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Show ITCH FOR ADMIRAL" DEWEY ' Washington, April 23. Admiral Dewey today received a delegation representing rep-resenting 50.000 children in the northwest, north-west, who presented to him, as a token of the regard anel esteem of the- donors, don-ors, a beautiful gold wateh and fob. The mcney was raised .entirely by "1-cent" "1-cent" cubscriptions, the movement being be-ing started by Archie Cadzow of Rcee-mount, Rcee-mount, Minn. The names of all contributors, together to-gether with a story of the enterprise, made up from newspaper clippings, and prepared in the form' of a beautiful book, accompanied the watch. The watch is 22-tarat g-dd, bearing the mon. ogram "G. D." in gold enamel on the front of tihe cae-e, and the admiral's Hag in blue and white enamel on the back. On the inside of the case is an inscription of the names of the Spanish -hips destroyed in Manila harbor, and the inscription: '-Presented to Admiral Dewey By the Children of Minneapolis and the Northwest, May 1, 1900, Each Donor Contributing 1 Cent." Attached is a fob of very unique and beautiful- design, made of gold and black gun metal. The watch and the fob are made from gold, black gun metal and copper obtained from tihe Philippines, the gun metal and copper bping from whips destroyed in Manila. The hours are marked on the gold dial, not by Roman or Arabic numeral, numer-al, but- by the letters of the admiral's name, there being eleven of them, and just enc-ug'h to occupy the reejuired spac.es. Admiral Dewey, in reply, said: "I value the praise of the children and the affectionate enthusiasm they show me, and I ihave never been more toue'hed than now. So lorg as the children chil-dren love me I am unassailable, for they are unerring in their intentions, and know when they are loved. "That 50,000 little ones should make me 50,000 good wishes as they bestowed their rennie-s for this watch, is the proudest triumph of my life. When I hear it tick or see its hands move, I ffhall say to myself: 'How rich you are; 50.000 innocent, kindly friends are with you,' and my heart will swell with joy and gratitude. I shall wear the watch and feel it a guaranty of happiness and success." |