New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-26
A YANKEE SPY IN SPAIN.
HOW HE WAS LIONIZED IN MADRID
AND CADIZ.

HOW HE WAS LIoNHED IN MADRID
AND CADIz.
HE DINEp WITH cAMARA AND INSPECTED THE
SPANISH FLEEr-A REMARKABLE
TALE OF BLUFF"
Gibraltar correspondence of The London News
The following story from Gadiz throws an inter-
ought to be interesting and instructive to spanish
well as TO English readers My description OIL
About six or seven weeks ago there arrived In
Madrid wealthy Mexican gentleman HIS speech zen;
class Of wealthy and arstocratic Spanish Americans
that abOu. san n %a S IN t Century oS
ing the grand tour Of the Continent. E.. accom- n,
,sndnr Uhpf ns
servants with their largesses and IN short throw
ii the Milford was Looked COX 1o rp S,a
wealtS"reai or apparent-and at the same time look
s% %s S BE 'as a%po
as shall cali HIM came to Madrid just after the
out and hsa q ui the &
soon great fayorts in soc sysrv ana aS ARIA
good USps s baa
eRaractsr and determination; ,n.a ,,o, he
had never heard Of Fernandez dol Campo. But
W believe ss b w Ons Of
largest N IN Pero p ia And the
on s9s himself H replied
mPrssOas q Spain pa min in tq Eern a5Ss
iahgnagc~a fact to which can tes,ify.se having
three years as boy at the yfee besaee he
spoke German equally well, and London c ,ond
| tRot he had learned English dramatically, and
with q little practice would soon become proficient.
RUMoRs OF A MEXICAN ALLIANCE
For the last fortnight. rumors had been anoat IN IN
Hadsd about was N Msdd at the time and
member reading several nice articles the sub
fs OH The OF wr the best ssOWd such
would be useful to Spain and MsxfD eut
penns in the minds of the Madrenos that t., Fer,
del and aer W days
e ever that he would Gads where there
s soriy to
VIA s sFs hs Of Admiral n an ss
the Reserve saaadron The Me5ican &c, Gon dd1sd
dse Nan2a hs remaked and Admiral
.na be TO . sss at tna TIE fnSs
Fernandez del Campo became the lion Of Cadi T.
h nhs Gay Sy s sssa ' Of asked
whether s would %Sa Ss G se Few
minutes t later he was comforting with the Duke de
ny S asm sasa As ' DUKE sa:f sss
will do best to show YOU everything. Sy the
c gam you Top'S ns would happy
you You had better call on him Tomorrow morn;
ns AS%fs ssr
sns s
S Sh mc this week. viii ask some suitable
| pany to meet you
| GOOD JOKE ON FERNANDEZ
took place in the be- hall r Of the
de PsG na Th y am
met Fernandez in the readng-room but the Next
s ssT:a ss the
S a nsya oe IN who Sat Sesc th
Mexican admiral cqm ,s0. tab table "a few
ready before month. and you may take it that We
Don't write that to the Etos BelSsI called on, SIt
snS the table laughed
| 'He is no more a newspaper correspondent than
HANDED his eaTd to campo with
invitation to honor the officers Of the Rapido by
| Mexican Army. and he may soon be fighting in our
about about i itS from Madrid" ''4'''' w ~ "
That night Fernandez challenged some OF his new
them at monte Like true cabaiero. however. he
bore his defeat cheerfully II his friends mentioned
and take a hand at cards with them He played
and and lost again and his guests came to the con:
that h Least ,S at cards was mo
Rapido passed on very gayly. Fernandez was taken
over this splendid fast steamer. purchased you
remember few days before, the war from the
Norddeu,scher Lloyd by, the Spanish Goyernment.
| The officers confessed they had some difficulty in
| managing such n levinthan, the German engineers
who took her out from Bremen to cadz having
refused the most tempting offers to remain board
| during the war She Is very high built" re-
| were 10 touch her she would blaze up like fire.
works" "But we hope" remarked the officers. TO
| keep the Yankees at distance Come ana see our
| quick firing guns.
| A MONTH OF INSPECTION.
Fernandez del Campo spent upward OF month
arsenal Of San Fernando AZ the latter place he
SUNDAY to sos sSsha when sso2. quarrel
| army and the naval officers inclined to side
| with their own men. when Fernandez del Campo,
who had acauaintances In both services. restored
1 Iamy, F h"son nm Sb6 swas Down
sRs. ss:
s.icf sn the % s fTS%
to his friends that he Getting tired OF cadz
Few Few days pleaded the spanish ofncers 10 day
| is Friday and the sauadron-we may tell you in
strict conhdence.,lneaa,yes. NEXT THURSDAY" There
| anxiety 10 depart He had been rather extrava-
| CANT and found that he must retrench. his hotel
Bill for month having come UP to FOO How
In his last interyiew with the Duke de Naiera
latter snSs 2, ss Spp 5s 81 certain for
Among them he mentioned the names OF Baron