The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-27
Remains of the Explorer Will Make
Another Journey.
EXPLANATION AT HAVANA
RESTING PLACE FOR OVER A
CENTURY.
Will Now Be Taken to Spain For
Final NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Have
a Right to Remove the Body
Matanzas Will Be Evacuated Oct.
2-Cuban Petition.

Havana, Sept. 26.-At 10 o'clock this
morning the official elimination of the
remains of Columbus took place, in the
presence of General Blanco, Secretary
! Gown, the civil governor, the bishop,
the dean OF the cathedral and other
authorities. The general public was
] ordered out OF the cathedral at s
J o'clock, and no one was allowed inside
| after THAI hour The entr ance to the
cathedral was guarded by force of
! orden publico guards, which kept back
| the crowds which assembled on the
| front of the edifice.
| The remains of Christopher Column
| bus, which this morning were removed
| from their niche in the cathedral. pre-
Daratory to their shipment to Spain,
\ had laid in their late resting place
| since Jan. 10, 1896, when they We're
| brought from Santo Domingo, that
| island having been coded to France by
| Spain.
Since the date mentioned the remains
| have laid in an open niche in the wall
of the presbytery of the cathedral, a
yard and a half above the ground, be-
tween a pillar supporting the main
arch and the choir. In 1892 there was
placed in front Of the niche a slab Of
doubtful artistic taste, representing in
relief a bust of the great admiral, and
bearing this inscription in Spanish:
May the remains and image of the
great Columbus lie a thousand CEN
turtles preserved in this urn, and in the
remembrance of our nation"
After the four hundredth anniversary
of the discovery of the new world by
Columbus, the Spanish cortes included
in the Cuban budget large sums for
the purpose of erecting a fitting monu-
ment symbolizing the travels of the
rn hn
conspicuous place in Havana, and the
construction OF a mausoleum to hold
the ashes. This mauSoleum, the work
of the Spanish sculptor Melida, was
brought to Havana and placed upon Il
base erected in the center aisle of the
cathedral, close to the main door.
The monument. the work on Which
was entrusted to the SCULPTOR Susillo,
has not come, and probably will never
come to Havana. 1t was to have been
paid for by an appropriation included
in the budget of the island, but c1rcum-
stances have overturned the plans
made on the occasion OF the celebra-
ton OF the four hundredth anniver-
sary of the discovery of America, and
it is probable that both the monument
and the mausoleum will be placed in a
fitting place in Spain, where they will
be looked upon as one of the treasures
of the Spanish nation.
EVACUATION OF MATANZAS.
The American evacuation commission
has been officially notified that ManZa-
milo will be evacuated on Oct. 2.
General Blanco has authorized the
free entry of the COmal and other YES
sells bringing supplies for the relief of
the sufferers in Cuba Matanzas, now
and in the future, as reported. will be
the first port where relief supplies will
be landed, owing te.,Captain Pages re-
port OF the dist ess existing tne4e. L ne
Comal, it is supposed here, should ar
rive at MatanzaS today.
The captain general has decided to
remit the fine of $500 imposed upon the
Clinton because she did not have a
manifest, and has caused the money to
be refunded. The payment was made
under protest. and by direction of Pres
ident Mckinley.
The Junta Patriotica of Matanzas
held meeting there last night at which
ii was decided to address a letter to
President Mckinley, setting forth that
AN immense majority of the people OF
this island adhere strictly to the gov
eminent constituted by the revolution
as being the only ideal of the Cuban |
people"
Committees have been appointed for !
the purpose of securing signatures to |
this document in every city and village |
of Cuba, which will make it a very |
lengthy affair.
At the Maya Rodriguez camp, at San |
Jose de las Lajas, the time passes mer- !
rily. The erstwhile warriors have been |
delivered over to the pleasures of the |
dance and merry-making. They have |
a typical Cuban band at that camp and, |
as a stream of visitors run there daily, |
the insurgents spend the day and even
ing in dancing, forgetting their more /
serious duties and occupations.
The admiralty here announces that |
owing to lack of the necessary COM
bustibles, the lighthouses at Cruz del |
Padre and Cayo Piedras have been out
since Sept. 23rd.