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will have somatbing to act upon, as the
Treasury Department has set an extra force
OF experts at work to determine what would
be the amount of reduction in the revenue
effected by the Senate tariff bill.
The republicans of the Senate held eau
Gus this morning on the House bill to adj
nit certain Territories into The Union as
States. They agreed TO amend the House
bill SO as to exclude New Mexico, demo
cratic. and admit Washington. Montana
and the two Dakotas, republican.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Riddlebeiger present
ed petition from woman's association Tor pro
hibition and cessation of work on Sundays in the
District of Columbia.
The House to-day agreed to set apart the even
ing of the 9TH of February for the consideration
of District of Columbia bills, on which occasion
Gen. Lee will try to have passed the Mt, Vernon
Avenue bill.
The Senate Commerce Committee postponed
their meeting to-day till to morrow. The com
mittec have received letter from the Dist'le
mmissoners on the subject of an ice boat on tn
Potomac, and Will act on the bill for that rur
pose now before them, tomorrow.
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Republican Caucus.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l-The republican
Senators to day, in caucus, resumed the
consideration of Territorial matters at the
point where the discussion ended yesterday.
To days caucus was productive of results
10 the adoption of the programme that WAS
outlined yesterday namely, resolution to
nsst upon the admission as States of North
and South Dakota, Montana and Washing
ION. There was lack OF unanimity, how.
ever, in regard to New Mexico, which the
House bill proposes to admit on like terms
with The other Territories. The final de.
cision Of The caucus was that the Committee
on Territories should frame substitute for
the House bill that should be so broad in
policy and fair in terms that its rejection by
the House would saddle that body with an
unpleasant responsibility to the people Of
tina Wet
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Death Of Austria's Crown Prince

AS stated in the GAZETTE Archduke Ru-
dolf, the Austrian Crown Prince, and heir
apparent to the throne, was found dead in
bed yesterday morning, at Meyerling, II
miles from Vienna. The Prince on Monday
went on shooting excursion to MeyerliDg,
accompanied by several guests. The next
day he felt somewhat indsp0sed and on
Tuesday excused himself from attending the
family dinner party. Yesterday morning
the Prince did not appear. when inquiries
were made, and he was found dead from
stroke OF spoplexy T; one rumor was that he
had accidentally been shot, while another
had it that he had been murdered by peas
ant.
The Archduke Rudolf Francis Charles
Joseph, Crown Prince Imperial Of Austria,
was born on August u, 1858. and was the
son and second child OF the Emperor Francis
Joseph and Of the Empress Elizabeth.
Young Rudolf was given superb education
and in 1850 he was be!rothed, amid great
rejocngs, 10 Princess Stephsnie, second
daughter OF King Leopold IL, ofthe BelgiaDs
and of Queen Marie, to whom he was mar
ried on May 10 1881, she being but Is years
old The young couple appeared measure
bly, happy until few years ago, when signs
of domestic trouble appeared. The Crown
Prince appears to have inherited oil the
traditional lack OF principle with regard to
the fair sex for which the House OF Haps-
burg is renowned His wife stood his short
comings as long as she could, hut in August,
1887, she created q profound sensation by
suddenly taking her departure from Ischi
without taking leave of her husband or Of
any member OF his family. How bitter we're
the indiguities which the Princess had been
subjected may be gathered from the fact
that the united Efforts of her parents the
King and Queen of the BsIsians, Of the Em-
peror and Empress of Austria, and others
were uuavailing to alter her determination,
and that she preferred to surrender oil pros
poets of becoming empress, and ali rights TO
the guardianship of her pretty little dangh
ter Eiiz sbeth, rather than continue her IN
happy ex stence.
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TeIecrapi,ic Briefs.

The official trial of tho gunboat YORKTOWN will
take place next week.
The body Of Crown Prince Rudolf, OF Aus.ris
was taken TO Vienna to-day for interment
The boomers are ready to invade oklabou.,
but the troops are also ready to prevent them.
The Wisconsin Legislators will ask Tor the a.
pointment Of Gov. Rusk as Secretary OF War
O'8riou was to-day lodged in tho Conmcl .a
to undergo his sentence OF four months mrrison
ment,
Tho House of Representatives Ways aud Means
Committee To-day took no action on the scnstvs
tariff bill.
number of Plcsident-clect Harrison Fri. nii
refuse TO believe that Mr. Wansmsker N N boz
member of the noXt Cabinet.
Deep regret is expressed throughout Euop,at
the death of Prince Rudolf. 1t is said that his
death is the heaviest blow that {, ud bcfalI Hum
gary.
number of persons narrowly escaped being
roasted to death by the burning OF tenement house
in New York this morning. woman md two
children escaped from an upper window by means
OF a clothes line.
A majority of the prominent men nov a; In.
danapolis seem to have settled upon the follow.
ing Cabinet slate For Secretary of State, Blauc;
Treasury, Allison; War, Alger Navy, Wanau s,r
interior, Henderson; Postmaster General Miller
and Attorney General, Estce, of California
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TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN.-The ell
tire afternoon secret session of the Senate
yeste rdsy was consumed in The discussion
of the British extraditon treaty, but no con
cusion was reached or vote taken.
Mr.. Riddleberger occupied much of the
Senate's time in explanation of his reasons
for opposing the ratification of the treaty
He urged that the inclusion in the list OF
persons sui ct to extradition Of such rs
might be guilty OF the destruction Of life or
property by the use of explosives was an en-
tirely unnecessary plecaution, as rnurderets
could at present be extradited DO matter
now the crime was OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
by drec5 assault or hy dynamite.
II is thought that there is strong DISPOSE
ton to recommi. the treaty to the commit
tee on foreign relations, the effect of which
from The standpoint of the administration
Senators would be to kill it as far as this
Congress is concerned.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

The President yesterday nominated
number CT postmas,ers, including Florlne a.
Hines at Suffolk.
Not much progress hiss been made at Nor
folk navy gard toward building the armor-
ed baitleship Texas.
A party of Southern business men are Wis
ting Northern cities 10 select places to ex.
hibit Southern products.
Governor and Mrs. Lee have been invited
TO dine with Secretary aud Mrs. Whitney in
Washing on next Tuesday. President and
Mrs. Cleveland will be present.
Edward Page was convicted in the CouE-
t. Court OF Fauquier on Tuesday of break.
ing into The mill OF MIR. VIM Beverley, and
sentenced TO two years in the penlten-
tiary.
Daniel Brown, q we'll known colored man
OF Warrenton, who is the hoat in MIR. K. n.
Beookes famous picture 1.-The Pastoral Wis
il - now in the Corcoran Art Gallery, died
last week.
A. B. Guiqon, John Hunter, W. Stepb
ems and A GIfZsbrook, who were before
S Commissioner Peasants in Richmond
Yesterday, charged with interfering with
acd hindering voting, were discharged.
Gov. Lee and Mayor Ellyson addressed q
largely attended meeting of business men at
the Chamber of Commerce in Richmond
last night, at which it WAS resolved not to
use coupons until The State debt was set
tied.
Gen. Longstreet, who is nov in Peters
burg, the guest of Gen. Malone, was yester-
day visited by large number of persons 10
that city, mang OF tho callers being soldiers
OF his old command. The General is in fine
| health.
Iu southwest Virginia all the coal miners
on the Bluestone and f. kton rivers are idle,
with no prospects of an early resumption
of work. The strike at these mines throws
out of employment about two thousand
operators.
Tho congregation of the Presbyterian
church in Leesburg on Sunday last united
with Rev. j. Il. Bridges in asking The Ches
apaaRe Preshylery to dissolve his relations
with the church there. He will probably
leave some time in April.
RN. Nesbtt, aged 10, an adopted son q
Mr. Nesbtt, of Front Royal, was arrested al
Culpeper yesterday with horse 10 bis Dos
session which he was trying TO sell. The
Animal was stolen from the farm of 5. }
Johnson, in Loudoun county. Young Nes'
bit was married only short while ago. Ar
officer who went for him yesterday says his
mind is unbalanced.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

A thirty days rain, it is said, mas destroy
ed the crop Of sugar at San Domingo.
The annual meeting ofthe American ship
ping aud induatrial League opened il Wash
ingtou yesterday.
Premier Floquet. of France, intended re-
signing, hut Changed his mind and will now
face the Boulanger music.
Mis-. Meckie Rawson, the wife of the mil
ionaire banker who in open court shot a
lawyer nearly 10 death, was acquitted IN
Chicago yesterday.
Aauie Z senhardt, the Camden Hospital
nurse who it wss thought had been assault
ed and almost killed, it is now believed in
fiicted the wounds upon herself.
George J. Ryan, broker of Elizabeth. n.
J., was convicted yesterday in the Police
Court on charge OF betraying Mary Som
ers, a servant in his household.
1t is said that Senator Allison has ab'o-
luely declined the Secretaryship of the
Treasury. although Mr. Harrison has not ac-
cepted his leclinsiiou, but Allison says he
will not withdraw it.
Two ballots for United States Senator to-
ken in the West Virginia Legislature yes
I terday resulted Kenna a., Goif AZ, scatter
J ing Some claims are made that after this
s week Kenna will be Withdrawn.
| A lint resolution has been introduced in
the New Jersey Assembly requesting Con
gress to pass law granting pension to
every honorably discharged UDion soldier
who was confined in the prisons of the enc
my, and the payment Of 81 for every day o.
such Imprisonment
Two holders of Panama canal shares ap
piled to the courts of Paris yesterday for q
summons against NJ de Lesseps. They de-
mand the dissolution of the present compa
BY and the appointment of lquidator
with power 10 make over to new compa.
ny the assets of the old concern. The court
postponed its decision until Saturday.
The remains of John NJ. Clayton, who
was shot and killed Tuesday night while
standing at the window Of his room in Plum
merville, Ark, will lie in state at Little
Rock until tomorrow when they will be
taken to Pine Bluff for interment. The fl.
tai wound is a very ugly one. charge OF
fifteen buokshot entered the right side oi
the head. tearing hole in which man
could run his fist. The murderer escaped
in the darkness. Mr.. Clayton was broth
er of Powell Clayton, one the leading re-
publicans of Arkansas.
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An Ocean Mystery.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3l.-The clipper
ship Rock Terrace, which was supposed to
have gone down year ago, sailed from this
port Sept. %, 1887, for Hiogo, Japan, with a
cargo valued at $l25,000. When near the
PHILIPPINE islands Captain Atkinson and his
crew, for some unexplained reason, abandon
ed the vessel and landed on an island, leav
ing the ship to her fate. Nothing more
WAS heard of the craft until she was
sighted by German steamer of the
Marshall group, under easy sail, which
had been set by her deserving crew months
before, but the German commander, think
ing her all right, paid no further attention
to her. Information has just been received
that the ship afterwards stranded on the
coral reefs OF Tarawa Island, one Of the
Gilbsrt group, in comparatively sound
condition. Nothing is known of what BIT :
came of the crew
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THE CHARITY BALL IN WAsHGSGToN.-The
snnual Washington charity bail was given last
night at the National Rifles armory for the benefit
of the Child,cns Hospital. The hall was elabOr
stoly decorated with flags of ali nations and with
flowers. palms and everereens. The ball was
opened AT $50 by the entrance of Mrs. Cleve-
land, who after greeting the ladies OF the receiv-
ing party. crossed the hall 10 tho stage. at the
further end, where she remained during her
stay watching the gay panorama and enjoying the
dancing Mrs Cleveland wore a new gown of
ivory white satir, embroidered down the front IN
Greek design OF gold thread. The gown was low
neeked and short slecved From the back fun
Vatican fold of satin fell in long court train.
Diamond ornaments were worn on The corsage,
with necklace of solitaires. largo fan OF white
ostrich feathers was carried.
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TIE samoan Question.

The President yesterday sept to Congres;
additional correspondence relative to
Samoan sliars, accompanied by short
message. He also transmitted the full text
ofiostructioDs from Prince Won Bismarck 10
the German minister at WashingtoD, The
Secretary Of State. be says, was given to
understand by the German minister That a
proposition from his government to that OF
the United States for q conference on the
Samoan subject is now on i;s way by mail,
having left Berlin on the 20th iusisnt, so
that its arrival here can ne louked for in e
very short time. The German minister, he
confssses his inability to answer whether
the proposition referred to ia for renew
al of the joint conference between the
United States. Germany and Great Britain,
which was suspended in July, 1887, or for
the consideration of Samoan affairs alb novo.
Ia the Senate yesterday, Messers. Dolph
and Reagan spoke on the Samoan question,
the latter urging that the Monroe doctrine
should be asserted
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On His Way Home.

LONDON. Jan. 3l.-Mr. Phelps, the Amy;.
lean Minister, and his wife sailed lam
Southampton for Nav York to day on n G
North German Lloyd steamer Lain. 4
large numbers OF the diplomatic corps pa :.
cred at the railway station in London a. 1
babe hem hearty farewell. Barone. Bur
detle-Coutts presented Mrs. Phelps wiz. 3
lovely bouquet. The mayor aud municipal!
authorities OF Southampton accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps on the tenders whica
conveyed them to the Lain.
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LExANDRIA.
THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 81.

Ir - stated THAI ex President Davis has
W itten ana will soon publish an article Oh
Toe Confederate prison at Andersonvilie.
M. Davis knows the true story OF Ander'
s,nvi:la, and al acquainted with him know
that he viii tell it, But the Northern peo
ple will not orlisve it, and those OF the
Soutb already know it, The gatherings OF
tho f,6afsl prisouers at Andersonville were
great, hut il was beyond the power OF the
Confederate government to ameiorate
them. That government had not enough
f,od and m sdicine for its own soldiers, let
alone for those Of the government against
which it was contending. Il so Informed
that government; told it the prisoners were
diving for want of proper food and medicine
which were not to BE- obtained on account
of the blockade, and asked the Federal gov
eminent to take them away aud seud back
in exchange the Confederstes confined in Its
prisons. But General Grant said, 10
efisct, mo, let the federal prisoners at
Andersouyile suffer aud die like sick sheep,
rather than exchange them for Confederate
prisoners, for every Confederate sent back
home will at once rsjoin his army and rein
force it, and every 10 an in that army counts
while we can get as many men as we want
Tbs blame of Audersonville rests on The
North. but the North would Il believe it i
told by an angel.
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ICOMNiUNICATED

YOUNG MISUNDERSTANDING to this in
terestipg period in the life of young man
an eminent public speaker lately said 1.-THE
State provides the common school, and mol
only gives, but eIforces universal education.
But after the young man has been launched
into the world to win his way as best he may
the States takes no further care than 10 fur
ni9h police man 10 arrest him in case he
goes astrny. 1t either directly licenses or
Indirectly toierates the ealoon, the pool
room, the concert hall, the gambling den,
and resorts of every kind but its only eff
fort to keep or rescue the young man from
any or ali of these inilueuc s is the police
man" While the only provision of the
State is police man, the provision OF the
churches ia the form Of church services,
meetings and fellowship is wholly made
quate to cope with the mnltilorm aud multi
piled temptations which meet the young man
every day and evening.
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Lynched by Regulators.

New ORLEANS, jan. 3l.-A New Iberj,
special says: Shortly after midnight Tues
day nigh regulators rode into town and
hanged Jim Rosemoud. colosed on the co..
tire beam ofhe bridge" Governor NiesIl.
yesterday addressed communication n
Attorney Genera! Rogers, ordering him ~
proceed at once togIberia parish and mska
thorough examination and investigation
of the situation touching the violence and
troubles reported in New Iberia and to take
every step which the law and facts will Ssr.
rant to bring about vigorous enforcemep,
of the law.
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From, Samoa.

AUCKLAND. Jan. 31.-Advices from Samoa
state that the German officials have given
notice that ali vessels arriving there will be
searched fer articles coniraband of war.
They have suppressed the Samoan Times
A passenger on the British steamer Walnut
who vi-ited Matakua's camp, was placed un
der arrest, but was subsequently, released in
compliance with demand of the British con.
sui. A proclamation has been issued plac-
ing the Apa police force under Germ an con.
troll. Mataadas followers number 5000.
They are strongly entrenced and other
SAmoans are rapidly j,ining them. Upon
the arrival of the steamer Richmond she
was boarded and searched by the Germans.
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.The Morning Light is nrcals,us.

|
| Correspondence Of the Alo<andris Gazette.
NoaFoLK. Va, Jan. 30.-After a long night OF
| nearly two centuries which has enshroude! Nor
folk the morning light begins to break, and VIC
feel that new era is about to open before us. TIC
Councils which were elected last year are COM
posed Of some of our most energetic and progress
i've ctizens and they have taken hold OF the work
of opening and improving our streets with CON-
mendablc zeal. They have directed their alton
ton TO the improvement end opening of the cen
ira! avenue of the city which has been blocked
for ages and already Holt street, the east OF
that obstruction, has been beautifully paved with
Belgian blocks and, if | mistake not ere the 'ides
OF karch" shall pass street, connecting that
with Wolfe, will be located, if not constructed.
These servants of the people, looking alone to the
interests OF the people and the futurc prosperity
Of the city, arc about to perform work which
will record their names high up on the roll OF
NOrfok's bencfactors and enshrine themselves in
the hearts and memories of all future generations
By opening this great thoroughfare through the
centre of the city and erecting market worthy
of the great commercial city of Virginia those
men will erect for themselves monument more
lasting than brass stone. While, on the other
hand the fIIssy pigmies and old fogiei who shall
throw themselves in the way of the great tidal
wave of prosperity which is now rising in Nor
folk shall he swept into oblivion and go down
''unwept unhonorei and unsuDg." Scarcely bad
the Councils projected the grand improvements
named, one capitalist in the far Northwest sent
thousands of dollars here to be invested in real
estate. You may rest assured that the present
spirit of enterprise and improvement which cha
racterizes our city fathers under the skilful di-
rection of our accomplished City Engineer, w. Z
Brooke, will soon make Norfolk what she should
have been century ago-a growing, booming and
beautiful city. HANOVER.
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Eron, washington.
Especial Correspondence OF tho Aioxs. GAzETrEl
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 81. 1889.

Special Correspondence OF tho Aioxs. GAzETrEJ
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 81. 1889.
Congressman Brown OF the Danville, Vir-
ginia, district, in talking about Congressman
Yost's views on the Virginia debt question,
us printed in this correspondence yesterday,
said ne believed that Mr.. Iost expressed
the feeling Of both parties on the subject IN
his. Browns, district, and that the old re-
publicaus of his district had always been
opposed 10 reputation, instancng Mr.
Gravely as an example. Elk Congressman
d ,zendorf, of Virginia, who was at the Cap
il !! 10 daV, said ne also agreed with Mr.
Yost, and had, as was known, always op-
posed reputation. Ex-C0neressman Lib
By, likewise OF Virginia, said he also had
sean Mr.. Yost's views III the GAZETTE. and
thought they were right Hs said debt
due by one man TO another could only be
settled upon terms satisfactoryto the creditor,
and thai ne wss for Set,ljngtho Virginia deot
that way; that ii the eilDrts to settle the
debt had Deen as strong as those to repudl
ate il, n settlem mt would ioug since have
been effected, and besides, that the legal
coats of the ineff ,ctual attempts TO repudl-
ate the debt would almost if not entirely
equal the amount of the difference OF inter-
est bstween the last proposition of the cred
~ SAN
Iature Il would seem from all this, as al
the parties referred to are republicans. that,
as suggested by the Virginia democrat al
luded to in this correspondence or yester
days date, it s not at all improbable that
the republicans of Virginia in their next
State campaign may declare for settlement
of the State debt upon terms acceptable to
the bondholders.
Representative HUuk, who is reported in
one OF the incoming republican newspapers
of this city as having recently brought q
letter here from General Malone at Peters
burg on the subject of negro member of
the cabinet, says he never heard of it until
he saw it printed, and that he never was in /
Petersburg in his life. He says his proof
that he never brought the letter here is as
good as that of Congressman Dougherty, OF
Florida, who when arrested and tried for
working on Sunday, wss Immediately &C
quilted, because be swore that he had never
worked day in bis whole life.
The Ways aud Means Committee of the
House met this morning, bat did nothing AS
Mr.. Mills, its chairman, was detained by
illness in his family. 1t adjourned until
Saturday, by which time it is supposed it
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a Timely Warming.
ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 3lst, 1881.

ALEXANDRIA, jan. 3lst, 1881.
To The local Editor lie alexandria Gazette:
Sir We are admonished that the second
day of February will be what is called
"ground-hog DAY. and any allusion to the
cttmi in ANY way, shape, or form in the
GAZETTE, either on Fsiday or Saturday, will
be considered by this association as a high
crime ana misdcmcaaor which cannot be
reached by law Therefore, we have re
solved to take the law into our own hands,
and a committee has been appointed and
instructed 10 deal with Won in such manner
as to them may seem best.
u p SECT
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FALL CHURCH IrEMs.-The interest in
the revival meetings at Falls Church con
Quoted by the venerable Dr. Rosser contin-
ues with unabated Interest, though this is
the fourth week Of their duration. The eor-
versions number nearly one hundred. The
meetings will probably close Friday night,
as Dr. Rosser has an engagement for Bridge
water
District Lodge, No. IS, embracing the
tics and the city of Alexandria. will meet a.
Fails Church in quarterly session on the 12th
of February.