The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-03
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
A New Rival to the Bell Telephone
Company.
SMALL COMPANIES TO COMBINE
A youug Man From Tennessee Foully
Murdered - How n Woman
Spcculaior Lost Her
Money.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2-specialTTho
Herald says that a formidable opposition
10 the An erican Bell Telephone Com
many has sprung up in night. 1t de'
clares that nearly all Of the independent
telephone companies throughout the coun-
try have made contracts for being alb
sorbed by the new national company
which is to be Incorporated with S9V'"V-
900. and 1t is to be backed by the iead'hs
capitalists in the country.
It adds Furthermore, the new COM
many is to be backed by the western
Union Telegraph Company and all Oh the
resources of the latter may be added to
the facilities of the big new telephone
company in its efforts 10 dlNide the "e'u
with the Bell Company.
All of the big cities are to be invaded.
In New York city, the stronghold OF the
Bell Company, all of the arrangements
have been made for starting the new plant
within a few weeks. The Peoples Tele-
phone Corporation Company, with capi-
tai of 100000, and th1 Knickerbocker
Telephone Company, with 100000 capi-
tai are to be absorbed.
WOMAN LOSES $500.
Mrs Marie Butts. who loves to dabble
in stock speculauons, is suing her brokers'
for 81 800 which she recently lost. This
H. the story that she tells
Il always gave them margin before
they called for It. The Brooklyn Rapid
Transit bought at l22 II and gave them
margin down To los. l bought twenty
five shares Of The Atchison at g., twenty
five shares at 70 81. and twenty-five
shares at IS rs. / gave them margin
down 10 81.
ION May 18th / called at the uptown
ofhce and offered Mr.. Beck, the man.
ager. 500 additional margin. lie said
had sufficient up.
Early Saturday morning when read
OF the death Of NJ, Flower | knew the
stocks would go down. l FASTENED over
TO New York and went 10 the main
downtown office. They told me 20 80 to
the uptown once. where I did business.
I said. Surely you won't sell my stock
and he answered all right.
Il went 10 the uptown office, and the
girl telegraph operator said il was too
lats. that my stock had been sold. the
b. f. 7. al lO2 IL and the Atchison at
g. ] said. We'll, shat is regular robbery
they wouldn't have treated me that way.
They would hare taken my margin
which I offered at the downtown Office
would have held my stocks, and in
stead OK losiHg $500 margins l could
have sold out at a profit"
The brokers, through their attorney.
James S. Lehmaier. cay that ;he stocks
were sold because Of insufficient margin.
HUNTINGTON TO CONTROL
An important conference was held to-
the Mills building between Mrs. Leland
Stanford George Croker, +. II. Hubbard
and Mr.. Huntington. 10 complete the
transfer 0f the Stanford and Croker in
terests in Southern and Central Pacific 10
the Huntington interests announced sew
ersl weeks ago. Mr. Huntington, with
his friends. thus comes into sole control
Of me great continental system. Mrs.
Stanford returned last Saturday on the
Campania With Edward Speyer, the Lon
don representative Of SVeyer Brothers.
who In turn represent the London bond
holders.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
on October 4th Mrs. Frederick Hardy
and her son. friedrich Hardy. Jr of
Mount Pleasant. Tenn. put up at a board
ng-hOuse In keypOrt. y. j.
Mrs. Hardys chief desire was to engage !
rooms for her son. who intended TO live
there during his term Of art study at the
New York Academy of Design The rooms |
were taken. Mrs. Hardy stayed there ten |
days and then with her daughter sailed |
Tor Europe.
Mrs. Hardy's last words were that her |
son should draw upon his father. the |
owner OF many phosphate mines In Ten /
lessee. for an supplies Left to himself, !
he young man enjoyed lift. lie soon |
made acquaintance. starting with the /
'amily Of +. G. MoXham, who lives in /
street. His one constant I
companion was T. Coleman Ward. a /
;outheruer like himself
on Sunday. October 22d, the young man l
disappeared and nothing was heard from 1
lin until last night when message was
received at police headquarters from
I<eyport which said that body
lad been found on the beach there with
marks Of violence on it and rope around
he waist
II is known that Hardy carried a gold
watch and chain and a signet ring, the
lift Of his father
The money in his pockets would range