The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-14

mans ef Column rus nc taken from
Szate Domingo to San anciSc next
year. in order that they may be shown
at the Pan-Anerican Exposition hat
hostility u this plan has developed IN
the dominican Republic. Il being feit
that * would ee s2rrllcSioas 10 mako
an exhibit Of the remains. while Ii ~
pointed ont that there IS danger Of
some accident happening. b. witch
the remains might ee lost or destroy
ed"
n Bulletin of the pan-American
tnlon some time a-o printed s. de-
tailed account OF the finding Of tho
remain OF Columbus in Santo Do
'aiaSo. w2th some discussion OF the
controversy over the Dominican ard
Spanish claims. the article in cues
ton being written BY Enrique Des-
champs, Consul General Of The Do
minican Republic at Madrid. wit , ctt-s
various authorities in support u IN.
Dominican claims.
Senior Deschamps opens has article
with the declaration that the con
census Of unbiased public opinion -
that the real remains Of Columbus are
those which rest IN the cathedral of
Santo Domingo After explaining
how the remains Of Columbus were
brought to Santo Domingo about 1887
and buried in the cathedral. Senior
Descharlps continues as follows.
In 1875 Spain Ceded the island Ut
Sante Domingo to France under Ar
ticie 8 Of the Treaty of Basiiea. and
Lieut. Gen. Gabri~d de Aristizahal Of
the Royal Navy thinking. as became a
soldier and a Spaniard. tina, IL would
not be worthy of his country 10 leave
the reyered remains of the d~iscoyerer
of America under another flag. made
an earnest endeavor to have them re-
moved to the capital OF the island Of
Cuba. at that time under the SOW
e~reicnty Of Spain.
There was no tablet. inscription. or
mark OF any kind on the tomb of
Columbus. and the Spaniards. when
they undertook. during the following
years. the eXhunlation, as they
thought, Of the First Admiral. had
nothing to guide them other than ira
dition which said tina the remains
Of Christopher Columbus had been
sar to rest in the Chancei OF the Ca
, thedral OF the side of the Gospel. IN
the place where the throne Of the
| Bishop used to be placed"
These indications appearing un-
, questionable. the exhuHfers of 1875
4 made their search ION the side OF the
: Gospel and found the remains.
which they removed to Havana. The
: new eXhuners of 1877, of whom We
will speak later. guided by no other
. clue, found the same stone casket
. hole W, of n cubic shape. though
t empty. its contents having been rc-
s moved at the end of the preceding
century.
d but as they knew what the frs
q exhumerS had not known. namely
it that the remains of the family O.
h Columbus rested in the same presby
Y terium in as many different baskets
It while searching for those Of Dor
d Diego, it being supposed that Christie
o piers were in Havana. and Luis.
having been discovered there only
~. -
e remains Of Diego, which. as will b
5 seen. had really been taken to Ha
n, vana but those of Christopher III
n stead.
le The record of the exhumation IL
Of 17e5 makes no reference to any AL
thentic document setting forth that a
the place whore said anonymous re
RS mains were being removed those q
in the discoverer were located. and
K such document had existed the cler
Is would have assuredly made a note @
l. the fact, as ne could not have bee
i OF its great Importance
I'd Such a document would have account
lie ed for the absolute absence OF III
le scriptiors on the top or sides OF tn
d casket. or on the loose plates theTeo
le which in fact were all that rename
le of aid caSket, as stated in the RECORD
ae This record, signed by lose
Hidalgo. the clerk of the Chamber
ct the Royal Audencia Of Santo D.
le rninco. reads as follows:
Ion Dec. 20. 1875. a caSket va
r opened situated on the p~resnyteria1
beside the Gospel, in the mann wa
ne and before the principal altar, abol
de one cubic yard in size, and therei
E. were found some plates about a thu
IN OF a yard long. OF lead, lndicat1n
he that it had contained a box OF sAl
metal, and some sections OF shin ben'
to and q number of other parts OF a d.
in ceased person. which were gathfre
up on a tray. together with all tn
earth contained in the same. whicl
es from fragments mixed ther"wft
On were recognized as remain OF sa'
Sc body
Therefore. according 10 the FeCSf
of there were exhun1ed the remains
ne some deceased person supposed
nave been those of CHRISTOPHER 60
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