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Show THE VIROINIU8 VICTIMS. lli.tr llmtra at x..lln In II. Mall.blj MarhiHl, The llilrty-flvo Americans who were butchered by Rpaln twenty-six yean , ago to gratify the brutal Instincts of revenge nru at last to have a tardy . recognition at the hands of this gov' ernment. 'I he story of the fsto of lbs , crew of Iho Vlrglnlus It still fresh In i the public mind, for It occupied a con-1 plciiou plate In the early literature relating to tho late war with Bpaln and the capture of Santiago do Cuba. ! where Hie liutihery nt Captain Try and hi men took plan Senator Money now proKi.r that the remain of tha victim, uf that maacro shall no longer iet In unmarked grave and he asked congress to ir. ike tome reparation rep-aration for the negl I with which tiny liuui been treated Under the bill which ho has Introduced In the upper hoiisat of congress the secretary of war Is uilthurlted to have tho bodies of those mail exhumed nnd brought to the 1'nlteil Hlntet for burial If II Is found to Le Iniiislb1e to Identity their graves with any degrio of cer-tslnt), cer-tslnt), then It is provided that the place uf tbelr burial shall bo fonced and appronrliiloly marked. |
