H. A. Dodson, Proprietor of Atlantic Hotel; W. i>. Lane, Comptroller of Association, and D. l.owenberg, which Is it guarantee In itself of Its success. One of the finest stretch of road I ever saw Is from that cemetery down to tho pier. Why they do It In just four minutes?think of It. Well, It Is no wonder; S0-pound rail, double track and lino roadbed. I go down three or four times a week. 1 en? joy It, and I really can't decide which catches "mo most, the rldo or watching tho ladles and gentlemen, who are daily down to the pier, pulling the tilg trout and spots out of the river. 1 sat down on those benches down tlierc watching Iho Ushers, admiring that beautiful sheet of Hampton Roads water and watched all tho different crafts sliding along In front of me and Inhale that snlt water, life preserving air. Well, tell me, do these railroad people calculule to muko uny Improvements down there? Why, yes; they will build tip stations all along their line ami Increase their rolling stock. They will put on in a few days the Lowcnberg Convertible ?'ars. which can be made an open or closed car In less thnn three minutes anywhere while in transit and without disturbing a single passenger; and some of I he greatest Improvements will be made by the Norfolk-Hampton Hoods Company, who own practically nll.tho land at Nor folk-on-the-Ronds. They have got the money and the best men In Baltimore and Norfolk behind them, and don't you forget It. They will build at once a first class Hotel at the Point of tho Pines. 1 understand It Is going to bo 350 feet long and up to date In every respect. Thoy calculate, to make It the winter senson "Palace Royal" for tho best people of this section. They will build pavilion, bath houses, thatt'0 and lots of things for the comfort of.the people. Hut, see here; It seems to me, If I rec collect right, there used to bo a kind of pond down thcro in that neighborhood which 1 heard was Unhealthy. Yes, you are right; I heard about that, too, ami I have Inquired Into It, but that Is going to be all right. They have got their pumping machine down there already, and they are pumping out all tho vegetable matter until they get down to a Band bottom anil use the dredged ma? terial to IUI up one portion of the old pond, ami the dredged part they will convert Into ;'i beautiful pleasure lake, with salt Water connection to the Elisa? beth River. I tell you what, they are going to have a big thing down there, and furthermore, 1 understand that tho Norfolk-Hampton Roads Company Is adopting a liberal policy (nothing short? sighted about thrm'l. Anybody who wants to acquire, either by purchase or lease, property for business purposes can do so. They do not have any monopolies. Any? body can erect hotel, restaurant, bath houses or anything which Is approved by the. Company ami will not detract from the high standard which they propose t" establish for the section. Well, I am certainly the Information; 1 am esled and I will cortl of taking occasional tr folk-on-the-Heads," as love of watching the opinent, I want to kct Is usually always some a person knows what excuse me one minute doing any business? Indeed, they are. The best people In the city patronize It. Inning the week you can get a seat, but on Sundays seats are at a premium, but they will havo more cars shortly. obliged to you for very much Inter duly avail myself Ips down to "Nor Hslde from tho progress of devel p posted, as there money In It when Is going on; but, longer, is the road WAS <& WASN'T. LET'S FILL Style Isn't Taxed Here UP THAT VACANCY ! There's a hole in your wardrobe, no doubt; it's ever so with everybody. The best of things will wear out. Collars and Cuffs develop that "saw edge;" Hosiery is suddenly found in such a stale that it's past redemption. Neckwear loses its shimmering beauty, and the hat has a "former generation" look. Come in to-day and stock up. New fancies in outfitting fill every nick of spice of this stoic. It's the ideal time to buy. Lighi-Weight Overcoats, - - $10 to $30, Tailors and ftlen's Outfitters, CORNER MAIN AND COMMERCE STS. SOLE AGENTS FOR |CP|?X HATS To close out the balance of a certain line of Men's Suitings, some of which are worth from $10 to $12 a suit, For $4.00?Whiie tSie^ last. 219 MAI IN STREET, NORFOLK TRUNK FACTORY, 172 CHURCH STREET, Near Main, Trunk Special! <J* yf qa i.inan lined throughout, heavy Btecl knui klc hinges, brass Excelsior lock, 2 trays. Suit Case Special! ^2| 00 pcnl,,inc..'oal"f;r' 'jraf!S ,ot,{ :1l>d catches, 2 sets of .straps Inside, linen lined. Pocket Books! Wo have the most complete line nf T.adies' and Gents' Pocket Books in the city. Also a full lino of Chatelaine Pass. Dog Collars! A great assortment of Dog Collars, Do? Harness, AVhlps, &c. REPAIRING TRUNKS A SPECIALTY. OLD 'PHONE, 113?. $ Weekly or Monthly Payments. $ Every honest person, rich or poor can buy rjr Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, f m Clocks and Silverware *fe for less money than at any other Jewelry Store in the City for *j? $*& cash. Give us a trial and be convinced. We also sell 4*? ? Bicycles on Easy Weekly Payments. |* ?Jfc WE CAN PLEASE YOU & *f J. BE1ISI INJ Ell T Sc BRO. jtjft f jjj^ IUU'IUU'1 IU UIIUl?ll OII6CI) MCAI IU ITICIIIIa 166-168-170 Church Street, Next to Main. Bmportant Notice! Special limited quantity of FINEST HAVANA CICAR3 For box trade at factory prlc;i> Hamberger's Cut Rate Ticket Office it KRUSftCR j >'iv' ,. Stii? <i ,AROAttHOTEL* air, B.lL!?N?(^r.M..o brass cm *i f?0*? ' i.jtioss. seals. * 5Ig5mIS^ ?-1 stamp inxs.paos. da MENTIS*^^^^amp^^j^wg ru5?er IIB STEEL STAMPS. RAIL-, L->? BAGGAGE CHECKS J CHECKS or*UDESC0iP ls. BADGES. STZI4CIL fiC9| STAMP INXS.PAOS. oATtRS, ETC!