The Bessemer indicator., 1893-02-04
A1 fHE woat6's FAIR.
Rare and Priceless Mcmentoes of Column
bus, Loaned by Foreign Gov

Through the State department at Washing-
ton, Director General Davis has received de-
tailed information rs = tbs rSlumbus relies
loaneu sae government for exhibition, says
the Chicago Nc,rs- R,cyd. Most OF these are
documents bearing the great discoveror's
autograph, now In the possession of the Duke
OF Berwick and Alba, whose ancestors sue
ceeded TO the estates granted Columbus by
the rulers of Spain. The United States gov
ernment secured the loan of the treasures by
sending W f. Curtis TO Europe as Il special
envoy. lie was authorized to guarantee the
SAFE transmission, custody and return OF the
historic collections. The invitation to ex-
HUT under tbesc conditions was accepted,
and u battle--hip of the United States navy Is
now gathering the relics to bring them to
this country.
Cdnsent 10 thr dtpaiintc NJ the Columbiana
from the custody OF the owners Is fegatdtd a.
an extraordinary mark Of favor to the Expo
s,t'op and TO the tn'Iel States government.
90 valuable are The Goctm.rts that sovern-
ment guards Will be in charge of them night
and day from the time they leave their owners
until they are returned AT the close of the
FAR. Special steel vaults have been CON
strueted for them In the convent Of La Rabida
at jackson Park, and armed troops will be
stationed there by the state department for
salegliaid
Among the invaluable manuscripts Is AN aei
count, in Columbus writing, Of the amount Of
gold be petaipcd in, !Sapto Domingo and the
hahz5 OF .hC f'e. q -'tort II wns aftcywntd
sold. Another is draft payable TO Diego
tristan, major-domo TO the admiral. for 100
gold castellanos. The body of the draft cx-
plains that the coin Is needed TO pay the eX-
lenses OF trip To Seville An annexation on
the draft, evidently of later date, In the
handwriting OF Columbus, says
''Thn "b"vc a'''ourt was deducted from, The
10000 which afterward were gtycu To Inc I
Seville, by order Of her highncss, to aid me in
dcfraying the expenses, and the receipt of
which acknowledged
One of the pathetic stories of the naviga-
tors life Is outlined in the manuscript OF an
argument addressed TO Ferdinand and Isa-
bella in the year 1900 in which he demands
the privileges bestowed upon him as Il con-
'itior bf spcces5 IN hls expeditions, " re-
cites in detail the value 10 the crown o. Ills
achievements, relates the rights to which he
was entitled by the sovereign grants, and
asks to be placed In possession OF the legal
ftuits OF his peaceful Conquest
Valuable huxiliarirs TO the Spanish docu-
inehts ate furnished hg Pope Leo from the
archives OF the Vatican Among these is the
bull of Alexander ~, giving TO the Spanish
sogerr'Gna the same. privileges in America
that had been grsitcr p.,r,ugnl on the west
coast Of Africa. Following this is '.Ucu'
mentary confirmation Of these privileges,
praising Columbus for his discovery and di-
yiding the jurisdiction Of Spain and Portugal
In their Conquest o' discovery by au imagin-
airy line from the north 10 the south titlH,tnn
ming 100 miles west OF the Azores.
1n addition are papal letters granting per
mission TO various priests 10 carry the gospel
to the heather of the new found lands. One
of these, dated June p, 1893, and addressed
10 Father Boyle, who went with Columbus on
his second voyage, shows that the church
1rtho-iteG vere quick 10 r"rliye the Import
nnee of the discovery. A famous nat, Diego
Ribera's Chart Of the universe,' dated 1929,
is also in the collection. In this map the
pu,llnes of the east coast sf the western
hemisphere are shown with reasonable aecti-
racy, emitting the territory north of the Gulf
Of Mexico, Brazil Is shown within easy sail
ing distance Of Africa, ,Hpd nothing Is dawn
OF the western shores OF the continents except
Central Americas coast The Pacific ocean
is called the Southern sea-