The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-06
NEWS HND COMMENT

Edward, the 12-ycar-cld son of Editor
Elwell, of the Bloomsbury Columbian,
some time ago made out of cardboard
model of the battleship Iowa, a photo
graph of which he sent to Admiral Dewey.
The other day he received this letter:
Manila, =. l., Dec. 9, 1893.
My Dear Little Friend: l am very
sorry that 1 have no war souvenirs left,
not even n button, as you suggested, but
everything l had l gave away long ago.
| am glad to see you take so much inter-
est in the navy, and the photograph of
your cardboard Iowa is splendid. l hope
some day to see your fleet. With best
wishes. Yours sir Cerely,
George Dewey.
With the letter came a beautiful black
silk hat-band with "U. S. S. Olympia"
embroidered on it in gold letters. The
model is feet 10 inches in length and l
foot l inch in breadth. 1t is made en-
tirely of heavy cardboard and has ali OF
the equipments of the great battleship
when cleared for action. 1t has a water
line of red cardboard and portfolios of
black cardboard. 1t has six barbettes,
three on each side, and two anchors with
rope hawsers. on its bow Is a red, white
and blue shield. and on it's stern is print
ed in gold letters its name, Iowa. On the
main deck are the Pinch and S-lnch tur-
rets, matches, etc. On the upper deck
are the ammunition hoists, tunnels,
searCh7ights and coming tower. on each
side of the searchlight are rapid-fire guns,
and there is also a gun in each of the
fighting tops. The military mast is
topped by a very small gold ball. The
ship contains 297 separate pieces of card
board.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee. of Rich
mord, Va, who were the guests of Adj
for a week in the early part of Decem-
ber have returned to this country. The
report was current a short time ago that
Mrs. Lee was the bearer of a message
from Rear Admiral Dewey to President
Mckinley urging for state reasons that
he be appointed admiral. Mrs. Lee pro-
nounces this story absurd and without
the slightest foundation. She was at a
loss at first to understand how it could
have originated, but afterward said it
must have started from a personal letter
which she wrote 10 friend in this cOur-
try, i'm which she expressed the opinion
that Rear Admiral Dewey should be pro-
NOTED to the position of admiral, both
out of regard for the best interests Of
the American occupation, as well as for
the purpose of removing what was a
source of much humiliation to him be-
cause OF his being OCtranked by the ad-
mirals Of other naVies. Because of this
fact, and because of the duties imposed
by naval international etiquette, Admiral
Dewey was made To appear in the light
of an inferior as compared with Ad-
mral Won Diedrich, of the German navy,
or the admirals of other countries when-
ever they should visit Manila, but this
was simply her Cwn opinion.
William \. Clark, Montana's new sena-
tor was n farmers boy who worked nine
months OF each year on an Iowa farm
in order that he might attend a village
school for three months in the winter.
Later he taught school and in 1862. when
| 90 years old, got the mining fever and
! went west to Montana. Today his wealth
! is $50 100000 and his daily income, 5000.
! "His capitalist operations" writes a
/ Helena correspondent of the Times-Hcr-
/ aid, reach from one tide water to the
/ other. In old Mexico is the impulse of
and sculptors know his name and respect
his Judgment. lie owns mines Of gold
| and silver; he extracts sugar from DeeT;
] he operates coal mines and railroads; he
! owns factory for the manufacture Of
| copper wire; he Is beginning TO grow
/ coffee, sugar-cane and rubber, and may
/ become grower of tea; he is a broker
/ ana a stock grower" Mr.. Clark's luck
I lest investment was in the Verde cop
| per mine ut jerome, Arizona. Other cap
I italists had a chance at ii before Mr..
| Clark, but their experts reported it to
/ be valueess. Mr. Clark examined il per-
soually, conducted his own tests, bought
the property, and owns 1t today, The
! mine is the greatest producer of copper
in the world not excepting the great
Anaconda mine at Butte, and Mr.. Clark
has a standing offer of $40, 900 900 for it.
| The aggregate OF gifts and bequests In
the United states for public and benev-
! oleut purposes continues to increase from
year to year. For 1898, according to an
| article i'm the Philadelphia Press, 1t was
$29 900 900; during 1894, $}2, 900 900; during
! 1925 the same amount; during 1896, $2l,
10000, and during 1891, the last year for
| which the statistics are obtalnable, S45,-
0OO,OO0 In no other country is SO much
private wealth bestowed for the public
| benefit as In our own. These sums do not
include ordinary denominational contTi-
buttons for educational and benevolent
purposes, nor state and municipal ap.
propriations 10 public and sectarian in,
stitutons.
A non-partisan public reception was
civen IN indianapolis the other night tC
Senator-clect Beveridge and MIR. Harris
tho newly appointed minister to Aus
tria. In acknowledgment of this greet.
Ing Mr.. Beveridge made a speech from
which We print an extract showing the
excellence Of his diction as well as his
common sense. I'm my boyhood," said
he, "Creods measured their love of Goo
by their hatred Of each other and polit'
zeal parties demonstrated their affection