Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-08-12
DOINGS AT WASHINGTON.
New Treatment for Consumption
Conference to be Held In WASH
ington This Week Russia's
Selfishness.


{From Our Regular Corresponding.
Washington, August 7, 1899. When
the circumsi ances under which Secre-
tary Root passed his first week at
the head Of the War Department are con-
sidered, one wonders that so few plans
have been manufactured for him by the
correspondents of the yellow journals,
which insist upon printing Washington
news whether there is any or not. Owing
TO the absence of the President and near
" all the members of the Cabinet. there
has been dearth of official news, and
Secretary Root has been too busy posting
himself to talk about his plans That the
yellow journals should proceed to make
a few plans for him was as natural as
that wafer will run down hill, and the
only surprising thing was that they did
not make them more sensational. Atthe
proper time, Secretary Roots official acts
will show the country his intentions
The consular agents OF the United
States are not only expected to keep US
posted on trade conditions in the coun-
tries to which they are accredited, but
also upon everything in the line OF pro-
press in every branch of human activity.
The Department of State has received tile
following concerning new treatment for
consumption. from the u. S. Commercial
Agent, at Roubaix, France: "A new
method of treating bronchial and pulmon-
arv diseases, has been called to the atten-
lion of the Academy of Medicine, by DR..
Mendel. The treatment is specially rec
4 e. l.
of injecting daily into the bronchial tubes
essence of eucalyptus, thyme and CHINA
mon. held in solution in olive oil. The
oil in descending slowly comes into con-
tact with the walls o. the tubes and the
upper lungs. The gas that is set free
saturates the air in the lungs and acts on
the mucous membranes as far as the air
penetrates. Sixteen tuberculosis and two
with bronchitis have beer given this treat
ment, and in each case, after one or two
weeks, a lessening or complete cessation
of the cough and expectoration, as well
as a return of sleep, appetite and strength
has been noted.
Representative Burke, of South Dako-
ia, who is in Washington on business,
says his state can be put in the sure Re-
publican column. And speaking of the
general outlook, he said "Outside of
Colorado | do not believe there is a sim
gle northwestern state that Mr.. Bryan
can carry. consider that President Nc
Kinley's denomination and reelection
are foregone conclusions. The admins
tration is popular in the northwest. Our
people have fallen upon prosperous times,
a., ir~ltnad n ft1r the
eminent over to the opposition, which
always promis IS SO much and performs
so little.
A conference will be held in Washing
ton this week which will probably result
in an immediate start being made in the
taking of the census Of Cuba. Those
who will participate in the conference will
be Secretary Root, Assistant Secretary
Melkejohn and Inspector General Sanger.
who W have immediate supervision OF
the work several representatives OF the
Census B lreau, and the Cuban Supervis-
ors, recently appointed by General Brooke.
AS has been stated, this census is to be
taken to get at the voting population OF
Cuba, and soon after its completion, mu-
nicipal elections will be held over there.
Although our Census Bureau officials are
acting in an advisory capacity in this mat
ter, the Cuban census will have no con-
nection with our census, and will be TAX
en- under military supervision.
The following opinion, by MIR. j. /.
Gillispie, an observant citizen of Massa-
chusetts, who has just returned from a
trip to Russia, and who is now in Wash
ington, is both interesting and pertinent:
with all her professed friendship for the
United States, Russia does not tolerate
American missionaries within her borders.
Russia is pre-eminently selfish in all her
aims, and her ambitions are far more STU
pendous than people in this country have
any idea Of She dreams of the time when
she will dominate not only the whole OF
China. but India, Persia, and Turkey as
well. The building of the great Siberian
railroad is nothing but scheme OF con-
quest. Russia courts the friendship of
the United States, because she fears that
when the inevitable conflict between the
Slav and the Briton comes on. the United
States may side with the mother country.
Down in their hearts the Russians care no
more for us than they do for the English.
and whenever they think the hour is ripe,
they will push us aside in the Orient, just
as ruthlessly as they will John Bull. They
bide their time. being patient and cum
ming race, but in the meantime it suits
them to appear to be our friends"