Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-24
TILVER'SS AD DEATH.
A Suspicion That 1t Was the Result
of Criminal Carelessness.
THE CAPITALS SUNDAY GUESTS.
Proceedings to he Instituted Against
the Burlington for Eytortion-
The Reduction O~rdcr-Lin-
coin News Notes.
LINCOLN BUREAU OF THE OMAHA BEE, !
1929 = STREET,

on the burlington track, near Stock
wells brick yard, yesterday evening,
has created n profound sensation in
Lincoln. The impression prevails that
the tragedy was the result Of u piece of
stupid carelessness on the part of the
engineer. and it is not without some
foundation. Morris Turner, the young
man who was in the wagon with
Johnny, says that they were chatting
along pleasantly. paying no attention
to the track, for it was past the hour
for trains. He further states that it
was so calm that the moving train made
but very little noise, and that it was an
accident that he discovered its coming
and escaped the same horrible fate. He
Indignantly %repudiates the idea that
the whistle was sounded at the signal
post or as the train ncared the crossing
at the round of the curve, and
his statement is supported by
the word of several travelling men who
were on the train. 1t is also certain
that the engineer could have prevented
the tragedy, whether IN h out or in
side of the curve, at his post in the ell
ginc had he been on the lookout ahead.
The engine struck the front wheels of
the wagon and carried the boy and II
of the mules nearly one hundred feet,
when they were dropped by the side of
the track, tho boy in a dying condition
and the mule dead. 1t is argued here
that the fact that the train was behind
time should have made the engineer
more diligent and cautious. 1t is GER
tain that travellers would be less eau
tious when knowing that it was past the
hour for trains. The case is distress
ingly sad 10 the bereaved mother. Last
June she buried her husband, and now
has an older son who is helpless from
injuries sustained a short time ago.
The railroad company called
Undertaken Roberts to prepare the
body for burial, but the gathered peo-
pie refused to let him touch the remains
until after the coroner and jury had
viewed them, because, as they put it,
removal might hide traces of the acct
dent" The Burlington and scab en-
giueers have been severely criticized
since the accident, perhaps unjustly,
but the late fatality on this road is be-
coming notorious.
Coroner Shoemaker has secured the
following jury and will commence TAX
ing testimony tomorrow afternoon at
the scene of the accident: Gran En-
sign. George Boselman, John b.
Wright, Robert McReynolds, John
Doolittlc and Edward Goodman.
LINCOLN'S SUNDAY GUESTS.
At the Capital-H. w. Haberlc, Chi
cago: Ben c. Ku4z, St. Joe; J. f. Per-
shing, Chicago; John a. Ladd, st.
/ Louis; G. Rinfro and wife, Chicago; c.
Hostettor, Central City: J. Mcintyre.
Chicago; W.. j. Gillespie, st. Louis; b.
A. Cuell, Chicago; J. j. Ryan, Omaha;
j. w. Smith, Kansas City; f. d. Nc
Council, Memphis: j. NJ. McGlare,
Kansas City; H. Chapman, st. Louis;
j. Musgrove, Omaha; John Jensen,
Sidney: j. G. Johnson, Kansas City: J.
c. Linn, Hastings; l.. +. Griffith, Nell
son.
At the Windsor-H. F. Hubbard, st.
Louis; l.. Mason, St. Joe; II. G.. LEIGH
hardt, Chicago; f. j. Sickne, st. joe;
George II. Isman, Johnstown. Pa n.
Eckman, Nebraska City; George J.Cote,
St. Louis: George H. Hoover, Roches-
ter; s.. J. Mcconnell, Chicago; George
Bostwick, Buffalo; Irvine Ellis, Leba-
non, Mo-; viii Clouston, Omaha; ID. f.
Hamilton, Chicago; Fred Straus, Gin
c%innati; Il. X. Cooper, ST. Joe; f.. M.
Baker, Atchison; L. w. Eavis, Lewis.
ton, Idaho; c. l.. Mcdonald, Kansas
City; II. l.. Dunevan, Chicago; A. B.
Carson, Kansas City, J. Stembach,
Louisville;M. S. Woodward, Des Moines;
w. J. Conner, Chicago; 7. j.. Ritten-
house, Connersville, Ind; j. X. Weir,
ST. Louis; ID. l.. Carpenter, New York;
j.. Markwitz, St. Louis; w. d. Stock
man, Chicago; r. G. Miller, st. Louis:
w. N. Decker, Omaha; b. b. Lyon, St.
Louis; G. j. Ullman, Now York; H. b.
Goldsmith, Omaha: J. G. Tibbetts, Chi
cago; G. l.. Richard and wife, New
Brunswick, Canada: G.. W. Whitmore,
Chicago; j. b. Patton, New York: j. B.
L Lt--l ~ --..l. ' - ~ III
cage; w. w. Belvin, San Francisco; Il.
II. Catlin, Chicago; j. M~askowitz, st.
Louis; J. Tomlinson, Chicago.
Az Opehts-H. J. Mantz, Chicago; A.
Linton, Kansas City; NJ. Nj. Spencer,
Chicago; John S. Stull, Auburn; John
Mycotf, Chicago; j.. w. Beebe, Des
Moines; Nj. II. Binghom, Chicago; G..
G.. R~mlsbaugh. Ashland; +. Wolfe,
Kansas City; F.. A.. Pollard, st. Joseph;
Maurice Smith and William Harris,
Iowa City: c.. NJ Harrison, Omaha; w.
A. Crabb. Curtis; w. Y. Runyon, Dcs
Moines; Mrs. NJ. NJ. Monscn and Mrs.
St. Louis; Isaac Moths, st. Joe;
II. Gill, st. Louis; Charles
+. Rinkes, Omaha; John NJ. Struck,
Kansas City: j. jacob, Milwaukee;
John j. MERRIAM, South Bend, Ind; 7.
II. James, Kansas City; r. d. Querean,
Chicago; w. G. Eberts, Detroit;
Charles f. Wyman, Kansas City; M. 7.
Kinney, Omaha; e. w. Mccullough,
Chicago; Jack Garrett, Omaha; Miles
Saunders and +. 5. Meyers Springfield,
Ky; a. G. Fisher, Bridgeport, Conn;
Scott Watson, st. LOUIS; &. .. Alber-
ston, Chicago; +. l.. Richardson, st
Joseph; A.. II. Santee. st. Louis; N. S.
Head, Minneapolis; Charles Shaifes,
Chicago.
PRINCIPLE NOT MONEY.
Mr.. A. j. Gustin has engaged an at
torney and will institute proceedings in
r~eplevin TO secure possession of a bill OF
hardware, purchased at Cleveland, o.,
the shipment of which was guaranteed
to him at 81 cents on a through rate.
The Burlington sought to collect 81
cents yesterday, on the arrival OF the
goods, to which Mr.. Gustin strenuously
objected, and suit will be instituted to-
morrow upon the guarantee, not only to
obtain possession of the goods but to
test the validity OF the agreement en-
tered into with the railroad company
for the shipment Of the goods. The an
noyance of the o~vercharge does not fig
ure, but the principle OF the thing in a