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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-20

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, July l9.-The case
OF Daniel Benton, alias William Newby,
is drawing to a close in the United
States dlatrict court Benton 10 in.
dicted on three charges, making false
affidavit to a pension claim, presenting
false pension claim. and perjury. The
case is one Of the most interesting ever
tried here. In April, 1901, the defend
ant, who had for nine months been an in
sane inmate OF White counay, Ills,, aims.
house, announced that he was insane
no longer, and declared himself to be
William Newby, who had enlisted in
August, 1901, who had been killed. as
was supposed, at Shiloh, Tenn, April 8,
1862, and buried ou the battlefield. De-
fendant in his application for pension
stated that he was wounded In the
head at Shiloh, taken q prisoner by
Confederates and sent to Anderaon-
vile, and that during all the interval
between then and 1901 he could not re.
member his name or anything about
his past.
AT the trial thirty or thirty.6ve wit
nesses from the vicinity Of Nashville,
Tennessee, swore that the defendant
was Daniel Benton, otherwise known as
Rickety Dan, and that they had known
him since childhood. and that they had
seen him at intervals Of a few years
since then until the present time.
Penitentiary guards swore that they
recognized him as Benton, whom they
had known since childhood, aud who
had served fifteen years In the pen for
horse stealing. Two women testified
that defendant had run away with them
from poor houses in Indiana and Ohio,
and each had lived with defendant as
his mistress. One brought In Benton's
child, who testified defendant was his
father. The boy strongly reselnbled
Benton and also has the 'riCkets." A
sister and two brothers Of William
Newby testified that defendant was not
their brother.
Newby's wife, hts aged mother, Al.
most blind, one brother and a sister
testified that it is their belief that de.
fendant Is William Newby, some by his
appearance and his recollection OF in-
cidents in their lives, and others by tho
latter principally, a large numbee d
residents Of White and Wayne coun-
ties, many of them Newby's comrades
in tho army, testified they are con-
vinced that defendant is Newby.
To-day Hezekiah Newby, the son Of
William Newby, testified he thought
defendant was his father. Hezekiah
was sixteen years old when his father
enlisted. Several OF defendants wit
nesses thought Hiram Morris, OF Com.
pany D, 4Oth Illinois Volunteers, might
have been the man they buried as
William Newby, as he greatly re.
sembled Newby and has been missing
ever since the battle.
Several physicians to-day testified
that detendants disease was not the
"rickets," but caused by the waund in
his head, which wound they asserted
was the result OF a bullet wound. The
government will introduce expert testi-
mony tomorrow.
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FLINT aLAss wonKnRs.
The Bounty Plan Adopted as q Renee
for Non. IJnioniSm.

The Bounty Plan Adopted as q Remedy
for Non. .UnionlSm.
MARION, INn., July l9.-The national
convention Of the American Flint Glass
Workers Union this morning adopted
the bounty plan for fighting non.
unionism. Its exact terms will be
outlined lator on by the ma.
tional executive officers. The bounty
plan waS recommended by tho
national officers as less expensive than
strike, and the money which has
heretofore gone to support strikes will
now be used In making up the differ.
once To men employed In non.union
factories between union and non.union
wages. The bounty plan 10 practiced
successfully by tho window glass work.
ere, and It 10 said 10 have oxtormtnated
non.untonism.
The prescription waro committee re.
ported this morning. recommending no
change in tho wage scale, The presa
ware scale was continued unchanged,
Notwithstanding o committee rocom.
mendod an advance, tho convention be.
coming convinced that the mNnutac.
turors would not agroO 10 Il. Tho man.
uiacturera also demanded q ten per
cent reduction In prescription ware.
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CONDENSED TELEeRAMs.
The Hutchinson, Kas., National Ban
has suspended.

The Hutchinson, Kas., National Bank
has suspended.
The British steamer Blue Jacket has
arrived OF Cardiff with cholera on board.
A strike Of 25o,000 British miners is
threatened againata q wage reduction Of
25 per cent.
A cyclone made q terrible havoc with
the tobacco crop, near east Hartford,
Connecticut.
The remains Of Anthony ]. Dire xel
were consigned to the tomb at Phila.
delphta yesterday.
The furry among the Kansas City
banks 10 over and the people have 70.
covered confidence.
The silver jubilee Of Cardinal Glib
bons will be celebrated OF Baltimore on
Sunday, October 10.
Steamship arrivals--Atsoutha
Lahn, from New York;at Now York,
Waeslaud, from Antwerp.
The President returned TO Gray
Gables from a cruise on tho yacht
Oneida, aud declared himSelf TO bo In
splendid health.
Fire atsusanvlllo, CAL, yesterday do.
stroyed sixty buildings, causing q loSa
Of $3.50, 900. Not o business house In
the town was left.
Tho treasury yesterday succeeded In
getting offers Of silver at7lt cents per
ounce. Tho gold reserve covered the
ground II lost Monday
Tho brown road team Of Charles N.
Reed, Of Erie, Pa, broke the record
yosterday on q wager Of $1,000. Sixteen
and a half miles wOro made In 40A min.
utos. The road was rough and one Of
tho hills was q mile and a hall long.
A. NJ. Rogers, a Chicago drummer,
was beaten by q mob In Wise county,
Virginia, for an alleged assault on q
young girl. His condition 10 critical,
and ho protests hia innocence 10 tho
last. Several of the mob arc In Jail
Tho large statue OF Christopher %.
iumbus that stood before tho main part
Ot tho Worlds Fair cold storage build.
Ing the day of that fearful fire, when 10
many human lives we're sacrificed, has
been donated by W. II. Mullins, Of ia.
lem, Ohio, tho owner, TO DO erected
upon a sHliablS pedestal 70 mark tho
graves Of the dead HEROES
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u. g o. FINANCES.

Tho Earnings in juno the Largest in the
History OF tho Company.
Baltimore, July 19.-The Baltimore
&ohio Railroad Company has furnished
the following official figures for the
month Of June, 1903, approximated
Earnings, s., 1906; increase SOL, ,727,
Expenses S1,475,el6; decrease $0l, 800.
Net $0Sl, 1850; increase $l5S,23l.
For tho twelve months Of the fiscal
year 1928, juno, 1903, approximated: /:
Earnings $50, ,060,955, increase SlS3, ,60S.
Expenses 6,94B, 1881, increase S51S, ,976,
Not 81, ,1l4824; decrease $320,777.
The gross and net earnings for the
month Of June, 1903, arc the largest for
any month Of juno In tho history Of
the company.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-20

wAsulSoToS, July 10,--Tho chief Of
tho bureau oistatistics reports that dur.
ing the month Of Juno there arrived at
the ports Of tho United States from the
principal foreign countries, except tho
British North American possessions
and Mexico, s7,728 immigrants, aud In
June, 1902, 1870. During tho twelve
months ending June 30. 1893, the mum.
bsr, Of immigrants wero 407,9S0, and
during tho corresponding period Of tho
preceding year CLOS
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WOOL DUTIES LowERED.
A Treasury Ruling Changes the ClaSslfca,
tion Of Certain Grades.

WASHINGTON, D, O., July lO.-An i'm,
porEant change has been made by the
treasury department in the classiica'
tlon of wool that will lower the duty on
some grades OF the article nearly
hundred per cent The change follows
conclusive evidence offered by wool i'm.
porters that certain grades OF high
class wool were practically analogous to
grades classified lower in the wool sche.
dule OF the Mckinley bill, Hereafter
the material known as l40 and l50
Flamantine skin wool and 40 KRssap-
bRtchia skin wool, second quality OF the
first OF highest class, will be known as
500 and 397 servian skin wool and $50
Kassapbatchia skin wool, second quality
OF the third class, The changes In duty
cannot be made clear to the laymen
through the language Of the wool law.
but tho statement may be accepted as
true that the duty is considerably low
cred in some cases, rs previously stated,
nearly one hundred per cent. This
statement is made at the treasury de-
partment.
Wool growers and importers will be
interested in the extent OF the change
as shown by the law. First class wool,
which included tho three kinds trans-
terred to class 8, Is provided for in the
tariff act as follows:
DUTY upon all woods Of the 6rst class
shall be II cents per pound"
Wools OF the third class are dutiable
as follows:
"on all wools Of the third class, and
on all camel's hair OF the third class.
the value whereof shall be 10 cents or
less per pound, including charges, the
duty ahall be SO per cent nd valorem.
"on woods Of the third class and on
camePs hair OF the third class the value
whereof shall exceed l3 cents per
pound, including charges, tho duty
shall be 50 per cent ad valorem."
Difficulty in classifying wool known
as "l45 Turkey improved fleece un-
washed" caused the department to
omit the wool altogether from the
schedule, leaving it with the appraiser
to determine its quality. The value OF
this wool differs according to its con-
dltion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-20

PARIS, July lO,-The Figaro says that
the French ultimstum sent to Siam de-
mands that the siamese evacuate the
left bank Of the Mekong river. 1t also
demands that guarantees be given by
the slamese government for the faith
ful performance Of its treaty obligations,
aud that indemnity be paid for the out
RACES perpetrated by sismsse upon the
French, The reply Of Foreign Minister
Develle to the Interpolation to N,
Dreyfus in the chamber Of deputies
yesterday explaining the position Of
France in the dispute with Siam is con-
stdered master stroke Of policy It
not only secured q unanimous vote Of
confidence in the government, but has
evoked unanimous praise from the
nfeHR
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nRAzlL's EXHIBIT.
Our Sister Republics BuIlding Formal!
Opened ut the Fair.


opened ut the Fair.
CHICAGO, July l9.-Ano ther republic
came to tho front at the Worlds Fair
to-day with an exhibit OF her wares and
products. twas the republic Of Brazil,
and her building and the displayit con.
tains are creditablo indeed. Though
the government building OF Brazil has
been completed for some time, 1t was
not formally opened until to-day. The
exercises were not elaborate and were
OF an informal nature. The structure
was tastefully adorned with flags, and
palms and flowers were placed about in
O manner to enhance It's attractiveness.
There was music, but no speech making.
Several hundred invited guests were
present, and were received by the mem.
ber Of the Brazilian commission to tho
Worlds Fair. The building is one Of
the most attractive among the struo.
lures erected by foreign governments.
Tho Brazilian government appropriated
about S6UO,0O0 for exposition purposes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-20
a PREPosrRRous STORY.
The Tale that the Mohican was Fired upon
Bears q Lie on Its Fnce.

WASHINGTON, D. O., July 10.-Any
doubt that may have existed in the
mind of the acting secretary Of the navy
as the improbability Of the story that
the United States ship Mohican was
fred upon and disabled by the Alexau.
dria has now been set at rest. The
latest versions OF this preposterous
narrative agree in fixing the date Of
the alleged engagement May 25. The
records Of the navy department show
that the Mohican was at Port Town
send as late as May 27, and that she did
not leave for Bering Sea until after that
time.
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A Double Dose.

Speclal UISp1Ich % NC IHleNEltHcN
wrLLsBuRa, W. Va, July 1a.-The
wellsburg saloonkeepers petitioned d
former meeting OF council to pass an
ordinance forbidding minors entering
saloons. At last nights meeting this
was granted with a double dose; for 1t
has been made already greater
ofIense for a saloonkeeper to allow q
minor to enter saloon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-20
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Statistics Showing the Increases and Dc.
crenseS Over Last Yenr.

WASHINGTON, D. O. July 19.-Tho
chief of the bureau of statistics reports
that tho total values of the exports OF
merchandise from the United States
during the six and twelve months end-
ed June 80, 1893, as compared with sim
liar exports during the corresponding
periods Of the preceding year were as
follows:
Six months ended June 80, 1903, $685.
1855, ,440; same period in 1892, $3.50, l52,-
953: twelve months ended June 80, 1903,
$S47, ,423,l47; same time In 1892, $780,
2SS, las. The values OF the imports were
as follows: Six months ended June 80,
1893, $406,605,70 same period in 1902,
$431, ,727,54l; twelve months ended June
80. 1893, $941,07G, 1928; twelve months
ended June 80, 1892, $S2z, 400, ,451. Sc
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NEW YonN July lO.-A Now York
va Oa'h'ne house received u practical
,,.'''totIon y. this wcOk of tho dislrust In
i., iiU,opo ,, on American securities, and tho
bs ba' 'o" 'N's country may 90 ona silver
o, Va ,lli foreign mail II received so, 900
y, .h''ol Slalos 4 por cont bonds, tho
int0p9an owners Of which did not care
"N0'u lh0m 90 long US thOre was q
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Akron sIgns tho scale.

AKRON, O., July lo.-Ata conference
between the officers OF the Akron Iron
Company and representatives Of the
Amalgamated Association held here to.
day, tho company signed the scale oi
wages submitted by the association, II
10 the one agreed to by Jones & Laugh.
Inns. Of the American Iron and Steel
Company
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-20
arNsAroNAL 1llAnnnY.
A Leading Attorney Murdered by From.
inent IINnker In Knnsha City, KRnNha,

4 LohuIhR NTIOThty WUFuUFUu Dy hFFom'
ihent banker In KanSaS City, KRnShA
KANsAs ciTY, NO., July lO.-A. w
Little, cashier Of the First National
Bank Of Kansas City, NO., ox.prOSidcnt
Of the Armourdalo Bank vlco-prOIldont
Of tho McNoal.LittlO banking Co., Of
Guthrie, o, r., and director Of tho FIrst
National Bank, OF Medicine Lodge,
Kansas, shot and killed Benjamin T.
johnson, ono Of tho most prominent Of
the rising young attorneys OF Kansas,
Tho shooting took place abont 0 o'clock
this evening. The cattsu Of the tragedy
ID not known definitely.
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THE VICTORIA DISASTER.
Rear Admiral nInrkhnm's Testimony Br
fore tho Court Martial.

Rear Admiral nInrkham's Testimony Be-
foro tho Court Martial.
VALErEA, MALTA, July 19,-The court
martial, which ia trying certain Officer'
OF the warship Victoria for losing their
vessel of Tripoli, Syria, resumed its sit
ting this morning, this being the third
day otthe trial. The first witness called
to-day was Rear Admiral Markham,
whose flag was flying on the Camper
down at the time she ran into and sank
the Victoria. His official dispatches 10
the admiralty reporting etact and the
details OF the disaster were read and he
stated that he had nothing to add to
these dispatches. He said that when he
signaled the Victoria that he did not
quite undorstand the signal, the Victo.
rio answered that the Camperdown was
delaying the manoeuvres. II then oc.
Cured to the witness that he was to put
the helm Of the Camperdown down and
turn her sixteen points to starboard,
while the Victoria would ease her helm
and circle round on the outside Of the
division which was being led by the
Camperdown.
Rear Admiral Markham stated that
when he saw that the Victorla's helm
signals were not altered he ordered
Captain Johnstone to reverse the Cam.
perdown's starboard screw and to close
the water-tight doors in the collision
bulkheads. These orders were com.
municated by Captain Johastone TO the
officers and wore promptly obeyed,
Soon atterward Rear Admiral Mark
ham saw that collision was inevitable
and the order to go astern with both
engines was slgnGlled to the engine
room. When the signal flying on the
Victoria was hauled down the Camper
down was powerless to avoid a collision.
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WASHINGTON, July 19.-Iuquiry at
the pension office elicited the informa.
ton that the total number Of pension
ers dropped from the rolls since March
4, 1893, was PAS, and that tho total mum.
Der OF pensioners suspended since
March 4, pending further inVeatiga.
ton OF their cases was 5000.
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WARRINGTON, D. O., July 19.-surgoon
General Wyman has received the fol-
lowing cablogram from Passed Assist.
ant Surgeon G. B. Young at Naples:
"Cholera in Naples, Four fatal cases
Sunday and Monday. Widely scattered,
Bacillus found in all. Origin untraced.
No cases since Monday"
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WILL PUZZLE THE JURY,
Is "Rickety Dan" Benton Veteran
William Newby9
| REMARKABLE PENSION Case

On Trial at sprlngfield-Thirty.tiv
Witnesses swear That the Man on
Trial is Daniel Benton, but William
Newby's Mother and Wife Swear
tho Accused is the Son and Hus'
band, Who Was Thought to Have
Been Killed In the Battle of Shiloh,
and the Prisoner Himself Vows
That ho is Newby-A stnguIarIy
Mixed Case of Identity,
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MORE BANKS SUSPEND.
D.rvor Institutions Fail to Stand
the Pressure.
SOME EXPECT TO RESUME SOON,

An Arc solid, but Had Not tho Ready
cash to stand the Ruus--senator
Teller Talks on the situation-Ho
Thinks silver is Being Blamed too
Much-Ux.ComptrolIer of the Treas
ury Lacey Not Alarmod-oool'H ol'Head'
etncss Wn Bridge Oyer All Dlfli.
cultieA
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FRANCES ULTIMATUM.
Siam Gets OpIy Twenty,fouF Hours %
Make Answer 70 the Demands,

LONDON, July lG-A dispatch to the
Central Msps confirms the report pub.
lished by the Paris SoiryeaterdSy to the
effect that NJ, pevslle, the French for
elgp minister. had telegraphed to NJ,
Pavie, French minister resident In
Bangkok, the terms Of an ultimatum
that the minister resident ls to present
Immediately to the Siamese govern,
ment, According to the ultlmatum
only twenty-four hours are given for
Siam to make answer to the French do
manda.
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spectal Dt,patch 10 the Insgtgcnoer.

EVtUIu DI1DuIVV 70 VIC IE7sEsF8sHV9T'
HUNTINGTON. W. VA, July 19.-Wil.
liam McClintock, alias Blurkey, o atough
looking fellow, was arrested and sent
to Jail for attem pting TO rob man OF q
a roll Of money. He Is from Point
Pleasant
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For West Virginia. fair, northwest winds.
For Western lennsylynDiQ Htd Ohio, iAif
sllghtiy wArlnet winds shifting 10 southeast
rllE TEMPERATURE YEuEnDAY,
a. furnished by @ soiISgpR dfdgIl,t, cotnct
Market and Fourteenth atfaetl
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THE ENDEAY0RGRS.
The First Session OF Their Third
Annual State Convention
At FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
A Large Assemplase on Hand to
Welcome the Visitors,
ADDRESSES OF WELCOME MADE

BY Rev, Dr. II. A. Cunningham and
Mayor oaldwell-RespOuse by Rev.
Dr. PaanoGan, of Grafton-oveF
Two Hundred Delegates Already
in the City and More Coming,
To.duys Programme = President
Affords Annual Address,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-05-19

With its issue of Wednesday last the Bal
timore Sun closed its filty-sixth year. In
the history of the great newspapers Of the
country none occupies brighter page.
Starting as the pioneer Of independent jour
nalism in its native city, it has steadily ad-
vanced in all the elements which constitute
a clean and reliable newspaper, and while
we may at times differ with it upon State
and national questions we are ever ready to
accord that journal the virtues Of sincerity
and marked ability. In speaking Of its past
and future course the Sun aptly remarks
"For those who honestly differ with it it en-
tertains nothing but the respect to which
every honest difference of opinion is en-.
titled. For the very few who cavil and
criticise it from prejudice or illwill, it feels
nothing but the pity which such exhibitions
must awaken in all enlightened and mag
unanimous minds"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-05-19
7HE CROP REPORTS

We sec it stated that the drought in por.
tons of England and Italy Is calculated tc
diminish the grain product OF both coun-
tries TO considerable extent and core
spondingly to increase the demand for i'm
portations from this country.
According TO a reported estimate Of the
Italian government, that country will re.
quire 1l3 900 bushels of grain in excess
Of average importations. This is obviously
an exaggerated or erroneous report, and II
has been so declared. But II seems certain
that the foreign demand for our grain will be
unusual.
Reports from the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington predict short crop of
Winter wheat in several sections OF the
West. and though later dispatches indicate
improved weather conditions both In this
country ana in Europe, there is every rea.
son TO believe good prices will be realized
by the American producer. The crops both
at home and abroad have yet periods of risk
TO encounter.