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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-08
DIXIE's COTTON MILLS.
The Number Now Double what it was
in 188O-New Markets Needed.

The Number Now Double what it was
in 188O-New Markets Needed.
BALTIMORE, Aug THE number of
cotton mills in the south as compared with
lSS) has doubled, while the number of
spindles ard looms has more than trebled,
the tendency being to build mills
Of greater capacity than formerly. From
l6l mills, having 667, ,S65 spindles and ID. 1876
looms in 1880, this industry has increased
until there are now 355 mills with 2. .O35, ,26S
spindles, and $1,000 looms. Moreover,
there are many mills under construction
and projected, and a number of old mills
are increasing their capacity.
OUTLOOK OF THR INDUSTRY.
Letters to the Manufacturers Record.
from leading manufacturers in the south as
to the outlook for the cotton industry, in
lcate that the production of coarse cotton
gods IN the south is temporarily in excess
n the demand, and that the south must
diVerSlty It's cotton manufactures. make
iner goods, and also seek
Iorelgn markets by means of
greet steamship lines to South America.
mere Is already growing tendency toward
toe production of finer goods. and one
South Carolina mill is making goods that
are are largely initiated, on account of their ex-
'9"ehce, oy New England mills
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SOLDIERS SKIP.

4hirty-Eight Men Desert in a Bodv ar
New Rochelle.
NEW ROCHELLE, N. ", Aug. Tt
FAXED y out this morning that thirty-eieht
United States soldiers deserted the barracks
ia'e = Monday night. The government au-
lAorlhes have endeayored to keep the mat
gI n. quiet, their object being to capture
eEo h.; ueSerters before the fact of
~ escape was made public.
4 be Dni usseIters we're all privates enlisted for
eSc.na salar L term. 1t is thought that the
Enst the soldiers In the plot left the isIs nd nd
I9gethsr on the first favorabIa o,1,1or+Smit'l ~
noTea; The fugitives are supposed TO have
aa-. arI9 Their escape in boats. One of rhe
Ihart's Island. ' iii0i mug on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-08
loans on BOGUS STOCK.
STREET RAILWAY PRESIDENT
RUN TO COVER.

Hs Admits Borrowing About Sl2o'-
GOO IN 700 Fictitious Shares Put
- collateral - The Discovery
,tade When a Broker Went to Have
m-o,sfer Made on the Company's
Books.
x,u yoRK Aug. President Eben 5.
,u.n # the Fortv-second and Grand Street
t,-rv Railway Company was arrested this
af+arroon at his Office, No. 625 West Forty
I'D street. on a charge of defrauding the
o,,,nsuv. He was locked up at police head
,,arta-. George H. Prentice, broker at
r. a. william sureot, had received 400 of
t,, o,onanv's shares to sell for customer
o,1 hsd made ths sale The buyer, before
-o,i,g wished the stock put in his own
,o,,e and Alr. Prentice went to the Office
m Forty.Second street to have the transfer
made.
THE DISCOVERY.
The nresident was out, and the treasurer
oc+ing for him made the dlecovery that the
Numbers on tho stock we're duplicates or the
stocir credited on the books TO other per-
so1s Fraud was apparent and the treas
rrer communicated at once with the direo-
t9rs meeting was held at once, and the
directors resolved formally to prosecute
tbaIr president. A committee called upon
Insnecfor Bvrnes without delay, and laid
fpa matter before him. By the inspectors
rider Detective Sergeant Rogers went up
"a the Office aud arrested President Allen.
ALLEN CONFEssEs.
He confessed to the inspector without
much urging. He was engaged in the iron
business outside Of his connection with the
company, be said, aud became interested in
some inventions, one Of patent fire escape
and another Of clothes post system for
use on the roofs of houses Both promised
we'll but the officials of the bureau of build
ings refused to allow their use, and the
schemes fell fat. Allen became embar-
rassad, and to relieve himself, took blank
certificates Of the railroads stock, filed
them out with his own name or that of
some other person, and hypothecated the
bogus shares il various banks.
sCoOPED IN $125,000.
He thinks he has scattered 700 shares or so
about in that wal, and borrowed about $780,
00or Sl25090. Onlyshalf Of these shares and
their innocent holders have been placed so
far. The directors request.every stockhclder
IF the company to have his stock verified
at the office without delay, that the full ex-
tent Of the fraud may be known. Allen re-
peated his confession to the directors III
Inspector Byrues' Office later in tle after
noon. He has been twenty-five years with
the company. as treasurer and president.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-08
TREATIES WITH INDIANS.
Unqualified Successes in Minnesota
and Wisconsin.

Unqualified Successes in Minnesota
and Wisconsin.
BRAINARD, MINI, Aug. 7.-The north
western Indian commission, entrusted with
making treaties expected to open the
remaining reservations in this state and
Wisconsin, have met with unexpected and
unqualified success so far, and yesterday
added to their successes at fseaae lake, end
on the White Earth reservation the consent
OF the Gull Lakers, smallsband of Chip
pewas, dwelling about the original sent
of the Chippewa government at Gull
lake, a dozen miles north Of this city. Tie
Indians had been assembled by runners and
Interpreters awaiting Uncle Sans repre-
sentatiYes, and on their arrival Immediately
signed in a body. The commission go on
from there north to Leech lake, and to all
the remaining tribes on and about the
headwaters of the Mississippi, and the
successes SO far indicate an
almost certain success with the rest. TIE
territory secured from thsse Indians
amounts to over 100000 acres of fine
farming land and vast amount of pihe
timber, while from the White Earthers
were secured privileges of settlement
sufficient to give homes there to all the
Indians who consent to leave the other re-
servations.
SIOUX COMMISSIONERS SUCCEED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.--5ecretary Noble
this morning received the following tee-
gram announcing the successful completion
Of the work OF the Sioux commission, dated
Fort Gates, Aug. 6:
We have won the fight. We will leave here
tomorrow for Chicago. Will write you fully
from Chicago. CHARLES FOSTER, Chairman.
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TATE OR E1s COUNTERPART.
The Identity of the Alabama Prisoner
Still in Doubt.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. Last night
the Age-Herdid sent a member of its staff
who used to live in Frankfort, Ky, and
knew Dick Tate well, up TO Scottsboro,
where detectives are holding a man whom
they think is the defauldng treas
urer The Age-Heratd representa-
i've teegraphs tonight that
while he cannot swear the man is Tate, he
thinks he Is. Otherwise it is q phenomenal
case Of likeness. Livingstone, as the pris-
Oner calls himself, still refuses to talk
further than to state his intention TO keep
his mouth shut, and let tho officers prove
he is Tate if they can. The man
Is laboring under suppressed excite
ment. A sensational feature of
the case was the prompt arrest yesterday
of Ons OF the detectives who arrested Liv-
lngstone. The detective had previously
been arrested under a charge of burglary,
and had skipped his bond His uncle, one
of his bOndsnen, on his reappearancs in
ScottSboro, promptly had him locked up.
Two deputies are guarding the alleged
Tate, who awaits Identification by the Ken
lucky authorities.
NOT TATE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. IA special to
the Courier Journal from ScotJsboro, Ala.
says the prisoner there in jail is not Treas
criminal wanted somewhere, and therefore
will not talk Tate's friends in Frankfort
say he is not in the United States.
AN INTERVIEW WITH BLACKWELL
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Aug. s, 2 a. NJ "A
later telegram from the Age Herdtds rep
resentative at Scottsboro reports a long in
terview with Blackwell, one of the detect
ives vino arrested the supposed Dick Tate,
aud who is himself in jail here, as related
before. Blackwell lives at Soutn Pittsburg
Tenn, between Scottsboro and Chatta-
nooga. He says he met John Davis, a
New York detective. several days ago.
Davis told him he had been shadowiug the
man for several months. having followed
him from California, where he lived at a
mining camp, and had plenty of money.
Blackwell and Davis dodgod the man
around that vicinity several days, and
caught him at Scottsboro Tuesday When
charged with being Tate, the man in a cho1-
ing voice replied, "Prove it." At Blackwells
fathers house III South Pittsburg, the man
went to get meal, and when asked his
name, answered "Tate," suddenly correct
ing it to Brown. A drummer now at
Scottsboro says he saw the man in Mobile
six years ago. A tin type of the supposed
Tate has been forwarded to Frankfort, KY.
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ALAWYERTURNSFORGER
BOGUS SIGNATURES TO $4,000
WORTH OF PAPER.

His Friends Willing to Stand by Him
and Hush the Matter Up Until His
Crookedness Leaped Beyond S27,-
OOO-One ofthe Names Used That of
a Bsnefactor.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Aug. John s.
Blaisdell, one of the Oldest and wealthiest
citizens of Minneapolis, yesterday discov-
cred that forgeries to the amount of S26, 700
had been committed in his name. The forger
Is young lawyer of this city whose father
IS also wealthy and prominent. Mr.. Blais-
dell had befriended the young man in bust
ness transactions, going so far as to indorse
his note for $4,000 The young man made
the Endorsement the basis for systematic
series of fOrgaries, reaching the sum above
mentioned. MIR. Blaisdell discovered the
! torgerles merely by accident. He at once
charged the young lawyer with the crime,
the latter confessing in the presence of sew
eral witnesses
TRIED TO HUSH 1T UP.
The forger's friends at once took steps to
| hush the matter up, and an arrangement
was made whereby toe entire amount of the
torger1es was to be paid over to Mr. Blais-
dell in consideration of his not prosecuting
}
partially made to this effect, and with this
| understanding the name Of the young man
was suppressed In consideration of his pre-
vlous good character aud the high standing
OF his family. To-day matters assumed q
different phase. The newspapers have
! given the case publicity.
| Inc affair has created a tremendous
sensation III the twin cities, and echpses
anything Of the kind ever known in the
northwest.
WHO HE is.
The forger's name is J. Frank Collum, of
| lockwood & Colum, attorneys at No. 92O
| Temple court this city. The forger had
been Mr.. Blaisdells attorney, and was thus
| enabled to have access to his papers, an op-
portunity which he used for the furtherance
OF his scheme. Colum is about IS years Of
age He was kept prisoner all last night at
the office of Attorney F. F. Davis, who was
retained in the insterest of the Security
Bank, which holds good deal of the forged
papers.
LOST IN REAL ESTATE SPECULATION.
Young Collum has made full confession,
and he explains that he lost the money in
real estate sDeculations. The total amount
of his forgeries is 1921, 600 Mr.. Blais
delPs name is not upon all Of
the forged paper, the names of
several other prominent citizens having
been used. Collum holds equities in several
| real estate transactions and these have all
been turned over to Mr.. Blaisdell. Young
Collum occupied a handsome residence on
| Portland avenue aud lived in good style,
employing several servants He has a
charming wife and two or three small
children.
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PAY OF THE sTEAToR MINERS.
The Arbitration Committee Fixes the
Price at 72I6 Cents

The Arbitration Committee Fixes the
Price at 7219 Cents.
CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. THE arbitration
committee of business men, to whom was
referred the wage dispute in the Streator
coal fields, rend cred decision to-day, fix
ing the price to be paid the workmeu at 725S
cents a ton. The demand of the miners was
for 80 cents. The operators offered 70 cents,
The tumbling block wes tie cost of dead
work" or the actual expense Of handling
and loading coal. The operators swOre that
it was As CENTS per ton. The miners offered
to do the work themselves by contract at 81
cents. Acceptance Of the offer was deemed
debarred by the committee as not having
been provided for 10 the arbitration agree
ment The award Of 7215 ceuts was made
by Gage & Williams. The third arbitrator,
Col Rende held out for 77H cents, and
would not vote to compromise at less than
Is The work of collecting charity sup
plies for the starving miners still goes for
ward
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ALL THE COKE PLANTS IDLE.

A Mass Meeting of Workmen De-
mands Uniform Rate
PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. The great
strike in the Connellsville region was made
general to-day, and every one of the
seventy-six coke plants and over 1900
ovens are idle. A mass meeting of be-
tween 5000 and 5000 strikers was held
this afternoon at Scotsdale, at which reso-
lutions were adopted, declaring in favor Of
establishing uniform rate at once, and
fixing l cent per bushel as the minimum
price. Speeches, commenting the mea for
the orderly and systematic manner in
which they were conducting the strike,
vYnre nada
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THE LADIES NOT DISTURBED.
SICKNESS AT JoHNsrowN.
The Doctors Too Busy to Attend to
all the Cases.

JoHNsTowN, PA, Aug. 7.-Nothwith
standing that favorable reports are still
sent out from the board of health there is
great deal of sickness here The doctors
are so busy that they cannot attend to the
calls made upon them. man living sew
eral miles in the country came to town to
get physician to attend member of his
family'who was ILL., but they were all too
busy to go. Another case happened yester-
day where gentleman wanted doctor to
make trip five miles to the country to
visit his child, who was very sick He
called on ten different doctors. but found it
impossible to get one to 60. Typhoid fever,
malarial fever, dysentery and a genuine
case OF scurvy were reported to the Red Cross
Society during the past two weeks. The
case of scurvy was caused by the salt pork
diet which the contractors men have to
subsiSt upon.
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VIRGINIA'S DELUGE.
Great Damage Along the Washington
and Ohio Railroad.

NI5aI UdInhke AIonR inc WashIDRtOn
and Ohio Railroad.
WASHINGTON, Aug. THE heavy rain
which fell last night in this vicinity did a
great deal of ofdamage in Virginia, especially
along the line of the Washington and Ohio
railroad. There is one bad washout be-
tween Falls Church and Torrison's, Va,
about 300 feet in extent, and the bridge
between Falls Church aud West End
was also damaged. No trains have
passed thase points to-day and the clerks in
the executive departments aud Others who
do business in Washington and live at vii
lagos along the road, were unable TO reach
the city except by means OF carriages. All
the streams in Virginia are greatly swollen
by the rain and much damage has been
dOno to the erops by the overiows.
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DEATH ON THE RAIL.
A Collision Costs a Railroad Cond uc-
tor his Life.

RICHMOND. VA, Aug. This morning
at 5; 30 o'clock freight and passenger train
came together on the Richmond and Allie
gbeuv railroad ut a point between Nicholas
and Scortsville, resulting in the wrecking
of both engines fifteen or eighteen empty
coal cars, and the killing Of Capt. James D.
Duyal, conductor of the passenger train,
and seriously injuring a brakeman named
Tbacker. II is understood that the con-
ductor and engineer of the freight train
overlooked the passenger train, which was
running in obedience to orders.
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SEIZURE OF THE BLACK DIAMOND.
The Report of the Commander OF the
Rush Received.

WASHINGTON, Aug. THE report of
Capt. Sheppard, comnauding the revenu q
steamer Rush, in regard to the seizure OF
the British sealer Black Diamond, which
was mailed at San Francisco, has been re-
ceived at the treasury department. Acting
Secretary Batcreller refuses positively to
give It to the press, but admits that it con-
firms substantially the newspaper reports
concerning the seizure. IL contains no
reference whatever to the escape of the
vessel, for the reason that it had not
occurred when the report was written. 1t
gives no explanation with regard TO the
smallnesS of the crew placed in charge of
the prize, but the report is said to Indicate
that the vessel was not paroled, but was
subject only TO control of the prize crew.
Acting Secretary Batcheller said that as
the question seems TO have assumed polit-
ical Importance, he preferred TO DO nothing
whatever in the matter without consulta-
ton with Secretary Window upon his re-
turn to the city.
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HAWKINS DENIES A SALE.
A Traffic Arrangement Entered Into
with the Central.

ATLANTA, GA, Aug 7.-Col. Hawkins,
president Of the Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery railroad, spent several hours
in the city to-day. He denied emphatically
the recent reports that the Central had
bought up his road. He says the Cent al
dent Hawkins said, however, that be bad
entered into traffic arrangement with the
Central by which the Savannah, Amegicus
and Montgomery road would extend its
line to Stirling and run from Stirling into
Savannah over the Centrals tracks, and the
Central will run over the Savannah,
Americus and Montgomery tracks from
Stirling to Americus, the arrangement TO
terminate on reasonable notice by either
party.
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BoLIvAR's EDITORIAL FEUD.
The Surviving Scribe Refuses to be
Arrested.

CHICAGO, Aug. IA special from Jack
son, Miss, says: "The trouble in Bolivar
county is not yet over. Information was
received Sunday from the sheriff OF that
county that Weissonger, who killed an edi-
tor at Rosedale. and, who had escaped, took
refuge at Concordia where, surrounded by
friends, he defed arrest The sheriff was
powerless, and said that an effort to arrest
the fugitive would most probably result in
bloodshed. Gov. Lowry replied that the
sheriff should make an effort to perform his
duty by the aid of Il posse cornitatus and if
unable to do this to call on him and he Cthe
governor) would send troops. Nothing
further has been hoard from the sheriff .
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-08
COTTON BAGGING.

Alabama's Alliance Determined to
Use it for Their Cotton.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Aug. THE State
Farmers Alliance of Alabama, now in Sos
sion at Auburn, has adopted the folio wing
resolution:
ResoIUed, That the members of the Farmers
Alliance reiterate their determination 70 use
cotton bagging for wrapping cotton, and will
under circumstances use iute, and that this
resolution be transmitted to the convention Of
the commissioners Of agriculture Of southern
states. to meet in the city Of New YORK on Aug
9, and by that body be presented to the cotton
exchange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-08
A NEW TRIAL FOR THE PETREL

Iue OOnLrHcJOrB TO Be HIVen Another
Chance by the Government.
WASHINGTON, Aug. THE board of
naval officers to whom was referred the re-
port of the official trial of the Petrel
recommends that the contractors be
allowed to make another trial of the vessel
1t appears that the requirements under the
contract have been fulfilled, but as there is
premium horse power developed beyond
such requirements the contractors are not
satisfied with tho results so far. and feel
confident that If another opportunity be
offered better result will follow.
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Col. Black Cant Serve.

ATLANTA. GA, Aug. III. C. c. Black
of Augusta, who was appointed by the
governor as one of the board to assess the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway,
has declined TO serve. because he cannot
leave his business to engage in a work Of
such magnitude at the states rate Of COM
nensatiou. 81 per day
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CHICAao's DIR. PAsrEUR.
Treatment for Hydrophohia at the
County Hospital.

1IbdtubHI TOT HyUIOpuODId ht tn6
County Hospital.
CHICAGO. Aug. 7.-Residents of Chicago
or elsewhere who may be unfortunate
enough to be bitten by mad dogs, will not
hereafter have to go to Paris to be cured
by DR.. Pasteur. The countys public SER
vice committee yesterday, on reoommenda-
tion of the hospital committee, set apart
two unused rooms in ward 10, to be used by
DIR. Antonio Lagorio for the treatment of
hydrophobia according to DR.. Pasteur's
method. DR.. Lagorio is a Chicagoan by
birth, but he spent five years as student
with Dr. Pasteur. The hospital medical
staff recommended the utility of bacte-
biological and preventive incubation for
rabies at the hospital, and DR.. Lagorio will
undertake it,
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NEGRO DANCING MASTERS.
Two Families Fight over the Pro
priety of Becoming Their Pupils.

Two FamlIleS Fight UV5r ING Fro
priety of Becoming Their Pupils.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Aug, IA sensation
was created in Bamberg yesterday by the
revival of an old feud between the Prices
and Stewarts, originating in a quarrel last
year over the propriety of employing a
colored dancing master. One of
the Prices had whipped one of
the Stewarts for saying no
gentleman would attend c0lored dancing
masters lessons. Stewart thought he had
been unfairly used. Yesterday he and his
brother attacked Price, there was some
knocking down, and the Stewards used
their pistols, but the town marshal arrested
them before anybody was wounded.
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ASSAULTED BY STRIKERS.
A Deputy Sheriff and Hungarian
Probably Fatally Injured

PITTsBURG, PA, Aug. "A mob Of
strikers assaulted a number of Hungarians
who returned to work at the Carrie blast
furnace, near this city, this morning, and
drove them away. One of the Huugarians
was beaten SO badly that he will probably
die. A sherltf's posse then interfered aud in
the free fight which followed Deputy Sheriff
Sweeney was probably fatally shot. The
strikers were finally driven off.
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Twenty Mutinous oonvicts Shot.

CITY OF MEXICO, Aug THE E1 ITEM
po says; The prisoners confined in Fort
San Juan de Ulloa at Vera Cruz revolt
against the officials. The troops on duty at
the fort shot twenty of the prisoners and
quelled the uprising
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Parnalra Health Broken.

LONDON, Aug, .7--Mr. ParnelIs health
is broken. His physicians have advised
him to 60 to the south Of France and re-
main there until next summer.
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ForReries in France.

PARIS, Aug. 7-Extensive forgeries Of
1000 franc notes have been discovered at
Toulouse. The forging has been gong on
for six months, and the notes have been ex-
tensively circulated. A number Of persons
have been arrested. A large railway con-
tractor who is implicated in the forgeries
has escaped.
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Montana's Temporary Capital.

HELENA, MONT, Aug THE constitu-
tional convention, in committee Of the whole
to-day, voted in favor OF making Bozeman
the temporary capital, but final action was
not reached. Every town in the territory
has been named
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BRUNswIoK's WIRE BUDGET.
The Quarantine Facilities Hfective-A
New Cashier.

BRUNSWICK, GA, Aug. 7-Dr. j. L.
Posey, Of the marine hospital service is
here, investigating Brunswick's quarantine
facilities. He visited the quarantine to-
day, in company with the health officer,
DR.. Dunwoody. His report will say that
wished for.
J. d. Wright. formerly Of Augusta, was
to-day appointed as cashier of the Ogle-
thorpe National Bank, Vice John Herman,
resigned.
The news Of A. ]. Crovatt's re-appoint-
rnent TO the Glynn county judgeship despite
the opposition was received fayorably to-
day By his many friends.