The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-01
LAST AMERICANS IN SPAIN
CONDUCT OF OUR CONSUL AT
BARCELONA.
Eight MODS Made Demonstrations Be-
tween April IS and 21-Plucky
Bowen and the Han From Chicago.

Liverpool, April 30.-Herbert W.
Bowen, the United States consul gen.
eral at Barcelona, is a passenger on
board the Cunard liner steamer Etru-
ria, sailing from this port for New
York today. In conversation with a
representative of the Associated Press
Mr.. Bowen said:
Il received a Geographic message no
tifying me to leave Barcelona, from
General Woodford, our minister at
Madrid, at 4:30 p. M on April T. me
telegram was sent from Madrid at $3.50
a. M I Immediately notified the Brit
ish consul who came to the consulate
at o'clock, took the keys and as
sumed charge Of our interests.
when it was done we took down
the shield The shield was slowed in a.
safe place and I notified the authorities
of what had been done. l also in
formed them that 1 was going to leave
Barcelona at $50, on April p, for
Paris.
Between April Is and the night of
April 81, eight mobs of over 1000
persons each made demonstrations be-
fore the consulate. OF course there
were threatening crowds all the time,
in fact hourly. But the police, who
were most active, together with the
civil guard. usually managed to dis
perse them.
During the morning of April 20, a
mob of 5000 or 1900 people suddenly
filled the square in front of the consul
late, cheering for Spain and uttering
other cries. was breakfaSting at the
hotel on the opposite side Of the square.
This mob, having heard of the attack
at Malaga, had commenced to get the
consulate eagle and shield. / managed
to push my way through the people
ioa tn 6a
and faced the mob. There 1 waited the
result. 1 had hardly taken up my po-
sition when 1 noticed man as big as
myself (Air. Bowen is about feet hlSh)
pushing through the crowd. He came
and stood beside me, did not speak, but
faced the crowd. which continued to
threaten US.
fortunately the mob had no leader.
so, for a. quarter of an hour, we two
and the mob faced each other. Then
the police and soldiers arrived and the
mob melted away. l asked the stran-
ger who he was. and he replied:
Ct am Norman Harrington of Chi
cago. This is about my first day in
Barcelona 1t seemed to me as if there
would be some trouble for the eagle up
there, and l thought I'd take a bit of
it
'The biggest and angriest mob gath
cred during the night of April p. There
were fully 5000 or 1000 people about
the consulate. including every class,
among them being Barcelona society
men. Hundreds of them had just come
from the theatres, in evening dress,
and the best dressed men were the
most active demonstrators. They came
for the shield. and when they found
it gone they broke out in the most
angry cries. Eventually. the police at
tackled the mob and many people were
injured. This was the most threaten
ing mob; had been warned the police
could not be trusted, but they did not
fail to do their duty.
THE chief of police was always very
kind, frequently sending Warnings to
me to go out for an hour or so. He
came every hour during the last two
nights. and escorted me to the railroad
station with a large body of officers
and detectives. The crowd was over
awed, so there was no demonstration
more than cheering for Spain.
Il am ordered to report to the au-
thorities at Washington
Chicago, April 30.-Norman S. Har-
rington, the man who faced the Bar
celona mob, was educated at military
school and afterwards secured a no