The Columbus journal., 1898-09-28
c0MAL TO ENTER FREE.
Aatanzas the First Port to Re
ceive Relief Supplies.
OoLUMBUg RENAus ExHUNED,

0Avo Bo0o Rsmov0d Ef00 Their N5cAa
In The Cathedral ss Havans Preparatory
- TAsir sAspAsnt to spain-Ths J1nsa
Hsssleessa - lGaGassas Issass N Ad-
areo - Rssss6sns Mckinley.
HAvANA, Sept. 27.-General Blanco
has authorised the free entry of the
Comal and other vessels bringing sup.
plies for the relief Of the sufferers in
Cuba.
Matanzas, now and in the future, a
reported, will be tho first port where
relief supplies viii be landed. owing to
Captain Pages report of the distress
existing there. The Comal, it is sup
posed here, arrived at Matanzas yester.
day. The captain general has decided
to remit the fine Of $500 imposed upon
the Clinton because she did not have q
manifest and has ordered the money to
be refunded. The payme-t was made
under protest and by direction of Presi.
dent Mckinley.
The Junta Patriotica of Matanzas
held . meeting there last night, at
which it was decided to address q
letter to President Mckinley, setting
10th that ian immense majority of
tbs island adhere strictly to the govern.
ment constituted BY the revolution as
being the only ideal Of the Cuban peo.
ple."
Committees have been appointed for
the purpose Of securing signatures to
this document In every city and village
of Cuba. which win make it q very
lengthy affair.
Columbus' Rsmaes Rnhaasd.
The remains of Christopher Columbus
have been removed from their niche in
the cathedral preparatory to their ship
ment to Spain, had laid in their late
resting place since January 10, 1896,
when they We're brought from Santo
Domingo. that island having been ceded
to France by Spain. Since the date
mentioned the remains had laid in an
open niche in the wall of the presbyteFt
of the cathedral, q yard and half above
the ground, between the pillar support
ing the main arch and the choir. In
1892 there was placed in front of the
niche q slab of doubtful artistic taste,
representing in relief bust of the great
admiral and bearing this inscription in
Spanish:
"May the remains and image Of the
great Columbus lie thousand centuries
preserved in this urn and in the remem.
beance of our nation"
After the 4OOth anniversary of the dis
covery of the new world, by Columbus.
the Spanish cortes included in the Cuban
budget large sums for the purpose of
erecting fitting monument symbolic
ing the travels of the discoverer, to be
placed in the most conspicuous place
in Havana, and the construction of q
mausoleum to hold his ashes.
This mausolem, the work of the Span.
ish sculptor, Melida, was brought to
Havana and placed upon 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 prob
ably never will come to Havana. It
was 10 have been paid for by an appro-
priation included in the budget of the
island, but the circumstances have over.
turned the plans made on the occasion
of the celebration of the 4OOth anniver-
sary of the discovery of America and it
is probable that both the monument
and the mausoleum will be placed in q
fitting place in Spain. where they Will
be looked ppon as one of the treasures
of the Snanish nation.