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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29
NEW ENGLAND NEWS
THE LsNGkAID TRAGEDY-ANOTHER Arrry..
BY La PAGE TO BREAK JAIL-LA PAGES h..
PERATIOS.

Tue LANGkAID TRAGEDY-ANOTHER Arrsy..
BY La PAGE TO BREAK JAIL-LA PAGES H.
PERATIOS.
CONCORD, N H.. Oct -. -LaP4-a. ,..
suspected murderer of Josie Langmalt
made another desperate attempt To e,t+a
from Jail. This afternoon sheriff D4yi-1.
| jaiior. ascertained that his iron bel.tss,
had been nearly torn in pieces, and f.r-,
a brace similar to that used IN h. at-.r.
yesterday to escape was secreted. IL "A,
not until thorough search was made
his person that the missing portion If 2.
bedstead WIS found. II was one % ,i
small braces or stays Of the beli,eai A.
was 50 cunningly concealed beneath H.
clothing that the most complete scar.
was needed to reveal it. Jailor Davi. i-
mediately placed La Page in iron-. AT.
there Is at present no danger Of MS e-.-i..
SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE.
Nearly the entire force OF officer = 5....
at work at ScncOOk and vicinity to-da.
The impression seems 10 be galning zrlr,-
that the right trail Is at last hlr One
the 81 Adams officers went home H..
morning and the other remains until
night. They both feel confident that tfs,
have evidence TO connect La Page with H..
Ball tragedy, even if he is let 20 h---
The impression Of La Pages guilt has gt...
ed ground to-day. and the popular fee
seems to be that the perpetraror Of tac
rib!e tragedy l. Yet % b. brought o.
bar OF Justice. and tina. speedily.
Tue LANCNAID MURDEE-ADDITIlNAL r
DENCE DIsCOvERED-LA PAGE MAEr-
STATEMENT TO THE OFFICERS.
CONCORD. n H.. Oct. 2j.-TAr.s f-.
tives and City Marshal Cornell have t..
with La Page nearly all DAY tlkir.-
statement through IN Interpreter b..
are very re;icent a. 10 what - l.r..
obtained. bat it Is understood that
have IN their possession facts Of C most ..
portant character to implicats bin 10 h
Pembroke mnfder. Detective Slreent .s,-
that he had made some sort o! q couie-..-
but he declined to state what it wa l
girls fro'l Suncook were taken t. The
to-day, where they positively Identified
Page as the man who had chased Chem
the night, on several OCCASION. ua Dr.
saturday before the murder Wa G i.a.a...
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Iowie, Of pcm.-
were riding along about 80 rods hlla. S..
the murder occurred. when tLey m5t.....
carrying club of saved wood. allst t..-
and hall feet long AMI an mrh l.
such as was found near tie scene %
murder lie carried the stick hehinL
Il both hands They visited the fsi o.
morning and identified Ia Page as Ia.
hey met, AMI picked the coat %. w.r.
rom = number OF other
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

A Brooklyn photographer lately appeared
IN court. bearing with him seventeen sepa.
rate negatives, of one and the same young
lady. When the seventeenth had been sub
mltted and rejected, the long-suffering pho
tographer declined to spend the rest of his
life and chemicals upon 50 difficult a subject
and the lady having declined to pay for the
privilege Of " sitting" seventeen times, he
hnally went to law to obtain some COM
pensatlon for has wasted time and capital.
The issue of the case will be watched with
some interest. If he fails to recover. it is
supposed that the lady will next sue him for
her wasted time.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29
NE aErrnLcAys NOTORIOUS.

DsVyER, Col. Qcs 25-The returns thus
lar received from totay's elections indicate
that the republicans have carried the Terri
!ary, and that thy will have considerable
majority y the constitutional convention.
all the pQ.uti heard from . far report re-
port repnblican msJoIiiies
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

HUNDRED CONFESSION or MuaDER.-!. l.
rumored that Freedman, living in Lad.
low, has confessed to Catholic priest that
he is the murderer OF the Italian organ
grinder, whose remains were found in the
woods, near that Pace. few years ago.
tie was suspected at the time. but the evil
denee was not sufficient to warrant his ar
M
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

Russia has finally decided to participate in
our Centennial exhibition The St. Peters
burg government at first thought the exposi-
ton was coming too soon after the one at
Vienna 10 permit her to attend, and then
our government did not seem to assume quite
enough control in the matter to make the
OCCASION efficiently national to suit Russia :
notions. These scruples, it appears, are all
overcome. and Russia will be on hand
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

The Sutherland Falls Marble Company and
Thomas Ross. of the Lincoln Iron Works.
Rutland. have purchased the entire ma
chinery lsft at Hoosac tunnel. said to be
hundred car loads. and two of their men
leave tomorrow, to ship it to Rutland.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

The States that hold elections one week
from tomorrow are Massachusetts. New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia
han'as, Aaryland Mississippi, Minnesota
Missouri and Texas
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

Professor j. c. Watson, Of the Miehisan
University, has discovered another new MA
net. 1t shines like star of the tenth mag
- .
nitnde' and in compliance with the advice of
the late Horace Greeley. is moving Wes+
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

on The 9th inst, Mr.. H. X. Slayton. Of
Manchester y H., and formerly of Calais
w. addressed % Republican mass meeting
IN Cincinnati on the currency question, and
the Imes' Of that city, printed his speech
40 inll the next day. We have received +,
copy and find it full of information care
fully grouped statistics and sound loy;c
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

4 case IN bankruptcy recently occurred
10 minneapolis which unfortunately has few
parallels Gen. W d. Wasbburn las
'aan year ago made an assignment The
~s'igneeS took the property, paid all Of hi.
heavy liabilities, dollar for dollar. and bs,
handed to Mr. Washburn. after liquidatipc
al MI Ms debit, the handsome sum of s3oo
wv We know OF good many men who
"VlIi ne glad t. fail, with sucb a -,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

ATTEMPTED ABpUo ION At BESxINsroy 49,
The Troy Press saN4: One evening, last
week, as a young ally of Bennington was
going to a neighbor's house along dark
street. close carria 70 stopped near her and
she was seized by two men. who ATTEMPTED
to drag her into the 'srriage. Her screams
called a neighbor to her aid, and the dos
peradoes hurried away. A similar attemnt
was made apon nniagtoa girl several
years ago One Of tie ru(hans engaged in
that affair is now in Clinton prison Tor cans
ing the death of a Woman at the State linz
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

reporter THAT l. ). Treasurer New
III bis annual report will recommend ~. .
congress ADOPT a new system of paying Con-
gressmen- Under the present system there
Is no check against fraud. and nothing p
prevent The payment Of Congressman twice
The law makes the certificate of the sooat
CT an absolute warrant for discussing officer.
VINO cannot 20 behind it. Treasurer Nsw
VII recommend tia, the Clerk of the
House be made disbursius c.Ecer. direct.
y accountable TO tbc Comptroller Of the
Treasury
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

The greatest euriysity of the season is a
newspaper turned to stone, found by Frank
Gilbert, Of Hartlani 1t was embedded in
the era7el, and va formed into stone.
The printing is plaialy visible to the naked
eye, yet it is d solid rock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

judge Alexander 5. johnson, of Utica,
has been commissioned, as the successor of
Judge Woodruff in the United States Cir
cult Judge-hip. lie was, Se think, Mr..
Evaris' candidate for the place, when Judge
Woodruff received the appointment, and he
has now, ii is understood, had the inaaen-
tial support Of Senator Conkling, for the
place The appointment is regarded by good
judges as an excellent one. Judge johnson
Is good lawyer and has had good deal Of
experience on the bench. lie is a gentleman
of good presence, and 81 or 81 years of age.
The Boston Surveyor General Of Lumber
presents report of his business for the year
ending on the 50th ult which illustrates the
depression in :he lumber trade in that city
The fees OF the deputy surveyors. which in
1873. amounted to 5000 have this year
fallen to SCI, 4SG. The Surveyor-G General
says tha: for thirty-ive years he has not seen
such general stagnati0n of the lumber
business u at present We suspect that
there are very few Of the large lumber
markets that have not experienced larger
falling of in business than Burlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

The capital of the railroads south of the
Potomac is stated at ST. 900 900. Twenty
millions of this pays dividends. Three
fourths Of all the stock and bonds have
been sunk. The main cause Of this, accord
ing to a railroad manager, is reckless com
petition.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

Lucu5 W. Pond, one of the largest man
ufactureFs and mos, respected citizens .! the
city of Worcester, mgsteriously disappear
ed, some two weeks since, and there seemed
to be little doubt that he had either COM
mitted suicide or been foully dealt with A
week passed by, and it was found that Mr..
Pond was not only bankrupt. but that
many Others who had been signing accommo-
dation notes for him, and others lending him
money at high rate Of interest, were also
involved TO such an extent that they too
were liable to be ruined. Every day brought
~ light some new victim with loss of from
a single hundred to many thousands of
dollars As these new developments came,
they brought with them the conviction that
Mr.. Pond had absconded. Worse revela
tons followed 1t was found that Mr.. Pond
was not only defaulter but forger and,
to-day, Lucius ". Pond, who scarcely three
weeks ago was the centre Of large social
circle, leader in manufacturing industries
and a most respected citizen, is fugitive
from justice, with at least 100000 worth
of his forged paper on the money market OF
Worcester and vicinity.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29
WAsIiINGTOH NV.

ANNUAL REPORT OF The L. s TsE1-caEs
WASHINGTON. Oct -. The annsa. r.. p.
Of treasurer New viii CONTAIN the .,ll ..g,.-
statement OF receipts and expsuaiiuf.- b.
warrants i0- the fiscal year. Isl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

Custom. $I9.7I3. 707 81 iu,eru.- ,
enue. s., lSs .5l3, 81; interior, civil. 81
s57 .535 so; Treasury. proper. 50 "a.
2G2, AZ diplomatic, S3.l9g ,330s4. ql.
terly salaries, 1851 81 % judiciary.
500, 9i5 Genet civil and mi.cell.nc5. b..
peuditureS ST. .07O, 7O2 9S.
War Department, S4I,l9O,Gl5 81 s..
department, S2l ,l97, 626 p Interior
pariment. S37 .s4O, s73.Oi public dsbt
terest. SOB 093 .544 57-totll nat sxa.- F.
lures S27l 1928 1924.
Public debt redemption OF bends. Slni
80, go; redemption of United State y ....
40, li3 02I redemption Of national a..
reney. $40. 1854 .67I IS redemption ID ...
certificates. ST. .27s 800 rcdenpti5n
certificates Of deposit United States p,.,-
Ssl ,0iO, O00-tOtal, including items on b..
count OF public d5bt, S6s2 600 So. 33
Balance of covered money, June % L..
Sl4f, 702 ,4l64I.
The NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2J.-The presIisn.
s. sned the commission OF Alexander
johnson, Of New York. to be Circai,.J1l
Of the Second Judicial Circuit, 10 suDpiv =
vacancy oecasioned by the death & Jui-.
WCOiruff
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

Receipts oil customs. SD. To- ~ g.
ternal revenue, SllO, 0O7 ,493 -. land, :,
1850 Il, miscellaneous sources. Slg.Il
l95-total net revenues S2-5. 900 0jIIn
Public debt funded, ISL. Sgj jo1 -.i
United States notes. SlO3 go .gj6 d..
tional currency, $40 .6l2, 500 gold e.5-.
Gates. so, $50, 100 certificate vt le-
United States notes. $50. G9j 600 -.4-.
receipts. S615. 81 COZ 10
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

By the DID naturalization act Of 1902,
person applying to be naturalized must hav,
declared lis intention to become a either
before a Court of Record This act wa,
amended in MAY, 1924, 50 as to allow thi,
previous declaration Of intention 10 be made
before the CLERK Of the Court. In the re.
vision Of the United States Laws of 1879
this last amendment was omitted. Conse-
quently declarations Of intention made before
clerks, since December /, l,-.3 will be of nc
avail and the parties will have 10 begin
anew
The spaech OF Ben Batter before the New
York legal Tender Club Is utter financial
nonsense. He proposes fixed standard"
Of value, made wholly independent of in
trinsic value. His idea of currency is one
that costs next 10 nothing and cannot be ex-
ported. lie would have greenbacks conyerti-
bic into 5.6j bonds and these convertible
back into grecnbacks He is willing to con-
cede that the interest on the bonds may be
paid in gold, but he would prefer greenbacks
This Is equal to Nasty
The Teachers Institute for Franklin
county will be held in Fairfax Nov. 9Th and
l0th.' Morning and evening sessions will
be held each day
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

To read the Democratic and Independent
papers. Ar.s Chandler, the new Secretary Of
the Interior, d sihply broken down sot,
without character, brains, or any redeeming
feature. There is one exception. ne lead
ing Democratic paper Of Michigan, the
Detroit Free Press, remarks of Mr.. Secreta-
~ Chandler 'sHe is universally recognized
as man fe1traordinary energy, and his per-
sonal honesty has never been questioned. y
Senator Anthony, who probably has had as
good opportunities to judge Of Mr.. Chand-
ler's qualifications as most Of his abusers,
says, in the Providence Journal "Mr.
Chandler i, n business man. He has acquir-
ed great fortune b. Legitimate mercantile
operations He has distinguished himself
by his advocacy Of a sound currency, and
has long been one of the most reliable and
trusted leader, Of the Republican party. He
is a man OF great thoroughness and industry,
for which he will find abundant opportuni-
ty in his new position, and he is not easily
imposed upon. No man in public life has
been more shamefuly lied about. personally,
politically and in every way in which dis
appointed applicants, sourej politicians, and
repulsed blacA-ln4ilers exhibit their venom
and nobJdy cares less about it,"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
THE LOUISVILLE DRAWING.
A Mist still Hanging Over It-BIantOn
nuRcan's Suits.

HuhGAn-s ElAAAs.
Col. Blanton Duncan is still engaged
in an inquiry into the details of the
Louisville lottery drawing. In letter
publisbed In the Louisville Commercial
he says:
The litigation In prospect for the
Library Lottery managers Is lncreas.
ing in magnitude. The formaldemand
for payment of balances on prizes IN
dicates vigorous preparations for con-
testing the action Of the managers in
reducing the prizes, and will involve
several hundred thousand dollars. A
number Of prize owners have instructed
counsel to bring suits, and others are
preparing TO do likewise. The follow
ing is a sample Of the demand made by
Col. Duncan:
As attorney for the owner Of ticket
No. s., 437, 1 request and demand pay
ment of the balance due thereon, So
go. in accordance with the contract
made and your promise to give the sum
Of $4,000 for that prize, and upon
which You have made payment of -
per cent only.
The following, also, was demanded
more than a week ago, and declined,
upon the ground that mo ammunition
would be furnished to help the plain
tiff" But, if the allegation Is made
that the drawing Is incorrect, IS 1t not
better for a corporation which pro-
fesses to be public to give all parties
interested whatever Information they
may ask for politely:
| 10 r. T. D1HTetB, President Public La
JrgTg:
The management having invited all
ticket-bolders TO compare the publish
ed lists of apprOXimates and to verify
their correctness by means of their
published list of prizes drawn and the
! upsold numbers, /, as attorney tor
many hundred ticket-holders, asked
the president and agent IN charge to
give me a list Of the prizes, and a list
of the unsoId numbers, as printed, cor
rected in any necessary manner To
show the exact official statement. That
application, personally made, having
for some weeks been allowed to remain
unanswered, / now, in writing, again
ask. as attorney for the ticket-hCldeTs
for the necessary data by which &c
verify the published list Of approx
| imates.
1 ask that you viii furnish me with z
certified copy Of your l,000 drawnprize'
| as printed, and marked with any correc
tions that are necessary tOmake 1t thu
true list; and also like printed list o.
the unsold numbers, with proper cor
rections, certified as the true list, anC
also a corrected copy Of your approx
mate list, certified as true.
! My reason for doing so IS that YOU
Office has issued lists which differ IL
! figures, copies of which are in my pos
session, and as both purpOrt to be you
official statement, ask that the tru
one may be designated.
Your prompt attention to this, ant
that yon write officially upon thes
lists that they are correct and tru
copies.
It's work of but few minutes, AM
Is a right to which ] am entitled.
BLANTON DUNCAN.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17

and down-trodden. viii not allow
The nation to make nm amends for the
wrongs done by the carpet baggers and
scoundrels, the Howling Idiots OF the
North, In the days succeeding to the
close of the war, when all was dark be-
fore Us, and when it was difficult to tell
which was the right road. lie will
give no time to correct mistakes. lie
claims indemnity for the slaves which
he put up as a stake to be eontended
for in the dreadful game of war, in
which be lost, and he demands that
the people Of the North, who did gen.
erously in sparing him has worthless
life, should pay the debt which he IN
CURED in the effort to perpetuate slavery
and destroy the Government. He refuses
to affiliate with the negro without whose
assistance he cannot 1--we. He DULLES
and abuses, like a very coward, the
helpless freedman who is modestly,
quietly and decently striving to fit
himself for the great future 50 sudden
ly opened up before him. He threat
ems the General of the army, who
tenders him wholesome advice, that
when the next Congress meets. with a
Democratic majority in the House
and late Confederate ma
iority among the Democrats, he
1Gen. Sherman) shall feel the weight
of his displeasure. He is a wordy,
loud, vituperatiye, boasting, bullying,
cowardly, mischeYious idiot.
You VIII see how the house IS d.
vided against itself. While the great
American people, brave, manly, chival-
nc and Just, are beginning to under
stand each other, and to recognize that
the same great qualities are common to
them all, the Howling Idiot, with his
head between his legs, looking to the
rear, to a past which patriotic, wise
| and sensible men have turned their
backs upon, pOurs forth his dlscordant
shrek Of dismay and indignation that
soon his occupation will be gone, that
soon he will be remanded to the stu
pidity of his own idiOtic solitude, where
his tad behavior can annoy no one but
| himself The charlatans and dema-
| gogues and scoundrels-the HowlIng
Idiots who have had their day IN the
maladministration and criminal neglect
! and abuse of national affairs-must
now step down and out, to give way to
the manliness and patriotism Of the
nation. North and South, East and
West. There are to be no more ten
mile square views Of and by people
who inhabit an empire reaching to
either ocean, where narrowness becomes
a crime, and where the cathoho spirit
of federation is intended to be one OF
the commonest attributes of man.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
UNDER SUSPICION.
A Democratic Organ That VIII Bear
Watching
FraukIn REVIEW and journal.

Franklin Review and journal
1t is now settled that on the 2lst
inst. there viii be a formal opening of
the Ohio canvass by Gov. Allen and
Allen q. Thurman. Many pognostica-
tons are INDUCED IN by the press as to
the position Of these gentlemen on the
financial question. If the Democracy
of the East can act unwIsely any more
under the lead Of the NeJg York World,
than IT has done. we will be 4nUch sur
prised Under the influence and IN the
interest Of the bondholdeIs and the Ma.
tional hanks, this paper has tormonths
played the simpletOn.
There Is difference IN both parties
upon the proper time for the resump-
ton Of specie payment, and we can't
see why 1T is that the light should ali be
IN the East. Men Of equal honesty and
talent IA the West differ from the
tenets Of the financial gospel Of New
York, and they have power enough q
be heard and felt and tClA De. Their,
areno reasonable grounds for the W oLl'
and other papers 10 agliate and DIVIDE
the party upon this question. 1t car
be easily settled when In National Con
vention. Our prediction Is that if III,
World If not watched, It Wi play tn
sneak again as 1t did IL the Seymou
and Blair canvass. It VIII almost b
snre to do this, if its financial views ar
not received as the gospel of truth bl
+ba Democrats IN their National con
-ocafion. where all matters are com
7,Tor -ed and settled. We hope tn,
5aTrv will strike the golden mean be
fw,c2 imitation and contraction. Ii
does we will have peace AMI a grea
victory.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
FINANCIAL.

Tlse.o Is scarcely anything doingin bank
ing circles. Money may be reported as in
fair demand, with bank rates at ten Eer
cent. per annum.
Exchange on New York is bought by
the banks al par aud IS sold by them at 81
per thousand premium.
Gold was rather weak yesterday, de
clining in New York to 1l4s, but finally
closed at I14.. Our dealers were paying
from lI3 TO ia and were asking l14ss
Silver is taken at 105 for halves and quar-
tiers.
Tennessee bonds are quoted in New ORR
at so. We hear of no Transactions in this
market.
Our local securities are quiet. Comp
troller's warrants are bought at sass, an
are not very abundant on the market
County warrants are very abundant at soc
For quotations paid for other stocks anC
bonds we refer to those given by the Nash
vile Savings Company, corner Union anC
College streets.