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the remains of the Disccverer the h1x was re-.
t1raed 70 the spot whencc il Was taken, aud A
PoHte ou'rG r!eCed 0r0Vud K sud the Cathe.
oral. IAa Authorities o rc~r.-d At unoe issued
0 clr1n.ar inVt.l Z the : varal resident con sula
and tho civil and military dj&oiiarirs to present
themselves at The CATH lral a. 4 o'clorl, th,t
day. Ion may We'll Su; trsp tat The CITY was
moved $ n man; the .r9a st excitement
prevailed throughout, ani .org before the
epPolnjed holr Of exposing be remains to tho
p"rpulaee had arrived, there were scores and
h~oodfels Wen oing their way to the spot. Az
: past 4 o'clock, the Apost Ollie Delegate, His
Lord,hip Bishop Rogue Cocchia, in Tie pre-.
~enoe OF The Sscretari . Of State. Consuls,
Governor Of the Provlt"e, ComnGndante de
Arm0s, 'he Cry Con tl aad be Notaries
Pubic, raised the ho1 sad lbs oover was
SefupuiouSly examined many Of taose present.
svaiIcd themselves Of tie opportunity II taxing
c. pies q 'he inscription. o. lus box being
opered tie Bishop took ,hrrrfrom Il bone whioh
be T&Ycsed 10 The view OF h, people, declar-
log 1t to be Of the itmains Of the honoured
DiscoveFer Of S4nto Observation-Disclosures
Columbus tbs people cheersd and Well.
After the salute was fred the Bishop ascend.
ed The FulPit together with the President OF
The City Council and the NOraries Public.
Ills LordShip delivered an address to the peo.
ple' he referred to the life If Columbus-trao-
ing the various incidents from lie timo Of bis
command Of The expedition Of discovery TO the
cay Of bis Death in the City If Vali6dOlid on
the 20lh May 1908. He also informed them
that the remains would be placed in care Of
The Reverend Francisco x. BlIini during tbs
Time that The repalrs Of tie Church we're
teing carried out.
The City Council requested the Notaties
pnhIiQ IN drhxU nm n a,rRw,o. & ~
proceedings, which they did. and 10 TOO doou.
msut vas placed the signatures of tie Ecole-
siastical and all tina Civil authorizes, and tina
several Consu's. The box was then closed,
and the seals Of the authorities set upon il
alter which 1t WIS placed upon a bier, gracp-
tuly covered. ard borne 70 the church Of
Regina Angelorum on The shoulders Of four
of lie rr n -ipaI officers OF State TIE procession
acco mPo nyiog it was headed by The Bishop
ch4n1Irg IL" funeral Psalms. The mil itsry
parch"3 with reversed arms and many per.
sons bore lights through tie streets o.
arriving a t The church the remains we're for.
mally delivered to the Rev. T.. X, Bllini, who
replied TO tho atle remarks a Id .essed to him
by His Lordship the Bishop. Iha ceremonies
81 the church were concluded 1t about 8
o'clock and then the City Council drew up q
deer mrnt in which it is d ,cIared that no
Other authority but themselves are lawfully
en- tiled to receive The remains Of Columbus
elem ley are again to be deposited in the
CathCdrsl.
ETcytlioE was conducted in ibs most order
Iy manner. | cannot omi I mentioning in con.
n"C''rn with his great event, the n"me of Mr..
LUIS C'mhits0,ltaliau Consul a. this City, who
dd all tina. he possibly could to add to the
inpcessiveneSs of The occasion His hag was
a. half mast high for two days. and on the
evening u the removal of the remains his dwell
ling was illuminated. The Spanish Oonsul'nal
Inasted his fl g.
AS far es / can ascertain there has always
existed a doubt in the minds Of VII iaformed
persons as to whetker they We're actually the
remains Of Christopher Gallon that were ls-
moved by The Spaniards on the 90 of Dozen.
1895. On referring 10 history your readers
will sps tha: bV the Treaty Of BaSiIia, entered
into between France and Spain ia 1895
that the latter ceded to The fcrmer all
that portion Of the Island Of IIispaniolA under
her dominion. She, however. resolved TO re-
move ma of the important relies Of her de.
parting glory, and among them The remains Of
Columbus, which were 10 be aiken to tho City
Of Havana. For this purpose a feet Of meE.
Of.war, under The command Of an Admiral, was
dispatched to this City. Tbs Ecoleslastich
Authorities we're consulted as to the exact spot
where wers to BIO found the remains of the
Dis ~coversr, and it 10 said they p%urpossly dell.