Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1898 — MENACED BY ANGRY MOBS. [ARTICLE]

MENACED BY ANGRY MOBS.

Minister Woodford Has Some Excttinjr Experiences in Leaving: the Spanish Dominions. Hendaye, Spanish Frontier, April 23.—Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, th« United States minister to Spain, accompanied by his staff and others, reached the frontier at eight o’clock Friday morning in safety after some exciting experiences. The Spanish police attempted to capture a member of the legation and at Valladolid the train was attacked. Mr. Moreno was 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, but the attempt was frustrated owing to the presence of mind of the minister. The incident threatened to be serious. The Spanish police made a determined effort to capture

Mr. Moreno, but Gen. Woodford stood in the doorway of the carriage declaring he should not be removed by force. A detachment of police accompanied the train from Toloso to Sen Sebastian, where the police officials left on seeing that the general was determined to maintain his rights. 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. At Segovia the students of the military college gathered on the platform, cheering for Spain, and there were several similar incidents nt other stopping places. It was a great relief to the minister’s party when the general finally reached French soil. But Gen. Woodford personally seemed unconscious of any danger. The general, in bidding farewell to a correspondent who accompanied him to the frontier, requested him to expre.w his sincere thanks to all the representatives of the press, European and American, for their uniform kindness and good faith during his stay in Spain.