Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23

,IiNitty WIZ w 'h'u'"
this sepulcher of the American sailors.
lie anne up only when he had to, and
on his last ascent he brought up Il
piece of electric cable. That night he
sat down and drew Il diagram of what
he a discovered. The keel was bent
up-the explosion had co,ne from he
outside. Spain WAS responsible. The
true story of the blowing up of the
Maine has never been told. but it is
known n some day in the future
the country will know how it hap
peaed-and who touched off the tor
pedo.
Cheney returned to Washington.
made ms report and from then ON was
actively in the government service.
was authorized. he was commissioned
a colonel and given charge of the Sc
cret service. Here his splendid men
tIity and energy came into play. His
sedent2ry. abStemiouS life rendered him
physicaIly tit for anything. His head
quarters We're with the army in the
Held, but he operated solely under the
direct orders of the president. His
command over his department was alb
io!utc, and he ran things with an iron
Among his other duties he was
required to take charge OF and enter
tam all the foreign military attaches
who joined the army to witness its
They came from every
quarter of the globe. II We're given
Royal British navy. and Lee, of the
British artillery; Won Goetzen. of Ger
many: E.nver Pasha. of Turkey: Shiba,
or Japan, all Were there. and one morn
ing Cheney heard Il familiar voice say:
Il am looking for Colonel Cheney"
CHANGING up 10 beheld his Russian
friend, Count Yarmoleff.
I am Colonel Cheney. cunt. How
do you do"
Observation-Disclosures" said
the county. slowly. "why.the last
time l saw you IA at YarYahar. Rus
sIa-and your rame was Bradley"
Yes. count. that's all true. But l
was; then busily engaged trying to keep
out of h way of your Third Section"
You succeeded. l see,' replied the
count.
Yes. but 1t was a close shave" Che
ney and Yarmoleff thus resumed their
very pleasant friendship.
Information was wanted by Spain
as TO just what the American army
was going to do. and numbers Of spies
We're turned loose in Tampa and other
ney's duty to prevent this. and he and
his men were kept busy. Hi, organ
ization was perfect. and tot a mar or
woman arrived in Tampa that Cheney
did not know about. Many arrests We're
made and the prisoners sent to Fort
Mcpherson. Atlanta. for safe keeping.
Tomas Estrada Palma. afterwards
and assisted him in his work. Many
ether Cubans reported. but they We're
generally all title and no work.
One night Cheney heard of the ex-
istence of Il Spanish club at Ybon City
and, taking n man with him. went
over and broke it up. There were
bou forty Spaniards in the club when
Quick as 4 flash Cheney covered them
with his ~six-shooter. His man did
likewise and they drove the Spaniards
into a corner and held them there. With
n hand holding Il revolver pointed at
the crowd, Cheney 'phcned to General
Eppinger for troops. In fifteen min
u company of regular infantry ar
n marched the prisoners off
20 Jail. Some of Tampa s most promi-
nent citizens were caught in that raid.
The Var board in Washington was
battledore and shuttiecock with
army. One day /, WAS going to Ha-
vana. the next to Porto Rico. Santiago
or Cienfuegos. or where-not. Cervera
was at large on the high seas. and until
he was corra.led the army couldn't go
any place. And his war board wanted
iii 1orIna;ior about all these pieces. ana
Cheney was told to get ii. With these
m~uititudinous details piiiug on his
shoulders MS time was occupied FOR
about twenty hours out of each twenty
four.
In his own mind he was convinced
that the army movement would be
against Havana or Santiago. OF
the latter place the government had IL
deal of information, but of Ha-
vana they were a bit shy. In a gem
eral way they knew. of course. of the
MORO n Cabanas forts, but of the
movement of troops. etc. since the war
broke out they We're ignorant. Havana
could be attacked by the navy from the
sea. and an army could come up in lear
of the city from Batabano. forty miles
away. Would the Spanish army be
ready FOR such Il movement? This was
the information Cheney wanted to get.
Tie had numerous civilian employees and
officers of the army under his COM
mand. but just the right person did not
appear. lie Was not hampered for
funds ard could pay any price for this
information. He offered 81. 1000 or more
to several men. Three o. them tried it,
but the Spariards We're very alert
around Havana and naught came of
the attempts.
The first mar got to Batabano all
right. and then his feet became cold
and he came back. The second tried to
set in from the seaside. but failed. The
third man. Il bright Irishman named
Murphy. landed at Matanzas and APP
preached Havana from the east. He
got in the city. but nothing more was
ever heard of him. Presumably he was
captured and tried as a spy and shot.
Spain treated spies different than
Arnerica-she shot them. We kept them
prisoners. fed them OF the fat OF the
land II after three monthe let them
20.
One morning. about the 10th of Nav.
Cheney sat in his office in the Tampa
Bay hotel. when a card was brought to
him.
Miss Frances Dodge" he read.
Wonder what a woman wants with
me? Show her in"
You are Colonel Cheney?" The col