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sum i. \ HAMClt on chili IX Kear-Admlrul Kvam. l.tiltro, Tell* Mow Ihr Yorktown lv??'tii?<! Bel?? ge?, at siimilled. The United State? gunboat York town, under my command, arrived In the harbor of Valparaiso. Chile, about December 1st. 1899 after a rough pa snare from New York, aaya Rear Admiral Robley D. Evana. retired, who describe* 'The Most Dramatic Event In My Life." In The Delineator for October. she had been hurried to the Pacific because of threatened trouble between the two countries, Chile and the United States, caused by the Ill-treat msnt of a numebr of the crew of th? U. s. 8. Baltimore in the harbor of Valparaiso while on ?-hors leave. One of the men had been killed, stabbed to death, and many others lerlously wounded. Two days after our arrival the Bal? timore sail. .1 for San Francisco and the Yorktow n was left alone to repre? sent the United States while the courts of Valparaiso endeavored to arrive at av:nt! conclusion as to who was to blanv for*the unfortunate oc? currence. The American Minister at Santiago, Chile. Mr. Patrick Egan, had given asylum to many political refugees of the Balmacedr. government, and these only added to the embarrassment of the situation?they were practically the guests of the United 8tates and must be protested and fed at all haz? ards. To protect them proved much easier than to feed them, and Mr. Egan found himself In a most serious situation. Finally, the mob threaten? ed to burn the American Legation, and thus secure the persons who had taken refuge therein. This threat, fortunately, was never carried out. but It produced one curious result? orders by wire from the president for the commanding officer of the York town to proceed to Santiago and re? port to him by telegraph as soon as posalble the conditions surrounding i the American Legation. Upon my arrival at Santiago I found a very curtoua condltlcn of things. The American Legation was surrounded by spies who stood about wttb firearms ready to shoot any ref? ugee who showed himself. They also did all they could to annoy Mr. Egan ^ and prevent him from obtaining the necessary food supplies for those un? der hie care. There were nearly one hundred ref? ugees In the American Legation at this time, and to clear them out and get thetn to a place of safety was the; f bueJAaab 'of the Minister After I had j wired the President at Washington the general conditions st Santiago, I conferred with Mr. Egan and Inform? ed him that I would receive the ref? ugees on hoard the Yorktown at Val t paraiso provided they could be turn? ed over to me with the permission and approval of the Chilean govern? ment, but not otherwise. A few days after my return fr.?m Santiago I received a cipher message from Mr. Rgan that he and a few friends would visit me the following k morning, which I of course und. r f stood. The train containing the party was stopped a few miles out of Val? paraiso and Mr. Egan and his friends were lowered over a steep bluff into the boats cf the Yorktown, which were waiting, and safely brought on v board with the statement from the Minister that they were there by per? mission of the Chilean government. As they came over the side and saw the crew standing at quarters ready for action. >ne of them, an officer of high rank, who had served his coun? try for ovor fifty years, placed his ft hand on one of the six-Inch guns and said. "Capttdn. this Is a practical salvo eonducto. ' "No, General, I replied, pointing to our flag, "that t* the prac? tical salvo eonducto." To get the re? maining refugees on board was the Important thing and to this we de? voted ourselves. I wired my own government that the presence of the refugees on board would seriously embarrass me in case of trouble, and asked permission to proceed to Csllao or some other port J and land them. The answer came back promptly: "Use your own dis? cretion." and I did. A vlatt was made to the British Ad mlrs' and he was Informed of my In tentlom and what I proposed to do if the Ch.lean squadron followed us. Four hours before our departure all oth*-t foreign vessels. Including the Chilean flagship, were Informed tf our proper,i? sailing and an o"*ci made to can \ any mall they ml hi h ? \ e i <-r Callao, "The Yorktown was ? leafed for uc tlon and it 1 \>. in n<>\ under v\ay. An h*?r anch-u < I? ared the bottom her engines were sent full speed ahead, snd the little whit.- gunboat turned rapldfy and stood for the open sea. her crew all standing by the guns ready to reply properly to any hostile get which we all had good reason t-? think might come at any moment. Passing rapldl.N down the line of Chllcnn shlj I with the marines at l-rnaent arms. 1 the butrles sounding a aatute to ask h. observing most care? fully every detail of International courtesN, *h* cleared the end of the Uno and passed the fleet of foreign men-of-war, most of which were un? der steam and ready to mo\ ? . During the time we wer.- passing the Chilean ships, and for five or ten minutes after, when we expect? ed them to follow .s, the situation seemed to me intensely dramtic. The whole picture was beautifully set, and the danger was enough to keep one's nerves in a pleasant state Of tension. The small gunboat would have been no match for the force opposed to her. They could have sunk her and killed all her crew with one broad? side, but the beautiful flag at her staff commanded and received the consideration it always deserves, and no hostile act was committed; not a shot was fired, and not a single Chil? ean ship got under way to follow us. The refugees were safely landed at Callao, and our ship held there for telegraphic orders from the United States navy department. NEW GRAIN REGIONS. Mhorlu and South Africa Compete With America In Supplying Food for World. One of the most interesting fea? tures conected with the opening of Si? beria lies In the future of the food supply of the world, In which the ct'Ormous areas of virgin soil in Its vestern section are destined to play an important part. With the present rapid settlement and development of i he vust Khlrgls steppes, with the ex? pected construction of railways as iuring the outlet of Sibernian wheat to Russia's northern, western and smiths* 1) ports, the last namfJ bell g assured of cheap and easy transit when the establishment of water com? munication between the basins of the Volga and Don has been accomplish? ed, the steadily increasing production of wheat from Siberia will find ready access to Western Europe. Available statistics show that ev eiy family of settlers ha?i, on an aver? age, twenty-two acres, under wheat at the end of the third year. The sv erage harvest per acre Is equal to about 300 quarters, of which about eighty quarters go for the consump? tion of the family, the remainder be? ing available for the market. There are now over 30.000 households In this position. On the basis of these calculations It is estimated that the present annual surplus is about 1, 000.000 quarters. But this amount Is only a fraction of the estimated sur? plus during the ensuing years, since the number of households settled In Western Siberia during the years times the number previously settled. One of the most serious drawbacks to the Investment of capital in indus? trial enterprises In Siberia lies In the fact that all the land remains the property of the State or the Crown, with the exception of townlands. The emigrants do not become freeholders, but only have the usufruct of the land allotted to them. The difficulty of ac? quiring land raises a serious obstacle to the development of Industries. Its removal can not be long deferred. As regards mining, Siberia also suf? fers from restrictions which do not prevail In European Russia. For in? stance, in the Altai region, which Is notoriously rich in mineral wealth, the right of mining Is hampered by the necessity of obtaining a special permission from the Altai mining au? thorities in each case. Many of the iron deposits in the Altai are geologi? cally related to ?be Ural. Copper, lead and sliver are also met with In great abundance, but Che chief wealth of the Altai lies In its coal deposits, which will no doubt be worked on a large scale as soon as the present re? strictions on mining are removed. London?, Sept. 11.?This year South Africa has astonished the commercial world by suddenly becoming a factor of importance in the maze trade. It is not long since South Africa farm? ers began to realize the possibilities of their land for the purpose of maize growing and the great value of this grain in the markets of Europe. Experts on this continent declared that South African maize was of the v< ry finest quality, and agriculturists I und that the South African climate and soil were peculiarly favorable to the growth of the grain. MOFS than two years ago the Natal government approached the South African steamship lines with a view of g.-ttlng especially low infant trade. At that time the charge for maize w;>s $:i.T". a ton. und the late Sir Don i! 1 Currie agreed to reduce this to " - "0 a t m fO? ship'- lna Hug in the .res of ordinary c ill, the arrange nn-nt being for two years. Owing to this and the inducement of high prices the trade grew apace. This year there was not onl.. a spe cl tlly large harvest, but owing to the tot that the natives hail grown large quantities Of amabele. or Kalllr corn. they were not such extensive buyers i? i m a ize as In former years. As a reeuM there was a very huge <pian [ titv of the grain Available for ship Intent; tha la teat estimate is 116,000 I tana, 1 .v w. n. Dunes hai been sleet? I may or of Orange burg, exceeds 15?,0e*. or five TIIFJtE IS LAND FOK EVERY? BODY. The (?n?at Northwest i* Welcoming Tons of Thousands of New Set? tlers. In his article on Making the Homes of the New Northwest," which appears in The Delineator for Oc? tober, F. U. Moorehead says: Homes are to be had for practical? ly all who apply, and hardships and high prices do not and should not count In the face of Independence and future prosperity. Public lands in the United States, subject to entry and settlement, amount In area to twenty-three times all the acres de? voted to all agricultural pursuits in Iowa, the greatest agricultural State In the world. Were all the acres tillable, no less than four and three quarter million families might re? ceive their allowannce of one hun? dred and sixty acres and indepen? dence. Each year the population of Trenton. New Jersey, or Oakland Cal? ifornia, finds homes in tne new North? west and still public lands remain to supply one hundred and sixty-acre homes to every man woman and child in New York city and Philadel? phia combined. The terms are easy, yet harder than they were. It*is now necessary to make one's residence on the home? stead fourteen months before secur? ing permission to commute, and by paying a small amount receive patent to the land. A short time ago the residence requirements were eight months. The price asked is small, from fifty cents to a few dollars an acre, with time allowed in which to make the payments. Or one may live on the land continually for five years and cultivate it and so get it free of cost. Each day of the year a heavily laden train comes to a halt in West? ern Canada and pours forth its cargo of eager-faced homesteaders. Sunny Alberta, prosperous British Columbia and unpronounceable Assiniboia, have been In their dreams for months, per? haps for years; at last they have been reached. e Poverty is behind these homeseek ers, a few more days and, looking over the rolling prairies, they will be monarchs of all they survey. Tbe re? versed train disappears over the east? ern horizon, but there is no regret. They have come into the Promised Land. Seventy-three thousand of them made the trip and took home? steads last year. That means one thousand two hundred coaches filled to capacity, each day of the year a train of four cars filled with hopeful humanity. The Water Power Steal. There is a hard contest in progress over the water powers of the West. It is charged, apparently, with good ground for the claim, that the Stand? ard Oil Interests are seeking to secure control of these natural sources of power, and It is argued, with good reason, that the possession of these powers will in the future develop a trust so stupendous as a money-mak? er that tbe Standard Oil and the Steel Trust will be dwarfed beside it. The steal is under way, and has been in progress foi several years. Roosevelt made a show of conserving these pow? ers for the people, but Taft appar? ently is Tunning things wide open, giving che big fellows full sway In gobbling the water ways. As a result there has arisen a movement for a re? turn to the Rooseveltlan policy. As between the two policies the Appeal favors that of Taft, although it may involve a steal, for the reason that it is precticaf, while the Roosevelt policy is impossible. The water pow? ers are available only after dams are built, wires laid to the cities where they are to be utilized, and a large expense met in building machlueiy. Therefore, they are propositions that can be handled only in two ways. One is by combinations of great wealth, by trusts, the Taft way. The other is by the whole people, the Socialist way. It is impossible for the small capitalist, the middle class man, to utilize this stupendous force that lies ahead of the world to assist it In pro? duction and distribution. The Roose veltian policy, therefore, Is like most of his plans, and like the average middle class ambition, "sound and fury, signifying nothing." Of course, under the utilization of these water powers by the trusts there will be stupendous steals. Perhaps the steal will exe? sd anything ths world sver knew, as some claim it will. Never? theless, it will utilize forces that can? not be Utilised by middle class dream? ers, and the very magnitude of the steal will help to arouse the people to a realization that these things must bs reserved for the whole people In? stead of for the small owners alone OF the big owners alone, and then the true, practical, lion,*st. socialistic way will prevail.?Appeal to Reason. Berry Mitchell. :i young white man Of Union, has been arrested on the charge Of forging a check on the Merchants and Planters' Bank of that place for $lf>. postal DEFICITS. The derlei; in the post Office De? partment last year was $16,000,000, the highest ever known; this year it Will go still higher and may exceed $20.000.000. Postmaster General Hitchcock insists that these deficits shall he put an end to. Tue govern? ment has no desire to make money out of its postal business, but it doc? not want to lose in it. especially when that loss Is due to a poor division or arrangement of the service. Most of our postal service pays handsomely; some of it is a heavy drain on the government, paying out more for the handling of the mails than it takes in. Many of the methods in use are cumbersome and expensive; and some of the bureaus need over? hauling. Mr. Hitchcock seems to be going about the matter in a practical busi? nesslike way. Instead of trifling with experiments, putting new bureaus in? to operation, he has set to work to see where the leaks are and how the postal expense can be reduced. The registry department is now under in? vestigation by a special commission of forty-odd experts, it having shown a growing deficit from year to year. The money order department is to receive a similar overhauling, it also having developed a series of de? ficits. Finally, Mr. Hitchcock proposes to look into the abuse of the franking privilege, by which government offi? cials and members of congress send matter free through the mail. This franking provision, which had much to recommend it at the beginning, has grown into a great abuse, especi? ally through a presidential campaign, when the mails are loaded down with the campaign speeches and literature of all political parties. There is no way of determining just how much this practice has cost the govern? ment; but it runs well up in the mil? lions. Postmasters Genera^ have hesitated to attack it, not wishing to arouse the enmity and antagonism of congress; but Mr. Hitchcock is a man of aggressive courage, and shows a determination to break up or j limit this deadheading business which causes a deficit in his department; and serves as an excuse for its re? fusal of many postal improvements we need, ought to have and could get but for this waste of money on franking which brings little benefit to the people of the country. Value of Oil on Roads. The practical advantages to be de? rived by the oiling of roads has been very conclusively demonstrated this summer, when we have had so much dry weather. When the Rising Sun Farmington macadam road was top dressed some weeks ago oil was ap? plied to a portion of it as an experi? ment, and everyone who has had oc? casion to use the road since has been convinced that the money expended for the 10 barrels applied has gone further and done more good than any like amount expended on the road since its construction. It has kept the dust down, and also prevented the topdressing from being blown off the road by the wind and scattered about by travel, permitting it to become a sort of binder and being a great bene? fit to the road. The use of oil on roads has passed the experiemental stage, its beneficial results being sr. readily seen wherever it has been tried that it has become a big factor in road improveemnt in every section where this important question is given the attention it just? ly deserves. NOW ON STRIKE. Millions of stomachs Refuse to do Their Work Properly. All over the broad land millions of stomach owners are being held in humiliating subjection just because they are so stubborn that they will not accept a fair, square and broad minded offer. Life Is short for all of us; it will be shorter for those who let their stomachs go from bad to worse. J. F. W. DeLorme has a famous prescription called Mi-o-na and he believes so thoroughly in its remark? able curative power that he says to any owner of a distressed stomach that he will guarantee Mi-o-na tab? lets to cure acute or chronic indiges? tion and all stomach ailment or mon? ey back, and the price is only 50 cents a box. And still there are stubborn peo? ple right in Sumter who wont accept this offer tmi continue to suffer from gas on stomach, belching of sour food, stomach pains, foul breath, diz? ziness, biliousness and headaches just because?just because?that's alii there is no other reason. Mi-o-na tablets stop dyspeptic agony In five minutes; they cure ob? stinate cases of Indigestion and turn the old stomach into a new one In a lew wee) or money back. ft.14-23-10 r?. Dr. Theodore Maddux, who sued 11.? town ni Union tor $60,00 lost hH case. He was thrown from the bug fy and injured. I ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVcgctablerVer^ionfirAs s imilai ing (he Food andRe^ula ting die Stomachs andJBomof Infants /Children For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signatare Promotes Di^fon?tttfii ness and Rest?ontains neter Opiuni Morphine norMiaeraL Not Narcotic. Rrtpe ofouDcsmnrmmi Plvyktn Sttd' JbcMleS?ts AMstSetd* nintt Stftf~ Aperfect Remedy forCoiBfiM rton. 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Seed Oats, Appier and Red Rust Proof. Seed Wheat Smooth and Bearded Varieties Seed Rye and Barley. -Grain Pasture Mixture Composed of Winter Turf Oats, Wheat, Rye, Barley and Vetch. The best winter Horse, Cow and Hog Pasture you can possibly plant. :: :: THERE WILL BE A ROLLER FLOUR MILL IS SUMTER BY JAN. 1910. M-Uy Ur M Co., BEST LIVERY IN SUMTER. SUMTER, S C. N. G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist. 18 West Liberty Street-Up Stairs. Hours?8.30 to 1-P. M-2 to 6. Office Phone?No. 30 - - - House Phone 283