The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-02-03
At The WORLDS FAIR.
Rare and Priceless Memcntoes Of Colum-
bus, Loaned by Foreign Cow
crnments.

Through the State department at Washing
ton. Director General Davis has received de-
tailed Information as to the Columbus relies,
loaned the government for exhibition, says
the Chicago Nems- Record. Most Of these are
documents bearing tho great dlscoveror's
autograph, now In the possession OF the Duke
OF Berwick and Alba, whose ancestors sue
cecdcd to the estates granted Columbus by
the rulers OF Spain. The United States gov
ernmcnt secured the loan of the treasures by
sending W. L. Curtis to Europe rs special
envoy. lie was authorized to guarantee the
safe transmission, custody and return Of the
historic collections. The invitation to cx-
hibit under these conditions was accepted,
and battlc.shp Of the United States navy Is
now gathering the relies to bring them to
this country.
Consent TO the departure of the Columbiana
from the custody OF the owners Is regarded ms
On extraordinary mark OF favor to the Expo
sltion and to the United States government.
So valuable are the documents that govern
ment guards Will be In charge Of them night
and day from the time they leave their owners
until they arc returned at the close of the
Fair Special steel vaults have been con-
strtlctcd for them In the convent Of La Rabida
Mt jackson Park, and armed troops will be
stationed there by the state department for
Safeguard.
Among helnvaluable manuscripts Is an nc
count, In Columbus writing, Of the amount of
gold he obtained In Santo Domingo and the
names 81 The men TO whom 1t was afterward
sold. Abethcr is d draft payable to Diego
Tristan. hajor.domo TO the admiral, for 100
gold castcllanos. The body OF the draft cxs
plains that the coin Is needed to pay the tx
pcnses OF trip to Seville. An annexation on
the drnft, evidently Of a later date, In the
;lTSs 9g q Columbus, saysi
I-->sn nc amount WIS deducted from the
l5O0OO which aftcrward were givcn to me ut
RpvIllr hv MT has t.,o td II,
defraylng the expenses, and the receipt of
which acknowledged"
One OF the pathetic stories of the haviga-
tors life Is outlined In the manuscript of an
argument addressed TO Ferdinand and lsa-
bella In the year 1900, In which he demands
the privileges bestowed upon him MS n con-
dition OF success In his expeditions. Ii re-
cites in detail the value to the crown OF his
achievements, relates the rights to which he
was entitled by the sovereign grants, and
asks TO be placed In possession OF the legal
fruits Of his peaceful conquest.
Valuable nuxillaries TO the Spanish docu-
mcnts arc furnished by Pope Leo from the
archives OF the Vatican. Among these is the
bull of Alexander ", giving to the Spanish
sovcrclgns the same privileges in America
that had been granted Portugal on the west
coast OF Africa. Following this Is docu-
incntary confirmation Of these privileges,
praising Columbus for his discovery and d.
ylding tho jurisdiction Of Spain and Portugal
In their conqncsts OF discovery by an imagin-
airy line from the north 10 the south pole, run
ming 100 miles west OF the Azores
In addition hre papal letters granting per
mission to various priests TO carry the gospel
10 the heather Of the ncw-found lands. One
of these, dated June -, LAOS, and addressed
TO Father Boyle, who went with Columbus on
his second voyage, shows that the church
authorities were quick TO realize the Import
ancc OF the discovery. A famous map Diego
Ribera's "Chart Of the Universe" dated 1929,
Is also In the collection. In this map the
outlines Of the cast coast Of the western
hemisphere are shown with reasonable accu-
rncy, emitting the territory north OF the Gulf
Of Mexico. Brazil l. shown within easy sail
ing distance Of Africa, and nothing Is drawn
Of the western shores OF the continents except
Contra, Americas coast. The Pacific ocean
is called the Southern sea-