Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-06
.ASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS,

tiohc ilcHHacltntcl by SICKNESS ana
wounds and those killed In the harrnss-
/ Ing sortics of the Filipinos during she
rainy season. but also to furnish gnrrl.
sons and police for the cities AMI
towns occupied by the United States.
AT present comparatively small force
VIII be required for this purpose. AZ
Manila about one regiment Is assigned
to police duty, while at Iloilo and other
places there are II few companies.
When active campaigning Is resumed
| after the close OF the rainy season. and
the American army with fighting
force OF 10000 proceeds against the
Filipinos, their progress should be rap
Ill, and hence II large reserve force will
he required to garrison the places cap
tured.
Admiral Schley Is again to be pun
ished by the Navy Department. Some
time ago he accepted an invitation for
the Fourth of July. Subsequently the
crew Of the cruiser Brooklyn, his flag.
ship during the Santiago blockade. ar
| ranged for Il series of games and
| celebration OF the anniversary of the
declaration OF independence. As u
compliment TO the admiral they tend
cred him an Invitation 10 he their
| guest of honor on the occasion. He
explained his previous engagement
and announced that he would try to
| cancel 1t. He did so. and formally ac-
| cepted the Invitation. The Brooklyn
is now ut the navy yard at New York
and the celebration was to he held
there. The arrangements We're known
mt the Navy Department. but nothing
was done to Interfere until to-day.
when orders We're issued for the Brook
lyn to proceed to Newport and join the
| North Atlantic squadron under Ad-
| miral Sampson. She Will therefore
participate In the maneuvers Off that
place on the Fourth. Admiral Schley
! * now free to accept an invitation for
the coming national holiday. 1t is
4, understood that Senators Wellington
and McComas of Maryland have in
| formed the President that in their
opinion the Navy Department officials
who nre antagonistic TO Admiral
Schley should he prohibited from
using their offices to advance their at
tacks. They are reported to have en-
pressed their views In an emphatic
manner. and to have requested the
President to Use his good offices to sup
press the scandal.
DIR. Oscar Loewe. one of the scien-
tists of the Agricultural Department,
has developed to what he believes Is
II point of practical use. new treat
ment for germ diseases which prom
| lStS 10 SuUtTStut tHe StTuul tEtutLucHt
now in use In diphtheria. fcvers and
many other diseases. DR.. Loewe's
work has been carried OH for several
years in collaboration with DR.. X. En-
merlcll. The experiments have been
conducted in the laboratories Of Mu-
nich and this country. The results
never have been published In full, but
have been such as to warrant intro
ducing the treatment into actual hos
pital practice. The treatment is SINH
| lar in some respects to the serum treat
ment. but depends on n definite prln
clple, the basic idea being the presence
OF class of ferments known as en-
Zymes. which are produced by the
same bacteria that produce the dis
ease. 1t is because of the production,
or rather of the Over-production of n
! certain engine that diseases such as
they produce will run It's course" and
then die out of the system. The bnc-
terin in this case. it is stated. are sim
ply killed by the ferment they produce.
The object of the new treatment is to
| produce a pure engine, which. intro
| duced into the human system, will kill
the disease germs without injuring the
patient. In this lies the difference from
the principle of incubation for small
| poX and other diseases where the OBJ
ject is to give the patient mild type
of disease to render him immune to
the more virulent type.
Mrs. McKinley's i'll health was the sole
cause of the return of the President
and his party to Washington two days
before they had planned to do so. Here
tofore the excitement of travel and
receiving visitors has been beneficial to
Mrs. Mckinley and distinct improve
ment In her physical condition has
Al.
away with the President. Largely for
this reason the President went to New
England and arranged western trips,
which he had expected to take later
| IT was found. however. that instead
of the New England trip being benc-
fetal, 1t had the opposite effect Lpon
Mrs. Mckinley, and the President and
DR.. RiXey decided it would be better
to bring her back to Washington with
out delay. The state of Mrs. McKin-
ley's health at this time is decidedly
worse than it has usually been since
she has been in the White House. and
the probable result will be that the
President will remain in Washington
practically all summer and will take
little, If any. vacation. outside Of this
city. President McIlinley's projected
trip to the Pacific coast. which had
been looked forward to in anticipation
of enjoyment for himself and improve
ment in Mrs McKinley's condition,
has been indefinitely abandoned. The
unfavorable turn in Mrs. McKinleys
condition is attributed partly to II
cold which she contracted just before
I, leaving Washington. She is never
strong and this cold seemed to wenken
her to such an extent as to make 1t
| advisable to avoid the eXertion which
would have been necessary had she
remained away as long as had been
intended. 1t is not expected that Mrs.
Mckinley will have to stay In the
house. She will be able to drive about
the city as heretofore, and 1t is proba-
BILE that she and the President If they
do not leave the city again for any
| ,o,,r ctoy will take Occn SiOnnl outings