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Show 4 . Want Discoverer's Bones. The Mexican government is making an effort to secure the remains of Hernandez Cortez, the , Spanish conqueror, supposed to be concealed in the City of Mexico. When Cortez died the Hospital Hospi-tal of Jesus Xazareno, which he founded, became the. property of the crown of Spain, under ihe administration ad-ministration of the family of Cortex The 'emains of Cortez were buried in the hospital. In 1S2I the remains were surreptitiously taken from the hospital hos-pital by members of the Aleman family, who occupy oc-cupy the house adjoining the hospital, and who have charge of the latter. They oavj been hidden ever since, notwithstanding all' the efforts of the authorities to find them. Government i officers searched Aleman's house last week, but railed to find the bones. ' Senor Aleman says that the remains ef Conoz belong to his descendants, and ire not public property, adding that some day thev maj be turned over to the government to be deposited in the national na-tional pantheon, but it will be entirely dependent I upon the will of the family whose duty it is to I preserve them. |