The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-08-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ON our Regular Correspondent.


plans have been manufactured for hi n
| 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 nearly 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 yeilOWs
! should proceed to make a few plans for
! him was as natural as that water will
run down hill, and the only surprising
thing Was that they did not make them
more sensational. At the proper time
/ Secretary Roots official acts will show
/ the country his intentions.
The consular agents Of the I. s. are
/ not only expected 10 keep Us posted on
! trade conditions IN the countries to
which they are accredited, but also
| upon everything in the line of progress
! in every branch of human activity.
| The Department of State has received
/ the following concerning new treat
meut for consumption, from the |. :,
! commercial agent, at ROubaiX, France:
A new method of treating bronchial
and pulmonary diseases, has been called
F., ~ the attention of the Academy of
| Medicine, by DR.. Mendel. 1t consists
| Of injecting daily into the bronchial
| tubes essence of eucalyptus, thyme and
| cinnamon, held in solution in olive oil.
/ The oil in descending slowly comes in
/ to contact with the walls of 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
lar a. the air peuetrates. Sixteen tu
/ DercuIoss and two with bronchitis have
/ been given this treatment, and in each
| case, alter one or two weeks, a lessen
| ing or complete cessation of the cough
and expectoratlon, as well as return
/ of sleep, appetite and strength has been
| noted"
Representative Burke. OF South Da-
| kota, who is in Washington on business,
says his state can be put in the sure
t'tA''ilNbii NDlt44AL' anu VI lllt
/ general outlook, he SAID: "Outside of
j Colorado, DO not believe there is
/ single northwestern state that Mr.. Brv-
an can carry. / consider that Preoi-
dent Mcklnley's denomination and
reelection are toregOne conclusions
The administration Is popular in TIE
t northwest. our people have fallen up
! on prosperous times, and they are not
/ inclined to turn the government over
/ to the opposition, which always prom
lses 50 much and perform SO little"
\ conference will be held in WASH
ingtou this week which viii probably
result il an immediate start being made
in the taking Of the census Of Cuba
! Those who viii participate in the con
ference will be Secretary Root, Assist
ant Secretary MeihIejohn, Inspector
General Sanger, who will have immed-
late supervision of the work, several
| Representatives Of the Census Bureau,
and the Cuban Supervisors, recently ap-
pointed by General Brooke. AS has
to get at the voting population of Cuba,
and soon after its completion, municipal
/ elections will be held oyer there. Al
though our Census Bureau officials are
acting i'll an advisory capacity III this
| matter, the Cuban census will have no
connection with our census, and Will be
taken under military supervision.
The following opinion. by Mr.. J. T.
Gillispie, an observant citizen of Mas
| sachusetts, who has Just returned from
a trip 10 Russia, and who is now in
Washington, is both interesting and
pertinent: with all her protested
not tolerate American missionaries
within her borders. Russia is pre-em-
inently selfish in all her aims. and her
ambitions are far more stupendous 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, Turkey aud Persia as we'll
The building of the great Siberian rail-
way Is nothing but a scheme Of con
quest Russia courts the friendship of
the United States. because she fears
that when the inevitable conflict be-
tween the Slaw and the Briton comes
on, the [ nIted States NAV 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 vii,
push us aside in the Orient. Just as
ruthlessiy as they viii John Bull. They
bide their time, being a patient and
cunning race, but in the meantime it
eu;;s them 10 appear 10 he our friends. :"