Gilpin observer., 1899-07-06


The War Department has not vet
placed a limit upon the number Of men
to be recruited for the Philippines. Sec
that the recruiting officers we're
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 it was the purpose of the
department to furnish General Otis
soldiers not only to take the place Of
those 1ncapacitated by sickness and
wounds and those killed in the harrass-
ing sorties of the Filipinos during the
rainy season. but also to furnish gnrri-
| sons and police for the cities AMI
towns occupied by the United States.
AT present comparatively small force
VIII be required for this purpose AT
Manila about one regiment is assigned
TO police duty, while at Iloilo and other
places there are a few companies
When active campaigning is resumed
after the close of the rainy season, and
the American army with n fighting
| force or 10000 proceeds against the
f11pinos, their progress should be rap
ID, and hence large reserve force will
be required to garrison the places cap
| tured.
Admiral Schley is again to be pun
ished by the Navy Department. Some
time ago he accepted an invitation for
the Fourth of July Subsequently the
crew of the cruiser Brooklyn, his flag
ship during the Santiago blockade, ar
ranged for n series of games and a
celebration of the anniversary of the
declaration of independence. As a
compliment to the admiral they tend
cred him an invitation to be their
guest of honor ON the occasion. He
explained his previous engagement,
and announced that he would try to
cancel it, He did so, and formally ac-
cepted the invitation. The Brooklyn
is now at the navy yard at New York
and the celebration was to be held
there The arrangements We're known
at the Navy Department, but nothing
was done to interfere until to-day,
when orders We're issued for the Brook
lyn to proceed to Newport and join the
North Atlantic squadron under Ad-
miral Sampson. She will therefore
participate in the maneuvers off that
place on the Fourth. Admiral Schley
Is now free to accept an invitation for
the coming national holiday. 1t is
understood that Senators Wellington
and McComas of Maryland have in
formed the President that in their
opinion the Navy Department officials
who are antagonistic to Admiral
Schley should be prohibited from
using their offices to advance their at
tacks. They are reported to have ex-
pressed-thei views in an emphatic
manner, and to have requested the
President to use his good offices to sup
press the scandal.
DIR. Oscar Loewe. one of the scien-
lists of the Agricultural Department,
has developed to what lie 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. DIR. 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 Mu-
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 is SINH
lar in some respects to the serum treat
ment, but depends on n definite prin-
clple, the basic idea being the presence
of a class of ferments known as en-
zymes, which are produced by the
same bacteria that produce the dis
ease. 1t Is because of the production,
or rather of the Over-production of a
certain engine that diseases such as
they produce will run its course" and
then die out of the system. The bac-
terra In this cnse, II is stated, are SIM
ply killed by the ferment they produce.
The object of the new treatment Is to
produce n 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 incubation for small
poX and other diseases where the OBJ
ject Is to give the patient mild type
of disease to render him immune to
the more vlrulent type.
Mrs. McKinley's Ill health was the sole
cause of the return of the President
and his party to Washington two days
before they had planned to do so. Here
tofore the excitement of travel and
receiving visitors hns 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 later
II was found, however. that instead
Of the New England trip being hene-
fetal, II had the opposite effect dpon
Mrs. Mckinley. and the President and
DR.. Rixey 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 1t has usually been since
she has been in the White House. and
the probable result will be that the
President VIII remain In Washington
practically all summer aud will take
little, II any. vacation. outside of this
city. President McKlnley's projected
| trip to the Pacific coast, which had
| bepn looLp pd forward IN I'm nuticinn finn