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Wic Vvc^hcr: Fol!orlD^ It tlis fore- m*t for Atlanta itnJ vi cinity: Shower* to night and Thursday; warmer tonight Atlanta Georgian (and news) C\v Ort 'HLrf, ink; -16, VOL. V. NO. 282. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 29,1907. PRICE: CHEAP LIGHTING DETECTIVES FEAR FDR MUNICIPALITY I AN ANARCHIST WILL IS Lower Bids Accepted by Committee of Council. THE GEORGIAN WINS A VICTORY Rate to Consumers To Be Cut Materially Under Agreement. Cheaper lights for the otty! Cheaper lights for the people! This was assured when the special committee on a municipal lighting plant and the committee on electric lights and telephones voted favorably Tuesday afternoon on the bid of -the Georgia Railway and Eleotrlc Company for the city's lighting for the next five year*. This Is a victory for the people through The Georgian even more sweeping than had been hoped for so soon. In addition to securing cheaper lights for ths city, which was the In itial aim of the advocates of municipal ownership. It means materially cheaper lights for ths consumers. When The Georgian took up the light for municipal ownership, the "wise ones" laughed, but the sentiment of the people and their demand for a munici pal lighting plant were so strong that the Georgia Hallway and Electric Com pany. realizing the situation, made a bid for the city's lighting, reducing ths rate for the city more than 20 per cent Rates to Consumers. The Georgian then called for a ma terial reduction In the rates to con sumers. Alderman James L. Key, who had led the fight In council for a mu nlclpal lighting plant. Insisted that the bid would not be acceptable unless sueh a reduction was made President Arkwright, of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, agreed to this, and reduced the maximum rate to consumers about 15 per cent. The bid of the company for the city's lighting was accordingly accepted by ths Joint committee, with the provision thac.lt shall be stipulated In fhe cone tract that the maximum rate to con sumers shall be 10 cents, as compared to the present rate of 12 cents per kilo watt hour for lights and ( cants for heat and power, as against 7 cents, ths present rate. Alderman James L. Key, City Attor ney Mayson and Counellman Terrell were named as a sub-committee of three to draft a report to council ac cepting the bid of the Georgia'Railway and Electric Company, with the agree ment of President Arkwright to reduce the consumers' rate embodied In the rsport. Means Great Saving. I The bid for the city’s lighting IS on a sliding scale, ranging from t<0 for the first year to 256 the fifth year, making the average rate 258 for each arc light. The present price Is 276. The reduc tion to 217 on each light, or 22 2-3 per cent. . The bid for Incandescent lights ranges from 222 the first year to 2" the fifth year, an average of 227. Tl present rate Is 232.75. This Is a savli of 16.75 on each Incandescent light, or 10 per cent. It Is estimated that, with the ln- •rease In the number of light* that wm be Installed from year to year, the saving for the five years will not fall short of 1186,000. It le Impossible to estimate Just what will be the eavtng to the people from the reduction of the consumers' max imum rats from 12 to 10 and from 7 to 6 cents. The reduction will, not be effective with temporary customers, and Is sub ject to the minimum charge. The committee will report that con sumers. In order to get this rate, must sign contracts for at least one year. President Arkwright said he would prefer two-year contracts, but the com mittee did not agree to this. The secondary rates, already below ATTACK ROOSEVELT 4 Brother of President McKinley’s Slayer Is Now in Canton. SECRET SERVICE MEN ON TRAIL Elder Czolgosz Says He Will Not Send Flowers to Funeral. AT REST BESIDE HER Cleveland, Ohio, May 30.—Michael Csolgoss, brother of Leon Csolgoss, as sassin of President McKinley, went to Canton, Ohio, from his horns In Cleve land yesterday, and United States se cret service men fear he may make an attempt upon the life of President Roosevelt. They are scouring Canton to find him) They will be Joined by secret service men from Cleveland, as well as other cities in this district. Paul Csolgoss, father of Mlohael, liv ing at No. 6011 Kenyon avenue, S. E, admitted last night that his son had gone to Canton. After talking with the senior Czolgosz for some time In their native language, an Interpreter asked the old man If he Intended to send any' flowers to Canton as had been Inti mated. With a look of malignity, the father of the president's assassin answered that he did not It was then suggested to him that perhaps his son, Michael, who, by the way, apeaks good English, might have been the person alluded to In the report about flowers. The'father shook his head and onoe more spoke to the Interpreter, where upon the latter eald: "He eays his son, Michael, Is now In Canton and win go to the grave yard himself." All Flags Half-Mastec and Canton Is , Shrouded. ROOSEVELT ARRIVES FOR FllN MRATj “Lead, Kindly Light,” and “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” Sung. Canton, Ohio, May 20.—With flags at half mast all over the' city and many houses draped In mourning, the body of Ida Saxton McKinley was borne to the tomb this afternoon and followed her martyred husband to the last long home. Practically every family In Canton feels Mrs. McKinley's death as a per sonal loss, and about ths front of tho house todap were to be seen groups of children quietly mourning for one who was to them a mother. All the public office*, the schools and most of the stores of the city were closed at noon when President Roose velt arrived to attend Mrs. McKinley's obsequies. Vice President Fairbanks, who rived in the city yesterday, called thte morning to pay hi* respect* at the stricken home. He and President Roosevelt ere the guests of Chief Jus< tlce Day. The funeral services were brief and simple. The Rev. Dre. Buxton and Holmes were In charge and the same songs that were used at the funeral of the late president, “Lead, Kindly Light 1 ' and "Nearer My God to Thee," were sung. Pittsburg, Pa., May 20.—President Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, reached Pittsburg at 0:45 o’clock this morning on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad en routs to Can ton to attend the funeral of Mr*. Me Klnley. The president spent an hour and ten minutes In the depot until Pittsburg and Western train started tho last lap of hla Journey. [SCHUMANN-HEINK CHATS ABOUT “It BUSINESS/' HOW TO KEEP A VOICE the maximum, and applying to large consumers, will not be reduced, nor will the contract permit the company to raise these rates. The hid of ths North Georgia Elec- irle Company, being higher than that of the old company, was not consid ered. Council will no doubt adopt the re port of the committee next Monday. On Maximum Primary Rate. The reduction will affect only the ir.axlmum primary rate, the Idea being that this rate applies to more custom ers than any other. The rate. Instead of being 12 cents Per kilowatt hour up to 160 kilowatt hours for lights and 7 cents thereafter, will be 10 cent* per kilowatt hour up >? 150 kilowatt hours and 7 cents— the same thereafter. A kilowatt W?ur !• the amount of current consumed by one 16-candle power light burning 20 By SELENE ARMSTRONG ‘Now you must excuse me, for se business Is se bualnees, and I must re epect my engagement,” said Madame Schumann-Helnk to the group which collected about her after her rehearsal fo^ the great Wednesday evening con cert at the St. Nicholas Auditorium. Smiling and happy, she came forward to greet the newspaper woman whose Interview with her was scheduled as part of "se business" of the day. "Billy, Billy,” she called, and Im mediately her husband was at her side with an armful of wraps and dainty soarte, In all of which Madame was soon enveloped. “You see, sere must be the best of care taken of se voice,” she explained, "but 1 do not believe In being foolish about It. Common sense In everything, my* dear." And the smite rippled Into the merriest laugh. We drew our chairs together, and Madame Schumann- Helnk, with the loveliest consideration, did not wait to be questioned. Per- hape they all ask the same questions, anyway, so that she learned years ago Just what to answer flret. "Yea, It Is by common sense that I care for se voice,” »he continued. “I am not like a society woman. When 1 am Invited to ze luncheon, or to se re ception where there will be one-two hundred people, and where one mutt talk eo hard, I say. ‘No, no, thank you!’ For a voice belongs to the world, and one who'slnge must give up much.” But Madame didn't need commiser ation for the receptions and teas she ■ had to forego. 'I would not like that life," she de clared. "I am Just so happy when zc children are all well, when my hus band Is well, and when we are all to gether. That Is enough for any worn- And we shall a I) be together very soon," Interposed Mr. Rapp. Madame's husband, "for we are to spend the sum mer at our country place In New Jer sey. Madame, there. Is a flrst-rate {t "YeH yes." cried she, enthusiastically, ■I have nearly two hundred little baby ki.kan. a* ihi« v*rv moment." ana sne hours. OooowxHXioooooOOOOOOOOtKKiO s ° g COOL WEATHER PA68INQ: O RAIN NOT FAR AWAY. O J 0 g Cool weather hung on Tuesday O ? bight and Wednesday morning. O 2 h ut the temperature began climb- O 2 *ug in the afternoon. Indications O g Mint to rain before Thursday O “ morning. O ' Forecast: g ' Showers Wednesday night and O 2 Thursday, wanner Wednesday O 9 nlsht." O O o ' bight. 1 “ Wednesday temperatures: 2 7 o'clock a. m 60 degrees. 2 6 o’clock a. m.. s o'clock 2 ]o o'clock a. m.. 2 U o'clock a. m.. r 13 o'clock noon.. ? l ■v'elock p. m.. ; 2 oclock p. m.. ,.60 degrees. . .62 degrees. ..04 degrees. ..66 degrees. ..It degrees. ..TO degrees. ..19 degrees. chickens at thl* vary moment” and she was told that few farmers raised such successful crops. ..... Asked how many of the famous little Schumann-Helnks would spend the summer with her, Madame Schumann- Helnk s bright face clouded for an In stant as she answered: 'Only »l* will be with us this summer. Two are married, you know, and they can not C °Then we wanted to know how Mad ams Schumann-Helnk e'er, ever found time for It all. She acknowledged that In the old days In Germany she was a busy woman with eight vhlldren to cook and sew for, and with her singing. But better days were ahead, aa they are for all of us who have Madame Schumann-Helnk'* «<>“'»«•• . . d "In America, dear America, I found It all—good fortune, happiness, love and what they call fame P» rh »P£ That l* why I ®m so gratefully American. And when I travel East or We... North or South they all seem to know Schu- mann-Helnk. 5! I love IL and I found “in’thS^gger gratitude of the words there was a ring of pathos. I tnmx STUB baekfor theL moment over •h« weary road that !eads to ail irwt achievement. Schumann-Helnk's health Nature, she will tell you. MME. SCHUMANN-HEINK. countable for thl*. "I rise at 7 In the morning and sel dom retire later than 10. Plenty of fresh air, a cold sponge bath and prop er eserclse each day keep me In perfect Jrim. I do not confine my throat In any way: do not wear linen collars or tight ribbons, neither do I wear flannels at any senson of the year, though 1 do not advise this last inode of dress for every one." Perhaps her splendid health accounts for the happiness und dynamic force which the personality of the woman radiates. To spend a half hour In her presence is like catching a whiff of wind that purines, and rain that cleanses. There I* nothing In her of the abnormal, the affected, the Insin cere. Good and gentle, with a mother heart as wide as the world, Ernestine Schumann-Helnk will wear always that rfidlant smile of hers, and the whit* flower of a stainless Womanhood. Besides Mme. Schumann-Helnk, sev. era! other artists have already arrived and were at rehearsal Wednesday morning. Campanari, Claude Cunning ham. Dell Kendall-Werthner, Amanda Murdock Maull and Thomas Evans Cooke have arrived. The first conesrt of the May-June Music Festival will be given Wednesday night, and It Is stated that If the weather Is too cool for outdoor comfort, the big auditorium will be so closed as to keep, out the breezes of tho .winter, which reltwe jyart 9 S8?r , Sj®s»'s: MR. COMMON PEOPLE CHARGES CRUELTY 8ays wife took hla pooketbook, then looked him out) Claim* "Big Tim" Ryan and "Slippery Elly" Root put up Jobl Atke dlvorco and want* roll returned I Flashy stranger eomte to rescue, but break* downl AT I »ni| Noted Women of the Lost Cause Will Be Honored with Reception. Richmond, Va, May 30.—With the rapid approach of tho great reunion of Confederate Veterans, Richmond has put on holiday dress, and banner* flaunt from houses decorated Ip honor of the remnant of the army which fought so gloriously for the protection of their capital city forty-odd years ago. Not only along the line of maroh have the houses been decorated, but throughout the entire ^|ty the Stars and Bars of ths Confederacy flutter In every passing breeze, with occasion ally the Stars and Strips* shown as a symbol of the harmony wbtoh now exists between the North and the South. For tho first time In several years the stats capitol has been decorated with flag! and bunting. From tho three flog pole* float the Stars and Stripes, the Stars and Bars and the state flag of Virginia. From every facade Confederate shield*, bunting and smaller flags form banks of color. The mansion of the governor Is a mass of rad. whits and blue, with ths banner of the Confed eracy predominating the cluster, and colon and emblems. General Stephen D. Lee, the com- mander-ln-chlef, from Mississippi, has arrived. He was met by Colonel John W. Gordon, the general chairman, and by James M. Boyd and Edgar D. Tay lor and escorted to his headquarters the Jefferson Hotel by the three companies of the Richmond Light In fantry Blues, with the staff and regi mental band and other military organ isations. An event of great Interest to the other soldier* will be a reception Frt day afternoon when Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart and Mrs. Jefferson Davis Hayes, dttughter of President Davis, will hold a reception, which all the veterans are Invited. Many Veterans Arrive. The veterans are coming to the city all this forenoon and until 2 o'clock, the rate of more than one thousand hour. This afternoon the flow will become even stronger and before mid. night there will be 40,000 of the wear, era of the gray here. On every side there are decorations, even the Fed eral building, In which It the post- office, and the United State* building being bedecked for the reunion. It was In this building that the trial of Presi dent Jefferson Davis was sought to bs held forty yean ago. The streets are filled with visitors and the sights of old men, meeting for the flrat time since the war, are not uncommon. The old men hug each other. Preliminary meetings of viators will i this evening when the ladles of the Memorial Associations of the city will tender a reception to the sponsors, maids of honor, Daughters of the Con federacy and the ladles front out of town memorial associations. In the streets today are to be seen many old soldiers clad in the uniforms which they wore during the war. The cloth ing Is In rags and In n*«<i of repairs, ONCE A “SUPE” AT GRAND, NOW BRIDE OF MILLIONAIRE; KITTY WHEATON’S CLIMB From ths work of a “supe" at the Grand to the wife of a Cincinnati millionaire V n Mg Jump, hut lie'.'or.ling to pri-nn file patches from Cincinnati, this la what Mljs Kitty Wheaton has accomplished.. Those reports are to the effect that Frank O. TnlHge. a 33-yearold man with mi'll.'ns i" sporpl. chsee'l from his Inunr In Cincinnati la a raelag eutsowbtla to Chi cago, and there married tho chorue beauty alao reported that the bridegroom will be disinherited, Mies' Wheaton slid her home wee In Atlenta, bnt tho only Mies Kittle When ton known to tho theatrical profession hero Is a pretty and petite piece of femininity who applied for and sccnred s Job ss s "enpe" at ths Grand about two years ago At that time she was about eorenteon year* of age, and was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. May Hargrove, herself n and beautiful woman. It Is said who remember tho mother at" while on the stag* her* In A ah* want by ths name of Kitty nil noli. ■aid by theatrical oeopl ton boarded In Bprlug strost, while her mother hoarded for * time In Lucklt a dssci srnri I below s ' -ii man . when she and her mother appeared > theater attended by it maid and a lot tgagt containing exquisite costume*. iKure. idu iwauimii nnjr uuu slow bar waist. Although only en- as a “supe," the girl made a hit z * of the n — Ml IN SUIT H. B. Johnson Claims He Had Option on “Suther land,’’Afterwards Sold. Claiming that ho had secured an op tion on "Sutherland," the old home of General Gordon. H. B. Johnson filed a petition In superior court Wednesday afternoon, asking that E. G. Willing ham, who recently purchased the prop erty, be called upon to show why h* should not be considered merely a trustee. The petitioner seta forth that .In Feb. ruary. 1667, he secured from Mrs. John B. Gordon an option on the place, pay ing 2600 for the option. He states that h* Intended to establish a cemetery on ths property, and that Mr. Willingham era* Interested In the proposition. He further allege* that when It was ascer. talncd that the land was within the four-mile limit, and that a cemetery eras Impracticable, he and th* defend ant abandoned that plan, and that the defendant bought th* property for the sum of 212.266, paying one-third cosh. RACE RESULTS. TORONTO. First Race—Belle of Jessamine, 4 to 1, won; Clifton Forge, even, second; Halbert, out, third. Time, 1:12 1-2. Second Race—Connie Maid, 2 to 2, won; Out of Step, 7 to 16, second; Rawney, 2 to 1, thjnl. Time 2:121-2. BELMONT. First Race—Adoration. 12 to 2, won; KITTY WHEATON. TYPE WERE FOUND BY EMPLOYEES AT GROOMS STABLE Were Same as Those Used to Print Label, Printer Testifies. .COURT RECORDS TO BE INTRODUCED Old Suits Will Be Brought in as Evidence by the Prosecution. . „ Special to Ths Georgian. Summerville, Ga. May 29.—The stain will probably close Its case In th* Groover trial at the session of the court thl* afternoon. The morning session today was consumed In on effort to connect the defendant (Groover) with the package of strychnine which was sent through the mall to Mrs. Hooka. Mack Hardwick was called to ths stand and he testified that he and Carso Brown were working at the sta ble of Groover on January 11, and that In the sawdust used to bod the •table* they found two baking powder boxes whlcb contained plain cap print er's type, the same style of letters as those used In stamping the address on th. box that COM lined the bottle of strychnine. All the letters needed In printing the address were there except one, an "M." Oscar Esby, a printer, was called as an expert ana he testified that the ad- satd that a rule bad been used, which fits around the package. The next effort of the prosecution was to show that Valentino Hammond, father-in-law of the defendant, had mailed the package. Special Officer Holland, of Chatta nooga, woe called and testified that he aaw Mr. Hammond In Chattanooga on tho day the poison was supposed to h&vo boon sent. Mr. Harvey. «_ that ho was In the office Phipps, who Is collecting evidence for the prosecution, and saw some one mall a package near tho dimension* of the one which contained tho poison which was sent to .Mrs. Hooks. He could not pick a man out of the audl- once in the court room who favored the man ho saw mall the package. This was on the afternoon before the death of Mr*. Hooks. Mr. Hammond was In tho court room. Tho prosecution also Introduced an order purported to havo.been sent by G. L. Groover to Fritz & Welld. drug gists, of Chattanooga, on September 7, prior to the death of Mrs. Hook*, for one-eighth of an ounce of strych nine. The order had not been filled. A letter was written bock to the de fendant about the order. The proaocutlon will, this afternoon. Introduce an Indictment from tho court record* against Groover for his con duct toward Mr*. Hooks and another charge mado In a suit against Oroorer for accusing Mr*. Hooks of false ■wearing, and the records In a civil suit brought by Hooks. The stato will then close. but the owner* will not allow a scrap to Pretension. < to S, second; bu taken off vr a button to ho removed. Tom. 1. to »\ third, Time U13, The Georfttn records hers etch dsy some •seonomte fict In reference to tke onward march of tho booth. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index says In It* Issue of this week: "New railroads, both steam and electrio. cotton mills and the organi sation of companies for the development of lands are Important features of this week's chapter of th* wonderful story which The Index tells of tho great and substantial progress whlcb is being mad* In Georgia nnd Ala bama. In no other section of the country Is there such development or similar resources so easily accessible and certain of yielding sueh profit able returns upon capital safely Invested. Dividends that are declared by Industrial enterprises and th* steadily Increasing value of lands upon a stable- basis In Georgia and Alabama form most reliable evidence of the Immense possibilities In the two states. "Application ha* been made for Incorporation of the Florida Central Railway Company, which will begin at Thomasvllle, Go., the building of a railroad between that city and Charter*, Fla.: Incorporation Is asked for a railroad company which will construct a Una between Adel, Oa., and Mllltown, Oa, to uae either steam or electrio power: a company has been Incorporated to build a railroad between Mobile, Ala, and New Orleans, La, the system to Include the extension of a line between Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, Ala, on* Item of th* construction of which will be the treading of Mobile bay. ths building of which, It Is estimated, will require a period of two years; Incorporation has bean asked for a company organized to build and operate an electric railway between Thomasvllle, Go., and Val dosta Oa, vis Quitman. Oa, thus connecting three of the most prosperous of the cities of the state: franchise ha* been granted for the construc tion and operation of electric street raUway lines at Anniston. Ala; ex tension of railroad from Wsycroa*. Oa, to Naahvllla Ga, and the exten sion of another railroad from Wayeross to White Springs. Fla., Is con templated. Cotton mill will be enlarged at Roanoke. Ala; application has been made for Incorporation of company with paid up capital stock of 2160,000 to equip and operate cotton mill at Sparta Ga.. previously reported: movements to form companies to build cotton mills near Cha lybeate Spring*. Oa, and Greenville. Oa, are In progress. Company with capital stock of 2100,000 has asksd for Incorporation to develop nnd lm- f irove Blue Springs. Oa., and adjacent reel estate: land Investment and mprovement company has been Incorporated at Montgomery. Ala: realty companies have been organised In Birmingham, Ala, and Savannah, Ga., and In numerous cities and towns of Georgia and Alabama sales of sub urban building lots art progressing with high records, both as to the num bers sold and prices commanded. "Among other things The Index reports this week: 2160.600 fertiliser factory. Roanoke. Ala. and fertiliser factory. Greenville. Ala: gas wen*. Huntsville, Ala; ginneries. Covington, Ga. and West Point. Oa; light plant, Bessemer, Ala; planing mUl and sash, door and blind factory, Val dosta Ga; machine works. Bremen, Ga: 2120,609 mining company, Birmingham, Ala; steamboat line between Macon. Ga, and Brunswick, Ga; an election has been ordered held at Bessemer, Ala, upon the Issu ance of 2127,000 of bond* for build' *-“ 1 *■ * “ and for other public Improvements upon a 2100,006 read Improvement 1 the Issuance of 226,600 of bonds for building a waterworks system. per, Ala, has voted a 215,000 .bond Issue for building sewers The In dex reports numerous business buildings and residences, two churches, two depota hotel steel pier. Pythian castle, two school buildings, four warehouses, sswer plans In two cities and paving plana In one. Among th* contract awards noted are: 2260,660 hotel, Montgomery. Ala; city hall. Octlla Oa; 267.000 court house. Tuscaloosa Ala: 341,000 school building, Atlanta Oa; 220,000 dormitory, Talladega Ala, sad I3iooo 0 f paving. Montgomery. Ala. Seventeen new r *—* tal stock of 2818,000 ore reported/' T