The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-20
ADMIRAL DEwEY'S FRIENDS.
They Are Sending Him All Sorts of
Gifts and Souvenirs.
(Chicago RecordA


Admiral Dewey's cabin is beginning
to look like a museum or a curiosity
shop. Every mail brings bulky pack
ages and little souvenirs from his en-
! thusiastic admirers at home. and two
typewriter operators are kept busy
acknowledging the receipt of presents.
There are hats, caps. canes. medal
mons, handkerchiefs, paper weights,
cigar holders, flags, newspaper clip
pings and albums, and nearly every
thing else that will go by mail. A beau
ttfully bound and Illuminated album
came some time ago from a prominent
club in Milwaukee, and is treasured as
one Of the star features of the admir-
ais collection. Each page is decorated
with an appropriate painting the sub
| Jects bearing on something associated
with the admiral or the battle of Ma
Mia bay. On the last page is a picture
Of the Olympia jackies hosting. or
breaking out, at the main truck Of
the flagship, the two-starred flag of the
rear admiral. The final bit of text in
the book expresses the hope that some
| time the admiral will be in Milwaukee,
and that he may take breakfast"
| there. A picture of a very pretty girl
is a constant ornament of his desk.
She is a Decatur Gid girl, and sent
it in a letter, with the ingenious in
scription, Our Dear Admiral and it
Won the admiraIs heart In acknOwl-
edging the receipt of the picture, he
wrote a long and very cordial letter.
which is tip TO other pretty girls who
have charming photographs
Another conspicuous ornament of his
cabin is a painting of the battle of Ma
Mia bay 1t was made by a Chinese
artist in Hongkong, after a drawing
which appeared in Harper's Weekly,
and was presented to the admiral by
the junior officers of the Olympia. The
artist is now working night and day
making more reproductions. as two or
three dozen orders have been sent him
by officers of the fleet.
Admiral Dewey'S shoemaker in Wash
| ington sent him a fine pair of white
shoes, with a modest request that the
admiral give him the pair he wore dur
ing the battle of Manila bay on May L
The exact identity of the shoes in ques-'
ton being uncertain, the admiral COM
promised by writing a letter of thanks.
A steel watch, made of steel taken
from the Maine, is one interesting SOU
venir.
Some of the most beautiful things hs
has are presents from Aguinaldo. The-
dictator has the greatest admiration
and respect for Dewey, and has the sin
gular habit of making an elaborate gift
to the admiral whenever the latter
calls him down." That accounts large
ly for the number Of Aguinaldo's pres
ents that adorn the cabin. In all the
dealings Admiral Dewey has had with
AguinaldO, he has treated him with the
greatest courtesy when courtesy was
called for, and the greatest severity
when firmness was the thing. But in
spite of the rebuffs, Aguinaldo's notes
accompanying the presents invariably
refer to the admiral as My honorable
and iIlustri' friend."
On the o. nc Aguinaldos first
visit to the e was accorded
the greatest coz that could be
bestowed on a man higI rank. The
admiral in person met him at the gang
way and marines were all drawn up at
attention, and everything except the
firing of a salute was rendered. 1t is
to be assumed that he was sufficiently
dazed and fiattered, for he has never
ceased to be very friendly and anxious
to act in compliance with the admiralS
wishes.
Not long ago General Anderson want
ed to take a pleasure trip up the River
Pasig but was stopped at the lnsur-
gent lines and compelled to turn back.
A day or two afterward the admiral
sat on the quarter deck and he saw an
insurgent launch stedming gayly along
near his ship, with the insurgent flag
flying. Then an idea of reciprocity oc-
CURED to him and he decided to seize
all the insurgent launches. This was
at once done, and eight beautiful craft
were tied up in Cavite. When Aguinal-
do heard of the calamity. he sent EtS.
kprivate secretary, Escamillo, to see then
admiral and to find out what had been
done to offend him. The admiral was
very nice, and he gave Escamillo a.
heart-to heart talk. He spoke of the
insurgents refusal to allow American
army officers to go through their lines,
and he thought that he would not allow
the insurgent launches to go through
his lines. So, for that reason, he had
taken them-not cOnfiscated them, just
detained" them. The next day Agui-
naIdo gave orders permitting American
officers to go through the insurgents
lines and up the river and doubtless,
in a day or two he will send beautl-
full present to his ''illuStriOus friend"
Not on the Face Of It.