The Meeker herald., 1899-07-08


they will go into immediate eject. All
applications for such rights now on file
Wiu, according to the ruling, have to te
withdrawn and made to conforD 10
the requirements OF the new rexula-
lions. The rules were issued owing 10
the abuses Of the former system Of res
ervoir site entries, many Of, those who
wished to locate homes being excluded
BY monopolizers of public lands. Sev-
eral hundred tracts in the same local
ty in Kansas were found to have been
located by the same man as reservoir
sites. Eight thousand locations were
made within a small area in Nebraska.
According to the new regulations the
right of these sites will be limited 10
those engaged in grazing. breeding and
handling stock. and will not be al
lowed to exceed actual necessity in
each case. II the site Is fenced In or
used for any other purpose the right
to n will be declared void.
The War Department has not ycl
placed limit upon the number Jf men
to be recruited for the Philippines. Se,e
retary Alger said this evening
that the recruiting officers wcte
instructed to make enlistments until
the department ordered to the con
trary. He would not say when the re-
cruiting would stop. He announced.
however, that 1t was the purpose Of the
department to furnish General OTIS
soldiers not only to take the place Of
those incapacitated by sickness and
| wounds and those killed in the harrass
ing sorties OF the Filipinos during she
rainy season. but also to furnish garri-
sons and police for the cities anil
towns occupied by the United States.
At present 4 comparatively small force
will be required for this purpose Al
| Manila about one regiment is assigned
| to police duty. while at Iloilo and other
places there are n few companies.
When active campaigning is resumed
after the close of the rainy season, and
| the American army with q fighting
force of 10000 proceeds against the
Filipinos. their progress should be rap
| Id, and hence a large reserve force will
be required to garrison the places cap
tured.
DR.. Oscar Loewe. one OF the scien-
tlsts OF the Agricultural Department,
has developed to what he believes is
point of practical use, new treat
ment for germ diseases which prom
ises to supersede the serum treatment
now In use In diphtheria, fevers and
many other diseases. DR.. Loewe's
work has been carried ON for several
years in collaboration with DIR. r. En-
merich. The experiments have been
conducted In the Laboratories Of Aiu-
mich 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 IL simi-
lar in some respects to the serum treat
ment, but depends on q definite prin-
ciple. the basic idea being the presence
Of 4 class Of ferments known rs en-
zymes, which are produced by the
same bacteria that produce tie dis
ease. 1t is because of the production,
or rather of the over-production Of 4
certain engine that diseases such as
they produce will run Its course" and
| then die out of the system. The bac-
| terra in this case. II Is stated, are sim
ply killed by the ferment they produce.
The object of the new treatment 10 to
produce q 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 inoculation for small
pox and other diseases where the OBJ
ject IL to give the patient a mild type
Of disease to render him immune to
the more virulent type.
Mrs. McKinley's i'll health was thesole
cause of the return of the President
and his party to Washington two days
before they had planned to do 80. Here
tofore the excitement Of travel and
receiving visitors has been beneficial to
Mrs. Mckinley and distinct improve
ment IN her physical condition has
been noticeable when she has been
! away with the President Largely for
this reason the President went to New
England and arranged western trips,
which he had expected to take lafey,
1t was found. however. that instead
Of the New England trip being bsne-
fetal, 1t had the opposite effect upon
Mrs. Mckinley. and the President and
DR.. Rixey decided 1t 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 1t 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, II any. vacation, outside of this
city. President McKinley'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 McKinley's
condition is attributed partly to 4
cold which she contracted just before
leaving Washington. She IL never
strong and this cold seemed to weaken
her to such an extent as to make II
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-
bic that she and the President, II they
do not leave the city again for any
long stay, will take occasional outings
| on tho Rofounao 4hn =