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Show Columbus' Body. Christopher Columbus died in obscurity end poverty at Valadolid, Spain, May 20, 1506. By special favor of the monks of St. Francis his body was, for a time, deposited in the vault of their church in that city, but some years later, in pursuance pur-suance of his own expressed wish, the remains were translated to Hispaniola and placed in a crypt under the cathedral cathe-dral of San Domingo. In 1529 the body of Diego, the son of Columbus, was also buried in the crypt, and soio years afterward that of Luis, the discoverers grandson, wan laid with tho other two. ln'1793 the Spanish part of San Domingo was ceded to tiie French, but before the cession permission was given for the removal re-moval Of Columbus' body to Havana. A metallic caiw, supposed to contain the body of the discoverer, was removed and placed in the Cathedral of Havana, and the matter rested until 1877, when a metallic casket was found iu the San Domingo vault, which beyond all doubt . was that of Christopher Columbus. It was inscribed both within and without with his name and titles, and proved beyond be-yond question that, through haate or carelessness, the persons who effected the removal in 179J5 had carried away the body of Diego, the son of Columbus, and that the remains of the great admiral ad-miral now rest beneath the Cathedral of San Domingo. St. Louis Globe-Demo I trat. |