The record-union., 1898-04-23
The United States Minister Arrives
at The City Of Paris,
After an Exciting Experience in Passing
Through Spain.
Els Train Attacked and Stoned at
One Poiut. Windows Broken
and Civil Guards Compelled to
Protect His Carriage With
Drawn Swords.

PARIS. April 22-General Stewart l..
Woodford. the United States Minister
70 Spain. accompanied by the party
with which he left Madrid, arrived in
this city at 7:43 o'clock this evening.
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE.
HENDAYE (Spanish Frontier), April
22-The United States Minister TO
Spain. General Stewart l.. Woodford,
reached the frontier safely at ) a. m.'
after an exciting experience. The Span
ish police attempted TO capture mefh-
Der of the United States Legation, but
the attempt was frustrated by MI,
Woodford At Vallado the United
States Minister'S train was attacked
but he slept quietly throughout the
disturbance.
Mr.. Moreno was the member OF the
United States Legation singled out py
the Spanish police for capture on the
ground that he is a subject OF SPAIN
but the attempt was frustrated owing
to the presence of mind OF the Mill
lister.
At valIadolid the United States Min
ister's train was attacked and stoned
windows were broken and the civil
guards were compelled to protect ms
Woodford however, slept throughout
the disturbance.
The Moreno incident threatened 10
he serious. The Spanish police made
q determined effort 10 capture Moreno
but General Woodford stood in the
doorway Of the carriage, declaring he
sbould not be removed by force.
A detachment of police accompanied
the train from Toloso to San Sebas-
tian. where the police officials left, on
seeing that the General was deter
mined to maintain his rights.
At Segovia the students of the mill
tarv college gathered on the platform
cheering for Spain, and there We're sew
eral similar incidents at other stop
ping places.
It was a great relief to the Minister
nartv when the General finally reached
French soil. But General Woodford
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 eX-
press his sincere thanks to all the rep
resentatives of the press, European ana
American. for their uniform kindness
and good faith during his stay in Spain.
The farewell of the United States
Minister. General Stewart L. WoOdford,
was i'm keeping with the dignity dis
played throughout the crisis. When
asked if he had anything to say he
simply raised his hat and said: Good
by"
The SegOvia incident was compare
lively unimportant The students OF
the military school, in full uniform,
packed the depot They were silent un-
Ill the train started, when there We're
enthusiastic outbursts of cheering for
Spain and Cuba.
The Valladolid incident, however,
threatened to be quite serious. Thou
sands of excited people attempted TO
invade the railroad station, and the
twenty civil guards, who accompanied
the train, were compelled to form up in
front of General Woodford's carriage
with drawn 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 every side. Stones We're
thrown at the train, and windows We're
broken. A newspaperman was wounded
in the face by broken glass. Sir Charles
Hall, the Recorder of the city of Lon
don, had a narrow escape from being
hit with stones, and Montague Hughes
Craiken Thorpe, @. c., had similar
experience.
General Woodford knew nothing of
the disturbance until he reached Toloso.
There a Sergeant of the civil guard, ac-
companied by a private, boarded the
train and demanded that Joaquin Mo-
reno disembark from the car. James,
the Generals valet, thereupon awak-
ened the General, who hurriedly dress
ed, while matters were being explained
to him. The General then formally
protested. through the medium of the
correspondent of the Associated Press,
against the attempted interference with
his suite, declaring that Mr.. Moreno
was his Private Secretary, and Brit
ish subject The Spaniards claimed
that he was a Spanish subject. but the
General refused to give him up to the
police. and placed himself in the door
way 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 corre-