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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS. AND TIMES "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1909. 10 New Torld city, until his retirement 1 INDIGESTION, GAS AND DYSPEPSIA ALL GO. HOWARD Indignation, Gaa, Heartburn, Headache and Other Dlstreas Will Go In Five Minutes i If you had some Dlapepsln handy and would take a little now your stomach distress or Indigestion would vanish in five minutes and you would feel fine. This harmless preparation will digest anything you eat and overcome a sour, out-of-order stomach before you realize it.

If your meals don't tempt or what little you do eat seems to 4 you or lays like lump of lead in your stomach, or if you have heartburn, that is a sifn of Indigestion. Ask your Pharmacist for a 0-cent case of Pape's Dlapepsln and take a little Just as soon as you can. There will be no sour risings, no belching of undigested Heat From the moment you strike a match and touch it to the wick, a powerful live heat radiates from the PERFECTION 0511 Meaner CEquipped with Smokeless Device) which burns for 9 hours withj one filling of its brass' font, which holds 4 quarts. I 3 'A -T One of the strong features of the Perfection Oil Heater is the new Automatic Smokeless Device which makes smoke impossible, even when the heater is handled by a norice. Permits instant removal for cleaning.

There is no danger of turning the wick too high this automatic smokeless device prevents it. This means a perfect, odorless, smokeless heat 'that carries com-' fort, cheer and satisfaction. Beautifully finished in Japan or Nickel no cast iron to break-legs, base and top stamped out of one piece of steel- damper top aluminum metal window frames that heat will not tarnish handle' never hot. Made in various styles and finishes. Every Sealer Everywhere.

If Not At Your. Write for Descriptive Circular to the Nearest Agency of the STAND AltD Oil, COMPANY (Ieparat4) I I LLllillljllilladli 1 ro1 (J o. 12J mm I I REE PSJTM EfWATE RjH Of WASHES ANOWRINGSl BYELECTRlCUy. Provides every modern appointment of travel in its most perfect form. No scenery can surpass the continuous panorama of fertile fields, irrigated valleys, rugged canons, smiling orchards and distant mountain peaks that mark its daily progress to the coast It is the preferred train between Chicago and Riverside 9 Las Angeles arid Pasadena.

Attractive booklets and literature, containing valuable hints to tourists and travelers, maps, timetables, sleeping car reservations and full information on application. Chicago North Western Union Pacific Call at our store and see the Thor Electric Washing and Wringing Machine in operation it speaks for itself DIED SUDDENLY (Continued from pa are one) turned to the field two months and twenty days after Fair Oaks; was assigned to 2nd brigade. 2nd division (Baker's brigade), some times called California brigade; this he commanded In second battle of Bull Run, where he received credit for successfully commanding the rear guard in the retreat; same brigade in the battle of Antietam. At Antietam, Sedgwick, his division commander being wounded, he succeeded to command of the tnd division. 2nd corps; commanding same division in completion of this battle, and also in the battle of Fredericksburg, with other divisions charging Marys Meights; continuing In command same division, sometimes temporarily In charge of the 2nd corps, during that succeeding winter, 1S62-3.

Was promoted to major-general of volunteers. November 1S62. In April, 1SS3, assigned by dent to-command, of the 11th army corps; had this corps In the battle of Chancel- lorsville; where the corps met with a repulse from Stonewall Jackson's attack; also same corps at Gettysburg where he received marked credit, especially for his work the first day, from- General Meade and from Congress for selecting the fa mous field of battle, and holding It with his reserve troops, while keeping superior force in check alt day from the time of I General Reynolds' death till near night; participating also creditably in the re mainder of the battle, till Its triumph and close; after Gettysburg one division taken from him and sent to S. the 11th corps, thus diminished, and the 12th corps. were detached and sent to the Army of the Cumberland; with this corps General Howard engaged in the battle of Wauhatchle, Oct.

2S. receiving commendation In orders of his army commander-Gen. Thomas: engaged also In the battle of Missionary Ridge. 24th and 25th Dec. '63.

Here his activity was so pronounced thai Sherman asked to have his corps move with his own. the 15th. northward to the relief of Khoxvllle; this work being successfully accomplished, the 11th corps went back into winter quarters In Look-j out Valley. The next spring. April, ISM.

Gen. Howard was assigned to the com-; mand of the fourth, army corps. Army of the Cumberland, while his own 11th was consolidated with, the 12th, forming the new 20th corps, under Gen. Hooker. Howard began the spring campaign in the battle of Tunnel Hill, and participated satisfactorily to Sherman and Thomas, In all the operations of that campaign in the following battles: Dalton, Resaca, Adalrsville, Kingston and Cassvllle.

New Hope Church. Pickett's Mill, Muddy Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, Smyrna Camp Ground. Peachtree Creek, Ezra Church. Jonesboro and Love joy Station. After the engagement of "the Battle of Atlanta," 22nd July, In which Gen.

McFherson was slain. Gen. Howard was assigned by the President to command the Army of the Tennessee. In the battle of Ezra Church, 2Sth July, he commanded the field that day in which the 15th corps was the one mainly engaged, the 16th and 17th and the artillery supporting the 15th and furnishing re-enforcement; for this action especially. Gen.

Howard received the brevet of major-general In the regular army, conferred 13th of March, 1885. His march on Jonesboro was so rapid as to secure for the enemy a divided force; the enemy, so divided, attacked Howard there and was defeated, end Howard's and Thomas commands completed the victory. It "was a division of his army under Gen. Corse that fought the brilliant action of Al'atoona Pass. In the march to the sea Sherman gave Howard command of his right wing.

Slocuro his left. Howard marched via Gordon, leav ing Macon to his right. A division of his. Charles R. Woods, under his supervlslen fought the successful battle of Griswold- rille; Walcutt's brigade doing most of the fighting.

He moved on successfully on that route towards Savannah, while Slocum passed through Milledgevllle, northward. Howard successfully marched his army In three columns to the vicinity the Ogeechee river to successfully com municate with the fleet; he choose and sent the division of Hasen to attack Fort McAllister, and with Sherman observed that brilliant operation. In recognition of all this work General Howard was made a brigadier-general in the regular army December 21, 1S65. After the taking of Savannah, about the 23rd of 'December. 1S64.

Sherman ordered Howard to begin January 1. 1865. and move his army by water from Savannah, to Beaufort Island, S. to cross to the main land and sweep northward through Garden's Corner, Pocotallgo, across the branches of the Salkehatchle and the Edlsto, via Orangeburg, up the Congaree, across the Saluda and the Broad, and Into Columbia; while Slocum's left wing crossed the Savannah, and so kept abreast further After Columbia had fallen, and Charleston, with the forts along the coast, Howard's wing passed across the National BISCUIT COKANY Burlington Lights Power Cg by law, November 8, 1894. AFTER RETIREMENT.

He spent the I of '1894-5 at Portland. WTitlng i his memoirs, and then prganlzed the IJncoln Memorial Unlvel-sity at Cumberland tap, Tennl, for the education I of the mountaineer white children. He has since been the managing director and president of the board of directors. In 1898, during the Spanish War, General Howard was con stantly In fhe field in the Interest of the T. M.

C. A. Christian commission, irivine addresses in all camps from Chickamauga to Cuba. I For his work at the battle of Gettys burg he received the thanks of Congress, dated January 28. 1864; received the deco ration of the Legion of Honor from the President jpf the French republic, when on temporary duty attending the French manoeuverp in 1S84; received the degrees of A.

B. and A. M. from Bowdoln and LI IX. from Bowdoln, Waterville 'Col lege, 1S6S, Shurtliife College, Indiana, 1865, and Gettysburg Theological Semin ary, tS66.

In February of last year the United, States Senate passed an act matting rum a but the (House! never voted on It. AUTHOR AND LECTURER. Gen. Howard was the author of the following books: Donald's School Days; Henry in bie War; Nez Perce Joseph, or the Nez Perces in Peace and in Wax; Agenor de Casparln. a Biographical Sketch.

Jjartly a translation; "Gen. Taylor, ijn the Great Commander series; Isabella of Castile, a Biography; Fighting for Humanity; a series of monographs published extensively In the "National Tribune." Washln gton, D. C. military articles ln the United States Military Service Journal, Governor's Islaad; and numerous articles, a cart of them of a military character, but the most on sub jects of current Interest, published In monthlies and dallies, appearing at all times from 1866 to the present day. Gen.

Howard prepared lectures upon the lives of Lincoln, Sherman, Thomas and Slocum; also upon war subjects and others of jpublio Interest, and delivered them with acceptance before large audi enoes. For the past year General Howard has devoted his energies towards securing an endowment fund for the Lincoln Memo rial University at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. He was president of an endowment asso elation formed for that purpose, with an office in New York, and made many ad dresses throughout the country with this object In view. ACTIVE IN POLITICS AND SOCIETIES General Howard was allied with the Republican party from the date of its founding, and was always an ardent advocate of Its principles. In 1896 and again in 1900 he took the platform In advocacy of the election of McKinley to the presidency, and delivered numerous forceful addresses; and, In the.

former year, in company with several veteran officers of the Civil War, he made a notable political tour of the country. He was connected with numerous societies, among which were the American Tract society, of which he was president; the American Bible society of which he was one of the managers; the Congregational club and the Authors' Guild, of New York city; and he was an honorary member of the New England society, the Historical and Genealogical society and the Union League club, allof New York city. He was aiso a memoer or the leading patriotic societies, the Society of the Cincinnati, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; and various Civil War societies, the Potomac, the Cumberland and the Tennessee. Sinoe he became a resident of Burlington in 1895 he has been a member of Stannard Post.G: A. R.

In 18S4, while In Europe attending the manoeuvers of the French army, he received the decoration of "Commander" in the Legion of Honor from the "President of the French republic, General Howard married Elizabeth Ann Walte of Portland, February 14, 1853, and they oelebrhted (their golden (wedding in New York city February 14, 1905. Their children were Gwy, who was killed In battle in the Philippines October 22, 1899, while a lieutenant-colonel in the United States army; Grace, wife of Captain James T. Gray of Portland, Ore gon; James of Newark, N. lieutenant-colonel In ne Nf Jersey National Guard; Chancey of' Washington, D. John, captain in the 19th' United States Infantry, now stationed at Fort Mcintosh, Texas; Harry of this city; and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Bancroft I of Wilmington, Del.

Col. T. Jones of the 10th cavalry, commanding on.cer at Fort Ethan Allen, has directed that a 'guard of honor be placed at the house of General Howard this morning. It Is suggested that the flags of the city be displayed at half mast. GENERAL REGRET IS VOICED AT WASHINGTON Washington, Oct.

26. General regret was expressed here to-night at the death of pen. Oliver Otis Howard, who Jived for a number of years in this city." He was one of the few persons to whom the thanks of Congress were ever extended. On January 28, 1864, a Joint resolution was passed by Congress declaring that "The gratitude of the American people and the thanks of their representatives In Con gress are due to Major-General Howard and the officers and soldiers of the army of the Potomac for the skill and heroic with which they at Gettysburg repulsed, defeated and drove back, broken and despirited beyond the Rappahannock, th veteran army of the rebellion." He was awarded a medal of honor In 1893 for distinguished bravery at the battle of Fair Oaks, June 1, 1S6 where he was twice severely wounded in the right arm necessitating Its amputation. He served in the Seminole campaign In Florida, i Gen.

Howard 1 commanded a brigade at Bull Itun July 21, 1861, and participated in many, great battles. He was largely instrumental in establishing In Washington Howard University which was named In his honor. One of the most conspicuous parts of General (Howard's military record was his campaign against the Nez Perce Indians, resulting) in his driving them across the Sierra Nevada mountains Into, a position where Ultimately they surrendered to Gen. Nelson A. Miles.

ARMY OFFICER DISMISSED. First I.leu. Terry, 23nd IT. S. Broke Pledge.

Washington. Oct. 26 Found jruilty of breaking a pledge taken in 1906, to abstain from the use of Intoxicating -flquors for years, First Lieut Edward W. Terry of the 22nd infantry, has been from the army. In addition to violating the pledge, the officer was charged with drunkenness on duty.

Lieut, Terry was a captai.T in the 1st Louisiana Infantry volunteers when the Spanish-American War broke out. After the war, he became a lieutenant in the regular army. -1 v. Sr4CKTAXV If KM AST arjBLKB PHKSS, Means Honey for You It means the most absolute cleanliness yon have ever known. It means good health.

We mean by all this that you should familiarize yourself with the package -as shows above of Cabot's Sulpho-Napthol A few drops added to a pail of water reduces the labor of house, cleaning one-half. i Such a solution removes dirV grease and grime, restores the color to all fabrics and gives to them longer life. Besides being a dirt-killer. thir-'Licraid Cleanliness Is a positive germicide. It cures and prevents skin infection.

Invaluable in the sick-room. Can be used anywhere about the house, not only as a cleanser but 3 a preventative of disease. Sold only in yeftow jaelagu Ig druQoitt af praeera 60c. and 11.00- tvv imUatvm SULPHO-NAPTHOL COMPANY Tomy Building. 14 Madfora StrMt SAWYER CRYSTAL BLUB CO, ScUios AfCnta SS Broad Street.

Boston. Mass. 3 HLY FLJlVORgn Physlefane and dentist tion agalont dental decay and attalaat grrmi of coniaa-ioaa diseaae. Our patent romiw. ANTISEPTIC picks are oei made.

They preeerve xne teeth, iwtra tne nreata and laereaae tne now of. eallva. FREE SAMPLES! J. W. STuLL-rVAW.

24 Church St, Bnrllngton, Vt. CLARK'S 12th Annual CRUISE Feb. to April lO TO THE ORIEfJU By S.S. Croasear Kurfuent laelodisv S4 day la Earptaai iiwiy MMBi. twin aiav win rh tide titp to Khartoum) cotttag op, toclodl thora rzcartonc Mdelr, Cdl.

SevilU. only aiw.oo and hi SPECIAL FEATCfi Airier. Malta, CoaMaattaosla. Athea. Koma.

taa Rinara, arc. Ticket good to atop over la EaioDav to Uclada Panloa Play. etc. CItriSE AROTJND TIIE WORtTJ. 5 A few vacancies yeU similar Cruises Oet- -18; 10, and Feb.

,4, II. SSO up. Fine series EnrpeOhrmmrrKa Tours. S270 ua-Send for programs (pleane upecify.) PRANK C. CLARK, Tlmea Bldsr N.

V. W. II. EAVES, 200 Waah. St Doaton.

i isi.wed&sat,tf Carollnas, Joining with Slocum to finish very successfully the battle of Benton-vllle. March 19th.20th and 21st. 1865; a little later, after. Joseph' E. Johnston's surrender, Ajfril 6, 3SG5, Howard's command marched from to 25 miles a day from Raleigh to Washington, via peters burg and himself hastened from Richmond to Washington by water.

AFTER THE WAR. In accordance "wit'h a request" which Mr, Lincoln had left with his secretary, Mr. Stanton, General Howard was assigned to duty. in the department, the 12th of Mir. 18G5.

as commissioner of the bureau of ref ugees, reedmen and aba doned lands; he had charge of this bureau for the next seven years, and was abundantly successful In its administration particularly in alleviating the suffering of the freedmen and in its industrial and Its educational features, having founded many permanent institutions of learning such as Howard University, Hampton Institute. Atlahta University, Lincoln, Fiske, Straight and others. In 1S72 he was chosen by President Grant and sent to make peace with the only Indian tribe then at war with the government, namely, the Chlrlcahua A pa 1 ches; and also to settle numerous dif ficulties with other tribes in Arizona and New Mexico; all this Gen. Howard thoroughly accomplished without arms. On complaints about his admin istration cf the Freedmen's Bureau there were two investigations; one In 110 by a committee, of Congress.

which ended in a vote of thanks to him by the House of Representatives; the other was by a court of inquiry composed of seven general officers of the army; this ended in complete acquittal of all the charges against him, and; In unrestricted com mendation. He had hardly, completed this bureau work when he was assigned to command the department of the 'Columbia, August, 1874. IN INDIAN WAR. During the next six years he, in command, passed through two Indian wars one called the Nez Perce war. 1877; the other the Piute and uan- nock.

1878. He brought these wars. after many battles and long, fatiguing; campaigns, to a successful termination. In the spring of 1879. another Indian tribe called the "Sheep- eaters" becoming rebellious in points near the Salmon river, he sent out and captured them en masse, brougnt them In as prisoners, put them at work at Vancouver, ana tneir at school.

In the winter of 1880- 81 he was sent to West Point. N. as I superintendent of the U. S. Military Academy, which he.

held for two years. July 13, 1882. he was assigned to command the department or me Platte, headquarters at Omaha. to which he gave successful administration until his promotion to a major-general In the regular army, 19th of March, 86. He" then passed the military division of the Pacific, wmcn Included the department of the Columbia, of California and Arizona.

This division he administered -to the satisfaction of the war. department and the President 'till November, 1888. when he was transferred to command the military division -of the Atlantic. This division he held until divlsons were dscontinued; after that he. commanded the department- of the East.

mJ aovernor's Island. STHFE3- j7 thc ILW rACKAG3 I ml aV food mixed with no stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling in the stomach. Nausea, Debilitating, Headaches, Dizziness, or Intestinal griping. This will all go, and, besides, there will be no undigested food left over in the stomach to poison your breath with nauseous odors. Pape's Diapepsin Is a certain cure foi out-of-order stomachs, because It prevents fermentation and takes hold of your food and digests It Just the same as If your stomach wasn't there.

In five minutes from all stomach misery is at any drugstore waiting for youl These large 50-cent cases contain more than sufficient to thoroughly cure almost any case of Dyspepsia, Indigestion or an other stomach disturbance. 1 s-n liH 254,23.26.29 back and take the consequences. I "As to stories of domestic trouble he has nothing to jay to the public, except that he does not believe that his wife would ever state to any one that he had ever been anything but kind and considerate to her and her child. As -to the story that any trouble came from an effort to get his wife's money, the facts are that Mrs. Love's money was put in trust with the Northern' Trust company' before their marriage with his consent and approval and he Is quite sure that neither his wife nor any one else could or would say that he has ever directly or indirectly sought to get any of this trust fund." FIVE ORPHANS BURNED TO DEATH IN HOME Lynchburg, Oct.

2B The bodies oi the." five children, who were burned In the fire which destroyed the Shelton cottage at the Presbyterian Orphan's home, near the city at four o'clock this mom- lug, were recovered late this afternooa They were burned past recognition. I A coroner's inquest threw no light or the cause of the fire, but the verdici fully exonerates the home authorities I from blame. One Insertion of a classified ad. is of lev 7 enough by no means, always so i Same law of persistence applies as ir I everything else. nciog.

any good. My attention was called tf Kickapoo Sagwa, and I found relief after the first bottle, ixowever, I continued taking it for a length of time, resulting In my stomach being cured completely, and no return the trouble since. It it my desire to tell others of my cure and prevent suffering, and I would gladly da so to anyone who desires to Interview me. I also authorize the Kickapoo Medicine to publish my testimonial as they may desire. Mrs.

Ev Babcock, Academy Hill, No. 2 Centre St," The above testimonial.only one of many we have from "reputable people living In Bangor and surrounding villages win have been cured by using Sagwa, should convince any one suffering with stomach or liver disease that Sagwa win cure. However, if you are suffering with a diseased stomach, or liver, and have anj doubt about Sagwa curing you. we ask you to go to any druggist and purchase a bottle of Sagwa. If you can honestly say that you did not receive any benefit from it after you have used the entir bottle, the.

druggist will refund your money to you. We will pay the druggist the price of the bottle purchased by you. We know that Sagwa will cure disease! of the stomach and liver. If you wish to test Sagwa before purchasing, call on our representative at Parker, the drug gist's, store and he will give you fre a trial bottle. The Kickapoo Indiai Medicine Clintonville, Conn.

Conv Salt Lake Route Tknttgh service tf Pullman standard drawing room, private compartment, and tourist sleeping cars, and corridor composite hujftt- 102 South Winooski Avenui observation cars. All meals tn dining cars. E. Bn'ttam General Jpnt, C. fcf A1 SCO Washington Boston LA til MAY KEEP CUSTOMS HOUSE OPEN SUNDAY Washington, Oct! 2 It Is possible that folio wine the action or the French KOrnment the customs house at New Tor may be kept open next Sunday to accommodate French.

Importation In view the expiring Franco-American rommerelal agree-ment at the end of thts month. Acting? Secretary Reynolds of the treasury; inquires whether any vessels with any 'material amount of French goods are scheduled to reach port Sunday and If any such are known to be due. the offices doubtless will be kept open to accommodate them. Otherwise the customs offices will close at 4:0 p. m.

Saturday mak LOVE STAETS NEW QUEST FOR RICHES Chicago, Oct. 26-Sidney C. former millionaire broker of Chicago and New York, former protege of William H. Moore, the railroad magnate, and pet of the millionaires, left Chicago last evening for the West to start life anew. Be fore his departure he gave out a formal statement.

The fact that there had been a rift in the Love household after a married life of a little more than two years, and that Mrs. C. C. Barnes, Mr. Love's mother-in-law, had been compelled, as she says, to go to the United States embassy In London and there emplore Ambassador Reid to protect her daughter from Mr.

Love and prevent the latter from kidnapping his seven months old daughter, has been the main theme in every drawing room In Chicago. Mr. Love's statement follows: "Mr. Love has come back to America to go to work. He will go West to try to start in business and to make a living.

His failure was, of course, a deep humiliation to him. but he turned over every cent he had to pay his creditors, and, like many another man, 'will start anew. He came to Chicago about fifteen years ago and began work at $60 a month and can do the same thing again. There was nothing connected with his failure that should keep him away from America, and even If there was, he would, come ing that the last moment when goods can come In from France under the reciprocity agreement. good nonsE blaxkets.

The A roods are all that and then some. Made to wear, and they do it They please both the horse and the man. Many styles at many prices at the I agar Hdw. Paint Co. ITALIAN A1IBAS3ADOH STAYS.

Washington, Oct. 26. Rumors that the recent return to tuts country from Italy of Baron Mayor des Planches, the Italian ambassador, was merely for the purpose of presenting his letters of recall were denied to-ntht by the ambassador who declared that "I hare returned to Washington to stay." HPHERE are foods for all purposes but coda cracker in troodness. Oldtown Lady's yinidlsi DosetOD'S Experience For the brain-energy business men need the muscle-energy workmen need; the nerve-energy housewives need; theall-- round energy school chil-dren need. Qy A soda cracker in ap pearancemore than a Mrs.

C. E. Babcock, for several years a resident of but who now lives in Oldtown. makes the following state ment for publication regarding her experience with Kickapoo Sagwa. which is now being sold in all drug stores in Burlington, and surrounding villages.

4 "While a resident of Dexter, 15 years ago, I was troubled with stomach disease could eat nothing but white or egg and whiskey. I tried all of the doc tors In town, none of whom could do me V-X-J A Oaf JF V. A freshness, crispness. Iloisture proof packages..

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