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Show WILLACCEPTTHEHOMEj ' ' Dewey Says That It Must 'Be a j Modest One. " I TELLS OF HIS PREFERENCE i i ; i i j WANTS THE HOUSE AT EARLI-i' EARLI-i' i EST POSSIBLE MOMENT. 5 ; , t Says That Had the Affair Come From 1 ' a Few Wealthy People He WcuM Not Have Accepted It, But That " He Will Not Refuse the Gift of a Nation. ,t 4 ' ; "Washington, Oct. 6. Admiral Dewoy has elected to accept a. house in Wash- ' inRton. already eonstructed. instead uf having one built foe his occupation. In I -i accordance with the invitation of the ,j committee which has had in charge tllp Dewey home work, he called at the t office of Acting Secretary Allen, in the navy department, at 10 o'clock today to indicate his prefe: euros in the matter mat-ter of a residence. There were present besides Mr. Allen. Assistant Secretary Vandeilip, Mr. Heath and Adjutant . General Corbin. Tile admiral was officially informed i of the purpose of the peopie of the i i iui-ii maies 10 pre:.tnt mm wun a liome in Washington. He frankly expressed ex-pressed hi gratification at the tender. which he immediately accepted. He paid had the proposed home been the . if t of a lew wealthy men he should ; have felt indisposed to accept it. But , he noted that the fund Jiad over 43,000 ; subscribers, indicating that the home ; was to be really the gift of the Ameri- 1 can people, and as such he would ac- ; f cept it with as much pleasure as he : ; had the sword bestowed upon him by congress. ' j The Location Desired. lie then said he wished the house to j be located in the northwest section of i the city, somewhere west of Sixteenth street, and not too far mrth. thus indj- atirg the neighborhood of his forn'.er i residence and the club where he had spent a good deal of hi? leisure time. I First. f all. he wanted the house at i 'f the earliest possible moment, si that f he might "go in and hang up his hat at : j 'nce." as he put it. Of course, that t pivcluded the idea of erecting a house i to meet his special needs. He expressed his ideas as to the character of the "; horn he desired, and asked that the j house be modett enough in appoint- I k ments and cost to permit of the re- I i ' tention of a sufficient sum of money I from the purchase fund to defray the ; expense of furnishing it. The oommit- X tee listened attentively to all these wishes and saw no reason why all could not be granted. Will Rush the Work. I The admiral is going to New York ! and will see the yachts on his way to Shellburn Farm. Vt. He expects to I return to Washington in a week cr so. I Meanwhile, the house committee, hav- ing invited written proposals on the roperty. will go through the list care- fully and hones to be able to present to the admiral on his- return as many " as half a dozen available houses from which he may make a personal selec tion. The fund at the disposal of the committee now amounts to about $50,-tion, $50,-tion, and it is earnestly desired that this 1 sum may be substantially increased during the time remaining before the purchase. |