The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-13
ADMIRAL nEwEY,s cHECK.
Is Worth a Good Deal More Than It's
Face Value.
FroL. the New York Sun.

FroI- the New York Sun.
Admiral Dewey's check on New York
bank for the sum OF so has oceasioned no
end Of perpiexity 70 IL perfectly we'll
meaning citizen The check Ia regularly
drawn and was issued in the ordinary
course of business. Nobody doubts that
there are ample funds In bank to meet
1t. There are no complications OF indorse-
ment, Identification or anything Of that
kind. In a word. everythin is as right
as right can be, and yet the holder Of the
check can't make up his mind for the life
of him TO deposit the paper and get the
proceeds as he ordinarily would.
II befell In this way: The holder OF the
check Is an officer in the navyNand a MEM
Der of the University Club. His name is
neither here nor there. He IS a member of
the committee of alumni OF Annapolis
appointed to raise the money which Is to
pay for carving the crest of the naval
academy on one OF the marble medal
Ions that are 10 adorn the facade of the
new University Club building in Fifth
avenue. There is one Of these medal
lions for each college whose alumni are
eligible to membership In the club, and
the cost of carving Is borne by the alum
Commander Dash, which is not the
name of the officer IN question. wrote to
Admiral Dewey OF Manila. apprising him
of the medallion scheme and intimating
that the admirars assessment was Sc and
some odd cents. BY return post the COM
mitteeman received nice letter; likewise
the admiral Enclosed his check for $40,
sending little more than was asked for,
because-well, apparently because that's
~ 1t .
Dewey is
Commander Dash opened the letter in
the smoking room Of the University Club
one evening, and, as there were several
Annapolis men present. he read it aloud.
There was the most respectful silence I'M
III the reader came 10 the passage, IT en-
close my check for So which, etc, when
some fellow broke 10 with:
Say, I'll give you $50 for that checkw
Fifty devils I'll give you hundred!'
Hundred n fifty"
Two hundredv Three hundred"
-Four hundredw
Ratt.ety-blff beng! And so on. until
in less than jiffy. the bewildered COM
mander found himself the center of an
eager gang of amiable savages in even
ing dress, every manjack of them bound
to own that check, and deuce take the ex-
pense.
IL was exactly at this point that the
commanders perplexities began. 1t was
hard 10 turn away all tnat good money,
more by token that 1t would come in
handy for number of little frills partic-
ularly desired al that time in connection
with the medallion, and sundry other van
lties needed at the new club house in be-
half OF the Annapolis alumni (most of
whom, being nothing but heroic defend
ers OF their country. are, of course. chron-
lcally hard up) But, on the other hand,
what right had he to part with the adj
mirafs check IN such a fashion without
the aemirars consent? To write to Ma
Mia and get back an answer would take
month of Sundays, to decide between
two Of the -savages in evening dress. each
OF whom asserted, and swore to It. tina,
he was the rightful author of the high
est bid?
In his perplexity .Commander Dash put
the eheck-baek iato-his pocket. TELLING
the excited bidders each and severally tC
go to the deuce. IAN of which happened
some days ago. But the fate of the ad.
mlral's check isn't decided vet