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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
MIR. BONNEY'S LETTER.

Elsewhere in this issue appears in
the Forum a card of Mr.. c. Fred Bon
ney, manager of the Southern States
Telephone Company, in which he
claims the interview with him, which
appeared in Thursdays Virginian-Pi-
lot, was entirely unauthorized and
msquoted." Mr.. Bonney's memory Is
probably at fault. He knew that the
reporter who called on him was a
member of the Virginian Pilot repor-
torial staff, and was seeking informn-
ton for publication. That was all the
authorization that is customary or ne
cessary.
Nor was Mr.. Bonney misauoted In
any single material particular. The
reporter who interviewed him is a
newspaper man OF judgment. expert
ence and the utmost reliability, whose
accuracy nobody has ever previously
called in question, in q lengthy term of
service on the staff of this newspa-
per. We publish Mr.. Bonney's state
ment in fairness to him. but we don't
mind saying that our confidence that
no injustice was done him in the in
terview is quite mistaken.
So far as Mr.. Bonney's denial: that
he called the attention of the States
Telephone Company's board OF d.
rectors to the Bells rate-cutting
is concerned. 1t does not affect the
merits of the question in the least.
Every director of his company must
of necessity have known it anyway.
MIR. Bonney's letter has. however. af-
forded fresh proof that all real compe-
tition between the Southern Bell and
Southern States Companies is at nn
end. even il the States Company ever
was a competitor. and that hereafter.
under present conditions. competition
canot be depended on TO insure rea-
sonable telephone rental or prevent
Bell Telephone Monopoly. The Virgin
n-Pilot believes that If the City
Councils will appoint a committee. or
if the committee already named to look
into the telephone situation, will ex-
anime all the facts in the conduct of
the Southern States for the past few
years. the committee will find that the
Bell Company has been and is in. prac-
tically, complete control of the situa-
ton, and that the recent schedule of
rates is but part of the leisurely evo-
luton of n telephone monopoly which
has been going on ever since the fran
chise was granted the Bell Company.
That would square precisely with
what has occurred in other cities.
where the Bell Company and so-called
independent companies have come into
ostensible competition. and it is the
only hypothesis by which certain facts
of which the trepdation OF Mr.. Bon
ney is one-are Ineligible.
The chief of these facts. however. is
that though the city clearly violated its
contract pih the Southern States Com
pony in granting the Bell franchise, the
Southern St0fcs made no resistance. and
,chen The Bel Company. in turn. Dioldted
lis franchise by cutting rates against the
States Company. the latter ioos entirely
passive. IL competition between the
two companies had been more than q
sham and II pretense. is it likely that
the Southern States Company would
have allowed the Bell Company to go
on for two years violating its fran
chise, and thereby injuring the bust
noco Of tI,o COutl,arp Ctofoc .
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Sample Negligee
Shirts for MI en-.
all
Underwear

is here Fall weather will soon follow. Will it catch you
unprepared? Prevent by anticipating your wants To-day
good time, Browns good place to do that very thing
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nearly two years the City government
permitted the Bell Company to furnish
service at SIS per year for residences.
while the States was charging s25 for
the same service" This, as we have
shown. was gross and notorious VIC
lation of the Bell Company's franchise.
which is City ordinance. and which
1t is the duty of the city to enforce.
The city. however is not the only party
that is responsible in the premises to
the citizen. In violating its franchise,
the Bell Company has voided its con-
tract with the city-notably, not to un-
dercut any other telephone company In
furnishing service. In SO doing it has
deprived itself of the privileges granted
by the franchise. and is amenable on
that score. 1t cannot enjoy the advan-
tages of Its franchise and disregard the
responsibilities and limitations 1t i'm
poses.
Our present able Councils will not,
we feel sure, be insensibIe of the awk-
ward position in which the city is
placed in this matter. and of it's duty
to safeguard the interests of citizens
and to protect itself. The franchise of
the Bell Company should be amended
to conform to section of the
States Company's franchise, not sole
ly nor primarily for the benefit of
the latter. but because that section
contains the provision for the protec-
ton of our citizens from Telephone
Monopoly and it's consequent exorbit-
ant charges. which section never has
been sacrificed. and because the City
was guilty of bad faith in violating it.
If. however. by any chance, the City
Councils fail to remedy this evil, then
there seems little doubt that telephone
subscribers. as we'll as aggrieved stock
holders of the Southern States Com
pany. can protect their own rights by
carrying the Bell Company and the
corporation of this City into court, and
compelling each, respectively. to live up
to its contract. 1t is even more than
probable that the Bell Company can be
shown to have forfeited its franchise,
and that the City itself, is liable in
damages.
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Gained IL lbs.
in One Month.

have suffered 4 LONG TIME with
CATARRH. tried different doctors
asd every patent medicine | heard of
came SO emaciatcd and run down in
HAD CoNsuMPTloN, and told mo /
seen me before. My life seemed n bur.
den to me. WHEN / GOT UP IN THE
MORNING MY nose WAS ALL STOP
ss nv w b aea sore W n5 50p Hh3 99rdy
F6vL hnEATH. My w nose oiso frequently &c aNU
oied. but It did not give me any relief
no AND SPLITTING KEPT ME
LOG. BUT GOT UP AS TIRED AS
20 that l had TO clear IT often. After
the slightest excitement l would have q
BAD H n,s,5 &C II ana MAS WEAK
there would be SO MUCH RINGING IN
MY EARS, thought 1 was going to
have rising in r them Ny sToMACT
THING EVEN 4 CRACKER GAVE
ME 4 BURNING AND I FELT BLOAT-
ED; The DULL ACHING PAIN ACROSS
think | had Kidney trouble. MY EYES
UNDER DIR; EIREY,s T,IREATMEMT
$ $;i sT AS p j, HEFRREiSS;HtiGiTSiG !4, EAT
TRouBLb. NosE cLEAR, No DRiP-
NO HEADACHES. NO FOUL BREATH
or bad taste In the mouth, and life once
more is a blessing.
ELISHA WHITELEY.
Corner Linden avenue and Henry street,
Portsmouth, Va.
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p. M. Sunday hours, 1850 a. m. to II 30
p. m Tuesday night. Thursday night and
Saturday night. 1:i5 p. m. to Sis D. m.
CONSULTATION ALWAYS FREE
Medicines furnished. Terms moderate
Eyes examined for glasses free OF
charge.
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Printed COttons
For Fall Wear.

abound on every hand The unpretentous Calico, the
stately Percae, the stronger Fannelette the eecy Out
The assortment in general large-that of eeced goods par
tCuary
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09
CATARRH

or inflammation of this delicate pink
membrane.
The system is weakened in win
ter. The delicate lining is more
susceptible to irritation or infamma-
ton, and thus we have pneumonia.
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, etc, all
catarrhal conditions which may
easily be checked by one catarrh
cure-Pe-ru-na.
That's the only way out of it.
You may dose forever-you will
not be we'll until you try the true
cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You
may think your trouble is some
other disease and not catarrh. Call
1t what you will, one thing is sure,
your system is affected and must be
treated, and Pe-ru-na is the only
remedy which reaches the right
place and does cure.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09
Ancient Thigh Hone.

DIR. Benjamin Sharp, at the meeting
of the Academy of Natural Sciences on
Tuesday evening. called attention to a
human thigh bone. found fourteen
feet below the surface in digging a
well at Honolulu. which was supposed
to be that of an aborigine. The bone
had been broken clean across at about
two-thirds of its length. from the up
per end The lower fragment had
slipped up about four inches along
side the upper piece and there the two
had reunited making It again a solid
femur. The remarkable thing regard
Ing 1t. however is its size. for 1t must
have been. before 1t was fractured.
twenty and three-quarter inches long.
The average length OF the femur OF a
six-foot man is II inches. Conse-
quently the. unhappy possessor OF this
broken one must have been at least
seven feet tall
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09
Among
MOonshiners

The great majority of moonshiners
are to be found in the mountain fast
nesses of Georgia, Alabama and Ten
nessee. and here they live in condi-
tions of civilization as crude as their
ancestors, most of whom were English
fugitives from justice who reached this
country more than century ago. says
the international Magazine. Indeed,
in many respects these descendants
have retrograded rather than ad-
vanced. Had they been surrounded
for a century by a Chinese wall they
could not have been more destitute or
ignorant of the modern conveniences
and even decencies of civilized life
Cut off from all educational advan-
tages, they have no knowledge of even
the rudimentary three rs"
It is very difficult for any outsider
to get look into the real life of these
people. for without exception the
moonshiners are suspicious of all
strangers. and every unfamiliar face
that comes among them is at once
suspected of belonging to a revenue
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09

Chicago Chronicle: One lone flying
fish-the first ever seen in Lake Mich
1gan or anywhere along the chain OF
Americas inland seas-startled sew
eral Chicagoans by appearing above
the placid surface of the Lincoln park
lagoon. According to the accounts of
the eyewitnesses closest to the scene
the winged fish rose from the lagoon
in the vicinity of the high bridge sew
eral times and was mistaken for bird
or water fowl of some sort. Not until
a trio of park policemen had seen it
and realized that it had '.fish's head
and a scaly body and tail' was the true
nature of the strange and unexpected
visitor to Chicagos shores recog-
niEed.
Then began a vigil for further ap-
pearances of the hybrid member of the
finny tribe, and with fishing nets, row.
boats and long poles a hunt was in
augurated by the park animal keepers,
with view to capturing the mysteri-
GUS sojourner as a novel and attractive
addition to the park zoo.
Heading the hunting party were
fark superintendent ReldeSke, Head
Animal Keeper McCurren and Assist
ant Animal Keeper Flanagan. For
more than six hours and until the
shades of night began to fall strict
watch and ward was maintained over
the stretch of water above which the
sportive fish had been seen speeding
through the air like a diminutive fly
ing machine. When the Quesr and
vigil were abandoned at last there was
keen disappointment in the ranks of
the menagere men.
McCurren and Reideske did not de-
spair, however. They marched their
men to the Lake Shore drive bridge
that spans the lagoon spur which is
the outlet to the lake and after putting
the wire netting in a condition that
would insure against the escape of the
finny curiosity by water they an
nounced that renewed efforts would be
instituted today.
How this peculiar fish found it's way
to Lake Michigan waters is problem
difficult to answer. Among the ex-
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09
NOT OJer Yer.

The Boer war has given riS- - a
peculiar discussion in Germany. Most
of the devout Christians there have
been praying for the success of the
Beers, and the religious press of Ger
many has been practically unanimous
in opposition to England. These news
papers and many clergymen urged that
prayers be offered for the success OF
the Boer arms, and the suggestion
was followed widely. The religious
press predicted that the prayers would
be heard and that they would be effica-
cious in bringing about the defeat of
the English. But thus far the war
has gone woefully against the pray
ers. Yet it is not over. Things may
take a turn.-Ex
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09
OUTSIDERS CAN
GET NO INSIGHT
INTO THEIR
LIFE.

officer in disguise or otherwise. II is
really dangerous for a stranger to ven
ture into moonshiner community, for
the chances are even that he will never
live to recount his experiences among
them. Let him go as a teacher, a phil
anthropist interested in their own well
fare. or even as a priest-nothing will
save him from the deadly vengeance
of these people If once it be whispered
or even suspected that there is any
danger of his revealing the location OF
their concealed distilleries.
A murder can be committed with
greater impunity in their mountain
Businesses than perhaps anywhere else
in the United States, for 1t is only toe
easy to dispose of the body of the vic
tim in one of the numerous concealed
caves. the exact location of which is
known only to themselves, and there
is a sort of clannish loyalty among
them which precludes all possibility
OF their telling on" one another or
when the murder has been discovered
revealing the whereabouts of the
murderer
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09
Once a Nan of Mote.

William A. Grosvenor, whose death
in the east has caused but scant at
tention. was. thirty years ago, one Of
the most widely known editors in the
United States. He reached the height
Of his fame and influence as editor OF
the Missouri Democrat (now the st.
Louis Globe DemocraD in 1870, when,
in conjunction with Carl SchurZ. he
organized the movement which led to
the formation of the Liberal Repub-
lican party. 1t was in his little Office.
in the Democrat building, corner of
Fourth and Pine streets. ST. Louis,
that he planned the campaign which
began with the passage of the enfran-
chisement act by the Missouri legis-
lature and the defeat and death OF
Horace Greeley
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09
ASsaSSf1afions o.
";" :: s::: * * the CenfurY.

The assassination of King Humbert
OF Italy added another to long list
OF murders that have stricken down
sovereigns during recent decades. Most
OF the victims have been occupants of
european thrones. South America S
latest contribution was the killing Of
President Borda of Uruguay in 1897,
while within a few days the report has
come-and been denied-that the en-
peror of China had been slain.
Europe's last assassination of mem
ber of royalty was that of the Empress
Elizabeth of Austria while she was
travelling in Switzerland.
The assassination of Empress Eliza
beth of Austria at Geneva recently by
Anarchist Luchini was the first sue
cessful attempt on the lives of rulers
since June. 1894. President Carnot of
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09

plantations offered is the theory that,
although the flying fish heretofore has
been unknown to fresh water. there is
be drawn that the creature can sur
vive or thrive in salt water only. 1t is
not known that any specimens of this
particular finny tribe have been held
in captivity anywhere hereabout, and
the view is maintained that the visit
ing member of the family must have
made it's way to the chain of lakes
from the North Atlantic ocean. Only
through the St Lawrence river and
the Welland canal would it seem that
such a journey could be made.
Mr.. Reideske thinks, however, that
the dangerous trip through the Well
and locks may have been obviated by
means of a swim through the great
subterranean seas on which vast ter
ritories to the north are supposed to
rest. To this conjecture McCurren OBJ
jected. But he at once met Redieske'3
theory with an equally novel one of his
own. 1t was that the fish, being more
native to the tropical than the north
ern seas, may have come to Chicago
from the Gulf of Mexico by way of the
Mississippi river and the new drainage
canal. He holds that flying fish
would have little or no difficulty in
flying across the bear trap dam or one
of the locks at the controlling works
in Lockport, subsequently reaching
the lake through the Chicago river.
From the accounts of the three park
policemen and many citizens who saw
the flight in the lagoon the new arrival
in Illinois water should be able to have
performed the feat that McCurren
thinks was enacted at Lockport 1t
appears that the winged fish arose in
the air to a height of 30 or 40 feet
above water and flew about 300 feet in
bee-line each time, disappearing
again in the bosom of the lagoon's
waters from which it as suddenly had
sprung. 1t is described as about II
inches long. with wings or soaring fins
not less in length than the body. Its
color Is declared to be a pale emerald
green. intermingled with mother OF
pearl.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09

The entire state of New Jersey is in
turmoil about one small baby and
its mother. The child is named Charles
Edward Mason. after his father 1t
is bright. chubby little youngster.
and was born in the New Jersey State
prison, not quite three years ago. The
mother. Anne Mason. was at the time
sentenced to serve five years In prison
on her third conviction for theft. Now
the philanthropists want to take the
baby from her, give 1t good home
and make a useful citizen of the in
tellissnt little fellow. The mother,
however. insists upon keeping 1t. and
prominent ministers say that she
should have it, as II anything will
lead to the woman's reformation this
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09

France was stabbed at Lyons on June
"a, 1894: Canovas del Castillo, prime
minister of Spain and virtually ruler of
the country while he was in Office, was
shot and killed at Santa Agueda on
Aug. s. 1897 All three assassinations
were the work of men who loudly pro-
claimed themselves anarchists and
their deeds the result of their convic-
tions. and the assassins were all three
Italians, a circumstance which imme-
diately after the three assassinations
caused furore against that race in
the countries which had suffered.
The final and successful attempt of
nihilism on the life of Alexander III.
of Russia occurred on March 13, 1881.
Two bombs were thrown at the i'm
perial carriage, the first by Rysakoff,
the second and fatal one by Grenevit-
sky. The emperor was out to view the
parade of the Marine corps. The event
had been planned far in advance and
nihilism had plenty of time to arrange
what was to be a grand movement to
end the cars life. Mines were laid
in streets through which the carriage
might pass and adherents literally sup
piled with hand bombs to throw in
case the mines failed AS the carriage
approached the bridge over the Cath
crime canal Rysakoff pressed forward
through some workmen shoveling snow
and threw the first bomb.
1t fell behind the carriage, tearing
out the back, and wounding two cos
sacks. The emperor stepped out of his
carriage. and as he did so the second
bomb, thrown by Grenevitsky, fell and
exploded at his feet, breaking both legs
and penetrating his abdomen. The en-
peror died two hours after the explo-
sion of the bomb at his feet Frag-
ments of the bomb killed and wounded
people in every direction, the bomb
thrower himself being killed. This
successful attempt was the result of a
widespread plot in the Russian branch
of anarchistic Europe. Five of the
conspirators were hanged.
The killing of President Carnot of
France at Lyons on June "a, 1894, and
the assassination of Premier Canovas
on Aug. s. 1897, were still fresh in the
memory of Europe when the third out
rage in four years was committed at
Geneva. President Carnot's assassin,
Santo, rushed upon the presidents car
riage and plunged a poniard into the
body OF his victim. for which he lost
his head. Coli. the assassin of Cano-
vas. used pistol on the Spanish
premier at Santa Ague. Spanish
summer resort. and he also suffered
death for his madness.
Following is a list OF the assassina-
tions of the century:
Abdul Azig. sultan of Turkey, June
4. 1876.
Alexander Ill. Russia, March 49,,
1881.
Berri Charles. due d'F ance. April
10, 1920.
Borda, ]. Idiarte. president of Uru-
quay, Aug. 20. 1897.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09
PRESENCE OF MIND.
How DIR. siddaie Saved Himself from "a
Maniac.

How DIR. Siddnie Saved Himself from II
Maniac.
Doctor Sddale, the well-known Lon
don physician, during his vacation a
few years ago was fishing one even
ing in a Scotch loch when man ap-
preached, caught him by the shoul-
ders. and shook him violently. A
glance told the doctor that the man
was insane. He was a huge fellow;
the doctor was small and possessed OF
little physical strength. No one was
in sight. What are you going to do?"
asked the doctor. calmly. Throw you
into that water!" shouted the man.
Certainly" said the doctor; but I'll
have to go home and put on n dress
suit. Dead men always wear evening
dress. The madman stopped. looked
at him doubtfully, and said so they
do. Make haste. I'll wait" Doctor
Siddale walked slowly up the bank.
and then ran for his life. II requires
calmness and courage OF rare quality
to cope with the vagaries of n disor-
dered brain Moliere the great French
dramatist. was i'll. and had retired to
his villa at Auteuil for rest and quiet.
One day Boileau. Lulll and another
friend came to visit him. Monsieur
La Chapelle did the honors for Mo
liere. BY the time supper was over.
the guests were in so exalted state
that they resolved to set an example
to France by dying philosophically to-
gether, to prove their contempt OF tho
world. They determined to drown
themselves in the Seine. but first went
to bid their host an eternal farewell.
Moliere cast a hasty glance at the
flushed faces around his bed. But
yov have forgotten mel" he cried. "I,
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09

Capo d'istria, Greece, Oct. 8, 1881.
Castillo, Canovas del, premier of
Spain, July 30. 1897.
Cavendish, Lord Frederick. Eng
land, May 6, 1882.
Carnot, president of France, June "a,
1894
Elizabeth Amelia Eugenie, empress
of Austria. Sept. 10, 1898.
Garfield, James A., president OF the
United States, July 2, 1881; died Sept.
10. 1881.
Harrison, Carter H., mayor of Chi
cago. Oct. 90 1893.
Lincoln, Abraham, president of the
United States, April 10. 1865.
Mayo, Earl, Ireland, Feb. s, 1872.
Mehemet. Ali. Turkey, Sept. Z, 1873.
Michael. prince of Servia, June 10,
1868.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09

child will do it, and it may be her sal
vation.
The prison keeper also says it should
be allowed TO remain with the mother.
but Governor Voorhees, declares chat
the two should be separated at once
and for good. There is no law that
provides for an innocent child being
kept in prison. and no law that enables
the authorities to take II from her at
present. The philanthropists say,
however. that the woman is hopelessly
degenerate, and IL they cannot per
suade her to give up the child they
mean to find ways to take It from her.
II they do. New Jersey may furnish
one of the most unique legal battles OF
recent years.
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09

too, must share in this glorious act. -
True, true!" they shouted. He is
our brother! He shall die with us.
Come on" Not tonight" said Mo
liere. calmly, ''or France will say we
were ashamed of the deed. Wait until
morning, and then II We die, nobody
can doubt out motives" They con
sented. and crept away to bed When
they rose sober in the morning not
one OF them spoke of suioidc.-Youths'
Companion
Gilpin observer., 1900-08-09

At La Teste de Buch, France, a
statue of DR.. Jean Hameau was un-
veiled recently. He was an obscure
medical practitioner. who. in 1886.
published study on virus in which
he partially anticipated the discover
les of Pasteur.