Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-08-21
WASHINGTON LEI TER,


week at the head of the war depart
ment are: considered, 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 alb
| sence of the president aud nearly all
the members of the cabinet there has
been a dearth of official news and
Secretary Root has been too busy
posting himself to talk about his
plans. That the yellows should pro-
| ceed to make 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 Sec
rotary 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
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 a
new treatment for consumption from
the United States commercial agent
at Roubaix, France: ga new method
of treating bronchial and pulmonary
diseases has been called to the atten-
ton of the Academy of Medicine by
Dr. Mendel. The treatment is spec
tally recommended for tuberculosis.
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 into contact with the
walls of the tubes and the upper
lungs. The gas that is set free sat
urates the air in the lungs and acts on
the mucous membranes as far as the
the air penetrates. Sixteen with tu-
berculosis and two with bronchitis
have been given this treatment, and
in each case, after one or two weeks,
a lessening or complete cessation of
the cough and expectoration, as we'll
as a return of sleep, appetite and
strength has been noted"
Representative Burke of South Da-
kota, who is in Washington on bust
ness, says his state can be put in the
sure republican column; and speaking
of the general outlook, he said:
"Outside of Colorado, do not believe
there is a single northwestern state
that Mr.. Bryan can carry. 1 consider
that President McKinley's renomiua-
ton and reelection are foregone con-
illusions. The administration is pop
ular in the northwest. Our people
have fallen upon prosperous times
and they are not inclined to turn the
government over to the opposition,
which always promises SO much and
performs so little"
A conference will be held in Wash
ington 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 Meiklejohn, In
spector General Sanger, who will have
immediate supervision of the work,
several representatives of the Census
Bureau and the Cuban supervisors,
recently appointed by Gen. Brooke.
AS has been stated, this census is to
be taken to get at the voting popula-
ton Of Cuba, and soon after its COM
pletioD, municipal elections will be
heldi over there. Although our CEN
sus bureau officials are acting in an
advisory capacity in this matter, the
Cuban census will have no connection
with our census and will be taken
under military supervision.
The following opinion by j. T. Gillip-
sic, an Observant citizen of Massachu-
setts, who has just returned from
trip to Russia, and who is now in
Washington, 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 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, Persia and Turkey as we'll.
The building of the great Siberian
railway is nothing but scheme of
conquest. Russia courts the friend
ship of the United States because she
fears that when the inevitable conflict
between the Slav and the Briton