Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-16
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Isu n,o Domingo. June 27.-Travclers
ara familiar with the lberlan PEN
%~ ,,o and thls old walled city of the
r, indies almost counterpart OF
u no OF the Oldest in the Interior OF
% santo Domingo was laid out
y conpletely built, SO far as It's area
"a nrucipal edihces are concerned
,on, four hundred years ago. and
,hlp the walls and among the ruins
,ns past II still retains all the pc
nnrl,les of that remote period
~ sooner has your steamer turned
" tbe nile hay formed by the june
wv og the Ozama river with the sea,
Nn eyery moment brings into view
u-,tblnr new, strange and interest
mo quays are almost deserted
" .bpplng, except few sch0oners
i ,.5mg up with sugar, which is hauled
,.~n 10 the docks In enormous carts,
oss creaking may be heard away
,nf m the Ndlupl' Nv Ndl " cue Nio WI
4 Y. ruoeks, not hitohed from a yoke
y, No aye used TO seeing oxen driven,
Sn, NJ thongs passed around the base
" mir horns. Those great vehicles
'',rslow call to mind the 'ponderous
rojn," OF Gmnd-Pre IN Arcadia, which
Ia saws the poet-"all day long came
&sodng down from the village" Dl-
,ly above the wharf at which steam
/ \ land their passengers, Is the Casa
\ colon" or Columbus Palace, which
ym recognize az a glance from pictures
IN and descriptions read.
4 rhe now delapidated, time blackened
A Of gray stone, with its crumbling
fGars and small, arched windows, was
smngly fortified in its day and a
|nsce OF extraordinary magnincence.
4 nn Oyeido, one Of the carly historians
/ q Santo Domingo, wrote about II as
follows. with the quaint phraseoogy
nni profufOn Of capitals then In vogue:
As touching the buildings, there Is
roclty In Spain, not even In Barcelona
80 much to be preferred as Santo Do
nhgO. The houses for the Moste
rste are Of Stone In the midst OF
he city Is the Fortress and Castle, to-
eshar with palaces, so Fare and Large
that they might well receive any Lord
|or Noble Of Spaine, with his Traine and
|ramille and especially is this True OF
|the Palace Of Don Diego Colon
But alas, to what base uses While
N some protected corners of the upper
nory bits Of thing that have been
|trodden by the flower and beauty Of the
Spanish nobility may still be seen, and
traces Of beautiful fresco painting show
dimly through the dust of centuries;
The lower rooms are occupied as stables
FOR horses, goats and donkeys, and
filed with filth lndescribable. The roof
|has long since fallen In, the
|Illlared corridors are mostly de-
|tDyet, and against the outer
wells are leaned a lot Of squalid,
|Flnw.thatched huts, tenanted by the
|cASNuring OF the city. II should be
|rsnsnbered that this casa" has no
toilectlon with Christopher Columbus,
|e Colon, as his name IL known 10 his
lnmtymen, except through his son,
|plyo, who appears to have been I'M
|tuB Set up by the success OF his
|ia'trlous sire. Most Of the powers
|rd Titles granted by the Spanishsover
|tT 10 the discoverer descended 20 the
ilter's son; Diego achieved further
Distinction by marrying into the fore
Post family Of Spain--the beautiful
|pna Marie de Toledo, niece OF the
Duke OF Alva. He came TO Santo Do
|ni1go In the year 1909 when he built
us palace and bestowed upon him
|Ai the title Of viceroy of the colonies
~ America. Then he surrounded him
VII with all the dignities Of a royal
|@gt and launched upon a career of
|Lparalleled magniticence. But the in.
|tihble fall was not long delayed. He
aHed his pretensions so much too far
nat the king became alarmed and re-
all,d him to Spain to give an account
= himself. AT the same time the colon
VS. rebelled against his authority, and
" his day may be seen an old can
lsh, half embedded In the sand I'm front
= he palace which tradition says the
lay fathers had mounted to Gust Diego
wen the kings messenger arrived.
from the landing an unpaved road
hnds up the hillside through an arched
El'twsy In the old city wall. and pass.
.g under II you expect to see some
rt@nth century Spaniards dressed In
ae quaint costume Of his time pop out
NE lofty turrets that tower over
.aa and bringing his arquebuse to
Nauy' shout the customary chal-