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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-04

themselves, to their state and to the
world, and they intend to celebrate
their golden jubilee of gold in manner
quite appropriate to their wealth, their
enterprise and their patriotism.
1t will be celebration in which all
the rest of the country will be asked to
join, and in many ways it will be a
most unique affair. Artistic posters an
nouncing the affair have appeared in
many sections remote from San Fran
cisco, where the ceremonies will be
held, and, while perhaps not so many
thousands will cross the continent as
when the golden news was sent out in
1848, it is expected that the city will
have many guests.
The story of Marshall's discovery is
by no means new, but it is one which is
always fascinating. This pioneer argo-
naut came originally from New Jersey.
He was really not an argonaut at all,
but was their forerunner, for when he
joined one of the first parties of emil
grants that crossed the plains bound
for Oregon he had not thought of look
ing for gold. He was merely one of
those restless, shiftless characters who
never succeeded in anything he under
took and who, if he had looked for gold,
would probably never have found it.
Oregon did not suit Marshall any bet
ter than New Jersey, and SO he drifted
over the mountains down into the Sac
ramento valley, where he arrived in
I845. AT the fort of that famous pio-
neer General John A. Suffer he found
work and served under Fremont in the
campaign which ended in the wrestling
of California from Mexico.
In 1847 Marshall returned to the fort,
and Suffer hired him to go up into the
mountains and locate a site for a saw
mill, there being a great demand for
lumber in the bay. Marshall followed
the Costumes river for some distance
into the foothills, then crossed the di-
vide and came down the American river
to the spot on which Coloma now stands.
There he located the sawmilI 1t was
not a very suitable site for the purpose,
but Suffer evidently had faith in the
Judgment of his cratic agent, for he
fitted out an expedition and sent Mar
shall back to build the MILL at the
same time making him partner in the
enterprise.
There were only few hundred white
men in California in those days besides
the soldiers, and most of those who
went with Marshall to the foothills
were Mormons who had gone to the
coast with Sam Brannan S famous par
ty. The mill was built on the bank of
the American river. A rude hume for
conducting the water to the wheel was
made, but no tailrace was provided. In
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been made. In the bottom of the exca-
walton he found several yellow pebbles
among the bits of quartz and other gray
ell. He picked them up just as child
might pick up bits of cOlored glass.
When he returned to the mill, he threw
them on the bench without the least
idea of what they really were. The
other men were equally ignorant, and
one of them took the largest pebble
home and tossed it into kettle of soap
which his wife happened to be making.
There it boiled all night, and in the
morning it was so bright and highly
polished that some one said it must be
gold.
AS to who first reached this concIu-
sion there will always be a doubt, for
none of the men ever agreed after its
Importance had been established. Most
of them claimed the credit for them
selves. AS to MARSHALL s ignorance, how
ever, there is no doubt at all. He knew
absolutely nothing about minerals or
mining, as was afterward shown when
he based claim to having discovered a
valuable gold mine on the finding of
some iron pyrites, or fools gold,
which ought not to have deceived a
schoolboy.
The men in the mill, however, made
up their minds that it was gold Mar
shall had found, and so the latter four
days later went down to the fort and
showed the pebbles to Suffer. After ex-
amining the find Suffer pronounced il
gold and sent Marshall back to ask the
men to keep the news of the discovery a
secret. But they did nothing of the sort
While Marshall and Sutter had time to
-, h. Tn 60. Of
a large tract of land about Coloma the
story of the golden pebbles in the tail
race of Suffers mill was travelling far
land fast.
Men with picks and pans began to
struggle into the neighborhood of Co
Iona, but until the fall of 1S48 the
miners were compelled to pay tribute to
Suffer and Marshall for the privilege of
mining on what they claimed as their
land. Then a party of miners from
Oregon rebelled.
Still for months placer mining was
carried on only on very limited scale.
Marshall and Suffer kept on saving
boards and gathered dust and nuggets
only as pastime. The men in the mill
did the same, working for barely living
wages while they daily walked over
fortunes.
Even as late as March, 1848, it is seen
that Suffer had some lingering doubts
as to the value of the metal, for at that
time he sent some of the dust to San
Francisco TO be assayed. The dust was
seen in San Francisco by a man named
Isaac Humphrey. He had lived among
the goldfelds of Georgia and knew gold
dust when he saw it. When he learned
of the finds in Suffers mill race, he
promptly shouldered pick and pan and
struck out for the foothills. Marshall
tried to drive him away, but he refused
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to 20, and soon had rocker in opera
ton. This set the ball in motion, and
soon prospectors struck rich diggings on
Mormon island, 10 miles below Coloma.
Men now began to come in an ever
increasing stream which swelled and
swelled until every river and gulch for
miles about was thronged with busy
miners. The men who were at work in
the sawmill deserted, and this ulti-
mately caused the financial ruin of both
Marshall and Suffer, the two men who
had made it possible for SO many,others
to make fortunes. Even then they might
have turned their disaster into a bril-
liant success had they seized the oppor-
tunity, but they did not. Suffer finally
went east, broken in spirit and fortune,
and died in his old home. Marshall,
however, haunted the scene Of his dis
covery and for years subsisted on pen
sion allowed by generous government,
content to be a camp hero, but seeming
ly unable to get hold of any of the great
wealth which was being dug out Of the
ground all around.
If you go to Coloma now, You will
find on the bank of the river a flag fly
ing from pole, and they will tell you
that the pole marks the spot where Mar
snail mace mas famous ma. Almost at
the top of the hill you will see weather
beaten. tumble down hut, the front COW
cred by a huge grapevine. That is
where Marshall lived for many years
and where he died after dissipation had
done its work.
On the very top of the hill stands a
monument which the state erected years
ago to the memory of Marshall. It rep
resents Marshall in the garb of a pros
pector, which he never was He is look
ing out over the piles of gravel which
mark the old placer works and across
the valley to where extensive vineyards
are under cultivation.
More than once, in all probability,
will the story of California s gold dis
covery be retold by men who knew both
Marshall and Suffer, for there is to be "a
great gathering of forty miners during
the jubilee. Not only those who are
members of the various miners associa-
tons but many who have not visited
California for years will be present.
There will be banquets with reminiscent
speeches and historical addresses pro-
sessions with elaborate floats and numer-
Gus receptions and reunions of the men
who dug for gold when the state was
.oung. Q. T. BAXTER
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CALIFORNIA; JUBILEE.
The Semicentennial of the Dis
covery of Gold.
MARSHALL AND HIS HISTORIC FIND

The Ever Fascinating Story of the Incl
dent Which Was Followed by the Gold
en- Days of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. For
q Great Celebration In San francisco.
On Jan. "a, just 80 years ago, James
w. Marshall, while building sawmill
in the foothills of the Sierras, found the
first gold that had been discovered in
California. Marshall's initial find
amounted to only an ounce or so, per-
haps $50 worth. Since then the gold
mines of California have yielded over
81, 800, 600. o0o worth of the precious
metal and the mines are still being
worked.
So the Californians have fixed on Jan.
"A next as the anniversary of an event
which was Of the utmost importance to
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"Henry George, says the Westminster
Gazette, chad quaint humOr of his own
and could tell good story against him
self. During his Australian tour one Of
his friends IN Sydney suggested to the sec
rotary Of a local racing club that it would
be a graceful thing to send Mr.. George a
complimentary ticket for the race meeting
then at hand. The papers were at the TINA
deyoting many columns to reports q
Georges meetings and discussions on bsa
doctrines, but the sportsInen had evidentsS
not read Thorn. Who is Mr.. George9' he
asked. i never heard of him before.
Why, he's a man of worldwide celebrity
Does he own any horse?' queried the seezs-
tary. Yes, tsso very fast trotterss Prog
ress and Poverty. oh, all right, said the
now satisfied secretary. Here's a ticket Tax
him."
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ORDINANCE NO. 1,94S.

An ordinance to appropriate money out
of the firemens relief fund, general reve-
nue. fund, fire department fund, metro
politan police fund, general improvement
fund sidewalk fund, judgment fund and
Sixth avenue viaduct fund
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council
men of the city of Topeka:
Section L That the sum of three thous-
and seven hundred sixty eight and 54-1O0
dollars be and the same is hereby appro-
priated out of the f1remens relief fund,
general revenue fund, fire department
fund, metropolitan police fund, general
Improvement fund, sidewalk fund, 1udg-
ment fund and Sixth avenue V1aduct fund,
to pay pay-roIls and claims against the
city of Topeka for the month ending De-
cember 31st, 1897, viz:
Firemen's relief fund ................$ 100
General revenue fund ....--......... 1851
Fire department fund ...--..-........ S96.St
Metropolitan police fund .........-. 1880
General Improvement fund ......... S94- lS
Sidewalk fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20
Sixth avenue Viaduct ....-...........: 113.I!
And the city clerk and city treasurer are
hereby authorized to make the necessary
transfer from the general revenue fund
to the metropolitan police fund.
Section 2 This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force, from and after its
publication in the official paper of the
city of Topeka.
Passed the council January Bird, 1898.
Approved January 4th, 1898.
l(SeaD c. A. FELLOWS, Mayor.
Attest: S. S. McFADDEN, City Clerk.
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BRATIOE.
stead ditch was dug in the ground to
carry it off. Had it not been for this
very shiftlessness on the part of Mar
thall the golden days of forty mine might
have been postponed for 10 or even 90
years.
When the mill was started, it was
sound that the ditch was not big enough
20 carry off the water, SO it was deep
ened by loosening up the ground and
turning on the water so that natural
channel might be washed out. On the
morning of Jan. 10 Marshall, having
shut off the water, went down into
the tailrace 60 see what progress had
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TO WHOM May CONCERN.

NOTICE-TO WHOM IT MAY CON-
CERN-Be it known that my petition is
on file in the office of the probate court
of Shawnee county, Kansas asking for a
permit to sell Intoxicating liquors al 124
East Fourth St, in the Second ward in
the city OF Topeka, Kansas, and the hear
ing of the same is set for Monday. a
m, January 10, 1898.
NJ A. FUNCHESS
Topeka. Kan. Dec. 9. 1897.
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BOOKKEEPING.

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WILL WRITE UP and post your books.
make out monthly statements of ac-
count and make closing entries of year s
business. Private instructions in book
keeping. Charges reasonable. W. J.
Stage, Accountant, Topeka. Kan.
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(First published in the Topeka State
Journal January 4th, 1881
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ATTORNEYS-AT
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Attorney at Law.
Bank of Topeka Building. Telephone 24S
R. B. WEIGH, Lawyer, suite 4s, Column
bian Building
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BICYCLES

BICYCLES.
TOPEKA CYCLE c., 112 W. 9Th St
L Bicycles and sundries; bicycles and
tandens for rent; repairing of all kinds,
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Statesmen WANTED.

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WANTED-Reliable statesmen to handle
our line of lubricating oils, greases. etc.
exclusively or as a side line. The Colonial
Refining Co, F. E. kimes Manager "a
Wade Bldg, Cleveland, o.
$50 a WEEK and expenses paid men to
sell cigars on time. Experience Jnuec-
essGry The W. l. Kline Co.. St. Louis
Mo.
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Markets by Telegraph.

somewhat fresh demand for local traction stocks due to special cause and to the exc cuticn of large volume of buying orders for London account. Quotations came higher from London before the opening and probably 25,oG0 shares of the interna- tional stocks were bought in this market for London account. There were also com mission house orders, especially for invest ment demand in the gilt-edge railroad stocks. The yanderbilts. Union Pacific and the Northern Pacific stocks, were not lack ing in continued strength. There were also sharp advances in New Jersey Central and Peoples Cas- But the prcfit-talking in vited by the advances in special eases only served to increase the late weakness or stocks wfish had failed to benefit from the early strength. AS a consequence there was very general break of point, rang ing up to over points in Manhattan and over points in Third avenue. Covering of shorts served to retrieve part of the de- cline but net losses of point or over are frequent all through the list.
 Money tended to become somewhat easier today without amy actual change being made in the quoted rates for call loans. There was a brisk demand, however, for commercial paper which drove the rates down to a range of to per cent for the choice grades. Tomorrow's bank state ment will show a large increase in the cash holdings.
 The bond market was active early in the day but became less active and reacted slightly in the later dealings. Union Pa cific and connecting line issues were strong. Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern first trust receipts rose 7ls per cent, but lost part of that Other active issues showed gains. The total sales were s4,26OOOO.
 United States new As registered were 1sc lower bid; do coupon and the old As registered Ac lower, and tine 2s half higher
 Money on call easy and at 215Q2A percent; last loan, 21a percent. Prime mercantile pa- per, SQ4 per cent. Sterling exchange heavy, with actual business in bankers bills at $4S4Q4S5 for demand and $4.S212@4S2A for sixty days poster rates $4.S31a and $iS5ls@ 4.S6; commercial bills, $4.S2. Silver certifi- cates, 571kq5S1ac. Bar silver, 5S1sc. Mexi- can dollars, 46ssc. Government bonds weak; state bonds dull; railroad bonds strong.
 New York, Jan. 14.-Total sales of stocks today 4S7,600 shares, including: : Atchison preferred 4,635; Canadian South ern 43OO; Chesapeake and Ohio 9,150; Bur- lington 21, ,9OO Louisville and Nashville S,S25; Manhattan 49.220; Michigan Central 1O165; Hawaiian c. Co.,, $500; Reading preferred 4,160; Missouri Pacific 5530; New York Gen. tral 24,231; Northern Pacific 21 ,940; Northern Pacific preferred 20, ,197; Rock Island 1O160; St. Paul 23, 3,5O5; Union Pacific 42 2,440; Chicago G. and w. 11,050; Peoples Gas 23,7oJ; Su- gar CLIO
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ures at hand did not bear in any particular direction and traders found comparatively little interest in the customary volume of routine news Receipts at the principal northwestern points were fair, but they could not be used as a factor on either side. The market opened quietly at an advance of A @90A for May, advanced E, and then on profit-taking and sales for the short ac- count declined to 909s, around which figure it fiuctuated narrowly for quite time. lm- mediately before the close a large line of long wheat caused a further depression to 90 split. Trading in the coarser grains was moderate, but prices moved narrowly, closely following the course of wheat.
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Stock Letter

New York, Jan. 14.-Cuban advices were of a more pacific character Friday morning and serious complications were not antic
 ipated. London was an influencing fac tor, in that quotations for Americans came higher to the extent of 5s in some instances and in consequence traders were encour- aged at the opening. Manhattan soon loomed up as the feature. That stock opened with simultaneous sales of 2,OO0 shares at 119@119H. There was a wild rush to buy and with heavy trading prices ad- vanced 1 point further. The general mar ket was somewhat higher, although losses were sustained here and there. Sugar is apparently a dead card. Judging from the amount of support given on the declines. Aggressive bear attacks on this stock served to arrest the upward movement of the general list, and when the price lost 1A the balance of the specialties were in- clined to work easier. The reductions were only fractional, however, and the combined efforts of bull traders resulted in general recovery. There seems to be basis whatever for the reports of a comprehen- sve amalgamation of all the Vanderbilt lines and of the Union Pacific system, which includes the Oregon short line and a large interest in the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company. The stock of the New York Central will obviously be bene- fited by the refunding operation now under way and even greater profits would acrue to the shareholders of the company in com mon with some of the leading trunk lines, would maintain rates and abolish some of the arbitrary and excessive terminal charges which they lew upon exDort com merce at this point. The market as a rule held up pretty well, but heavy offerings at the higher level depressed Manhattan.
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Cotton Letter.

New York, Jan. 14.-An unexpectedly fa- vorable Liverpool market caused slight recaction in the cotton market today. Early cables reported an advance there of one half sixty-fourths. and this was supple mented later in the day by an additional rise of one-sixty-fourth. The opening here was points higher. May selling on the first call at 5S1. After the opening the exc cution of some good buying orders for Liv- erpool resulted in further improvement of a few points, May advancing to 5.95. The demand then disappeared and prices grad ually eased off again. New Orleans sold moderately. The movement for the week was very large, but this had been discount ed May declined to 5.S1 and closed at 5S2, with the tone of the market steady There is nothing new in the situation.
 RIORDAN & co.
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Cotton Letter
By Special Wire to T. G. Hewlett

By Special Wire to T. G. Hewlett.
 New York, Jan. 14.-The action at Liver pool In failing to respond to the continued weakness on this side was responsible for the to point advance in cotton at the opening. Trading for a time was small. but indications pointing to a lighter port movement than had been anticipated start ed shorts to cover, and with increased &C., tivity prices experienced further improve ment. Considerable support was also de- rived from the appearance of new buying orders, which, however were mainly for the account of the smaller investors from southern localities. Selling operations were principally checked up against the account of tired and easily satisfied longs. Fall River dispatches reported fair demand for cloths, but very threatening labor con- ditons, nevertheless.
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SLEEPING CAR
Birmingham to Jacksonville, Fla, via Souther
 Railway

The Southern railway, in connection with the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad, operates daily a Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car. Birmingham to Jacksonville, Fla, via Atlanta and Ev- erett, Ga., without change. This sleeper le2ves Birmingham 4:15 D. m. arrive Att lahta 10:30 D. m.; arrive Jacksonville $40 the next morning; returning, this sleeper leaves Jacksonville 7:05 p. m, arrive ham Il :45 a. m. This will afford excellent accommodation for passengers en route to Florida points.
 For further information, call on J. P. Bllups, No. 2019 First ave-, Birmingham, Ala. Telephone No. GIT.
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 exports to Great Britain, 7,17s; France, z,- 679: Continent. 4,sis; forwarded. 11,67S; sales 1,2s0 spinners. sS0.
 Total today-Net receipts, s2.O21 exports to Great Britain, 15s59; France, 2ss; conti- nent, 24,61s; stock, 1,2s2.4O2
 Consolidated-Net receipts. 266, ,9S5; ex- ports to Great Britain, 117,12s; France, It, 612: Continent, 69, 162.l
 Total since September Met receipts, G. 0e7 ,72O; exports to Great Britain, 1,974 ,Ss3; France, 5s2,O73; Continent 1622.175.
 New York, Jan. 14.-A substantial gain was made by cotton today, due in part to investment buying.
 At best the market showed a rise of ? to points, after opening quiet and steady at an advance of 3 to points. There was some realizing in the afternoon but the market was finally steady at net advance of to points. The improvement origi- mated in better cables from Liverpool than had beeu locked for and was accelerated by more numerous adyices from the south indicating a less liberal use of fertilizers and confirming the idea of reduced cotton acreage The firmness was increased by moderate port receipts and by fairly en- couragdng accounts from Fall River as to trade prospects.