The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26

| men TO Cad1z having refused me mos
tempting offers TO remain on board dur
! ing the war. She is very nigh built,
| remarked one of ernandezs friends, 'and
we do not much like all that woodwork
| inside her. If shell were 70 touch aer
she would blaze up like fireworks. But
we hope" remarked the officers. TO keep
| the Yankees at distance. Come and
see our quickr firing guns"
Fernandez del Campo spent upwards OF
| month between Cadiz, the dock-yards
of Carraca, and the arsenal Of San Fernan
do At the latter place ne went one Sun
day to bull fight, when quarrel took
| place between soldiers and sailors. The
army and the naval officers were inclined
20 side with their own men, when Fernan-
dez del Campo, who had acquaintance in
both services, restored peace
He was very nearly giving himself away
in an interview with Admiral Aunon, VINO
came down 10 Cadiz TO see the squadron
off. He confessed that ne was organizing
a corps of Mexican guerrillas 20 harass
the United States army in case Of war
by flank movements. The Spanish Min
lister of Marine tried TO get further con-
fession from MS visitor, but the latter,
wico felt he had already said TOO much,
would not be drawn. The best things in
the world pail by repetition. Fernandez
told his friends that he was getting tired
of Cadiz. and wanted to return to Mex
leo. do stop on a few days." pleaded
the Spanish officers. Today is Friday,
and the squadron-we may tell you in
strict conf1dence-leaves next Thursday"
There was. however, another reason for
Fernandez's anxiety TO depart. He had
been rather extravagant, and found that
he must retrench, his hotel bill for a
month having came up TO e10O. However,
he stayed. In his last Interview with the
Duke de Najera the later spoke of the
impudence of certain foreign correspond
ents who had just come TO Cadiz. Among
them ne mentioned the name of Baron
Won Perfall, correspondent of the Koln-
ische Zeitung; DR.. Oscar Wolff, of the
Berliner Borsenblatt; and Daily News cor
respondent. He had already sent DR..
Oscar Wolff an intimation TO leave Cadiz
within twenty-four hours, and wan about
TO take the same course with regard to
the other two correspondents. But you
were just telling me-" said Fernandez del
Campo, that they have done little else
but walk around the town looking at the
sights and exchanging impressions"
''My dear SIR replied the Duke, you can
not be too cautious. Surely If these cor
respondents are spies they will not tell US
so. You have no idea of the ruses Yam
KEGS will resort to in order to get informa-
tion.'
Fernandez stayed in Cadiz for a day or
WO after tina dana NJ Admiral
ara's squadron. He witnessed this event
on board one of the admiralty launches.
1--WE keep on the other side of the bay"
remarked one of the officers, because
those channels you see on our port beam
(pointing in several directions) are de-
Tended with torpedoes in case the Ameri-
cans come to Cadiz." One morning three
Spanish gentlemen were walking up and
down in front Of the Hotel de Paris as
if they were waiting for somebody. From
beneath a movable shutter, Fernandez
popped out his head, but withdrew it
almost Immediately. The three gentlemen
waited for an hour, and then for a second
hour. The bells of the churches of Cadiz
rang for twelve o'clock. The three gentle
men entered the hotel, and said they
wanted TO see Senior Fernandez del Campo.
You should have called an hour ago."
said the waiter. "He is not here" when
is he coming back?" We have orders 20
arrest him. He sent all his luggage
early this morning on board the Tangier
steamer, and after paying his bill he
walked out alone by the back door. The
steamer left her moorings half an hour
ago.
was at Tangier a week or so ago.
Shortly after arriving at Tangier 1 went
up to the terrace of my hotel. In front of
me a man was looking through a tele-
scope. examining the Spanish coast, which
that day could be seen distinctly from Gil
braltaar to San Fernando, near Cadiz. He
turned round and 1 recognized the dis
tinguished Mexican. "Halloa, Fernandez,
what are you doing here? I suppose you
are back to Cadiz by next steamer?' 81
am not going ba& TO Cadiz." What is
the mater? You speak good English now,
and you have caught an American accent
az am an American" II do not mean
Americana Exactly. 4 am a United
States citizen, an American officer. l grad
uated at West Point, and 1 hold a United
States commission as captain of the Sec
Ouu ItAGS IldHSeIS. was uuIIlOuHuCQ.
All this was said in faultless English
with. a genuine American accent about
which there could be no mistake. AS soon
as 1 was able to speak l asked: well.
your name is not Fernandez" yes ii
is. l am from an old Texan family. My
people have a ranch near Brownville, and
another one just over the Mexican border
near Matamoras. So speak Spanish like
my mother tongue. In fact. my family, If
you trace it far back enough, is of Mex
lean descent. But with a wink I'm
good American. I have been acting at
Cadiz as confidential agent of the United
States government for elk weeks. 1 have
greened all the Spaniards.''
Fernandez then told me his whole story.
several points of which were afterwards
confirmed by a gentleman whom 1 met at
Gibraltar. What about your story Of the
Mexican guerrillas you told Admiral Au-
nom" at wasa a ID lie. l was COM
PEELED the last few days at Cadiz to talk
rather tall. I played the game for six
weeks. But at length 1 felt that some PEG
pie were becoming suspicious, so l made
everything ready to scuttie. What an
noyed me most was my American pass
port. I required it for Gibraltar and Tan
gier. and yet was anxious that in case OF
arrest nobody should see Il. So hid it."
Mr.. Fernandez told me the hiding place,
but as my business IS not 10 give informa
ton to the police I need not mention l.
It was a most ingenious manntr Of con-
cenment. 81 really did not need" he went
on, ito see the Minister OF Marine. as
ne could really tell me nothing I did not
know already. Admiral Aunon said 70
me that the Spanish feet was IN the