Show LATEST TELEGRAMS winter asserts his frigid kulo rule all over the country severe sufferings of tho the soudan expedition br by western ard prea press to the herald bad storms charleston IV va jan 17 this city was visited last night by a very heavy wind storm A number of business houses were unroofed trees were uprooted and several email small factories were damaged dam aeed the loss is extensive but the reporters cannot yet a ascertain ertain the amount of the damage done taciturn telegraph Cui cAGo ill jan 17 snow ceased lailla falling about midnight and was followed low by a rapid fall in the temperature there la is ilso also a complete embargo ort o 0 th the railway freight traffic throughout the west and northwest hor thweat and passenger trains are badly delayed and in some instances snowda s in telegraph communication will wit new york ceased about 4 th this Is morning snow new in the south shreveport la jan 17 the weather is the coldest of the season nineteen abaye zero there ie is a heavy snowstorm snow storm prevailing this forenoon the river rose a foot and ten inches yesterday several plan tera from below brought their stock here others are to the hills for safety the lakes anaba and bayous are booming boom lne the people are seeking higher ground AH all the r railroads ail roads are submerged the new Orlean strain doe due yesterday morning ln arrived this afternoon the vicksburg Vick eburg train was stopped by a washout near monroe weather in ohio jan 17 the tel telegraph e wires are still in a bad condition and all trains are delayed from si six x to eight hours the snow here 1 is light it is growing colder assigned signed Ai hie iris property PITTS 1 BUZa jan 17 D W C car roll ha has made an a assignment of all his property real personal and in mixed axed valued at several hundred thousand dollars to john benford for the benefit of his creditors railroad kumpu FORT WAYNE ind jan 17 tho situation at u tion as regards the railroad strike t r i k is unchanged both eides sides being quiet there bayo have been no demonstrations so lar far today to day british bit bits jan 17 the missing packet admiral morrison Mor riton carried a crew of twenty and twelve passengers chiefly drovers A dispatch from gandul says that thirty camels dropped dead on the MA march from the troops buffered suffered severely A majority of the water skins leaked and the men yielding to their thirst exhausted their rations of water prematurely vury very few fell out of line and the 0 ro their hardships bravely as evidenced by their singing as cheerily as parched throats would permit they are keenly desirous to fight thi the ground liverpool jan 17 it lias has been definitely ascertained that the steamer admiral morrison has sunk twelve of the crow and four of the passengers were drowned congo conference BERLIN jan 17 in the congo conference these reasons were given riven for the participation of america in the deliberations first because america was the first power to officially fici ally recognize the african international association secondly bo be cause the population of america i comprises six million who I 1 parent country is africa |