Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-05
decide WHETHER sANTo
wv .,,,Nco OR SPAIN HAS THE
BONES OF COLUMBUS.
INDIANA MAN RESPONSIBLE
...rar,s Proposal That Remains
' the Discoverer Be Carried
T,rouuh Canal involves State De-
.,r.ment in Old Controversy.
Nv GEORGE CLINTON.

ore there are supposed 10 repOSe
a tS roynains of John Paul Jones, the
Wv American naval hero of revolu-
1. DAYS. AS everybody probably
uV ",ombers the admiraTs body was
,'n or thought tc be found in a
, Va. cemetery and after as conclu-
,,nn Identification as 4sas possible had
S 5l made it was brouSht to this coun-
w accorded high bolors, and buried
s s'n the Naval academy's chapel.
Now II seems ikeiy that the state
.onortment will becrme involved semi
secioIIy in the same kind of trouble
war the identity Of the remains Of
CHRISTOPHER Columbus which the naval
Ienartment had over the identity OF
,ba homes of John Paul Jones.
An Indiana man-James F. Suites
nan of dsville-must shoulder
ADVANCE responsibility for the state
doDartment's future troubles. Mr..
statesman is the commissioner gen.
oral of the United States to Central
America and the West Indies, in the
interest of the Panama-Pacific expo
sition. It was at a dinner given i'll
Santo Domingo by the president Of
the dominican Republic that the Indi-
anian suggested that the bones of the
great navigator be taken from their
resting place in the Santo Domingo
cathedral. be placed in an appropriate
receptacle at the prov Of the battle
sbu Oregon, that will head the process
sion Of battleships through the Pa
mama canal and be taken to San Franz
cisco for exhibition purposes.
What Bryan Must Decide.
The Dominican Republic has diplo-
matte representative in Washington,
Senior Dr. Don Francisco ]. Peynado,
who voices his governments desire
that this government shall sanction
Mr. Stutesman's plan. The Dominican
Republic is urging the carrying out
SOf the transportation and exhibition
plan is attempting apparently to Sc
cure not only the sanction of the Unit
ed States for the proposal, but with it
what will be tantamount to an official
state department decision that Santo
Domingo has the only "well-authenti-
Gated remains" Of the voyager and
flScoyerer which are in existence. Mr..
Bryan therefore may be called upon to
decide between the claims of Santo
Domingo and the claims of the Span
sh city of Seville, which asks the
world to believe that the only real
bones of Columbus are in it's keeping.
Thescontroversy over the final rest
ing place of what is left of Christopher
Columbus began many years ago and
lis an exceedingly Lively controversy
to this day.
Christopher Columbus died in 1906
II Falladolid, Spain. In his will he
Shed that his bones be taken across
he ocean and buried in Santo Do
mmgo. For long time this wish re-
NAMED unfulflled. Finally, according
70 accepted tradition, his bones we're
transferred to Santo Domingo-prob-
aOy between 1889 and 1549-and
paced in the cathedral, together with
nose Of Diego, his son.
Story of the Controversy.
Nearly two centuries and half later
IN l195-the Spaniards, about to
'Oandon Santo Domingo to the French.
resolved not to allow the remains Of
UNI VINO had given them a new world
" Tall into the hands of the newcom-
YIN 80 they took from the cathedral
Volnn supposed to contain his bones
Iuu sent 1t In a ship to Havana. No
yOuy seemed to harbor any doubt that
VIC transferred bones were indeed
IOSe OF Columbus and the resting
TIaVe 10 which they were consigned in
la'@na became shrine and one of
VuieI sights of the Cuban city.
out IN 1877 Santo Domingo gave
.-Dau and Spanish confidence a rude
pr nm, A Dominican priest named
va Iii wishing to open a door long
~. a''eu up IN the cathedral, uncovered
~, eHu OF metal casket in a for
g s,,en vault. He lost no time in no
MI; sle blshop Cochia of Santo Do
. ~-so who, in his turn, informed a
rI''er OF notables of the city, includ-
~ several of the foreign consuls, of
N priests discovery. Before them
on NoIAmen dug into the vault and
S'eFed the coffin. In it were found
,s snauuV OF bones and dust and two
'p''ons' One of these was deci-
sI,t,eu ana declared to be an abbre-
NJ NJ OF the Spanish words meaning
s,s >' We of America, First Admit
!, a,r. ne other inscription was read
9oo n''I e, y Esdo. varon On. Cristoval
sentI. INDUSTRIOUS and distinguished
ps, 'Sulan' Don Christopher Colum-
an a., ms seemed to show beyond
,oys auuot that the remains of the dis
% ~ AAe never left Santo Domin-
Ast ,s e nNtiVes Of the republic took
ant., e ~ without hesitation and cele-
Sn ru Inc find with great enthusiasm.
ion an ana Cuba made an investiga-
u ~ Iu declared there was nothing
Bryan ga oanto Domingo story. Mr..
set,Ia !. probably will be called upon to
ave no easy lob. ' anu rs WIN
~ "p'nos May Have to Wait.