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ber presented beautiful appearance
and those present We're not only un
usually numerous, but representative
and most enthusiastic. The ceremony
was conducted on platform erected
over the Speakers desk
The chamber was filled to overflow
ing. On the platform were seated
Mrs. Odell, wife of the new Governorf
3. B. Odell. his father: Albert Odell
his son, and other members of his
family. the wives of the State officers
and members of their families; the
heads Of State departments and then
wives. daughters and their friends
Governor-elect Odell, Governor
Roosevelt and other members of the
party entered the chamber at the noon
hour. and were greeted with applause
Right Rev. William Croswell Doane
opened the ceremony with prayer.
Mr.. Roosevelt's address of welcome
to his successor was brief and heartily
eongratulatory. Governor Odelrs re.
sponse was plea for economy in the
administration of State affairs, Il
warning that the burdens of taxation
should be equally distributed. and a
pledge that he would be guided solely
by the desire to give to the constitu.
ton and the wishes of the people their
full purport.
The oath of office was then admin
istered by Secretary of State John y.
McDonough, on new Bible, pur-
chased for the occasion.
This concluded the ceremony, and
the band played and the audience
cheered.
Governor Odell's first act was TO
sign the commissions, to his secretary
and the members of his military
etaff. as follows: Secretary, James
G. Graham, OF Newburg; Adjutant
General, Edward NJ, Hoffman. of FL
mira; Military Secretary, Major Har-
rison X. Bird, of New York City, and
aides.
Governor odell held the usual noon
day reception in the chamber.
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The Philadelphia Record observe

The Philadelphia Record observes:
Another competitor for the honor of
defending the Americas cup may turn
up at the trial raees-a ninety-foot
sloop yacht of Boston origin and de,
sign. Boston capital and yachting
ability have already figured conspicu.
ously in earlier races for the blue rib.
bon of the sea. and the public have
not yet forgotten the stirring and
splendid performances of the Puritan,
the Maytlower and the Volunteer.
Should the new boat be constructed
the trial races next July would be
worth crossing the continent TO see.'
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Rev. Fidelis NJ. yoisht Dead.

The Rev Fidelis NJ. Voight, former
" Catholic Chaplain of the New Jer-
sey State Prison, died at St Francis
Hospital. Trenton, of apoplexy, aged
forty-five years. Father Fidelis was a
member of the Order of Minor Conven-
iuals, and, besides being stationed at
Trenton. had served as rector at the
Lady of Angels Church in Albany
and st. Joseph's Church in Utica. His
parents live in Jeffersonville, Ind,
and have been notified of his death.
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GOV.0DELLINAUGURATHD
Oath Administered to New York's
New Executive at Albany.
CEREMONIES AT THE CAPITOL
speech of Welcome by Refining Gov
ernor Roosevelt - The Inaugural Ad-
dress Plea For a Business Admin
fstration and the REIMBURSEMENT of
the Burdens of Taxation.

Albany Special. D.-Benjamin b.
Odell. Jr, was inaugurated Governor
Of the State of New York. The in
argural ceremony took place in the
Assembly Chamber at the State Capt.
tol. 1t was one of the most elaborate
held here. Many thousands of citi-
Sens and visitors took part in the
imposing exercises. More than 1900
National Guardsmen were in line In
the escort column. The Assembly
chamber, in which the oath of office
was taken, was more elaborately dec
GRATED than ever before.
The Inauguration ceremony was
most impressive. The Assembly cham.
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A new source of supply for

A new source of supply for gutta
percha has just been discovered In
Zanzibar, East Africa 1t comes from
a fruit that looks like a peach, but is
as large as the average cantaloupe. 1t
is wholly unfit for food, but through
experiments it was found that the
milky juice, when thrown into boiling
water, would harden into substance
so nearly like gutta percha as to be al
most impossible to tell the difference.
Nature seldom puts all her eggs in the
same basket.
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The Government in Simla has pre-
pared estimates for the new ordnance
necessary to bring the Indian army
up to the modern standard. The pro.
portion of guns to men at present is
considerably less than three per thou.
sand; in the case of the field army
this must be raised to more than four,
which will mean the expenditure of
about Sl5,0o0,OOO.
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Herr Won Kardoff, of the German
Reichstag. seems to be Teutonic
economist who knows thing or two.
He is quoted as saying that the de.
preston of German industries in iron
and steel is due to the gigantic growth
of American metal works. Herr Won
Kardoff has sounded the keynote of
the situation.
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Only One Idol Left Intact.

1t is part of the Mohammedsn
creed to smash the noses of all idols
they may come across. When they in
vaded India they defaced in this way
every Hindoo god. A.. figure of Vishnu
cut in green jade was buried in the
bed of the Ganges during this invasion,
and is now preserved in a temple in
Benares. 1t is the only perfect image
left of all the old idols, and its sancti-
ty is such that the priests al Allaha.
bad have offered for 1t its weight in
gold, together with two magnificent
rubies. formerly the eyes Of Buddha.
But thew cannot bny it
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The Loeal Option Agitation.

The agitation of local option as
matter for the consideration of the
Legislature seems to have made little
progress of late. The statement is
made on appareI tly good authority
that, as the matter now stands, fully
two-thirds of the embers are opposed
to it. However. lhe report is made
that the church auxiliary organiza-
tions of the State will soon begin the
circulation of petitions in favor of pre-
senting a local option bill TO the Legis-
lature.
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There is a good deal of talk about
the willy Turk which really does the
"befezzed" gentleman too much credit.
The aptitude he shows in lodging his
creditors is not such a rare quality
There are others who are not one.
tenth as much talked about who play
the role of protracted debtor with as
much success as the Turk, even though
they do not live on the shores of the
Bosporus
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1t is alleged that New York woman
who attended the recent horse show
in the metropolis wore costume
made of the skins of unborn lambs
We guess old Nero might learn few
things If he could come back and get
r-btia
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Prussia has 311 beet-sugar factories.
Over 11S,000 railroad cars were built
in the United States In 1899
One hundred puddlers at the Leba
non PENN rolling mills are striking
for $3 80 ton.
The Scranton PENN Railway Com
pany refused its employees petition for
an increase Of wages, and a strike is
possible.
The Southern Car and Foundry Com.
pany is to erect u pressed steel car
works at Birmingham, Ala, with an
annual eapa{ity of 5000 ears.
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The death was announced of George
N. Holcombe, of Sand Brook, Hunter
don County. He was ninety-three years
years old, and at the time of his death
weighed 297 pounds. which was only
few pounds short of his natural
weight He had held many political
offices In his county.
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Horror Socials" are the latest fad
in South Jersey. At one given in
Mantua under the auspices Of the Ep-
worth League those who attended fur
nished package, which was sold at
auction for sum not over fifty cents.
Each package also contained card,
upon which the donor wrote his spe-
cial horror. Many of the ladies in
closed card. upon which mice" was
written in unmistakable characters.
"Toothache' was another favorite hor-
ror, and one of the male participants.
evidently suffering from the effects of
the holiday season, wrote IAN empty
nOcketbOok"
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Michigan,s New Governor.

Lansing Mich. SpeciaD.-Aaron I.
Bliss, of Saginaw. was inaugurate1
Governor of Michigan. He aud his
staff, escorted by the military,
marched to the Capitol, which was
surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd.
They were met by Governor Pingree
and the retiring officials. The oath of
office was administered to the new
Governor and the State officials by
Chief Justice Montgomery, of the Su-
preme Court.
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A whole Town Fourht Fire.

Fire destroyed the Bellaire stamp.
ing plant, at Harvey, ILL.,, causing
100000 loss and throwing 700 per.
sons out of employment, Insurance,
s375,000. Household property was
bundled into the streets and for hours
women and children, shivering in the
snow, stood guard over it, while the
male population worked to prevent the
spread of the flames.
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American brldge-builders are span
ming the Atbara and moving on
triumphantly to arch the Uganda
America does not care who makes the
ballads in Africa If she can build the
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Superintendent William E. Chapcel-
lor, of the public school at Bloomfield,
has three daughters who, were they
destined for the stage, might be billed
some day as the International Holiday
Trio The eldest was born ON Aneri-
cas- birthday, July 4, 1891; the second
on Queen Victoria's birthday, May "A,
1897; the last on Christ's birthday,
December %, 1900. Superintendent
Chancellor is felicitated among his
neighbors on the Anglo-American
Christian alliance all within one fam
ilv
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Catdsb so,d ror s.,,,.u

Fishermen on the Mississippi River in
the locality OF Lacrosse, Wis, claim that
Chicago packers get catfish caught in that
locality and sell it for Columbia River sal
mon. Tons OF catfish taken from the
Father Of Waters find their way to the
Windy City, and it is said that, after
being smoked and properly treated with
solution which gives both the color and
taste of salmon, the Gamers put the pro.
duet on the market at a great profit.
Scarcity of Columbia River salmon makes
il doubly profitable.
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Providence. X. l. (SpeciaD.
General Assembly of Rhode Island
was convened here Tuesday. the ses.
sions being held for the first time IN
the new State House. Governor VIII
liam Gregory was escorted to the
State House by the First Light IL
fantry,
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A bequest of 100000 has been
placed in the hands of the directors of
the New Jersey Training School for
Feeble Minded Children, at Yineland,
by Thomas II. Vintner, executor of the
Markham estate. The legacy will pay
off all obligations and give the institu-
ton cash balance of about 100000.
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Only quarter of Scotland's land
is under cultivation. Seven-tenths is
mountain, heath and lake and the
balance Is forests. The finest game
preserves in the world are said to be
in Scotland.
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VOLUME XIII.

One of our lady noyelists has writ.
ten an essay to prove that dress is
one of the ehiefest means of human
happiness.
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Sadie Bell, the thirteen-year-ol
daughter of John Bell. of Trenton, N
j., died of lung trouble. 1t is said that
the child with other young companions
was addicted to cigarette smoking,a and
that her lungs were affected by the
practice.
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Baron Won Ketteier's Slayer Executed
The man who killed Baron Won Ket.
teller, the German Minister to China,
in June last. was beheaded in the
pr sence of large number of spec
tItorS at Pekin
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A brisk trade in fox skins is spring
ing up betweeIh France and Italy. Ths
latter country during 1890 exported
1000, mostly from around Rome.
Foxes are plentiful In Italy.
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The Mistakes of the Sex

After recent election out in Colora,
do. where they have woman suffrage,
the tellers fouhd q dozen cookery re.
ceipts in ballot box, voted by mis-
take. e.--Pi'tsburg News.
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berlin. populatlon, . .4eo. orc.

The population OF Berlin, Germany, in
cluding the suburbs, is 2,4e9,676, as COM
pared with 2,076,e46 in 1895,
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DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.

Subject: Apples of GoId-An Appropriate
Word May Decide Ones Destiny
The Power of Little Things Value
of Sympathy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-22
KENNEBEc.
SOITH CHINA

Thc school year Of the Erskine A.,
"my clO2cd. last Friday. with Va
tcraating and entertaining eyarc,aas ~
The afternoon exercises wera s,,,t
would give an idea Of the work II =
dur ing the time. The trustees !. e ~
school were present al all Of the .v~-
cires and expressed satisfaction a. ~
excellence Of the showing made l., y
school. Principal Thompson Spoke h. .
few minutes in behalf Of the trpv.,,a
hr. Erskine and Mr.. Starrett ioinsa :
vnicing the expression Of thanks vh..
called upon 10 speak. but prefarrsa !
1T Mir. Thompson be their spokasr,.
The evening closed with a gatber;,.
Of the students with the young toIL,
and old students present. The scbo.,
seems 10 be in a very encouraging ",
ditiOn, ana everything indicates ! n,
school next fall.
Mr.. Thompson will be in Waldo eou,.
iy 70 speak az a Grange meeting M,
week.
Lila Geneve Jones, who has bssn .,.
4s-tlh5 'il Nl!' dfsi'i.liiSs returned 10 he-
rome at Somerville, Saturday.
F. W. Moody. who has been teacbIn,
AT the academy. went to Wa,eryills
Saturday morning.
MONMOUTH.
Mrs. Stella VI. Powers, formerly 4.
Maine. died at the home Of her s01. N
VI. Powers at Lowell, Mass. at 415 IN
MAY =. Tho burial will take plscs :,
Monmouth. Thursday.
VICTOR.
Maudc Hewitt IL teaching at BeIrrad,
Lakes.
Alberta Hewitt is boarding at T. Jack.
sons and attending the Longtel0v
school.
Mrs. IT. II. Hewitt, a former resiisn.
hero. has been visiting with her son. ]
O. Hewitt. and daughter Mrs. sadis
Thomas Of Readfieid.
Mrs. Lucy Hunt Marston is teaching
The Wadleigh school in Belgrade
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-22

protocol are completed, and i also Op-
pcaed to q joint guarantee.
Finally. ana in order TO further
tighten the burden of China. he pro-
poses that China issue bonds al par
FOR 300 900, 500 tacls now ana the r.
maindcr five years hence.
When joint guarantee was discuss-
ed at n recent meeting 81. Pichon, the
French minister. stated that he had
received instructions to agree. Japan
ana Austria announced that they
would agree II the other powers did.
Germany made no declaration, but II
WAS understood that she and all the
small powers favored q guarantee.
Thus Great Britain and the United
States alone opposed the proposal.
The chief difficulty in regard 70 the
indemnity negotiations II the refusal
Of the powers. who viii make large
profits from the indemnities, to agree
to indentical principals for the war
claims. although they have agreed to
identical principles in regard TO pri-
vate claims.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-22
TIRE FIR. PHILLIPS CASE.
The Mysterious Young Woman Will Not Be
Pulled Into she Case

New York. May 2l.-Thc myster olrs
woman who was said to have been known
as Mrs. kirke Stanley ana to have
figured in the Father Phi lips case. was
at the Office OF Coroner BIuSca. this
morning. She made n long statement ur-
der oath. Coroner Bausch later said that
after questioning the woman closely n
was of the opinion that she nncw nothing
of the death OF Father fhillns aru
could be OF no use in the inquest.
The coroner said that the young WonI2 II
met Stanley, th' maSseur, about yea"
ago in social way. She broke her auhl.
soon after lhis and went to Stanley to
receive the hot air treatment. She went
early last week to the 9Th avenue house
to have her foot dressed and attended to
and at that time STANLEY WAS sober. she
later went back there and. finding him
Intoxicated. she left and had not retIrne
to the place.
Under the circumstances. thc coron r
said he thought h, was jus:iti, Il in with
holding the name OF the young woman
and that OF her family. which. he s.i.
was an e:ninently respectable one. lie
would not cIil her At the inquest. The
woman. according to toruIr: EanSch.
never saw Father Phillips.
Police Captain bon"hL" of the Nes;
18th street police station. sad. today. th1t
his work on the Phillips ease was don"
He said he did not believe the priest was
nun ldt red.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-22
A DEPlORABLe CONDITION
Follows the Abolition Of the Army can.een a,
Fort Smelling.

st. Paul Mimi, May 2I.-Thc aholi-
tion Of the canteen at Fort Smelling
has resulted in 4 deplorable condition
of things. The guard house Is fun. de-
sertions are more frequent. and trouble
of all kinds has come upon the officers
in command. the police and the Citi-
Zens Of 81. Paul and Minneapolis.
Never in the history Of the Sth Reg
imont." says m officer of Fort Smelling
Have the officers had so much trouble
with intoxicated soldiers as since the
army canteen was abolished. Just az
present out of two companies OF Fort
Smelling. 10 men are serving time in
the guard house for intnxicatlon. These
are only tho most vicious cases. as the
command here is SO small now that to
rut MI Offenders in the guard house
outside to guard them.
Before the soldiers We're obliged To
20 outside the fort for their drinks the
number in The guard house was seldom
over three for the entire regiment OF
1000 men.
The soldiers now have to go across
he Mississippi river or tn st. Paul or
Mir ne apolis for their liquor
NJ s~lttillUB on lllt tpIhfStlP Nltt- bl
the river there are half dozen saloons
that have been doing Il thriving busi-
ness since the canteen was abolished,
hut the mon Of the army arc not vel
coined in ;ho city. even at the saloons.
However they will come. and six out OF
10 ind lodging at the police station
after he has spent all his money in
drink. An official in command Of the
ford says:
For the department Of the soldiers
it is the worst change We have had to
contend with since | entered the army
and feel confident from the complete
| failure of the plan everywhere that ii
will bc changed back to the old way rs
| soon as IL can possibly be done
The number Of deSertionS has in
| crea sed since the cantecn was abolish
| ed. The court martial has been called
| five times already this year for these
| two companies. against three times for
the entire regiment for all Of the pre-
ceding year.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-22
SWIFT PUNISHMENT
10 Fall on West Point Cadets Involved in i'e
Recent Uprising.

Washington, MAY 2l.-Col. y. l.. Mills.
superintendent uf the military Academy.
left Washington. today. after Con!ci-
ence with The secretary of war. ia order
when an order VIII b" read dlSm Ssi'-
five students from the academy and SuS !
pending six more on charges OF mutinE
and breach OF discipline There ary =
large number Of other cadets upon whom
will be inflicted minor punishments sucn
as extra duty. confinement 10 qlartc :,
deprivation of holidays and reduction oI
class rank. II is Understood that Doug
lass Macarthur, son OF Major Gene, ~
Macarthur, commanding in the Philip
pines, will escape with Il minor puniSi!-
ment
The present difficulty grows ont of ihe
attempt to suppress hazing. The matter
of discipline was in Question ana mn 4
highest terms Of the cadets and thought
il a question of only a short time before
the customary conditions would be re-
sumed.
An official statement Of the situation
at the academy was mace At the VA" cc
partment. today. The trouble crew out 81
attempts to suppress h1zing. Although
promises of the suppression of hazil =
have been made. "bracing still has been
carried on against the orders of the Of
ficials. There also IS the case OF Cadrt
Raiston. who was reduced for not report
ing misbehavior at the mess table. For
these offensps class officers We're reduced
and other minor punishmcnts inflicted by
the academy officials
The mutiny or insubordination grew out
of the resentment OF the second class men
who have been at the academy three
years. at these punishmCnts. 1t took The
form of such oifenses toward the super
intendent as training the gun upon his
quarters and in other acts. These fcSulS
cd in the trials and sentences to dismissal.
approved by the secretary of war, today
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-05-22
THE PRESIDENT
Enabled 10 Carry Out Part Of Pubic Program
by Mrs. McKinIey's improvement.

san Francisco, May 2l.-The conva-
lescence Of Mrs. Mckinley is very
rapid and she is fast rcganing her
normal strength. She was able to sit
up, today, and read the papers. So
marked is her Improvement that il Is
very probable that the Presidential
party will start for Washington. next
Saturday. If no untoward develop
ments should occur. il is thought Mrs.
Mckinley will be able To endure the
journey by that time.
President Mckinley, today. reviewed
nearly 50.060 school children of this
city Both sides of Van Ness avenue
from Jackson to Market streets wcr,
lined with cheering and enthusiastic
children as the President and members
of his party and local officials III car
riages We're driven from Jackson TO
Market and back on the avenue, tp
Jackson. The President was the reel
pient of Il continuous ovation. Each
little girl wore white and most of them
had red sashes.
The avenue was rich in color. In ad
dition to the thousands of flags car
ried by the children the residents had
decorated their homes and the school
banners of silk bearing the names Of
every school in the city were conspicu-
Gus objects along the line of March.
Half way between California ard
Sacramento streets the Presidents
carriage stopped and the children
swarmcd about it by the thousands.
President Mckinley sat in his carriage
reaching down and shaking hands for
several minutes. lie finally ros" ana
was greeted with cheers. The PreSi-
dent spoke briefly. After reviewing
the school children President MCkin-
ley and party drove to the Presidio.
Gen. Shafter and members Of his
staff were on hand to welcome tho
commander in chief. and he was cs-
corted about the grounds and shown
the camps where thousands OF volun-
teers going to and coming from the
Philippines have been quartered, as
we'll as the camps of the regulars.
If no Unforeseen circumstances pre-
ven the President. tomorrow. VIII at
tend reception by the Knights Tenn
plar of California. Other features Of
the original program will be carried
out during the Presidents stay. if Mrs
NICK nley continues to improve.