Show WATCH GIVEN DEWEY Children of the Northwest Make Admiral a Present FIFTY THOUSAND DONORS Timepiece and Fob laade from Gold Black Gun Metal and Copper Obtained Ob-tained from the Philippines tho Gun Metal and Ooppor Being from Ships Destroyed in Manila Delegation Dele-gation Representing the Children Makes the Presentation Admiral il nke a Happy Response Washington April 23 Admiral Dewey Dew-ey today received a delegation representing repre-senting 50000 children In the Northwest who presented to him aa u token of the regard and esteem of the donors a beautiful gold watch and fob The money was raised entirely by onecent hubscrlptrons tho movement being started by Archie Cadrow of Kosc mount Minn The names of all contributors together to-gether with a story of the enterprise clippings and made up from newspaper prepared In Iho form of a beautiful book accompanied the watch The watch IB 22carat gold bearing the monogram O D In gold enamel on the front of the case and the Admirals Ad-mirals flag In blue and whlto enamel on the back On the Inside of the case Is an Inscription of the names of the Spanish ships destroyed In Manila harbor har-bor and the inscription Presented to Admiral Dewey by the Children of Minneapolis and the Northwest May iI 1900 each donor contributing one CGTlt1 Attached Is a fob of very unique and beautiful design made of gold and black gun metal The watch and the fob arc made from gold black gun metal and copper obtained ob-tained from the Philippines tho gun metal and copper being from ships destroyed de-stroyed In Mapllo The hours are marked on the gold dial not by Roman or Arabic numeralH but by the letters of the Admirals name there being eleven of them and Just enough to occupy the required spaces Admiral Dewey In reply said I value the praise of the children and the affectionate enthusiasm they show me and I have never been ° more touched than now So long as the children chil-dren love me I am unassailable for they are unerring In their Intentions and know when they arc loved That fifty thousand little ones should muUo me fifty thousand good wishes as they bestowed their pennies for this watch Is the proudest triumph of my life When I hear It tick or see its hands move I shall say to myself How rich you aro fifty thousand Innocent Inno-cent kindly friends are with you1 and my heart will Hwell with Joy and gratitude I grati-tude I shall wear the watch and feel It a guaranty of happiness and success suc-cess |