The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-24

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riy'al rrIenv hut rnn,,iselv. Cheney
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T,,st 40 no ,yas about to- sail from
fson,, Kone for home he had received
!. ,,assnya U,.,.,in, h{,, Ia MAX n trip
q Mali, and ,enort on Nee, and for
ssneatin1s here Hn knew that mean,
49, Win spain. In making his report
M n~mphasjn@d the -weaEm9ss of the
Gnaulards In mo far cast. The morale
~ ,h,ir arIny was low, thcir navy wa
NIL hatter' iban scrap iron. Cheney
Vas mildly taken to task by the secre-
taries Of var and navy for his eonclu-
sions. but subsequent events proved he
vas icht. TO Cheney destruction of
Moutoio's nett by Dewey was not such
aboard every one of the Spanish ships,
Ne had seen rust and decay, lack of dis
cipline and inattention. one real good
American baltleship could blow the
whole spanish feet out of the water.
Bat the torpcdoes. Sure, plenty of
them. most OF which had been down for
years and we're worthless. And the forts
wcre , in NV exactly the same condition as
the fleet. AS has been remarked, the
secrataries were a little inclined to be
skentical hut the calm. discriminating.
b~rown-eyed president knew Colonel
cheney was telling the truth. The pres
did not say much at the confer
ncyt dav by special appointment, Col
onel Cheney lunohed at the White
Hons and again went over the most
saliant roints of his rep0rt. The presi-
dent knew and said there would BE war,
md when III did come colonel Cheney
Vas to be in charge of the army secret
ssryice
II ann at vour command, Mr.. Prcsi-
sant o,ietl, .,i6 cheney
81 know If coional ana + thank Won"
renlied 1he nresident sha}<jng his hand
AT narting
Y cheney retrr,ed to his Office in Chi
coen and c1,b,ia and ~ Ionnrean wara
overiovpd 10 sec him a Quiet dinner
was 1iscussed at the coloners apart
r,ents afto. which chonev listened 10
MI. ,.enort Evervthina was i'm shin-
shono sc ba lneT. If woI,ld he i
hmsinrss WIS hainp transacted as he
pomid have if gon@. and he said:
Nov that YOU fellows have YOUR
ha nae l., sn zen Dom Can INST Keen
Them there Tn NOT CONG to resume
activa charge of the YORK. IIl have
nv of1ice here and win he Lad 10 con-
sry ni,S - 10 p, 49, ~ w aos; .. 6ovs in
this concern y ~; are p oyer3 4' ~
B Gnsarie looked solemn b,,t Ionerpan
1ust srinned and said:
"yen rlal.a mo smile cheney You,u
Five M tais w ~ VINE When You're dead l.
aad not before: It's in your blood"
]. anergan ba1 a. nratTv @ood facnitv of
intuition and knew whereof he spoke.
Guthrie said nothing, but vas doing, a
hean of thjnkinp
"An right. bows. think as YOU like.
but wait and ses"
publi events moved anace;-spain
was setting more and more arrogant
Sin Cuba. people were clamorine. for
Government to act. but the great
IMAM in he White House was not
ready. He was getting ready. how
ever, as rapidly as he could. He knew
mus wait. Then caine that naeneor-
fable day in Feb,p,ary. when some
Spanish bastard sent 2SO-oda Aneri-
Can sailors TO their doom That was
the deciding straw: before that there
Nas a faint hone that Diplomacy rpieht
avert the crisis: hut with the blovv-
ING up of the Maine all hone of peace
fled. n country was a1nfe from one
end TO the other
Cheney heard of tho b,ov,inr I'm of
the Maine ia his nartmenfs We Nnew-
what that meant and hacked his suit
case.
,sNvhar va soir, now k,1f,oalo" said
Jeff, noti,l. the ORGANIZATIONS
WASHINGTON. Jeff and then some
place else. iii get = telec,a3n i'm the
morning." and he did.
A dag later he again stood in fine
presence of the president. ana that aft
4.nocn he started for Hav1no The
Ieaular court of inquiry would meet
Gafd render n decision. M. the nresiaent
wanted quicker INFORMATION than would
be allowed l5v red tape.
Cheney reached Havana fout. laws
after the Maine was hIovn I'm ara
quietly wont to work. Only two men.
AGenefal Lee. consul general, and Cap
Main sigsbca, of the Maine. knew
rs ilCntity and for what pur-
posa he was there. one fact
was firmly fixed in Clrency's mind aft
er lie llad his talls with Sfysbae. and
that was that the Maine was blown ur
b. an explosion under her hull. She
had been anchored over, a torpedo and
GONE Spanish or Cubail had touched off
4 ihe mine. But he wanted proof.
Theoretically, he knew something OF
ship construction as applied to modern
warships. There were two lluils, an in