Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-21
peWEY's CABIN A MUSEUM.
A1uigalqo's Unique Presents Made When the
Famous Admiral Calls Him Down.

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|srespgxents iIen Asuipaldo. fYne dicta
,9Eynsfs .ri,s Greatest admirs ton and re-
ior Dewey; and has the singnla'
hsssit Of making an Elaborate gift 10 IN.
a<sesral wheneyef.ihe latter '''cslls- hin
doysr hatsaecounts largely for III,
nnmoer OF AgEnaldo.s presents tina
miraI Dewey H. ma IA Win is a asiiSiS 40 n.
mas .freared him..wiE the grea.sst , .ss,i II
.ssS ntp courtesy ,Yas caled fcf, ana
X sSs SssSs 4sseriix MY 1stnness va.
ass .las .i,a ls lecds "a rs ss's r.
Is my honorsgie and Tisstriisr s VI nd"
BE- e c4 AZ ay sss 1880 ~ e St vs. +.
ins,f 'h; IA 5, sasla s a be
.si,s4e, pessonsnes iSm>sr the .gangway
Sxss oaarfnes were a1 drawN Np.at Arten-
ssaisste wat tendsred.. lt-is 10 be assumed
lssnf he was. sufficiently dazed and nat
fred; for he has. a.syer ceassJ sto.be very
sriendly anhanSieSS.s. act 70 con,pliiauce
Not hong ago Ge;e ANDERSON wstred 20
tnke a pleasure "trip ,up e%iv&H Pasie
but WAS stopped at1she imsufgaRt lines
IND , eesm ,a,., {, to turn paeRt "A day or
quarter deck and .heSs:sw. an insurgent
launch stcaming sHylys along near has
snip. with the insafHafnt flag flying. Then
and he decided TO seize ali the insurgent
launches H'lris wstS at ence.l done anJ
Heht beautiful, cnift were tied up IN
S:avne. When Aguiiialdo heart of the ca
famitk Fe sent NJ private secretary, Es-
ont wlaP had been done TO offend INN.
The admiral WIS very nice. and he gave
f.scasnilh Il heart-to-heart talk. He spoke
q ne ,h SURG; ;, refusing to allow
tHY !ineS and he thought that he would
FHow the insurgent launches to go
42Rgh his lines. So for that reason he
1&H& taken them--not ronfistslteti Them.
~ detained them. The next day
aS{sdinaldio gave orders permitting Amer
can officers TO go through the insurgent
lines and up the river, and doubtless in 4;
day or two he will send Il beautiful pres
ent TO his ''illustrious friend
h. Among the miscellaneous raft of gifts
mere are hats. caps. canes, medallions,
handkercMefs, paper-weights. cigar hold
ers, Hags, newspaper Clippings and al
buns and nearly everything else that will
go by mail. A beautifully bound and il
Eliminated album came some time ago
from 4 prominent club i'm Milwaukee. and
is treasured as one of the star features of
the admirals collection. Each page is
decorated with an appropriate painting
the subjects bearing on some thing as
ISOLATED with the admiral or the battle of
Manila bay. On the last page is a picture
Of the Olympia jackies hoisting. 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 may be in Milwaukee. and that
he. may take 'breakfast" there. A pic
lure OF very pretty girl is "a constant or
nalnent of his desk. She is Decatur
ND girl and sent the letter. with the in
genuous superscription. "Our dear admir-
al and II won the admirafs heart. In
acknowledging the receipt of the picture
he wrote 4 long and very cordial letter
which as a tip to other pretty girls who
nave charming photographs.
another conspicuous ornament of his
CABIN. is a painting of the battle OF Ma
MIA bay. 1T was made by Il Chinese ar
list nm Hong Kong after u drawing which
in "Barper'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 or
de, have been sent him by officers of
Admiral Dewey's shoemaker in WASH
ngton sent him fine pair of white shoes,
with the modest requeS; that the admir-
al give him the pair he wore during the
battle of Nav /. The exact identity of
the shoes in question being uncertain. the
compromised by writing a letter
Of thanks. A steel watch, made of steel
taken from the Maine, is one interesting