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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-07-27
McIIWaln Pardoned.

At a meeting Of the board of par
dons Wednesday Andrew WcIlwain
was pardoned, the pardon having
the following conditions attached:
"Said Andrew McIlwain shall not
at any time drink any Intoxicating
liquors nor enter or loiter about any
saloon or other place where intoxi-
cants are sold. He shall not at any
time carry or handle any pistol or
revolver or other deadly weapon.
He shall not commit any offense
against the laws of the state of Ida
no or of the United States.
cit is further ordered that, IN
case the board is satisfied said con.
ditions, or any of them, are violat,
ed, that the warden of the peniten-
tiary of the state of Idaho shall Inn
mediately take charge of and inn
prison, said Andrew Meflwain for
the remainder of his unexpired
term, to-wit, seven years, four
months and six days"
Mc1lwain was sentenced in Bear
Lake county to 20 years imprison-
ment for the killing Of c. r. Ma
nassa at Montpelier in January 1896.
He was first convicted of assault
with intent to /. Subsequently
his victim died and he was tried
again, being convicted Of murder
in the second degree..Ag great deal
Of testimony was adduced before
the pardon boar. indicating that
he thought he was acting in self-de-
fense.-Statesman.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-07-27
ficers of said city.

Sec, 2, That there be and is hereby
appropriated from the said general inn
provement fund the sum of twenty
seven hundred dollars, ($27O0. .00) over
and above the annual road poll tax, for
the purpose of improving and repairing
streets, avenues, alleys, highways and
cemetary of said city and any other
public improvements.
Fec. s. That there be and is hereby
appropriated from said incidental fund
the sum of one hundred and fifty dol
lars ($15000) for the purpose OF paying
the Incidental and extraordinary ex-
penses of said city government such as
court costs, postage, kilograms, light,
fuel and stationary.
Sec. A. That all ordinances and parts
cf ordinances i'm conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
CLERKS CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify, that three-fo lrths Of
the City Council of said City of Mont
pelier, Idaho, having by their vote dis
pensed with the rule requiring the fore-
going ordinance to be read on three
different days, the above and foregoing
ordinance was numbered so, and was
section b. section. put upon final pas
sage and after having been fully and
distinctly read three different times,
and were section by section, duly pas.
sed by the Mayor and Council Of said
City ON the 26th day of July. 1900, and
were subsequently on the same day ap
proved and signed by the Mayor OF sale
City.
IN witnes whereof, I have
hereunto. set my hand ant
(sEAL) affixed my official seal at ms
said Office. this 26th day oi
July, 1900.
HENRY DOUGLAS,
City Clerk
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-07-27
Rev. Hendricks In Salt Lake.

Rev Iendrickx, who went to
salt=Lake on account of sickneas,
writes the EXAMINER that he il
getting we'll rapidly and will be
home for services next Sunday.
lie states, at the laying of the
corner stone of the new Catholic
school in Salt Lake, one archbishop,
three bishops and 80 priests were
present. The affair was most irn-
pressiye one and marks an epoch IN
the history Of Catholicism IN Utah.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-07-27

for the apportionment of the
years revenues.
Several bills were allowed
and other business transact
ed.
The session was a long one
and a great amount of busi.
ness was done.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-07-27
Ed Birch Killed.

Word was received in this city
yesterday that Ed Birch had boon
thrown from horse in Star valley
and killed. Word was immediatly
sent to his parents IN the Snake
river country and they came here
yesterday afternoon on the train
and Immediately left for Star valley.
The EXAMINER has no further
particulars at the present time, but
hopes to get then. by our nextissoe.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-07-27
ORDTNdNC NO 80.
CITY of MONTPELIER Idaho.

ORDINANCE NO 80.
City of Montpelier Idaho.
An Ordinance for the appropriation of
the funds of the City of Montpelier,
Idaho, for the year ending with
the first Tuesday in May
1901, being the annual ap-
propriatian bill of
the.said City
for said
year.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil of the City of Montpelier, Idaho.
Section /, That there be AMI is here
by appropriated from the said contin-
gent fund the sum eleven hundred and
fifty dollars, (s115O. 90, for the purpose
of paying the salaries of the various Of
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-07-27
WATERWORkS A Go.
COUNCIL WILL SUBMiTTHE PROP
OSITfON.
The City Attorney Instructed to Suba
init an Ordinance PrOVidA
ing for Special
EIection.--The
Cost.

At their meeting last even
ing the city council instruct
ed the city attorney to draw
an ordinance providing for a
special election, in which the
question Of bonding the city,
for a waterwOrks and electric
lighting system, will be sub
mitted to the people for rati-
fication or rejection. The
ordinance will be taken up at
the next meeting of the coun-
Gil.
The session met with May
or Barrett and all the coun.
GllInGl RI6s6uG.
the reading Of the
minutes, a motion was made
to dispense with the regular
order Of business for the time
being. This carried and the
mayor extended an invitation
to r. W. Faris, to submit bis
views on a waterworks sys-
.tem.- gentleman.had
briefly made an investigation
as to the feasibility Of the
.scheme,, and the necessary
amount it would require to
install the plant..fhese ap-
pear in another column.
The.proposition was i'm
nediately judged a good one
by the council and a motion
was made that an ordinance
be drawn submitting the pro-
posed bonding issue to the
people.
The council then passed
ordinance No. SO providing
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-07-27
HUNT FOR GOVERNOR.
BEAR LAKE GETS THE AUDITOR.
The Democrats Nominate a Ticket
Headed by Fred Dubois for
the United States

the United States
Senate.
For presidential electors. w
Reid of Mex Perce (D), Z. j. Dock
cry of Ada d., :. J. Rich of Bing-
ham D.)
For United States senator--Frcd
I. Dubois, Bingham Is. R.)
For supreme Judge. y. Stock
slayer Of Blaine d.
For congressman-Jas. A. Graham
of Kootenai D.)
For governor-Frank Hunt or
Lemhi (D1
For lieutenant governor-Thomae
F. Terrill Of Bannock D.)
For state auditor. S. Barrett
of Bear Lake ID.
For attorney general-Frank Mar
tin of Ada ID.
For secretary Of state-C. ].
Bassett Of Ada Is. r..
For state treaaurer-J. J. Plnmcr
of Owyhee d..
For superintendent of public IN
struetion--Mlss Permeal French Of
owyhee ID. D.).
For ine=inspeetor-C. H. Har.
yey Of Blame D..
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chIded her for her unwomaniines5, aa
forbade the continuance of the lance
tuting and military riding and maneu
vering with which the embryo geheaa,
was startling the village gossips. aiwa ~ :
ohedient. modest and pure minded, the
child nevertheless found II quite imp pu,ar
ble Ia rid her mind Of the bewlloerius'
beckoping vision which had fasteneu
upon II. 30 ,be d.
Finally an uncle. convinced OF the VI.
yinity Of her mission, procured an oppvi.
tunity for her to lay her case peiofe
Baudricourt. captain OF vancouleurs, a9d
50 clad in the coarse red dress ana wnre
CAP worn by the peasants Of Domremy,
she left forever the lowiy home when nau
fostered the vision that was 20 DESTROY
her. when the sturdy captain neard Oh
her approach he exclaimed give her a
good whipping and take her back to her
fatherl" But when the girl, after her
four-league tramp down the Meuse val
( lev forced her way into his presence, ue~
cIariug serself called OF God to raise the
siege OF Orleans and bring Charles 10
Rheims to be crowned, the burly captain
was cowed by her earnestness. believed
her posseesed of witch and sent for tns
archbishop to protect him. The wonder Is
mot that one Joan Of Arc rose from TINS
superstition ridden age splrit-prompted TO
! fulfill the prophecy that a maid from the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-12

Marches of Lorraine was to save the
realm, but that thousands of maidens
STEPPED in like supernaturallsm should not
have thronged to the dauphn's standard.
When Baudricourt became convinced that
Joan was heaven-sen he dispatched her.
suitably equipped, to the dauphin's court,
Notwithstanding. the frantic appeals of
Joans parents, appalled, at the prospect
OF their gentle, pure minded daughter in
the grim clutch OF the war devil. Arrived
at the dallying French court. Joan was
led by her voices" to distinguish the dis
guised monarch from his courtiers, and to
reveal to him one OF his secret transact
tons. which caused his face to blanch and
his spirit to quail. Thereby convinced
that the poor little shepherdess thorough
~ understood herself. Charles forthwith
equipped her in white armor, engraved
with the triple Aeur- de-lis and a white
Banner embroidered with the same emblem
and painted with picture of the Saviour.
lhqn she set forth to take charge of thu
enthusiastic. impatient army of France
ard ''Snu'
When this fierce soldiery. made up ot
nre eaters, cavaliers, brigands and fanatia
peasantry, beheld their 17-year-old com
mander in chief unfurl the mystic an
sign that was TO lead them to victory thew
ielt themselves purified and emboldenad
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-12
BIOGRAPHICAL
STUDIES FOR GIRLS.
BY Charlotte Brewster Jordan.
I.-JOAN OF ARC.
(l412-l4S1.)

There was great game Of political chess
played on a French board nearly 500 years
ago, and during period OF nearly lso
years many men were gained and lost the
black men, or Burgundians. called In the
aid OF powerful English baron, Henry V,
the Butcher OF Agincourt, VINO captured
the castles OF the white men. the orlean-
lists, and blocked their game by penains
their king hopeleSsly in corner. In
deed, the orleanists who champoned the
claims of Charles the Dauphin were play
ing such a losing game that, had 1t not
been for the sklllful moves Of a new
player. they must have surrendered their
king in overwhelming defeat
This new player was an unlettered child
OF H. Alone. spirit-trained and vision
taught, she bewitched the French by tha
magnetism of her earnest personality ter
rorized the English, aanulled their gains
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In the hundreds years war, and hypnotlzed
the most unkingly man In France into
placing the French crown upon shead
The facts concerning Joan of Arcs vic
tories are better authenticated than those
of any other military leader, for they come
TO us from the witness stand OF the great
rehabilitation trial of 1866. Yes, the re-
suits, the details of her generalship, are
duly filed and tabulated, but the main
spring, the cause OF her miraculous power
what was 1t? Was 1t purely the result OF
environment. the impressiblenees of SUI
perstitious age? Since Joan was simple
hearted. honesty incarnate, did the fairies
and the saints converse with and prompt
her daring spirit? Did they teach her the
military technic which put to yhame the
trained generalship OF her opponents? II
so, why did they desert her in her hour
OF need? These questions have never been
can never enthusiastically answered
long list OF literati fascinated by the
achievements OF this simple wonder.
maid, Schiller, Voltaire, Southey. De Lam
artine, Michelet, down to Mark Twain,
offer ingenious solutions of the problem OF
Joan, the selfiess; but the curious world
still asks.
Joan dare was an excitable hyper
imaginative child who took TO heart with
more than the usual literalress OF that
superstitious age the tales OF the fairies
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eminent is demonstrable failure and the
oligarchy of syndicated wealth Is become
tho dominant power. There may be
touch of pessimism in such view but
what candid and competent student o.
conditions and situations, as they are
suggested by the trend of American poll
tics at this time will dare affirm that
It is either far-fetched or unwarrantcd?
What single act OF the present admin
istraton or OF its subservlent congress
has failed in justifying the unws,come
conviction that the trusts, the combines
and the syndcates constitute the triuno
divinity of greed at whose behests these
agents of the people think, act and lsgis-
late?
The currency reform bill was dictated
by the National banks and they alone are
become the supreme arbitcrs TO determine,
within their own pleasure and always
within their own interests. when money
shall flow throughout the ramifying cur
rents Of trade or when the supply shall
be damned up. Thus has the elasticity
Of our financial system, after which states
men have sought. as seers and sages az
ter the philosophers Stone, been commits
ted to the keeping of National banks.
Meanwhile, such, them have been Sc
leetsd as recipients OF Federal treasury
aid and deposits as have been able TO
show list OF stockholders and directors
who have contributed most generously TO
campaign funds and promised to continue
to meet campaign demands.
The Puerto Rican tariff bill, In the
shape in which It promises to become law.
convicts the president OF perjury and the
Nation OF dishonor--all because the presi-
dent aud the republican party have bowed
to the supremacy OF the trusts
The ship subsidy bill has been devised
TO direct the revenue accruing to ths
Federal treasury from the stamp tax
into the bullying pockets OF navigation
companies. already conducted at immense
profits. And all that new sources, from
whence can be gathered campaign funds,
might be created.
Now comes the information from wash
ingson that the republican campaign COM
mittee has prepared list OF the gigantic
trusts and combines. which the republican
administration has authorized to plumber
the country at will. and has
ser opposite their names the ex-
act sum each is expected to con
tribute to the shameless cause OF buy
ing the reelection Of Mr.. McESinley and
his co-conspirators. II these stand tn,
levy and they will hardly decline. Mr.
Mckinley and his co-conspIrators are nm
dor implied contract to direct the AFFAIR,
q scysrnnsns A. the contributors shsi
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-12

BY her modest simplicity So ,ro,, -.
this fsses,i OF her gentle personality oye T
siege Of orle a,st that the success Of the
city. toward that besleged
sta ar lss 3, than Thar Tour mouths after Jos,
cies ot tbs Hs sra mission the military mira.
~ ssrv sne terrified English. Of the s Il orleans
rayr,siop natey and the capltulatioa o. wall I
triumphal entry pfpyes sn opened the way for ths
c cInpain was auointsd with tss S MSsre I'M
overcors. peeame Charles VII OF Franz ar
nation ~ ,S at the speed Of tho cons suus
= ~. night and dag joan n,S" NAG ma haunted
alIowea y t q her newly crowned King "s y "a
return t. % h lay on her steel raimen, g ap oS
q Donremsys f R a,9S me- the peasant folk folk
eso a asaa eeeone too valuable 70 'p Tran
ttAs lnisss.-' s ssa ts2d her forks on
dh Tie xaEiiah ra Ss ~
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that danced nightly around the cree ot
the LADIES' LArhre Fec de Bour,s.
mout," celebrated In the folksongs o;
France. The mists. the rainbnws Tho
dusk and the dawn were as really fairy-
peopled to this child OF the Fifteenfh
century aa they are germ hurdened "a
her Twentieth century sister. Niaelca
with these visions OF morbid imaeiaatIon
We're burning thoughts OF he, coaatry's
wrongs. Of the sufferlngs OF her soldier
countrymen. and as she piled her distaf,
she made herself. chlld-llke, the yiotorio,,s
ayenger. the peaoe-brlnger to France
When is years old these self-centeres
dreams were rudely broken OF and ,haa
intensified by marauding hand of SRI
diers. who burned the village ohapsi ana
forced the inhabitants OF Domre,nv n sss
for their livee. After that the tairles taos
on the forms OF st. Michael. the arch
angel OF battles. accompanied by 81 csth-
crime ard St. Marguerite.
When this breeding chill ventured IN
oonnde har vlsions to her parents hotS
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RnrupLlcAS-rnusr coaln1Nn.


The Issue Of the presidential campaign
Fl 1900 Is embodied in the question; Shall
II be a government Of the people, by the
people and for the people. or shall It "a
4 government Of the trusts, by The trusts
and for the trustsy
Which shall win.~the people or the
trusts?
Success tp the people is not possible
y the republican party shall be kept In
charge q Federal affairs, Success IS alb
solute to the trusts in such event and viii
cop'inue with them until the burdens the,
impose upon the masses shall cuimlnat,
n revolution or anarchy!
1f A. shall come to THIS, that noodle, and
aot ne free viii Or the electorate, shall
eeatfPi ln re selection Of the chief masIs-
Z <I>Se " IA up}lSd States ana Of mem
RFe ~ y1< eoasssss. popular sov.
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N FEW woR 4, PLAINLY SPOKEN.

when municipal seetot city thing ii. past
as has been lease by
@ a % s' dropped as s. @
Ii vassuD sa.
ia pos-elscion discussion
~ late ampaqsn and Il is ss srsto that The Post should
the which
politics
1t had down matter business in Houston
would
local affairs The Post preferred rs Hon. John = % good rs sm nmmss for
people in his community its apologize
continuing
Post rs and a, u s . Mr. Browne =. ov, ur
opinion e in the executive division
sh officers
has absolute authority advisory
refused anticipate primary
No YIN
of the emoc Vic Opposition regularly candi
dates the sosA and The Post only refers to It in order to correct
any erroneous Understandings which may prevail outside this city
Of the more a abens on the new executive oommies se
leo at the Era.hear primary to have vndive resolution adopted the
resolution committee
otet
openly
he nS oo an gn whose as % s s da the the ar a aap
politicians with whom his political since
n he ldnatur
Tom Ball. with republicans
a
or
andab Of the
In
accomplish
Of
humiate
with all % OF
democratic little
pure" faithful to
Of
city
o IN Hountonl
Of
to be
beyondt thai
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Texan. in New York.
(special to The Post,

Nv York, April 1.-THE following
Texans are registered at New York hotels;
Galveston--R. A. Rogers at tho Imperial,
Greenville--A o. Seaman at the 81.
Denis
Houston--H. Oliver at the Imperial
Lsncsster-R. A. Malone a. the Astor.
Paris--T 5. Leelevey at the Murray HILL
Tszas--J. NJ. PEesler at the Gllssy.
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will Neither party to the vile contract
has any reason TO question the good faith
OF the other. The trusts have tried Nc
Kinley and his party. They have not
been found wanting. Mckinley and his
party have tested the trusts. They have
not been found short dn the balance. This
new and audacious combine, on between
the trusts and the republican party, is
alike the most dangerous and Infamous
which has yet come to the Republic. An
intelligent. brave and honest ballot Is the
only power that can smash 1t.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-12

The Texas state Press association meets
In annual session in Brenham today and
The Post wishes for the organization both
a most profitable and pleasant meeting. The
association. which is composed chiefly OF rep
resensatives of the bright and progressive
country press OF the State. is not only an
honor TO the journalistic profession. but the
most powerful factor in shaping and voicipg
public opinion and in building up the state.
that can today be found In Texas. The State
papers of this great political division of the
Nation will compare favorably with the press
as a whole OF any section or country. and
II should be matter of keenest pleasure
and extreme satisfaction for any community
70 entertain such representative. broad
gauged and intelligent company of men. as
will gather at this meeting in Brennan.
brenham however is noted for its hosp'-
talltv aud appreciation OF good thing
when it sees It and it goes without sayins
that this -ear's press convention Will be
memorablv ENJOYABLE one.
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atty at the stake. The most splrituai, ~
ly Hover of the most brutalizea XIV
IN the history of France, was oraees
her execution in felon's cart wss
for her halo inter shaped cap os ~,
the legend, Hereto, Relapsed, Aps''
ldolatern'
To me the tragedy OF Joan OF AWe
tory was not her fiery death. nor tns ~,
ness OF once devoted populace, nva
ingratitude of a king whom in her VA ~
she defended even on the scaffold Is
most Christian king that ever iNea,
Was the failure of the "voicts'' TO bliut
release she had earned II we cou'u
throw our minds six centuries back az
comprehend the vivid reality WHOA ~
mysterious shapes assumed IN Joan .',r|
~ communings. and what potent ps n
springs they became in her sucssss
could realize in part how DARK n III. n
tragedy of their insxplicable desen ns m
her pitiable distress. And yet-s ss,.,
proves that her religion was NOT ~ =, 4
oYerlmaginative sentimentaiitlss, 'ssa-i
material from which heroes are cn,.ss NJ
the face of this crushing abanaonln',.ss III
faith rose supreme, and reasssls~sys 81
creed, with her eyes en- the cru'''
died at the flaming stake. :, Ill
Twenty years afterward Joan n
hsart-broken mother petitiouea ,Ds. ~
daughters soul be retaken into y. ,.s,I3
dianship of the church which nAu 4,ssc|
ated her. And Charles VII. nov !, n
quering, victorious king. consente' i n
appeal to the pope, not because .sv
cravings OF remorss, but d. 49, n
feared for the succession OF s.v LA VI
for him by one whom the cnu 'ss IA
proved witch. The outcome o. ~ n n
held by the commission appolnleas +, = n
church was formal process,
establishment OF jeans characts.. arf
known as the rehabilitation OF ~ ~ I'D
the witness stand had melted oul " III,
1ustice the people gave express'os. y = III
appreciation by painting NUM- r:;f
ures and by erecting numoeFiees"'- n.:f
ments to the deliverer Of Franse br
ments which might have passe, a,i1
able supplements 20 the honor o ~, ~
but in face Of Joan's execlI~s., ~
simply to emphasize OF h.ofi tlitipv,,cc
satires in the history OF mankino'
Note-"Vittoria Colonna WIZ
subject Of the next biographicai ~
Courscs of gnstruet'..r'c $40
Mondays; American Folitleai, . s-liill<
Tuesdays: Recent Scientific " ~
Wednesdays; Twenty Lessons Y 80
Conversation. Thursdays: lssss11
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COMMITTEES OF the United States senate has
actually refused to accept as colleague man
who purchased his seat But then this par
ticuiar purchase was just too notorious for
even a sympathetic club To indorse
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General Ludlow, the retiring military gov
ernor OF Havana. was rendered fine banquet
Tuesday evening. II can be imagined that
the farewels to this tactless martinez were
heartily spoken by the IIavanese.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-12

! France Is reported to be about to spring
another espionage case on suffering world.
And all the Dreyfus standing matter in
even the best regulated newspaper Offices de-
| stroyedi
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Joan OF ARC, THE MAID OF ORLEANS.

copyrighted by Eaton)
49, ,, p. Home study Circles Prof Seymour Ea'0n
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Il is less than ten DAYS now until the
Transm.ssissippi Congress will meet in hous-
ton. The city should be most elstorately
decorated for the occasion and there Is no
time to loss In making preparations to such