The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-22
c-rgMBUs' REMAINS.
n.,ops Of a German Explorer
'o1u careful Investigation.

oo1 Careful Investigation.
g,-9r, the Ne'o York Sun.
..'--ox Jan. AT the meeting Of
,-,a-iean Historical Association here
Iss So an. q <. Adams Of Cornell Univer-
P'e'I-.-I,. nsper having for its title some
aH iS-I n;.coveries Concerning Columbus.
kecs-, ,I.,,s is of the opinion that the first
Proi. au, ,'iace of Columbus, md the final
lsndilk - Of bis remains have been
Tss-ls determined by the investigations
dshliyS! .5a German explorer, Rudolph
nads y - the Bahamas and West Indies
Cronan' ~ ago. President Adams paper
sblu. ~, ,Ta work Of Mr.. Cronsn. and gave
review. Information Of the result OF the
sTIl5rer's labors. .s. h.A h-,,,,.L.
NJ. ann the German government which
laissl..a5 many privileges for him, and had
PTosS'uIlSS - ,ba question of the landfall in the
stl l.5t the original journal OF Columbus,
W. - his own comparison OK TIE Islands
s ~ .ba descriptions Of that Journal and OF
VIZ WI orioinal authorities. dis conclusion
o N.. that the first landing was on Watiiug's
49, and at or near Grahams Harhor on
.ha vest side OF the island. ms reasons,
tp1rs.iteut Adams said might De summarized
a, follows: st.. ..,o,d. 80 r..,,
~ tbs original descriptions In point OF
Wiz 'i.; sr form aud description. There is
PD'' sorhor on the east side. but good one
" ~ vast side. On Oct. IL Columbus
W u, they had the roughest sea they bad
s91!,o,,,ntsred during the entire voyage. He
eIIN]e.rs that between shutdown on that day
o. h3S o,clock in the following morning they
az Ia.s ~ the rate Of twelve miles an hour,
sAiio ninety miles. The wind
.ast have been in the east.
W V1Iy az 2 o'clock lin the morning,
NV arst saw land six OF seven mlles dis
,.rt thew we're sailing at the rate of twelve
niles an hour. They shortened sail, but
Conan thinks they must have gone at half
snspd aud so made fifteen or twenty miles
bsfore daylight. This would have carried
them at least ten miles west of the island by
Ssybreak. Turning about they thus APP
rroa,hed the island from the west and
landed at a natural and easy shore at Ora
Iam's harbor, Cronan visited the several
nonts mentioned by Columbus, and found
!, eosv To reconcile the situation with oil the
statements made by Columbus and Las
Casas"
on still more Importance, perhaps, Presi-
daot Adams said, were the Investigations of
CroDan in regard to the present location of
the remains Of Columbus He spent full
month in San Domingo investigating the
subiect. and as a result was convinced that
the SDanish authorities were mistaken in
sunnosiDp that the remains we're trans
fsrTed to Havana in 1895. On Jan. II, 1891,
Cropsn. in the presence of the arch
bishop. the minister of the in
terror, and the consuls of the sew
ersl governments represented at San
Domingo, opened the casket believed bv
the local authorities Co contain the remains
Of Columbus. The remains had been sealed
I'd the time the vault containing them
had been discovered and opened in 1877.
Mr.. Cronan photographed all the iuscrip-
tons with great care. They were found to
differ very considerably from the repre-
sensations previously published, and In the
opinion Of Mr.. Cronan were incontesrabiy
genuine. The whole Of the argument Mr.
Adams summarized as follows:
1.-THE situation of the vault containing
these remains indicates that it was con-
s:ructed before that which contained the
remains taken to Havana in 1875. The
remains Of Columbus were taken from
Spain to San Domingo about 1541, whereas
the remains Of his son and grandson were
not transported till the beginning Of the
seventeenth century. 1t seems improbable
that the leaden box containing the remains
Of Columbus would have no mark by
which it could be identified. The box
exhumed and taken to Havana
In 1875 contained no inscription
whatever The box discovered in the
longer vault opened in 1877 contains five
Inscriptions; One on the sides and ends of
the box externally, one on the outside of the
cover, one on the inside Of the cover and
two on the sides Of silver plate found in
the coffin Cronan believes that the charge
OF fraud brought by Spanish officials
against the authorities Of San Domingo
cannot for moment be admitted. He
says the Inscriptions themselves, when care
July studied, show that they are old; that
the process Of oxidation which have evil
IDENTITY gone on since the inscriptions we're
made preclude the possibility of their being
modern; that the charge of fraud made
against the archbishop and others in the
absence OF direct proof. is overwhelmingly
improbable; that no one Of those who have
Drought the charge Of fraud has ever in
spected the collin or its remains; that the
only basis OF conjecture Of fraud is the i'm
perfect aud incorrect descriptions heretofore
puoAshed; and, finally, that careful ard
independent questioning Of several of those
1 %no had participated in the exhumation IN
~ 40 resulted In substantial agreement as
" all tne important details of the transac-
S sou' Cronan thinks, notwithstanding the
spanish claim, the proof is complete that
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