ROMANTIC STORY OF THE WAR Incidents of Years Ago That Made Consul Hanna and Capt. Kulate Firm Friends. Of the thousands of American cltl- j zens whose pity went out to the brave officers of Ccrvera’s squadron in their hours of anguish und depression dur ing the weekB of their captivity on Yankee soil, very few knew of the ‘'arly incidents of a romantic story between Capt. Eulate and a loyal American citizen, which the war with Spain later brought to a close. It was in 1892 that the story really begins, Venezuela was in a revolu tionary tumult. A dictator, Mendoza, bad seized the government a few months before and installed himself in power at Caracas, the Inland capital. The war had grown very serious by September. His troops clamored for pay. That was a circumstance the dictator had not provided for. The treasury had been depleted long be fore, so there was no money to be had in that quarter. Gen. Escheverra wan Mendoza’s principal supporter. It oc curred to him that the quickest way to get money was to take It by force from whomsoever had it. 80 he ar rested elghty-flve of tlie wealthiest people of I^a Guayra, the seaport and commercial metropolis of Venezuela. The prisoners were mostly merchants of foreign birth, but the really serious part of the affair was the fact that seventeen foreign consuls were in cluded in tho arrest—the consuls of Husain, France, Belgium, Hawaii and local authorities shut off the dispatch. Then he tried to get word to Wash ington, but the censor refused to send it. "Phil” Hanna was fighting mad. Eseheverra's troops were lounging in front of the fortress when the consul strode up and demanded the release of the prisoners. Escheverru replied that it was impossible unless the ran soms were paid. "If you don't let them out,” eald Hanna, "I will land troops and take charge of them myself.” Escheverra only shrugged his shoulders. It was a bluff and he knew it. An inspiration came to Mr. Hanna as he turned away, en raged at his powerlesu condition. He would ask Eulate to land him some marines. The lieutenant looked at the consul a moment and exclaimed: "You are my dear friend. I will blow up the prison if you say so.” True to his word, he trained his guns on the fortress, and gave it a blank volley. The fort replied by run ning out one gun and firing it. The shot struck the bows and glanced off. It was Eulate's turn to get ungry now. Putting on his full uniform and taking his staff and a detail of men he went ashore. Consul Hanna marched up to Esclieverra once more ajid pulled out his watch. "I’ll give you Just twenty minutes,” the Almirante Oquendo. The Vizcaya come to anchor, its great 13-inch guns trained on the American consulate. Amid the blare of trumpets and the shouts of the populace the fleet's com mander came ashore. He paid the cus tomary official visit to the Spanish military commander, and in the course of the conversation asked: "Who represents the Yankees here?'' "Philip C. Hanna," was the reply. "My friend!” Capt. Eulatc turned pale. Hastening back to the fleet he changed the position of the Vizcaya. Then he penned a note of invitation, requesting the pleasure of Consul Hanna’s presence at dinner aboard the flagship. The consul, who had In the intervening time been married to a charming Iowa girl, responded on be half of himself and wife. The meet ing was a dramatic one, war being then a certainty, and, in fact, only a few days off, and great was the aston ishment of the Spanish town and the Spanish fleet to witness the triumph of friendship over circumstances. While the ships were yet In the bay the consul was ordered to leave San Juan and take refuge In the Dan ish Island of St. Thomas, less than a hundred miles uway. Mrs. Eulate remained In San Juan when her husband sailed away to Join Cervera. Then came a report that Capt. Eulate was killed. In the midst of excitement Consul Hanna did not forget. He telegraphed to Washing ton to ascertain whether the captain waa dead or alive. He got word that the Vizcaya had gone down and that Eulate was a prisoner of war. He sent all the facts to Mrs. Eulate and she wrote him a charming letter of CAPT. EULATE OF THE VIZCAYA—BRAVE SPANISH OFFICER WHO DID THE UNITED STATES A GOOD • TURN SEVEN YEARS AGO. nearly every 1-atin country. A Hat was kept of the names of the pris oners and of the amount of money ex pect’d from each before he could he liberated. There were two men In Ln Ouayra. however, upon whom Eecheverra had not reckoned. One waa n tall, slender young American. He waa Philip Han na. an Iowa man. the American con sul at the port. The other man who waa destined to Interfere waa a lieu tenant of the Spanish navy, a dark vlaaged, taciturn man. who had taken a liking to the Iowa boy. and whose vessel was lying In tbe harbor. Thla ve>#el, tbe Jorge Juan, waa about the slae of tbe little Concord of the Amen i an navy. The two men had been ac quainted about two mouths. I.leut. Kulate fur *u< h was the Spaniard a name vteltlng the be Iwlur quarters at the consulate for a smoke and a j rhat, and Consul llanna going aboard | the Uny warship whenever It came In from the coast survey duty. There waa no war anrwhere, eacept In Veoe inela Spain *t« friendly t.» ih* t'nlled State# and Indifferent In the •wtuluttonary quarrel# of Crespo and M*nd«gn. l>ae nooning In Septeathur. the day o( the whotsanie arrsata Consul llan an received a note from the prison tailing hint there waa an Amertvaa Imbed up n wua whu had been naturalised The consul waa alone ||e tried to telegraph Minister fftrugg* *t (**•«»•* So* Imiiu Us*< hot the i lie said, ‘to let those people out. We’ll stay here till you do It.” The twenty minuteo were Just up as (Jen. Esche verra turned sullenly and unlocked the door of the Jail. The elghty-flvo prisoners lost no time In getting out. "if It ever comes tuy turn, lieuten ant." said Mr. llanna, to do you a favor, you can count on me.” Little did either man think of the consequences of the affair. The Vene inelan dictator, balked of hi* prey by a despleed American and a reckless neutral Spaniard, complained to Ma drid and to Waahlngton of the breach of International law. Washington only took trivial nolle* of the mat ter. writing to llanna for an eiplana llou and then to Mendoaa. telling him he had only g> l what be d«*erv*4. or lea* Madrid l u>k a different view of it. Euiale was stripped of his rank and out in the guard house to anal! >oun ■ martial things would hev* gone bard with Him If Madrid bad but 1 eooa received the thanks of saven teen governments for the timely gid of Rotate Mr llanna. aa In duty bounl bad request'd lb« consul* to writ* bom* j about It nltb lbs result mat Ike met iurlal dpaatah govenment nficiala re leased ibeir men and promoted him to tba ram mend of ike Havana naval depot, with the rank af vaptaia. line Aa* day la Aptil l*»a when Mta two aaUoae net* oa the verge ,.f j •tar tba harbor of Han Juan da Pwrio ( M' » wsa entered bt tba Vt*«eve and i thanks. He also sent letters from Mr*. Kulate to her husband through the statu department. Before leaving San Juan Mrs. Kulnte commended several local friemla and relatives to the American protection. sa>lng that this war had given her an exalted Idea of American manhood. Meteor fall*. Philadelphia Inquirer: The narrow escape of the Norwegian steamship Oeorge Duniol* front be-lng sunk at aea by a meteor which exploded In her couree while she was bound from Phil adelphia for Jamaica was related by members of the crew when the steamer tied up at the West India fruit com paay's wharves ('apt Jantofl states that on the night of Oct It), the vet set's position being about latitude M north sad longitude Ti ll west, the meteor, which wss only seen n few •Hunts before It came near, exploded within a few sards of the vessel, seal tsrtag Its (ragmeats in nil direction* The explosion was due he believes to the hot subsume suddslly coming In roatml with the water During the entlrw night the luminous trails of other meteors could he seen tn their downward dement The crew ut the vessel were blinded hy the trail of intense light whlsh followed the me tnuf stsn after It had disappeared father rimes srithn ladles tea the' h« In forever »«w«r. I INDUSTRIAL CENSUS. RECORD OF THE SECOND YEAR OF PROTECTION. The Hr.tnrallon of That Pollrjr Ha. Ite • ultiil In an lurrea.e or .1V.90 IVr Cent In Wi>g;e* Pulil ituil 10.411 l’er Cent In the ltnie of Wugca. The extent to which American labor has gained in employment and In wages in the past four years, by rea son of the restoration of industrial activity in place of the dullness, de pression and enforced idleness of the desolate period following the free-trade experiment at tariff making in 1894 cannot, for obvious reasons, he acou lately stated in figures. It la impossi ble for any but government agencies to cover the ground with anything like completeness. Employers of labor do not, as a rule, take kindly to inquiries as to facts concerning wages, gross bum of output, etc. Hence an unoffi dal poll of the Industrial situation Is certain to be attended with difficulties. The American Tariff Protective league, always exceptionally successful in this Held, has Just completed Its Industrial census for the month of March, 1899, using that month as the basis of com parison with March. 1895, the former being nineteen months after the enact ment of the Dlngley tailff, while the latter was seven month.' after the en actment of the Wilson tariff of 1S94. In the ease of the earlier period the country had considerably longer than seven months In which to settle down to an average level of results and con ditions, for the reason that the period of well-defined stagnation really began very soon ufter the election of Grover Cleveland in November, 1892. Counting the time during which domestic produ cers were engaged In reducing their scale of operations In anticipation of free-trade tariff times, together with the seven months of actual experience under a free-trade tariff, we have a to tal period of time practically the same as the nineteen months between Aug. 1, 1897, and April 1, 1899. It Is, however, to be borne In mind that our returns for March, 1899, flat tering and significant though they be, fall considerably short of adequately expressing the real progress made in nineteen months of practical protec tion. Everybody knows that u very important advance in the wage rate of the whole country has gone into effect since the close of March, 1899, our cen sus month. Therefore our census fails to present the full facts of increased prosperity among American wage earners. We show that, compared with March, 1895, there was in the 1,957 es tablishments reporting a gain of 75,751 in the number of hands employed, or a gain of 39.56 per cent for March, 1899; that there was a gain on the gross sum of wages paid of f3,461, 235.58, this being 54.09 per cent more than in March, 1895; and that while in March, 1895, the average rate of wages per capita for the month was $33.36, the average rate per capita in March, 1899, had increased to $36.86, being a gain of 10.49 per cent. Had this census been extended so as to include the months of April and May, 1899, the months In which the heaviest and most general advances in wages occurred, the percentage of increase in the per capita wage rate would undoubtedly have been above 15 per cent. The figures In condensed form are as follows. Number of reports received, cover ing March. 1895, and March, 1899, 1,957. Number of hands employed: March, 1895 .191,732ft March, 1899 .267,486ft Gain for March, 1899, 39.56 per cent. Amount of wages paid: March, 1895 .$6,398,044.53 March, 1899. 9,859,280.38 Gain for March. 1899, 54.09 per cent. Average wages per capita: March, 1895 .$33.36 March, 1899 . 3G.S6 Gain for March, 1S99, 10.49 per cent. Such is the story of protection and prosperity as afTecting the Amctian wage-earner. It Is u story which should bring joy to the heart of every Am r ican cltisen. STATING FACTS. Ilove I'reielileut MiHInlr; Niinininrlret I slating rru>|>rruua t'OMelll lone. Among the s|n h1 <«i government and to the happiness of the people -We hav« had a wonderful Indue trial development In Ike last two yaar* Our week shop* never were tu busy. our trad* at home was never mi large aad our foreign trade exceeds that af any Ilk* period in all owe history In the year ItN •• bought abroad up ward of tMi'MWMd worth of gouda sad In the tame year sold abroad • I ItT ewueue giving a balance of trad* In *ur favor of |U* Md egg. "▼at# mesa* mur* labor at hams i more money at home, more earnings at home. Our products' are carried on every sea and find a market in all the ports of the world. In 1888 the Japa nese government took from us 8.80 per cent of Its total imports, and in 1898 14.57 per cent. We are the greatest producers of pig iron, and our manu factures of Iron and steel exceed those of any other country. We raise three fourths of the cotton of the world. "The growth of the railway systems of the United States Is phenomenal. From 30 miles in 1S30 we have gone to 182,COO In 1897. "Our internal commerce has even ex ceeded the growth of our outward com merce. Our railroad transportation lines never were so crowded, while our builders of cars and engines are una ble to fill the pressing orders made nec essary by the increased traffic. "We have everything, gentlemen, to congratulate ourselves over as to the present condition of the country. I am told by business men everywhere that the business of the country now rests upon a substantial basis and that you are really only making what there 1« a market for, and as long as you do that, of course, you arc doing a safe business, and our markets are going to inigpase,’’ (Applause.) Can any one Imagine drover Cleve land talking that way two yearn and a half after his second Inauguration as president of the United States? His habit of speech, always ponderous and platitudinous, and often very dull, was against him In the first place. Then, too, he never had the help of the splen did facts which inspire the utterances of his more eloquent successor In the presidential office. The facts were all against Mr. Cleveland. They were facts of depression, gloom, discouragement, disaster; the facts of free-trade tariff times. Now the facts are Republican, protection facts, McKinley facts. There is a mighty big difference between the facts of four years ago and the facts of to-day. 11 t of All Ilontcs. VROTECTiOAll fWL.R«AP. Went and Kant. More than one would-be prophet has predicted that In the near future there would be an Impassable chasm be tween the interti ts of the east and those of the west. These prophets of calamity are In a fair way of being quickly and completely discredited. The east and west have stood together in past years on the common ground of their recognition of the necessity of a protective tariff for the advancement of their respective Interests. There have been times when it seemed ns though the west might drift away from that belief, or at least give it secondary place, but that time has gone by. The east and west will stand together in the future, as they have in the past, on a plaform securely based on the policy of protection. The Industrial and political union of the two sections is already being fore shadowed in the statements made by those who are accustomed to watch the trend of affairs. The head of a large trust company in Chicago puts it as follows: "A feeling has developed in the west beyond what generally is realized that while western railroads aro prosper ing, making earnings beyond all past example, the securities of them are pretty good Investments for western people themselves, and 1 have recently been very greatly surprised by the fashion which seems to have developed In western communities to put surplus moneys Into stocks like Northern Pa dfle, I'niou Pacific and Southern Pa cific. In this new venture of the gran ger going into partnership with Wall street there are a good many possibil ities w hich the political economist can afford to give consideration to." The west has found prosperity In t>ro‘ectloti, and this tendency to Irveat its surplus money tu stocks la a pretty good Indication that It will stand by the east Is maintaining the policy which has brought prosperity to east and west alike. Haw Is Have I'srsMsssi l‘ras|w«ll)>. With the vast amount of raw mate rial that our fielda. forests and tames produce, there Is no reason why this should not soon become the great man ufacturing nation of the world. If we could keep meddlers like Hryaa and kta kind from Interfering with our program At Ike present rate of ,s erenee In manufacturing It can only ha a few year# before all our food products will be required at home. The Kngitek market will then no longer af ! feel Ike price of our wheat or corn, Ike ehail eend to market the crop* uf iron, wood and other materials that aa | lure has keen piling we here fur ten t i>iee In the shape of highly intakeJ products, and nU Ike proit on It will M» ears We snail then have perma nent proe parity unless we weakly give ike management of our affaire ever to those a ho wink to make soma foolish egpertmentn with Hem.'- r* »ma (Weak | l egg an SHOULD SPEAK OUT. Democrats I’rged to Follow the Example of Messrs, (.race and Crimmins. Following the excellent example of William R. Grace, a lite-long Demo crat and free-trader, who lately made public avowal of his recantation of Cobdenite doctrines and his full adhe sion to the policy of protection, John D. Crimmins, a New York Democrat of marked prominence in his party, and withal a business man of excep tional activity and ecope, makes known his conviction (hat in its blind devotion to Rryanism the Democratic party menaces the best interests of the country. In an interview printed in the New York Sun of Oct. 14, 1899, Mr. Crimmins said, concerning the in dorsement of William J. Bryan at tho recent meeting of the New York state Democratic committee: “We hear a lot of talk about the government’s willingness to help tho money market, but in my Judgment the labor, business and financial phases of the political situation aro far more important just now. “The indorsement of Bryan by the Democratic organization is a distinct menace to the labor and manufactur ing interests. la>t the workingmen pause for a moment to consider past embarrassment and present prosperity. They have, during the past few years, been better paid, have worked shorter hours, their wages in many instances have been advanced voluntarily, and this, too, by the very corporations which have been condemned by Croker and Bryan. “I know whereof I speak when I say that the workingmen will repent bit terly If they now listen to the old sophistries and go to the polls and in dorse them by voting for Bryan. 1 feel that when they reason a little they will reject false doctrine. To block the prosperity of the country by strik ing at its financial and commercial foundation is little short of criminal, and I believe that the workmen of today will not be led Into any trap by the politicians. Indifference may be injurious to us, for an indorsement of Bryanism at the polls of New York would be an injury to the best inter ests of the city, and, reflectively, to the state and nation.” The inun who utters this Impressive warning to workingmen and business men is a large employer of labor, a man of wealth and influence. Non* knows better than he the dire conse quences to the country's welfare that would follow the success of William J. Bryan at the polls in the next pres idential campaign. Other Democrats of prominence and influence know this equally with Messrs. William R. Graco and John D. Crimmins. Why should they not tell the people of the United States what they know? Business Democrats who are in a position to correctly gauge the effects of Demo cratic success under the Bryan banner ought to be heard from more generally. They should speak out. More Ilian Keeping Kven. Despite the predictions of the Demo crats a few years ago the government revenue thus far during the present fis cal year has exceeded the government expense. No wonder the opponents of the Republican party and of the policy of protection turn from the question of tariff and begin howling about thi trusts. They deceived the people In 1896 with their lies, and now in an ef fort to divert the public mind from those lies they howl about something else. At the end of the first quarter of the fiscal year a surplus of $2,000,000 Is shown. The government revenue for the three months has been $17,000,000 more than what It was during the same period of last year, and the ex penditures have fallen oft $45,000,000. The customs are yielding from $600,600 to $1,000,000 a day, and internal reve nue nets $1,000,000 each day, both showing an aggregate gain over the( same period of last year of $5,000,000. The war department is spending an av erage of $12,500,000 each month, while the monthly expense of our navy is $5,000,000; we are carrying on a war on the other side of the world, where we are taking care of a great army of American soldiers as no nation has ever cared for its soldiers before; wo are adding battleships, cruisers and torpedo-boats to the navy in a manner that Is attracting the attention of nil nations, and yet we show a cash bal ance and surplus for the past three months, the first quarter of the new fiscal yeur. More and more each day is the proof furnished that the protect ive tariff that bears the name of the late Mr. Dlugley, one of the greatest and brainiest statesmen America ever produced, Is fully capable of providing for all the expenses of our government In times of peace, and mure and uiora each day is It being demonstrated that the ttrances of this country were never in better hands.—Des Moines (Iowa) Mints Register. They bated fee Depeeeelee. In m review of the lumber traffic It la ■bow a that Arhanaaa leads a.I the southern atatea both In amount cut and In distribution When the Wllaou tjor man tariff waa la operation no atnta led la lumber production all were be bind, mill# were airspeeded and em ployee Idle, and It In n fact of record that the entire Arhanaaa delegation la congress voted for the tariff ahlch closed the mills, bankrupted many s| the will ••autre end aval thousands o| laboring men not to linmp Utile Much tAth I Mepobilcnn. van* ia a»niua If. an sooted ia Chicago. RN per hundred in the highest price paid for live ateere ia geptemher eia«e laat it wowld seem the producer and not the heel trust m getting the keaegt at the prevailing high prteem * at Urate Watehmgffi