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i 1 A or I Weather Today T11 A A TZC TTT A Tb Advertisers find RETURNS i THE ALT LAKE HERALD from an advertisement in FORECAST Fair Tflrxflcr LIL4 kJ 14LA jiii jtxji THE HERALD than any other paper TTOENTTSIXTH YEAR SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26 1895 STUMBJBB 157 ITS SERGEANT I I FORnS TURN Officer Lund Filed Charges Against Him Last Evening PERJURY THE CHIEF COUNT Vhich the Commissioners Will Have to Investigate I I dUt Unbecoming An Officer nnd Gentleman and Violating His Ditty and iris Moral mid Legal Ob I ligallons Innd Says the Accused Bore False Witness in the Matter oC the Charges Against Captain Donovan ihe most important affair at the adjourned meeting of the fire and police commissioners last night was 4the filing by Officer Chris Lund of charges of perjury against Sergeant Ford of the police force of this city I Clerk Felt was on hand early and was busy in the work of preparing the I routine for allowance of a huge stack I of claims against the fire and police departments when Messrs Empey and I Stephens put in an appearance Later I Chiefs Pratt and Devine came in and the former discoursed considerably nbut the very fine new horse that was purchasea in Weber county for 100 to take the place of the dead and lamented Nick The new horse is a roan three years old and bids fair to become the idol of the department lAs time drew apace and neither Mr Jennings or Mr Noble appearing the matter of the back pay due Fireman Welsh was discussed by Mr Empey and Chief Devine It seems that there Is an opinion long due from the city attorney covering the legal status of this case and as Mr Welsh was anxious I to get east a prod was suggested to be placed behind Mr Hoge to hurry things along ijt finally developed that President nlngS had not yet returned from a i Ivirting trip and that Mr Noble was out of the territory on business and that as a quorum could not be had it I was concluded to adjourn until today I in the hope that one or the other of the I absentees would be present and the I large amount of business on hand 1 could be disposed of Just before adjournment Clerk Felt handed Commissioner Stephens the document filed by Officer Lund to read which he did and i returned it It is as follows I Charges Against Sergeant Ford To the Hon Baskin and the Hon Board of Police and Fire Commissioners of Salt Lake City I hereby charge Ford sergeant of police wIth conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman and in violation of his duty and his moral all legal obligations as a man and a cIIzen in testifying falsely while being examined as a witness upon the hearing of the charges against Captain Donovan as fully appears in the following specIficationS ification 1On or about the 13th day of November A 1895 at the city and county of Salt Lake Utah territory he the said Ford was duly sworn as a witness upon he hearing of certain charges theretofore preferred against Captain Donovan by Arthur Pratt chief of police before the board of police and lire commissioners and then and there took his corporal oath to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth That pending said hearing the undersigned had testified as a witness for the accused as a part of his examination substantially as follows 0You may state whether Sergeant prd had a conversation with you in sard to your testimony AYes he did just a few words QWhat did he say to you about it AAll that he said was some words BomPthing like this You had better be careful 9Be careful of what State StHher or not he asked you what you fr going to swear to AKo Qor what you knew about it AI do not think he did QHow did the conversation arise AHe said Are you a witness here for Captain Donovan tonight It was at one time that I thought th captain was going to have his trial I said Yes Well he says you want to know what you are talkIng about or be careful or words to that effect That thereupon at the same hearing the said Ford while so sworn as aforesaid testified as follows Sergeant Ford QDld you hear the testimony Of Officer Lund AI did yes sir QThat you had said to him at onetime that he had better be careful AYe sir QDid you make that remark to hIlaAIt AIt strikes me that I did What was it about just state In a general way what you referred to Arhe chief had admonished me in regard to Officer Lund as to a lady here in Salt Lake City and as a friend of Mr Lund I admonished him tor be careful of any association with her herQ QDid it have any reference to this case at all AKo sir CrossExamination tiy Mr Varian QYou say the chief admonished himAThe AThe chief had spoken to me about it QSome reports he heard about Lund AI presume so QAnd about a lady AI would call it so yes sir Qntd he tell you to tell Lund to be careful AWell now I dont exactly remember CDld you infer he wanted you to eft how was it fjn seems to me that I did IlYou thought it was the purpose cf Pratt telling you to have you tell Lund to look out AYes sir QWhat was it An Idea he might get caught in something AWell I could not say as to that Maybe it was personal friendship QWhat was the chief lling you about it for AThe chief in his conversation did not mention any criminality existing between these parties at all QYou understood there was something that Lund ought to be careful about and correct his appearance AYes and if there had been no harm done that there should not be QNow when you spoke to Lund did you tell him about that or Just say Be careful A1 told him to be careful of that woman QYou spoke of the woman did ouAYes AYes fir QDid you say anything about his giving testimony In this case AIn the Captain Donovan case No sir QNot a word ANot a word QSo Mr Lund is absolutely laboring under a misapprehension in that statement AHe must be yes sir Absolutely You said nothing about his being a witness A No sir QDld you ask him if he intended to be a witness or was to be a witness in this case AI do not have any recollection cf such QDld you speak of the Donovan case at all AI discussed his friendship with Mr McDonald Donovan I mean ADonovanI do not have any I recollection of mentioning Donovan name at all I QYou heard what Lund said about it AYes sir I QLund is apparently a frank truthful man I AYes sir I consider him so QAll that you can say is that you I do not recollect that AWell I can say that his test mony did not imply that my conversation tended to this investigation QAs to the words used I mean I A1 repeated the words told him i Be careful i QDo you say that you did not ask Lund if he was going to be a witness AI have no recollection of men I I i tioning this case I QYou do not recollect it ANo sir I QYou do not recollect saying right at that time without reference to the woman or anything else You I had better be careful AIf I did it was in connection I with the other affair that I spoke of That said testimony was fals and i known at the time to the said Ford to be false in the particulars to wit that the said Ford said nothing to the undersigned the said Lund about his being a witness nor about his being careful as to his tretimony I I In the Donovan case and when lie stated that he cautioned said Lund I to be careful about a certain woman I and that whatever he said about he ing careful was in connection with a I I woman CHRIS LUND A GOOD JILfl 1 MOLINE 111 Nov 25Somc time be tween midnight and Sunday morning robbprs entered the State bank of Alpha a village southeast of here securing I 400 The men accomplloed their work i with the greatest skill using dynamito to force an entrance through a hall I above the bank Nothing was discovered until morning when an employee entered I and found a disordered state of affairs i No clew is yet obtainable Ii i I I PURE WATER I QUESTION IS SETTLED AT GRAXD JUNCTION i I I I Colorado Fuel Iron Company I Asreet to Take the lioiids at Par and Construct the Proposed System I I Special to The Herald GRAND JUNCTION Colo Nov 25 The mountain water question is settled for Grand Junction so far as the building of the works can settle it as I the Colorado Fuel and Iron company I probably the wealthiest corporation of its kind doing business in the west agreed on Saturday to take the bonds at par and construct the proposed system I according to the plans and specifications heretofore drawn and furnished by Constructing Engineer Allen The action of the company very clearly indicates that either its managing officers consider the bonds A 1 as securities and a good thing to keep or that they have already found where they can be placed at par or very near it if it is desired to turn them Into cash Only certain prelimi I I naries remain now to be arranged in regard to details before the final signing I of the contract by the interested I parties takes place The contract for construction as first drawn gives the successful bidder ninety days from the signing of the contract within which to begin work but it is said the Colorado Fuel and Iron company desires only a time limit ending Feb 15 on or before which date it agrees to begin work McCue agent of the company will be in this city on Tuesday next to confer with the council as to certain matters of detail and having fully gone over the contract with the view of getting at a perfect mutual understanding will take it to Denver to be signed by the chief officers of his company The news that the bonds had been placed thus assuring the builtf ing of the works did not reach this city until yesterday afternoon and ttien only a few were made aware of the facts as they now exist Today however everybody knows it I and is talking about it and the more progressive of jur business men are congratulating one another over the good but altogether unexpected news The fight for pure water has been a hot one from the start but the people as against the present water company and its few pensioners and hangers on have always had the best of it at the polls and in the courts and now it having become a pure matter of business a cold financial transaction the city of Grand Junction finds that slat has more friends than she knew of who have confidence in the integrity of her people and faith In their ability to nay The bonds are now sold and the new system willbe put in expeditiously as possible They will cost 200000 BY THE BANK OF BIG MUDDY TransMississippi Congress In Session In the City of Omaha PRINCE GROWS ELOQUENT Pleads fqr the Admission of the Territories Sentiment of the Body Was With Him Throughout Louis Man Who Thinks Silver Will Xot Be a Faction in the Convention Because the Cause Has Been Losing Ground of JJate Programme Partially Outlined OMAHA Nov 25The eight annual convention of the transMississippi Commercial congress convened at 11 oclock this morning Though the terrific storm throughout the west delayed many delegates 300 are said to have been present when President George Cannon of Salt Lake opened the convention After prayer by Rev Frank Crane President Cannon introduced I Carpenter of Omaha who welcomed the convention in behalf of the business men Mayor Bemis proffered the welcome of the city Governor Silas A Hoi comb performed a similar duty in behalf of the state The band played America Governor Prince of New Mexico responded to the welcoming addresses The convention adjourned two hours for lunch Prince Vaa Eloquent The response to Governor Holcombs welcoming address by Bradford Prince of New Mexico was a feature of the closing afternoon session The speaker spoke eloquently of the diversity of the country which extended from the level prairies to the foothills of the mountains filled with their vast mineral wealth ExGovernor Prince asked his audience to think of the gold miner of Colorado who had been made prosperous by an act of Congress and then of the poor silver miner whose prosperity had been taken away from hJm by the same act In conclusion he said We thank you heartily for your I words of welcome Our expectations have been more than realized These flowers also present a mute welcome from some who have not been represented on this floor but whose welcome is aa touching and graceful as any that could greet us here We are all glad to meet here on the banks of your mighty river in your city which is a miracle of growth and an epitome of the enterprise and progress which has made the commonwealths of the west and we trust that our sojourn here will bring nothing but pleasure to the people of Omaha and Nebraska as we are satisfied that it will bring1 nothing but pleasure to ourselves Cultivation and uses of Ramie was the first subject under discussion this afternoon Professor Waterhouse of St Louis was the chief speaker New Mexico and Arizona Hugh Craig of San Francisco discussed American shipping ibIs concluded the afternoon session From 6 to 730 a public reception was tendered the delegates at the city hall and when the evening session of the body opened with the discussion of statehood for territories by Governor Prince of New Mexico in which he pleaded for the immediate admission of New Mexico and Arizona jne sentiment of thei body was with him throughout This topic consumed toe whole session and many members joined in the discussion It was agreed that statehood could not 3 withheld from the territories much longer Wilmore of St Louis chairman of the executive committee is attracting night much attention He said to Has Lost Ground I do not think the silver question will play much part in the proceedings That has lost ground recently and is no longer a subject of first interest with the convention though many delegates are friends of the white metal The matter of freight discriminations will undoubtedly be one of the best subjects on the pro gramme and the discussion of forestry irrigation harbors and deep waterways and the Nicaragua canal will be attended with much interest I has beer found necessary to make some changes in the programme which was originally announced by the general committee on entertainment in deference to the wishes of the officers of the congress There will be sessions of the convention in the morning and evening In the afternoon the visitors will be taken for a trip to the smelting works and the stock yards The reception pt the Lininger art gallery will be given Wednesday evening This will be a public affair as was previously announced as the delegates and the local committee on entertainment will be sufficient to tax the accommodations of the gallery Thursday afternoon the convention will adjourn to the football field and in the evening they will be guests of the ak Barben at the Colisium Onl Outlined Only Partially OutHncl The programme for the sessions of the congress is only partially outlined As far as it is now prepared it includes the following discussions Forestry in the Rocky Mountain Region HoiT John Park Salt Lake city cityThe The Hawaiian Question Hon Hugh Craig San Francisco The Nicaragua Canal Captain Merry San Francisco TracsMississippl Freight Tariffs Hon James Mahoney Sioux City Ia Captain Lon Bryson Davenport la Deep Waterways Hon A Me Guirk Davenport Ia others Irrigation ExGovernor Prince anti Utahs Delegation The largest and most notable delegation in the convention represents Utah Iowa Missouri Arkansas Kansas Texas Colorado California Ari zone Nevoda Washington Oregon Wyoming and the Dakotas are represented The convention is made up of delegates selected thus The governor of each state and ter ritory appoints ten delegates the mayor of each city one delegate and an additional delegate for every 5000 inhabitants provided however that no city shall have more than ten delegates each county one delegate through officers every business organization one delegate and an additional delegate for every fifty members provided however that no such organization shall be entitled to more than ten delegates The governor of the states or territories members of the United States Congress and expresidents of this Congress will be exofficio delegates with all privileges of delegates except those of voting for election to office The executive committee has decided that it would not fix any set time for the discussion of various topics They will be taken up in order as rapidly as one is exhausted another will be introduced In this manner members will be able to devote time to each subject in the proportion that they are interested in it JUST TWO MILLIONS Celebrated Davis Case Has Been Decided in Butte Special to The Herald BUTTE Mont Nov 25The state I supreme court today rendered a decision in the First National bank case of Butte in which Andrew Davis jr claimed to be the owner of the millon I dollar stock as a gift from his uncle the late A Davis founder of the I famous Davis millions The decision is in favor of young Davis The stock I and undivided dividends amount to 2000000 A NEW WYOMING CO I Special to The Herald CHEYENNE Nov 25ArtIclrs of incorporation were filed today with the I secretary of state for the Collett Mining company The capital stock is I I 100000 and the company which is 1 composed of Evanston capitalists will I I operate mines in Uinta county I I FOUR AlUKUEUEU Finding of DeadiBodies on a FerryBoat I i PARIS Tex Nov 25 Fuller developments concerning the finding of a dead man on a trading boat below Arthur City reveals the fact that four men were murdered About three I weeks ago three men purchased the I boat and with a boy mcved two and I a half miles below Arthur For several days the boat had been observed I anchored without a human being insight Several citizens concluded to investigate and the corpses of the II three men and the boy were all found I lying in bed undressed A ferocious I dog prevented the parties from entering I for a time but was finally overcome I The victims had evidently been dead several days One of them met death by his skull being crushed in The mens clothing was scattered about the room with their pockets I turned inside out showing robbery as i well as murder One was a large i man about 13 or 50 years sfage with I a heavy sandy moustache shaved so I as to extend to hsl IdSvervjaw hone Papers under his head indicated his name was Carody and that he I i was the owner of the outfit The boy was about 12 years old I I CATTLE INSPECTION I i Sterling Morton Is at Vo2lc in I Chicago CHICAGO Nov 25J Sterling Morton secretary of agriculture is in this city stopping at the home of his son 15 Groveland park His mission is strictly one of busGiness concerned with his office He expects to devote several days to a careful examination of the sytem of cattle inspection at the stock yards with a view to ascertaining whether th work is done in a way to protect the cattle interests of the United States abroad He affirms positively his recent visit to East S1 Louis had no connection with an effort on the part of private concerns to break up the big four beef and pork combine While he declares I he knows nothing about the alleged I project of certain millionaires to establish several packing houses to those already existing in East St Louis he admits steps have been taken to increase the force of inspectors at that point That however he says I If due to the insufficiency of the force I I now at work there IN A BAD BOAT Marshal Pratt Will Be Arrested in a Few Days MILWAUKEE Nov 25There is every probability that United States Marshal Pratt will be placed under arrest by Sheriff Stanley within a few days This morning Commissioner Ryan handed down his opinion in the habeas corpus case of Thomas Kelley the inmate of the Soldiers home who murderously assaulted a comrade in which he finds that the state courts have exclusive jurisdiction and orders the marshal to produce the prisoner Wednesday morning There is little doubt that the marshal will refuse to I appear as he is acting under the advice of AttorneyGeneral Harmon In that case the commissioner will order the sheriff to arrest the marshal Then the case will likely come before Judge Seaman on the habeas corpus proceed ings instituted by the marshal In case the federal court maintains jurisdiction as is expected the case will be taken to the United States Supreme court and the right of the inmates of the home to vote will then be settled beyond all doubt wi BAD MINISTER Wiintqd On the Charge of Assaulting I 17YearOld Girl FORT SCOTT Kan Nov 25Sheriff Allen left today for Louisville Ky with requisition papers for the arrest of Rev Robert Seymour formerly pastor of the A 11 church of this city who is wanted here on a charge of assaulting Lizzie Hancock a 17 yearold girl who was employed by the minister to attend to his correspondence correlPond ence Seymour is now being held at Louisville where he went when he left this city a few weeks ago A fay or so before he left here he was married to Miss Nellie Sexton a well known colored girl and a graduate of the high school The colored people of this city are I much excited over the charge preferred against Seymour and an interesting legal I fight is expected when the case I comes to trial I A LEPER NETW YORK Nov 25A lepnr in whom the disease was well advanced was found In the street today He was and taken examined to the offices of the health board REED WILL BE THE SPEAKER That Position Has Been Universally Conceded to the Czar OTHER CONTESTS ARE HOT Several Candidates for Each Vacant Position Opinions Decidedly at Variance us tO the Republican Senators in Reference tire Reorganisation of the Semite and the matter MayBe Postponed Until the Election of te Two Senators From Utah S111 and AnrtiSllver Rejmhli CUTLS Will Probably Clash WASHINGTON Nov 25The arrival of a number of senators and members last night and today including exSpeaker Reed has served to increase discussion over the reorganization of the two houses of Congress and the prospect now is that this will be the uppermost question in congressional circles until the House contest is settled and i is decided whether the Senate will recognize them The fact that the speakership is universally conceded to Mr Reed has had the effect of concentrating interest in the other elective offices and it appears probable that the elimination of the speakership will not diminish the general concern over the result Hot Contests Mr Henderson and Mr McDowell are still the only two candidates for the House clerkship and it is not believed that any dark candidates will develop between this time and next Saturday when the House caucus will be held Mr McDowells friends are boldly claiming that they are sure of a majority but the Henderson men instead of conceding this assert that McDow ells vote will be fifteen to twenty short of sufficient to nominate There if i a possibility of a change in the contest for sergeantatarms but the rumors in that connection are too vague to base a statement on A vage Mr Parker of Kenucky has announced himself as a candidate for this office within the past day or two There are now three candidates for doorkeeper Topton of Tennessee corteeper of North Carolina and Adams of Maryland The names of Mr Fairless of Virginia and William Cattlett of West Virginia have also been added to the list of candidates for postmaster The southern Republicans have announced their intention of holding a caucus on Wednesday for the purpose of agreeing upon candidates whom they can support as a body There are twentythree Republican members from this section not including those from Missouri Decided Variance Opinions are decidedly at variance as to the Republican senators with reference to the reorganization of the Senate and nothing definite will be known on that score until after the convening I of the Senate Senator Sherman who is chairman of the Republican caucus expressed the opinion today that the Republicans would hold a conference early in the session for the consideration of this question A majority of the Republican senators here appear to advocate an effort at organization on Republican lines but some of the older and more conservative of them oppose a movement in this direction contending that i would be impolitic to assume the affairs and take charge of the committees without having a working majority in the Senate Some Republican senators who favor organization advance the idea that the Democrats will not demand a division when the election comes and allow the Republicans to take it by default Democratic senators here do not confirm this view and the indications are that they will hold the offices until the Republicans I show themselves able to take them To secure this strength they will have to obtain some of the Populist votes I Senator Peffer who is generally regarded as the leader of the third party is advocating the maintenance of an independent position and it is II considered probalble that this advice will be followed the extent of putting a ticket in the field at the beginning of the contest if the Republicans cans attempt reorganization The Republicans are claiming however that they will secure Senator Stewarts vote and that Senator Jones will also probably stand with them These acquisitions would be sufficient to enable ganization the Republicans to take the or The Vtali Senators i appears altogether profoalble that the question will be postponed until i after the seating of the Utah Senators I which cannot happen until some time in January or February depending upon the expedition displayed in their election by the Utah legislature I is altogether probable that by that time the Republicans will be in condition to claim the organization and that they will take it There will be an effort on the part of some senators to compromise the claims of the silver and antisilver Republicans in connection with the committee mittee on finance by enlarging the committee to eleven and giving the sil ver men one of the new places and the gold men the other THURSTOXS IDEAS Thinks the Senate Will Surely Be Reorganized NEW YORK Nov 25 Senator John Thurston of Nebraska is at the I Fifth Avenue hotel In an interview today he said The Republicans are for McKinley as the next presidential candidate first last tnt all the time The strength of the Ohio man in th west comes from the fact that the working people believe in him They know that under the McKinley law I they were getting more pay than they I are getting now Business was generally speaking better They are satis fled that McKinley has something to do with i and they want to vote for him for president Do you think that the Republicans I will be ale to reorganize the United States Senate at the coming session Yes he replied I believe we will be strong enough to assume control I have been in Washington for a week and can say that at the opening of the Senate the Republicans will start in and reorganize that body I believe that all the Populist members of the Senate will vote with the Republicans That at least is the understanding among the leaders now and I do no think that anything will turn up to change the programme Governorelect Bushnell of Ohio is at the Holland house In an interview today he expressed the opinion that Governor McKinley would be the next Republican nominee for president Russell Harrison son of General Harrison is at the Imperial hotel He said ent he could not talk politics at pres I I BRITISH GUIANA Nothing I Known As to the Recent Statements LONDON Nov 25 Nothing is known at the colonial office here of the alleged statements of the administrator of British Guiana that the imperial government is prepared to assert the rights of arms News reached here some days ago that the legislature of that colony had acquiesced to the proposal of the secretary of state for the colonies Mr Chamberlain to increase the colonial force by two inspectors and another Maxim gun the legislature also notifying the government that i is prepared to vote for anything the colonial secretary considered necessary for the defense of the colony No further proposal however has been made by the imperial government There has been no change in the boundary dispute and the government it is added will not tolerate Venezuelan aggression beyond the Schomberg line Otherwise it is stated that the warlike statements printed in certain newspapers are not founded on facts WILL CREATE A BREEZE A Coming Divorce Case in Kansas City KANSAS CITY Nov 25The Jour KNSAS CIT nal tomorrow will announce the beginning in Kansas City Kan of an action for divorce that is likely to create a breeze in the city of Topeka The complainant is Bird state labor commissioner of Kansas Only one charge is preferred and that is cruelty The defendant Mrs Bird was married to the complainant in Iowa ten years ago Two children have been born to them When seen by a reporter tonight Mr Bird declined to talk about the acton btigun in the courts CAREY LAW Secretary Jloltc Smith to Make Re tytymiuciidivtious for ajjx Amendment WASHINGTON Nov 25Secretary Hoke Smith in his annual report will recommend that the Carey law granting 1000000 acres of arid land to each state in which such lands are situated be amended so that the grant be made to the state outright and it be made responsible for the irrigation of the lands Under the law as it now stands it would be many years before the state would receive the benefit of the grant and Secretary Smith believes the state can carry out better the intention of Congress if it gets control of the entire grant at once instea of waiting until water is secured for the lands THEIR FATE UJ CERTAIN Moll Threatens to Lynch Negro Prisoner ABBEYVILLB Nov 25 Notice has been received here that a mob will come here before morning and attack the jail for the purpose of lynching two prisoners John Marshall and Richard Wash both colored who are under arrest for the murder of Nora Bagwell a white woman The circumstances indicate that the woman may have been outraged She was killed Thursday evening on the public highway near her home 15 miles from here and her body was taken to a deserted house and burned The charred remains were found Wash says he was with Miss Bagwell about 3 oclock Friday morning and asserts she cut her throat with a razor and that before doing so she requested him to burn her body in the house The story is improbable and it is thought the murder was to secure the proceeds of a bale of cotton which Miss Bagwell had BIG SUGAR DEAL HTAWAIIAA PLAtTERS ARRIVE Iii SAX FRANCISCO I I Scheme Which May Result in a Lively War With the Sugar Trust May Urlns the Octopus to Terms SAN FRANCISCO Nov 25It is stated that the arrival here of five the biggest sugar planters of Hawaii foreshadows a bjg deal in sugar which may result in a war with the sugar trust At present the sugar planters of Hawaii are under contract to deliver their product to the trust The price paid is that quoted in New York on the day the sugar arrives minus of a cent per pound I is said that the sugar planters want this 14 cent commission abolished and are prepared to fight to obtain their end Their contract with the trust has two years more to run but at the end of that time i the trust does not come to terms it is proposed to erect a refinery either here or at Honolulu to be operated against the trust I is stated that John Rockefeller of New York may be induced to side with the sugar planters and put up the money neces sary to carry on the sugar war SOCIALISTS RAIDED BERLIN Nov 25The police raided the houses of the socialist members of the relchstag and other leaders of the I social party today All their letters and papers were impounded and taken to the office of the chief of police I is reported that the action of the authorities is based on some infringement of the Prussian law governing the right of the association The houses of 164 socialists were searched and IPS cases of documents and papers seized Among the residences in which the police obtained documents were those of Herr Singer and Herr Babel Similar raids were made at Breslau Cologne and other cities STORMS ARE VERY BAD Mississippi and Missouri Valleys the Chief Sufferers to Date WERE SIMPLY AWFUL Telegraph Wires Prostrated i All Directions Traffic of All Kindt Sure to Be Se rlonsly Impeded Snowfall la Some Pace in Kansas the Ilcarri est Seen in Years Blinding BIIz zarils Cause Much Damage to fiisheltered Stock Bad in TeX Tough at St Louis KANSAS CITY Nov 25The heavy snow storm Which has prevailed througihout the Mississippi and Missouri valley all day and tonight has prostrated telegraph wires In all directions The snow came after a heavy storm of rain and sleet which left a thIck I coat of ice ovier everything exposed At midnight telegraphic communication with St Louis Chicago the east ton Louis and the southeast is practically suspended From all points in Missouri the storm is reported in special dispatches to the Journal to be of unusual severity and it i stated that all traffic is sure to I be seriously impeded Nevada Mo reported five inches snow drifting badly I Golden City Mo reports that in six I hours the thermometer has fallen 11 degrees that the snow fall is heavy and that a strong northwester is blowing I Web City Mo reports that fop eightyseven hours rain sleet and I snow have fallen continuously and that the snowfall Is the heaviest snOaU te seen for years Street cars are blockaded I and business is suspended Sedalia Mo reports a snowfall of four inches drifted so ibadly that stieet car traffic is seriously interfered wih I Ija Kansas Throughout Kansas the storm has apoachr the proportions of a bliz zardort Fort Scott Kan reports that streetcars have been kept going only through the efforts of a large gang of shovel ers Emiporla Kan reports a heavy snowfall drifting badly It is claimed however that the storm will do winter wheat an immense amount of good I Independence Kan reports the most severe storm that has occurred In I years at this time of the year A strong wind from the north is drifting the snow badly Caldwell Kan reports a blinding snow storm and unusually cold weather er Much suffering among the poor settlers in the Cherokee strip is predicted I Coffeyville Kan reports the worst i storm ever experienced in southern Kansas so early in the winter A gala I i from tlio north produced a blIndIng blizzard Much suffering will be caused to stock not well sheltered shelere I Hays City Kan reports a tfieavy snowfall all day Sunday and today and I very cold weather Planters of wheat are glad I Arkansas City Kan reports the heaviest snow for years at this season I Cherokee Kan reports cold weather and a heavy snowfall drifting badly Throughout Oklahoma a heavy storm of sleet and snow has prevailed for two days I I Guthrie reports a fall of five I inches of snow outlying a coat of elect I Baa for Cattle Cattle on the range are cut off by this from their pasture I is pronounced i extraordinary weather for that I country South McAlester reports that snow began falling there this I morning and is now four fndhes deep The thermometer fell 10 degrees A special frcm Sherman Texas states I that a blinding snow storm from the north is raging there and that the weather is very cold Heavy losses in cattle ane expected as the storm has been the most severe on stock for years Snow is also reported 200 miles south of Sherman I Inquiry late tonight at headquarters of the various railroads centering here shows that all traffic has not ben seriously interfered with by the snowstorm While several trains were somewhat delayed nearly all of them came in on schedule time The only serious interference is in telegraphic communication The prostration of the wires is due to the heavy storm of sleet which preceded the snow I Blinding im Texas I ST LOUIS Nov 25A telegram from Sherman Texas says a blinding snowstorm I i raged there slnco 930 am and I is increasing in force I 1 Fall in temperature has taken place and as live stock is in bad shape to meet it heavy losses are expected Trains are ibadly delayed Bad nt St Louis ST LOUIS Nov 25Rain fell all day and at night turned into snow whIch continued to come dOwn until a late hour covorning the streets to a depth of several inches and interfering with street car traffic The storm prevails throughout the state and farther south Reports from Dallas Sherman Fort Worth and other points in northern Texas indicate that the heaviest snow storm in years ha been raging throughout that section since morning Cat Ont the Xew CINCINNATI Nov 25The storm of wind and eet and in some places snow mixed with rain cut off the west including St Louis and Chicago at 1015 pm All communication was lost but one telegraph wire to Louisville I The telegraphic tests Indicate grounding of wires at no great distance west of here There are many broken windows and prostrated signs here The steamers Rob Roy and McConnell were blown from their moorings at Main street and carried away by the wind at midnight They have not been found at 140 am.