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IP E:DOIR PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. Vol I No. 140. kinston; n : a, Saturday evening, September 17, iso3. Price Two Cents. THE DAILY FR: If IK Explains Responsibility of Medica , Department to the Army. . II Bui It Would Require Superhuman Power . To Keet Expectation of Many' or Hla Critics. Reasons Pointed Out Why the Medical Administration Was Not Wha It Oujht to Have Been. ffi BMBIII , , .Washington, Sept 17. The surgeon general's office of the army today gave out a statement as to the responsibility - of the medical department to the army. which said among other things that it would require superhuman power f to meet the expectation of many of those who hare criticised the surgeon general. . His responsibility is .great but it is impos sible for him personally to administer or supervise the medical administration ol the armies in the field, and for this reason there is a chief surgeon for each military department of each army corps, each di vision and each brigade. These chief surgeons are responsible to commanding generals, bnt the surgeon general has no authority over them , and to hold the Surgeon general responsible for the conduct of 500 or more regiment al surgeons, appointed by governors o states," most of them without previous military experiences, is absurd The statement says the same is trae re garding 600 contract doctors employed. Urgent need of medical assistance made - it impossible to have the boards examine these doctors. Even if all were qualified, they lacked experience, and the surgeon general is not responsible for the neglect or incompetency of subordinate officers, whether regular or volunteer. His duties are to recommend the assignment of med ical officers, and be has direct charge of , the general hospital ships and'medical supply depots. The surgeon general has endeavored to anticipate the wants of the army, and es i tablished branch supply stations? Most orders come by telegraph, and Bometimes there was no means of transportation. The hospital trains are not under his di ' rection, neither are the transports that are engaged to carry the sick or conva lescents.' , . HlahUass. . Washington, rt Sept.. 17, There is prac tically no business at the white house. The president was driven to St. Matthews church, where Cardinal Gibbonssaid ' for the.repose of the soul of the late em press of Austria. It was a most impos- - ing service and was attended b.v themes, ident, members of the cabinet and the ,.. diplomatic corps. Ambassador Cambon returned to the city especially to be pres- : y ent. y ; , : ; $ y ;y . -X Susoecttd Yours Kan ntrpA w w wm va Middleboro, Mass., Sept. 17,-Charles .Bourne, tne young man suspected of com plicity in the death of the murdered Marion Grace Perkins, of Bridgeport, re turned unexpectedly early this morning. He refuses to see callers. A lawyer savs . that an attempt to take him to Bridge port will be hotly resisted. Why Perklas Vest ta Crli;s;srt. Middleboro, Mass., Sept. 17. Frank rerlins went to Bridgeport in response to instructions received from the coroner, who refuses to"ship the body until the coroner questions him further regarding iu;3t.2ca;ion. Fir;t C;in!sh til? ts Ecisr tiew Ycrk. New Tork, Sept. 17. The first fclip fji-3 the Cparish &z that has entared t-'i port arrive! today. It ia tLe Oraa Ixtilla, carry isj ei'sht passer srs and. a rr-i'.l cro. C-l::;:i itzTzz Daily Frs Tlzzs. CITY FIRE FIGHTERS. the Deadly Perils They Kaoouater la Sa- :v;: Ins Hoaum LtTN. A great tenement house was burning like tinder wood in one of the poorest quarters of the metropolis. The stairs had gone tip in smoke before everybody had left the building, and even the fire escape down the outside of the building was cut off by the hot flames from the lower windows, which had already peeled off a part of it A young girl of 14 or 15 was frantically shrieking for help in one of the top windows, and a mother vras wringing her hands in pit! ful despair down in the street. . The -' chief called for volunteers to save the girl, and three men came for ward on the instant, without hesitation and without awaiting to count their chances for success. This is the custom in such cases, for no one would take the responsibility of ordering a fireman to his possible- death. A strong young fellow who had yet to win his spurs was 'selected for the task, and 1 he" disappeared quiokly through the doorway of the ' adjoining building. When, next the crowd saw him he appeared at ; the window just under, the roof, and, grasping, the tin cornice of the burning building next to him, he swung out into the air and made his way, hand over hand, for 80 feet through the dense smoke that rose in black clouds from the lower windows to the sill where the girl was seen. . She bad xalien back into the room unconscious and was . overcome with smoke by the time he reached her. A thousand anxious faces in the street be low were tortured with fear for the hero, a hundred muttered prayers went up for his safety as the fireman disap peared into the black cloud, and a thou sand throats sent up a lusty shout of re lief as he appeared again at the window a moment later with the limp form of the girl in his arms. Harper's Bound Table. XHE CLOTH ESjprt AUTHORS. Bom Stricture Upon the Dress of 3Eng llih literary Mea. . Novelists and playwrights in sample quanti ties are the ; latest class to come under the basilisk eye and measuring tape of The Tailor and Cutter. These members of the sister profession of jour nalism, and perhaps even the severely judged members of parliament who have appeared in a like connection, may be relieved to know that the ..novelists and playwrights scarcely excel them as glasses of fashion and molds of form. By way no doubt of sharpening his pen, the tailor critic begins with I. Zang- wilL whose lounge suit "might have belonged to any period during the last ten years, '' and had even reached the stage of the "shabby genteel." How ever, it is consoling to know that Mr. Zangwill's literary success enables him to wear a frock coat that nearly passes muster, even though the accompanying trousers are too short Mr. Jerome, J. M. Barrie, Henry Ar thur Jones and Hall Oaine might al most be called moderately well dressed in a nonstylish sort of way. At all events they avoid the shuddering solecism of wearing a light coat and waistcoat with dark trousers, attributed to Robert Buchanan, or the mixed styles of W. S. Gilbert But the only two members of the class who unreservedly enjoy the approval of our contemporary are Sir Walter Besant and Clement Scott The former will no doubt be rejoiced to learn that his clothes might cause him to be mistaken for "a prosperous city merchant,"' while Mr. Scott might "easily be mistaken for a prosperous tradesman," says a tailor. The force of flattery could -surely no farther go. London Chronicle. Not Disposed to Delay Ulm. "I would go to the end of the' world for you,'' he exclaimed passionately. "I'm sure I wish you would," she answered coldly, "and then jump oS." Somerville Journal. During the siege of . Paris no fewer than 22,000,000 letters sailed out cf the city in- the 54 balloons dispatched be tween the lth of September, -1870, and tie 2Cih cf January, 1871. CS. Louis has one ch-rch ta ?,00 cf r-: ilea, l?ew Ycrk csa t Z,i:?, ." 0 cr.3 to 2.C31, Ec:t:a era to French Cabinet Decided to Submit Documents to a Commission. Minister of Justice Unable to Decide Upon Questions of Revision Until He Had Taken Opinion of a Special Commission. - Paris, Sept. 17. At a meeting of the cabinet today it was decided to submit the documents in the Dreyfus cane to a commission selected by Minister of Justice Sarrien. 1f ' Minister of WarZurlinden and of Public Works Tillayo left before the council ad journed, which is interpreted es meaning that they do not agree with their col leagues in this matter and intend ' to resign. President Faure presided at the meeting. The minister of justice was unable to decide upon the questions' 'of revision until he had taken the opinion of a special commission. The cabinet therupon au thorized the same. : ' , i It is reported that the war portfolio will be offered to Lebrun. ;. Care of Vessels Out of Commission. V. Washington; Sept. 1 7. The navy de partment, is making arrangements to care tor the vessels which go but of com mission. They will be held in reserve at League Island navy yard. One line offi cer and one engineer will he assigned to each vessel, the principal of which are the cruisers Minneapolis and Columbia, and the ram Katahdin, the dynamite cruiser TeBuyius, the auxiliary craiptrs Yankee, Dixie, Prairie , and Yosemite, and,(th marine transports Badger and Panther. Besides officers there will be a small force Of enlisted men, v ; r v" ' ' - ' n Mi'waiaBja-H -"'V '--.:ms,... Gen. Wheeler for Congress. ' Birmingham, Ala.; Sept. - 17.Demo- cratic primary of the eighth district nom inated Gen.' Wheeler for congress. There was no oppoeitioa. . A Leading Clergyman Dead. Belfast, Ireland, Sept. 17: Rev. John Hall, one of the leading clergy men of New York, died here this morning . , V. ,i ' 'waMaasJSJBMsaaw".ii j 'T iir jOver 3,000 Majority For Eilerbe. Columbia, S. C, Sept. 15.-Practically all returns are iu at last, In the guber natorial contest.' Out of a total vote of 65,297, Governor Ellerbe's majority over eatherstone, Prohibitlonietr has grown to 3,437. .. , Shore Carcoea Shifted. -"Once in awhile we read, '! said Mr. Bozzle, "that the ship So-and-so or the steamer So-and-so has returned to port, or has arrived perhaps with 'a decided list: cargo shifted. Sometimes we see a land craft, a truck,-with cargo shift eda big pile of boxes, towering high. shaken over to one side or the other by continued jolting along on the side of the street on the slope. "A load thus shifted can't be shaken back by running along on the opposite slope of the road. It is like a stick of wood that has been bent and kept bent till the grain is set Whatever yon do with it the crook stays in. ; "If care is exercised in turning cor ners and In navigating generally,' the shifted load can usually be carried to ts destination as it is without upsetting. though it may work harder. The expe rienced truckman knows just what can bo done with it and whether it has shifted as far as it will go, and all that If' it is so badly shifted ts to make the operation of the truck dlUcnlt or dan gerous, he hauls to one tils by tha curb and anchors that is to say,-he halts and unloads the shiftld top courses cf his caro and then reloads and makes everything trim and Bocrcra and sets out aia." New Xork Sun. Tie trrt baby gets its photograph ::n every tirea racnthi , 11 3 'oiber talic3 ara laky to get tlcii3 t-Lcacdce ntlrca years. Hzzhzlz?. an via 'i unw m. Interesting North Carolina Items Condensed Form. It is. discovered by tbv Democrats that a f usion registrar of election in Bertie county is an ex-convict, who was sent to the penitentiary from Moore county. ; David B. Sutton, Gov. Russell's former law partner, who was convicted by a court martial of the second North Caro lina regiment at Tybee Island, Ga., has bren sent to Atlanta, where he will work out his sentence in the For McPhersbn guard house. " 'y Reports from the leaf tobacco markets in this State, thirty-four in number, show sales of 125,000,000 pounds during the 5 ear. There are 87 warehouses and 330 leaf dealers. This State continues to pro due much more than one-half the "bright lea" grown in the United States. ;; Raleigh Cor. Messenger: The Populist secretary of the State committee has at tempted to deny that Republicans had furnished matter for the "hand book," but it is known the Republican State chairman secured "officially", from the counties information as to finances, etc., and that & Republican under official in one of the departments has put in much time preparing it for publication as a chapter in the uandbook. - , ENGLAND'S ULTIMATUM Consented to by the Turks. The Ring leaders of the Riot Delivered to British Admiral. Candia, Island of Crete, Sept. 15. An aide-de-camp of Djevad Pasha boarded the British flagship last evening and an nounced that thirty-nine bouses from which the British troops had been fired upon had been demolished and that 113 of the ring leaders of the disturbances had been arrested. He added that the embassies of the powers at Constanti nople, In deference to tne request 01 toe sultan, had agreed that the prisoners be tried ,by: an international commission. This alleged decision ; of the embassies does not accord with the demands made by . the British admiral, Gerald H. Noel, and will increase tbe difficulty experienced in disarming tbe Mussulmans, as it $n courages them in the belief that tbe sul tan ef Turkey still influences tbe embas sies of the powers at Constantinople, it is doubtful whether Great Britain will consent to include the outrage on her flag with the questions 01 pillage and massa cre of Christians, which are purely inter national questions. ' Later Forty-three of the ringleaders who had been arrested were delivered to the British admiral, and it is considered probable that all the terms of bis ulti matum would be complied with without resistance. 1 - t Making Hay While the Sun Shines. . Durham Herald. Recofimizinflr the fact that in 1900 there would probably be no Populist party, the Populist nominated their national ticket two years in advance. la Xo ihq C'ty Please remember that we deliver goods free' to any part, of K , the city. , , n We are opening ajiew line of Candies. Call and examine j them. ' - " J J- We keep constantly in stock Country Meal, ground by water J ,i power , , J . Respectfully, t MYERS a MIDYETTE. tic Grocerjmeu. 3 r 3-Goods DEMVKRKD Free. ' Rugs.. ORIENTALS,.... 18x40 at 85c. , " ............ .............21x52 at $1.15. ' :. 1 30x64 at $1.85. " ..................... ...,36x72 at $2.75. MOTtEYS,:. 15x36 at 45c " ..i 21x50 at $1.05.' " ;.V.64X30 at $1.75. EMPRESS............. ..18x45 at $1.25. k Grey and White Fur Rugs, $2.50. e o Bit lines MATTING cud C ARPETS now in. d As to the Conditions to be Imposed .On Spain. Judge Day Thinks Spanish Commissioners Will Regard America's Terms as Rea sonable, and That Work of Commission Will Not be Impeded by Any Useless Discussion. New York, Sept. 17. The peace com missioners have boarded tbe Campania, -which will sail this afternoon for Paris. On being questioned Judge Day said: ' I suppose you would like to know ex actly what are the conditions of treaty aud what we think about it, together with our impressions of Paris and the Spanish commissioners, We bad a con ference with the cabinet before we left Washington, and will bold our first meet ing aboard ; the steamer tbis afternoon. We all understand the wishes of the cabi net, and believe there will practically be no change after our conference with the Spanish commissiorers, but that . the terms of America will be regarded as rea sonable, and therefore we believe that the work of the commission will not be im peded by useless discussion." 1 j r um 1.0 luvuuaiubi ( . 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