The record-union., 1899-09-01
WASSERMAN, KAUFMAN & CO.


He telegraphed at once to Washington
to ascertain whether the Captain was
dead or alive. He got word that the
Viscaya had gone down, that Eulate
was a prisoner of war and that he had
been slightly wounded. He immedi-
ately sent all the facts to Captain
Eulate's wife, at San Juan, adding
few words to the effect that if he could
serve her in any way to command him.
She wrote him a most charming reply,
thanking him for saving them days of
sorrowful uncertainty and distress. A
few days later Mrs. Eulate sent an open
letter to st. Thomas, addressed to her
husband in America, with the request
that it be forwarded if such an act
would not compromise Mr.. Hanna. The
latter sent it through the State De
partment accompanied by note of his
own calling the attention of the Off
cials to the old time service Captain
Eulate had rendered the United States
and hoping that he would be treated
just a little better on that account.
At Annapolis the captured Spaniards
fell into the hands of Captain Edwin
White, u. S. N, commandant there.
who had in 1892 been in South Ameri
can waters in charge of the Concord,
and who knew Eulate and his friendli-
ness at a time of need. Letters and
messages were frequent between hus
band and wife thus separated by the
fortunes of war, Mr.. Hanna being the
medium. 1t cost the Iowan more than
500 for cablegrams, but the Govern
ment has recently insisted on paying
this bill itself, as a perfectly proper
charge under all the circumstances.
When General Miles was about to
land on the south shore of Porto Rico,
he summoned Mr.. Hanna from st.
| Thomas to guide him and otherwise ad-
wise him about the invasion of the is
land. The Consul carried with him two
letters from the Annapolis prisoner TO
his wife. AS soon as the protocol was
signed General Maoeas, the Spanish
Governor, permitted the Consul to enter
San Juan two weeks ahead of the
American troops, in order to call on
Mrs. Eulate and present the letters in
person. He related many details of the
captivity, Of the splendid treatment her
husband had received, and when the
troops marched in two weeks later he
arranged a series of calls and dinners
between the officers and the ladies.
Another dramatic incident occurred
at this juncture. Along came Admiral
Schley, who in his own vivid and pic
turesque way told the Consul of the
story of the Viscaya's destruction. Re
turning to the Consulate, Mr. Hanna
was met by Captain Ward of the Wasp
who told him he had met the Jorge
Juan in naval battle and sunk her off
the coast. This story of the destruc-
tion of Captain Eulate's only other ship
had just been finished when Mrs. Eu-
late and her daughter called to pay
their respects to Mrs. Hanna, who had
just arrived from ST. Thomas.
Both tales of the sea were repeated
to the ladies, who wept bitter tears at
the recital. The Consul and his wife
consoled them, and when the time came
for the Spaniards to leave the island
helped get them a good passage across
the Atlantic. Before leaving San juan
Mrs Eulate commended several local
friends and relatives to the Americans
protection, saying that this war ha6
given her an exalted idea of American
manhood.
"I only did what your husband did
for me-" said Mr.. Hanna, as ne es-
corted her to the steamer. II have
had chance to pay a debt I felt
owed, and it has given me sincere
pleasure to pay it, in part at least. -.
New York Herald.