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T VoLUM 2, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MESSAGE OF GROVER, Will Reiterate His Views on Finances and the Tariff. NO REVENUE INCREASE. Conditions in Cuba Do Not War- rant the Recognition of Insur- gents as Belligerents. DAMAGES TO SEALERS URGED. The Panama Canal, the Alaskan and Venezuelan Boundaries Slightly Touched Upon. SHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—Presi- Jlevelan annual message to Con- which be read Tuesday, is tocon- sand will fill about eight per co! In ma t it covered about sev five type- en pages of legal-sized paper. The message has been set up at the Govern- nt printi L printer was given a very small so that no one compositor h nowledge of the w treatment of any one s - The forms after printing were pied by the foreman, who had extra guards sta- n the oom to see that no tioned cor under loc] are always taken to prevent en- pers from securing the or foul means. d to-day that one ambitious nstructed his correspond- $5000 for the m 2 if it hased for money. The mes- the Cabinet last Thurs- ze, j « believed that President Cleveland terate his former well-known views endations as to the tariff and and declare the tariff bill of the ess to be a good beginning and k a further revision of the tanff He will t that it will fur- revenue suffici er normal busi- and endeavor to show a ase in revenue derived from fs considered doubtful 1S recommend any ad enue tax. It was ago that Secretary to impre: . Clevelaud the ili of recom- mending to Co tax on do i patent mec 1e whom to-night consi 1 recommenc revenue taxat ns (who arrived to- ove L. Representative Loud and others ines or upon beer and tors and Rcpresentatives L correspondent itimprobable that v increase of inter- £ party in California would tely annihilated. ing more disastrou to our already suffering said Senator Perkins. “The wine men already it enough to contend with.” It is also the general impression that no tax on beer, the ‘*poor man’s drink,” be advised. Politicians have t Cleveland that the recommendation of § per barrel upon beer would be disastrous to any prospects the Democratic party may have in the next Presidential election. It is almost a foregone conclusion that he will recommend the retirement of greenbacks by the issue of low-rate ponds. It is believed he will assert that con- ditions in Cuba do not warrantrecognition Congress of belligerency of the in- surgents, and will contend that there is no precedent for such recognition. President Cleveland, in touching upon the Venezuelan boundary matter, will endeavor to show that the administration bas done everything possible to uphold the Monroe doctrine. He will allude to correspondence that has passed between the United States and Great Britain on this subject, and will embody in his mes- sage Secretary Olney’s last high-sounding note to Embassador Bayard, and the British Government’s reply. He will urge the payment of claims against the United States preferred by Canadian sealers for the seizure of vessels, for which damages were awarded the Canadians by the Paris tribunal. He will ask Congress to provide for a commission to act with the representatives of Great Britain and the Dominion of Canadato settle these claims and, after the awards are made, pay them. The Waller incident will be mentioned, and again he wili asseverate that the Siate Department’s policy has been firm and dignified. Pacific Coast Congressmen, including Senator Squire, believe that in touching upon Nicaragua Canal affairs he will quote the report of the Nicaragua Canal Com- mission which has been lately submitted to him; and as this report is believed to deciare that the present canal could not be completed short of $130,000,000, he will temporize by recommending that further investigation be made before work of such itude is undertaken. not known whether he alludes to the Alaskan boundary question, but if so, ill merely say that the computations on field surveys are now being out by the Coast and Geodetic and when the boundary line is | defined and marked due notice t wiil be given Great Britain, = meanwhile American patrols Y otect the ‘interests of American Ininers in that region. bealludes to Pacific railroad matters, 4 10 positive recom- I merely advise that en speedily, in view of of the bonds. ed that President Cleve- wything to say about Ha- r< beyond a mere platitudinous lon that our relations with the an republic are *‘pleasant.’”” That !liguore the question of annexation believed by Senators Perkins, Squire, Ison of Washington and other prome Wi S | said to THE CALL correspondent to-nigh ¥ | “Icertainly will support any resolution ! be passed through both houses with a hur- r. | policy. A ““CALL” ARTIST’S IMPRESSIONS AT THE PAVILION YESTERDAY. M KRAEY SOME WELL-KNOWN THOROUGHBREDS. CarLL correspondent conversed to-night. = MUST KECOG inent Pacific Coast men with whom Tflsl 1ZE CUBANS. | Congressmen Who Favor the Fight of Patriots for Freedom. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—Robert R. Hitt of Illinois, one of the ablest and best posted men who have ever dealt with foreign affalrs in Congress, and who will be chairman of the Foreign Affairs Com- mittee in the next House, is firmly of the belief that one of the first acts of Congress should be the passage of a resolution rec- | ognizing the Cuban insurgents as belli- | gerents. Mr. Hittisa thorough American, and is | disgusted with the contemptibly weak, impotent, vacillating policy of the present administration. Mr. Hitt will also have a | resolution introduced from his committee | scoring the administration for its Ha- waiian policy. Mr. Hitt says he is not prepared to say yet whether he will intro- duce a bill for the annexation of the Ha- waiian Islands, but an intimate friend of his said that it would be oneof the first things to demand Hitt’s attention. Lemuel Ely Quigg, a member of Con- gress and editor of the New York Press which recognizes Cubans as belligerents, and I believe that such a resolution would rak that would make Grover dizzy.”’ Grove L. Johnson, the able and intrepid Congressman from California, says that members of Congress, except a few euckoos who still remain in the House, will, with- | out respect to party, support a resolution | recognizing the belligerency of the insur- | ! gents. Indeed this seems to be the opinion | of a score of prominent men with whom Tre Carn correspondent conversed to- | night. et POPULIS ARE UNITED. Favor a Protectorate Over Hawaii and Recognition of Cubans. W ASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—Peffer says that the Populists of the Senate will hold a meeting to-morrow to outline their They will not decide upon their | programme as to finance until they see what the Republicans will do. Peffer says | he would rather have a protectorate over Hawsii than annexation of the islands, | but all the Populists will vote for the rec- ognition of Cubans as belligerents. “The Populists will vote as a unit on all propositions,’ said he. T00 EXPET WITH A PEN Arrest of the Secretary and Manager of an Abstract Company. By a Series of Forged Instruments J. E. Alpaugh Secured a Large Sum. PERRY, Iowa, Dec. 1.—Some extensive forgeries were uncovered here to-day, and as a result J. E. Alpaugh, secretary and manager of the Dallas County Abstract Company, is under arrest, charged with the crime. He was arrested at the in- stance of Cashier Haas of the Scott County Savings Bank at Davenport. Alpaugh has made loans for this bank for the past eighteen months aggregating about $40,000. Of this amount about | $13,000 has been secured upon forged in- struments. His plan was to select some farmer in good circumstances and execute a mortgage upon his farm by forging the names. These instruments were sent to the bank at Davenport and a draft payable to the mortgagor was forwarded to Aipaugh, who again forged the name and obtained the money, These instruments were not put on record, but the Recorder's certifi- cate was forged upon them. Alpaugh, being an expert abstractor and penman, accomplished the task with ap- parent ease. He was arrested on four charges of forging and uttering forged in- struments on John J. Moore for $2300, D. | Wesley $1800 and W. F. nash $1400. He waived examination and his bond was placed at $2500 on each charge, or $10,000 on all, 1n default of which he was taken to the County Jail. READY TO INVADE EQUADOR. Revolutionists Determined to Overthrow the Alfaro Government. PANAMA, Coromsia, Dec. 1.—The Star and Herald savs: A number of Ecuador- ian emigrants at Pasto have.publicly or- ganized an army to invade Ecuador for the purpose of overthrowing the recently established Government of President Al- faro. The revolutionists are within sight of the garrisoned towns of Tulcan and Ibarra and an attack is expected hourly. READY FOR BUSINESS, The Fifty-Fourth Congress Will Convene at Noon. OATH OF OFFICE FIRST. Then Will Come the Preliminary Organization and Appoint- ment of Committees. TO WAIT ON THE PRESIDENT. Cleveland’s Message Is Expected on Tuesday and May Be Read That Afternoon. WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 1.—The Fifty-fourth Congress will convene to- morrow ai 12 o’clock, according to law, in first regular session. In the Senate the twenty-nine members whose terms begin with this Congress, to whose admission no objection is made, will be swornin. The | list includes sixteen new members of the body. The credentials of Mr. Dupont, who claims a seat from Delaware to suc- ceed Mr. Higgins, will, according to pres- ent arrangements, be referred to the Com- mittee on Privileges and Elections, and pending investigation and report he will not be seated. The oath of office having been admin- istered to the newly elected members noti- fication will be sent to the House that the Senate is organized and ready for business and prepared to join the House in the ap- pointment of a committee to wait upon the President to notify him of the as- sembling and organization of Congress ready to receive any communication he may have to make. This notification will probably be made to President Cleveland on Tuesday and his annual message will be read that aiternoon. After the adjournment of the Senate a caucus of Republican members will be held. It is given out to-night that no decisive action will be determined upon. The meeting is more for the purpose of a general conference, it being the first op- portunity for Senators to get together | after nine months’ recess. A nomination for President of the Senate pro tem. may be agreed upon and committee vacancies will be discussed. The elective officers will also be considered, but no action on these matters is expected for several days at least. In the meantime, however, there will be the rearrangement of committees and the matter of distributing the appropriation bills among appropriate committees after the method that obtains in the House to occupy the attention of the caucus. A resolution providing for this distribution will be offered as scon as practicable, it is said, by Senator Dubois. There are numer- ous candidates for the two elective offices of the Senate. The most prominent one for Secretary is the Hon. George C. Gor- ham of California, who held the position for twelve years. No programme has been arranged for the rest of the week after Tuesday, and aside from the introduction of bills and resolutions the transaction of business is not looked for. The first day in the House will be ex- hausted by the routine of organization. First, the 356 members and four delegates will have to be sworn in, the roll being called by the clerk of the old House, Hon, James Kerr. Then will come the election of Speaker and the subordinate officers, in accordance with the results of the Repub- lican caucus on S8aturday night. In the hurry and confusion of reporting the caucus, which was held behind closed doors, the vote upon the election of a clerk of the caucus was reversed last night. W. B. Heoker of New York was chosen, not Mr. Ellis of Oregon, his competitor. A rollcall will probably be had upon the election of Speaker, but the other officers, it is expected, will be named together in a resolution, and the resolution adopted viva voce. The usual motions to notify the Senate and to appoint a committee to inform the President will follow, and then, if there be time remaining, the biennial lottery known as drawing of seats will take place. B An adjourned Democratic caucus will be held:Monday afternoon to select the persons to be appointed to the several minor positions allotted to them in the organization of the House. ) Aside from the introduction: of new measures, bills, resolutions, etc., no busi- ness is anticipated this week. The adop- tion of new rules and the appointment of committees by Speaker Reed are the first matters of general interest and import- ance that will be accomplished. SCHOONERS SEIZED BY DANES. | There Has Been No Abatement of the Piracy Practiced Upon the Fishermen. GLOUCESTER. Mass,, Dec. 1.—The fishing schooner Thomas B. Saunderson, | which returned to-day from a fishing| cruise off the Greenland coast, brings in- telligence that in spite of the protest of the United States Government some months ago in regard to the seizures bv Danish cruisers of American fishing ves- sels for violating the three-mile limit, the cruisers have not abated their persecu- tions a bit. 4 The fishing ground south of the Davis strait has proved one of the best on the Atlantic coast, and is beinglargely patron- ized by American fishermen. All fish far outside the limit, but are captured on some pretext or other and either obliged to pay a fine or be taken to Reikjavik. ———-———— OVERHAULED BY A CUITER. Seizure of @ Vessel With Arms and Am- munition Abonrds S HALIFAX, N. 8, Dec, 1.—The suthori- ties to-day received word that the revenue cutter 1bis had on Thursday last over- hauled a suspicious looking vessel about thirty miles south ot Halifax. The cutter hoisted a pennant for the vessel to heave to, | but she kept on her course. The cutter immediately started in chase and after an hour’s run succeeded in bringing her too. | On going aboard the customs officers were informed that the vessel had no cargo, but on searching in the forecastle a large sup- ply of ammunition and rifles were found. It is thought that the vessel was proceed- ing to Cuba direct, as her cargo of war amunitions was too small to warrant the trouble, but the customs officers be- lieve that she was hanging round in the vicinity for the purpose of taking no more equipments previous to sailing southward. An official inquiry will be made to-mor- oW ¥ WENTAL WACC, Parnell’s Mother Imagines That She Is on the Way to Ireland. | She Is Confined in the Trinity Hos- pital and Can Not Long Survive. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 2.—A morning paper says: Mrs. Delia Stewart Parnell is now lying in Trinity Hospital, No. 50 Varick street, a mental and physical wreck. | 8he thinks she is on her way to Ireland to | see her famous children for the last time, | and then to return to her native land, where she may depart in peace. The most casual observer looking at Mrs. Parnell, now an octogenarian, may well doubt if she is capable of crossing the *Atlantic at this, or, indeed, at any season of the year. Her days seem to be num- Jbered, and the probability is that she will | never more see the land for which she and her sons and daughters have made such | sacrifices. It is possible, such is the vitality of which she is possessed, that were it not | for the cowardly assault upon her in Bordentown last spring, Mrs., Parnell would live many years, but, judging from present appearances, it would be a mis- take for her to leave her present asylum, even were she physically capable. A month or so ago Mrs. Parnell left Tronsides, where she had lived so long, and coming to this city resided tempo- rarily with her friend, Mrs. William Knoud. She was even then quite feeble. Her intention was to sail for Ireland on December 1 and visiting Avondale, the home of the Parnells, prevail upon her married daughter, Mrs. Dickinson, to ac- company her to Nice, from the climate of which she hoped good results. This plan was frustrated by her failing health, and in order that she should have all the care proper to her condition she was invited by her cousin, Sister Eleanor, superior of the Trinity Episcopal Hospi- tal, to take a room in that institution. pgoaiirgit iy English Rails Coming. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 1.—An im- portant shipment of steel rails is to be made soon from Liverpool to the Pacific Coast. Cammell & Co. of Sheffield will be the exporters, The amount is 10,000 tons, costing - about .000. The sale was effected through Griswold & Gillett of No. 66 Broadway, agents of Cammel & Co. They decline to give the name of the pur- coaser. The transaction is extremely sig- nificant, being the first large importation of steel rails in some time, 'PLUNDERED BY TURKS {Tale of Terrible Slaughter Told by Armenians of Erzingan. | MASSACRE AT A MARKET. Troops Sent to Preserve Order Joined in the Murder and Pillage. HORRIBLE WAS THE BARBARITY Hundreds of Defenseless Persons Butchered by the Merciless and Bloodthirsty Mob. ‘WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 1.—The fol- lowing petitions, sent by the Armenians of Erzingan to Monsignor Izmirlian, Ar- menian Patriarch of Constantinople, have been forwarded in duplicate to this city, where they have been translated and made public: “To His Holiness, Monsignor Izmirlian, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople: On Monday, October 21, while the people from the towns and villages surrounding Erzingan were gathered together on mar- ket day in a public market place of this city, a vulgar mob, composed of Turks and Kurds, fully armed, attacked the Armeni- ans at 4 o'clock (11 o’clock A. M.), and be- gan a wholesale massacre of them, beat- ing, wounding, killing and slaughtering them, and then dismembering the bodies <t many of them, and tearing them limb from limb. “During the six hours of this slaughter the ferocious mob murdered the unarmed Armenians with swords, sabers, knives, hatchets, clubs and guns with such horri- ble barbarity as has never been seen or heard of before. *‘Before this, the Armenians, anticipating from the threats of the Turks which they heard, that a horrible calamity was await- ing them, had sent their clergy to the local commander of the Turkish army many times dnring the weeks preceding, imploring his protection. He told them twice that so long as he was in Erzingan, a massacre would never take place, and said that he considered it unreasonable and cruel to entertain the idea of killinga defenseless and peaceful people. “Relying upon these assurances of the commander, part of the Armenians, feeling safe, went about their daily business. Those especially who went to the market early in the morning, saw with great satis- faction the soldiers, gendarmes and guards scattered about everywhere, watching to maintain peace. Inthe four quarters of the city the soldiers were searching the Armenians, and if they found any arms | upon them, they took them away. After they had thus deceived and robbed and entrapped the Armenians, they began to kili them most savagely. These soldiers and guards, who had apparently come to maintain order, not only did not stop the massacre, but themselves rushed savagely upon any of the Armenians who dared to try to defend themseives, desperately as any man would do; so that the greater number of the victims were sacrificed to the bayonets of the regular soldiers. “This very same day hundreds of our kindred were sacrificed to that merciless | and bloodthirsty mob, and ninety of their dead bodies have already been found. “After they had thas butchered the in- offensive Armenians they rushed upon their dead bodies in a most beastly man- ner and robbed them, and stripped them from head to foot. On many of the dead bodies, especially upon the faces and heads, there were deep marks and cuts of knives and clubs, and others of them had been beheaded. Two days after the massacre the corpses were carried in a cart to a certain place and buried in one pit, which we will have to call ‘Martyrs’ Sepulcher.’ There are also many wounded, the greater portion of them fatally. “The pitiful population of Erzingan might have endured this massacre if it had brought calamity and loss to a few lives only, but it was not so. The real purpose of this massacre was to rob the Armenian stores and houses and make abject begzars | of the people, in which purpose they were l' perfectly successful. “A savage mob composed of 10,000 or 15,000 Turks and Kurds, after putting the Armenians in a state of terror and flight, began to pillage and loot the stores and shops with such rapidity that about 500 of the Armenian markets and stores were ruined and sacked in a few hours. The merchants’ stock of rice, flour, grain and provisions, the apothecaries’ drugs, the tradesmen’s tools and the carpenters’ benches even were not exempted from the general plunder and booty. “The Turkish citizens in their stores and places of business were constantly en- couraging the pillagers and calling out to them to be faithful and loyal to their duty against the enemies of Allah (God). Even the soldiers and officers took partin the pillage. Serbahan and Mutuni were sacked and burned. A great many lives also were sacrificed. The population of the nearest villages, especially Serbahan and Mutuni, barefooted and half naked, leading their children by their hands, fled to the city. These fugitives and most of the popula- tion of the city are naked and on the verge of starvation. Even if they had money they could not buy any bread because all of the bakeries are closed. “The abject poverty, the burning vil- | lages from day to day, the constant fear of | fresh massacres, the danger that the chol- | era, which generally follows the crowding | of the people together, will break out, the fact that the markets have been robbed and destroyed, the distressing destitution of the people, all these calamities have re- duced the poor people to such a dreadful condition that language of man is not able to aescribe it.” s NN E Ry ALWAYS THE ARMENIANS. Of Course They Are Blamed by the Turks for All the Outrages. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—The Turkish Legation received from the Sub- lime Porte the following telegram under to-day’s date: % “The Armenian rioters ot Zile at Sivas having closed their shops and fired on the Mussulmans, kiiling one of them, an affray occurred during which four Mussulmai.s, out of whom two were soldiers. and five Armenians were killed. The necessary measures were taken for the restoration of order. “The Armenian revolutionists attacked the district of Enderin, burned the palace of the governor and plundered the neigh- boring Mussulman villages. Troops were sent out for the repression of these dis- orders.” SR Gt DESTITUTION AT HARPOOT. There Is Great Danger of Hundreds of Armenians Starving to Death. LONDON, Exa., Dec. 1.—The represen- | tative at Constantinople of The United | Press, telegraphing under yesierday’s date, | pictures a pitible condition of affairs at | Harpoot, where the American mission | buildings were burned at the time of the | recent massacre there. The representa- | tive of The United Press has received aa- vices from Harpoot showing that there is great danger of hundreds of the poorer classes of Armenians starving to death. The peril that confronts these people is an immediate one. Tbey are absolutely with- out food and without the means of getting any. The American missionaries have sent thousands of dollars to relieve this dis- tress, oput the sums furnished by them | have gone only alittle way to ward off the | famine which threatens. The money has been expended as advantageously as pos- sible, but there are so many persons who | are homeless, foodless and helpless that nothing but Government reliei will save them from a great disaster. The people are now ina condition of apatby, and many of them, it is believed, | would welcome death at the hands of their | enemies rather than to wait the slow pro- cess of starvation. Sorhe, however, who have a little money, or who have been se- | cretiy assisted by comparately we!l-to-do | compatriots, are fleeing to small places in | the interior, where they hope to better | their miserable condition. They run the isk of being massacred en route as the Government will furnish them not the | slightest protection. | Those Armenians who have fled to Con- stantinople think that in the capital they would be more or less under the protec- tion of therepresentatives of the various powers, but have found their hopes dashed to the ground. Perhaps if they were al- lowed to remain they might find the pro- tection they seek. At any rate it is pretty certain that they would be safe from cold- blooded massacre, but the Government, in the case of the refugees, is enforcing the principle of serfdom, that every subject is bound to the soil, and every day large numbers of Armenians are arrested. At night they are shipped in batches to the places where they were born with the warning that it will be better for them to remain there. FIKRED ON BY THE TURKS. Experience of an English €aptain in Passing the Dardanelles. LONDON, Exc., Dec. 1. —The Daily [Continued on Third Page.] HORSES AND SOCIETY. . Everything Is in Readiness for To-Morrow's Opening. THE STALLS FILLING UP. A Parade of All the Classes Will Be Made To-Morrow Afternoon. NEW YORK JUDGES ARRIVE, Advance Sale of Seats Double That of Last Year—A New York Editor’s Views. The horse show will be opened to-mor- row morning with a cavalry drill by Troop A of the National Guard. They will be followed by a display of lassoing by the mounted park policemen, and in the afternoon there will be a varade of all the horsesin the show in different classes. At 12:30 P. M. President Crocker and the directors will give a lunch in the cafe up- etairs, to which they have invited the Gov- ernor, Mayor Sutro, Mayor Davie of Oak- iand, members of the press, the jndgesand stockholders. There have been about 125 invitations sent out. The table will be ar- ranged in the shape of a horseshoe. McKinney, 2:111, followed by his sons Tombro, was the first of the equine 400" to show up at the Pavilion. They were taken in by their owner, C. A. Durfee of Los Angeles. John F. Boyd’s string of a dozen thoroughbreds followed shortly after, and by night many of the stalls were filled. Everything will be in shape for to- morrow’s opening in good time, as the directors have kept ahead with their work and are not worrying themselves as much as they were last year.. The boxes are all sold and nearly all the reserved seats for the evenings, and the managers anticipate a much larger attend- ance than last year, particularly as the price of admission during the daytime has been reduced to 50 cents with no seats re- served. Governor Budd will not attend on the opening night as he at first intended, but will be there with his staff Wednesday. Three boxes have been reserved for his party for that evening in the center of the Polk-street end. The work of laying the clay and tanbark in the arena kept a lot of men and teams busy all day yesterday. Most of the horses that came in yesterday will be exercised in it to-day. Carpenters were busy put- ting the finishing touches in the stalls. Much complaint was made last year of the old benches which the spectators had to sit on. These have all been removed and chairs substituted. Another com- vlaint made last year was of the draught from behind the seats. To obviate this boardings have been put up .Thereare 2000 seats downstairs and 1000 upstairs These,; with the boxes, will give a seating capacity of nearly 4000. Another welcome change that has been made is the widen- ing of all the passages and aisles to enable the people to pass from the seats to the promenades and back with comfort. The seats have all been divided into sections, which are indicated with large placards giving the letters and numbers that corre- spond to those on the tickets, so that hold= ers may see at a glance where their places are. A squad of forty ushers were being drilled yesterday. None of them were professional ushers, but most of them acted in the same capacity at the last show and few complaints were made. President Crocker said yesterday that many of the visitors did not seem last year to appreciate the fact that they were en- titled to go through the stables to look at the horses. “To many people,” hesaid, “this should —_— NEW TO-DAY. FAIR SAILING through life for the gerson who keeps in health. With a torpid liver and the impure blood that follows it, you are an easy prey to all sorts of ailments. That “used-up”™ feeling is the first warning that your liver isn’t doing its work. That is the time to take Dr. Pierce’s Gold- en Medical Discovery. As an appetizing, restorative tonic, to repel discase and buil up the needed flesh and strength, there’s nothing to equal it. It rouses every organ into healthful action, purifies and enriches the blood, braces up the whole system, and restores health and vigor. DYSPEPSIA, CHRONIC DIARRHEA. 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