Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-28
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l A = - - M A A A A = - QUEBEC, September 20.-Last nigh
 several thousand tons of rock slid froI
 Cape Diamond, at the end or Dufferi
 Terrace. to Champlain street. three hun
 dred feet below. demolishing seve
 dwellings Up to midnight SIX bodie
 had been taken from the ruins. Debri
 covers the road in solid mass, som
 three hundred feet in length and iron fifteen to twenty-five feet high. It l impossible to say at present how man,
 are dead and wounded. Every one
 working heroically and under difficulties
 as the night is intensely dark and th'
 electric light wires prostrated.
 BnsToN, Mass, September 20-Tht Journals Quebec special, timed midnight | says it is known that at least 200 deaC
 bodies still remain under the pile of de
 bris. Twelve bodies have been recov ! cred so far. Rescuing parties are hard 1 at work, but meeting with accidents, as l huge masses of rock still continue tC fall from the cliffs.
 QUEBEC, September. .20-The work oi excavating still goes on. The loss of life and property is very great and many are left homeless and penniless. The in jured have been nearly all removed to the hotel Dieu. Detachments of sol diers are hard at work, and have made some noble rescues.
 The list of killed, so far as known. numbers fourteen. About thirty of the wounded have been recovered. Some dead and wounded are still being taken out of the ruins, but their names have not yet been ascertained. The work of rescuirg victims is going on vigorously. Members of the Black family were buried alive 9 feet below the surface. On being asked if they were safe, Mrs. Black answered: "my husband is killed at the door; the rest are safe, but sui fering from wounds and bruises on our limbs." Shortly after Miss May Gala well, niece of Black, was extricated The next person taken out was Thos Berrigan, whose wife was taken out of the ruins dead. He was so disfigured that friends could hardly recognize him. He was removed to the hotel Dieu. The next to follow was an s year old boy also named Berrigan. His left leg was crushed to a jelly. Then came Mrs. Black: her bosom, neck and face being dreadfully swollen.
 SOClic OI lllC btIIlDlt- ulSdSlcT IS. being visited by thousands. A large force is engaged searching the ruins. The shipping office in the Dominion Government building has been turned into temporary morgue. Over twenty bodies are lying in it. It is thought ten or more victims are to be added to the list. A complete list of the injured can not be made up yet, as they were remov- ed to different hospitals and friends houses. Citizens are sending in money to relieve immediate distress among the homeless women and children.
 ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 20-The Georgia legislature was in a state of turmoil last night. Three couples of representatives were negotiating through friends. These negotiations may end in explanations on the floor. or in visits to the surrounding states for the purpose of fighting. First and second misunderstanding arose during debate on the proposed indus trial school for girls, and the third on a proposition that the legislature visit the Battle of Chicamauga. The three sets of candidates for admission to duelling grounds are representatives Tignor and Atkinson, Felton and Brooks. Foute and Thurman.
 MoREHEAD. Minn.. Sept. 20-Thomas Brown was hung here this morning for the murder of policeman Powell, last October. The drop fell a few minutes after four o'clock, Brown faced death calmly. and died without struggle.
 OGAMAK, Neb.. Sept. 2O-The Senate Committee on irrigation is here, listen fn CT of f- a,@ %l section. on matters on hand. Senator Stewart. of Nevada, is at the head of the committee.
 DEER PARK, September 2O.-The com missiOnership of Pensions is still unset tied. President Harrison thinks Mai. Warren IS the man for the place. He expects him here tonight for another conference, which people say will lead to his acceptance.
 DETROIT. Sept. 20.-The steamer city of Detroit arrived from Cleveland this morning. Last night sho experienced very rough weather and began to leak Her bulkheads gave way and created a panic among 700 passengers on board. Water rose six feet in the hold, but the vessel managed to reach port.
 A horrible case of infanticide has caused great excitement among people here A half demented woman, unmar- ried. was delivered of child. She cut 1t into little pieces, slowing away part in her pocket, wrapping up some in paper, and hiding it behind her bed. and throw ing some out of tho window to be eaten by dogs.
 MAYS LANDING, September 20.-Re- ports stating that Mrs. Hamilton either attempted, or did commit suicide. are entirely false. She will probably leave for the Trenton State prison to- 
 WASHINGTON, September 19.-Assist- ant secretary Tichenor suffered a relapse last evening, and he is said to be threat ened with pneumonia.
 OTTAWA, Ont, September 19.-Six or more custom houses are to be establish on the Canadian side of the information al boundary, between Manitoba and the Rocky mountains.
 SALT LAKE, Utah, September 19.-Mrs Hiram Shell, of West Malad, Idaho. has given birth to siXlets, three boys and three girls, weighing altogether eight pounds. All are quite hearty and will live.
 OMAHA, September 19-The Bee says all labor unions and brotherhoods. com prising the employees on the Union Pacific system, have formed themselves into an organization which shall be known as the Brotherhood of Railway Employees.
 WASHINGTON, September 19-Secre- tary Windom decided to-day that in the purchase of silver for coinage into stand ard dollars he will hereafter accept the lowest offers for the amount required. provided the price is within the limit fixed by law. This reverses the prac- tice of the department under the last administration.
 SANTA FE, September I9.-In the statehood convention today the report of the committee on corporations and municipal corporations was considered, and the judicial article was finally passed