Show HERO OF MANILA DEAD FOREMOST NAVAL OFFICER or OF NATION IDOLIZED BY PEOPLE ANSWERS SUMMONS life was full fui of honorable achievement prom the days of the civil war down to the time of his HI last earthly efforts washington Washing tom admiral george dow daw ly liro libro of tho the batt battle leof of At urilla bay and nd veteran bt bf the civil war the foremost naval officer ot at tho the united states state died at his homo home here tuesday the naval hero bero went to fit till death quietly his hand clasped in that of his devoted wife who lias has been at his bedside throughout ills his fatal illness which began a week previous up ti td 16 last week ot of hla his life ad dewcy had been one of tho the earn commanding figures in washington active alert and physically robust lie ho had devoted himself with fervor and with every ounce ot of his energy to his duties as an president of the naval general board ile ho has worked for years for increased naval preparedness for war and with the general board worked out a program ot at naval extension it was with profound sails facton that he saw tho the nation em bark edon a great program of at naval defense and lie he worked with all his power to aid in the inauguration ot at the ibo now naval despite the seventy nino nine years which marked als birthday the day arte christmas the admiral had been hale hal and hearty admiral dewey fought and and won the first farst great american naval battle A 0 foross too foe since the war of wf ills ilia whole life was full of honorable achievement from the days daya of the civil war down to tho tnie when ns as the head bead of 0 tho the general board ho he began derain the last chapter ot of hla his work by laying the defense of his country in time ot at war ills ilia life was a striking na exemplification of the possibilities of a career based tipon upon the exact and in performance of at every routine duty which molds a man on inflexible Index ible linb of 61 duty and lionor honor ono one ottia a curious freaks of fortune in doleys obeys case was wag that tor for perhaps I 1 tha first and only time in n his naval career jia jiz was disposed to protest |