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Show I' SKELETON IN AN ARM CHAIR II.om of lis "I'snl.h A In.lr.l MM.n.ll I onil Near anllsn. Hsntlago de Cuba, Mareh IS Ocncr nl Ionanl Wood military governor of the department of Santiago In the presence of the adjutants general of the department, Colonel llaron and Captain Dllmore, Captain Hcott, captain cap-tain of the port, and other ofllccrt, positively Identified the remains of the Hpanlsh ofllccr discovered n few days ago among the rocks on the ahore about four miles west of LI Mnrro, aa those of Admiral Mllamll, who com manded the Hpanlsh torpedo boat de atroicra In the naval battle which resulted In the destruction of Admiral terveraaaipialron Accompanied by tho ofllcera named and by others (ltncral Wood went In a tug to Investigate personally as to the truth of the rt port that the body of a Hpanlsh ofllccr had Ihcii found, tied In an arm chair, a, tho point designated The report proved well foun led I early opposite the point where tho wrecked torjicdo destroyer l'luton lies, Oeneral Mood found an armchair with ropes around It, a skull, hone on the ground and tho ragged remnant of the uniform of a captain In tho Spanish Span-ish navy It was evident that the but tards had stripped the bone of flesh It Is understood though na to this thcro Is no icrtalnty that Admiral Vlllstnll was taken ashore from the l'luton In a dying condition, tied In nn arm chair, and the supposition la that he died Immediately on reaching tho shore, the body Wing left abandoned among the rocks where it remained undiscovered until a few day ago (leneral Wood, through tho war department, de-partment, will notify the aecntary of state of the finding of the remalna so that they can 1 removed to Spain, If the Spanish government so desires, rending final disposition they will bo kept at the arsenal lure 1 he tattered uniform will also be held aubject to Hpanlsh orders. |