The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-10
DEwEYs MANY GIFTS.
Presents of All Kinds and Values Are Sent
to the Admirai-How the American Sc
cured the Respect of Aguinaldo.


to the Admirai-How the American Sc
cured the Respect of Aguinaldo.
Correspondence of the Chicago Record. J
Manila, Oct 27.-Admiral Dewey's
cabin is beginning to look like a museum
or curiosity shop. avery mail brings
bulky packages and little souvenirs from
his enthusiastic admirers at home, aud
two typewriter operators are kept busy
acknowledging the receipt of presents.
There are hats. caps, canes, medailons,
handksrchiefs, paper weights, cigar hold
ers, flags, newspaper clippings and albums
and nearly everything else that will go by
mail. A beautifully bound and illumi-
mated album came some time ago from
a prominent club III Milwaukee,, and is
treasured as one of the star features OF the
admiral's collection. Each page is decor
ated with an appropriate painting, the
subjects bearing on something associated
with the admiral or the battle of Manila
bay. On the last page is a picture of the
Olympia iackies hosting, or breaking
out at the main truck of the flagship
the two-starred flag of the rsar-admiral.
The final bit of text in the book express.
es the hope that sometime the admiral
may 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 Decatur (Ill.) girl,
an i sent the letter. with the ingenious
superscription, "Uur dear admiral, and
it won the admiral's heart. In acknowl-
edging the receipt of the picture he wrote
a long ard very cordial letter which Is
a tip to other pretty girls who have
charming photographs.
WANTED DEWEY:S SHOES.
Another conspicuous ornament of his
cabin is a painting of the battle of Manila
bay. 1t was made by Chinese artist in
Hongkong after a dra wing which ap'
peared in Harper's Weekly, and was pre-
scented to the admiral by the junior offic-
ers of the Olympia. The artist is now
working night and day making more re-
productions, as two or three orders have
been sent him by officers of the fleet.
Admiral Dewey shoemaker in wash
ington sent him fine pair OF white shoes
with the modest request that the dmlral
give him the pair he wore during the bat
tie of May /. The exact identity of the
shoes in question being uncertain. the ad-
miral compromised by writing letter OF
thanks. A steel watch, made of steel
taken from the Maine, is one interesting
souvenir.
Some of the most beautiful things he
has are presents from Agutnaldo. The
dictator has the greatest admiration and
m NQUav has Eha singular
habit of making an elaborate gift tc the
admiral whenever the latter calls him
down. That accounts largely for the
number of Aguinaldo's presents that
adorn the cabin. In all the dealings Ad-
miral Dewey has had with Aguinaldo he
has treated him with the greatest courtesy
when courtesy was called for, and the
greatest severity when frmness was the
thing; but in spite of the rebufs Aguin-
aldo's notes accompanying the presents
invariably refer to the admiral as my
honorable and illustrious friend. !"
RECEIVED WITH CEREMONY.
On the occasion of Aguinaldo's first
visit to the Olympia he was accorded the
greatest ceremony that could be bestowed
on man of high rank. The admiral in
PEI son met him at the gangway, the
marines were all drawn up at attention
and everything except the firing of a
salute was rendered. 1t is to be Assumed
that be was sufficiently dazed and fiattered
for he has never ceased to be very friendly
and anxious to act in compliance with
the admlrals wishes.
Not long ago Gen. Anderson wanted to
take a pleasure trip up the river Pasig,
but was stopped at the insurgent lines and
compelled to turn back. A day or two
afterward the admiral sat on the quarter
deck and he saw an insurgent launch
steaming gayly along near his ship,
with the insurgent flag flying. Then an
idea of reciprocity occurred to him and he
decided to seize all the insurgent launches
This was at once done, and eight beRuti
full craft were tied up in Cavite. When
Aguinal1o heard of the calamity he sent
mis- private secretary, Escamillo, to see
the admiral and to find out what had
been done to offend him. The admiral
was very nice, and he gave Escamillo
talk. He spoke of the in
surgent's refusing 10 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 confscated them, just ssde-
them. The next day Aguinaldo
gave orders permitting American officers
to go through the insurgent lines and up
the river, and doubtless in day or two
he will send beautiful present to his
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