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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-01
THE PYRAMID OFANCESTRY
Duncan Ross. in Frank Les1ie's Popular
Monthly Tor Eahruarx.l


Monthly for February.l
And. then, what must we think of the
claim of those Americans who attempt to
obtain social prestige by tracing back
their descent to some younger son of an
English or Scotch noble family? Not long
since an acquaintance of mine said to me.
with air Of pride:
IT can trace back my ancestry to my
great-great- grandfather great-great-
grandfather. He was a cavalier and
fought under Charles l."
And what does that amount top an
swered him. THAT was the eighth gen
GRAFTON before you. and in that generation
you had 12s forefathers and 12S fore
them, just the 1-156th Of your ancestry in
that generation. Among the 127 men of
have been several who were hung for
murder, burglary, or Sheep-stealing, for
know. Nor can you tell how many dis
reputable characters there may have been
member, too, that you had sixty-four
foremothers in the seventh generation,
and thirty-two in the fifth. all of them
nearer to you than that cavalier; you
must account for them as well-'
Yet, Of course, one should be glad that
his near hneal and collateral kin have
been and are honest men and virtuous
women: but a line must be drawn some
where. and that not many generations
back. beyond which there is no such thing
as good birth or bad birth, because it IS
all both good and bad. When anyone be-
of proud ancestry" he can be contradict
ed at once, because there is no such thing
as "a long line of ancestry'' ones ances-
try cannot be represented by a line" but
by an inverted pyramid. Everyone of US
comes not of one, but of many hundreds
and thousands of long lines of ancestry,
some Of them proud, perhaps, and others
with no cause for pride, but rather the
reverse. It will not do to try to follow
them all too far back. Some of them viii
surely lead to a dungeon of the Newgate
prison. or it may be to the Tyburn gal
loWs-tree; We cannot pin our faith to the
one cavalier, and ignore all the others, as
my friend was trying to do, because It is
natures plan that all the good and all the
bad in the race should be mixed up in
each one OF Us.
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some events Of his boyhood life. Mr.
AIiIliken said:
The conditions with which young
Marshall was surrounded were the
most propitious for the development Of
all his powers of body and mind His
home was in the healthful mountainous
region of Virginia, far removed from
the immoral and seductive influences of
urban life.
AT the age Of 10 he became a soldier
in the war for the Independence Of the
colonies. He served the country four
years returned to William and Mary
college and was soon afterwards licensed
to practice The career of Marshall as
a lawyer, diplomat, statesman and
jurist was carefully outlined and in cor
clusion Mr. 11illiken said:
From his life and 1abors We may
learn anew that fidelity to principle VIII
in time be rewarded"
Marshall, the Expounder OF the COP
stitution,' was the phase Of his charae-
ter which Judge E. W. Cunningham CT
EmpOria discussed
Judge Marshall often trod in new
paths" said he NO one had gone be-
fore him. Precedents right or wrong.
furnished no guide. He followed the
voice of duty out of the maze One hun
drSF years ago when Chief Justice Mar
shall became the dominating spirit Of
the United States supreme court, very
many Of the principles now recognized
as at the foundation of our law were
unsettled. The constitution had been
adopted by g. narrow margin; and the
creation Of a national government b.
the terms Of a written instrument was a
bold novelty, a brilliant but perilous ex-
pertinent
mo one had gone before, either in
theory or practice. TIE pillow was turn
ing new soil That the task was ac-
complisheJ in such a manner as that
for one ndndred years the country has
survived the great stress Of foreign var
and mighty domestic insurrection and
the greater stress of unprecedented ter
Iitorial expansion ard material growth
amply indicates Chief JusticeMarshaH's
right to be called the defender of the
constitution" Judge Cunningham then
quoted some of the most important OF
Chief Justice Marshall's opinions.
Concluding he said: "As great men as
Chief Justice Marshall have adorned the
bench in this and other lands, but more
have met SO great an opportunity TIE
work he did was most nomentOus in its
results. The view Of the nature
Of the constitution which he entertained.
and built into the fabric of our growing
government, has enabled it to Withstand
the shock of war and the peril of
growth John Marshall was not only the
expounder of the constitution but the
conservator Of the nation"
F. L. Williams, of Clay Center, was to
have read a paper on Marshall the
Diplomat, but was called away by tel
egran and so did not respond
Frank L Martin, of Hutchinson, chair
man of the committee on John Marshall
Day, presided at the session.
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traders are concerned. with ser men. ags
however. given but little encourag etrlent 8
snof wheat in Liverpool being Id lover
CHICAGO: Deliveries. 10000 pasne-1
wheat, III. 900 bushels corn. 10000 pusnel-
I'VE No oats or provisions
Weather map shows normal cono4Ioil9
vT'ennperafures a little higher than InuFa-
dav but generally Wintry.
Minneapolis receipts wheat 800 cars. last
wear 25S cars.
Kansas city: Receipts wheat 81 cars.
last year As cars; corn g cars, lhsN year
So cars: oats IA cars, last year u cars.
Primary receipts wheat 4oI,uJO nuSne1es
last wear 823. 900 bushels; shipments 1bfv9V
bushels last year los. 900 bushels; corn re-
ceipts 65g.O00 bushels, last year 0ae,uVy
bushels: shipments 358,090 bushels last
year 1884 900 bushels.
Bradstreets. Wheat and flour exports
this week 3776. 900 bushels. previous week
A. 439 900 bushels last year 1,lz4,O99 pusneias
corn exports this week 24sl.0o0 Dushetss
previous week S.972, 900 bushels, last year
S,59s 900 bushels. 80,
Paris: Wheat closed unchanged; flour, s
centfTnes lower.
80 lower to I'D higher.
sod lower
inspection worked to United Kingdom.
St. Louis close. Wheat. May 14Au-sc
bid. July 73a<c nominal; corn, May slstc,
July 3Shc bid.
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chicago Live stock Market

Chicago, Feb. 1.-CATTLE-Receip
1000: generally strong. Good to prime
steers. S5.10d6-00 poor to medium. g 450
500; stockers and feeders, $3o0Q4-60; cows
02.65; bulls, 81. 5Oax IS: calves, s4.0oa5 IS;
Texas fed steers, $4,000. so. Texas grass
steers $33014-00; Texas bulls, $2.50d3. so.
HOGS-Receipts today %, 600: estimated
for tomorrow, 5000; left over. 2,230: sc
higher, closing strong; top, $5.S5. Mixed
heavy, $52565.35; rough heavy, $5.1005.20;
light $5.15d5.30; bulk Of sales, $520d5.30.
lambs steady. Good to choice wethers
So. S004.5O; fair to choice mixed, So. 40d3. IS /;
western sheep, $3S0D4.45; Texas sheep.
lambs IS. O0d5.35
Official for yesterday: Receipts: Cattle,
79lS; hogs. 81. OBJ: sheep. i. 702. Shipments:
Cattle, 1925; hogs. 6.564; sheep. 2,597.
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NORTH TOPEKA.

Items intended for this column should be
left with the kimb1u Printing company
tS5 Kansas avenue
Voiney Kistler went to Kansas City
today
Miss Nora Frey is I'll at her home on
Central avenue.
Skating is reported to be quite good
On Soldier creek.
Coal. wood and feed CT. HAWKINS.
1912 Kansas avenue.
Clarence Hun is sick at his home on
Central avenue with scarlet fever.
Mrs. Fraser Of Holman's addition.
who has been i'll with heart trouble, is
improving
Judge j. i. speer, Of speer. ok. is
visiting his daughter, Mrs Kate Sprcat
OF 1888 Jackson street
Don't miss our ladies' cape and Jacket
sale Saturday; also 20 per cent off on all
blankets. COSTLEY a. POST.
Dr. NJ r. Mitchell Of the Riverside
hospital. made a professional call to
Meriden yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Dolman, OF S24
Quincy street, returned yesterday from
Anadarka, I. T.. where they have been
for the past two weeks.
Saturday, last day Of our corset sale.
The G. d. waist in all sizes for 75c;
Loomer's 81 corset for 39c.
COSTLEY & POST
Mrs Annie Thompson and Mrs. Lizzie
Dale OF Thompsonville were guests Of
Mrs Kate SDrOat. Friday. also Mrs.
Edith Willitts of Jefferson county.
The Christian Endeavor society Of the
Second Presbyterian church, viii have
q business meeting this evening at the
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JOINT CONFERENCE.
Coal Miners and Operators Assemble
in Second Session.

Columbia, o., Feb. 1.-The second ses-
sion of the joint conference of the coal
operators and miners was called to
order by the chairman of the miners
union. The committee on permanent or
ganization reported the result of their
deliberations as announced last night.
The committee on credentials pre-
scented their report, showing that there
were 499 miner delegates present and 1872
operators.
W. D. Ryan, Of Illinois, then moved
that Iowa and Michigan delegates be
admitted to the conference. The mo-
ton was followed by remarks from
President Mitchell and Vice President
Lewis of the miners union favoring
their admission.
F. L. Robbins, Pennsylvania oper-
ator, replied that the Interstate move
ment was confined to Ohio, Illinois. IN
diana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
and there was no reason why these other
states should be represented by voice in
the convention, but the operators did
not offer their report. The attempts
of the miners to bring in other states
when West Virginia was out was I'M
fair.
H. L. Chapman, a leading Ohio oper-
ator, repeated the history and origin of
the joint conferences and said West
Virginia had been in controversy from
the first meeting held. He claimed that
West Virginia coal was being delivered
in Detroit for less money than the four
competing states can lay it down for.
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JOHN MARSHALL THOUGHTS
Memory of First Chief Justice Hon
ored by Kansas Lawyers.

John Marshall, first chief justice of
the federal supreme court and expound-
er of the constitution of the United
States was honored by the State Bar
association last evening. One hundred
years ago Marshall was appointed chief
justice by President John Adams, and
in commemoration Of his entering upon
those duties. which has made his name
immortal three distinguished members
Of the association delivered eulOgieS
upon him. John MarshaIP' was the
first address and was given by H. G.
Slusa of Wichita
After tracing the growth of interstate
commerce up to the present time Judge
Sluss said:
MANY things were Of vital import
ance to the development Of our internal
commerce to the point of its present
magnitude. The first of these was that
it should be unfettered and free It was
claimed that the power to regulate COM
merce between states existed in the
states concurrently with congress; fur.
Their that the power to regulate such
commerce as vested in congress was
limited to the matter of articles of
traffic. But when this great question
came up to Chief Justice Marshall, how
grandly he cleared the field. BY his
decision he settled it that the power to
regulate interstate commerce was vested
exclusively in congress" The question
as to national banks Marshall decided
tional banks, and through them furnish
the people a paper currency for all the
needs of commerce It was claimed that
the general government was without
power to acquire additional territory.
Coming up to Marshall for decision he
established the broad doctrine that it
necessarily had power to acquire addi-
tfonaI territory. And soon thereafter
the panorama Of our national domain
unrolled to the Pacific ocean.
And when in the fullness Of time,
after four years OF bloody strife our
renowned Chief Deputy Grant, with his
posse in blue, acting under our i'm
mortal High Chief Lincoln. took into his
custody the goods, chattels and effects
Of the late lamented confederacy, and
forever abated the nuisance state SOW
ereignty. he executed final process on
the judgment rendered by Marshall
Our America erects no Pantheon OF
marble and bronze consecrated to its
heroes statesmen and sages. The great
deeds OF these are left to be inscribed
upon the hearts Of the generations as
they follow one after another. In this
bright temple of our venerati0n. in
scribed high over all others for the ser
vice they have rendered to our institu-
tons. we read the names. Washington.
the founder; Marshall. the dnishers
Lincoln. the preserver."
The Early Days of Marshall was
discussed by John D. A1iIliken of Me-
Pherson. After running over hastily
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erty was sold for 81. 500. 900. Cooper &
Peck sued for an interest in the mine
on the ground that the burro they had
furnished in grubstaking was the real
discoverer OF the bonanza Judge Henry
Buck, of the district court of Idaho, at
Murray, affirmed their claim In his de-
cision he said:
This court is Of the opinion that the
Bunker Hill mine was discovered by the
jackass, Phil O'Rourke and ~. 8. KEEL
logg, and as the Jackass is the property
of the plaintiffs, Cooper g. Peck, they
are entitled to a half interest in the
Bunker Hill and a quarter interest in
the Sullivan claims"
The mines. are now worth "a .oo0. 900.
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Furnished by. ]. c. Goings Commission
company, members Chicago Board Of
Trade, Topeka, Kan
Chicago: Liverpool cash wheat 7kd, corn
AIAd lower.
Argentine shipments wheat. 10000 BUSH
els. corn, 112000 bushels
Chicago: Hogs close sc higher: estimated
for tomorrow. SO, 900.
Chicago: The cables on wheat are
steady this morning. Argentine ship
ments, according to some reports. are
more than generally expected Weather
through the winter wheat country Is nm
changed: very little snow. Our spectIa-
tive market about even as far as Dit
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New York nronev nrarket.

New York. Feb. 1.-MONEY-1Ioney On
call steady at per cent; prime mercan-
tile paper, 31zQ4H per cent; sterling ex-
change easier, with actual business in
bankers bills at s4S7AH4SS for demand
and S4.S1izMM for sixty days; posted rates.
$4-S5H4-S7 and SfSS5z6I4.S9s commercial bills.
$4.S31kN4S4.
SILVER-Silver certificates. 62G6sc; bar
silver 604c: Mexican dollars &c.
BONDS-Government bonds weak. re-
funding 2s, registered and coupon, 1898;
3s, registered, 10. coupon, ex-fnt.. lie,
new As, registered. l37; coupon. ex-int..
1877. old As registered and coupon. 1i3iz:
IS, registered. u0lA: coupon. ex-int.. LQ1A.
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WIN Not Insist on death.

New York. Feb. IA dispatch to the
Herald from PelCn says: At a meeting
Of the ministers a conference with the
Chinese plenipotentiaries which is to
take place next week and in which TIE
punishments demanded will be verbally
communicated, was arranged Sir Ern
est Satow. the British minister inform
ed his colleagues that he had received
instructions giving him discretion tn
waive his insistence on the death sen
tence.
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Chicago, Feb. 1-WHEAT-The wheat
market for the past week has favored
scalpers more than spectators, declines
following advances and the changes Ia
The Price Current of the last issue was
bearishly regarded. inasmuch as it re-
ported snow covering the winter wheat.
and condition as normal for the season
Continental markets were weak. while
United Kingdom markets were as waver
ing as our own and did not synpathize
with either our advances or declines, On
the best cash demand for milling wheat
on the crop adding that stocks viii show
a GOOD decrease there THIS week. IL ls as
serted that receipts IN the spring wheat
country Will show marked falling off
as compared with year ago, hen they
were neavy- me speculative drift Of the
market is not very pronounced. and ez-
tremists on either side become enthusi-
astic on the little runs UP or down. only
to lose faith in their position as the mar
ket starts the other way Trade IS not
or even congest it, Elevator interests are
not on the selling side with their usual
force and the pit traders miss the props
erty that the former interest had tap
usually heretofore Sentiment is a factor
ment and is on the buying side and only
needs an encouraging development 70
show decided Increase and power Small
profits quickest accrue to purchases than
sales at present
CORN-Corn occupies the not Unusual
position Of suffering from its friends. The
position Of this cereal Is satisfactory to
holders in all except the speculative po-
strong light, though the general bullish
feeling has made the market an over
bought one Some heavy lines are well
held, but it is a question II any OF the
big lines could be sold without leading to
abandonment of others. That Is the only
weak feature in corn and it is liable to
correct itself by a sharp break, in which
event corn viii be an excellent purchase
and Will likely run TO quick profits
OATS-Oats following corn features
few. Speculative position not changed
Confidence in values general but the
speculative position IS very similar to
corn
PROFESSIONALISM has been heavy
selling of ribs by commission houses the
past few DAYS, of course for some Of the
of the big bulls on provisions were 5effino-
go Run of hogs larger than expected and
prices at the yards lower Values are
comparatively high and while prodsct
may be worth more money, believe there
VIII be chance to get 1t cheaper and
think 1t will do to take any proafe fhaf
may appear on the long side.
j. f. HARRIS
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Kansas city, Mo. Feb. 1.-Ciose-
WHEAT-AIay, 677k0I6Sc; cash. No. hard,
681sM69c. No. 3. 66q67lhc; No. red. 7047ic;
No. g. 6SG69c.
CORN-May, 1868 a7scs. cash.o mixed.
35c; No white. 361kc; No. 3, S61zc.
OATS-No. 2 white, &c.
RYE-NO. 2. 6S5kc.
HAY-Choice timothy. SO 50ff11, choice
praire, SS.5009.
BUTTER - Creamery. 1702Oc: dairy.
fancy, 16c.
EGGS-Fresh. 16c
Receipts wheat 81 cars.
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Kansas CITY Live Stock.

Kansas City, Feb. L-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts. 5000: market steady to strong. Ma
tive steers, 50. S5G550: Texas steers, 50 256
40; Texas cows, S2.75a3.25; native cows
and heifers $200d415: stockers and feed
ers. So. 00614.60; bulls. $2.O0Q4-50.
CALN ES-Receipts, 100; market steady.
Sales. $425d5 25
HOGS-Receipts 1900; market strong
to SC higher. Bulk of sales s.. 20G5. 30:
heavy, $5-20d5.35: packers, s5.20d5. 1924 :
mixed, $5.15n5-271e; light, S5.00a5-20; york
ers, $5.15d5.20; pigs, $4.50n5o5.
SH EEP-Reeeipts, 1000; market strong.
Lambs $4-00Q5-20; muttons, S2.25G4.50.
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A general laugh was raised in the
house this morning at the expense OF
Representative A. W. Hef1ey, of Cs-
borne He offered a resolution than an
XXI knife be furnished to each commit
tee clerk and stenographer. Speaker
Barker also relaxed his official dignity
enough to smile and say: Referred TO
the ways and means committee, because
il carries an APPROXIMATION"
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Blown Through Plate alaas Windor

Salina- Kan, Feb. Half a dozen peo-
pie were injured by the explosion Of a
gasoline lamp that wrecked the interior
Of Olinger's barber shop last night. The
Rev Geo. c. Caldwell, a United Brethren
minister, may die. He was blown through
a plate glass window. Temporarily blinded
by the explosion and burned from head to
foot The people who were passing the
shop we're blown into the street or more
o.. less badly cut by flying glass. Their
injuries are not serious.
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Todaz,s Topeka Markets

CATTLE
rOWS-S2 50H3 Is.
HEIFERS-$3 006S.50.
CALVE@-
HEAvY-ss 0093. 50.
Light (Under 200 lbs)--eL00@aE
HOGS.
LIGHTS s0a5.05-
MEDIUM AND HEAVY-$4.S 065.o5.
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEAT-655kc
NO 2 CORN-301sc
NO. 2 WHITE CORN-S25kc
NO 2 OATS-24c.
HAY-S7.00.
PRODUCE
PUTTER-14018c.
EEGS-15c.
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HOMESEEKERS, EXECUTIONS


On February 9Th and 18th, will sell
tickets to points in Arkansas, Arizona
Indian Territory, Louisiana, New Mexi-
co, Oklahoma and Texas at rate Of one
fare plus $500 for the round trip See
agent A. T. & S T. r. R. for particulars
It's folly to suffer from that horrible
plague ofsthe night, itching piles. Doan's
Ointment cures, quickly and perma-
nently At any drug store, so cents.
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I,iverpooI Feb 1.-FoIIowfng are the
stocks of wheat and corn in store and on
Ways railway and canal depots not in
c1uded): Wheat. rs. AS centals; corn, 2S,567
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Joseph's Tbs.

Furnished by J. G. GoIngs Commission
Company. members Chicago Board Of
Trade. Topeka
New York. Feb. 1.-The London market
IS strong; gains range from Il to "A up
and average u for r. & o., ST. Paul, L.
& N, Reading common. Southern Rail-
way common and preferred Foreigners
Will buy about $4,000 shares on balance.
There need be no fear about carrying
stocks over the holiday. Atchison. I. &
N, G., B. & O. and st. Paul viii go very
much higher. 1t will be well to keep
long of Manhattan. A squirt may be
looked for in B. r. T. The cheapest in
vestment, or speculative stock for that
matter, on the list IS Illinois Central. It
dend of. 3 per cent this morning and il
should recover this in double-quick order
Pacific Mail is a buy on subsidy prospects,
J. ARTHUR JOSEPH.
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b. crockett,a Cousin nead.

Liberty. Mo-, Feb. 1.-Joseph Crockett
a cousin of Davy Crockett, is dead at his
home here. aged 81 years. He was a ma
tive of Tennessee and came to Missouri
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Topeka Hide Market.

Based on Chicago and Boston quota
tons The following are net prices paid
in Topeka this week:
GREEN SALT CUREDZ7c
GREEN SALT. HALF CURED-6Nc.
NO. I TALLO Vie.
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Galveston. Feb. l-cOTToN-Qulet.
closed dull and Irregular. 1c lower: mid
ding uplands, 10c; middling Gulf. 10lkc.
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Furnished by J. c. GoInEs Commissi0
company. members Chicago Board c
Trade. Topeka. Kansas
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Furnished by J. c. Goinga Commission
Company. members Chicago Board 81
Trade. Topeka