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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-15
BARNEY BARNATO SUICIDES.

The HDiamond Ringp Leaps from a
stsan,Ship-HOdy Recovered.
LONDON, June la special dis
patch from FunchaI. Island of Madeira.
OF the west coast OF Morocco. says that
on the arrival there there to-day Of the
British steamship Scot. which left
Table Bay Ccape Town on June 2. for
Southampton, 1t was announced that
Barney Barnato. the South Africa
Diamond King" who was among the
passengers, had committed suicide by
leaping overheard. His body was re-
covered.
The Late Barney BaFnato was in many
respects the most remarkable apecula-
tor Of the century. OF all the English
men who have taken part In the devel-
Opmenk OF South Africa, two only have
secured worldwide reputation. These
have been Cecil Rhodes and Barnett
Isaacs. more often and less respectful
ly EtyIed Barney. BarnatO was an as
Bumed name, sort OF stage name, for
he began his life In South Africa by eX-
hibltlng a trick donkey. some twenty
five years ago. He was then about
kNNAAAN gEHAAh u AENs
Barnato was an English Jew. and IL
iustFated in an extraordinary way the
financial genius Of his race. Up to the
point where his fortunes began 70 de-
cline he made money by leaps and
bounds and IN 1895, when his good for
tune was at its zenith. It was estima-
ted that ne controlled interests In the
neighbOrhood of q hundred million
pounds. II was the fashion TO call him
the richest man In the world. At that
time he was virtually the king Of the
London money market. In che autumn
Of 1895, when the boom in knftirs. the
shares OF the comparatively new gold
mines OF the Transvaal. South Afrlca,
was nt It's height. every man, woman
and child In London with money to In
vest, Invested II in ''Kafhrs." The
craze was the last of those financial
fevers which periodically attack con-
servative England. the South Sea
Bubble" being the frst. For months
Il was the controlling passion IN Lon
don, and Il was scarcely less rampant
In Paris and Berlin. The shares went
90 unheard Of figures and fortunes were
made in a day.
The centre OF this tremendous fnan-
ciaI outburst was Barney Barnnto, and
ne was conservRtively estimated at that
time as worth between $i0O,00O,OOO and
$50 100000.
About a month ago It was rumored
thai his health was suffering from the
severe tension OF speculation. and IN
the latter part Of May Il was reported
from Cape Town that he was suffering
from nervous prostration. and had been
placed by his friends under restraint.
This was subsequently denied by his
London representative who said that
Barnato was suffering from a slight at
tack OF Cape fever, not likely to prove
serious.
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After litigation for the past I'VE years
the case of Jones vs.. Gillespie ct al.
has finally been settled to the satisfac-
ton OF all concerned. The supreme
court OF appeals In session here decided
In favor of Gillespie. and Captain Jones
made overtures to compromise, which
were accepted and the latter part Of
the week the case was settled by JoneS
paying Gillespie 10000. The case was
one of the most important ever tried In
the courts OF this state and involved
the production OF farm near Sisters
Vile. on which there were thirty pro-
ducing wells.
The Elk Fork territory is looking bet
ter every day and there Is every rea-
son to believe that It will be one Of the
greatest fields ever discovered In the
state. At the present dime there IS q
great deal OF work going on, about
twenty-five strings Of tools running.
The coming in OF the Woods well q few
days ago has had the eject OF booming
the business IN that section and there
are rigs going up in every part OF the
held.
The Woods well which has been ne
ported producing at the rate of 200
barrels a day. has fallen on from that
amount and settled down 70 a steady
production Of little better than 200
barrels.
The Maxwell well which was reported
in and a good well at the same time the
Woods well came In Is a duster OF the
rankeTt kind, In the top OF the Keen
er snnd q slight showing OF oil was
found, but nothing developed with
deeper drilling and It was dry In beth
the Reener and Big Injun.
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REPUBLIcAN CAUCUS
On asaiurss BsfOr, the ssnats-Not Mach
ProErsss Made.

On HsSIurss Before the sSnats-Not Iush
ProErsss Made.
WASHINGTON, June ii.-Tne Re-
publican senators were In caucus FOR
more than three hours tonight and
when adjournment was reached not very
much progress had been made The Ha-
waiian treaty proposition wae passed
over 20 b. considered at another caucus.
as several senator's expressed The opinion
that II II was true that treaty 0f an
neIatinn was 30 be sent IN Il would be
absurd to enact Legislation looking 90
the abrogation OF the treaty Of rscipr0-
city. Senator's who were aware ~ the
progress OF tne RnneEatiOn treaty did not
Esel at liberty TO give the caucus full In
formation. Although there was much
rrricence observed Il was believed the
President would be consulted tomorrow
on the subjeCt uf the proposed treaty.
The caucus was in session from until
II 30 O'Clock and chrce propositions only
were under consideration. These were:
The question Of what 20 do with the Hl-
waiian reciprocity treaty the advisa-
bIlHy % giving bounty on beet sugar.
and the question Of an antitrust amend
ment.
The Hawaiian treaty question was
passed over. but the sugar bounty pro-
position WnS withdrawn. and The anti
trust amendment was referred TO the
Republican members OF the judiciary
gs,r7 m ftfae
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WASHINGTON. D. G. June 1.-THE
bids for furnishing clothing supplies to
the entire Indian service. have been
finally cancelled and new bids will be
called for by Commissioner OF indian
AfTairs Jones. 20 be opened In New
York City, July Is or H. The investiga-
lion OF the way in which the old speci-
sc1tIons we're frnmed. by which one OF
the bidders. II Is alleged. would have
secured the contract through useless
technical requirements has almost been
concluded. Collision OF certain en-
nloyes has been charged and II Is pos
s,ble that several removals may result
- fba Indian Bureau.
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Pe.tm..t.r. 81 P,n.lsn..

Special Dispatch to the 1ntciiiEeneer.
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 1l,-Up-
on the Recommendation OF Representa-
tive Dorr. Mr. s. W. Wiley IS to be ap-
pointed postmaster at Hinton, Sum
ners county The papers were made up
and forwarded 10 the white house to-
day. ready for the Prezldents action,
which viii doubtless be taken to-mor-
row nr next day. Two certificates have
been issued TO West virginia applicants
for pension. both widows. They are
Prissy Jones, al Spangler, and Mary
Springborn. Wellsburg.
Two Of the West Virginia representa-
tlyes. Messrs. Dorr and Dayton, are
out OF the city. but both are expected
to return early this week.
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HoNE FoR INCURABLEa
The Committee Decides In Favor Of Par
ksrtbHrg on the second Ballot.

The Committee Decides In Favor Of Par.
ksrIbHrg on the second Ballot.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligence.
PARKERsBURG, W. Va, June IA
The committee to decide upon loca-
tIon FOR the home for incurables, met
here to-day. There were three con-
testanta FOR the new Institution, viz:
Charleston, Huntington and Parkers-
burg. There were delegations here from
each place. Il required very little time
10 settle tho matter. Two ballots were
taken. on the first ballot. Stark L. Ba-
ker, OF Randolph county. voted for
Huntington, Judge John Jay Jackson
aud state Treasurer ". a. Kendall for
Parkersburg, Ex-Governor MacCorkle
Tor Charleston, and j. W. McIntVre, OF
Wetzel county. for Huntington. on the
next ballot Air. MacCorkle changed 10
Parkersburg. also Mcintyre. Baker
hohlins out for Huntington. This set
lied II and ParkersburE got the new in
stRutIon. Its offcr Is $1,000 auda free site
OF from twenty-five TO one hundred
nrrcg
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nalnr,offhs PaIt IEsek.

In his weekly review OF doings In the
southwest oil fields. ''D. s. W." the
Standards man, Eays: The most import
ant discovery In the lower southwest
during the past week was that Of the
Henry OIL Company, on the ]. williams
farm, located one-half mile south Of the
Elk Fork Developments. The well was
drilled into the sand last Thursday and
as soon as Il began 10 show oil was shut
down 20 move back the boiler and was
drilled deeper on Saturday and developed
into a 6eventy-five barrel prooucef.
While the well 10 small, a. comparad
win the gushers IN that pool. It iS sun OF
sufficient size 90 snow an extension TO tho
main pool.
North OF the Benwnod pool. in Monroe
county. che Fisher OIL Company oom-
pIeted its No. on the HUNDRED farm and
were surprised TO hnd that they had
nothing betrer than . ten-barrel pro-
YVES wes, Of the pool and 800 feet north oe
Galley & Co.'S wei on the Covert farm,
CuIbertson & CO. drilled their test on The
Platt farm into the Keener sand ana VIII
have god producer.
Three miles west Of Marietta, near
Sand HILL BTaden & Co have made
freak discovery on the Ben farm. They
drilled into the MacEsburg hundred and
forty-foot sand and have . show for
ten-barrel well. The total depth OF the
well Is only 2l0 feet, and the oil Is Of .
good quality. The same company y
drilling its No. 2. on the Bel1 farm e
only takes four days 20 complete wei
IN that territory, and Braden & Co. viii
DO considerable drilling In that locality.
Following are the gauges Of the inn
portaut producing wells In the EEC Fork
pool: Wood Nos, l and 2, 120 6arrel1;
School house No. /. ITO barrels; Joy No.
?. 900 barrels; B. F. Hawkins No. :, 40
barrels; William Priokett No. !, 100 BAR
reIs; Nichols & Co. No. 2, Wood, 50 bar.
rels; 8. A. Keller No. /, $50 barrels.
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ALYELY EPISODE
In President McKinley's Tour os.
ours at Asheville, NC.
BIlTMORE'S EXCLUSIVE DOORS
SHUT to the Invasion of the News.
papermen of the Party.
YANDERBILT'S ENGLISH AGENT

Told ne Committee, when Making Ar
ranE'RsRts for the PrssldsnVS Visit to
the Palace, that "Ir. Vanderbilt splts
on Newspaper NOtOri'ty, and 50 Do l."
When the Prs'idsnt Hears OF the Matter
lie nsfH'ss TO Step = FOst on ths GrOund
ifIssPOrtsr' were barred, which Causes
the nrI'l'h Cars-Tsksr to Come Down
on ISIS High HOrts.
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DAYTON. Ohio, June lt.-whcn the
fircncn extingulshed the fire this noon
at the home Of Frank Prcstel, laborcr
on Nassau street, they found the badly
charrcl bodies of Rosa. AGED six onh
Albert aged two years. locked In each
Others arms The children had played
With matches aud set FIRE 10 the upper
mart OF the house So rnpit was the
flames In their deadly work that the
mother discovered the danger Of her
children too late TO save them.
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Wh.ellnrMonPrside..

NASHVILLE. Tenn. June N.-About
one hundred and fifty members Of the
Greek Letter Society Kappa Alpha are
attending the biennial convention now
In session in this city. This morning
the first business meeting was held with
S. Hamilton, OF wheeling, W. Va, pre-
siding. The following officers were
elected: H. f. White, Of Alexandria,
La, president; B. E. Young. Of this
city, vice president, and Paul Murrill,
OF Lexington, KY, secretary.
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Special Dispatch to the IntellGeneer.
GRAFTON. W. Va, June lL-while
Congressman Dayton was in this city.
the InttllIgeneer correspondent asked
what was the status Of the contest for
the Morgantown postmastershlp Mr..
Dayton replied that while In Morgan
town last week he had gone over the
matter thoroughly and decided to rec
ommend the appointment OF Dr. ].
Plummer Fitch.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-15

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, from
New York for Bouiogne.
GLASGOW-California, from New
York.
MovILLE-Clty OF Rome. from New
York FOR Glasgow.
OUEENSTowN-G from Boston
for Liverpool.
BREMEN Friedrich Der Crosse,
New York, via Southampton.
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TO ANNEX HAWAII.
Tn. Treaty OF Annexation Has
Already Been Prepared,
AND WILL BE SENT TO SENATE
FOR Ratification Soon After the
Return OF the President.
IT'S on THE GENERAL LINES

o,,A. rraty NoEotinioa DurInE the Az
unstrarOnorPros Harrison, and
which was HIthdrAwn BY President
ci,v.l.na-Tho uuitoa Statos will AErOo
to A,suns ths Dsbt Of Hawaii, butwuI
cOu,s late Possession OF All The Crown
L.ua. aud OthSr POass,siOns-Japans
A,.isud. ia. IIsst.n'd Astion.
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MILLS START UP.
Two Plttsburgh EsfAblI'hnhsnts Resume
Op,rutIons Aftsr Long IdiCnsHE'

TWO EElNAMuuNHA ANsANNlAAANa%A@-N@-N-
Operations Aftsr Long IdisnsHS'
PITTSBURGH. June 1.-the pud-
ding. finishing and nail departments OF
Ollvsr Brcs, Tenth street mill. resumed
onsratlons tilis morning after an ldloneps
~ n wsgk. due TO lack OF orders. About
"a men were benefited b. Che resump-
tiUn. go, r,,,,
- .,artnn three furnaces In the l6-inch
lar MN to-day and large number OK
,ns7 were put TO work in the pudding
dsp5r,meut The mill has. been idle hnr
some time owing 90 lack o. ord,is. sloLs
men will be put 90 N0tN IN ''s H'N'
~ T'be iSrs mills Of the Jones & Laughlln
stsci Company, limited, on the south
side, presented normal appearance To-
day. All departments ahecteI uy w - ~.
cen: s,rike are again In fun operation
and everything about the plant beIoksns
industry and quiet
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LONDON. June Is.--The Times, com
m-nang, editJrlally. on the Hawaiian
gueslioa aad a dispatch from Mr Small
~, it New York correspondent. says.
Tier" iE but little enthusiasm IN the
-Hi'ad States according 70 our New
YORK correspondent. either fer or
nEll7st annexation The enterprise,
.pWsvrr. Is not without points appeal
.1s 70 The Imagination Of tho American
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JUNIOR AMERICAN MECHANICS.
Tv,Dtv.nlnth Session Of the National
CoaneiI Opens To-day.

PITTSBURGH, June 1.-THE Junior
order OF American Mechanics has taken
posession OF Pittsburgh. and viii own
a s,r a week. The twcnty-nInth annual
gsssion OF National Council begins to-
,,,orr,w morning. Among the leading
.,,j,org already here are National COun-
% ciior perry A. shanor. u Slstersvillc, W.
Va; Joseph Powell. of Denver national
,,ics Councillor. Edward s. Decmer. of
philadelphia. national secretary; w. $.
srhcpcK OF New Whaicpm, Washington,
,,1i5p5l council conductor; Charles H.
'rempIc. NJ J1hnstOwn supreme organ
izor &. A. NJ. G, A. Creighton, Denver
',,nranc vice commander u, \. NJ:
f,barIss /. Vnris, San Marcia, New Mex
los. department supreme commander
O.. A. ".
The convention will be one OF the most
important ever held by this large and
poWerfui order. There are a number of
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-15
THE MILLloNAIRE TRAhP
Get. Into Trsubls hy DtssrtlnE hts
HrIds Sensational scene ia Court

8ea Ahto AE"" -
BrIds s-SsnSatIonAI scene ia Court
Mt. VERNON. Ills. June 1.-THE
young millionaire. James +. Berry. was
,rralgued before Judge Wells to-day on
: charge OF wife abandonment, prefer
red by his new wife, Mrs Sadie Miller
Rerrr. The case was set for trial next
"wednesday. and Berry was required TO
rive bond iar $500 Tor hls appearance.
Grgot excitement pnsurl when Berry
oLtsstrd tn furnishing bond and began
JIspiaylng All kinds OF bills and sayiAg
tbsi no would furnish the bond hlmseli
Without the AID 0f other people and thls
moi being permitted. be made thinks
lively by tearing tJoo oil tn Two While
Inc spcetators stood struck WIN ave az
bis actions. Several friends signed 1ho
bond.
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WASHINGTON. D. c. June r.-Gen,
wilsoa. chief OF engineers, has called
upon all OF the engineer officers in
charge u river and harbor works for
detailed statements OF the projects IN
their respective sections OF the country.
The purpose Is to prepare for the be-
ginning OF the new fiscal year by as
ssrtaininE exactly the state OF the
Wori[s and the amounts OF money need
"a At each pOlnt.
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RnRK OE THE WINp
In Harrison aud Merton cOnntIsI-valu.
able Tracts OF Timber Destroyed.

able Tracts Of Timber Destroyed.
Special Dispatch TO the Intelligencer.
cLAREsBURG, W. Va, June a.
heavy hail storm OF yesterday evening,
accompanied by a coplous rain shower,
did great damage to property in this
and Marion county Commissioner
Lodges farm near bridgeport. was de-
spoiled ci its lne forest reserve. and
great damase was done to hay stacks
ana fencing Valuable forests OF tim
her Ia various parts or the country
were destroyed. Cheswood park pre-
sents the appearance Of clearing,
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in OILS DOMAIN.
Famous Gillesple.JOnes Case Has
Been Settled at Last.
THE sum OF 100000 IS PAID

To the GllIssplos by Captain Jones, ths
Result of ths FIndinE by the stnts 81.
Prsms Court Of Appeals In Session At
whssllnE Last week.-Mrs. Elk Fo.k
TsrritOry Is showing Up Ysll-DOlnl :
Oftho Week In OEidOm.
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srlLL HARPtEa Oh sUoAR
Iiiinan Repeat. iIis ch'rzeS of iTrsEa-
IsTiiJ-HoNr RsPsIs Ihsm'

IuinAn Hspssts iIis ChPrzeE of iTreRa-
iATity-HoNr RsPsIs Thsni'
WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE senate
4fna'o on the suEnr schedule Of the
la1f bin proceeded to-day with only
ono hIyeftlug Incident to relieve the
ENn1'nry into which the discussion mss
yea This was the sharp exchange
IatHeen Mr. Honr. OF Mass, and hr
.H.Wan. ~ South Carolina, represent
'hE The Two extremes ot senatorial pro-
.iE'. hiT TMman referred to pup-
.'H.I charges ~ irrcgularity In con-
'H tho sugar schedul" and as
1fIigl that the senate would stand con-
.0tt t nHHra CD" American people u u
iH ,s. Ugta the charges Nr.
'.a1F calmly and imprcrsiycly rcpellcd
statement. his tone and language
.1E calculated Or a rcbuke lie do
ff'l that the vague charges of lrreE-
..,.'y we're not only prepogtcrous but
infamous,
AlIlsHr, In charge ~ the blll.
I.alr nNBt Hrr nrpagh In dnfenEe OF the
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WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE hnal
ratification OF the boundary treaty oe-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela was
exchanged az the state department al
o,ris,ck fhIs afternoon.
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SING SING. June it.-Howard Scott
was executed in the electric chair to-day,
for the murder OF his wife, In New York
City. October IS, 1896.
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schedule. presenting tables which no
declared proved that the sugar refinerS
received less protection under thesugar
schedule than under the existing lhw.
Mr. Petugrcw, IS. D.) spoke II length
IN favor Of his amendment to place ON
the free list articles controlled by trusts.
severely arraigning the various large
trusts. Mr. Allen. CNeb). urged legal
procedure against the trusts Only one
roll call occurred during the day, on Mr.
Lindsay's amendment to place allsuGars
ON the same basis. This was rejected.
es-29. Mr.. McEnery. (Dem., I.a.),
voted with the Republicans In the mega
tive. and Senators Pcttigrew and Man
tie with the Democrats In the aalrma-
tive.
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The house to-day adjourned until
Thursday, after session that lasted
forty-five minutes. The only attempt 10
transact business was q request by Mr..
Lacey, (Rep.. Iowa.. for unanimous con-
sent for bill for the relief OF residents
OF Greene county, Oklahoma. Mr..
Henry. (Dem., Texhs). promptly OBJ
jeeted. and then after the usual Demo
cratic protest against the Republican
policy OF not appointing committees, the
house. by s. TO as. with Is present and
not voting, decided TO adjourn.
Before the session began the hub OF a
wheel wound round with monster Pc
ution, said 20 contain six million sigma
ture5 appealing to congress 70 recognize
the Cuban insurgents as belllgerants.
was wheeled into the space In front OF
the speakers rostrum. Il had been In
circulation throughout the United
States for about SIX months, and was
presented TO congress by Representative
SulZeF, OF New York.
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For West Virginia, Western Pennsyl-
yania and Ohio, partly cloudy weather;
lght variable winds.
Local Temperature.
Tho temperature yesterday as observed
nv q schnopf, druggist, corner Fourteenth
and Market streets. was as follows;
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w Al.Isar, In charge NJ the blll.
made another speech In defense OF the
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13
Pro,pectlve summer Weather.

0uUAmVt UOoVssVSs
Many of my friends have asked me
to give a general forecast of the COM
ing "a I realize the fact that
1 am not infsllibls. but from what
short research and experience I have
had, will do the best I can. The ver=
nal equinox or spring commences
this year on this longitude at 2:17 a.
%. "central" or 1884 q. N, mean time.
In my judgment the ensuing sum
mer will be a very fair year for crops.
1t will he more favorable for root
crops-potatoes, etc. What is plant
ed is most liable to have y rapid
growth. In case some farmer wish
es to plant on days when the moon
is most favorable I will mention a
few = April 4. So 10. Is, Is. II, Is,
81, %, Is and %. The eastern por'
ton of this state is more favorable
Ifpr good crops providing they are not
Rrded in getting grain in the
Bund in suitable season. But as
His will be a rapid growing year oil
may end well. We may look fol
ycool weather and rains from May 10
g %. Will be quite chilly for the
time OF year, There will be some
severe atmospheric4 disturbances
proving around the couptry. ~
the legislature abolished the high Of
flee Of state ar and pat>5.:
] .,n.J ~u6ef
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13

revenue - like President Cleve-
lands famous frce-wool message
at the beginning of the Lth con-
gress. There is no reference to
the currency nor to Cuba, which
leaves the inference that the presi
dent does not expect his curren-
~cy-commission scheme to be car
ried out at once. He takes the
ground in his message as in his
inaugural address that the 6nan-
cial depression in the United
States is due to lack of revenue,
and that prosperity cannot be ex-
pected until the government is on
a paying basis. Therefore it is
the duty of congress to see that
its income is equal to its expendi-
lures before it transacts any other
business.
The Dickinson press., 1897-03-13

Gov. BRIGGS did right in Veto
ing the appropriation bills and
throwing the responsibility on the
legislature where it belonged.
Appropriations over 100000 in
excess of the probable revenues
of the state were passed without
hesitation and the. governor did
not propose to take the response
bility of the party in any such un-
wise proceedings. To be sure the
vetoed bills received the necessa-
ry two-thirds vote in both houses.
The people should be thankful
that they have a governor who
knows what should be done and
who is not afraid to act promptly
regardless of consequences.