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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-06-18
SAVED LIFE At 7..o.S {. s.=::=
Throws Himself Against Fly Wheel
Belt to Save Companion.

Belt to Save Companion.
MISUNDERSTANDING at work In
the Independence tile Factory, Fred
MCGOWAN saved young man named
Coons from certain death in the
mixer" Coons became horribly en-
tangled in the machinery of the mixer
while at work near it and the cogs
We're fastening themselves into his
arms and side and drawing him ever
nearer. His shrieks startled the men
near, and they were all transfxed
with horror save MCGOWAN He saw
the need OF immediate action, and
tried to thrust the belt from the
great pulley; he failed again and
again. Then in desperation he seized
the belt with his hands and pulled at
it, all the time being drawn to the
enormous pulley where he might be
crushed to death. But he hung on,
even when he was going up over the
wheel. Though his body was being
awfully twisted and his bones threat
ened to snap, he still chung to the belt
and just as he came to the floor, he
gave last tug and succeeded in get
ting the belt loose. Coons was i'm
mediately taken from the cogs. His
arm was broken in three places ana
big holes were literally punched into
his sides. MCGOWAN was bruised and
sore, but otherwise he is unhurt
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-06-18

Cures dizzy spells tired feelings, sto-
mach and liver troubles, keeps you
we'll all summer That's what Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. Try
it and you will always buy it. 35 cents,
Tea or Tablets.-Nick Dotfing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-06-18

Big cuts or little cuts small scratches
bruises or big ones are healed quickly by
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is
especially good for piles, Be sure to
get DeWitts. Sold by Nick Dotfing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-06-18

Ayers Hair vigor, as now made from our
new improved formula, is the latest, most
scientific, and in every way the very best
hair preparation ever placed upon the
market. For falling hair and dandruR it
is the one great medicine.
Made by theJ C. Aver Co.. Lowell. MASS
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The 18th n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
kindly give a short sketch of the 18th
N. Y.?-Allan McFee, Belleville, On
tario, Can.
The 18th N. Y. was organized at AL.
bany, May II, 1861. and mustered Out
May %, 1863. This regiment was also
called New York State Rifles, and was
first commanded by Col. VIM. A. Jack
son. who died Nov. 10, 1861, at Wash
inston, D. c.. succeeded by Col. VIM
H. Young. who resigned Aug. IA. 1862
Col. George r. Myers then took COM
mand, retaining the same till the mus
ter-out of the regiment. 1t belonged
to Slocum's Division, Sixth Corps, and
lost 3S killed and 33 from disease, etc
Editor National Tribune.
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BATTLING AROUND
TOLEDO.
Continued from page one.)

Fortunately Commodore Barclay did
not appear to interfere with this process
and attack the fleet while it was in such
helpless condition. Outside the bar,
with the guns once more in place, Perry
ieit master of the situation, especially
as Capt. Elliott had come up with about
100 officers and sailors to strengthen
the crews. Perry Immediately started
for Long Point to search for Barclay
but the latter had taken time by the
forelock, and sailed away for Maiden,
where the construction was fastened on
the Detroit TO give him a preponder-
ance of force over the Americans
Perry proceeded at once to carry out
his instructions from the Navy Depart
ment to cooperate with Gen. Harrison
He set sail for the archipelago at the
head of the lake, and rendezvoused in
the excellent harbor formed by PUTIN
Bay. This is in the midst OF the group
Of Islands, and forms an excellent shell
ter. Put-fn-Bay Harbor itself is a COM
modious basin, extending into the north
west side of South Bass Island and shell
tered by the high rock of Gibraltar
This is now one of the pleasantest Sum-
mer resorts in the West, and is % miles
from Toledo and 80 miles from Maiden,
where the British fleet took station. 1t
is also about 10 or 2 miles to the near
est shore upon which Gen. Harrison's
scouts could be communicated with.
Perry ran up to Sandusky, where hel
met party of our men, who informed
him that Harrison, with force of 5000
men, was only 81 miles distant, and
the next day Harrison himself came on
board, accompanied by Coils. Macarthur
and Cass and some 26 chiefs of friendly
tribes. Harrison sent Perry So men to
act as marines and sharpshooters Har-
rison was not quite ready for a forward
movement.
Perry fell i'll, and the squadron lay
quietly in Put-in-Ray for over week |
Then Ferry recovered sufficiently to sail
out and challenge Barclay to battle
without having his gantlet picked UP. |
Barclay was waiting the completion of |
the Detroit, which was being fastened |
with all the energy that could be sum-
moned. At last she was ready for SER
vice, and the following comparison of
the strength of the two squadrons is |
made by President Roosevelt in his |
NAVAL War of 1872" !
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PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF THE THAMES.

first shot directed at her was from a
24-pound gun, which came skipping
over the waters, but fell short. Five
minutes later came second, which
crashed thru the Lawrence's bulwarks.
At five minutes before IL the Law
renee had been only able to reach the
third one in the encmy's line, with the
Caledonia near her, while the Niagara
was much farther away. The smaller
vessels were getting nearer, but num-
Der of the slower sailors were dragging
to the rear, with the Trippe more than
two miles away. The Lawrence replied
to the enemy's fire with the only gun
that she had which would reach them,
n 12-pounder in the bow, and the Scor-
pion and the Ariel both gallantly assist
ed her. The Lawrence was where the
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greater than two to one.
Detroit, Hunter and Queen Charlotte
could all concentrate their fire upon
her, and she was battered by "a heavy
guns. The Caledonia put in some good
work, but the Niagara could only use
one gun. Commander Elliott's conduct
was the subject of even more bitter
controversy than ragged around Schley
at Santiago. His vessel was fast sailor
and his men were the best in the squad
ron. Perry pressed on toward the enc
my until his carronades began to bear.
Then for two hours there was desper-
ate fight. with the Lawrence receiving
the fire of the heaviest British ships
with only slight assistance from the
other ships The Lawrence was soon
in wretched condition, with her rig
ging nearly all shot away, her sails torn
into shreds, her guns dismounted and
her spars battered into splinters Out
of the 103 men able to take the deck %
were killed and. 81 wounded. Perry's
little brother had been wounded by
splinter First Lieut.. John ]. Yarnall
a gallant Pennsylvania and next in
command, was bleeding from several
wounds. A splinter had gone thru his
nose. which covered his face with blood
The bedding of the men had been
stuffed with cat tails. and these few
about in n shower when the enemy's
shots struck. A mass of them settled
in the blood on Yarnall's head, giving
him a comically monstrous appearance.
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Barclay Accepts Battle.

Barclay Accepts Battle.
The interruption of the British source
of supplies by Perry's movement was
beginning to tell very severely upon
Proctor's army. Proctor had to have
food for the 5000 regulars, militia and
Indians that he had gathered around
Maiden. and Barclay was forced to the
determination to go out upon the lake
at all hazards TO open the Cracker
line"
Perry had made every preparation
for battle, giving each officer written
instructions as to the part he should
play In the event of Barclay not COM
Ing out Perry had decided to attack
him where he lay, even tho the British
guns on shore had TO be encountered.
Each commander was assigned TO at
tack one of the British vessels, Perry
reserving for himself and the Law
renee, his flagship, the attack upon the
Detroit, the enemys principal vessel
The Niagara, under Capt. Elliott. was to
take the next strongest British vessel,
the Queen Charlotte, and SO on. His
instructions were TO each TO get as close
as possible 10 the enemy, and fight his
opponent to a finish. The signal for
action was large. square, blue battle
flag with the last words of the gallant
Capt Lawrence inscribed on it in large
white letters. These were, Don't give
up the ship When this was hoisted
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at the main royal it was to be the signal
for going into close action.
The Brittle Opens.
The morning of Sept. 10, 1913, dawn
ed bright and beautiful. with the clear
autumnal sunlight glinting over the
waters. which were lightly rippled by a
breeze from the southwest A slight
shower of rain came up from the Ohio
woods, but lasted only a few minutes,
and as the clouds passed away the look
out announced sails in the distance. Al
70 o'clock Perry led out of Put-in-Bay
Harbor in the Lawrence, straight for
the ships seen approaching from NAL
den. AS soon as Barclay saw the Amer
lean feet advancing he hove to in close
order 10 meet it. His vessels, newly
painted, with colors flying. made a very
imposing spectacle. AS the British were
superior in long-range guns, Perry de-
ci1ed to make the action as close as
possible. where his superiority in short
Sange cannon would tell. On the Brit
tsh vessels were $50 sailors from the
ROYAL Navy, 50 Canadian sailors and
40 soldiers, regulars, Canadians, mill
TIA and Indians. The muster roll of
The American feet showed 40 names,
but 116 of these men We're ill, some of
them too much so to go on deck. About
one-fourth were regular sailors, one
Fourth were seamen of some experience,
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Z:5U OCBOCk.
Yarnall kept the deck, however, in spite
of his three severe wounds, and re-
placed his men at the guns as fast as
they were cut down. The other two
officers were Frustrated by wounds, and
such was the desperate condition that
every wounded man who could pull a
rope was brought on deck to help con-
tinue the fight.
Perry Changes His Flag.
Perry, finding his vessel unable to
fight any longer and the Niagara refus-
ing to obey his signals for close action,
decided to transfer his flag to the Mag
ara, and take command Of her in per-
son. He left Yarnall in charge of the
Lawrence with orders to exercise his
discretion as to surrendering or not,
and putting on his full uniform and
hauling down his battle pennant, he
entered a boat and was rowed to the
Niagara. Commodore Barclay, tho bad
ly wounded. had watched every move
ment and seen its significance. He or
dered his guns to aim at Perry's boat,
and they tore the water around 1t with
showers of grape. Bullets went thru
the sides and the oars were splintered,
but the gallant crew rowed on, and
Perry was soon climbing up the side of
the Niagara, with his advent there the
signal for enthusiastic cheers from the
rest of the feet, which had watched his
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Tiprecanoe, and decided that It was the
hest n1aCa 70 aoht

Tippecanoe. and decided that 1t was the
best place to fight.
Harrison made his dispositions for
battle with great skill. Commodore
Perry accompanied him, and acted as
volunteer Aid. Harrison massed his
infantry for direct frontal attack up
on point which seemed to offer hope
of success, while Col johnson and the
Indians were to move around the Brit
ish flank and attack in the rear Col
Johnson's Kentuckians were not only
superb riflemer, but excellent horse
men, and We're habituated to riding thru
the thick woods such as those the Brit
ish infantry had relied upon to protect
their tanks. The bugle sounded, and
the whole army moved forward accord
ing to orders. The fire of the British
regulars at first threw some~Kentuckians
Into confusion, but they raised the shout
and charged on the flank of the British
line, breaking 1t into hopeless confu-
sion. OF the 500 British only SO men
and a single officer escaped. The at
tack on the British infantry had been
made by only part of Johnson's regi-
ment, while Johnson himself led the
I'd battalion against the Indians under
Tecumseh. The Indians received them
with a heavy fire. which killed and
wounded several, among the latter be-
ing Col. Johnson, who fell under his
horse. The Kentuckians then dismount-
ed and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight
with the Indians, raising the battle cry,
Remember the River Raisin.'' Gov.
Shelby came up with another regiment,
and sent forward brigade to make an
attack in another direction, when the
fight was soon over, as Tecumseh fell
by shot from Col Johnson's pistol.
Proctor, seeing the ruin of his forces,
dashed away in carriage, was vigor-
ously pursued, had to leave his carriage
and fly on horseback. His carriage,
sword and valuable papers were cap
tured by the Kentucky horsemen
The imperfect reports show about Is
Americans killed and 80 wounded, with
about Is British killed, 26 wounded and
500 prisoners. OF the Indians 80 were
found dead on the field, and Harrison
estimated that more than 5000 small
arms were captured.
The death of Tecumseh took the heart
out of the Indian resistance in the West,
as Proctor's defeat terminated all hopes
by the British of holding that part of
the country The question of whether
Col. johnson really killed Tecumseh be-
came a matter of intense political dis
cussion, especially when Johnson was
candidate for the Vice Presidency.
Johnson never either affirmed or denied
that he had done 50, but insisted that
he had killed an Indian about that time,
and that the bodies of two warriors,
naked, were found near where
he himself lay wounded, and one of
these, 1t was believed, was Tecumseh.
Proctor went back to England dis
graced, was court-martialed and sem
fenced to be publicly reprimanded and
suspended from rank and pay for six
The discouraged Indians sued
for peace, and at last the troubled
Northwest was at rest.
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The 2fffh Pm

Editor National Tribune: Please
give the record of the 211th Pal. J.
Whitney. NJ D., Davenport, Wash.
The 211th Pa. was organized al
Pittsburg in September. 1864, and
mustered out June 2, 1865. 1t was
commanded by Col. James II. Trimble
who was discharged March Is, 1866
succeeded by Col: Levi A. Dodd. brevei
Birgadier-General, April. 1865. who
was in command at the time of muster.
out and discharged Aug 8, 1865. II
belonged to Hartranft's Division, Ninth
Corps. and lost A killed and So from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune
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The 43d Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please
give a short sketch of the 43d Ohio
/. S. Murphy, Mt Vernon, Ohio.
The 43d Ohio was organized at
Camp Andrews and other places in the
State from September, 1861, to Febru-
airy, 1852. and was finally mustered out
July 13, 1865. 1t was commanded by
Col. ]. L. Kirby Smith, West Point
graduate, who died, Oct. IL, 1862. of
wounds received in action, succeeded
by Col. Wager Swayne, who was pro-
NOTED to Brigadier General, March s.
1865. At the time of muster-out the
regiment was under the command of
Col. Horace Park. 1t belonged to
Veatch's Division, Sixteenth Corps, and
lost 65 killed and 191 from disease, etc.
Editor National Tribune.
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The 4tfl, Ind

Editor National Tribune: Please Civ;
a short history of the 44th Ind.-Peter
Anderley, Flag. Miss.
The 44th Ind. was organized Mt Fort
Wayne Nov, %, 1861. and finally mus.
tered out Sept. IA. 1865. 1t was COM
manded by Col. Hugh B. Reed, who
resigned Nov. 2e. 1862, succeeded by
Col. VIM. C. Williams, who also re-
signed July &c, 1863. At the time OF
final muster-out Col. James F. Curtis
was in command. 1t belonged to T. ]
Woods Division, Fourth Corps, and
lost 80 killed and 229 from disease, etc
Editor National Tribune.
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ap. the famous dispatch t, Gen. Har.

cap. the famous dispatch to Gen. Har
lrison: -
1--WE have met theb enemy, and the,
are ours-two ships, two briggs, one
schooner and one sloop. 81
Yours, with great, respect and es
TEEN, s9t i,
20. II. Perry"
Perry treated his svanquished oppo.
nents with the greatest respect ant
consideration, refusing to receive theil
swords and manifesting much concern
about Commodore Barclays wounds ant
those of his officers and men.
| During the battle the Americans los
1913, of whom 81 were killed, and the
British 1875, of whom. Al were killed
Barclay was wounded in the thigh ant
then in the shoulder. Firinis, of the
Queen Charlotte. tine second in com
mand, was MORALLY wounded. The deat
officers on both sides were buried to-
gether at Put-in-Bay.
| For years there ragged fierce con.
ltroversy between the partisans of Perry
and Elliott over the latter's course. The
presumption remains that Elliott, who
had distinguished himself by the cap.
ture of the Detroit and Caledonia, felt
hurt at Perry's appointment over him
and was expectant that Perry would be
killed or severely wounded, the COM
have the glory Of the victory.
Harrison's Advance.
The way was now clear for Gen. Har-
rison to advance, recapture Detroit and
invade Canada. He had called on Gov.
Shelby, of Kentucky. for 1900 men, and
invited that gallant old patriot, who had
won honor at Kings Mountain, to take
command of the entire army. Gov.
Shelby aroused his Kentuckians to en-
thusiasm to avenge the massacres from
which they had suffered SO cruelty, and
came forward with $500 mounted men
in II regiments, one of which was. COM
manded by Col. r. NJ. Johnson, after
ward Vice President Of the United
'tates. About ESQ friendly Wyandotte,
Shawnee and Seneca Indians, under
Chiefs Lewis, Black Hoof and Black
snake, Joined Gen. Harrison, and he
had Sept. "a almost 5000 men en-
camped on the Middle Sister Island.
The Kentuckians left their horses on
the peninsula near Port Clinton, O., and
went forward as infantry, except Col.
Johnson's regiment, which moved by
the way of Toledo and kept abreast of
the transports. A fleet of 16 armed
vessels and 100 other boats moved for
ward toward Maiden Sept. 81, expecting
that Proctor would give battle in that
neighbOrhood To their establishment
Proctor made no resistance to their de-
barkation, but retreated, leaving Fort
Maiden and the navy buildings in smok-
ing ruins. Harrison vigorously pursued.
The Battle Of the Thames.
Proctor had not anticipated a pursuit
by land, nor one made with such vigor,
and Oct. 2, 1913, went into camp on
the banks of the Thames River, Sc
miles from Detroit, with 700 white men
and Tecumseh's 200 Indians. He was
then about Is miles from the lake. He
again fell back little distance to take
a strong position on the banks of the
Thames behind McGregor Creek, where
he assured Tecumsehs he would give
battle and either defeat Harrison or
leave their bones there Tecumseh
looked at the. position, which he said
reminded him Of the Wabash andothe
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Addresses Wanted.

Alena Law McCauley wants any of the
34th ILL.,, Co. D. to write to her. Her
father, Henry Law, is dead. and his
widow has been unable to get a pension
because unable to answer the question
of whether he was married before he
married her. He lost a leg at Stone
River, and they were married after the
war. She has one affidavit to the effect
that he was single when he married her
but now greatly needs another.
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one-fourth We're volunteer soldiers.
chiefly from kentucky. and the remain
ing fourth negros and boys. The ships
were cleared for action and the men
given their dinners, so as to go into
battle on full stomachs. All this time
the Americans were moving slowly to-
ward the enemy at the rate of about
three knots per hour. At Is minutes to
IL the two squadrons were so near to-
gether that bugle sounded on board
of the Detroit as a signal to begin fire.
The Lawrence was then one and a half
miles distant from the Detroit, and the
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progress with intense anxiety. Elliott,
who had supposed Perry killed. met
him at the gangway, and asked anx-
iously, "How goes the day." bad
enough" answered Perry. "Why are
the gunboats so far astern 2" "I'll bring
them up" DO So" responded Perry,
and Elliott, yielding the command of
his ship, entered a small boat and rowed
back to the gunboats, which he handled
with energy and courage during the
rest of the actionA Perry found the
Niagara practically 1nhurt and her crew
eager for closer battle. He Immediately
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The 4th Iowa Cav.

Albert Luthrage, 4th Iowa Cav, is
writing interesting "reminiscences of the
services of his regiment for the Cedar
Falls Uowa) Daily Record. His last
installment relates to the Guntown eX-
petition, and is full of historical meat
He gives a very striking picture of the
Encouragement of that unfortunate ex-
petition and the hardships and dangers
that came to the men on account of its
mismanagement.
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stereoscopes and Views.

Editor National Tribune: 1 received
the stereoscope on the 9th, and / am
very much pleased with the stsreoscope
and the views, and wish everyone had
a set of them.-James E. Curtis, Co. G,
I'd Mass. Cav, 315 Moody ST., Lowell,
Mass.
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The British Line Broken.

The Niagara burst directly thru the
compact British line, passing the Brit
ish ships at half-pistol distance on either
side. Her batteries on both sides were
manned, and as she went thru she
poured heavy broadside into the Lady
Provost and Chippewa on her larboard
and the Detroit, Queen Charlotte and
Hunter on her starboard. Perry turned
Immediately to the starboard, and took
advantage of the Detroit and Queen
Charlotte having gotten afoul of each
other to give them a terrible raking
with cannon and musketry.
The rest of Perry's fleet had at the
same time come to close quarters with
their antagonists, and for eight minutes
there was terrific fighting along the
whole line, which was terminated by
the Detroit striking her colors The
other British vessels did the same. ex-
cept the Little Belt and Chippewa,
which tried to escape, but We're pur-
sued and overtaken.
1t was a remarkable victory, for 1t
was the first time that whole British
fleet or squadron had been captured by
an enemy, and it was the first time that
such triumph had come to the Amer
lean Navy.
As soon as Perry saw that his victory
was complete he wrote on the back of
an old letter, resting it upon his navy