The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26
MRS. McCOOK DEAD.
Struck by an Automobile in New
York and Died from Her
Tns

Struck by an Automobile in New
York and Died from Her
Injuries.
Yankton, S. D. Feb. IT, Many of
the residents of Yankton, of the old
er generation, were shocked to learn
Of the untimely death on last Thurs
day, February 18th, of Mrs. Lorraine
McCook, who was run over and IA
tally injured by an automobile in
New York City, dying soon after the
accident. Walter Schumann, a
chauffer, who run her down, sur
rendered himself on Saturday. He
declared it was an accident, as Mrs.
McCook stepped before his machine.
Mrs. McCook was the widow Of
General Edwin S. McCook, who at
the time of his death, September IL,
1878, was secretary of Dakota ter
ritory, and resided H1th his family at
the capital, Yankton, where he was
conspicuous figure and will be
we'll remembered by every one
who lived in the city at that time.
Gen. McCook's death was the cul-
mination of probably the most dram
attic and bitter political war in the
history of Dakota, for he was shot
and MORALLY wounded by Peter Win
termute, a member of the opposing
faction, at a public meeting in the
old St. Charles hotel, the predecessor
of the present Portland, the meeting
having been called, by the way, to
discuss the issue of bonds to cover
the construction of Yankton's first
railway, the Dakota Southern.
The tragic end of Mr.. McCook's
widow removes one of the last sur
viving members of the family which
will ever remain glorious in the an
nails of American history, "the fight
ing McCooks," Of Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania. The two branches of the
family headed respectively by Dan
iel McCook and his brother, John
McCook, contributed between them
sixteen members to the Union arm
les during the civil war, of whom
ten won commissions in the volun-
teer service, five of them rising to
the rank of brigadier general and
one to that of major general. Major
Daniel McCook, whose fifth son was
Edwin S., lost his life during the
civil war, as did three of his sons.
He and six Of his sons or nephews
were officers of the regular army
either during or after the rebellion,
the most distinguished being Alex
ander Mcdowell McCook, who won
the grade of major general of volun-
teers in 1852 and the same rank
in the regular army in 1894. Today
the army register bears the name
of only one of the family, Captain
Paul H. McCook, 26th Infantry,
who is stationed at Manila, P. 1.
General Edwin 8. McCook entered
the union service as a captain in the
31st Illinois infantry in 1861, the
colonel of the regiment being John
A. Logan. He succeeded Logan in
the command of his regiment, ,bri-
gade and division, and distinguished
himself in the campaigns in Miss
issippi, at Chattanooga, and through
Georgia. During the war he mar
ried Miss Lorraine Whitney, daugh-
ter of Colonel Oscar Whitney, who,
after the death of General McCook,
in Yankton, succeeded him as Ter
ritorial secretary, filling out his I'M
expired term.
During his official life in Yank-
ton, General McCook and his wife
took a prominent part in the social
life of the young capitol city, and
the noted soldiers tall form, erect
and military, was seldom missing
at any gathering Of Importance. The
McCooks residence in Yankton at a
time when many of ability and
prominence were accustomed to
gather here, lending an unusual
q arm and intellectual zest to the
social atmosphere OF town then
IN the buoyancy of youth and look
ng forward to brilliant future.
There is no one who can bark back
those pleasant days but must
EEL a pang of regret in realizing
hat the widow Of General Edwin
5tanton McCook has followed her
.usband and their son to the last,
long rest.