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train was emptied and the forces formed a hollow square with the train in the center to protect it. The train thus guarded pushed ahead for a few blocks when it was stopped by the threats that the engineer would be shot if he moved forward any further. Although Sergeant Walsh, of Company F, had asked permission to run the engine through the mob, Col. Foster ordered the train to back out of the danger. The guards with their bayonets prodded their way slowly back to the Union depot, receiving in turn showers of brick, stone, bursting fire crackers, and a multitude of vile threats. Some of the soldiers were injured by these flying missiles, and one officer had his face lacerated by one of those giant fire crackers.
The mob by this time was duplicating the scenes that were enacted in Baltimore in the spring of 1861 when the Sixth Massachusetts attempted to pass through that city on its way to the national capitol. There was no time for hesitancy. Some- thing decisive had to be done. The guards were ordered to load their rifles with ball cartridges. That order was gladly and quickly obeyed. Then the mob began to waver and separate, and the noisy demonstrations began to cease. When the armed force observed the effect their loading had caused on the strikers they did not fire into the crowd. That night the soldiers, rolled in their blankets, slept upon the depot platform with their arms by their side. At daylight the first mail trains began moving out of the city and others soon followed without being very much molested. Telegraph wires, however, were cut in various places throughout the city. For eight days the armed force watched the movements of the strikers and had procured quiet before they were ordered to embark for home. Had the order to fire been given when they first encountered the striking mob, there isn't any doubt what Company F would have done. They would have complied with that order readily.
The Fifty-second U. S. Infantry was organized from the Fourth Regiment Iowa National Guard. The twelve companies of the regiment were ordered by Governor Shaw, April 25, 1898, to Camp Mckinley, near Des Moines, where they were mustered into the United States service May 25, 1898. Three days later Col. Humphrey was ordered by telegram from the war department to take his command by rail to Chickamauga Park, Georgia. The force left the same day in three sections for Chattanooga, Tennessee, arriving May 30th, and then went on next day to Camp Thomas, at the place designated, where the regiment was as- signed to the Third Brigade, Second Division, of the Third Army Corps, where Gen. James F. Wade was in command.
Company F thus became a part of Uncle Sam's fighting force in the Spanish- American war. It was soon encamped at Chickamauga with the rest of the forces ready to proceed to Cuba whenever ordered. Although the company was there until the last of October, the soldiers were not ordered into any battle engagement. To relieve the monotony of camp life, the Kossuth boys spent much of the time viewing the places which the federal and confederate troops fought over in that region during the Civil war.
The sanitary conditions of the camp were so bad that death claimed a number of the company as victims, some dying while there, others on their way home, and still others after returning. The news reached home about the first of August that Edgar J. Winkel had died in the hospital. On the arrival of the remains the funeral was attended, among others, by a large number of young people who had been Edgar's schoolmates, for he had been one of their favorites. At the grave they
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watched the interment with tearful eyes. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Winkel, old settlers in the county.
There was mourning in the vicinity of Bancroft and Burt a few days later when it was learned that William E. Stahl had died at the hospital. The body was sent to the lonely mother at Bancroft who had sent three of her sons into the army service. Company F felt his loss keenly for he had been well liked by all his comrades.
Fred Cronan was taken sick and sent home, but died a short time after arriving at Algona. He was well known as a good boy. It was a hard blow to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Cronan, who have been settlers in this vicinity since the close of the Civil war. The funeral was an impressive one.
During the first week in September, after the company had left camp and re- turned to Des Moines, sorrow invaded the home circles at and in the vicinity of Burt. Clarence Lane was gone. He died at Des Moines and was not permitted to see his friends at home, although the company was mustered out only a few days later.
Ellison Blackford returned home, but in such broken health that his days were shortened. He was never the same Ellison after coming back from the army. He died in September, 1904, a victim of Chickamauga Park camp life. He was a young man of promise and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Blackford, of Algona.
While so many young soldiers were afflicted with disease at the hospitals at Chichamauga Park, fond fathers visited the scene, whenever they could get per- mission to do so, in their endeavor to influence the military authorities to procure better sanitary regulations for the welfare of all concerned. George E. Boyle, of Whittemore, went down and found the conditions bad beyond possible description, and also found that it was almost useless to advise the authorities to do anything in the matter. When he returned he told his experience to a large audience at the Baptist church in Algona, in one of the most interesting and forceful speeches he was ever known to make. There are many who still remember the information he imparted and the enthusiastic manner in which his speech was delivered. He depicted the filthy scenes he observed at the camp which were breeding places of disease and the forerunner of death. He, furthermore, told of the unconcerned attitude of some of the officers. He opened the eyes of many in his audience until they realized, for the first time, what camp life in the military service means where no attempt is made to procure good sanitary conditions.
ROSTER
While Company F was in the U. S. service the Fifty-second Infantry was commanded by Col. Wm. R. Humphrey of Sioux City. It was mustered in May 25, 1898, and mustered out October 30, 1898, at Des Moines.
Henry C. Adams, age twenty-two, Algona, was on the non-commissioned officers' staff, having been appointed hospital steward April 26, 1898.
Edward Richardson, age twenty-one, Algona, belonged to the regimental band, having enlisted April 26, 1898, as musician.
The company officers at date of muster were as follows:
Thos. F. Cooke, captain, appointed April 26, 1898, aged twenty-five, Algona.
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Jay E. Randall, first lieutenant, appointed April 26, 1898, age twenty-one, Algona.
M. J. Walsh, second lieutenant, appointed April 30, 1898, age thirty-one, Algona.
The following are the names in alphabetical order of other members of the company who were residents of this county, it being understood that the date of the muster of each and the date and place of being mustered out are the same as given for the company above unless otherwise noted :
Roy Alcorn, age twenty-one, Bancroft, enlisted April 26, 1898, as fifth corporal. George Barge, age twenty-one, Bancroft, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Charles M. Best, age twenty-six, Germania, enlisted April 26, 1898, trans- ferred to the division hospital corps, June 16, 1898, and mustered out Novem- ber 15, 1898.
Joseph S. Bestenlehner, age twenty-three, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898. Ellison E. Blackford, age nineteen, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Mark Boyle, age twenty-four, Whittemore, enlisted May 15, 1898.
Cornelius J. Breen, age twenty-three, Wesley, enlisted and mustered July 6, 1898.
Albert M. Brewster, age twenty-eight, Algona, enlisted and mustered June 25, 1898.
Charles F. Brooks, age thirty-one, Irvington, enlisted and mustered July 5, 1898.
Henry J. Bruhns, age twenty-six, Germania, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Roy Carpenter, age twenty-nine, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, as com- pany quartermaster sergeant, but was reduced to sergeant July 1, 1898.
Milo V. Chapin, age twenty-five (Sheldon) Algona, enlisted April 30, 1898, and promoted to corporal July 1, 1898.
Harry H. Clapsaddle, age nineteen, Corwith, enlisted and mustered July 5, 1898.
Charles A. Cohenour, age thirty-three, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, as fourth sergeant.
Fred N. Cronan, age twenty-seven, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, and died of disease August 27, 1898 at Algona.
Henry M. Dally, age twenty-eight, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Homer G. Davison, age twenty, Bancroft, enlisted April 26, 1898, and pro- moted corporal July 1, 1898.
Andrew E. Daugherty, age twenty-four, LaPorte City (Algona), enlisted April 26, 1898, as first sergeant.
Charles H. Estminger, age twenty-four, Burt, enlisted and mustered July 4, 1898.
Harvey C. Friesner, age twenty-two, Corwith, enlisted May 1, 1898.
William H. Gilbridge, age twenty-five, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898.
William Goodlad, age twenty-six, Burt, enlisted and mustered June 27, 1898. William A. Green, age thirty-one, Wesley, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Ralph D. Grow, age twenty-one, Germania, enlisted and mustered July 2, 1898.
Neils P. Jensen, age twenty-three, Algona, enlisted and mustered June 25, 1898.
Charles L. Johnson, age twenty-two, Swea City, enlisted April 28, 1898.
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Charles E. Lane, age twenty-two, Burt, enlisted and mustered June 28, 1898, and died of disease September 2, 1898 at Red Cross hospital, Des Moines.
James J. McGuire, age twenty-eight, Germania, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Edward J. McLaurie, age twenty-six, Armstrong, enlisted and mustered June 24, 1898.
George Mahoney, age twenty-three, Corwith, enlisted and mustered June 28, 1898.
David J. Miller, age twenty-two, Algona, enlisted June 25, 1898.
Milton E. Miller, age twenty, Bancroft, enlisted April 26, 1898, as musician.
Monroe C. Miller, age eighteen, Bancroft, enlisted April 26, 1898.
John W. Minkler, age eighteen, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Frank W. Mitchell, age twenty-three, Algona, enlisted and mustered June 27, 1898.
George E. Nelson, age twenty-one, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898.
William J. Peck, age twenty, Burt, enlisted and mustered June 28, 1898.
Marius N. Petersen, age twenty-five, Bancroft, enlisted April 26, 1898 as fifth sergeant.
John Peterson, age twenty-four, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Ernest C. Raymond, age twenty-three, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898.
William A. Salisbury, age twenty-one, enlisted April 26, 1898, as fourth corporal.
Alba J. Seely, age twenty-seven, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, transferred to division hospital corps June 16, 1898, and mustered out November 15, 1898.
James T. Smith, age thirty-four, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898.
George E. Sponberg, age twenty-one, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, as first corporal.
Leurenzo A. Stahl, age eighteen, Bancroft, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Samuel M. Stahl, age twenty-one, Bancroft, enlisted and mustered July 6, 1898.
William E. Stahl, age twenty-five, Bancroft, enlisted May 6, 1898, as wagoner. and died of disease August 9, 1898, at the second division hospital, Third Army Corps, Chicamauga. Ga.
John H. F. Sundermeyer, age twenty-six, Burt, enlisted and mustered June 27, 1898.
James T. Tanner, age twenty-two, Wesley, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Charles H. Taylor, age twenty-five, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, as second sergeant, and promoted company quartermaster sergeant July 1, 1898.
Walter E. Tellier, age nineteen, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, and promoted corporal July 1, 1898.
Leslie A. Tillotson, age twenty-eight, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898.
Merritt A. Turner, age twenty-four, Bancroft, enlisted April 26, 1898, and promoted corporal July 1, 1898.
Elbert B. Tuttle, age twenty-four, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, as third sergeant.
Raymond Ward, age eighteen, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, as musician.
Edgar J. Winkel, age eighteen, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, and died of disease July 29, 1898, at Hospital Fort McPherson, Ga.
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Francis W. Winter, age twenty-five, Bancroft, enlisted and mustered July 2, 1898.
John Wood, Jr., age nineteen, Bancroft, enlisted April 26, 1898, transferred to division hospital corps June 16, 1898, and mustered out November 15, 1898. George Worthington, age twenty-four, Bancroft, enlisted and mustered July 2, 1898.
Clarence F. Yetter, age nineteen, Algona, enlisted April 26, 1898, as second corporal.
LIST OF COMPANY F CAPTAINS
Thos. F. Cooke, July 2, 1889 to July, 1892.
Herman J. Edens, August 31, 1892 to April 4, 1893.
Melzar P. Haggard, May 10, 1893 to February 25, 1896.
George S. Foster, May 27, 1896 to April 26, 1898.
Thos. F. Cooke, April 26, 1898 to October 31, 1898.
W. E. H. Morse, March 15, 1899 to February 1, 1902, when he was pro- moted General Inspector of small arms practice with rank of colonel.
Wm. H. Gilbride, March 12, 1902 to December 24, 1904.
W. E. H. Morse, February 20, 1905 to July 28, 1906.
Charles E. Chubb, October 10, 1906 to February 8, 1908.
Wm. H. Gilbride, February 17, 1908 to December 31, 1908.
Lawrence Hutchins, December 31, 1908 to August 28, 1909. Wm. H. Gilbride, October 30, 1909 to March 7, 1910.
LIST OF FIRST LIEUTENANTS
B. W. Haggard, July 2, 1889 to July 10, 1890. Austin W. Creed, June 24, 1890 to December 2, 1891.
Herman J. Edens, July 2, 1892 to August 31, 1892. Colman T. Chubb, August 20, 1892 to December 30, 1895. Andrew E. Daugherty, May 27, 1896 to April 10, 1897. Walter E. Ward, November 23, 1897 to May 21, 1898. Jay E. Randall, May 21, 1898 to October 31, 1898. George S. Foster, January 22, 1896 to May 27, 1896. Elbert B. Tuttle, March 15, 1899 to April 4, 1900. William H. Gilbride, May 2, 1900 to March 12, 1902.
Clarence E. Wallick, September 29, 1902 to July 21, 1903 (drowned).
Charles Osier, September 12, 1904 to August 31, 1906. Clark H. Belknapp, October 10, 1906 to January 21, 1908. Durwain Redfield, February 8, 1908 to May 20, 1909.
Julius Kresensky, May 24, 1909 to June 8, 1910 when the company was mustered out.
LIST OF SECOND LIEUTENANTS
Austin W. Creed July 2, 1889 to June 24, 1890. John O. Reaver, June 24, 1890 to February 20, 1891. Herman J. Edens, April 16, 1891 to July 2, 1892. Colman T. Chubb, July 2, 1892 to August 20, 1892. Charles H. Cohenour, August 31. 1892 to January 7, 1893.
Melzar P. Haggard, March 13, 1893 to May 10, 1893.
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Andrew E. Daugherty, May 10, 1893 to May 27, 1896. Walter E. Ward, May 27, 1896 to November 23, 1897. J. E. Randall, November 23, 1897 to May 21, 1898. Michael J. Walsh, May 21, 1898 to October 31, 1898. William H. Gilbride, March 15, 1899 to May 2, 1900. Lester J. Dickinson, May 2, 1900 to December 12, 1901. John Peterson, September 29, 1902 to January 9, 1905. Lawrence C. Hutchins, February 20, 1905 to October 30, 1905. Durwain Redfield, October 6, 1906 to February 8, 1908. Lawrence C. Hutchins, February 17, 1908 to December 31, 1908. Julius Kresensky, January 8, 1909 to May 24, 1909.
J. Archie Bushnell, May 24, 1909 to February 1, 1910.
The officers of the company while it belonged to the U. S. army in the Spanish-American war, have been set forth in the body of this article. The names of all others appearing in the above lists of captains and lieutenants are those of officers who served the company while it was a part of the Iowa National Guard.
Two promotions occurred that are of worthy historical record: Ralph J. Laird was elevated to battalion adjutant with the rank of first lieutenant, January 21, 1908, and Arthur F. Dailey to regimental quartermaster with rank of captain, February 5, 1910.
The Fifty-second regimental band, which became well known for the high quality of music it produced, was organized at Algona, June 26, 1899, with G. W. Cady as chief musician, Durward Walker, first principal musician, J. F. Granzow second and A. F. Dailey drum major. The organization was mus- tered out April 30, 1903.
After the company had been mustered out of the U. S. service, and had been reorganized into the Iowa National Guard, it participated at encampments at the following named places : Clear Lake, July 12-19, 1899; Perry, Iowa, July 25-August 1, 1900; Council Bluffs, August 14-21, 1901 ; Fonda, July 7-13, 1902; Clear Lake, September 21-29, 1903; Des Moines, September 2-9, 1904; Septem- ber 6-13, 1905, and August 5-12, 1907; Fort Riley, Kansas, July, 1906; Spirit Lake, July 7-24, 1908; West Okoboji, August 18-28, 1909.
The company had several members who became expert marksmen at the rifle-range target practice and who were victors over the other teams of the state on several different occasions. It was the pride of the company to sus- tain the reputation for not only having the best team of marksmen, but for being the best drilled company in the state. The rifle team won many prizes and trophies at the annual regimental and state firing tournaments. The skill of these marksmen became so well known that members from the team were selected to represent the state at the national rifle and pistol firing contests at Lake City, Minnesota, Camp Perry, Ohio and Sea Girt, New Jersey.
Thirty-two members composed the company when it was reorganized, March 15, 1899, after its return from Chickamauga, the officers chosen on that occasion being W. E. H. Morse, captain; Elbert Tuttle, first lieutenant and Wm. H. Gilbride, second lieutenant. The armory was an old wooden building that had been formerly used as a skating rink, and answered the purpose fairly well until the state demanded better quarters to correspond with the $800 armory
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allowance that was provided annually for payment of the company's home. The company tried for several months to induce parties to build a suitable armory and rent it to them, but failing in their efforts they asked to be mustered out and the company disbanded. The state complying with the request, Com- pany F was mustered out June 8, 1910.
The fifteen soldiers from this county in the service during the Spanish- American war, who did not belong to Company F, Fifty-second Iowa, were as follows, age, place of residence and time of enlistment being given:
Joshua M. Cunningham, thirty-three, Bancroft, May 3, 1898, Company E, Forty-ninth Iowa.
Thomas S. Waud, twenty-one, Germania, quartermaster-sergeant, April 26, 1898, Company K, Forty-ninth Iowa.
William F. Baldwin, eighteen, Algona, July 7, 1898, Company D, Fifty- second Iowa.
Harry A. Sorenson, twenty, Bancroft, July 5, 1898, Company D, Fifty- second Iowa.
Arthur J. Carlisle, twenty-five, Whittemore, corporal, May 8, 1898, Com- pany K, Fifty-second Iowa.
Harry H. Filer, nineteen, Whittemore, May 8, 1898, wagoner, Company K, Fifty-second Iowa.
John R. Bellman, twenty, Whittemore, May 8, 1898, Company K, Fifty- second Iowa.
Sophus V. A. Richard, thirty-two, Whittemore, April 26, 1898, hospital corps, Company K, Fifty-second Iowa.
William F. Bellman, eighteen, Whittemore, June 25, 1898, Company K, Fifty-second Iowa.
Henry Lumberg, twenty-three, Whittemore, May 8, 1898, Company K, Fifty- second Iowa.
Guy M. Fenley, twenty-one, formerly Lu Verne, June 23, 1898, Company C, Fifty-second Iowa.
Harry O. Chambers, twenty-two, LuVerne, January 16, 1898, left for the Philippines with Company A, Fifty-first Iowa, taken sick at San Francisco and discharged January 13, 1899.
Guy B. G. Hanna enlisted in the Thirteenth Minnesota, and after doing service for a few months at Chickamauga was discharged. In the spring of 1899 he enlisted in the regular army and was ordered with his regiment to sail for the Philippines, but after reaching Porto Rico his uncle, Consul General Phil C. Hanna, succeeded in having him transferred to a Porto Rico battalion. After doing service there with rank of sergeant for a couple of years he received his commission as second lieutenant in the artillery, May, 1902. After having been stationed at Fort Hunt, Va., Presidio, Calif., Fort Morgan, Ala., and Louis- ville, Ky., he entered the artillery school at Norfolk and completed the course in July, 1912. He is now a captain in the regular army, coast survey. He is the son of Mrs. R. W. Hanna of LuVerne.
Carl Setchell was one of the two Kossuth county soldiers to cross the Pacific and fight in the Filipino war. He was about eighteen years old when he enlisted April 29, 1898, in Company F, Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and
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sailed with the command for the seat of the war in the old world. His discharge papers testify that he was in five battles and two skirmishes while in the service. The most important one of these was the attack by the land forces on Manila, August 13, 1898. After returning home he subsequently took up his residence at St. Paul, the place from which he had enlisted.
Charles E. Chambers, age twenty-six, a resident of LuVerne township, en- listed June 16, 1898, in Company A, Fifty-first Iowa, and after crossing the Pacific did military service in the Philippines as corporal. He returned and was mustered out at San Francisco, November 2, 1899. He is now deceased.
THE GRANGE MOVEMENT
During the early seventies the earnest agitation, by the farmers all over Iowa, to unite in an effort to cheapen the cost of consumption by eliminating the middle- man's profit, brought into existence organizations known by the name of Granges, whose members were consequently called grangers. The subject was not only dis- cussed by the farmers, but by the debating teams of the state educational institutions.
The wave of agitation reached Kossuth in 1872 and swept the farmers into conventions, where they planned to ignore any dealer or jobber who stood between the manufacturer and the consumer. A Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized at Algona in June, 1873, by the following charter members : H. P. Hatch and wife, G. C. Burtis and wife, Joseph Thompson and wife, C. E. Holmes and wife. Horace Schenck and wife, Jason Dunton and wife, Joseph Mathers and wife, Ambrose A. Call and wife, J. E. Blackford and wife, C. W. Goddard and wife, A. J. Jones and wife, A. A. Brunson and wife, W. A. Love, Philip Crose, E. W. Dunton, H. Robe, J. J. Stentz, S. C. Dunton. John Wallace, Samuel Reed, Stephen Sherwood and A. Hinton. J. E. Blackford was chosen Master ; Horace Schenck, overseer ; H. P. Hatch, lecturer ; Jason Dunton, steward; A. A. Brunson, assistant steward; S. C. Dunton, treasurer, and William Love, gatekeeper.
"The Grange Store" was a name often heard a few years later. That store was at first managed for the stockholders by J. E. Blackford, and was well patronized ; but by degrees he became the owner of the stock and ran it as a private enterprise for years, south of the courthouse. The store and the organization have been out of existence for many years.
The meetings used to be held in the chamber of the old courthouse and were well attended; then they were held in a hall on Call street that stood near the J. W. Wadsworth residence. That grange hall has long since passed away. The power of the grangers was felt and feared by many in other lines of business, particularly by the lawyers. It was very noticeable that during the period when the grange members were holding their meetings and having public discussions in various schoolhouses, that the number of cases in court began to decline. The organization was productive of good results and would be of much advantage to the farmers if it existed today.
The Algona Grange was not the only one in the county, but it was the central one, and of the most importance. A few small organizations in the country districts were formed, but soon passed out of existence. The one instituted at
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Fenton was quite lively for a few months when J. E. Webster, Bill Peck, F. L. Ranney, M. L. Bush, Jimmie Blunt and J. T. Davis attended.
THE KOSSUTH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Kossuth County Historical Society was organized December 14, 1909, by the adoption of a constitution and articles of incorporation, and by the election of officers. It is managed by a board of nine directors, three of whom are elected by the society each year at the annual meeting, on the second Tuesday in December. The board elects its own officers annually. The length of the terms of the first mem- bers of the board was as follows : W. H. Ingham, B. F. Reed and Edwin Blackford, three years; Myron Schenck, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Horton and C. T. Chubb, two years, and Mrs. Harriette E. Stacy, Rod Jain and Geo. E. Boyle, one year. These same directors are still serving.
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