The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-22

The inhabitants of Santiago de Cuba,
even those who are the most hostile to
Spain, are resolved to fight on the side
Of the S~paniards, and some influential
rebel leaders have the same intention"
DEPARTURE OF LADIES OF THE
LEGATION.
Miss Woodford, the daughter of Gen.
eral Woodford, and the remaining la
dies of the United States legation, leave
Madrid tonight. They will join Mrs.
Woodford in Paris. They will be &C
~companied to the French capital by
Lieutenant G.. L. Dyer, the United
States naval attachee. General Wood
ford, Colonel G.. S. Sickles, the secre-
tary of the United States legation, and
Captain T. H. Bliss, the United states
military attachee. will leave so soon as
the ministers final instructions from
Washington has been carried out.
! I p. m.-El Heraldo says: II canot
believe the vacillating Mckinley, who
has ~urrendere his presidential func-
tions to noisy agitators, will hesitate
to sign the fatal document which will
plunge two countries INTO war But
Spain places her trust in her army and
navy and leaves the result with God"
1t praises Senior Sagasta's speech as
awakening the old national feeling that
was apparently dead" and as filled
I'M iiooiC L Collll dSlo
the Spanish premier's conduct with
"McKinley's playing to the gallery of
spectators and jingoes."
Midnight.-After the opening session
of the cOrteS the ministers met in cOun-
ell extraordinary and discussed ex-
clusively naval and military matters.
No statement has been issued regard
ing the conclusions reached. After the
council meeting, Senior Sagasta, the
nramjor 6ac19ra6 that tho CnVarn ppnt
had up to that time received nothing
official regarding an ultimatum.
United States Minister Woodford has
not yet asked for his passports.
Herbert A. Bowen, American consul
general at Barcelona, will leave that
city on Thursday, after transferring
the papers of the consulate to the
British consulate.
Sis p. m.-Marshal Lopez Domin-
gueZ, in an interview, is quoted as eX-
pressing confidence in the Cubans join
ing the Spaniards against the Ameri-
can forces.
The minister of marine, Admiral Ber-
mejO, and Admirals Berango and But
Ter declare the Spanish people can
thoroughly depend on the bravery of
the Spanish fleets.
The senators and deputies in the lob
! bies of parliament tonight talked most
determinedly and declared the demands
of the United States would be ener-
! getically rejected, and that all the war
credits o be voted without demur,
the chambers sitting all night long if
necessary.
The utmOst reticence is observed now
regarding the movements of the Span
ish warships, and in official circles here
it is said hat the location of the first
naval battle will be a veritable sur
prise.
10 p. m.-Owing to the extraordinary
rumOr aflOat as to Genera WOodfOrds
leaving Madrid tonight, the cOrrespon-
dent of the Associated Press interview
ed him this evening at 7:30 o'clock.
General Woodford said he had receiv-
ed nothing from Washington today and
would dine out tonight.
SPAIN WILL DISMISS WOODFORD.
London, April 21.-The Madrid cor
respondent of The Daily Mail, tele-
graphing at II o'clock Wednes-
day evening, says: General Wood
ford's family left tonight by the
ordinary express for Biarritz. The
American minister himself has taken
tickets for the south of France express
tomorrow. He has received extensive
dispatches of instructions. It is doubt
ed whether he will have an opportunity
of presenting the American ultimatum,
since, in all probability, Senior Gullon,
the foreign minister, will send him his
passports at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing Thursday, with a declaration that
diplomatic relations with the two gov
ernments I'VE been broken off. Gener-
al WoOdford has handed the archives
of the legation to the British embassy
where he dined tonight.
The republican minority met this
afternoon and agreed to grant the gov
eminent whatever measures might be
necessary for war. Some uneaSineSS
is felt a The movements of Don Carlos,
which are being closely followed. 1t
is asserted that the government will
not resort to privateering.