Show FATAL COLLISION mysterious IMMENSE STRIKE threatened IN ENGLAND five children to death in canada she objected to the Utis lna NEW YORK aug 7 ear filmore smith and wife of paterson N J tho pastor of a small congregation appeared before the justice today to day and said he desfred separation papers drawn up agreeing to give 4 a week for his wife mr smith signed willingly but the wife refused as the amount was too small and finally the couple left together the trouble was caused by a christening after the clergyman had performed the ceremony be kissed the child and this did not please hiis wife the couple have had two children but lost both and mrs smith did not think her husband showed the proper regard for their memory in giving somebody some body alses child such attentions immense threatened LONDON aug 7 the card room hands in the mills at blackburn have notified their masters that unless they are granted an advance of ten per cent in wages they will strike this will involve the stoppage of looms spindles and the dis employment of operatives A slew boinet to inet N Y aug 7 dr lawis swift of the warner observatory received a dispatch tonight to night from prof W E brooks of the smith observatory at geneva ew york announcing the discovery of a comet by him this evening in right ascension 10 hours and 5 minutes decimation north 44 degrees 30 minutes it has nn easterly motion and has a short tail it is bright but not visible to thi naked eye A horrible accident DENVER aug 7 A durango special gives an account of a horrible accident near fort lewis for several days past hobert roberts a prominent ranchman has been working for andrew saline another i man living three miles north of here this morning old man heberts went over to salines place to see the boy upon arrival ho found the house in ashes and not a human being in sight searching through the arums rums he discovered the charred remains of his boy roberts aroused the neighbors who made further search and discovered that saline also perished in the flames the fire is a mystery the coroner will investigate ohio aug 7 this evening a tremendous rain and wind i storm burst on the city and raged for five minutes the arcade hotel building was struck by lightning and badly damaged houses were unroofed and forest trees torn to pieces workmen injured pa aug 7 A car of stone left the rails today to day near mapleton where a gang of men was building a bridge and crashed through u light trestle crushing the workmen into the juniata river fifty feet below two were fatally injured and three are in a dangerous condition they will probably be crippled for life several others wore more or less injured LONDON aug 7 there was a collision at hampt anwick depot at midnight last night between a pas sener and a freight train two passenger carriages were telescoped the driver and stoker of the passenger locomotive and four passengers were killed in ail tran VIENNA aug 7 floods in austria continue it has been decided to close the arm of the danube traversing vienna rive children burned tone nth QUEBEC aug 7 the residence of the widow of george Cove netto in the parish of st ignacious Ignac ions was burned sunday morning and five of her children perished in tho flames twenty four browned valparaiso VIA aug 7 during a norther last night two large barks one english and the other french sunk in tho harbor after having been in collision the crow of the english vessel consisting of seventeen men and seven of the french crew were drowned five vessels were blown ashore and wrecked thirty attack mexican mer aug 7 two merchants traveling on horseback from baluca to the city of mexico were assaulted at barraca del huerto muerto the scene of numerous deeda of violence the merchants had over in their saddlebags they were met by a party of bandits thirty in all twelve mounted the merchants opened fire on thu robbers killing three and wounding two they then put spurs to their horses and attempted to escape but were overtaken by the mounted robbers dragged from their horses robbed of all their money and valuables stripped of their clothing and tied to trees after two anys and nights they were discovered eight of tho robbers have been captured one confessed that they belonged to a gang of fifty beven arrests PARIS aug 7 seven arrests were made at akiens amiens of persons concerned in the riot thero yesterday four of them arc foreigners the mayor issued an order forbidding the people to assemble under penalty of the riot acl of 1848 the strikers continue thea agitation and another riot is feared troops guard tho town hall and factories and are patrolling the streets bt Perta hed in thu NEW YORK aug 8 early this morning a four story tenement house in avenue A caught fire the family of gustave beg consisting of himself wife daughter and mother in law living on the top wore to death tho other occupants escaped the financial loss is in A hoat LONDON aug S A dense fog prevails in the english channel the steamer city of hamburg bound for london laden with cattle ashore near starling point last evro ing fifteen persons were landed st salcombe the boat containing the others is missing later the missing boat has arrived safely at bordeaux A trait indianapolis aug 8 A mixed train on the fairland branch of the cincinnati indianapolis st louis chicago road was thrown from the track this morning near morgantown Morgan town by a broken rail tho baggage car and a single passenger coach rolled down a thirty foot embankment and every person in the car with one exception received injuries ab nb ono was killed outright but one or two may die A davk wrecked valparaiso aug 8 the bark success captain king from new york april 7 for san francisco has been wrecked all hands were sved s ved |