Show IP OTTO 9 ihori ellul HAS WON so he telegraphs to the chilian legation mary land august 27 senor lazcano chilian minister at washington today a cablegram valparaiso august from M M aldunate Ald minister of affairs saying that on the the insurgent army 11 delegated delea ted in vino del mar A division of alie chilian army cut off their retreat to the ships and obliged them to surrender tUy all the country the dispatch adds applauds tha valor and skill of tha government the war is over said iaz can chilian ruu ister commenting com manting on the cable dispatch received from the chilian minister of foreign affairs mhd war bassau inora than six months ago he explained and the led by col canto eu dismissed from ahe chilian urmy H in securing tho chilina nicy aad on this account has been able until now to maintain his army tha Cli ilian government had no navy and because of this disadvantage has been to hem in the insurgents had we bad ships said Senor lazcano tracing the positions of the government and insurgent forces ou the rough map he had drawn so as to more explicitly explain himself we would have succeeded loni seo the minister abent telegrams thit morning spreading far and wide the glad tiding reported of the victory of the chilian the dispatch received by tho alilian CL ilian minister announcing the defect of the insurgents at alar was shown to senor foster an insurgent represent this morning and that gentleman was aaker if he had epard anything from hia he replied that ha received tho following lowing fal cablegram from their agent late last night august 26 the notices inspired by the dictators agents in lima are absolutely without authorization this foster said probably referred to the reported defeat of his party 1 I do not eay the dispatch received the chilian minister is by 1 but I 1 not correct he continued think in case of a battle feusht on tho won not have delayed so ions in spreading the news foster also took into consideration that the forces of balma ceda outnumbered those of the insurgents bajt said that in case the insurgent was defeated it meant the pro party lon Ration of the war and that the insurgent torce would be increased in and the dictator every possible way fought to the end foster momentarily expects additional advises advices from his party A BETTER PREVAILS HEW YORK august 27 A cablegram from Val panso say a there a a better feeling in circles in in consequence or aba belief anat there will ba speedy termination of the war CITY 27 the republican detate convention waa called te order att 10 this morning with a lull attendance of delegates since gen felix agnus of abe baltimore american to allow the further use of hia in connection with abe bomin buon for governor thero has been a general for tha licad of the ticket chief amone tha contestants have been ex mccomas lloyd lowndes Lown dea wm jvan nort ana gen thomas J and to a few days ago indications pointed towards alie latter as the ninn nee but with the arrival of the delegates thia mornine a disposition has absen mani bosted in aba director dir ecton of imitating the democrats by boing to the counties for a in s gen wm nort riu r iu bo the n in if alft ticket to be f elected alt noon aiu probably run aa fol iowa fur governor aia J vau kent county for controller thomas J shryock of bal almora city for attorney general harry M of barroll counte for clerk of the court of appeals benj 0 of county tins ticket would have the great advantage of and tour bern as well aa baltimore city van sort is n a leaking business man of al limore clabaugh a lawyer of great ability ahila has been for PI any year clerk of tatt charles county circuit court catholic ices ip eBs august 27 abood deal of gossip and conjecture lias been created by tho fact that arch bishop feehan of chicago was om by reason of hia absence at the ceremony of the conferring con ferrine of the upon archbishop katzer laal week abid a good many members of the denomination ara inclined to leeard his ag somewhat in the nature of ao affront toward cardinal gibbous ahe archbishop who ia in the bast ol 01 health ia at present taking a vacation at newport and this is ai a reason for nia nou bat alie explanation is hardly accepted as satisfactory by theao who cite the tact that cardinal gibbons despite his enfeebled condition journeyed all the way from baltimore that bishop burk made the journey from cheyenne bishop hos from kansas bishops ohara and city from scranton pa tho arch abbot froni pennsylvania and many others from considerable distances whatever may ba eventually forab comier regarding his is that it has created an unpleasant amay electroplated Electro plated A freak of lightning probably more remarkable than any hitherto recorded has occurred near the small village of new salem vt at the foot of the hel deberg arent S occupies aa old mansion in the parlor of which hung a collection of revolutionary swords one of which was heavily plated with silver A terrific thunderstorm came at night and one terrible crash aroused tha household all ere stunned for a moment but recovering they hastened to discover what damage was done suddenly the younger pointed to an fashioned sofa upon it lay what was apparently the silver image of a cat curled up in an exceedingly comfortable for table position As far as the shape and posture of the animal were concerned it might have been a live cat each glittering hair wag separate arl distinct and each silvery bristle of the described a graceful curve as in life father and son tamed toward rna swords which hung upon the wall just above the sofa and there saw that the sword had been stripped of all its silver the hilt was gone and the scabbard was but a strip of blackened steel the family cat had been electroplated electro plated by lightning in one of the panes of glass in the window was found a round hole about the size of a half dollar where the lightning had evidently entered there was a charred streak across the bash where the electrical fluid had made its way co the sword down which it had passed to the cat carrying with it the silver which it deposited upon the animal of course the cat was instantly killed and therefore remained in the position in which it was quietly sleeping when the flash came it ia thought the plating of the cata body will prevent decay ana mat ably it may be retained among the collection of curiosities the most remarkable of them all local scientists aro puzzled and one of the members of the albany institute is investigating tho case cor st louis republic to do in hot ileather A few rules as to how to keep cool may not come amiss wear a nicely starched high collar walk rapidly up and down state street in the middle of tho day to match a piece of ribbon for a suburban acquaintance climb six flights of stairs during the hour when the elevator is not running to keep an appointment with friend who has been suddenly called from town scold as bard as you can at everybody and everything and fan yourself with a large japanese fan in the meantime chase a street car half a block to be finally told by tho utterly depraved conductor to take the nest one get into a bus at the depot and wait fifteen minutes for the driver to get through bis conversation with friend while the bridge turns and you experience the sensation of being left go to a horse race spend an afternoon in n tent help your wife chase flies leap aa gait to catch strain drink heer listen to your wife eay 1 I told you when you encounter the fate that awaits the devour er of encumbers chopping ride in the same bus with the woman who carries cat tails and pokes them into your eye go to the matinee watch the elderly woman chew gum toy with a gasoline stove escort city friends through the ravines searching for wild flowers disturb a nest of hornets under the supposition that it is a beautiful fungus chicago herald to common sense some of the fashionable women of berlin have formed themselves into a society for the prevention of crime against common sense in the matter of dressin particular do they inveigh against the discomforts comforts dis of the corset which in germany is made longer and stif ferand altogether more abominable than anywhere else men are admitted to membership and are urged to mitigate by precept and example various stipulated enormities of their own attire one clause in the circular reads male members are respectfully requested to teach their brethren that trouser patterns for morning coats waistcoats and inverness overcoats her point of view in new yoa times A childs lucky rail the two year old child of mrs nutty of W va has had i most remarkable escape from death the little cne was playing about the mouth of a well and getting too near the edge lost its balance and fell in the well was sixty two feet deep and so that a full grown person could not well descend A sis year old boy finally descended sc and catching the little onys clothing held tightly to it until they were both pulled out again neither was hurt and the little two beor old tot was playing about as usual an hour afterward ter ward in the fall the child had not touched the sides and the water at the bottom saved her life philadelphia ledger he occupies til steps pittsburg has a man who is a puzzle saturday afternoon he planted himself on the front steps of the city hall he never moved away from the place for a moment until twenty tour hours later when he left fur about half an hour to get and has been keeping his silent vigil at the same stand day and night ever since A policeman asked him to move on bat he insisted that be was bothering no one and had as much right to sit on the steps of the city hall as any other man in the city he speaks to no one unless addressed exchange the queer freak lightning does some queer things but nothing like the following perhaps has ever before been attributed to it A streak of grand rapids mich lightning followed an electric light wire into the childrens children 8 department of st marks hospital coolly turned on the gas lighted it aad left for ports ans a santa fe railroad is the moat popular line run nine in connection connect ien with tha eio grande western by ask agent for a ticket leadens over the santa fe route when you go east A kacsan ex seid mass augast 27 BC pomroy ex senator from kansas died at Whiter villo morn |