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Show AI FAIRS IN CHILE. The Government AYill be Ahked to Fay Heavy Damages to Foreigners. Valparaiso, Chile (via Galveston), Oct. 13. Accenting to the present political outlook out-look the liberals will carry the large towns at the coming eiectiens. The con? "rvntives and semt-cicrical party will make i iins in the country districts. At the euriiest opportunity op-portunity after the firm establishment of the new government, m number of claims will be presented for payment by the representatives rep-resentatives of the different foreign nations here. The British claims arpou.it to between be-tween $50,000,000 and $rt0,000,000 ad separate English eiajms to between $10.- uov.uuu ana -o,ipuu,ooc. 1 nese are ior uani-ages uani-ages to the nitrate works and for railroads rail-roads and buildings destroyed during the bombardment of Iquiqne, also for losses incurred in-curred by business houses at Valparaiso after the battle of La Placilla and for the deten- j tion of the Pacific Steam Negation company's com-pany's steamers and vessels. The Spanish anrt'Italiau claims amount to $-5,000,000 eac h and arc for sacking the stores during the riots that followed the taking of Valparaiso by the junta's troops. The American claims amount to only $"25,000, the estimated value of property destroyed in the vicinity of the ci;y. All these claims are now filed at the respective legations. The resumption, of guano shipments from the Lobos deposits will be made at an early date and new officials offi-cials will be detailed to lok alter ihem. - - |