The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-25
LUCKY DAY FOR DEWEY.
What the First of May, 1898, Brought
~ " the Hero Ig4k

LUCKY DAY FOR DEWEY.
What the First of May, 1898, Broueh
/ the Hero.
The pages of history do not contain tn
| record Of any single day which was a.
/ lucky to one individual as May l. 1898
was to Admiral George Dewey Every
| one knows the deathless fame it brought
him. that his name will be carved on thu
| tablets Of his country's glorious history
and all that sort Of thing; that schoo
| children yet unborn will read with kin
| ding eyes the story of his marvellous
achievement, and all that. That is well
enough in its wey, but it won't do George
| any good He will probably be beyond
| earthly desires or ambitions by the time
| the kindling eyes are at work and what
| is more to the point to-day is a record
| Of what the victory of Manila bay melted
| tho admiral in dollars and cents, in ma
| terial things, beside which fame and glo.
| ry and the tumult and the shouting fade
| away into ethereal nothingness.
When he awoke on the Olympia on the
| morning of May / and saw the gray
| shore line of Cavite bay stretching GU,
| before him Dewey was saluted as Com
modore." The title of admiral may have
from time to time floated before his men
tai vision as dim possibility in case
several rear admrals would be obligins
ei,ousl, ~ uie III auVdAce q MS own de-
mist out tha' was alstant nope. He
$1,000 year and certain allowances fol
quarters. ETC. When he had smashed
the Spanish fleet and congress had timt
to hear about it he was elevated to the
position of admiral and his salary was
jumped to $4,000 year. Dewey is GO
years old.
me life insurance tables of longevity
that of ma rs ~,
al years. mat being the case the fol-
lowing may be given as a table of what
De"ey won on that bright May MORN
lbs when he WailoDed Montejo:
salary fourteen rs)............,.$ 5000, 90f
allowances fourteen years)........ LOCO
Wlfes doWry... ....................... $4,000
Rouse .......... ............ ......... $1,000
Prize money .......... .............. 2O,00t
Prize sword. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .......... 10000
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Total... ........ ....;....... $3.50, 00C
That was pretty fair for one days
work. or course. some of 1t is contill-
gent upon his living the full term OF
fourteen years, and everyone hopes he
will live twice as long as that. One 9TH
er pleasant feature about it is that he
has life job Under the special law
passed by congress last year re-estab-
fishing the aff1ce of admiral the holder
al the title cannot be placed on the re-
tired list except at his own request and
even then he draws full pay, and the
offices ceases to exist upon his death
Under the regulations of the navy de-
pertinent the admiral is allowed $125
month for quarters, and as Admiral
Dewey has just been presented with 6
| S5o,0oo house by the grateful people of this
| nation he will be able to drop this $12:
| into the strong box against a rainy day
| He Is also allowed a secretary with the
| rank OF lieutenant. which helps a lit.
| tle though perhaps not in a financial
| way
Whle 1t is perhaps ungallant to claim
| that the admiral would not have wor
| the heart hand and fortune of Mrs
Hazen even though he had not become E
national hero, certain it is that her per.
sonal fortune may now be counted ir
bis available assets, which adds the sun
| OF So2O,000 to the total Only few de-:
ago claim was filed with the navy de
| partment for the prize money due tbs
admiraIs fleet for sinking the Spanish
ships, and of the total the commander:
snare was placed at $l9.SOO, which will
doubtless be allowed, and which will
bring the total up pretty well, for Thu
certainly can be directly attributed t
that May morning. Then there is tht
diamond-studded sword voted by con
gress, which is valued at $4,000, to swell
| the entire amount. Therefore, If Ad
| miral Dewey lives fourteen years the
battle of Manila bay will have melted hin
| S6So,oO
Ih1s is a sum equal to the interest or
| $lo O0o at per cent, which places tbs
| admiral on par with most of the
money kings or the country, and no
eng OF them can point to one day in his
| lire when gave him almost his entire