| Show A blizzard raging in hew york SOME TO DEATH several injured by alic frost traffic at alic metropolis impeded NEW YORK dec 16 the northwest storm which struck this city about 10 laba night grew in violence until at 6 this morning a howling gale of fifty milea au hour raged the storm which cannot be called a blizzard because lacking the element of cold was the worst since 1888 at daylight day light this morning five inches of had fallen andwan being whirled about by the wind ae the day wore on the wind abated and the snowfall at 4 the sky began to clear and with nightfall the wind disappeared amov inon toward new England About eight inches of snow fell the lowest tern pera ture reached during the storm was 23 degrees above aero surface and elevated roads and ferries suffered much inconvenience but now are running as usual fifteen hundred men are cleaning the streets and by 6 tomor row morning the an v will have been removed fair and warmer weather is predicted for tomorrow ample warning of the approach of the storm was giving to the marinero mariners ma and probably not much damage was done to shipping three deaths due directly or indirect ly to the storm have been reported up to this time james an elevated railway employee was found dead on the track loura bressler a tailor was found frozen to death in a hallway on fell street moriarty Mori arto Zana aoa laborer was struck by a pennsylvania rail ray train while working on the track near waverly NJ in addition to these william bicley was found unconscious in a snowdrift in jersey city EO badly frozen that he cannot recover and georgo W fears was picked up in thia city unconscious with the cold he cannot survive the same train that killed banano fatally injured guiseppe Guia eppe balotto Oa lotto a fellow laborer avoid forfeiture an erroneous impression seems to have gotten out among the occupants of state school lands to tae effect that they are obliged to buy the land from the state if they make application in consequence of this many are hold bog back to see what the lands will bo appraised at AB there are only two appraisers in pach county it will necessarily taka liae time before the lands are rated the state board ol 01 land commissioners now announce that as the tima during which preference prefer enca right claimants may make application expires in ten days or two weeks in most counties it is absolutely essential should ba lost m making fi linea A failure to make a filing within thesper ifield time forfeits the preference right in case the is made too high applicants have the privilege to appeal to the board and if no satisfactory basis is reached at to the value applicants may th ow up their claims altogether without absing put to any additional expense herald POLITICAL POINTS basou moses is stump congressman elect king and moses thatcher candidate for the united spates senate spoke before the wo mans central democratic club in salt lake wednesday evening mr king spoke oa the condition of the toiling masses as growing constantly worse and deplored the tendency toward despotism and aristocracy he thought the people would yet arise in their might and declared the last election made despotism the magdalen weeping at the cross the causa of W abry although an though temporarily defeated haq nofa subdued hon moses thatcher had to wait for several moments before he could proceed the audience cheered aa he came forward and when the applause aub sided he opened by thanking the people for their appreciative reception mr thatcher address was more ol 01 a c to the women upon their right of suffrage than a discussion of political issues he believed women would ba a purifying element in politics and not only this but courageous to meat all great questions squarely tho great resting upon them should not be forgotten for it was no les than the guarding of liberties here in utah we have a duty to perform too ve have fought for years for statehood at last the democratic party came forward and we extended our hand that we would be one in the union as all other states will we keep that pledge will we like the people ot other states stand up for political and religious liberty applause the the same battle is now being fought as in the early dawn of liberty it is for you and I 1 to so live and so teach our children to guard the liberty won As we have accepted the principles upon which our government has been founded we must stand bv it whenever anyone seeks to upon the right of religious worship said the speaker it was an attempt to chain the conscience the difference between the democratic and republican parties in utah was not BO great hilyer and tariff were insignificant compared with any attempt to infringe upon the liberties of he individual there were patriots in both parties and all should stand together let us keep our covenants in closing mr thatcher eaid he was neither a political nor any other kind of a prophet but would the prediction that whenever any influence no matter from source waa put forward to defeat the grand principles for which democracy stood the people would be aroused and truth would conquer in the end |
