Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

Blocked the Game--At Vallado-
lid the Train Was Stoned and the
Windows Were Broken, While
the Minister Slept.
PULLETIN:
Paris, April 22-Gen. Stewart L.
WoOdford, the United States minister to
Spain, accompanied by the party with
which he left Madrid, arrived in this
city at 7:45 o'clock this evening.
Hendaye, Spanish Frontier. April %.
8 a. m.-Gen. Stewart L. Woodford,
the United States minister to Spain,
accompanied by his staff and others,
reached the frontier at o'clock this
morning in safety, after some exciting
experience. The Spanish police at
tempted to capture a member of the
legation, and at Valladolid the train
was attacked
Mr. Moreno the member Of the
United States legation singled out by
the Spanish police for capture, on the
ground that he is a subject of Spain,
DuI tLS attempt WdS II uOtl dlCo Wv III .
to the presence CT mind of the minis
l2r.
At Valladolid the United States
minister's train was attacked and
stoned. Windows were broken and the
civil guards were compelled to protect
his carriage with drawn swords. Gen.
WOOdfOrd however, slept throughout
the disturbance.
The Moreno incident threatened to be
serious. The Spanish police made
determined effort to capture MI Mo! emo,
but Gen. Wcodford stood in the door
way OF the carriage, declaring he
should only be removed by force.
A DETACHMENT OF POLICE
accompanied the train from Toloso to
San Sebastian, where the police Off
Gals left, on seeing that the General
was determined to maintain his rights.
At Segovia the students of the mill
tary college gathered on the platform,
cheering for Spain, and there were sew
eral similar incidents at other stop
ping places.
1t was a great relief to the minis
ter's party when the General finally
reached French soil. But Gen. Wood
ford, personally, seemed unconscious
of any danger.
The General, in bidding farewell to
the correspondent of the Associated
Press who accompanied him to the
frontier, requested the Associated Press
to express his sincere thanks to all the
representatives Of the press. European
and American. for their firm kindness
and good faith during his stay in
Spain.
Bayonne, France, April 22.-10:35 a.
m.-The farewell of the United States
Minister, General Stewart l.. Woodford,
to Spain was in keeping with the dig
nifty he displayed throughout the crisis.
When asked if he had anything to say
he simply raised his hat and said
Good bye The Segovia incident
was comparatively unimportant. The
students of the military school, in full
uniform, packed the depot. They were
silent until the train started, when
there was an enthusiastic outburt for
Spain and Cuba.
THE VALLADOLID AFFAIR.
however, threatened to be quite serious.
Thousands of excited people attempted
to invade the railroad scdc4un, and the
twenty civil guards who accompanied
the train, were compelled to form up
in front of General Woodford's carriage
with drown swords, while other civil
guards of the local force issued from
the depot to protect the train. The
guards did everything possible to keep
back the mob, whose yells and shriekS
resounded on all sides. Stones were
thrown at the train and windows were
broken. A newspaper man was wound
ed in the face by broken glass, Sir
Charles Hall, the recorder of the city
Of London, had a narrow escape from
being hit by stones, and Mr.. Montague
Huges Crackenthorpe, Q. c., had sim
liar experience.
General Woodford knew nothing of
the disturbance until he reached To
losa. There a sergeant of the civil
guard accompanied by private detec-
tive, boarded the train and demanded
that Mr.. Joaquin Moreno disembark
from the cars. James, the Generals
colored valet, thereupon awakened Gen
eral Woodford who hurriedly dressed
while matters were being explained to
him The General then formally pro-
tSStSu, IulOusu tIc 1ucuIuul Vi lUe cor
respondent Of the Associated Press,
against the attempted interference with
his suite, declaring that Mr. Moreno
was his private secretary and a British
subject. The Spaniards claimed that
he was a Spanish subject, but the Cen
eral refused to give him up to the police
and placed himself in the doorway of
the compartment in which Mr. Moreno
was travelling, declaring he would only
surrender the latter
IF FORCED TO DO so.
The minister then asked the CORE
spondent of the Associated Press to
explain to the Spaniards that he had
placed Mr.. Moreno under the protec-
ton Of the British flag, and that if they
took him it would only be by using
personal violence to the United States
minister, who proposed to protect MIR
Moreno until the frontier was crossed.
If an artist had been present at that
moment ne could have secured material
for a striking picture of the gallant
general blocking the doorway against
the dons, and the smiling encourage
ment of his friends. standing quite
handy to him and ready to protect
him if an attempt had been made to
touch the minister. The picture might
have been completed by reproduction
of the grinning features of James, de-
the Spaniards.
Gen. Woodford whispered to the cor
respondent of the Associated Press,