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The News and Obser ver • VOL. XXXYIII. NO. 41. TIKIE ILftKffiEST ©DOBtgiL&TjM ®F AMY KMTTM ©AOStDLOIiM (MOO 7 . THREE MEN ARE SHOT THAT IS THE DAY’S RECORD OF THE NEW ORLEANS LABOR TROUBLE. THE IMLITARV NOW ON DUTY. Trouble Was ExpectedjtoOccur at Any Moment Between the Whites and Blacks—White Laborers Trying to Clear the Levee of the Negroes—The Police Unable to Prevent an En counter—Two of the Men Probably Fatally Hurt. New Orleans, La., March 11. From the appearance of the river this morning it seemed trouble was expected at any moment to occur between the whites and blacks, as a whole regiment of blue coats were to be seen scattered here and there. Near the Jackson street ferry and on the street corners were many white men, all discussing the labor situation, and these would be requested to move on by the police, and hardly had they dis appeared before another crowd would congregate upon the same spot. It was the opinion of everyone that trouble would follow. About half past nine o’clock a thick set man, dressed in a brown suit, came over to a crowd sitting near the ferry house and said: ‘‘Come on, boys, we are going up town and clear the levee of every d—d negro to be found. Come on, we mean business.” Perhaps twenty-five men followed this man up Water street, and as they passed each corner their number was added to by men who were standing on the street. Up Water street they continued until reaching near Sixth street, when a squad of police numbering about fifteen, halted them. The men went into Widow Kent’s saloon on 6th and Water streets and finally separated, some going one way and the others another. While on the levee the Southern Asso ciated Press reporter met Stevedore Lin coln and asked him if the negroes from Galveston who were brought to this city Saturday to work on the levee were working’ to-day. He said there was not one of them at work. To the inquiry whether they had returned to Galveston he answered that he did not know. The reporter turned to the corner of Water and Jackson streets, and standing in the crowd at this corner was an officer wearing badge No. 115. Suddenly there was a report ot a revolver followed by many others. This was about twenty minutes after 10 o’clock. The shots seemed to have been fired among the cot ton bales on the wharf between Jackson and Josephine streets. Every one became excited, several po lice whistles were heard, and the crowd rushed in a body toward the scene of the firing. On reaching the place only one man was found, Philip L. Fisher, colored, who was lying on the ground moaning. He was wounded by a pistol ball The most serious conflict occurred a few hours later on the levee at the head of Josephine street Two negro men were shot and it is feared that their wound 3 will prove fatal. The attacking party was composed of about 150 men as far as can be learned, and it is esti mated that fully 25 shots were fired. At the time of the shooting police un der the command of Sergeants Roux and Conrad, were at the head of Nus street, rendering protection and it was for this no arrests we: e effected. The officer who was near at hand was Adam Miller, who was detailed at the head of Jackson street, but he was powerless in the hands of the mob. The men wounded are John Parker and Jake Fisher. It is believed that Parker will die. Fisher received a shot in the right side of the back and his con dition is reported as dangerous. Shortly after this trouble a squad of detectives and mary policemen reached the scene and quieted the crowd. The police are unable to state wuether or not the attacking party was com p sed of screwmen. GUILFORD COLLEGE NOTES. Many Match Games of Baseball Al ready Arranged For. Special to the News and Observer. Guilford College, N. C., March 11. Mrs. Helen M. Barker, the treasurer of the International W. C. T. U., spent Saturday and Sunday at the college. Her address on Temperance, delivered Saturday night, was a most excellent one. A large audience was present on both occasions. Mrs. Will Benbow, of Baltimore, is at college, taking private lessons in paint ing. The baseball men are bestirring them selves. A few practice games have al ready been played. The following games have been ar ranged for: With Trinity College, at Durham, March 30th; with A. & M. Col lege, in Greensboro, April 13th, and in Winston, April 15th: with Danville Mili tary Institute, April 27th, and with the University, at Chapel Hill, May 4th. Dr. Logan and Mr. Caldwell Very 111. Special to the News and Observer. Greensboro, N. C., March 11. Hon. D. F. Caldwell, one of our most prominent citizens, was stricken with paralysis yesterday afternoon just before eating his dinner. His right arm and leg are both paralyzed but he has full possession of his mind. He seemed bet ter to-day. Dr. Jno. Logan of this city is critically ill at his home on West Market street. THREE CAUCUSES IN ONE D AY. Butler’s Map of Campaign—Will the Marriage End in Divorce?—To Scoop in the N. C. and A. and N. C. Roads. Three caucuses in one day; that was the record yesterday. Caucusing at nine in the morning and caucusing after mid night. At nine o'clock yesterday morning the Fusionists held a joint caucus at, six p. m , the Republicans had their little pow-wow all to themselves, and last night from eleven o’clock to 12:45 the Populists had their own little side-show. The re-assessment of real estate has been considered, and much talked about pro and con. Tt seems now that no re assessment will be made, though a num ber of fusionists want the figures changed Railroads played a part, in the secret meetings. It was decided that the pres ent bill drawn by the caucus committee, which provides for the appointment of a State’s Proxy for the North Carolina railroad who shall have absolute power over the road, and appoint all directors, should be quashed. It was too much of a good thing all at once. Another bill milder in form was ordered to be drawn The Atlantic and North Carolina road was taken up and discussed. The exact plan of taking it in does not appear, but it has been decided that that the Popu lists must have possession of that direc torate and plans are devised toward that end. At present the purpose of the Fu sionists is to close the show Weduesda' night, that is if a quorum can be held But several of the members said la-t night that they did not see how the cal endar could be wiped out before Satur day. In the Populist caucus last night after midnight, Marion Butler made a speer-h outlining the course of the Populist party in’the coming campaign. He said the financial question was the great is sue and the party must stand firm for free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and the issue of legal tender by the government. Col. Harry Skinner followed along the same line, saying that the Populist party must hold to this plank in the platform and make it the issue. He said they must “come out with the right hand of brotherhood and join hards with the friends of silver to fight this great enemy,” the “enemy” in this ease being the advocates of a gold s’and ard. He said if there could be a com bination of parties on this line, he was wil iug to combine. If not—b it where is fusion? In the talk of the Populist caucus the “Fusion” wasn't mentioned. But from the drift last night one may look for the marriage “for revenue only,” to end in a divorce. KINSTON SINCE THE FIRES. Active Business Resumed aud New Buildings Being Built. Special to the News and Observer Kinston, N. C.. March 11. Our burned-out citizens are recover ing from the shock of the last two fires. But last w»ek they spent mostly in try ing to come to terms with insurance ad justers. Two or three of the merchants have had trouble on this line, and law suits may be resorted to in order to fore, a settlement Every vacant house on Queen street has been rented for business. Where once were piled a lot of coffins may now be seen,; hard ware, cutlery, <fcc A corn crib is now a drinking saloon—from raw corn to raw corn whiskey. One cor ner of the post office is railed off for an insurance office. The old building, cor ner of Queen and King streets, once a Confederate hospital is now the head quarters of Oettinger Bros. The Salva tion Army barracks no longer resound to the music of the tambourine and the voice of hymns, but is the place of busi ness of Eiosiein Bros. The express office shares a corner of the millinery store of Mesdamesßond and Hartsfield. The bank of Mr. 8 H Loft in occupies a corner of Dr. V. E. Weyher’s office. Mr. G. 8. Kornegay’s dry goods, groceries, &0., (left from the flames) are stored in the court h< use. The remains of Mr. 8. 11. Loftin’s goods are offered for sale in a room of Dr. It A. Miller’s store Messrs. Pridgen & Cox are the first to have lumber on the ground of the burnt district. They have moved an old house from another block to their old stand and will open up there tempora rily. The owners o! the brick stores burn ed have large gangs of brick cleaners at work. Rubbish is being cleared away and foundations laid bare, ready for the new buildings to rise. Hotel Tull will be rebuilt on a much larger scale thau formerly-built on three sides of a square, with an interior court yard— w it h a row of stores on the ground floor. Tue Caswell monument is ruined. Our country friends come in town with their teams, but do not know where to go or what to do. Two livery stables were burnt and a long row of stables (elected for use of country traders) in rear of Mr. J. B. Cummings. In these stables nine horses were burned to death at the last fire. In the meanwhile our truckers are very busy—pitching large crops. The Free Press job punting press is going, and things look lively up in their new quarters over L, Harvey’s Insurance office. We’ll come again. In Favor of Prize Fighting. New Orleans, March 11.—The case of the State vs. the Olympic Athletio Club in an attempt to annul the charter of that club has been decided in favor of the latter to day by the lower court. The effect of the decision wiil be to permit glove contests to take place. RALEIGH, fj. c., TUESDAY. MARCH !2, 1895. SHOTWELL VS. LUSK AN EXTRACT FROM THE AI TO BIOGKAPIIY OF THE LATE RANDOLPH SHOTWELL. HIS VERSION OF THE AFFAIR. Fortunately He Has Written a State ment That Completely Answers The Charge That He Struck Lusk From Behind—Nobody Believed It, But His Ipse Dixit Lays Lusk Out--His Bad Record Curing the War--His Attempt to have Shotwell Arrested. A few days ago, Mr. V. 8. Lusk, mem ber of the House from Bumcombe, rose to a question of personal privilege, to re ply to strictures on him in the Ruther fordton Democrat. That paper de nounced Lusk for writing a pack of lies about Douglass resolution, and “said Lnsk is the name of the scoundrel who was cowhided by Randolph Shotwell.” Replying to this, the News and Observer, of March 7th, contained the following in its report of the proceed ings of the House: Shotwell Again Unsepulchred. Mr. Lusk then made a statement of the affair, which occurred in 1809, when Shotwell edited the Asheville Citizen. They got into a controversy. He and James H. Merrimon were on the street talking when some one unseen crept up and struck him with a club. Lusk drew his revolver and shot. The man threw up his hands and said “I am not armed.” Lusk did not shoot again. Shotwell plead guilty to the assault. Lnsk was solicitor and declined to prosecute, but begged the court not to punish, and the court heeded the appeal. loiter he heard that Shotwell was arrested for kukluxing James Justice at Rutber fordton. Lusk was directed as assistant United States attorney to prosecute him. but absolutely refused to do so, and Samuel F. Phillips prosecuted. Shot well was sent to the Albany penitentiary for six years. Later Plato Durham in terceded with Lusk to procure a pardon for Shotwell, and Lusk wrote to Presi dent Grant, and also called on him in company with Plato Durham, and urged clemency, and this was extended, and Shotwell and Lusk returned to North Carolina in the same car. He did not thank Lusk for what he had done, but maligned him until the day of his death. Lusk said he asked the Democratic press to publish this statement, to the absolute accuracy of which he certified. The News and Observer some weeks ago gave its understanding of the inci dent, and denounced Mr. V. Supers'.tious Lusk for his version of the affair. Every man, who has lived in North Carolina for a quarter of a century, knows that Ran dolph A Shotwell was the bravest of the brave, and that any statement reflecting upon hi 3 bravery and his courage will be known to be false by every person in the State. Since the publication of our editorial, we have luckily been furnished with an extract from the autiobiography cf Mr. Shotwell, and it gives in detail the occurrence which has been alluded to: Extract from rapt. R. A. Shouvell’* Autobiography. The Citizen soon became as much an object of bfttred to the Radicals as the Vindicator had been. The complete naney of that party for several years had given its members a degree of politi cal arrogance unknown in ot her sections; so great indeed that I more than once heard of such remarks as this: “We will show that fellow Shotwell that he cannot come here and abuse us Republicans as he pleases.’* “We’ll break his head for him,” etc. Nor, was it more than a mouth before I became embroiled with one of them. The facts may be briefly stated as fol lows: had been some local dis turb <n “ in Maffison county, s< mo for y miles west of Asheville, and United States Attorney V.rgilS. Lusk, a young man who tt d served in the Confederate army, but turned to scallawag scheming for the sake of ofiiee, procured the in dictment of forty or fifty of the most respectable Democrats fas I have been informed; I had no personal knowledge of them) of Madison, charging them with these < {fences. Popular report pronounced it a parfi zan outrage, entirely without justifica tion. During the excitment a young lawyer, then Mayor of Asheville, visited Madison, where he was well acquainted, and returning, gave me such account of the matter that I felt it my duty as a public journalist to denounce Lusk’s con duct. I therefore requested Capt. C. to write for me au article (editorial) fairly representing the facts. The article, as I now recollect, did not specially refer to Lusk’s personal action, but pronounced the whole affair unjust and discreditable, as we were satisfied of the innocence of the arrested men. “A few days later, on going to my of flee, which was on the other side cf town from the Eagle Hotel, where I boarded, my foreman asked me if I had seen an abusive article from Lusk in the Pioneer. 1 had not., aud was then shown a lengthy “card” signed by Lusk trying to defend his action and declaring that my editorial was wilfully and malicious ly false; and knowingly so published, etc. Os course there was only one course to pursue in such a case, especially as I was , a new comer m the place, and so engag |ed that if I al! i this insult to pass i unnoticed, ! must incur no end of abuse | free other sc.dlawags, emboldened as i they were by success. A.veording ■ ly, after conversing with some | country subscribers, who happened itobe in the offi •*, I started t > the hotel ! to obtain my revolver, but i:i coming down stairs 1 discovered Lusk standing talking to some persons in the outskirts of a large crowd which surrounded an auctioneer’s wagon. Recognizing the advantage of the crowd to give almost as much publicity to my resentment of bis insult as it could obtain in the limited circulation of the Pioneer, I crossed the square and drew a copy of that paper out of my pocket intending to demand an apology; but as I approached, my adversa ry, who was armed and on the alert, half drew from his right pantaloons pock et a five shooter, whereupon I made no delay in slashing him across the eyes with my light rattan cane which I habit ually carried at that time. It had neither strength nor weight, being merely a “fancy” stick, but the end luckily grazed the eyes of the enemy, making him dodge, which disturbed his aim and caused him to snap his pistol. I now followed him closely raining blows in his face with my rattan, forcing him to recede, and luckily strikrng the pistol just as it exploded, diverting the aim of the ball from my stomach, (where it would have been fatal) to my thigh, where it inflicted only ; a flesh wound, an inch and a half I through, the other wound was a mere farrow across the left leg; bleeding pro j fusely but not painful. In the commotion and uproar that followed these shots (the crowd running, dodgiDg and shouting) Lusk got off from me several paces, possibly ten feet, and threw up his weapon to take full aim, at which I turned sidewise and said: “Shoot on if you wish. 1 am unarmed.” The crowd, however, had by this time closed in round both of us, and some one seized Lusk’s pistol. Whether he designed shooting again, or was waiting for me to rush forward again, I am un able to say. It was currently reported that he, pulling upon the uncocked pis tol, unaware, in his haste that it was so—when his arms were grasped. Had I been armed the issue must have been much more serious. Perhaps it was a Providential and fortunate thing for both that I was not. After seeing that further proceedings were out of the question, aud that tht-re was danger of my falling from loss of blood. I accepted the offer of Capt. Will Cocke’s arm, and walked to the hotel, folk v *d by numerous friends. At this one of the Radical officials raised the ory ; “Stop that man; arrest that man !” and several of the crowd made a rush at me; but my friends shouted to them : “Stand back, let him alone,” «fcc., at the same time telling me to go on. T, how ever, baited, and told Sheriff Reid, a Radical, that he knew' where he could find me, and there was no danger of my running away. xYt the hotel Dr. and Dr. hastened in as friends and stopped the flow of blood, after which they insisted that I should lie down for the rest of the day. * * * Daring the afternoon the radical sheriff sent his deputies to require bonds of SI,OOO to keep the peace and appear at court. Capt. Emory H. Merrimon, very kind ly attended to getting up bail and re lieved me of all trouble on that score. * * * * * * * Many of my warmest friends of the sterner sex rather censured me for can ing Lusk, considering him a man be neath my attention. Several of the leading lawyers said in effect; “Captain this will never do! You cannot afford to attack every low livered radical and renegade who slander; you in the Pioneer. When a man goes into the slums of scallawagery, and associ ates with rascally radicals and negroes he loses caste to such an extent that none of us would think of holding him accountable for his lies.” I replied that Lusk had held a respect able position in the community prioi to the war, and had been a Confederate soldier, and while no doubt he deserved to be treated with contempt, jet I did not propose allowing slanderous inso lence from him or anj'one else. The sequel proved the wisdom of my course, as thereafter I was not troubled with personal abu-e nor assaults It is not with any view of vaunting my own personal prowess that the fore going account is given here. My friends think it deserving of a place because Lusk afterward became the .prosecuting attorney, having charge of the govern ment persecution of myself and others.” GROVER STILL GUNNING. No Accident Has Happened to Ihe President on His Trip. Special to the News and Observer. Washington, N. C., March 11. President Cleveland was here Sunday with a party of friends who are now with him in our waters. He has happened to no accident so far as we could learn. Got in a Half Day’s Shooting. Cape Henry, Va., March 11.—Presi dent Cleveland got in a half a day’s shooting from a blind to day but a light rain drove the party aboardship at 2 p. m. The weather bureau has up signals for a northwest storm and from present in dications no shooting will be done to morrow. It is probable that if the weather is not good in the morning the steamer will get underway for home. There Have Been Twenty-one Deaths. Hot Springs, Ark., March 11.—The official bulletin to-day shows one death aud three new cas 1 sos small-pox Up to date there have been ninety-two cases aud t wenty-one deaths. UNDER THE DOME. W. V. Hall of Shelby has been made au assistant engrossing clerk at $5 a day. Hoover and Forbes, Populists, did a good thing last night in opposing the proposition to negroize Raleigh. It made the Rads hot, but they couldn’t help themselves. When informed that Chas. A. Cook had been elected criminal court judgo. Iron Duke Mott is reported to have said, “He is one of those d—d redfins I caught in my Liberal net ” Senators .Forbes of Pitt and Sigmon of Catawba have not had much to say in the Senate until toward the shank of the session where they have developed into ready and ponderous debaters. Speaking of the Henderson town char ! ter, Mr. MeCaskie, of Martin, said : I i don’t know that the Populists are under i any obligations to gerrymader any town to give a few negroes a few offices. Mr. Sigmon, the Republican gold-bug | Senator from Catawba, having one of ! his pet measures defeated by the Popu- I lists, went to a Republican friend and asked him if he knew what a Populists ! was. “I do not,” replied his friend “why, he’s only a mad Democrat,” said Mr. Sigmon. The spirit of many members of the ex piring Douglassites was expressed yes terday by Campbell, of Cherokee: “I am in favor of voting to gerrymander any town or city which is represented here by a Republican or Populist” and he voted to let Grant name the trustees of the Goldsboro graded school. There are a number of women suf fragists in this Legislature, but with a solid Democratic vote at his back, Mr. Monroe succeeded yesterday, after an eloquent speech, in defeating Senator Grant’s bill to put women on the school board of Goldsboro. It had created much interest and a debate that brought in the full range of the woman's rights question. “They have nearly all been lost” said a Populist Senator last night, after half a dozen Senators had moved to be al lowed to introduce a bill that “had been lost.” More bills have been lost and stolen this session than ever before in the history cf the S Between in competence and dishonesty the officials of the Douglassites have, in the main, established an unenviable reputation. “You may say for me” said a Populist legislator last night “that most of the Populists are utterly disgusted with the doings of th s Legislature. The Popu lists made a fatal mistake by holding joint caucuses. The Republicans were shrewder parliamentarians and quicker than we, and committed us to most of the deviltry that has disgraced fusion. We ought to have “kept iu the middle of the road,” and given no opportunity to the Republicans to out-general us. I feel that we have made a blunder that will bring odium to the Populist party, and give it a black eye. ” The negroes will not be given the con trol of Henderson. The bill to do this was tabled in the Senate last night. Sen ator Fowler, P., speaking against the bill, said: “You have come here pledged to local self government, aud yet you are changing town charters and putting them in the hands of the negroes. The Republicans tried the plan of turning t he towns over to i ncompetents and it was damned for twenty years. If the Popu list party tries it, the fate of the Repub licans will be theirs.” Mr. Gill, P., was on the floor, whispering with Rice, R , urging the passage of the bill. But he will go back empty handed, thanks to Fowler, MeCaskie, Hoover and outer Pops, who voted with the Democrats. The Senate paid a graceful compliment to Senator Fowler, of Sampson, last night. He was called upon to preside by Lieutenant Governor Doughton, and while he was in tho chair, an attempt was made to take up the supplemental bill to the New Hanover criminal court which was defeated in the morning. A motion of Senator Moody to do this fail ed and Mr. Moody directly removed the motion. Mr. Fowler ruled this out of order and Mr. Moody appealed from the decision of the chair The Senate sus tained Mr. Fowler’s decision by a good vote, amid applause from both the Sen ate and galleries. The compliment was a deserved one to Senator Fowler, who has pursued a I road and fair-minded course during the sissiou. In Saturday’s paper our reporter in advertently stated that Mr. Monroe favored Senator Grant’s bill to change the Board of Trustees of the Goldsboro Graded School and put women on the board. Elsewhere it was stated that Mr. Monroe scored a point against Grant’s bill when he said it was the first step to wards women suffrage.” Mr. Monroe made a strong speech against the pro posed change, and all the anti-women suffragists applauded his argument against taking the first step towards woman suffrage. He drew out from some of the advocates of the bill, a statement that they favored the bill because it con tained this innovation. As a matter of fact. Mr. Monroe's speech convinced a majority of the voters in the House. The speaktr declared that it passed by 38 to 36, whereas everybody in the House ex- I cept the clerks were willing to certify j that the bill had failed by not less than I PRICE FIVE CENTS. IBor 10 majority. But in this Legisla i ture of incompetency and dishonesty, Mr. Monroe's demand f< r fairness met j with no favorable response. Many people will agree with the gen tleman from Hanging Dog who wants to abolish capital punishment for the rea son that all who are executed go straight to heaven from the gallows. “Now here !” says ho, “I want them to go to the penitentiary and go to hell like other folks.” The House yesterday concerted in vbo Senate amendment to increase the school tax to 18 cents. When the revenue bill was in the committee of the whole in the House, Mr. Nelson, of Caldwell, of fered an amendment to increase the school fund to 18 cents, but it was voted down by the Fononists. Naturally Mr. Nelson feels gratified that after all hi? rejected amendment to the tow. The Legislature last night elected nine teen new magistrates for Raleigh. They are all Republicans except one or two Populists, and Mr. H. H. Roberts: J. N. Hubbard, Willis M. Graves, W. H. Martn, C. N. Hunter, J. B. Hill, W. W. Wynne, E. A. Adams, John Nichols James 11. Baker, E. S. Cheek, J. D. j Newsom. J. H. Alford, W. F. Debnam H. H. Roberts, W. Whitaker, M. B. Bar bee, K. W. Merritt, J. H. Baker, P. M Stewart. *— DEATH OF 11. C. MURRAY, One of Raleigh’s Most Respected Citi zens Passes Away. Capt. D. Carson Murray, one of Ral eigh's most respected citizens, died at his residence on West Hargett street Sunday at 12:30 o’clock. He had been seriously ill but a few days, an attack of la grippe passing quickly into pneu monia. Capt. Murray was a Dative of Hyde county, and was sixty-four years old; he came to Raleigh when a boy and at tended the noted Lovejoy school. He went into the store of his uncle T. H. Selby, and was later in the mercantile business, the firm being Cook and Mur ray, at that time one of Raleigh’s largest dry goods establishments. He served on the Board of City Aldermen. He after ward was appointed steward of the State penitentiary which he held under various administrations for eighteen years, fill ing the position faithfully and eatisfac - ; toriiy. His wife, five daughters, Mrs. Charles Allen, Mrs. J. I. Johnson, Mrs. John W. Cross, Mrs. Weldon Smith and Miss Nel lie Murray, and one son, Mr. Talbot Murray, survive him. His wife was Miss Blackwell, of Gran vilie county. They had one other daugh ter, Lillian, who married Mr. John R. Ferrell; she has been dead several years. Capt. Murray was greatly esteemed in the city, and the high regard in which he was held was shown by the large number who attended the funeral to paj their last tribute of respect to the dead. Rev. J. N. Cole conducted the services from Edenton Street church. The inter ment was in Oakwood Cemetery. The pall -bearers were : W. S. Primrose, W. B. Hutchings, Chas. McKimmoD, T. H. Briggs, Charles D. Heartt, J. B. Hill W. H. Hughes, Mr. J. B. Williams, G. B. Root, Dr. J. W. McGee, Dr. P. E. Hines. CHRISTIAN MARRIES A JEW, Miss Lula Francis Moore Marries A.. Isaac Kaplou. Nearly three hundred people filled the house, the yard and part of the street at Mr. A. Morris’, 124 East Davie street, Sunday, where a pretty joung Christian was married to a Hebrew. Rabbi J. L. Meyerberg performed the ceremony with all the imposing rites of the Jewish religion. Miss Lula Fr»n*is Moore was the bride and Mr. A. Iraac Kaploa the groom. Before the marriage Miss Moore for mally renounced the Christian faith “for ever and ever” and declared before the assembled company her belief in the religion of the Hebrews. Then the Rabbi read the service in Hebrew 7 and explained it in English. The groom took the wedding ring in his Land and placed it on the bride’s finger, sav ing in Hebrew: “Hi at Makudecons le bat-abas zu Kadas Mosha wa yisotal.” In English it means that they are joined together with that solemn covenant, as did Moses. The ceremony was iu the orthodox form. Then the Rabbi pronounced au invocation over the traditional glass of wine and gave it to them to drink. After they had drained the glass, the I groom put it under his foot and crushed i it in pieces. This ended the marriage ceremony. After this a wedding reception was held at which a number of guests were present. The bride was prettily dressed ‘and wore the traditional white wedding veil. Mr. and Mrs. Kaplou are boarding for the present. Reduced to Forty Men. Havana, March 11.—The Baire Band of Insurgents which was attacked, , de feated and dispersed by Gen. Carrich, has been reduced to forty men, aud ne gotiations are pending for their surren der. Public sentiment ru the province of Santiago Do Cuba, now the only reallj disturbed district, is very strongly iu fa vor of peace. The regular meeting of tue Rescue Circle will be held this afternoon in the Mission rooms at 4 o’clock.