The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-27
BONES OF COLUMBUS
Taken From Their Resting
Place in Havana.
CUBANS ARE CATCHING ON
Liberty's First Fruits a Huge
Petition to Mckinley.

Havana. Sept, AT o'clock this
morning chs Official exhuma;ion Of tas
remains OF Columbus took place IN TIA
presence OF General RlaDoo Secretary
Gown. the civil governor. the bishop, the
dean Of the cathedral and other author
tiles TIE general public were ordered out
OF the cathedral a. o'clock and no ons
was allowed inside after oanst hour. The
entrance 20 the cathedral wss gua-6ea
by a force OF or>ien puoFeo. which keps
back me crowds winch assembled In froat
OF the edifice.
.. m.-The remains Of Christopher Co
nmbus. which this morning were removed
from their niche IN tho cathedral prepar-
atory 10 their shipment 20 Spain. had laid
IN their late resting place since January
10, 1876. when they we're brought from
Santo Domingo. that island daving been
ceded 20 France by Spain.
Since the date mentioned ne remains
had lain IN an open niche in the wall Of
the presbytery % the cathedral. n yard
and half above the ground. between =
pillar supporting the main arch and ehs
choir. In 1s92 there was placed In froas
OF the nicae a SLAB OF doubtful artistic
taste. representing Il relief a bust ot
the great admiral and bearing this tn
scriptlon in Spanish:
May the remains and image OF the
great Columbus he thousand centuries
preserved in this urn and in the remssn-
brance 81 our nation
After the four -tundredth anniversary of
the discovery OF the new world by Column
bus the Spanish cOrtes included IN thu
Cuban budget large sums for the purpose
OF erecting a hitting monument symbol
iziug the travels 81 the dlscovsrsr. 70 bs
placed in the most conspicuous place in
Havana. and the constructiop q a mauso-
Ieum. the work OF the Spanish sculptor
Melida. was brought TO Havana and placed
upon a base erected in the center aisle
or the cathedral. close 20 ne main door.
The monument tie work on which was
entrusted 10 the sculptor SUssilo. has not
come and probably never VIII coma. 60
Havana II was to have been paid for by
an appropriation included In the budget
OF the island. but circumstances have
overturned the plans made on the oeoa-
son 81 the celebration OF tho f0ur-aun-
dredth anniversary OF she discovery OF
monument and the nausoleum Will be
placed in fitting place IN Spasn. whore
they Will be looked upon ~ one Of the
treasures Of the Spanish nation.
s.25 p. m.-The ashes we're deposited IN
a zinc case. (which was placed IN the
sacristy of the cathedral. and a permanent
guard was established to watch them.
Public religious services viii Pc held over
them shortly.
Admiral Sampson has leased chalet
about a mile fiistsnt from the TrocnA hotel.
where he and his household viii reside dur
ing their stay here.
General Blanco has authorized the free
entry Of the ComA and othsE vessels
bringing supplies Tor the relief Of ne Euf-
ferers in Cuba
Matanzas, now. and IN re futurs. AZ r.
ported. VIII 10 the first port where resief
supplies viii De LANDED. owing 20 Captain
Pages report 81 tho distress existing
there The Comai. II & supposed here.
should arrive AZ Masanzas to-day.
The captain general has decided n ~
nit the fine Of 800 imposed upon NE Chn-
ton because she dld not have manifest
and has ordered the money 20 be refund
ed. T'hs payment was made under pro
test and By direction of President Nc
inley.
The Junta Patriocca OF AatanEas he's
a meeting there East ntEfrt a. Whioh Il
was decided 90 address Ietssr 20 Pres
dent Mcinley setting forth that an srn-
menss majority of the people of mis-
ISLAND asfoare strictly 20 tho Fovernn~n,
constituted By fhs revolution as being rs
only ideal OF the Cuban people
Committees have been appointed Tor ths
purpose % securing signatures 90 MS
document in every CITY aud village #
Cuba. whicn VII make Il q very lengthy
Affair
A. me Maya Rodriguez camp. 81 san
Jose De 1as I.ztsa the cms passes mar
-fiy The erstNfais warriors Dave been
se1.ve-e8 over % the pleasures ~ ths
fa.Hce and u1evryrnzkinz Ta-Y hzvs a
typical Cuban taad AZ rat camp and "a
, stream - visitors -1n there o-liy. 80
asurgsrts sosad the CAV and evening "a
IarrinF. forgetting fh.lr more serious o.
les and oceupatiens-
TIE admiralty t@rs announces rat
wing - tack - taa necessary eonabasti-
1ies ms urhthosss A. Cruz Del Ps6ro
,n9 Cayo Issoras h2vs been s@zk sincs
September p
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