REWARD OF $8,500 THE PRICE TO BE PAID ON HEAD8' F MONTANA DYNAMITER8. THE GANG BECOMES BOLD MAKE DEMAND ON ROAD AND THREATEN IF NOT PAID. EFFORT MADE TO ARREST loeuer.l Maine i ' Northern 1'aelllo AdialU Kvl,lni!.e tf 1'lut (lid Oalllnr H an Ios Not Know tha Mm. 8t. Paul, Minn. Sept. 29.-General Manager Tnoraas W. Cooper of the Northc n Pad ic lailwaj yes', r aye n ttrmed the repirt of toe dynamite -outrages against the road In Montana, "It is true that a demmd fur liftj thousmd dullar has teen mads upon the Northern Pad He company by par J ties In Montana, and that wo hav j had more or less trouble with them 'for several weeks past. We do nol (know who the parlhs are, but are us hag all the efforts possible to discovei 'and arrest them. We have takeq sufficient precautions to make out tracks bate. "The Northern Pacific has posted a reward uf 12,500 for the arrest and capture of the dynamiu rs. Toe state of Montana has posted another re ward of $",0, and l'o k county, Mon tana has ollere l another $500, making a total rewaid now of $s,500." Mr. Coper, when asked if he be lieved t'ie guilty parties were pro'es slonal bandits or amateurs, said: "T . are dynamiters, and there ar not m my of them in this country.' A dispatch to the Dispatch froir Helena, Mo , sayc; In addition to the threats which hav - le-i) ma 10 against the Ni.rthe t 1'ac fic railway by a gang of dynarnf tern who dim ivl f."),0'0 cas' Chief ol Po Ic-j Travis has received notilicatlor from what is b: leved to tin; si 1 1 gain; tint unless Liw two man arrest ltd in connection with the first dyna mite outran; at Ldvlugston aw nut released the city Jail wi.l aiio bo tlowr up. Searching parties have bjen sent out to iry to locate the vang and tin ton of dyna nits stolen from a ware house in this city a week ao. Tin 'last ultimatum to the railroad expire) October 4 Strike of Typs Founders . Cincinnati, Sept. 29. The men em 'ployed by the Cincinnati brinoh o( the American Type Founders com panj struck Monday afternoon. The striken Inc'udo type-rasters, dressers, mod .workers machinists, trass-rule-work era, nicking machine operators and in spectors. The men say that at none today an agreement was presented at the foundries throughout the counirj and that, a natlona strike wasinaugu rated because the company refused to accede. The proposition In the agree, merit that cans d tl.c strike reads as follows: "There shall bt-. jo discrimination against uiik i. men, and any iourney man, who, during the life cr the agreement my I given employment to all any vacancy or to Increase t he force shall be a mernter of the Inter 'nat'onal iyiograg leal urilop, pro vided Hi") union is able to furnish such Journeymen." The company say l.lu ya'fi willing tc ooncedtiall that is ak d reg tiding wages and hr.urs but that they wl I not consent to u-lli quisliing Jurisdlc tlon of their piauls. Record Run lor Auto Car Chicago; Sept. 2!). . rt lloleonib and It. W. (tannin, in n lAenly-io .r .horse-power g S 'liue lou'lng car lelt ('lit' ago yesterday f r New Voik, lutein up n breaking tie recunl fir long dihUiive luns. ilm trip will be m;i le In icl.iys. iiiid It Is tnc p an of the five ii. en p.irtlelp.it li g in the race Is to make no slops day or night ithal It Is (,-osslhIe to a old. Jlnlcomb and ll.iroun wi.l make Hid Hist btago uf the run to Cleveland, where Laurie Dufllc will lelieve them, taking the car to II u if ;i lo At that point two otlur men will take i In I r pbirei for the final spuit into the eastern cliy. The drivers expect to make the L'.'fiO oilles lii lifiy-foui hours, or better than twenty-three mlesau hour. ge Humma Suicide Grand Is and. Neb jtept. 20 -Mrs. Louisa Lahann, a very eiderly wnmau, wbuM husband died about a year ago, and who has since been making her bora with .icrson and daiihier-ln-law la th city, oomiiiliu-d suicide toy banging. Mm hat been In very fMbt Oofidilloa Howelim In the surfulng soe ot In to a abed and fouud suspended to a scantling, tor faet im lovaiuf to frvaod. PEOi'LE LIVE IN SQUAL0I NEED OF EARLY ASSISTANCE TC RELIEVE DIRE WANT. St Thomas, D. W. I., Sept. 24 -The Gaiette of the British islaoo St. Kittssays: The moment for the helping haid of the government to be extended can not be much longer delayed II the laboring popnljtion of the islands of St. Kilt and Nevis are to be kept iron! starvation. An appalling con dition of poverty exists. The estates have been compelled to lessen their expenses owing to the lung diouth, and able bodied men and women are hardly earning enough tosupp y their diily warns." The Times of the British Island of Kb. Vincent blames the government for the misery prevailing since the volcauio eruption in that Island, ad ding that starvath n and disease are killing many persons, and that a large number arc half oaked and homeless. Laborers of both sexes sleep in sheds and tatteied teutJ treated a year ago, "harbors of dl lease and immorality aud a disgrace to the colony." Take Passage For Boston LONDON, Sept. 23.-To the strains if "fne Star Spangled Banner." ''Marching Through Georgia," and other American aus, some two hun dred members of the hoi,oiablo artil lery company left their London ain. ary today and took a tralo for Liver pool, to embark on the Dominion ine steamer Mayflower, hound for 3oston, Mass. A large crowd of tiicnd of the artillery nien assembled iarly at the amury to wish the artil eiy a "successful campaign." Many ncmbeis of the company who panl ilpated In the previous visit express id keen regret at being unable 10 ac lompauy the depaitlrig detachment, hilo t hose going ere evidently de lighted at tiie prospect. Prior to the departure of the iirtil crymen, Lieutenant Colonel the Earl )f Denbigh, cuinm mding, paraded' I ie company, whise smart uniforms md good aligument ci-aled an exeel ent Impression. A spleudiJ reception was fitended 0 the artillery men on their arrival it Livei pool. The loid mayor and )ther city offlciaU met them at the ailway staiiou, fiom wiiicli the com pany matched to the necks, where ihousands gaihe ed and j.a,o them in cntliii-.i istic send-off. As the Muifj wer sailed at 8 o'clork :hU evenir.g. Lieuten.int Colonel the Eirl ot !Jt'nb:il) received the loliow- i ng telgram fiom the klinr: "I rtlshjouand the houoiable artil- j cry comp.iny a good passage out and j 1 sife r turn home. I feel couvinced .hat you wiil ail meet wi'h a most latifying recption in i Do Ui ltcd 'tales. tx.) tUiV.VlU), ll., "Captain General and Colonel." Tries to Commit Sulcic'e, Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 24,-Reed Ni rtlirup.a wealthy St Louis tjiiincsa nan, c nnccted with one of the fast reight refrigerator Hues, atlcmpted ri commit suicide by 6lio ting. The lullet, however, merely iullicted a lupertklal wound in the scalp. N'or thrup, with his ife, who Is in bad bealth, and two children, have been Hopping at the Niagara hotel for weeks. Worry ovei his wife's health which prevented li la returning lo c-t. Lcuis. where he had irnpoitant busi ness engagements. Is attributed as :be cause of his attempt to lake his life. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. W.-Reed N'oithrup, hos'j repoi ted attempt to tonioiit suicide at huffilo was un merciful, is a brother of San'ord Sortlirup who killed himself here last I uue 1 1 a fit of despondency as the es lit of sickness. I he Northrupj ?re joiisiiis of the (iotihR Itc.id Nor'hrop cime to St Lfi.iis iuveni years ano as the prculileut of IheAniiriiin lw frig Tutor Transit joinpany. Ila retiilned I his ps'tion until lastsptloK, when the eo i puny ivis iilisiriied iv the .Misioiirl l',.cllic rjllroid Atanj Oil Derrlekr. Burned Ii-aumont Texit-S, Tel., Sept 24. I'ire that started at ihhiii today in t lie cast. en. 1 of the Rune Siring Oil dist rict d '8' royed thirty -Hvp de i icks causing a total lis estimated at 4125, (K)i. ihe principal loer was the West Davis company, other loners Ine ndo ttie i avy i rocketi, Knuneii Landy and Jackion Tobln com panics. Rush Work on Cruiser Hat) , Me., Sept V4 A race against time Is goiigon In the Kath iron works ibis w-ek In order io com-pli- e Llie crtilS'-r Ccvfiaid for de livery lo I liu kv rnment t 'eloOer I. Tile liatll' Hlilp ieorwin, wnleli Is l lug built herA, Is now t.ikliu hbapn, the w. rk of itrtliiK up the super structure having tn-en prfiin Dcapcral inuimn flan North Vernon, 1 d , Sept 24 Wil lam Wilkersoii while In'onlcaied diovehls family from home. Maralml Sc'iwske waa appealed to, and upon en1 e ring the boose he waa warned by u llke'oii to proceed no farther. The marshal paid n aMen Ion and aa shot ai d Instantly kl lod by Wtlki nton. Wl kerson Immertla'ely tiartfd (or the country and a pmt waa organised t punuw nm a uii niie from town WiUrra wis au roonded, but shot d kUlad biaaatUX FOUND DEA2 IN HOTEL KIUPATRICK, WEALTHY NEBRAS KA CLUBMAN A SUIClDE. IN LOYE WITH ACTRESS WAITED IN VAIN AFTER MAKING PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE. MESSENGER A GOOD SHOT On Train Robber Killed and Anoihrr Wounded in O tgaa Other) Mad Their Ex-ape. New York, Sept. 5 -There was a dramatic revelation yesterday in con nection with the mysteiious death of John David Kilpaniek, the wealthy young Netraska clu'mian who was found dead in bis hotel apartments Munday last. It was learned by a newspaper reporter that Kilpatrlck had been Id love with a young woman and that unfortunate neglect on her part to answer a niarrl ige proposal by telephone had so discouraged hlra that he probably decided to end it all with self destiucllon. She is known on the stage as Aline Hed mond, and when seen yesterday said: "I have all a'ong refused to see newspaper people, because I am not at all anxious fot the notorie ty that this will bring upon me. Some of the matter published in the morning papers did me so much Injustice that I teel I ought to talk more freclv. Mr. Kilpatrlck, who was one of na tures noblemen, aud myself had been acquainted for eig' teen months. I met him at the home of a mutual friend. I Used lilm from the begin ning, and I think he liked me. We saw much of each othi r fo- almost a year, when we had a quarrel. It is do concern of the public what that quarrel wns about. He made me re peated i ffi rs of marriage and wished me to give up the stag", but 1 dec in ed. He ask me for a final answer which I proml. d by telephone, but tailed to do so until after I heard of bis death." flesseng r A (iood Shot Portland, Ore., Sept., 16 The At lantic rxpr'ss m the Oregon It iil road & Navigation line, which left here at d:15 o'clock Thursday nlht, was held up by four masked men an hour later near Coibett slailon, twenty one miles east of this city. One of the robbers was shot and kil led by Kxpress Missenger Knd Kor" er, and Engineer Oilie Barrett was seriously wounded by tne same bullet. After the slii'Otlog the robbers fled without securing any booty Two of the highwaymen boarded the train at Ttoutdale, a station eighteen miles east of here, and after the train hud got under way crawled over the tender, and covering the engineer and fireman told them to stop at mile post No 21, which is near Corbett station. When the train slowed down, two more men p peared. Two of the robbers compel led the frglneer to get out of the cab and accompany thtm to tins express car, while the others warched the fireman. The men carried several sticks of dynaruiie ana when they came to the bogg ge ear. thinking It was the express car, thiew a stick at the door. Express Messengei Korner beard the exolo Ion, and Immediately seemed hisriflij and opened (lie The bullet pierced the heart of one of the robbets aw! went Ihiougn his b oy, entering the left breast of Ki gl ne r Dnrett who was just h lnnd Mir liar i ett's weund la just above the heart and Is not necosuily fatal. Denounced Mobs Iiloomlrg'on, III., fcpt. 25. Former Vice frt siileut A llai K Mevens lo day deiii-u - ed niolis in an add -es at the didieatioii of tho new court house for vicLcan county. Mr, Stev enson said : "No occasion could arise more ap propriate than this In which to utter Solemn words of warning against an evil of k rearer meuaoce to puhlic wel fare than is to lie appieiiciidt d from foreign toes- mob rule. In many lo calities the spirit of lawlessness has a8"rted Itself In most hideous form. The killing of a human creature Is no lc8 murder when it Is the act of a moli than when It is the act of an in vidual Tin re s no safety to Society, but in an ftiouned pu lie sentiment that will luld each participant amena ble to law lor the ' uences of crime either peri eirated or abetted. Steals Feminine Apptrel New York, Sept. 25. A "gentleman burglar," wle t aisles tun to ar tic e4 of feminine wear, has been ar rest) din this city after a bunt of m re than two mont h. The prls iner gave the name of Hugh, and ex plains hit weakness lor femlnlue wear by the statement mat he I an Imperxonaior. VTnen his rcatma were ararobed the poioe fouiNt hundreds of key a, a I a rii of lad 'CM lot et articles and a waoo-iua4 of tabor mada la aaa ekftMtaV DYNAMITE USED IN ROBBfcKY ONE DEAD AND OTHERS INJURED AS RESULT. Washington, 1). C, Sept. ;8 Dyn amite was ex, li.ded under the buggy tf CoQiractor Fert uson of the W abasli' railroad near Middletown yesterday. Evening. Ferguson was killed and' his bookkeeper, Mr. Martin, was bad ly hurt. Mr. IVrgt.sn had with him tbe weekly pay for'iii.s men, amouuting to ibout -.01 0 in a satchel. The saUbel is missing. Two men suspected of the outrage iiave beeu arrested and two other sus pects are surrounded iu an abandoned nine. Negro lynched in Tennessee Lynchburg, Tenn., Sept C6 Slier iiT Davidson, in attempting to sae -tie lire of a Legro eariy todaj, tired into a mob which was storming tbe jail, woui.ding a man wlse name is unknown. Tiie sheriff summoied ins stance, but he and li s aides wi re ivtrpowered, the jail was entered and Uie much aanted newro HalUni mall si ot to death in the corrid' ri The mob was composed of about 'wenly-tive peisjtis Mierid Davie' J m was alone at the time. He re 'used to give up the keys and opened re from tbe wiudow. The slier ft i lien called for th police. To ollice s .tnd several citizens ruMied to tie ia.ll, but despite their presence tl el rnob battered down the woiden door' it the toot of tbe stairs leading to toe' corridor. The sheriff and poe made' a determined resis1 an e u cr un ible to prevent the moh liom oreak-: ing in tbe iron door at the head of the' stairs and entering the cell occupied iiv the negro, about whose neck theyj placed a rope. As soon as the men. emergid from the cell it bicame apparent that the negro cou'd not be taken from the Jail and hanged for fear of being died on, and be was sho to death. " The mob then made ui ;tTort to escape, but the sheriff and ais guard captured three of them One o' them, it. is said, has made a soofes.sion imp icating Ihlrtecn ne Small w.is undui arresi. on 'lie cha:ge jf assau t ing Mis. Eliza. Kygleson ai.d it the preliminary bearing tiie war rant was amended no w to cliargc a Jim pie case of assault. The negro had waived examination and was await- ng the action of the grand jury. For Stealing Gold Dust San Francisco, Sept. 20. William P. Hund ey, assistant weighing c erk in the UD'ted States mint, lias been Shirged by be. let servue Agent Burns with tbe alleged theft of $ CO in gold dust. The dust was taken to the mint on Tuesday afternoon by two miners. They could not have ihe deposit accept"d at tbe time and t was carried over untl the next dav. It Is said that Uund ey took a por tion of the treasure and secreted It In t sa oon near the mint, where it was lound by secret service men. Hund ey was a confidential man in the weighing department. He had had barge ot all deposits and bandied ihousands of dollars every day. He las been employed at the mint f r a lumber of years. His resignation has ieen accepted and it is said be will tot be persecuted. Over-Taxes His Strength. Deuver, Col., Sept. 20 Attorney Mien 13. Seaman was found dead in ned in bis home. No. 81 Sherman ave Sue, yesterday morLing. Heart di iease is given rs the cause. Mr seaman was horn at Shlpman, Macoupin county, 111., in 18(12. He iras raduaied at Monmouth colle.-e. Monmouth, 111., and married M j Jennie liabcock of that, clu. I'omi g lo Denver aooui titieen years ago, im It once entered politics and was jb'Cted ci y attorney under Mayor V.in Home, serving two years. He was chairman of the republican statp? commit tee for several years. lie was iMoriiey 'or several corporations and "lad a 'urge practice. Mr. Seaman was a very largo man, ivclhlngov-r 300 pounds, hu-. never to. Ies was very ac Ive During the teeen chartercampiign he si renously tppos-'d the adoption of the proposed sharer, making speeches every night. It is be leved that the stra n of ibis sao'paign, coupled with the excessive sorptiience, produced the fa'il stroke if heart disease. Au Increase all Around Chicago, Sept. 2(1 An incr'ase In ag s to S.ttoi) em loyes of the twenty sar and io' O not ive repair shops of the Jblciigo and Northwestern railroad has tieen granted The Increase means n addl ional expense of 300,000 a rear to the company. Strikers Put on Pickets Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 26. One more (louring mill Is now running, widen makes four out of tho seven teen that ate making a Show of opcr itlng. The pickets have succeeded In turning new men away. Tbe striken bae now called out the watchmen tnd firemen. The ml Is are endeavor ing o Secure a night shift from among the University stud nU I a. or Haynes today roquvsted tka nlll owner to arbitral I. JUMPS THE TRACK PAST MAILWRECKED ON SOUTH ERN RAILROAD. NINE MEN ARE KILLED VICTIMS MEMBERS OF CREW OR POSTAL CLERKS SEVEN MEN ARE INJURED Eighteen Pexoni on I ha Train and AU But Two Killed or Injured Hornet or Many ac Wanulngton, Charlotte N. C, Sept. 2?. Fast uail train No. 97 on the Southern railway jumped tbe track near Dan rllle, Va., killing nine men and in luring seven. The trestle where the accident oc sured is five hundred feet loDg and Is located on a sharp curve. Engineer Brodie was a new roan on that divis ion of the Southern, and it is said be came to tbe curve at a very high rate uf speed. A great crowd of people were soon at the scene of the wreck. No one on any of the cars had made an effort to jump and the bodies of all those killed and injuied were found in the wiecknge of the diileieot cars to Ivbicb they beli nged. All unofficial opinions that have oeen ascertained agree In giving only one cause for the wreck, the high ipeed and the train on tbe sharp :urve. Tbe engine bad gone only abnut fifty feet on the trestle when ltsprang from the track, cartying with it four mail cars and an express car. The trestle, a wotd.m structure, al o gave way tor a space f fifty feet. At the foot of the trestle is a shal low stteam witli a rock bottom. Striking this the engine and curs were reducer) to a mass of .twisted Iron and steel, an dpieces of splint- eied wood. As the cars went down ihfty touch d tbe sides of the River side cotton mil1, which is very ckhe v.o the trestle. Civil War Days. Camp Young, West Point, ,Ky., Sept. 28. The lirst excitement In this part of Hardin county since 1864, wKen General Huell pl.iced a detach ment of infantry on Fort Hill, ashort distance from West Point, was upon the people yesterday ai they gazed In astonishment upon the arrival of tralnload after tralnlosd of enlisted men and their equipment. Altogeth er the railroads had eighteen troop trains on the schedule and many of them had arrived and the commands hart been assigned to their headquart ers before noun Peter Gabriel Again Landed Tecumseh. Nebr.. Sept. 28. Petei Gabriel and Arcade are again In trouble. Peter has caused the officers much trouble In the past. While at work in the Arcade hotel he entered the room occupii d by the land ord's familv. and took i'l In money from a pocbetbook which contained ovei 50 He left for Linco n on the first train. where he was apprehended. He had spent the money. He was recently sentenced to thir.y days In the ooun- '.v iail for stealing a watch, but a'- the nd of ten days ihe office! paroled him pci'dlmr good behavior. He Is now serving the twenty days on the old score, after which he will be niven an hearing in the. recent alleged theft. Tht. officers took charge of John Co- hum, a stranger hereabouts, who had been working on Sam Canon's farm east of this city. Co'iuni is demented. He was brout lit to this city and tho Insanity unm ssion ex. i mined htm after which sherilf Cninmings took him o the Line 'In asv'um Tor the in. Bine, The man Is aged nbout forty years. There seems to be no clue as to who poNmed Sheriff Ciimming's blood hounds. The gul ty party or parties had to enter the barn to feed the an imals the poison and the work was done some lime tietwcen midnight and Saturday morning. The officers think possibly certain parties whom the dogs has caused some dbcomrkure re cently might have done the cowardly work, though this tielief cannot lie substantiated. The dogs were good trailers and sheriff Cummlngs feeut his toss keenly Found to be Short Wanblnctou. Sent. 27. Through at. order dismissing him from the gov ernment service, it became known to night, that Jmeg II. Heattv, for fif teen years assistant to t he dlshurslr g clerk In the office ol tbe auditor fot the war department had been found short IHOO In bis accounts The short age was made good by re atlv. living . Illinois, tie In forty-IWe years old and la laid to have at one time reaided la Matto- n HI. Nebraska cHptes The Norfolk sugar factory Is reads to begin 1U run October 6. a ft. Banka of Falls City, a civil waa veteran, is dead at the age of 87. The twenty-second Infantry band gave an open-air coucert at Weak, fuint. The Nebraska City police are niaki ing a Crusade against vagrants and "dope heuds." Proprietoi Streeter of the Streetet) notei, Crete, fell dead ou tbe street of Joplin Mo. j . a . j The Boone co icty fair has opened at Albion with every prospect of a successful seas m. L' Captain Hanks, and old resident ot Falls City, died at his home and waa buried in Steel county. Doane college opened at Crete. Miss bertha Wallace of Omaha haa oeen made phyisical instiuctur. Geneva reports a building bonm ot unusual proportions, moat of ti e tew suuetures being residences. The remains of Harry Mid;letonof Nebraska City, shot iu Kausas City, have been brought home for burial. I William Raumel of Nebraska City,' democratic county superintendent, has resigned his position on tho ticket. , nail county is to vote again on the question of selling the court house square at Grand Island for no lest than $10,000, John H Painter of South Omaha, and Miss Parsis M. Squires of Neb raska City were united in marriage it Nebraska City. A car loaded with horses Jumped the track in the Union Pacifllc yards at Fremont and several of the ani mals were killed. The corporate existence of the Jones' National Bank at Seward has been extended until the close of busi ness September 21 1903. Former county attorney Sloane ot Geneva was taken, suddenly ill wltb convulsions at his office. It is thought he will recover. Mary Jantzen, tbe wife of a pro- mioent Munnonite, died at her home near Beatrice. The funeral was held from the church near the city. Brldgett Cunningham, formerly ol Plattsmouth. has sued Patrick Cun ningham In Mills county, Iowa, for $15,000 for alleged breach of promise- The wedding ot Miss Minnie Walk er and Charles Durham of North Bend, took place at the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs. O. A. Huck. Frank . Bender, a farmer living north of Lincoln, has mysteriously' disappeared from his home. Two years ago be made a similar disap- pearence. The laboring men of Beatrice held a huge meeting in that town. Tha Rev. Cail 1). Thompson of Denver was present and addressed the gath ering on "Socialism" Edward Keech, a veteran of the civil war and a f"rm'r officer In the navy, died at his home In Alnsworth. He was 00 years old and will be buried by the Grand Army of the Republic. The H ue Hill Creamery compmj has just filed articles of ineotp'iratlon with a capital stock of $25 I'O and with A. Clark, W. H. Fergusod. and 0. it. Tyler as principal stockholders. Considerable damage was done to to the corn cmp near Cal way by the fmsts. It is estlmsted thao 7fJ per cent was made soft by the frostsj and tbi hot weather following ia making tbe corn sour. St. John's Catholic church at Cambridge was the scene of a douhle' wedding. John Hrlnkman of Hol brnok and Miss Carrie Arthnud uf Cambridge, and Henry Attbaud and Miss Mary Hugnon, also bi ih of Cam. bridge, were the contracting pat tie. ' Burleigh Walker of Cottercll town ship, D idge county, has withdraws) bis decimation to tun for count issoss r on the republican ticket and will put up a vigorous campaign fot; tbe office. Otto Heffleflnser cf Beatrice. arrested on tbe charge of stealing a team of horses from bis father, plea ded guilty to tbe charge. H was sentenced to os year in tbe pealta tUflff.