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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
SLEW JEALOUS HUSBAND.
Tragedy in a New York Apartment
 HousA

New York, March 30-Filled with jeal- ous anger at finding another man being entertained by his wife this afternoon, w. J. Peppler of East One Hundred and Nineteenth Street threw the visitor into the hall, fought him from the third floor to the front door of the apartment house in which he lived with the wife scream ing and weeping at their heels and was there shot dead by the man who, he thought, had wronged him.
 This man was William Earl Dobson, a cashier in stock brokers office. He fled and the police have sent out a general alarm for him. Peppler was 26 years of age and a clerk. He had not been mar ried long.
 A policeman. summoned by the cries of the other tenants of the house who were alarmed by the shooting, rushed into the building and in the hall stumbled over the dead body of Peppled on which his wife was lying unconscious. Peppler had been shot in the side the bullet passing clear through the body.
 After being revived Mrs Peppler said that she and Dobson were together when her husband returned unexpectedly from work and fight followed resulting in Dobson being thrown out of the room and pursued down stairs by her husband. In the lower hall the men clinched again and DobSon fired one shot After that the woman remembered nothing.
 Dobson is said to be a married man with wife and two children living some where in North Carolina.
 Dobson was arrested tonight in the apartments of friends living on West filth Street. At the police station he said he had a wife and two children in Wash ington, D. C.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
GEN. VIII. JACKSON DEAD
PASSED AWAY AT BELLE MEADE
 FARM.
He Was 6 Gallant Confederate Cavalry Leader and Raise of Thoroughbred Horses Near
 Nashville, Tenn.

Nashville, Tenn, March 20-General William H. Jackson, a noted Confederate cavalry leader during the civil war, when he bore the soubriquet of Red Jackson, died at his home, Belle Meade. near here this afternoon. He was in his 6Sth year and had been in failing health for more than year and dangerously i'll for sev- eral weeks past.
 At the close of the civil war General Jackson was in command of Forests di- vision with the Texas brigade added.
 Since the war he has devoted himself to agriculture and the breeding of thor oughbred running horses. some of the most noted performers of the American turf having been born at famous Belle Meade.
 Two children. William H. Jackson, IT,, and Mrs. Selene Elliston, survive him.
 Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made.
 General Jackson was born at Paris Tenn. in 1885. and acquired a prepara- tory education in the schools at Jackson He entered West Point as a cadet in 1852 and graduated in 1856. In the following year General Jackson went to New Mex leo as an officer in a regiment of mounted rifles and actively participated in the principal Indian fights with such adven- turous scouts as Kit Carson. He resigned his command In the United States army upon the outbreak of the civil war and offered his sword to his native State and was appointed a captain of artillery by Governor Harris.
 At the battle of Belmont, General Jack son received a minnie ball in his side which was never removed. He was raised to the rank of Colonel for his gallantry In that fight. General Jackson command ed the cavalry under Albert Sidney and Joseph E. Johnston and led the advance in the invasion of Tennessee by Hood s army and his division covered the re- treat of the army after the battle of Nashville. He was raised to the rank of brigadier general for his dash at Holly Springs that resulted in the loss of the Federal base of supplies and compelled General Grant to abandon his campaign against Vicksburg. General Jackson was recommended for the further promotion by his superior officers, but failed to se- cure the reward.
 General Jackson married the daughter Of General w. c. Harding in 1888 and became associated with his father in law in the conduct of Belle Meade stock farm He assumed active management of the property several years before the death of General Harding and the high state of perfection attained by Belle Meade as the nursery of the thoroughbred is due to his Judgment and management.
 General Jackson was a brother of the late Howell F. Jackson. Associate Jus tice of the United States Supreme Court
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Making q Good Fight.

Arkansas City, Ark, March 30.-A re- porter, as the guest of the Tensas Levee Board of Louisiana, left Arkansas City yesterday on board the steamer Provi- dence to visit Greenville, Miss, the crevasse four miles below Greenville and the point on the Leland levee in Arkan- sas which vhas caused so much trouble and uneasiness during the past few weeks.
 Capt, F. c. Tellinger, U. s. Engineer, Is in charge and from all appearances he has made an exceptionally good nsnt to hold this point He seems to tnlnk now the levee can be held as the river at this point has fallen about three feet, caused by the break just across the river in Mississippi. The fight will be kept up. however, until all danger has passed.
 The crevasse below Grenville is about 1000 feet wide and the water is rushing through at a rapid speed, overfowing Issaouena, Sharkey and a portion or Washington Counties.
 Reports from all along levees show that they are in good shape and holding out well. A five-terths fall at this point has greatly relieved the situation and the people are feeling much better over the outlook, but will continue to watch the levees until all danger has passed.
 The backwater Is not coming up So rapidly today and 1t is thought Arkansas City will get very little more since the river has begun to fall The government gauge now registers 52.6, showing a fall of two-tenths during the past twenty four hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
NO CHANGE AT aREENv1LLE.
Rise Still in Progress and Much
 Damage Imminent.

Greenyille Miss, March 30-There is little change in the flood situation today. The cutting of the protection levee at the northern border of the town has given no perceptible relief in letting out the water. On the contrary a rise Is still in progress generally throughout the city. The electric plant Is being rapidly pump ed out. Twelve large pumps are in op- eration, and it is possible that the com pany may be able to resume tomorrow morning.
 The big crevasse three miles south of the city continues to widen and 1t is impossible to say what the ultimate breadth will be if the efforts to strength en the ends and prevent further cutting are not successful. A large force of men Is still engaged in this work.
 So far as known, not a single life has been lost as a result of the breaking of the levee and the subsequent flooding of the country. The negro family, wo- man and five children, that was reported to have perished, was rescued. There have been many sensational rumors of persons drowned, but to date not one of them have been confirmed.
 Rescue boats are out in every direction and all refugees brought to the city are being cared for. In Greenville the wa ter Is causing endless inconvenience and much damage, but the city and it's in habitants are not considered to be in the least danger. even though should the wa ter go much higher.
 The threatened break at Catfish point has failed to materialize. and anxiety on this score is waning.
 Persons who have returned from the crevasse south of the city report that A second has occurred about 800 feet north of the first break. The new crevasse ia about 400 feet wide. This new opening will add to the volume ow water that is flowing inland from the swollen Missis- sippi, but it is not considered that 1t will serve to complicate the situation further than possibly to make greater the over Aowedland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
AMNESTY FOR PRISONERS.
President Shows Mercy to Men in Atlanta Penitentiary.

washington, March 30.-President Roosevelt has issued a general order in the nature of an amnesty toward a cer- tain class of prisoners which will affect more than a hundred prisohers confined in the United States penitentiary at At lanta, Ga.
 In the early part of 1902, upon the com pletion of the Atlanta penitentiary q number of United States prisoners in- carcerated in penitentiaries in Ohio and New York were transferred to the prison at Atlanta By reason of the transfer of these prisoners their terms of impris- onment were increased in some cases to the extent of three or four years, for the reason that the Ohio and New York lsws relating to the diminution of sentences for good conduct which by the Federal statutes were made applicable to the United States prisoners were very much more liberal than the Federal statute un- der which such diminution of sentences is permitted in Federal institutions.
 The last Congress repealed the Federal statutes making State laws applicable to United States prisoners and enacted a very liberal communication 10 the law ap- plicable to all United States prisoners wherever confined
 On account of the great injustice done to the prisoners transferred to Atlanta in extending their sentences beyond the terms which were intended by the courts in imposing the sentences and in order to remedy this injustice the President has issued a general order which. after recitins the law and facts in the case. concludes:
 Now, therefore, be it known that l.. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, in considera- ton of the premises, divers other good and sufficient reasons me thereunto mov- ing, do hereby order that each and every United States prisoner who was or here- after shall be transferred from a State institution to the United States penten- tiary at Atlanta, Ga, under sentence imposed on or before the 20th day of July. 1s0o. be discharged by the Warden of said United States 2enitentiary on the day when he would have been discharged had he continued to be confined In the State prison or penitentiary from which he was transferred; upon conditions that his conduct in the said institution and In the United States penitentiary has been such as to entitle him to the deductions hereby granted and allowed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
NO DISORDER IN LOWELL
Shut Down is Unprecedented
 in New England.
Textile Council Considering Adviss ability of Widening Scope of the Strike-other Operators
 :. Have Been Notified. :.

Lowell. Mass, March s0.-Organixsne textile labor today showed its strenrtlSl m the shutdown of the seven largerkl cotton mills and not content with thfs the Textile Council, the delegate body ofl the local unions. considered the advfsa-l biiity of compelling an even wider ap~i plication of the shutdown order by brine- ing about strike in the Lawrence Hes- iery. This hosiery was exeuiptsd from the strike order last week, the Knitterss Union being permitted to remain neutral as 1t had shown that it had no grievance either in wages or time schedule.
 The Council tonight did not find the proposal well received and the outlook ia not favorable for q strike of the knif~ ters.
 This incident was the chief one of the day of an unprecedented shut down ox cotton mills in Lowell. Today operators wore their best clothes and promenaded the sidewalks. No smoke came from tho tall chimneys and there was an absence of the hum of industry which marks a rushing. bustling New Engiand miii city. No trouble of any kind occurred in the mill gates, through which some operatives passed at different times. and nothing occurred on the streets or at the meeting places of the strikers to bring forth criticism. Labor unions met. some fourteen of them, and thoy were ad- d. essed either by their own officers or by prominent labor men of other bodies.
 The Loom Fixer's Union has chosen walking delegates to visit other New England cities to inform unions of the situation in Lowell
 The Greeks held meeting and dccihed against joining the union or drawing any money from the union treasury.
 The persons at work in the mills today were chiefly those in the finishing rooms and officers and President Conroy said that the Council did not ohject to this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
DIsT1LLERY DESTROYED.
Fire Consumes Big Louisville Whis-
 key Plant

Louisville, Ky. March 3O.-The J. G. Mattingly Distillery at Fortieth and High Street, this city. was destroyed by fire late this afternoon. causing a loss of $50. 900. The distillery was one of the largest in the city and was owned by the Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company.
 For time the large warehouses in the vicinity of the distilery seemed in dan ger. but they were finally saved with practically TO damage. The loss is cov- cred by insurance. The origin of the fire is not known.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Stock Exchange Officers,

New York. March SO.-The nomination committee of the Stock Exchange has selected the appended ticket for the an- nual election. which will be elected on May 1;
 For President R. H. Thomas; Score tary, William Mcclure; Treasurer, N. W. Gilley; Governors (to serve four years) Rudolph Keppler, W. M. Donald, w. B. Lawrence. A. C. Tower, E. Groesback,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Defaced Washington Statue.

Richmonp, Va. March SO.-Vandals have made the first successful attempt on the Houdon statue of George Washington. in the lobby of the State Capitol. A small piece of the mould board has been chop ped off and is gone. no trace of the party who did the work being found The piece clipped off Is the corner of the mould board triangular shape. about half an inch each side. The work seems to have been done with a cold chisel. The code of Virginia provides a severe penalty for molesting or defacing the statue
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Judge McMillan Heard.

Washington. March 3o-Attorney-G General Knox this afternoon gave hearing to Judge Daniel J. McMillan of the Supreme Court of New Mexico. against whom charges of i'm morality have been preferred by citizens of that territory After the charge and the evi- dence in support of them on file in the De partment of Justice had been read. counsel for Judge McMillan filed affidavits in contradic- tion of the charges They supplemented these with a large number of letters and telegrams from citizcns of tho territory indicating that they had no confidence in the charges. The Attorney General took the matter under con- alteration
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
SHOT AT NOVELIST.
Woman Tried to Kill Popular French
 man.

Paris, March 30-Mariel Provost. novel, ist, this afternoon was about to enter the offices ,of the Society of Men of Letters in the ue Rougemont. where the electiop of officers for the coming year was about to be held. Mile. Emma Touret. sty- lishly dressed woman. aiighted quickly from a carriage and fired two shots from a revolver at him. at the same time called him by name.
 Both shots missed and the woman was about to fire third time when M. Pre- vost disarmed her. She was taken tenn porarily into custody and explained that she had known M. Provost In London some time ago. His avoidance of her since that time had prompted her to seek to avenge herself, but she did not intend to kill the novelist.
 M. Provost refused to follow up the matter and the woman was set at liberty. It is said the woman's brother vainly tried to force a duel on M. Provost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
"Younger Brothers" Held Up.

Chicago. March 3O.-A dispatch to The Tribune from Council Bluffs. Ia., says: A company of fifteen, which played The Younger Brothers, Bank Robbers" before a crowded house last night were arrested at the close of the performance for viola ton of the Sunday law, upon information filed by the members of the Womans Christian Temferance Union. which has for some time threatened crusade against Sunday theaters. The actors were released on bail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Insulted a Young Woman.

Louisville, Ky. March 3O.-A specal to The Herald from Owngsvlle. Ky, says: A German giving his name as Boetcher en- tered the home of Mrs. Watt Peters on the outskirts of town today and going to an upstars room where Mrs. Peter 6 daughter was alone. attempted to assault the girl. She succeeded in obtaining a pistol, however. and held him at bay un- til her mother, who was in the lower part of the house. could summon an officer. Boeticher was arrested. Feeling Is run ming high and it is feared that he may be severely dealt with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
cool Strike Threatened,

Terre Haute Ind, March 3o.-A canvass of the vote taken among the 10000 bituminous miners of Indiana shows a comparatively large majority opposed to accepting the operators uItimatum demanding that last years agree ment with an advance in wages varying from I2h to 27 per cent. be accepted, Both sides agree in saying that if the controversy is not settled by the end of this week there will be Q long strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Danger of War Averted.

Washington. Mar h 3O.-United States Minister Coates of Guatemala, cabled the State Department today that the Presi- dents of Guatemala and Salvador have had an interview. as a result the indica- tions are much improved. The Minister regards the danger of war averted. The United States Consul at San Juan also cables that another revolution has broken out in Nicaragua but he gives no de- tails.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Mcdonald Buried.

Edinburg. March 3o-The body of Ma jor General Sir Hector Macdonald, who killed himself at the Regina Hotel, in Paris on Wednesday last, was buried In Dean cemetery here shortly after the ar rival of the London train at 6 o'clock this morning. About 3O0 of the public were present. The people uncovered as the cortege passed through the streets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31

prevent the killing of deer driven from the Louisiana woods by the high water. The members of the Gaillord Sporting Club today agreed to subscribe liberaiiy to a purse for the purpose of employing guards to arrest all persons who even attempt to kill the animals. A drove of five deer swam the river today and Sher- if Howe, with a police officer, prevented their slaughter when they reached the bank. Wilkinson County has employed guards to patrol the river edge for the protection of the deer.
 The United States monitor Arkansas passed up at 6 p. m. for St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Navberne Was Flooded.

Newberne, N. C.. March SO.-Last nights storm here caused no loss of life and no considerable damage to shipping or other property. The high tides in the Neuse and Trent Rivers during the night overfiowed the water front and drove the water almost a block into the streets. flooding the basements of some stores and warehouses A few people were also compelled to escape from their dwellings hv heat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Falling at Helena.

Helena, Ark, March 3o.-The river is falling very slowly here today and has reached 5O.5 on the gauge, fall of two- tenths in the past twenty-four hours. A more rapid fall is expected in the next few days, with the prediction that the river will go to the A foot mark before the rise now coming in the upper streams reaches this point. Reports from all points down the ioyee are of the most encouraging character, but Vigiient watch is still being kept in this section from Old Town to Modoc, where signs of weakness developed several days ago. There is no apprehen ion of any serious trouble. however, at any point along the Cotton Belt district front.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
scooner Goes Ashore.

wilmington, N. C., March So-The schooner John H. Buttrick Captain SpraSue from Wilmington to New York, with a cargo of lumber. went ashore dur ing Sunday nights gale and Is a total loss. The mate was washed oVerooard during the night and drowned. The cap tain and crew of seven. including the captain's wife, were taken off by the tug Alexander Jones and brought to VViIminRton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
LYNCHED IN ARKANsAs.
Negro Charged With Arson Put tc
 Death.

Little Rock. Ark. March 30.-A special to The Gazette from New Louisville, Ark, says:
 Meagre news has reached here of a lynching which took place in this county three days ago at Brady, near the Lou isiana line. Frank Robertson, the negro lynched. was in Jail charged with arson. He had confessed to firing a store.
 Last Thursday night a party of twen- ty-five men. supposed to be from across the Louisiana line. rode into Brady, overpowered the Jailer. took possession of the negro and rode away with him. The body has not been found.
 In the past year there have been many cases of arson in North Louisiana, in the county which adjoins this Uafayette) county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Porter Goes to Russell.

Uriah Porter, who has been confined in the Montgomery County Jail one year. was taken to Scale Sunday by a deputy sheriff for trial,
 Porter, in the Spring of eol. killed Joseph Fincher near Crawford. and terrorlsed that section for some time. finally surrenderins to the jailer Tn opelika, He was brought to Montgomery for safe keeainS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
Arnolia LavAA Safe.

Natchez. Miss. March 3O.-There was no damage to Arnolla levee. just below Vidalia. La. on account Of the boils yes terday afternoon and everything there is nov considered safe.
 The river here has been stationary at N.4 since Sunday morning. The local aDortsmen are making every effort to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
wind struck Biltmore.

Asheville, N. C.. March 30-Heavy rains. wind and snow have wrought considerable damage in this section. On Vanderbilt's Bitmore estate the weather ovservatory was completely demolished. It was handsome stone structure seventy feet high and was owned by MT. Vanderbilt. The apparatus belonged to the govern ant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
SCORES OUR NAVY.
German Count Pokss Fan at the
 Americans.

Berlin, March 30.--Count von Reventlow in The Tageblatt today. compares the German and American navies. He says Germany's first squadron is homogeneous and already ready for instant service. "1t could" he adds, smash Dewey's het- rogeneous assemblage, which had not . single modern armored cruiser"
 The Count regards the American man. ouvres as generally childish" and as always resulting in defeats of the hos- tile fleets, the naval commanders. there- fore. gaining large newspaper glory"
 Count Reveltiow refers to ''the poor markamanship of the West Indian fieets to It's insufficient number of officers ana men and to the Tow morale of the navy as indicated by the numerous assertions.- and says he believes the United States will some days have a fine fleet. but she has not one yet"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
pilo+ McNallv Killed.

Memphis. Tenn. March SO.-R. M. Mo Nally. a resident of this city, and wall. known river man. was 1un down and killed by a street car in the northern portion of the city early tonight. Mir. McNally was 35 years of age and has been a pilot on the Mississippi River for ROme Vear5,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
scourge is Disappearing.

Mazatlan. Mex. March SO.-It Is expect ed that the six remaining patients in the la zaretto will be shortly discharged and the scourge of plague which has afflicted this city be ended. A ball will be given Thursday evening in celebration of the ternnination of the scourge. At Siquieros only eleven patients are under treatment. Villa Union is free of the disease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-31
vessel Breaking to Pieces.

Newport News, Va.. March 3o-The four-masted schooner Charles L. Daven- port, bound from this port for Bangor Me, went ashore head-on at Old Point Comfort, in the gale today. She Is high and dry on the rocks and Is breaking to pieces. The captain says he mistook the Old Point light for Thimble light. The schooner will be total loss, but part or her cargo may be saved. The crew landed safely.