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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
LYNcHEp BY RAILROAD MEN.

Three Tramps Die for the Killing of an
Oregon Brakeman.
WALLA WALLA, WASH. Dec. A-News
has just reached here that three tramps have
been lynched near Huntington. Ore, on the
Oregon Short Line, by railroad men.
Four tramps boarded freight train near
Glens Ferry, Idaho. They were put of by the
brakemen, but afterward got on the train and
overpowefed brakeman, whom they threw
under the train, both or his legs being broken.
He died soon after from the injuries. The
tramps were caught near Huntington, and
three of them were lynched. The fourth
escaped.
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PLANED.
HARD wooDs-JoBBINe PRICES,
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Prof. Koch is taking a ten days vacation.
American bacon valued at 60, 900 marks was
seized at Cologne.
Tin plate has been made in st. Louis from
cheap Southern ores.
IA run is in progress on the Kellogg Nation
al Bank at Green Bay, Wis.
A party of 80 Russians were frozen to death
while crossing bleak steppe.
Should the present negotiations between
the United States and Newfoundland be sue
cessful Canada Will file protest.
"A new irrigation company has been formed
in California with capital of 81, ,OO0, ,OOO.
Two people were badly hurt by the wreck
of passenger train near New Haven, Conn.
The Hovas havel looted the Catholic mis-
sionary premises at Autanarivo, Madagascar.
Estimated that $500 Glasgow men are on a
strike Price of coal has advanced shillings
Luke Short, the Texas desperate, was
wounded by gambler at Fort Worth Tuesday
night.
Herman w. Green denies the allegations
made against him by United States Senator
Chandler.
"A camp of Patriotic Sons of America, conf
posed of colored men, has been instituted in
Philadelphia.
A $1,000 dIstillery warehouse and $4,000
worth of whisky burned near Carter's Station,
Ind, Tuesday night.
The rush for water reserve land in wiscon-
SIN is now over. Wholesale litigation over the
claims is now in order.
j H. B. Merriam attempted to murder Jose
phine Demarsb, at Watertown, N. Y, because
she refused to marry him.
An embryo revolution in behalf OF ex-Dic.
tator Pierola. in Peru, was suppressed at a
cost of 40lves, Further outbreaks are likely.
Tab Pryor, at New London. Wis. charged
with completely in the murder of Banker Mead.
has been released. They couldn't prove his
gull.
The Grievance Committee Of the Baltimore
and Ohio employees held conference yesterday
with the officers OF the company relative to an
increase of wages.
"A row of frame houses on East One Hun
dred and Eighty-fourth street. New YORK;
was burned Tuesday night and the tenants
made narrow escapes
Ten days ago the soldiers discovered col
ony of II families OF Cherokee Strip boomers
along the Black Bear and burned their houses
and ordered them out. The boomers started,
but as soon as the soldiers left they again set
tied down and have since been Joined by many
others. They will again be ousted.
The famous case of Annie Barteau, of
Switzerland, against William l.. Barteau of
st. Paul. on the charge of securing a divorce
and $780, 900 worth of real estate in st. Paul and
Appleton, Wis, bv fraud, has come to an end
in the Supreme Court of Minnesota. Judge
Mitchell filing decision in favor of the de-
fendaut.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
DrygOods.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24-There was trifie
more animation in the drygoods market but
no change in the character of demand. Devel-
npments are still awaited, and little Is expected
for the remainder of the year. Prints dress
goods and beached shirtings were relatively
the most active fabrics. The tone of the mar
ket continues steady, though print cloths are
still uncertain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
SLOW AND WEAK.

OIL Securely Anchored in the Upper Sixties,
With Little Doing.
Considerable oil could have been sold yester'
day. but there was very little of it on tap,
those having 1t thinking it good thing to have
on hand with the market as likely to go their
way as any other. and no risk to run.
The market opened at 6Ss4c, at which 5000
barrels changed hanGis. This was the only
price named, but after the close 6S15c was bid
by Fink and others, just to show that buyers
were hanging around for snaps. There was no
change in refined.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS
Via the b. s. o. r. r.

Excursion tickets will be sold at reduced
rates to all points on the b. q y. II. h.
lines east of Pittsburg on December "A to
January 1, 1891, inclusive. and west OF
Pittsburg on December "a. 70, 81 and JAN
uary 1, 1891; all tickets will be good to re-
turn until January 5, 1891.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
New York Coffee Market

NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-Coffee options opened
steady and unchanged D points down; closed
barely steady, 3 to Is down. Sales 81 $50
bags, including December, I7.2O@17. 45c; JAN
uary, l6509l660c; February. l6.05c; March.
lj Csc; April, l5.50c; May, 1535@l5 Is 4Oc: July,
l4.S5c. Spot RIO quiet and steady; fair cargoes
Iglkc; No. z 175Ic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
A Pbotogranb GALLERY Open To-Day.

Aufrecht's Elite Gallery. 516 Market
street, Pittsburg. will be open all day Xmas.
Mr.. Auirecht will personally manipulate
the camera himself. Elevator running.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
I'ennsylval
sale.
AIiniDg Stocks.

NEW YORK. Dec. A.-Alice, 100; Adams
Consolidated l75; Aspen. $50; Consolidated Cali
fornia and Virginia 25O; Hale and Norcross.
l25; HomestaKe, 500; Horn Silver, 275: Mexi-
can. 225; Ophir, 260; Savage, 150; Sierra Ne
yada. l5O
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
AN ELECTRIC LIGHT sWINDLER.
He Claimed to. Generate Electricity by
Means of Sundry Chemicals.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Dec. 2.-Some time
ago Z. ID. Covell, claiming torepresent Boston
electric light company, opened an establish
ment here. He said electricity was generated
with chemicals. and not with dynamos: that
lights could be put in large stores for 500 per
annum, and that there would be 500 of that
profit.
After remaining several ponths he organized
a stock company, inducing number of capital
lists to invest money in 1t. He has been ar
rested. No one seems to know where he came
from, but it has been'learned that his batteries
were charged at the electric light depot.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Closing Bond Quotations.
Bank ClearinrS

CHIcAeo-Clearings. sl3,32s. 7S5. New York
exchange was 70 per cent discount. The rate
for money was firm on the 2 per cent basis
MEMPHIs-New York exchange selling at
par Clearings. s556,57e; balances. s64, ,6l3
BosToN-Clearings sl3.7O4, 4B7; balances, o..
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

WE have just received the most superior
line of Alaska seal sacques, jack
cts and wraps ever shown in this city; relia-
BILE qualities and at lowest prices.
TTSSu HUGUS & HACKE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Lumber.

Trade has slackened up of late, as it is the
custom at this season. The time is here when
demand for building materials is very light.
Supply of hard wood has been below demand
for a month or two past. Cherry is particu-
larry scarce. Prices remain unchanged.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Metal Market.
Wool Markets

NEW YoRK-PIg iron nominal. Copper nom.
inal Lead nominal; domestic, 81 l21S. Tin
steady and dull; straits, $50 Is.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

IT is best to break up catarrhal cold in
its early stages, by using DR.. d. Jayne's Ex-
pectorant, and thereby save yourself much
risk and misery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

You ARE INVITED to call on any drug.
gist for free sample bottle of Kemp;
Balsam, the best cough cure. Large size
Soc and ST. TThSu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

PHILADELPHIA Stocks.

Closing quotations of Philadelp phia stocks. fur
nlshed bv Whitney Stephenson, brokers. No. 81
Fourth avenue. Members New York stock Ex-
oh
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

THROAT diseases commence with a cough. cold
or sore throat ssBrown's Bronchial Trocnes'
give Immediate relief. Sold only In boxes frlee
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
THEY BOUND THE WATCHMAN.

Burglars Raid a Large Oat Meal Mill and
Secure Booty.
PEORIA, Dec. 24-Burglars early this morn
ing entered the mill of the Peoria Oat Meal
Company, bound the watchman, Philip Smith.
threw a sack over his head tied him in chair
and left one of their number with revolver to
guard him.
The Others, three or four in number, then
blew open the safe and secured its contents.
The amount of money in the safe is supposed to
have been quite large. They then robbed the
watchman and departed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Watches, Diamonds, JeweIry and Silver.
ware, Etc,
AT no. 533 sMITHFIELD STREET.

Positively this stock will be sold to the
highest bidder without reserve, as am de-
termined to close out this stock. Come and
buy your Christmas presents at your own
price. Sales every morning, afternoon and
evening until all is sold. Store for rent and
fixtures for sale. n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

Sl0h H-Carter's little Liver Pills.
eioh DAOiiH-Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Sioh AonH-Carter's Little Liver Pills
SICK HEADACHE-oart.r,s Little Liver Pill.
aois.rrssu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
AUCTION.

ST. JoUIs-Wool receipts 3,lsO pounds; tn,
market was unchanged.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-08-28

for almost any biological or intellectual altera-
tiOns and the establishment Of every possible
distribution or diversity among peoples to
have occurred, let their origin have been what
il may
This washed-down work Of West Virginia IS
so to speak, Of yesterday. when compared with
mans duration here bat in comparison with
all that is antique in history. il may be among
the most ancient Of human remains
Mexico Central America and Peru contain
monuments which It is a pure assumption 10
assign 10 a later date than those Of Egypt and
Assyria. and although this individual mound
may be much more recent than many others. the
system 20 which it apparently belongs is far
older than anything belonging to constructive
masonry. As has been said OF tho stone covered
tumuii adjacent, they remain unexplOred and
unknown. There may be nothing within the
depths OF this heap Of earth aud stone, or there
may be anything Of the same order as that
which tas heretofore been found under like
circumstances. It is not necessarily Of a
sepuichrgl character, but human remains more
ancient than the mummies Of the PHaraohs
may rest beneath the loCusis which OvershadOW
It. bHdcrauy circumstances, its existence bears
directly upon the hypothesis that tho tomb5
upon Frye Run were those Of the victorious
invaders Df a relatively thickly-pcopled coun-
try, since the mound always involves a com
paTativcly dense and sedeutary people, and
where these could live their partially agrcul-
tural and less numerous successors might GER
taluiy COntriye 10 support themselves also.
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AFirst.rla.s War StorY.

Gov Curtin tells the following Riding
over the field, just after the battle OF Spottsyl-
vania, | came across a wounded Pennsylvania
soldier. lie was leaning against q stump, hold
ing a bloody leg. ] dismouuted aud asked him
how he was
- Is the bone brokon?' inquired, as he ex-
planned his injury.
80 No. said he, eheerfuIy; only q bullet
through the flesh Still lie was faint and
thirsty.
".What would you rather have Just now,
my man said !, if YOU had hut one wish
was thinking OF his home in the Pennsylvania
hills.
~ would like to have "A good drink of Penn
sylyania whisky he replied, with smile.
Then here IL IS / replied, extending my
flask, You shall have IT,
He took the flask, held it in his hands a
second, then pointed at dying Confederate
soldier near by. Better give it 10 him. he
said he needs il more than do, poor fellow.
y es. give II 10 him.
We turned 10 the latter. For all we knew
il might have been the very man who shot him.
BuS we proppcd him up and attempted 10 pour
some Of the liquor down his parched throat. He
beard every word and seemed 10 understand the
situation thoroughly. IL WAS too late With q
grateful look in his eyes, rs he turned them q
moment OH the wounded Pennsylvania soldier,
he sighed deeply, aud fell back dead.
- have seen that Peunsy ylvania soldier since
tho war. lie had nothing 10 begin life anew
with ON the strength OF that deed to an enc
my at such a time / iudorsed him for q sum OF
money lie prospered. He now owns two mills
and a couple Of farms, and he deserves all he
hos
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dealt out TO MS. We've tTumped every trick
they've PLAYED So far. and when we start iH un
this new deal wei n hurt them a good deal worse
than thly can Ms. aud We can stand II "a thunder
irr SIGHT lunrlr'u thCy can. They're iu hole
We rc out ga the opeu world. lf we haiui guns
enough we can get more; they can't IL we
hriuf ammunition enough we can get more.
they can't ID we haint grub enough We can
rrt more: they can't They must come % thc
end n thrir string in a little while, and then
we'll have gm. I'm mighty sure We can knock
down their old walls before they can our sand
hills"
when we ir-t came down Gen. PaTkc sent
formal demand for q surrender OF the fort To
Col Moses y White. the rebel commander. lie
politely refused. Oa the morning Of the 23d
Gen Burnside came down near the fort IN
steamer. sent out a flag Of truce, and with IL
demand Tor a surrender. The rebel Colonel
again refused. bat . meeting was arranged Tor
the next day between him and Gen. Burnside,
who was an old Army acquaintance, 60 see if he
could not be persuaded 70 change his mind.
The interview was fruitlcss and we expected
that the firing wond begin at once. The
orders were 10 be in readiness, but the day
passed away without the signal being given.
In the evening we were dismissed, but told to
get 10 bed early and have good nights sleep,
so rs TO be in trim for beginning work at day
break. An hour before daylight Job walked us
up We got our breakfast, took our places
at our mortar. and waited for dawn. gray
mist made everything dim. chilly and indis-
tjuct. Daylight came siOwly-yeTy slowly, IL
seemed 20 rs. standing there in tense expect
ancv.
To our right the restless sea rolled IFS sweep
ing biliows up the beach until they broke with
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY AUGUST 28 $780,

val seats of power would naturally be by the
paths cut out by the great rivers through the
mountain walis-by the same routes which
have been taken advantage of in constructing
the great lines of railroads which afford COM
mnnication between the seabOard and the upper
part of tho Mississippi Valley. The aborigine5
of the seaboard would advance upon their enc
mics by precisely the same route taken 40
years ago by BraddoCk and Washington to as
sail the French occupants of the territory If
the abOrigines of the Ohio Valley were the
more powerful nation, they would constantly
invade the seaboard country by the same routes,
and invaders and defenders, whether pressing
eastward or westward. would constantly meet
in these gateways of their outer wals-the
gOrges aud passages in the great Appalachian
chain.
Throughout all history, men have made war
over the same lines The invasion and defense
OF one age are along exactly the same paths
pursued by invaders and defenders in other
ages. Mountain passes and river courses form
the gateways of land, aud there the battles
for possession are fought--in one ago by men
with stone axes and bullock hide shields, in
another with bronze swords aud bras5-tipped
javelins; centuries later by lance bearing
knights clad in complete steel, and centuries
later still with breech- loading muskets and
steel cannon. For 20 centuries at closely fol-
lowing periods. the armed hordes of Western
Europe have surged back and forth over the
Flemish plains, from Chalons TO Waterloo
from Saarbrucken to Sedan. The Russians are
following the same routes into Central Asia
taken by the Greeks aud Romans, and at Tihis
their Krupp guns are mounted upon the iden-
tical granite foundations erected by the En-
poror Heracltus for his balistac. The Mahum-
ctan invaders of India followed the same path
taken by Alexander II centuries before"
Besides the grave series upon Frye Run,
which may be Of comparatively recent origin,
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ment can Lo explained, If these tombs be sup.
posed 10 belong TO the same age. This is that
the graves were those Of allied tribes of inyad.
ihg Indiana, probably coming from the north
west The position of Hardy County In the
State, and also its relation to the mountain
passes opening a route to Western Pennsylvania
aud the Ohio, would seem TO make it the point
OF ingress from that direction. There the
Oldest inhabitants notably Mr.. Godloye, IA
native OF CapOn Valley 81 years of age. and in
full possession Of his faculties talk only of the
Shawnees. IL was this tribe also, according TO
tho Harness aud other local traditions, who
were the chief aud apparently the only enemies
Of the early settlers All fathers seem to have
handed down 10 their sons stories Of Shawnee
war parties aud their atrocities. With these,
however, most probably came Illinois and that
western branch of tho lroquos coloquially
called hingoes, together with contiguous tribes.
Anyone may see the strength of position,
with reference TO the plain ia front, afforded
by the line OF hills IN which the graves lie.
Everyone reports that for so years no adjacent
field has been nowly piowed without turning
up bones and weapons which seem at this point
to have been scattered over tho whole valley
east of the river. Again, il was ia this I'M
mediate vicinity that the
ANCIENT nEARTHs
before spoken of were uncovered by the flood
Given center Of population on the bottom
land, with an invasion Of enemies belonging To
different tribes and assuming that the latter
were completely victorious, the present re-
mains may be explained without difficulty
This, however. is purely hypothetical. Never
theless, il Is far from being improbable that
these tumuii cover the bones of conquerors in
some forgotten war; and Mr.. MoElroy the Ed
ltor oil this paper, states the probabilities Of
the case as follows: THE topography of this
country would indicate that any people inhab-
itng il would have their seats of power re.
spectively on the Atlantic seaboard and in the
valley drained by the Ohio River. The most
probable place for the former people would be
in the neighborhood of the great indentati0n
of the coast of which the Chesapeake Bay is
the main feature. For the latter, the most
probable place would be liz the central portion
of the fertile plains lying north of the Ohio
River. Communication between these two III
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Lincoln's appointment Of Fremont.


It is said that the acquisition Of the Island
Of Aicatraz, near San Francisco, which Gen.
Fremont secured for the Government. led to d
state Of things TO which he often referred with
dissatisfaction. He bought the island the story
goes to keep it from falling into possibly hos
tile hands. He felt that he did not have sutli-
cient time 10 obtain a ratification of his plan
from Washington and so he went ahead on his
own responsibility, The Government accepted
tho island, and occupied it for military pUr-
poses. Gen. Fremont was never repaid for MS
expenditure in securing the island. Last
Winter an effort was made to obtain payment
from the Government, but the negotiations
failed to be successful.
" Fremont was dining at a hotel in Trafalgar
Square, said Mr.. Simon Stevens yesterday,
with my brother, Henry Stevens, now dead,
Fred Billings, Traiuor W. Park, and several
others, who had met there to complete neEotia-
tious for the sale OF the Generals NarpOsa estate
when the news was brought that Fort Sumter
had been fred upon. n negotiations were i'm
mediately suspended. Fremont called for pen.
ink aud paper, and instantly wrote to President
Lincoln rendering his services rs q Colonel Of
cavalry. The letter was forwarded by the
first steamer To Isaac Sherman, a well-knoWn
merchant Of this city and great friend OF
Fremont, with q request 20 call upon fhurlOw
Weed and ask him % 20 with mG 10 Washington
and consult with the Hon. Thaiieus Stevens
and get bin 10 urge the appointment We
went 20 Washington and saw Mr.. Stevens,
who accompanied Us 10 the Executive Mansion,
where we called Oh the President. The letter
was read to him. and Dir. Stevens and Mr..
Weed both suggested that Fremont be ap-
pointed a Major General.
e. will appoint him. Mr.. Lincoln said. in
stautly. He turned to his table and wrote the
letter nominating John G. Fremont for Major
General Right under that name he wrote
George b. Mcclellan. The official letter 10 the
Senate was written perhaps 10 minutes later,
and the same order was observed in that IS
we went away the President said he would
send the letter TO Gen. Scott for his approval.
Gen. Scott with his pen drew a line through
Fremont's name, and then wrote IL again under
McCle,ian's, and in that form the letter went
10 the Senate. The nominations were con-
hrmcd the next day. tc.egraphed the news
TO Halifax 10 catch a steamer there.
The mes age was sent ashore from the
steamer at Lands Eud and telsgraphed TO
London. Fremont WAS then visiting the Mar
quis vi Rip0n in Yorkshire. and was at dinner
when the news reached him. lie showed the
dispatch to his host, rose, and begging the
Marquis and tho guests 10 excuse him, hurried
up to London that night. The second day he
crossed over to Paris, aud there secured a
quantity Of arms for use In his department
Then lie came back 20 this country and hurried
to 81. Louis, in his department.
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gists have thus far discovered concerning these
remains TO support the doctrue that they were
the work of peoples ethnicaliy distinct from
those whose descendants now inhabit North
America. Peopling a continent is slow proc
os5 equally so the mental development Of
its population and their advance in culture. In
the one case, the changes implied in prog.
ress from "a state in which tendency toward
dispersion is stronger than that toward as3oci-
alton, 10 one in which social cohesion subordi-
mates the impulse toward djsaggregation,
require an immense period In the other,
while the first advances are by far the 5Iowest
civilization moves through time rs the gods of
Homer moved through spaco-it takes a step,
and ages have rolled away
Man can be demonstrated TO have
INHAnITED AMERICA
during the Pleistocene, although its races are
most probably not indigenous. Knowing the
times and motions Of the planets. astronomers
can calculate their position backward as we'll
as forward, aud it is estimated that the last oe.
casion on which planetary conjunction existed
such as To lengthen the earth's orbit, aud when
the Northern hemisphere was in apheiion dur
Ing Winter to produce there glacial petiOd,
occurred 1000 900 of years ago Then human
beings of some kind were here, and there has
becn, il would seem, n sufficiently long period