Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-09-08
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 ed. The loss of life will reach a thou. sand. About twenty towns were des- troyed.
 The fires are still raging between Sidna and Outagnon on the Northern Penisula of Minnesota, also along the Wisconsin valley division of the Mil waukee & St. Paul railroad, seven miles north of Grand Rapids.
 EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Sept. 3.-The Northwestern Lumbs- company reports fresh fires along the Eau Claire river. It is believed there will be no timber left standing when the rains come. The village of Gao is surrounded by fire.
 SPooNER, Wis, Sept. 3.-The town of Baronette is destroyed. But one build ing is standing in a city of seven thous- and. One man was burned. The town of Shell Lake burned, and fifty-two dwellings were destroyed. Fires are under control in this vicinity.
 HINoKLEY, Minn., Sept. 3.-A general rain is falling and quenching the burn ing embers. The blackened ruins of two or three buildings is all that remains standing at Hinkley, with it's seventeen hundred people. Most of the survivors went to Pine city yesterday for food and shelter. Many men are returning to their ruined homes to see If by any possibility there is anything left.
 DULUTH, Sept. 3.-The total number ot corpses recovered from the forest fires so far is 305.
 HINKLEY, Wis, Sept. 3.-Engineer Root was taken to his home at White Bear. Physicians hope he may recover, although the iDhaling of that fumes of smoke and air may be too much for him. He is badly cut about the head, while his clothes were nearly burned from his body. One piece of glass laid bare the jugular vein and it seems miraculous that he escaped alive. His only thought was for the safety of his passengers.
 He said in reply to remark that he had become the hero of the country, "I only did my duty."
 The train on the Eastern Minnesota was ditched at Pokegama, a short dis. tance wist of Hinkley, but the psssen. gers all escaped. The train was proba, ply burned after the passengers and crew escaped, although no definite news have been received.
 A remarkable thing in connection with this accident is the fact that only a few feet in front where the train was ditched the bridge had been burned which would have cost certain loss of life.
 It is not thought that any other trains have been caught in fires, and none are running today.
 All the bridges are burned and in some places the track is useless The rails are twisted out of shape and the ties are burned.
 It is likely that the dead here will not exceed 200. All the bodies will be buried today, as it will be impossible to keep them any longer.
 HINKLEY, Sept. 3.-The most heart. rending scenes occurred at the burial of the bodies this morning, in the little cemetery mile east of town. The place of iDterment is very dreary at it's best. In the blackened and fire-scarred trees about it's center, are 90 corpses of men, women, and children all clothing burnt of. Many are charred beyond recognition, some only trunks, tue extremities having burnt off.
 EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Sept. 3.-This place is threatened with destruction by the forest fires.
 CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Sept. B. Northwestern Wisconsin is one sea of flames. The towns of Lake Marcondo and Bradshaw are completely wiped out. If there IS no ran by night Caddo will be wiped cut. It Is estimated TOW that the dead amount to four hundred.
 MORA, Ninn. Sept. 3.-Brook Park, Pmofis station. and Newtown on the St Cloud & Kinkleo branch of the Great Northern, are destroyed.
 DENVER, Colo, Sept. D. Ex-Governor l.. B. Prince of New Mexico, delegate to the irrigation congress is in this city. ''We, in New Mexico" he said, ''are vitally interested in the subject of irri- gation, as there are vast areas in the territory that only need water to make them blossom like roses. It is our mis- fortune that the last congress treated everything raised in New Mexico as raw material and dealt with it accordingly but notwithstanding this fact, if we can have our vast areas placed under an in- telligent system of irrigation, we will be able to produce such an abundance of products, that it will make us rich in- deed"
 DENVER, Col, Sept. 3.-The third na- tIonal irrigation convention convened here today with two hundred delegates present.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 3. Labor made an imposing demonstration here today. Twenty thousand mer, representing nearly all trades, were in line, among them many women.
 NEw YORK, Sept. Billy Trimmer, bantam champion, and Jonny Mur- phy, little boxer of Boston, met this afternoon and signed articles of agree ment to meet in a fiaish contest under the auspices of the Olympic club of New Orleans, September "A, for a purse of S4 1000, g, 300 to the winner and $500 to the loser.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-The weekly bank statement shows the following changes:
 heSerVe, uec. .........S SJl, ,S20 Opecle, uec.. 443,UUO Legal tenders, dec. 1,293, 800 Deposits, dec. ec................ 1SS, 100 Circulation, dec. 2S,100
 The banks now hold S65, 5,S20,S25 in ex- cess of the requirements of the 9 per cent rule.
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