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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-19

The Fort Fairfield board Of trade has
organized In enthusiastic fashion, as be-
comes the hustling Aroostook town
which il is, and starts OFF with the prom
ise Of doing much to develop the advan-
tages OF the town for business and bring
it into notice outside the State. 0. A..
French is secretary.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01

else in line stands as still as one of DR..
CogswellS statues. The horses alone ex-
ercise tile right to show that they are not
making believe they are harness-shop
dummies. BY their heads and tails they
show they are very much alive.
The nrarcn past If the troops Ia always
the best part Of a review, and the regulars
made very pretty display while they
passed in leyew yesterday. There was not
go Of them in line, q very small Getach-
nient OF our very small army, but their
drill was superb, and there was a ma chine
like steadiness in the little column that
showed the drilfmaster5 are kept busy at
the Preside. Captain Brinckle's battery
was equipped with 3-inch rife bore guns,
drawn by bay-coIored horses. These guns,
with carriages and limher-chests weigh
30S6 pounds, and it Is no light work to drag
them over soft ground.
Ietyesterday they went by on the walk,
trot and gallop. as though they were basket
phaefons. But this was only delnsien.
created by disciplined artiilerymen. The
fact is the pull is hard one, and there is
considerable clatter as the big wheels cut
The sod up in rolls 10 feet in width. Cap
tain Brlnckie Is very prond of his fine bat
terry, tb cough he is little shoFt-handed at
the present time. He had very good
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mount himself, but his stand-up collar it
was noticed sleped backward at an angle of
30 degrees. Lieutenants Luigi Lomia and
John McCielland, who were with this bat
terry. wore their collars with the CORNERS
rounded, but some of the grocery wagon
drivers noticed this popularity in the dress
OF these two officers.
Light Battery ID is armed with Hotchkiss
guns. short in the muZZle and as bright as
nickel-plate ON the surface. The horses in
this battery are all black in color. Lieu
tenant .. e. Wood was in command, and
Lieatenants e.. L. Brown and John d.
MIley were with him. All these officers,
Notwithstanding the color of their horses
wore cuffs three inches deep and Of the
same material as their coats.
Captains j. Ii. Dorst aud James Parker
rode at the head of the cavalry troops,
where it was very plain that they were gilt
buttons with an extreme diameter OF seven
eighthS OF an inch, and a closer examination
OF these revealed on each convex DEVICE
Of a spread eagle with the letter &c" on the
shield.
The dismounted officers with the foot ar
tlllery were Llentenants j. L. Sawyer, A
c. Blunt and E. M. Blake. They made
some Very artistic saiutes with the saber as
they passed the reviewing officer, but their
skirts extended from half to three-quarters
the distance from their hip Joints tn the
bend or their knees. Captain Morris gave
his commands TO this battalion with great
distinctHess, but everybody noticed as be
put his hands behind him that he had
pockets in the folds of his skirts, and that
he wore button at the lower end of eacn
rocket. bis adjutant, Lieutenant Mc6flach-
lin, made tine appearance in the saddle
but he could not conceal the fact that his
lght-b.ue trousers were welted at the edges
OF the Onc-and- a-half-inch wide stripes on
them.
As soon as the officers had returned to
their quarters these ecceutricities In their
dress were called 10 their attention. bet
upon locking up the United States army
regulations which prescribe an elaborate
bill OF dress not one OF the wearers was
open to criticism on account OF his clothes.
The only exceptional incidents of the re-
view was runaway and wheel dropped.
Battery>F contributed the runaway and
Battery ID dropped the wheel. AS showing
now regulars are taught 10 avoid excitement
at any unusual incident not the slightest at
tenti1n was paid to either of these mishaps
at the time. The horse was being cinched
UP by one of the chiefs Of section when he
ran away. As soon as he found he was free
he began to throw his heels in the air and
cayort generally. Not man stirred cut of
tue ranks to seize him. the theory being that
loeSe horse will return of his own accord
ms one, however, started on wild run to-
wald the spectators, frightening a couple of
lailes nearly out of their wits After he
lad bucked off his saddle he trotted back
aud joined the cavalry column where he was
easily recaptured. The wheel dropped was
an extra one supposed TO be secured to
caisson. 1t fell off during the gallop past
of the battery, hut was not picked up till
the command was dismissed.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
EDITORS CONVENTION.
Itinerary Of the Excursion Trip
Through the Interior.

Itinerary Of the Excursion Trips
Through the Interior.
Delegates to the editorial convention
which is 10 meet here in May will leave
from Chicago and ST. Louis at O'Clock in
the evening Nav 9. and will arrive ut
Colorado Springs at O'Clock in the after
noon May IL. Starting again at midnight
of that day they will reach Albuquerque on
the 18th and San Diego on the 18th. remain
ing there over the next day. On the 18th
they will be at Riverside on thu 18Th at Los
Angeles and on the 10Th at Fresno. while
the 10th viii be spsnt at Stockton and Sac
ramenIo. On tire 21st the excursion
lists will be whirled through the Vaca
valley, st. Helena. Napa, Santa Rosa and
back 10 Oakland pier. Sunday, the 22d,
VIII De spent in Monterey, and on the 231
the Santa Clara valley will BE- visited, with
a stop at PaIo Alto, the visitors reaching
San Francisco at . o'clock in the afternoon.
That evening the first session OF the con-
venlion will be held here. and during the
two subsequent days the editors Will be
shown all there is to see in this city and
neighborheod, the evenings being devoted
To business of the convention.
On May 27Nina, Sacramento ana Chico
will be visited; on the 18th Dutch Flat.
Coifax and Grass Valley, and also some
hydraulic mine and stampmill If possible,
while running at fulI blast The return
Eastward may be made by any route the
excursIonists may choose.
During the convention papers will be
presented Oh the following topics: A nom
political view of the press in regard to the
negro; circulation of daily papers In n-
terror towns and cities: eheapening our
wares; electricity in the pressro0m; women
In journalism; the country papers from a
financial standpoint; tho relative Influence
of the metropolitan and interior news
papers, which make our President; the
stump orator on the newspapers; the heme
weekly as an educator; the practical press
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
MOMENTS WET FEET.
The Source of Infinite Trouble.

What the Combined Wisdom nj thu Doe
tors Is Upon This Important Subject
and What They Have to Say.
The New York Sun has been doing some vaiu-
able work lately In investigating the real cause
OF all this sickness which is devastating the land.
Sergeant Dunn OF the Weather Bureau and all
the leading doctors agree that wet feet arc the
prime cause of the trouble. One prominent ply
stefan said:
LIZ people would only have sense enough TO
Keep their feet dry they would be all right.
teil yeu wet feet Fill more graveyards than an
eplaenic OF cholera. The average business man
goes downtown and tramps around In the wet
uhtu DIS feet are cold and damp. When he goes
nome, instead OF putting Oh dry socks and warm
shippers, he takes drink OF someihing hot He
gets INTO another Precipitation, and the chances
are that lie will catch more cold
!" win tbs women IL is the same way. Take
mud OF Fifth avenue and Broadway. or any city
Tor that matter Nine out OF ten have got on low
Suoes. Is II surprising that they have colds?
1hey nave not had time 10 lay in their winter
stock OF footwear, or else they think their feet
look better III low shoes. and they wear them
until The snow falls. Ii simply taking cold were
all II would not he 80 serious. A cold can be
secured very quickly, but IL is not easy to gel
ria OF II. No woman ever took a cold but what
IL affected her kidneys. The kidneys are the
hfst spot that cold attacks. A man or woman
may cough or sneeze. Why? Because the kid
neys are ciogged-stopped up with cold. The
cold forms dam that stops the current, and il
ovrtfows into tile head, and we call IL Influenza:
INTO the lungs, aud we call il pneumonia. The
quickest way TO check cold is to open the kid
neys, aud The sIfest way of doing this Is by the
use OF something reliable like Warmers Safe
Cure. am certain this great cure has stopped
more colds and saved more lives than any other
known remedy of the present day, or for that
matter, OF any age"
In connection with. aud III complete confirma-
ten of tie above, Is a statement made by Mrs.
H. +. McMurray. residing on St. Paups avenue,
Srateu Island. She says!
My mother, Mrs. 5. A. Vanderbilt and N.Y.
sell owe OFF heal b, aud almost feel our lives.
to Warmers Safe Cure. / speak from long ex-
rerieuce Recently had most severe attack
oil grip, arising from cold, aud the Safe Cure
made me feel Ike Il new person. Other mem-
bers OF our family, aud also many friends and
acquaintanees, have received equal benefit. and
all highly recommend It."
Wet feet start cold. A cold invariably at
lacks the Kidneys. Sickness, suffering aud
ueaih often follow. Keep your feet dry. liz pos
sible avoid cold. but having contracted IL stop
u at once and by the best means you can find for
certainly doing SO. This advice Is sound; t
comes from The highest sources and IL should be
followed most carefully. It
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01

Wood. with Lieutenant j. L. Nolan as ad-
latant. The heavy artillery battalion, on
foot, IS under command Of Captain Charles
Morris. His adjutant is Lieutenant Nc
Lachlan.
Thus -officered the troops march out to q
held and there 60 into line, the foot soldiers
on the right, the light batteries in the center
and the cavalry on the left, their backs be-
ing turned to the bay. The post adjutant,
Lieutenant Coffin, forms the brigade line
and turns 1t over to Captain ID. III. Kinzie.
The reviewing officer. Colonel Graham, is
invariably seen on such occasions with a
double row OF butt ons-nine buttons In each
row-on bis breast He takes up position
In front Of the line. and is accompanied by
the members of his staff, who are all, by
force OF circumstances, seveR-button men.
That Is they wear IA buttons. seven in each
row.
The review now begins. Captain Kinzie,
who always turns out OH occasions Of
ceremony in a double-breasted frock coat
salutes Colonel Graham, whereupon both
ride with their staff officers along the entire
front and rear OF the line. beginning and
ending at the right. The banG, during this
equestrian movement, plays, and everybody
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
TWO SUSPICIOUS FIRES.
Roger Cummings Arrested for Batter
but Not for Arson.

" .
but Not for Arson.
Fire broke out about O'Clock Wednesday
night in house owned by Roger Cummings
on Landers street, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth. Several la0orers who work for
A. Z. Buckman, VINO has a contract for
grading the street, sleep in the house.
When the alarm of fire was raised the men
soon beat out the flames with wet barley
sacks. In few moments it was discov-
cred that the stable on Fourteenth street, in
which Buckman's horses are kept, was also
blazing. This fire was also eXtingnished
In short order. Cummings, who lives in
cottage near by, ran to the scene Of the fire
and becoming involved in quarrel with
Special Officer Hutchinson knocked him
down. He was at once arrested for battery
Fire Marshal T0we investigated rumors
yesterday that the ire WAS set BY an inceu-
diary. AT frat there was some talk of ac-
cuslng Cummings Of arson. but no evidence
against him could be procured. Suspicious
that Cummings was responsible for the fires
were aroused, because he recently had trou-
BILE with Contractor Buckman. The inycS-
tigatng officers concluded, however, that
Cummings was in no way to blame for the
fires. and therefore made no opposition
when he secured his release on $40 bail to
answer the charge of battery.
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partners. Mr. n. a. Antiques led the
march.
Society Personals.
Mrs Flood and Miss Jennie Flood have
returned from visit at San Jose.
Mrs Or. A. L. Hill, accompanied by Mrs.
H. r. Bell, her daughter. and Miss Shultz,
has gone to her ranch in Monterey County
to spend the summer.
Miss Izz!e Lunella Herrick of Minneapolis,
Mimi, and Miss Estel.e Frances Smith of
Portland, Or, are visiting the Misses Hush
of Fruitvae.
Mrs. j. b. haggia and Dir. Louis T.
Haggin are expected shortly from New
\ ork. and will be followed by Mrs. Louis
Haggin and the Count and Countess Fsstetics
(nee Haggin).
DR.. and Mrs. C. B. Brigham havs been
making visit to their cottage at Lake
Tahoe.
Mr.. z. A. GiryiD. son-iu-law Of Colonel
Z. L. Eyre, has commenced building an
elegant country residence at MeHl0 Park.
Right Rev. William Ford Nichols. AS
sistant Bishop OF California, is the guest OF
Rev. +. B. A. Lewis Of the Willows, near
San Jose.
Dir. John w. Mackay, who is still in New
York, is expected on this coast during
April
Hon. Whitalaw Reid, United States Min
lister to France, is On his way home. accom-
panied by his wife. Mrs. Reid is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. d. o. Mills.
Mr.. William DuBphy has been staying at
the St James. San Jose.
Sir. and Mrs. c. p. Huntington are due
from the East. Mr.. A. n. Towne and some
directors of the road went to meet them at
Fl Paso.
United States Judge Thomas p HawIey.
Miss Lillian Hawley. Mrs. ID. h. Hall and
Miss Hall have been visiting Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Naglee Burke have
been visiting Stockton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Antonio Friant (nee Payot
of this city have moved into their new
home on the corner of Sixth and William
streets. San Jose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erastus Corning Jr., who
spent the winter on this coast, have re-
turned home to New York, accompanied by
Mr.. George Vernon Gray and Miss Anna
Gray. Mr.. Gray will be away about
month.
Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Cultivate of Pasa-
dena are spending couple of weeks in this
city.
Hon. James V. Coleman is being well
coined back from the East by his many
friends.
Mrs. Robert Bowie is visiting relatives in
San Mate0.
Miss Susan Hale is spending several days
as the guest Of Mrs. Senator Jones at Mir
amar, Santa Monica.
Mrs. Z. L. MeMullin has left for the East,
and expects to spend the summer in Ken
lucky. Mr.. Morgan McMuliin is en- route
home from South America. Mrs. w w.
Belvin (nee Nc Mulin) has been very i'll 10
London with the grip.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01

Secretary Fuhrman of the Brewery Work.
mems Union has received communication
from President Miburn of the Brewery
Syndicate informing him of the stand the
syndicate will take in the labor troubles.
just what the letter contained neither side
will disclose.
Sixty beeT-drivers met in B'nai Birth Hall
last night and organized the San Francisco
Beer-dTivers' Benevolent Society. The fol-
lowing officers were elected August Eggier,
president; John La FreuZ vice-president;
II. Demke, treasurer; w. j. Staples, finan-
ciaf secretary; Frederick GrovemanD, re-
coiding secretary; trus.eeS-G. ID. Walters,
John Glindermann. Fl. Book; John Bauer
sergeant-at-arms.
The organization is purely benevolent in
character.
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out the guns. Another squad is in motion
toward the stables. These are the drivers.
The cavalry troops are also proceeding
separately on foot to their stables. The
four companies composing the battalion of
heavy artillery are also coming into line,
facing the light batteries. The space is
soon filed with life and color. The brass
ornarBented helmets and the steel scab-
bards giisten in the bright morning sun
light. and there Is great deal of nodding
OF red and yellow plumes. the respective
colors OF the artillery and cavalry. The
swallowtail guidons Of red and white silk
carried by the cavalry and the national
colors borne by the heavy artillery add TO
tie picturesque effects. And the smart
band with its FURNISHED silver instruments
shnuld not be forgotten.
What IS now gong on Is the merging OF
the separate companies into battalions
The two light batteries-D, under Lieuten-
aut Z. D. Wood, ana +, under x-Captain
j. X. Brinckle-form an artillery battalion,
the command of which is assumed by Cap
tain ID. III. kirz'e, his adjutaut being Lieu
tenant G. w. 5. Stevens. The three cav slry
troops, having led their horses out. form
another battalion. under Captain A. E.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01

batteries are called "heavies," or foot ar
tillery. They have a battalion organization
and are armed with rifles. Their business
is to work the heavy guns mounted in forth
heations. Colonel William NJ Graham of
the Fifth Artillery is in command of the
post. His adjatant Is First Lieutenant
William III. Coffin, Fifth Artillery. The
other members of his staff with him yester-
day were Captain l.. Wood. assistant sur
g"on, and Second Lieutenant ". c. Davis,
quartermaster.
At $50 O'clock the assembly is sounded,
whereupon the space between the artillery
barracks and the stables is fl led in an in
slant with soldiers marching into position.
All are on foot now. The cannoneers are
moving in doubls rank to the sheds to haul
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
CITY ITEMS In BRIEF.

The San Francisco Savings Union has accepted
plans for new building OH California street II,
which 20 conduct business.
Ihe French Benevolent Society has determined
to erect hospital on its lot on Point Lobos road.
brtween Fifth and Sixth avenues. The styie OF
building has not yet been decided upon.
he nth In tho series OF popular Sunday even.
Ing lectures under the auspices of the Social
Reform Society Will be delivered at 26 O'Farrsll
street, ON Sunday evening next by Mrs. Char
iotte fefkins Stetsnn. Subject Racial Unity"
Sergeant Charles N. Jansen OF Company A,
Fist Infantry, has been detailed for duty &C the
ectuiiing depot In this city, relieving Sergeant
James buchanan. Company ID, Fourth Infantry
VINO has been ordered to reiurn to the station
OF his company. AT Fort Spok ane, Wash.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01

Chief Crowley has investigated rumors
to the effect that fellow known as ''French
George" had blaekmailed fallen women on
Sacramento street by pretending that he
collected the money to secure immunity
from the police. The officers sent out to in
vestigate found there was no foundation
for the sensational reports. The whole
affair seems to have started through the
efforts of q physician to collect a bill from
one of the women
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
MRS. SEARLES WILL.
A Copy OF Ii Filed Yesterday Afternoo
for Probate.

n copy OF III I1led Yesterday Afterno
for Probate.
There was fled at the closing hour OF tue
office yesterday afternoon an exemplifed
copy of the Will OF Mrs Mary T. Searles.
who died at Methuen, Mass, on July "a,
1901. Accompanying it was petition ask
ing for its probate here and made by Ed
ward r. Searles. Thomas 4. Stillman and
Thomas Ill. hubbard. the executors named
IN the will. This Will was proved before the
Probate Court of Essex County, Massaehu-
sets, on October 26 1891, and affirmed by
the Supreme Judicature Court On March -,
1892. after the celebrated contest by Tim
othy L. HOPKINS. the adOpted son, resulting
In compromise for s.. 00o, 900 OF his claim
to the estate
The Iegatees named in the will are Ed
ward +. Searles, the husband; Mrs. Annie
7. Severance. niece, of Les Angeles; Mrs.
NJ X. Hopkins, niece, and Timothy +.
Heekins, an adopted son, both of Menlo
Park Judge Coffey set the nth as the day
for hearing the proofs.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
Home for FeebIe-sffad

The quarterly report OF the superinten-
dent Of the Home for the Care and Training
of Predetermined Children bias just been
issued. 1t shows that there are now 2O6 in
mates. OF whom la are boys and 90 girls.
The report deals with the popular error
that since removing 10 Glen Ellen the home
is sufficiently large 10 accommodate all Of
the feeble-minded children in the State,
and refutes 1t by showing that but small
part of the proposed buildings have, as yet,
been erected. AS it is, tire management is
now deiugad with applications for adHais-
sion which il cannot entertain.
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and the freshmen will be played at the uni
yersity Tomorrow morning.
Tie young people of the Methodist
Episcopal church in West Berkeley will
give the cantaia of "A Dream of FARMLAND"
at Sisterna Hall next Tuesday evening. The
proceeds will be used for furn shing the
church Library and reRdiny-rnnlu
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
The Greene jury DIs.xrced.

The jury that heard the case Of Nathaniel
Greene tried for several hours to agree. blu
could not, so were dismissed by Judge
Murphy last night. Greene was tried for
embezzlement He was bookkeeper for
Farnsworth & Ruggles, and they charge
that he embezzled S35,000. Fourteen
charges are against him.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
Licensed to Marrx.

Licenses to marry were issued to:
Charles V. Sirandelr aud Clara q. Lundgreu,
2S-24; Louis Ruffieux ana Elinire Beiney %
20; Joseph Zimmerman aud Johanna Grottyem
3o-Zo, Charles Il. Lindenstadt and Sadie New
man. 23-2li Joseph WeIhermuIier and Sophie
Klein, Ills; herman Trutter and Catherine
NJ Hon, 3l-24; Edward J. Burk and Nelrie A.
Annis, 47-25.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
A Thrse-Cornered Fight.

The Park Commissioners and some of the
residents o. Richmond are at outs over the
question of right of way for Spring Valley
water mains across the panhandle. The
water company wants the right of way for
nothing. which the commissioners wont
listen to. and rather than pay for the
on short allowance
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dent at the garrison
take only a languid
interest in the dis
play. and if they
stroll out to see the
soldiers on review it
is generally to obIige
some guest who may
be visiting them at
the time. The boys
driving grocery.
butcher or M | | k
wagons along the re-
servation road never
TAIL 10 halt when a
review is in progress
ana enjoy the hour
they make idle.
. The troops sta
toned at the Preside
are Batteries b. c,
d. +, III aud K of the
Fifth Artillery, with
the headquarters and
band, and troops b, L
and X of the Fourth
Cavalry. Batteries ID
and F are what Is
known as light bat
teries-that is, they
are mounted and trUt
round with their
guns, The other
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01

The chief topic of conversation about
town is the coming political con yention.
The early candidates are already out IN full
force.
Professor Fiske. the historian and author
OF 1.-The Destiny OF Man." will give three
lectures at the university, under the aus
pieces Of the Berkeley Athen@um. The
dates have not as vet been definitely fixed.
The football game between the juHiors
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01
STAINED q Runauax.

team attached to q delivery wagon ran
away yesterday morning from the corner of
Pine and Montgomery streets. The fright
eued nerses were caught and stopped by an
out giving his name.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-01

Peter johnson, who fired a shot at Alice
Hunter, in Sacrament0-street dive, on the
night OF March %, has been held for trial
on charge of an assault with n deadly
weapon. Judge Joachim3en set his bail la
tile sum of 210GO