, 1875-08-11
FOREIGN.
Additional Particulars Of the
Fanatical Massacre at San
Miguel, Salvador.
The Priests Encourage Their Follow
ers 10 Rob and Divide With
tho Church.
Twenty-Five Lives Lost by d Railroad
Disaster in Chilli.
Our Signal Service Comp1i-
mented by the Geograph-
ica1 Congress.
king Alphonso to Call 100000 Horo Men
into the Field.
Incidents in the Life Of a Modern 7imon
in Paris.
Liberal Subscriptions for the Relief Of
the French Flood Sufferers.
Russia Plans Internal Improve
ments in its Asiatic Pos
sessions,
Liberal Subscriptions for the Relief Of
the French Flood Sufferers,
Russia Plans Internal Improve
mentS in its Asiatic Pos
sessions.
CENTRAL AMERICA.

TIE FAfATICAL MASSACRE At BAN af1duEL~
| NEw ionK. Aug. 10-pASAAA, Aug. 1.~-Tho
electoral atrHgglo for President Of tho United
a'ates Of Colombia tl,Eoatcns to psocipitate
general war and division OF tho country.
letter from ban Miguel Ia tho Star aud Her
aM of Pannnla, recoiTod today, BAYS of the re-
cent naeaacro BY Catholic fauallcs: In
their tienatsh occupation OF applying
tho torch to houses and whatoycr
c!po thei. whim suggested, amid ali
tho conlluuouB cry OF "Dca.h to forcignera!"
"Dca.h to hcrotivs!" was constantly loatd.
The town semninel for three days ut tue mercy
Of tho nsaaiuts, and during that timo al classos
Of crimes wore committed, nnd oven thoHo who
took refuge in tho church were threatened with
! assassination by tho inturatcd mob. Ttle Iossoo
In property will not fall short Of q, 900, COO.
Tho President Of tic Nopublfo has dono what ,o
could to bring tho otFe;ldors to puutehuout,
! but 60 numerous aro they that they cannot 10
dcaIt with.
President Gonzales. Of Salvador, had shout
ffty Of those engaged in tho recent fsuaslcal
riots .hot in squads ut tho towns bstwoen San
MEncl and tho Capital, causiug tho prieHtB who
oceaslonol tho outbreak to wtness ihe sxocu-
tions. Many OF thaze ssctitna contcaood that
sloy wero assured by Tho priena TINT they might
rob tito rlel, provided they gaye + palt to tho
Church.
Great 6orrow mud indignation hayo heon o.
preaacd throughout Central America 4t the
oyonta in San Miguel. in "lich tho respectable
clergy Join.
Tic foreigners Of San Miguel havo addressed
their respective Governments for the purpose OF
making tlu Government responsible for ioaaos
inquired.
FEARFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
PANAMA, Aug. 1.-Op the night Of tho 9th
nit. one Of the most horrible rAi!1oad nccideuts
sbat bus cyor happened in Chill; occurred on tho
ShntiaEo It Valparaiso Hallway. IA the train
from Valparaiso Was paasiug over tho bridge at
Li.uacho, tin. structure gate way. aud, with tho
exception Of tho engine and tondor, the wholo
train: containing fifty peiaons. wsa pEocipitatod
into tho river below. The Jumps Wero broken
in Tho fail. And, tho oil running OUT Ienitel Ind
BET tlsc to tho larger part Of tho wreck. Fully
one. half Of the pasBongoso wnre eithor crushed
to death or pcrisLcd BY fro or water, Tho in-
] yeHtlGation wont to show that tho No.
c'dent was canned by tho weakness
OF tue bridge, which was condemned BY an engl-
neer AZ unaaie several months ngo, without Rny
measure being taken to remedy it.
Tho cold uaa 80 Intense III tho Province OF
1aancauga, Chill, that four persons wero frozop
to deaLl.