Nebraska advertiser., 1878-06-06
d de Ia a Per Ate


D de Ia 4 Per Ate
On the left side the letter G. and on
the right the letter a, and on the
front the letter G. The leaden case
being opened was found TO contain
some bones, several in good condition,
but the majority had become pulver-
lied, without doubt belonging to the
immortal Columbus, for in the reverse
! of the cover was found In the inscrip-
ton, in Gothic letters, "IYtre, q Esdo.
must mean "Illustrious and esteemed
man, Christopher Columbus"
THE TRANSFER TO HAVANA.
At the time of making the treaty of
Basilea, in 1895, with France, for the
cession of the island, the Admiral
Don Gabriel de AristizR bal and other
local authorities agreedi to send the
bones of Columbus to Havana, and
the transfer was made with the great
est pOmp In the said year of 1875. At
the time, however, there was a rumor
that the Spaniards had been cheated
| by the substitution of other remains
for those of Columbus. the report be-
ing that those delivered were the re-
mains of Don Diego, son of Colum-
bus, second. Vice King and Admiral
of the New World This substitution
was alleged to have been perpetrated
| by priest. In this manner the re-
mains of Columbus were never re-
moved from the Cathedral of st. Do
mingo City. The secret was trans
mitted from one person to another un-
I'll it came to its last recipient, Carlos
Nouel, son-inlaw of the distinguish
ed Dominican, Tomas de BObadilla.
We are assured, Oh trustworthy au-
th0rity, that Mr.. Juan N. Tejera was
also cogniZant of the fact. In the
works recently executed in the cathe-
dral of this city, under the orders of
the Rev. Father Bellini, the remains
of Don Louis Columbus were found.
Public opinion then became aroused
and gave credit to the old tradition
about the discovered bones being in
the cathedral, and Arch bishop Rogue
Cocchia and the Rev. Father Bellini
became very much interested in the
matter and caused q search TO be made
with the result given above.
VERY STRONG PROOFS.
Prescott and other historians are
now cited by the Spaniards in Cuba
to prove that the Spanish authorities
in 1875 could not have been cheated
In the matter of the remains of Col
umbus. The inscription I'D de la A
Per Ate" the DOminicans claim, sig
mites "DiscOverer of America" The
SpaniaFds maintain that this is ab-
surd, as the land discovered in 1892 by
Columbus was not then known to
Spain by the name of America-that
name coming from America Vespncio,
who Is said to have been the discover
er of the South American continent.
The Spanish authorities and histor-
ians will, ere long, have tOproduce all
the proofs given by their archives of
the truth of the fact that the remains
at Havana are the bona fide ones of
the daring navigator and discoyerer
Christopher Columbus.
COLUMBUS LAST VOYAGE.
Columbus left CadIz May 9, 1902, |
with 15Omen, to search for passage |
through the sea now known as the
Gulf of Mexico to the East Indies. but
after much suffering returned home.
reaching San LucaD Nov. Z, 1904. He
Law sick for some months at Seville,
and recovered only to have his claims
for redress rejected by the King,
Queen Isabella being now dead. An
old man broken in body, although in
fnlI nossession of his mental faculties,
having in his own words, "no place
TO repair to except an inn, and often
with nothing to pay for his susie
nanoe.n the discoverer of the New
World died in the act of repeating $
the words in Latin, Lord, into Thy
hands 1 commit my spirit" Seven
vaars afterward marble tomb was I
placed over his remains, with an in G
,cription ordered by the King: S
A Castillo y Leon,
Nueva Mundo do Colon.
To CASTLE and Leon a New World
gave Colon.) u
Death did not end his voyages. His !,
.emains. first deposited in the Con-
,ant of st. Francis, were transferred
n 1513 to the Carthusian Monastery
,fIas Cuevas; were taken in 1886 to 81
u Domingo and deposited In the =
ysthedral of that city; thence were d
onveved, as is generally believed to q
ba cathedral of Havana. I"
- Cigars. bv Stevenson & Cross.