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Show DEVELISH WORK OF TTS Ears and Fingers of Wife of President-Elect of Chile Cut Off for Jewels. Horror at Valparaiso Are Coming to Light Heavy Rains Have Increased In-creased the Hardships of the '"housands of Homeless Home-less Ones. Limo, Peru. Further details received re-ceived hero from Valparaiso say that out of forty cmployps of tho telephono company there, thirty-eight wero killed. When the house of President-elect Montt collapsed his wlfo fell from the balcony Into tho street and bandits who wero passing cut off her ears and fingers to rob her of her Jewels. Sho was taken In a dying stato on board tho Chilean warship O'HIgglns. Among tho dead at Valparaiso is Frederlco Varella, tho famous capitalist capital-ist and politician. Heavy rains havo been falling at Valparaiso, which havo Increased the hardships of the many thousands of peoplo camping In tho Btrects and squares or on tho hills. Considerable alarm is felt hero in view of tho conditions In Chile, as no food supplies are coming from that republic to Peru, and the latter country coun-try does not produce sufficient for tho uso of its inhabitants. Therefore, partial starvation nt least, It is feared, fnces tho mlddlo and poorer classes of tho Peruvian population. |