The sepulchre which contained what passes among the Spanish inhabitants of Cuba for the bones of Columbus is extremely simple in character. The H SfllE HSEO THE REALM OF FASHION. MYSTERY EXPLAINED. Mystery jnsurouas me rinai nesting nace oi k the Great Discoverer. k a? . a t . sr t . a 7i Dslij Inltk Marlins ty thi Whim Ski Bsl JIIUI-lMj tiidlil Wltk Billili tt Bit Tkrist Cst ;tS f it' . ; it ! ir 5i. itf Jit xr Sf? ,i I uw ncuuivuio whiuii cuuiniupu wum I a Mystery and secrecy surround the exhumation in Havana, Cnba, of the remains of Columbus, and this fact lias given vise to grave minors, which appear to have some foundation, as there has been no attempt at denial from any source. The removal of the remains was effected behind the closed doors of the Cathedral,' which were guarded by an armed forced. Few of the authorities were present, the names of those who were to attend be ing handed to the Chief of l'olice the night before in General Blanco's own handwriting. No official account of the ceremony or statement regarding the condition of the remains has been made pnblio, bnt it has leaked ont from an authori tative sonrce that they are not in the same condition as when they were placed in the niche. When the remains were placed in the mausoleum a small casket was en closed, containing' coins, gold and silver medals, precious stones and rolls of parchment, as was then the enstom npon the occasion of a bnrial. It appears that this casket had been tampered with and rifled of its con tents, and further rumors say that only portions of the remains are left. GoBsip and specnlation are rife, the exact trnth of which the authorities make no effort to atllrm or contradict. A quasi-official explanation, however, is to the effect that secrecy was given I i 1 TOMB OF COLUMBUS IN THE to the ceremony beoanse cable dis - patch received reported that General Toral had been murdered in Madrid the day before, and fears were anter tained that disorders might oeour if the pnblio and military came together in great numbers. ' Some of the more rabid Spaniards go to the length of saying that the whole ceremony was a faroe, the Washington Government having ob jected to the removal of the remains and their Government going throngh the pantomime in order to make the pnblio believe that the remains, which really are left there, were shipped to Spain. (Spain's pitiful appeal to be permit- TIAX OOVTAINIMO THS ASHES OF 0OLUK y BUS AT OHNOA, XT ALT ted to remove the bones of Christo pher Columbus from Havana to Madrid will likely be passed npon by the Paris Siaoe commissioners, but before any scnsslon is reaohod four nations will become involved in the controversy. 'he four nations not only claim the tZ-t to possess the remains of the grent discoverer, bnt they assert that they already have them and are pre pared to back np the assertion with all torts ( proof. There is a quartet of Columbian graves in different parts LEAD CHEST COSTAIWIXQ TOE BOMBS OF COLUMBUS. of the world and eaohoneissepaiately worshiped as the real article. One of these is in Havana, one is in Santo Domingo, one is in Genoa, Italy, and one is in Valladolid, Spain. When Santo Domingo, where his body was interred after having been brought from its resting place in Seville, became possession of France, the Spaniards removed what they sup posed to be the bones of Columbus, with many of the other valuable and CATHEDTtAL AT HAVANA. and sacred relics of Spanish rale, tc Havana, where they have sinoe re mained. As a matter of faot historians are now agreed that the bones which the Spaniards oonveyed to their only remaining possessions in the Western Hemisphere were not those of the great navigator, bnt of his son, Diego Col umbus, a former Governor-General of Santo Domingo, who was buried in the samo sepulchre with his father. The oertainty that the Spaniards had made a blunder in removing the body was established through a very curious circumstance. Just before his death, Columbus, greatly aggrieved by the injustice and cruelty with whioh he had been treat ed by the people for whom he had done so mnoh, requested that the chains in whioh he had been brought baok a prisoner from his last voyage to the West Indies, and which he al ways kept in his room as a memento of Spanish gratitude, might be buried in the coffin with him. . His request was scrupulously Regarded by the members of his family, and without the knowledge of the Spanish officers these relics were, placed in his ooffln before it wao Anally sealed. A Frenchman who chanced npon some autograph letters written by the explorer found among other interest ing doonments the navigator's will. He was struck by the strauge clause relating to the shackles, and made in quiries whether or not any such things were found when the coffin was re moved from the tomb in Santo Do mingo. As no one remembered to have heard of any snoh thing, an in vestigation was set on foot, with the result that the bones of Columbus were found to be still peacefully re posing in the new French colony.. As a matter of coarse, the Spaniards have derided the notion that they could by any possibility have made a mistake, but subsequent discoveries have only tended to strengthen the idea that the Spaniard! had merely given on more example to the world of the eareleos mm aid superficiality with whioh they maf cat ail thair o&oial acta. ' 1 silt SLAB OVER THB COMIMBCS TOMB AT HAVANA. cathedral in which it is situated, how ever, is a very handsome structure. The banes were in a plain stone vault made of marble, placed to the right of and at the foot of the main altar. The stone vault surmounted by a bust supposed to resemble the explorer, but said to differ in every detail from his portraits. The bones of Colum bus, the. Spaniards say, were taken to Havana in 1795 and placed in a grave dug under the spot where the vault now stands. In 1822 the Spaniards in Cuba erected the present tomb and placed beneath the bust of Columbus the following inscription; O, Brand Columbus! In this urn enshrined A thousand centuries Thy bones shall gnardt A thousand ages keep thine image frssh, In toktn of our nation's gratitude. When the supposed bones of Colum bus were removed from Santo Dom ingo, the ceremony was made the oc casion for a display of Spanish gran deur euoh as had never before been seen in the Western Hemisphere. It is easy to concede that the lead chest found at San Domingo was not the one in whioh the bones of the Admiral were taken to San Domingo, for it is generally admitted that the name America, which appeared on the oasket, was used before 1009, and the Gothio characters in the interior of the chest were not common until the seventeenth century. The circumstance that the chest found at San Domingo is small, also contlrms the . suspicion that it was made to contain half a skeletou. That sent to Havana, althongh of the same length and depth was wider, perhaps to give more room to the hip bonea and the skull, besides the other bones corresponding to those found at San Domingo. The San Domingo chest contained some fragments of lead which bear the unmistakable signs of age. This sug gests the probability that the chest was cast from an older one. After a distinguished career in En rope and Asia, Mgr. Bocoocooahia, the discoverer of the remains of Columbus at San Domingo, was made Bishop at Orope, Vicar of San Domingo, and delegate to Hayti and Venezuela in 1874. The leaden chest was found on September 10, 1877. The work in the cathedral had just began when a hid den tomb was discovered at the left of the altar. A leaden chest was fonnd. It contained the remains of Don Fietro Colombo, the discoverer's grandson. The chest containing the bones of Colambns was at the right of the first. When the discovery was made, be sides Mgr. Cooohia, the Italian Con sal; Giobatta Cambiaso, his brother, Lnigi, and the authorities of San Domingo, were present. The Consul, CRYSTAL COXTAINIXO TIIE ASIIE8 OF COLCMBCS, AT FAVIA, ITALY. who was a Genoese, seized a pinch of the ashes in the chest and plaoed them in a crystal vial. A ribbon was attached to the vial, bearing, an in scription in Italian to this effect: "A shea of the immortal Christopher Columbus, discovered in the Cathedral of San Domingo the 10th of September, 1877. To the City of Genoa, from her affectionate sons, Giobatta and Lnigi Cambiaso." When the vial arrived at Genoa the raunuipality decided to preserve it in an urn of bronze. The urn was executed in 1880 by Pandianl, of Milan. It is in the style of the seven teenth century. Four sea horses sus tain it at the corners, and graceful de signs adorn the frame, whioh bears on each aide the arms of Genoa. The whole is surmounted by a female figure representing Genoa, the Queen of the Mediterranean. The left band rests upon an auohor, and with the right the figure holds aloft the wreath' of viotory. Pavia reoeived a similar honor, for at bar university the discoverer of the New World completed bis studies. The ashea were plaoed in a small pyramid of crystal, and that was de posited is a f plardid reoeptaoie. . Ladle' Cape With Applied Yoke. Heavy black silk poplin is used for this stylish cape, the applied yoke be ing of rich guipure lnoe over white satin and the decoration of satin rib bon ruehing. The cape is shaped on fashionable A BGASONABLH CAPB. lines which slope gradually to points in front and back. Darts at each shoulder with a seam in centre baok cause a snug adjust ment at the top, graoeful fulness in rippling folds below the shoulders to a comfortable and fashionable length. The oiroular yoke is applied after the darts are sewed and may be cut with or without a oentre seam. The high standing collar Is shaped in four seotions joined to fit the neck comfortably and flare becomingly at at the top. TYPE OF THE A rufflejoffnet, lace or chiffon is plaoed inside the collar, a large bow of the same being tied over the closing in front. The fronts are olosed as for as the waist with coat hooks and eyes. An interlining of wadding or canton flannel gives richness as wallas warmth to capes of satin, silk or poplin, a silk lining of soma becoming color adding elegance to its finish. Capes in this style can be worn at any age and are dressy enongh for churoh or visiting. Velvet can be appropriately chosen with passementerie for the yoke and fur or any desired decoration may be adopted. To make this cape for a lady of medium size will require one and five eighths yards of material fifty-four in ches wide. The Mow Winter Hat. My lady's new winter hat is shown in the large engraving. An extremely chio affair of no particular period re produced. The knots and twists un der the front brim and the high trim ming at one side recall ths sportive modes of 1830. Bnt hats then were large in aize, and the fashion this au tumn calls for head coverings only medium in eircumferenoe, exoept in carriage hats, whioh are huge and heavy laden with plumes. At a favorite shop where many wom en inspected fall hats, Madame, the milliner, said that there is no common name for this style in hats, nor, as a general thing, for any sort whioh is brought forth at that store. "So far as possible," said Madame, "every hat we make is unlike every other, so we oaunot give a general name whioh would be at the same time individual." That bats are to be worn "off the face," as was predioted in the summer. It is only the exceptional headpiece whioh is fashioned for the wom an without a pompadour. The roll of bair over the brow (net fills in the spsae between trim and forehead. Aud many of the turbans are arranged to fit around the baok hair, whioh should bt dona on ths crown of the head. I ' Such is the most patent fact about new autumn hats: That the largest number of them turn away from the face. Thonoh a few with tr!nl.t brims are for sale to those who cannot or will not abide these upturned ef feots. A Woman Physician's Work. Dr. Katharine Kollock, a medioal inspector for the girls' high school in rnilaiielpula, during the last year ex amined more than 8000 pupils. As a result of her work it is said the stand ard of health among the girls has been better than that of any previous year. Edison's Tribute to Woman. Thomas A. Edison declares that women have more quickness and in- sigut auont machinery tuan men have, and be tirAfers tn Atrlnlnv tlmm In rying out the details of his electrical 1 41 inventions. Child's French Dress. This dainty dress of embroidered cashmere in pale blue, showed yoke and sleeves of dark blue velvet which were made adjustable so as to do for ordinary or party wear. A short body lining snpports the shirring that adjusts the fulness in front and back, the top being arranged to form frilled headings. The sides are gathered to the lower edge of body lining, a band of the embroidered cashmere passing all around the short waist. Bands to match pass over the shoulders to foot of dress in front aud back, pretty gathered bretelles standing out over the sleeves. WINTER HAT. Stylish puffs are mounted on fitted sleeves, whioh may be omitted as here shown and the dress may be finished without the yoke to wear with or with out different gaimpes. The front and baok are shown of cashmere having embroidered edge, while the sides are completed with an embroidered frill of cashmere. Cashmere, veiling, challia and all other soft wool or silken fabrios will develop prettily by the mode, laoe and embroidered edging and insertion, ribbon or braid being suitable trim ming. While material of this kind is not always available, the design famishes suggestions that may be carried out daintily in similar fabrios in one or a combination of material, or coloring. It is also pretty for wash dresses of thin white stuffs that are worn by lit tle girls over slips of silk or satin all winter. FOB OBDIHABT OB PARTY WIAB. To make this dress for a child ot four years of age will require two and one-half yards ot material thirty-sis inoues wida, The mystery surrounding1 the murder on last Monday at Bhamokln nC lfl. year-old Daisy Smith, whose body was found near her home at Bellns Urove by her father, a farmer, riddled with shot and with a Rnplna- knife wound In her neck, was cleared the other day by the confession of Edward Krlsslnirfr, vho was arrested on suspicion after the discovery of the body. Krlsslng-ep says the Rlrl had Jilted him and he laid In wnlt for her armed wltlt fthotgun and knife. After shooting her he cut her throat threo times. Ho then hid the knife and returned home and washed the blood from his clothes. Krlsslnger benrs p. bad reputation and Is said to have served a term In Jail. The following pensions were Issued last week: Joseph Osterhna;, Alle pheny, IS; Hobert Young-. Unlontown, i to $8; Oustav Schaaf, Monongnhela, $10 to $12; Wllllnm Onyton, Mt. Union, Huntingdon, $17 to 24; Lemuel An drews, Handy Lake, $12 to $17; tlenna Ptatmlller, Onberg, Indiana, i to 18; W. P. Lutjc, Erie, $12.25; Rosa. Bcheln er, Erie, $8; Ellrabeth Patton. Car negie, $8; Ueorge P. Derr, Mllesburg, Center, $0; Marshal E. Peck, Youngs town, Warren, $6 to $8; 8. Bellcott, Sunset, Washington, $2 to $8; Flndley Hall, Irvona, Clearfield, $6 to $8; Hen ry Melntel, Hollldaysburg, $12; Locern W. Kelly, Athens, $6 to 8; Ellrabeth B. Doneho, Pittsburg, $8; Samuel L. C. Rteek, Oil City, $12; Luther D. Wil liams, McDonald, $6; Daniel L. Won setter. Washington, $6 to $8; Joel R. Gardener, Lander, Warren, IS to $8; Andrew P. Cox. Hlg Run. $1 to $1J; Katherlne A. Schwartz, Titusvllle, $S; Henrietta Ilaumbach, Pittsburg, $8; Lucetta Miller, Kltt.innlng. $H; Ameli Cutler, Titusvllle. $2; William E. Rurchfleld, Phlllpsburg, $10; Wm. H. Younklns, Falrc nance, $; Husnll Da vis, New Castle, $8; Jns. 8. Harris. California, $6; John McCurdy, DuHols, $6 to $8; Elizabeth Murphy, Scalp Lev el, $8. Constable Ed Hughes, of Rochester, has made an Information before Squire Young, of Beaver, charging E. 8., J. R. and David Food and James Lander man, of Monaca. with assault and bat tery and obstructing the execution of a legal process. Mr. Hughes claims that he went to the defendants' store In Monaca to serve some papers in connection with the collection of a claim held by James Frlel A Co.,. of Pittsburg, and was ejected. Tramps who robbed a freight car In Old Forge township the other night were carrying away their booty on a section truck on the Austin branch of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, when a coal train engine bringing In soma cars ran upon them. The tramps Jumped and escaped. In the wreck that fol lowed Richard Howell, of Plttston, a brakemnn, was crushed to death, and John Carroll, also a brakeman, was badly Injured. Eight persona werethurt at DuBols In a sham battle between Companies E and L of the Fifth regiment and the veterans of '61. Olant crnrkera were used to represent heavy artillery. One exploded In the grasp of Bcrgt. Logan of Compnny E and his hand was near ly torn to pieces. Ex-Oounty Com missioner Rubs had a finger torn oft and his hand badly mangled In a like manner. Others were' only slightly Injured. Miss Penlo Vogan, aged 17, residing near the line betwen Venango and Mercer counties, died Thursday of ty phoid fever. Miss Vogan was a daugh ter of J. T. Vogan. Seventeen young people attended a party near Raymll ton. where Ice cream was served, and those who partook of the delicacy were stricken with typhoid fever. Fred Vo gan died two weeks ago. Several pa tients are reported at the point of death. Bessie Oarman. aged 14. was burned to death In the home of Brady Flnken binder, at Mont Alto Junction near Chamberaburg. She upset a lamp from a laDie, ana the kerosene, Igniting, en veloped her in (lames from head to foot, literally roasting Darts of her body, Mr. Flnkenblnder. In trying to save her, was dreadfully burned about ine arms and hands. When Miss Mary Myser. of Lancas ter, sat down to the supper table the other night she told her parents thai she had taken a dose of Paris green. as sne did not complain of pain they treated the matter rather lightly. A few hours later her father heard her moaning and he then summoned a physician, but it was too late to save her life. By the caving In of the hill at mine No. 2 at Belle Vernon last week Albert Dow Bates, bookkeeper for the com pany, was killed end his brother, Wil liam P. Bates, superintendent of the mine, was seriously injured. Robert noss, a negro, naa nis back hurt and . was injured Internally, and George Mlnney. also colored, had hla arm broken. Dr. M. M. Denllnger and wife war - held up on the highway at Lancaster while driving to their home, by three) men, who demanded their valuables. Instead of complying the doctor Dut ' the whip to hla horse and succeeded in getlng away. The robbers were armed with heavy clubs, and struck at them . as they sped away. Frank Kulley, while returning from Pittsburg to Mount Pleasant a few days ago, left the cars at the wrong station, and in attempting to board the train again was thrown under a passing freight on an adjoining track and ground to pieces. The body of an unknown young man was found near Meadvllle frightfully mangled in the Erie railroad yards. He was wen areasea ana had money in his pockets. Various articles found on the body seemed to denote that ha belong ed In Bradford. , A 70-year-old farmer named Sho. herd was seriously Injured at Leech burg by the team he was driving run ning away and overturning the wagon down a steep hill, with Mr. Bhepherd underneath. A trolley car at Ashley. Lumma County, struck Edward Fenner, who was uriving ai-runa me track, killing him Instantly. Willie, aged 4. son of Walter finnj. win, Smlthfield, fell 23 feet into a well and was rescued only slightly lnlurmt- Thlevea broke Into a ' carload ef grapes at Fayette station, Fayette uuuuiy, anu aioie over one thoutand baskets, which they hauled away in w Mgun. Joseph March of Latrobe has enter ed suit against the Latrobe Ccal Com pany for $20,000 damages for alleged Injuries received while working in a mine. William A. Stone of Hopwood. has purchased for $8,000 a timber tract of the Ewlng Brownfleld estate, and will get out the timber. Ths tract Includes 1.000 acres. David M. Loop, of Normalvllle, drop ped dead while conversing with a neighbor. J
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