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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1885
Page
2
Lincoln reporter Uncle John Norris identifies the body found June 21 as James E. Hagen, son-in-law of Mrs. Hagen, based on ring keys and dental description. Coroner and others confirm identification. Morrison suspects murder and river disposal. Disappearances of Omaha men in past years noted.
W. Townsend of Hamburg Iowa, a former three term Iowa legislator, recalls aiding the election of two Democratic U S senators and notes his pioneering ferry service across the Missouri River. At over seventy one he remains active and plans to move west in the spring to start anew.
Wyoming coal sells at Madison for six dollars a ton, and a Genoa circulating library has opened. Beatrice and Lincoln figures, trials, and railway plans fill the news with notices of fire, school funding, and new depots. The year features tax, church, and legislative discussions, plus local accidents, births, and notable deaths.
William Hale governor of Wyoming Territory dies at Cheyenne on the 15th after a lingering illness aged 41. He was appointed by President Arthur in 1882 and once resided at Glenwood Iowa. burial will be in Cheyenne. Ex-Vice President Schuyler Colfax dies at Mankato Minnesota depot on the 13th after arriving from the east. he walked to the Omaha depot in bitter cold and died within minutes likely due to heat strain and heart stoppage. Odd Fellows take charge of the remains.
The Karl family of Creston Iowa twelve Adventists have quit work and holed up at home waiting for Gabriel's call as their bibles stay beside them.
The Cook murder trial in Red Cloud Nebraska ended with a verdict of murder in the second degree after twenty two hours of deliberation. Judge Gaslin sentenced Cook to life in the penitentiary. The case drew wide interest as a defense Insanity plea faced a crowded courtroom with many women observers.
Details from Lincoln Neb January 12 to 15 cover senate and house actions. Bills on railroads civil procedure and licensing appear with committee assignments and chairmanships. Debates include women suffrage petitions and school lands leasing reforms amid numerous introduced measures and resolutions.
J S Clarkson editor of the Iowa Register and Republican National Committee member asserts St John allegedly offered to withdraw or stay in the race for 25 800 in cash via a friend from Ohio. The letter traces trips through Pittsburg Philadelphia to New York and claims Ohio carried by St John to create a sore throat for party benefit. Clarkson says National Committee did not make an overture.
In Waupaca Wisconsin Thomas Walsh, key witness in the Vandecar murder trial, was stabbed in a saloon a week ago. His physician said he could not live, and Walsh confessed to shooting Banker Mead in October 1886, claiming Vandecar was with him but that Walsh killed Mead.
Mrs Van Wyck marked her re entry into Washington society after four years retirement with a Tuesday reception at her handsome corner residence at Eighteenth Street and Massachusetts Avenue. The turnout was large and brilliant as society members welcomed her back warmly.
The January sessions feature debate on the inter state commerce bill with Wilson and Ingalls opposing influence of railroads, calls to curb rebates and short haul discrimination, and appeals for government action to protect western farmers against railroad rates. The house discusses tax reform for tobacco and a bankruptcy bill amid adjournments and executive sessions.
In Reading Pennsylvania the Reformed Evangelic congregation at Irishtown reports a vision of a man's face on the pulpit wall during revival services led by Rev. Theodore Jones. The apparition, framed by a halo, stirs superstition and prompts seven or eight recent conversions as the preacher cites Belshazar’s writing on the wall. A bill by Senator Conger seeks to buy Portage Lake and River Improvement Co canal for a U S free waterway post purchase.
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