The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05

ng aoum vnrr uTf1a ms bnnk tpohgnafim,
ana with the nation it has grown rich By offer
ing paper money which II ala no havsinits
treasury, and BY getting interest on that whiuh
II really never had given out. But whstuvor she
bank does, nobody dares object, except thoss
who have no money in their pants IL they should
caIfsriL
1T havs written to the Minister. butt did not
give him 90 much nsws Of tho nssts as I nnTe 70
you, because I had other things to speak Of. II
yOu should zee him you might give him some
news. We shall eco when they relieve me and
send some ono here % work and notanuas him
self. ] oan imagine your anxiety for FfanciscD
and the rest. an anxiety that we share. Their
terrible ships do not 20 so fast a. ours by, per.
haps, gig miles. AZ for tho monitors. they do not
count for much. They can be usod only to bonn
bard in q smooth sea, and besides cannot go fast
and carry very little coal. They have dolnyed
Sampson tho whole voyage.
MY regards to Rafael and his daughters. aud
you know how much your kInsman and subor-
dinate loves you. AMo CARRARzA.
Fl should be glad to have you write me your
opinions. You know how much I appreciate
thom. n the squadron IL In Cuba they ara go
ing TO destroy It's wretchod Qualifications and
sink a couple Of steamers in the mouth. They
have already teleRraphed to Key West for Thorn
to see IL they have got them there, and the in
ventor Holland offers his submarine boat to de.
stroy the Mines"
The capture of this letter Is the most impor-
tant piece OF work done by the secret service in
connection with the war. At no time since tho
Span ards established Themselves in Canada
have they boon free from tho espionage of tho
secret service officials. The exact method Of
obtaining the letter is not made public, but 1t
was practically this: Two men and q woman
entered tho house at tho same time. One might
not have had time to search thoroughly. While
passing through Carranza's bedroom the letter
was seen on the dresser. While looking at tho
dresser one Of the men placed u piece of fly
PAPER over the letter, and when no picked up
the fly paper the letter came with IL. Passing
hurricdly TO the froRt door he handed the docu-
ment to another detective who was in waiting.
The latter took the first tIain to the United
States, and Chief Wilkie was notified that tho
letter was on its way. AS soon "a it reached
. Washington it was translated and its contents
used.
Part of the letter was not made public to-day,
as the Information in this paragraph Is still To
be acted upon by the secret service. There are
several things in tho letter which are considered
Of much Importance, especially to Carranza,
who cannot hope to csc Ipe the censure from
Spain that viii follow the publication of his
comments on the Bank of Spain and Admiral
SAaheAAs lS dioo III TNd W
task for allowing himself to be bottled up in
Santiago. All of which will make it interesting
for Lieut.. Carranza when he returns to Spain.
CarranEa was sent to Washington as naval
attache under Senior Polo y Bernardo. the Min
lister here at that time. He succeeded Lieut..
Sohral, who boosted that he had acted as q spy
while here as naval attAchS. and claimed to
have drawings Of all our Qualifications. Sobral
was about to be sent from this country on &C.
count of his criticisms Of the United States
Navy after the Maine was destroyed. but tho
Spanish Government suddenly disclosed the
alleged fact that he had resigned before making
the offensive remarks. Carranza took up the
work where Sobral left of. and. in addition to
writing many uncomplimentary thinRs while
attached to tho legation here. rendered himself
notorious by his ridiculous challenge to Capt.
Siestec and Gen. Lee. Since he has been in
Canada he has had charge of the spy system,
but apparently has accomplished nothing. 1t
10 understood that he is TO be recalled to Spain.
Chief Wilkie was very much pleased at the
success of his officers in Canada and elsewhere
In connection with the Spaniards and their
spies, and especially at the acknowledgement
OF their ability contained in the letter itself.
Tho work has all been done by officers of tho
secret service, under direction of Mr.. wilkie.
the latter was a newspaper man in Chicago
before he took charge Of the secret service. and
procured hs training in handling Important
cases of embezslement and other cascs Of q de-
tsctve nature. He ia about 35 years Of ago,
and enjoys tho implicit confidence of his su-
periors.