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SPOT COTTON.
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11%. New Orleans, steady: U*fc. ** ’
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ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1,1907.
10 INSPECT
CIS METERS
FOUR WITNESSES CALLED
IN THE ROWLANDS CASE
Alderman Key’s Ordi
nance to Protect
Consume: s.
TEST AND SEAL
METERS IN HOMES
Consumer May Secure In
spection When He Thinks
Meter Is Wrong.
The high-epeed and fast grinding gaa
and electric meters which run up largo
bills, irrespective of the use of fens or
electricity, are doomed If an ordinance
prepared by Alderman Key becomes a
taw.
An ordinance providing for the elec
tion of a meter Inspector and setting
out Just what his duties are has been
prepared and will be introduced by Al
derman Key at the next meeting of
council.
At present. If a consumer has shut
up his house and has not burned either
gas or electric lights for a month and
bills come In. he either pays the bills or
has his light cut off. Sometimes me
ters go wrong and register any old
number of cubic feet or kilowatts and
the consumer Is compelled to foot the
bill. Complaints of this kind are nu
merous, and It Is to give those citizens
relief that Alderman Key has prepared
his ordinance.
The ordinance provides for a meter
Inspector, to • be elected biennially.
Hoth tho Inspector and the deputies
thereafter appointed shall give bonds
for 15.030 each. All deputies must bo
appointed with the approval of tho
mayor and council.
This new official must Inspect nil
new ami old go* and electric meters
and seal them at least once every two
years. If n consumer has reason to be.
Hove hla meters uro handing him tho
short end of tho stick the Inspector
must Inspect them upon request.
No gas or electric company will be
allowed to Install meters nfter-tho ordi
nance becomes a law until those meters
nre tested and sealed by the Inspector.
In this manner consumers will be pro
tected against Instruments which have
a tendency to work a gold brick game.
When ordered to do so by the Inspec
tor, any gus or electric company must
remove any meter between 8 o'clock a.
m. and 4 o'clock p. m. on any week day
In the presence of the Inspector and
give the consumer another meter while
the first one Is being tested.
The Inspector will hnve the necessary
Instruments for testing meters and will
have In his office standard gas and elec,
trie meters which have been tested,
sealed and certified by the United
Staten Bureau of Standards. All other
'meters will be compared with these.
A feature of the ordinance Is the
manner In which the city shall be com
pensated for this week. Whew a citi
zen thinks his meter Is fllm-fiammlng
him, he requests an Inspection and
pays a dollar to the city treasurer. If
the Inspector finds the citizen was
wrong and the meter .was rtcht, the
city keeps his dollar. If the Inspection
demonstrates that the meter was run
ning on the high speed and fleecing the
citizen, he gets his money back and the
company owning the meter will have to
pay the dollar.
When the new meters are Inspected
before being Installed, or when re
moved to be Installed In new places,
the company owning them shall pay
the fee of a dollar.
The ordinance especially protects con
sumers who think or hsve reason to
believe their bills have been too large.
Any company owning meters Is prohib
ited from removing meters against ths
will and consent of consumers for non-
K yment of bills after an application
e been made for nn Inspection, and
when the amount of the prevloue
month's bill has been tendered In pay
ment for the month In dispute.
In order that consumers may know
that employees of gas and electric
companies have read the meters cor
rectly, the ordinance provides that such
employees, after reading meters, shall
leave a copy of the reading at the
place where the meter Is Installed.
In this manner, when the man who
pays the bills comes home at night he
may compare the rending with the me
ter and see If he Is getting a square
deal It this Is not done, he has no
way of ascertaining whether or not the
employee read the meter Incorrectly,
as by the time he learns what the em
ployee read the meter has ground, out
several dollars' worth more of product.
Other features there are In the ordi
nance providing for the carrying out of
the work and penalties are provided
for the failure to comply by any gas or
electric company. Penalties are also
provided for the altering or defacing
of seals placed on meters by Inspec
tors.
MRS. LILLIE ROWLAND.
On trial with Dr. Rowland charged with complicity in alleged poison*
ing of her former husband.
Trial Called in the
Criminal Court at
Raleigh.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 1.—In the trial of
Dr. Thomas L. Rowland and hla second
wife, Mrs. Lillie Rowland, on the
charge of killing Charles B. Strange,
former husband of Mrs. Row land, a lo
comotive engineer, efforts are being
made to prove that Dr. Rowland was
"Dr, Jekyl and Mr. Hyde" In real life.
He was even arrested on a charge of
having poisoned his own child to get
some insurance money, but he was let
go because the chemlsta could find no
trace of poison In the tests which they
made. In the present case Dr. Row
land la alleged to hove used aconite,
vegetable poison.
Judge Benjamin F. Long Is presiding
at the .trial. A special venire of 150
men was exhausted yesterday In secur
ing a Jury and a second special venire
of twenty-five was culled.
The Jury Is composed of eleven farm
ers and one Jeweler.
Judge Long, who Is presiding at the
trial, came Into prominence some weeks
ago by Imposing a fine of 930,000 on the
Southern railroad for violation of the
new rate law.
Mrs. Strange 1s a'beautiful woman
and because of her marriage to Dr.
Rowland, their family physician. In
Norfolk, Vn„ six weeks after the death
of her husband and clozely following
the sudden death of Dr. Rowland’s son
sn Investigation was started which led
to their arrests.
The examination of witnesses for the
state began this morning. Fifty-two
state witnesses were sworn today, but
at the hour of adjournment for dinner
only four had been examined. So far
there has been no Important new evi
dence brought out, other than was ad
duced at the coroner's hearing, and
habeas corpus proceedings. But It Is
stated that there will be some new and
sensational evidence brought out later.
The witnesses examined this morn
ing In the Rowland trial Included I. O.
Strange, of Bedford. Ind., brother of
the «ead engineer, and James T.
Strange, another brother. The-latter
MRS, MILLER AND
MAKES DIS ESCAPE
Death of
Krumholz’s Ar
rest.
HER MOTHER GOES
BEFORE JUDGE QRR
Witnesses Summoned Be
fore Grand Jury to Tes
tify as to Threats.
Discovered in House in
Woodward Avenue Mon
day Night.
did not make a very good lmpressloa
Engineer Mike Tlghe, star witness
for the state. Is on the stand tills aft
ernoon and his testimony Is expected
to be of on Intereetlng nnd sensational
nature.
MRS. AUREL BATONYI
WANTS FULL DECREE
New York, Oct. 1.—Mrs. Aurel Ba-
tonyl, formerly Mrs. Burke-Roehe,
whose marriage to the riding master
and final estrangement has been the
sensational topic of society for many
weeks, entered suit against her hus
band this aftemdon for nn absoluta
divorce. Edward A. Alexander. Ba-
tonyl’s counsel, admitted that his client
was served with the summons In the
•ult today.
INSURANCE CHIEFS WILL SOON STAND TRIAL
New York, Oct. 1.—The caaea based
°n Indictments charging forgery and
perjury against various life Insurance
officials of New York city will be called
>n the criminal branch of the supreme
court on Monday next.
Motions will be heard and the court
*HI be asked to fix dates for trial. One
5 me first roses to be reached will be
mm of Walter B. Gillette, vice presl-
of the Mutual Life, against whom
"S' *rs five Indictments for forgery
Lv"?. ,0 . r
Life*, George W. Perkins, J. Plerpont
Morgan's partner, and Charles S. Falr-
chlld will be tried.
Tha Equitable Life Assurance Socie
ty nn be represented on the criminal
docket by Robert O. Jordan, former
controller. John R. Hegemon, presi
dent ol the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Compary. must answer to seven Indict-
man S m ' L***rw4 aniot/ A RlimhlHIl Ilf (hi
•“bert A, Grannls, of the Mutual charged.
ments. Frederick A. Burnham, of the
Mutual Reserve, his brother, Ocorge A.
Burnham, and George E. Eldrtdge. vice
president of the company, are yet to be
On being discovered In the room of
Mrs, W, M.. Miller, of 290 Woodward
avenue, early Monday night, an un
known negro burglar struck Mrs. Mill
er a terrific blow and knocked her en
tirely across a trunk, painfully Injur
ing her In the back and breast.
The burglar then bolted from the
house and leaped from a atone wall
Into the street, being closely followed
by S. I* Miller, Mrs. Miller's brother-
in-law. who resides with his family In
the same house. Aa he ran, the ma
rauder pulled a long knife from his
pocket and defied Mr. Miller, threaten
ing to cut Ills throat. Notwithstand
ing this threat, the pursuer kept up
the chnse for some distance. The ne
gro proved the better sprinter, however,
and disappeared In a dark alley.
Besides receiving painful bruises on
her back and breast. Mrs. Miller was
badly frightened and shocked by her
thrilling experience, and was still
greatly agitated Tuesday.
Mrs. Miller's husband was absent
from home at the time of the attack,
but her sister and brother-in-law Mr
and Mrs. 8. L. Miller, were In the rear
w..‘, h f. lr foment. They heard Mrs.
Miller's m?reams of fright and pain and
Immediately hurried to the scene
Quickly learning what had occurred
ELlSPZJei.1° W"
burglar, while his wife remained with
her sister.
The burglar had rifled almost the
whole of the room and had a large
number of valuables plied In the floor
ready to take away at the time of his
discovery. He ran off with several
small articles In his hand, but what
they were Mrs. Miller has been unable
to ascertain.
The burglar was In the house fully
thirty minutes, having been seen to
enter by people across the afreet.
These people, however, raised no
alarm, as they thought be was gulpg
H. B. Krumholz, of 129 South For
syth street, was arrested Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock by Deputy J. A.
Parker, of Judge Orris court, on a war
rant charging him with the murder of
his wife. Mrs. Rosalie Krumholz, on
Monday night, August 8.
The warrant was sworn out by Mrs.
M. J. Jenkins. 223 Smith street, mother
of tha ileu,I woman. Krumholz was
put In custody of Deputy Sheriff John
Miller to await the action of tho grand
Jury, which meats Wednesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Krumholz was shot nnd killed
by her husband on tho night of Mon-
dny, August 6. at their home, 139 South
Forsyth street. Mr. Krumholz admit
ted firing the fatnl shot, but declared
that lie mistook his wife for a burglar.
Ho stated further that he nnd hla wife.
In the earlier part of the night, had
detected sounds ns of some ono trying
to enter the house. Later ho was
awakened by some one moving near
the window. He called to tho person
nnd fired when he received no reply.
Mrs. Krumhholz was almost instantly
killed.
Jury Said Accident,
he coroner's Jury, which Investlgat-
tho case, returned n venlict of
'dentil bv ncclbnt am! Krumholz,
who had been taken Ir. charge by tho
police, was reteaaed from custody. Dur.
Ing the coroner's Investigation there
was one witness, A. T. Palmer, who
testified that ho had heard Krumholz
ROOSEVELT STARTS ON
HIS TRIUMPHAL VOYAGE
DOWN MISSISSIPPI RIVER
H. B. KRUMHOLZ.
He shot his wife on August 6,
saying be thought she was a bur
glar.
Left Keokuk, la., Tues
day Morning on
River Boat.
Keokuk, Iown, Oct. I.—President
Roosevelt was greeted by an Immense
crowd when shortly after 9 o'clock he
delivered a notable address In Rand's
Park. The day was perfect and from
early dawn farmers and country folk
for miles around had been pouring Into
this little Iowa city.
The presidential train arrived on
schedule time and after a short Infor
mal reception on board his car, the
president was escorted to the park.
Immediately after finishing his speech
the president and his party boarded tho
steamboat Mississippi and at 11 o'clock
proceeded on their way down the river.
The president discussed the policy
of the government toward corporations,
reiterating his determination to enforce
the law against wrong-doers, rich and
poor alike, nnd urged the Importance of
better ways for commerce.
Tho president's triumphal march
down the Mississippi river has begun.
The steamer Mleslsslppl, bearing the
chief executive and his party, left the
wharf here at 11 o’clock this morning,
after the president had delivered his
stirring address. Steamers of all de
scriptions accompanied the president's'
boat down the river.
PEDDLER WANTED TO SHOOT
ROOSEVELT) UNDER ARRE8T,
Keokuk, Iowa, Oct. 1.—John Gately,
an umbrella repairer, was arrested yes
terday on the charge of threatening to
shoot the president when he arrives In
Keokuk today. Gately made the threat
as he was paying toll on the Illinois
end of the Keokuk and Hamilton
bridge.
threaten to kill his wife. It developed
later that ho had been Involved In a
law suit with Krumholx.
It appears that Mrs. Jenkins, mother
of Mrs. Krumholz, did not accept
Krumholz’s explanation of the acci
dent. In addition to swearing out a
warrant charging her son-in-law with
the murder of his wife, she has fur
nished Solicitor Hill with a list of wit
nesses. hv whom she expects to prove
before the grand Jury Wednesday that
Krumholz had threatened to slay his
wife.
"My mother-in-law Is merely perse
curing tjie," said Krumholz Tuesday
morning. "She hns already cauzed the
separation of one daughter and her
husband, A month before the fatal
accident Mrs. Jenkins left my house.
My wife told her that she would have
to go and stay with some other rela
tives, as she was always causing trou
ble.
"I learned some time ago that she
was endeavoring to have me prose
cuted, but had no fear of conviction.
However, I did not want my little child
to be among mv enemies, so I took It
myself."
SNOW
Skull Was
But Suffers With Con
cussion of Brain.
Berlin, Oct. 1.—Bobby Walthour, of
Atlanta, Ga., who waa Injured In a col
lision Sunday, la proRrexHlng favorably
at the city hospital at Spandau.
Wulthour’H skull was not fractured,
but he la suffering from concussion of
the brain. Walthour slept soundly all
day yesterday and today was allowed
to have friends calt on him.
Race Results.
BRIGHTON.
Flr«t Race—Jane Swift, 8 to I, won;
Orcagnl, 2 to 1, second; Glaucus, 3 to 1,
third. Time 1:14.
Second Race—Ambush. 13 to 6. won;
Judge Post, even, second; St. Nick, >
to 5, third. Time 4:11.
there on business. Mrs. Miller had
entered her room Just a few minutes
before discovering the Intruder, and at
this time he hid In a closet. Mrs. Mil
ler tried to get In tha closet to get
some article, but the burglar held .the
door and she waa unable to open It.
When she entered ths room the sec
ond time the burglar was standing In
the middle of the floor. Mrs. .Miller
asked him what he meant In the house
and he sold he was looking for a-",Mr.
Jackson." At this, Mrs. Millar cried
for helix and the negro struck her In
the breast with his fiat, knocking her
violently over a trunk, after which he
ran.
The police Investigated the affair, but
were unable to get any trace of the
Four Killed in the Sec
ond Clash
Tatum.
35 JAPS, 12 KOREANS
KILLED IN WRECK
at
Dallas, Tez., Oct. 1.—A, a sequel to the
killing of Cashier Honbj, of the Stale
Rank of Tatum, Texas, Saturday night, an
other shooting nffrny took place in the
street, of Tatnm today. Four persons were
killed, according to telephone messages to
Governor Campbell, from Sheriff .Stone,
of Rusk county.
No telegraph wires are working nnd the
telephone service was so Imperfect that
tho governor could get but few detulln
from the sheriff. The name only of one of
the deed could be understood, James
Adnms. Both shies to the feud were firm
ing, nnd Sheriff stone urged the governur
to send state rangers to Tntum. tlovernor
Campbell hurried. Csptnln lingers nnd n
company of rangers to the scene. They
can not reach Tatum until tonight, nnd
perhnps uot before tomorrow moraine, and
fears are entertained that mure tragedies
Seoul, Korea, OcL 1.—Thirty-five
Japanese soldiers and twelve Korean
citizens were killed when a train Jump
ed the track and plunged over an era.
banktpent In tho suburbs of this cljy
today.
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FULL MICE
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—PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Urges Honest Enforce
ment in Keokuk,
Iowa, Speech.
NEED WISE LAW^S
TO HELP NATION
Commends Georgia’s Action
In Building Schools
For Fanners.
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O Let every man do his duty. a
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Train farmern In schools; give u
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O next thirty-six hours.
Forecast:
"Fair tonight and Wednesday."
Tuesday temperatures:
7 o’clock a. m.
8 o’clock a. m..
9 o’clock a. m..
0 10 o’clock a. m..
Oil o’clock a. m..
O 13 o'clock noon..
0 1 o'clock p. m..
0 2 o’clock p. m..
.42 degrees.
..84 degrees.
..87 degrees.
.. 70 degrees.
..73 degrees.
. .78 degrees.
..77 degrees.
..77 degrees.
0 children training.
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Keokuk, Iowa, Oct. 1.—President
Roosevelt directed his address today to
the "Men and Women of Iowa," nnd It
was regarded as one more Interesting
to the people of this section than any
speech he has ever made In this part of
ths country.
It waa some few minutes after he
was Introduced that the cheering sub
sided sufficient for him to bo heard even
by those crowded close to tho speakers'
stand. Ho advanced and when he
rained his hand the nolso quieted nnd
bo proceeded. He said:
ROOSEVELT’S SPEECH.
”1 nm glad Indeed to see you and to
Rpeak to you In this thriving city of
your great and prosperous state. I be
lieve with all my heart In tho people of
Iowa, for I think that you are gone],
typical Americana, and that among you
there has been developed to a very
high degree that body of characteristics
which we like to regard os distinctively
American.
"During the last few years we of the
Unl'ed States have been forced to
elder very seriously certain eronnt,
problems. We have made a beginning
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TT FOR DIVORCE
assailant.
MISS MAE WOOD.
New York, OcL 1.—Miss Mac Wood has again bobbed up and is giving
United States Senator Platt trouble by suing him (or divorce. It Is also
understntid she charges the senator with bigamy. She came Into the lime
light some time ago by charging Secretary WUUam Loch with having let
ters essential to her suit. .
In the attempt Wl.., ....
tlons of the national government that
Is, with the relations of the people of
the country—to the hugo nnd wealthy
corporations, controlled for the most
part by a few very rich men, which
are engaged In Interst&to business—es
pecially the great railway corporations
You know my views on this matter.
You know that I believe that the na
tional government. In the Interests of
the people, should assume much the
same supervision and control over the
management of the Interstato common
carriers that It now exercises ove r the
national banks. You know, further
more. that I believe that this super
vision and control should be exercised
In ff spirit of rigid fairness toward the
corporations, exacting Justice from
them on behalf of the people, but giving
them Justice In return.
ROME'S DOWNFALL.
"Recently I hsve been reading the
work of the eminent Italian scholar,
Ferrero, on the history of the Roman
republic, when the life of the Roman
stats had become that of a complex
and luxurious Industrial civilization. 1
am happy to say that the dlrreren. es
between that civilization and our nn
are more striking than tho resem
blances; and there Is no warrant for
our being drawn Into any pessimistic
comparison between the two civiliza
tions. But there Is every reason why
we should study carefully the past In
order to draw'from It lessons f.ir use
In the present. One of the mast strik
ing features of the years which saw
ths downfall of the Roman republic
was the fact that the political lire r
Rome became spilt between two camps,
one containing the rich who wished to
exploit the poor, and the other the
poor who wlaned to plundi r the rich.
. "Naturally, under such circumstances,
the public man who was for the mo
ment eucceeaful tended to be either a
violent reactionary or a violent dema
gogue. Any such condition of political
life Is as hopelessly unhealthy now as
It was then. I belle!
eve no implicitly In
tile future of our people, because I be
lieve that the average American citizen
will no more tolerate government by a
mob than he will tolerate government
by a plutocracy; that he desires to nee
Justice done to and Justice exacted from
rich man and poor man alike.
EACH MAN FAIR CHANCE.
"We nre not trying to favor any man
at the expense of fits fellows. We are
trying to ahapo things eo that as far
as possible each man ehnll have a fair
chance In fife; so that he shall have, so .
|far as by law this can be accomplished, f
the chance to ehow the stuff that there
Is III film
We have no Intention of trying to
work for the Impossible and undeslr- a.
able end of giving to the lazy, tha l.
thriftless, the weak, and the vicious,
the reward that beionas to. and in the
long run cap . nly come to, the hard —
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