The Lamar register., 1899-07-05
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

VIII hc'pfuing 70 tt;S ruling. have to tsn
Withdrawn aud made to conform to
me requirements OF the new regyIa.
tions. The rules were issued oyviny -
the abuses Of the former system m rs.s,
srvoir site entries, many OF those who
wished to locate homes being excluded
by moDopoltxers of public lands, Sev
ernl hundred tracts in the same Iof.alI
~ IN Kansas We're found 20 have heeu
located by the same man as reserynir
sites. Eight thousand lOcatians were
made within small arra in Nebraska.
According TO the new regulations the
right Of these sites will he limited 10
those engaged In grading breeding and
handling stock, aud will not be al.
lowed 20 eSCced actual necessity In
each case. II the site IL fenced in cr
used for any other purpose the right
TO IL viii te declared void.
The War Department has not yc,
placed \ iimIt upon the number II rner,
to 10 recruited for the Philippines. See.
rotary AigcT said this evening
that the recruiting officers were
instructed tp make enlistments until
the department ordered TO the con
trary. He would not say when the ~
cruitlnE would stop He announced.
however that il was the purpose Of the
department TO furnish General Otis
soldiers not only to take the place Of
those tBcuparitatei by sickness aud
wounds and thDs.. killed In the harTasS-
Ing sortlss Of the Fiiipiuos dnriag :he
rainy season. bus also TO furnish garrs-
sons and pUlicc for tho cities AMI
towns occupied by the United States
NJ pr''-ssut a comparatively small for,'c
viii b. required for this purpose. ~
Manila about one regiment Is assigned
70 Ws
pisfs-~ theFr are few companies
When active campaigning Is pzume.l
after the close of the rainy season. and
the American army with fighting
fnTcr Of $4,000 proceeds against the
ftiiriuGs, their progress should he rap
II. and heIfce q large reserve force VIII
h. required 10 garrison the places cap
turci
DR. Oscar LScwe one OF the srien.
fIsts OF the Agricultural Department,
has developed to what he believes Is
q point Of practical usn. new treat
meat for germ diseases which prom
lsss 30 superSedc the serum treatment
now 10 use In diphthcriu. fevers and
many uiHaF diseases nr. Locwe's
work has been carried on for several
years Ia collaboration with Dr. It En-
merich The experiments have been
ENNsAutAFNk III Inv AaAuNlttNEENA AA nv
nsch and this country The results
never have b.-cn published in full. bu;
have been such as 10 warrant intro
durins ID" treatment lnto actual hos
pltal practice. The treatment Is simL
tar Ia sotuc rcspects To the serum treat
ulsut. hut depends on 4 definite prin-
Clple. the basic idea being the presence
0f a class 81 Irr1uents known ns en-
Eyunrs. which are produced by the
same bacteria that produce the dis
case. II Is because Of the production.
or rather Of the ver-prDduction OF n
certain engine that diseases such as
they produce viii run its course" and
then die out % the system The bac-
terra In this case. q i stated. are sim
ply killed by the fermcnt they produce.
THE object OF the new treatment is 10
produce a pure euEyms. which. intro
ducsd into the human system. Will kill
the disease germs without iuIuring the
patieut. In this lies the difference from
the principle Of inocuiation for small.
pox and other diseases where the oh
beet Is To give the patient a mild type
Of disease to render him immune 10
the more yirulent type.
Mrs. McKinley's III health was the sole
cause Of the return Of the President
and bis party TO Washington two days
before they Ind planned TO do so. Here
toforp the excitement OF travel and
receiving visitors has been beneficial to
Mrs Mckinley and distinct improve
nent in her physical condition has
been noticeable when she has been
away with the President Largely for
this reason the President went 10 New
England and arranged western trips,
which be had expected to take later
II was found. however. that instead
OF the New England trip being hsne-
ficIaI. Il bad the opposite effect upon
Mrs. Mckinley. and the President and
DR.. RINey decided II 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 II has usually been since
she has been ia the White House, and
the probable result VIII be that the
President win remain in Washington
practically all summer and win take
little. IL any, vacation, outside of this
city. President McKlnley'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
unfayorabla turn in Mrs. McKinley's
condition is attributed partly to
cold which she contracted just before
leaving Washington. She Is never
strong and this cold seemed to weaken
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