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ff > : Dreadful CROUP ' Mowl "8. when your children are at* . tacked by the dreadful croup, you 41 need not despair; Dr. John W. Boll's . h\- " Ct-iifi'u Syrup will relieve and cure -\f this disease at once. You can always i V* % depend on this marvelous remedy; it E . ! ' never fails to cure. For whoopingcough and meaale-oough it ih the best remedy in thejagd. Children like it. t Dr-BolTs i Ofliiorh Svnin I i^ai wjmmm|# Will cure Croup without fail. Dn?"?s arc *ni?ll awl plcnannt to tnke. Doctor* rfcrtminrnd it. Price ?< cents, M nil druggist*. I I LANCASTER ENTERPRISE Published Every Wednesday and Saturday UY Tbtt Enterprise- Hublishic;1, Company - A. J. CLARK Kdltnr, One Year $ 1.00 , Six Months 50 cts Three Months 25 ct? Id Advance. Wcd"fw<lny* M"r<l1 BILLION ANl) A HALF j '"* rONGRKSS. I Extravagance of the Last Congress Greatly Outdone. - v, % Washington, March 5.? The official statement of Represent* ,li ' tive Joseph G. Oannnn, of Illinois, the chairman of the house appro* '* rnations committee, summing up ; appropriations of the Fiftv^ , fth congress, shows an aggregate iro ' ^>propriation hy the entire conV, Egress of $l,5(?(},S00,0l(i, an'd for the . the tension jnst. closed a total of , ?>$673,658,400, with authority for future appropriations amounting "to $70,000,000. Chairman (JanT.non's statement in full follows: %. doQa"The appropriations made at thr |e session of congress just closed ta.. a nr. mint approximately to $073,and (358,400, and show an apparent abolireduetion of $210,570,000 under mil"* ie appropriations made at. the try j, receding session. This is attrihCi table to the large expenses oi'? otheh^j^ioned by the war with Spain l^uOTtit nruro nrnviiluil fnr Hnrimr Ilia I - it al I - * '? thh... 'ceding session, tbrfc Ijny'otf10 ntire appropriations made atry |l9thdter\'fty.fifth congress aggrethe per teresteQG,890,01(5.28. Of this in ft-tt. their pt&(>2,<)#fl.47 iff> directly jr?i penary air a iinato our late-war.with liojv.^in yje ciden^ thereto. De^ntaty.30 ",,R charge from the bMalD,ount ?* l'le aPProPr,ja" / a c, the remainder, $1.084,327,ople ^1, represents the ordinary or x wcv al appropriations made by be possi by i^ifty-fifth congress. i*rohibi Blhe appropriations made by having ?? preceding Congress, the 54th, frompullo,,nt to M .044,580,273.87. A ifmparisou sliows an increase in ; much e;1', . , , . 'dioary appropriations made by | force a ,j8 (Jongross over those made by state, pr t<fc Congress, the 54th, of $30,if sdjoini iViOO; but this apparent in liquor \ heii e ,rt mor(* than accounted for eounfiJL irrncreapoa ""dor oiglit items' '' namely, for peiisioftH $ !. noufh (jhzoiiL.i for postal service r?d wyh Aouth O;K ivers and oar i?T?o#7V^t wi'iudirK ? [ k under con imi JiqUor J /^prBviouBi3tt?mniinori*pa -t>-V 2 t? -M^O; f?r ne^ ship* tor the As a I r^Vy ?0,000.000; for beginnig the ?indeedyork of the twelfth census, $1,tionist ir00,000; for the Paris Exposition, every a<Jjl *200,000; for new public build* pensary a1*9' including the building of the , epartment of justice, and for e *"?">* ?te and partial construction of ?^w (Government printing office, ,jiif $5,000,000, and for payment udgments ' rendered against government on account of ich spoliation and under the /man Act, $3,100,000. These v natural and necessary in .4ses in public?xpenditures, on c-nt of the p&nsion list^jie f S?ir ' In addition to the direct ap propriations made at this action contracts were authorized, subject to future appropriations in lie made hv congress, a mount ins.' to about $70,000,000. Of this amount $44,000,000 is for additional sbioa for the navy, $22,500,000 i* for work on rivers and harbors, and something over $.5,000,000 is tor public buildings The contract system is of necessity applied to the construction of new war shins which require periods of years for their construction. In the case of river and harbor improvements and the construction of public buildings experience has shown that the authorization of contracts tends materially toexpediate and cheapen the same." Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, the ranking Democratic member of the House appropriations com mittee, made the following state nient, giving the Democratic view: "The congress easily surpasses ail its predecessors in the stupeu dons aggregate of its appropria tions. it whh thought that the r?i^t congress, commonly known as 'the bullion dollar congress,' had ?in p<?int. of extravagance ef ap propriations?touched a limit which would not bo reached, or at least surpassed bv any ot its successors. " This congress, however, has far exceeded the appalling total of appropriations then made, and it will be remembered that the 'bullion dollar congress' was followed by overwhelming disaster to the Republican party at the ensuing election. "Confronted with a war with Spain, requiring the imposition of additional taxation, it is oh vious that rigid economy should have been applied in all other directions to the expenditure of public money. The people wen* willing to meet all the demands upon the nationa^treasury made necessary bv the Spanish war, tint it is fair to presume that they expected their representatives, in yiew of the cheerful disposition manifested to meet these added burdens, to limit the ordinary appropriations to the necessities of a wise and economical administration. "These expectations have not been realized. The result is an actual deficiency in current revenues amounting, on the first of this month, to $90.100,554.50. This deficiency, as shown by a recent conservative estimate bv Chair man Cannon, of the appropriation committee, will probablv reach $150,000,000 on the 30th of dune next. "It is impossible to estimate with absolute accuracy the treasury deficiency for the coming fiscal year. The secretary of the I ranui J, III Il|-J annual report, mailt* in 1 >? ? <*ml?i-r last, estimated it at about 1,000,000; t>ut It in now apparent that it will not bo lean ttian $ 100,000,000. It is al most certain, therefore, that the government will he compelled during the calendar year 1900 to face an actual treasury deficiency. The $102,000,000of income arising from the sale of bonds under this administration and that of I'rosident Cleveland will then have been exhausted, and the treasury will pass from fhe condition of a borrowed surplus to an actual deficit. Such a condition must be met, either by increaaed taxation orpy the inane of treasury Dm'I Tobayo Spit nikI Smoke luarfje Amnj. To quit co on.?-tly mid fort^^^lio maj nolle, and No TO 11*0, u.-it men "J response to the demands of commerce, the improvement of the great waterways of the country, andf/or increases of the navy, the constructions of needed buildings to accommodate the government service in the cities of the country, the taking of the census, the paitf ipatinn of the nation in the great exposition to be held at Paris next year, and the payment of the French spolition judgment* ancj Bowman Act. cases so long considered by and pressed upon congress, aggregate $39,000,000 ? more than dissipating the entire apparent increase in the ordinary appropriations by this congress over those made by the 54tl> eon irrPKS. certificates, or by an additional bond issue. "Notwithstanding this deplorable treasury situation, which hat been called over and over again to the attention of congress and the country, appropriations hav# been made which in many casei have not been warranted by th? interests of the public service, 01 which, if proper in themselves should have b? en postponed un til the national income should h? amp e to meet all its liabilitief without the necessity of bond issues. "Tli.i Hnnrnnpiutinno ?t' I original billion-dollar congre?i amounted to $1,035,680,109.94 The appropriations *?f tlie c??o I gress just ended reach the mi' h tv aggregate of $1,560,800,016 28 If ir fair to deduct from thin lota $482,562,086.47, made necessan to meet the' liabilities of th? I Spanish war. So if we dednc ! fr )tn the grand total the liahili I ties in account, of the war witl I Spain it appears that the appro priations for the ordinary expen s^' "f the government are $1,084. 627,962 81. The appropriations ol th" congress just ended to mee the ordinary governmental ex penses exceed those of the pro ceding 54th congress by $69,747, 658.94. Not only this, but the coii tract liabilities authorized by th< congress just expired f??r nev ships and their armament, pub lie buildings, rivers and harbor and miscellaneous items amoun to $70,602,524. If, therefore, ti the ordinary appropriations i added the li: uilities on accoun of these auth vized contracts, w< ascertain that the unnrnnpifitinn I ----- Y "rt.'rr" *" jsnd contract liabilities amount t< the tremendous total r>F $1,154, 930.456.81^ "These increased appropriation I have gone for French npo'iatioi j claims, public buildings, rivers , harbors, Iicwmau act claims anc hundreds of other nrojects, poiih 1 nvritorioua. but many of then not entitled to recognition bv th ; national government. In near!; every branch of the civil servici , of the government there has heel an increase of appropriations. "The time has come to reforu the scale of national expenditures The reckless improvidence of th outgoing congress will at leas serve the good purpose of arous iog the people and causing then to send representatives to th< National Capital who will reduc the burdens imposed by riot.ou appropriations." A llill to Extend Free Deliver; of Mail Along Star Routes. In the House of Represents tives, January 25, 1899. The J Wm. Stokes introduced the fol lowing bill; which was rferred t thu committee on the 1'ostollie and l'ost-roads and ordered to b printed Be it enacted by the {Senate an House of Kepresentatives of th United States ot America in Con gress assembled, That all con tracts for crrying mail on sta routes made after the passage o this Act shall include the depusi in the proper boxes placed on th 1 line of the routes for this purpose without charge to the addressees I any mail matter that may bo in trusted to the carrier for such die tributton by any postmaster 01 the route. Section 2. That it shall be th duty of the said carriers so con trading, in addition to the dull.* imposed by section six huiulrei , anu oiginy-seven ot the posts i lawn, to take up such mail matte .as may be deposited in said boxe I and deposit same for mailing a ' the next post-ollice on his rout without additional compensatioi Sec. 3. That it shall he th duty of each postmaster, upon written ordor from any perso living on or near an estahlishe star route which comes within th provisions of section one of thi Act, to deliver the proper ma , carrier for that route any ma Beauty la llloofl Deep. / Clean blood means a clean akin. U beauty without il. ( ascareta, Candy Catha 1 tic elean your blood and keep it clean, t .stirring up the lazy liver and driving nlf it uuirities irom the body. llegin to-day * Ttanish pimples, boils, blotches, blackhead . tfnd that sickly bilious complexion by takii beautv for ten cent*. All dru -l?eauty fortW.'"" <ruarante?d#^0c#T6c,tS0c. fc I matter, with instructions as to the v proper mail box at which said f * mail matter shall be deposited. | ? Sec. 4 That any person desir- . i ing his mail deposited along the * I line of any star route within the k terms of section oue of this Act i shall erect a box, as convenient 1 ? as practicable on the roadside, r and file with the nearest postmas- " , ter on each side of the box a re- ( - quest in writing for the delivery i * of his mail to the proper carrier ? for deposit, in said mail box. j 1 Sec. 2. That all mail boxes j aloi-g such star routes shall be j i numbered consecutively, begin- rj ? ning from the initial point of the . star route. t ADMIRAL'S FLAG AT LAST * i AFLOAT. ( J Dewey Hoisted It on the Olympia . * and it is Saluted. j \f i. a a ?> n? i * ATI ci 11 * a % m cl l V/ II T. ?/lUlIUIrtl VJCUl " Dewey raised his llag as an admiral on hoard the Olympia this f morning and was saluted by the t irnns of the fort, foreign warships, the British cruiser Narcissus and . ttie German cruiser Kaiserin Augusta, and hy the American e ships in port. The United States cruiser Balr timore arrived here at 4 p. in., to* day with two of the civil tnemhereof the Fhilippine commission, f Urof. J. G Schurman president of e (Cornell university and Urof. Dean " 0. Worcester, of the University . of Michigan. Some of the wives of officers * have heen allowed to land from the United States transport MorI gan City, hut they have heen n| ordered to return on board that J " | steamer by 5 o'clock this afterp ^ noon. p The United States cruiser Char- ' " lost(?n has arrived hero from Api! i,arri- i FIRED ON TilK ISKNNIXUTON. p t Manila, March 4, 6:05 p. m.? i. The rebels in the village of San ?| Jose fired on the United States ^ i gunboat Bennington today and s the warship shelled that place and other suburbs of Malabon this afternoon. ^ The United States transports Senator and Ohio have arrived ! here with reinforcements of I troops. |. ENEMY'S LOSS HEAVY. I <? Manila, March 4, 11:55 a. m.? ?]At daylight (Sen. Whenton's out e , posts discovered a large force of rebels attempting to cross the ^ river for the purpose of reinlorci. ing the enemy at tiuadaloupe and - the gunboat advanced under a ' heavy fire and poured shot into 1 t the jungle on both sides of the , e river aim sneueu me enemy 8 b position at Guadaloupe, effectual' lv but temporarily scattering the i- rebels. The enemy's loss was 1 11 heavy. Private John 1'. Oiz, of battery ' p 1 . " i Third artillery, was killed. s , On board the gunboat Privates 11 in. Wheeler, company L, andj "r Louis Harriet), of company (i, Cals ifofnia regiment, were wounded. * DKWKY CADI.KS THANKS, e , Washington. March 4 ?Ade miral Dewey today cabled Secrea tarv Long as follows : n d Manila, March 4. e 1'lease accept for yourself, the is president and congress and my il countrymen my heartfelt thanks " for the great honor which hafe ~ been conferred upon me. ro Dewey. ,y RKINFORCKMKNTH ARRIVE. ? Washington, March 4.?The i?. J ?> 'i for Fifty OmU. C* OutrtntAed tobacco habit cart, ntkw *Mb HMD atrom , blood pur*. Mt.H- All InfiMS - X ^ / / /.fx/-' / var department has received the ollowing cablegram announcing A he arrival at Manila ot' six com>anies of reinforcements for the irrny in the Philippines : Manila, March 4. \djutant General, Washington : The transport Senator has just irrived, troops in good health. ( ^ )ne casualty, accidental drownng. Otis. * The senator carried companies B, C, D, H, and K, of the 22d ' nfantry, and mailed from San ' <Yancisco on the first of February. Phe balance of this regiment will ,(A toon arrive at Manila 011 the V. ransport Ohio which followed the Senator. OTIS CALLS THIS MORNING. Manila, March 5, 10:15 a. m.? ieneral Otis accompanied by his ^ lides, Capt. Murray and Lieut. 3lade, this morning paid a forual visit to the civil members of he United States I'hilippiue commission who arrived here yesterlay from Hong Kong on board he Crusier Baltimore. A house on the Ermite water "ront has been prepared for the esidenee of the commission. Col. tt| Charles Denby, the only one of he commissioners who has not IMBm *rrived yet, is expected by th^^Ffl next steamer from Hong Kong. ^HHjH The vessel which arrived herjm^^| yesterday and was reported as the transport Ohio turns out to L>? the gunboat Manila*. The error t was caused by a dense fog. The J troops brought by the transport 4U Senator are still on board that S ressel. A permanent cable has been established between Manila nnd Cavite. LAWTON AT SINQAPORE. Washington, March 4.?T$le following cable was received at the war department today: Singapore, March 4. Arrived tonight. Stopped six boors for coal. No serious illness. Favorable conditions still. I'robnblv reach Manila early morning :>f 10th. Have so informed Ulis. Law ton The grant has aboard all of the Seventeenth infantry and four companies of the Fourth infantry. f To Cure Cuinllpiitlun forever. Take <'.isiun;l.i Ciiiulv Cutlmrilc. lOcorSkV .I C. C. C, full lu cure. (Iriik'ifiNtM refund money. As County Trade Agent A \?\ji the Farmers' Alliance andl/E*' State Kxchange, we havw MOW^f \ ^ KRS, RAKES-and HA It ROWSI J of all kinds, made bv the Osborne! Uo., of Auburn, N. Y. We cjm save you money on these things. Come and examine our samples before \ on buy. J. F. NISBET, Agent. iT/iminn nn ninnn a nnn iWlllft ur UIMIHMUBi. I, ( NOTICE ia hereby gtven that I, as f ' Guardian of Stella K. Ilagins, have * . this Oth day of March 1899, made final j sett lenient with the Judge of Probate | of this County and have tiled roy final > \ 1 return, and will apply to the Judge of } f\ Probate of thin county in his office atr' Lancaster, S. c., on the 5th day oil I April next, at 1*2 o'clock to grant roe A | final discharge and relense of liabilltjl * as such Guardian. \ G. L. Moni.ay, | )UT March Oth. IS'.i'.i. Guardian. 1 . ?L ! ITS/ Citation. (T/ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA., [i COUNTY OK LANCANTKR I IN COURT OF PROBATE. \ liij Chas. J). Jones, Esq., Judge of Probate. ^ WHEHKAS. W. T Gregory has made suit I W to mo to grant him I.ottcrn of AonilO S iHtratlouon the Estate of and fffeots of ?/ j. Gregory, deceased. Slr^and f*. Creditors of the seld If. J. Gregory, de- \ ceased, that thoy be and appear before me. In P the Court of Probate, to be held at Lancaster on f Hfc 7TH OP MARCH. k i. A next after, publication thereof, at It o'olook in Jm the forenoon. to shew cause, If any they JKA have, why the said Administration should not Jf J be granted. ^Kkr GIVEN under my Hand and seal J^lg { l?.n. ^ ^thls SOth day of Feb., Anno Domini, CHAf. D, JONES. ? Judge Of Probate. ?J kmnftfiSkOHwrM, ' ^ f| ??s!f mtewsfeja.'sss g 'V