The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-29
WAKE ISLAND Is A FREAK.
OR NH Possession Island One Day and the Na Sub
merged Reef-Cabe Station VIZ Have to Be
BaM Stills.
Buff on Stills.

In many Respects the freskiest Of the
more thsu 100 stands OF which Uncle
Sam Bias coma srto possss!an 81 a result
Of fte war % Eracf. or Haicyon or Wake
tssaad. AS II y more commonly knowB.
'Presioi chaase Now you see It. Now
aea don'tt.
30 gath rressAtigisator Neptune. Fer.
alas this new poss~<s.on - an island enc
day. another a tgeacherons reef hidden
beneath an enNcss,g sea. Needless to say.
u has never besn inhabited by human be-
tnxss At least Hs=t within shs memory nf
mariners or explorers, s8ss the ~. Louis
Geoese- Democrat How, then. can any one
dwelf there for tho protection and pfeser-
satiom OF Uncle SANS ifstersstsg That Is
the question which only Yankee ingenuity
caa solve TO make human habssasaon pas@-
stt,s. not aloAe 20 say comfortable. upan
this sesssly spesf taers mast - SORT of re-
vesacn % tho primitive state Of Affairs
wasca br. Cushing lately found TO have
onca existed 5esa Ia TIE Florida keys
The extinct Inhabitants Of the Keys were
ssic dWs.ssfS.
NAsn IL MS Announces tie other day
that se woul3 claim Wake island there
vas 10 he found in Washington no ere
who coul3 venture any Information A. 10
ia history, TIE Ayaresraphtc sfy{se, TIE
governments cssysaa az infer ten con
corning islands had uA uSht save a few
fnss giving latitude. EogsgstaatEe and sailing
directions. since thea. however yassr cor-
respentsi8 bsss gsCSssteu&iv fAnsaekea b.
hTRftes and pd records. attn sNsne %sir~
c-sss. In a4 aht susuTse ~ charts IN ire Is
efnrv ~ congress was fenasi a map ~ the
cisapaeavTne Island Moreover. tan gar DE-
rartmea1 Contained Anpossw lGs records -
hvtrs description or & to "a batter Written
by Rrix. Gen. + Y, tsreeae. Who planted
an AmeT1eaa rsg sslnvr last FDugth ~
july, Accompanying tAts letter T. raaEa
skesssi 81 Ina sss'lfhyfa p@rs 81 tAe stand
Drawn trans e1snfass survey usa&ta hV IA >
eTtny sascasa s'ssEaa pared With sA~ chart
"a Tn. csasSs sssstoual tissfaFy tets skatra
s4sesss that sathsr ssnse rAtsst haxe
wrought many changes ~ Ire csst.'ges -
she oct NJ land
Wake island Was fr~t discovered svoas.
TIRE deck us The British S13p Eran,e Nsg"asss
Hvnsy IN i.% There r. a frassftsas thas r.
was ehrisssnsa Wasn sa aenav - wsss-
ssa naval aSg.eey % lhst n.mr ng. "a gAs
Wakes Ia sae atsissal tss % Eas RclFAsa
navy nogvlshes q KrncvAfSsn ser naske sssee-
s~auens 90 the safe * IRE 8fsesKsry In
yssi the Jul,ea States exploring 1sss-si-
tion Under sssag. WINES slEMse2 ass .gs.ss
sans Algi ard sxniaEel ls. Tae el4 f'-vae =
charts ea1l it ''Kcssvsl" waseh ss.eas1s
'-rsssk.'' w2sie sesse b2ag5s charts Ixses
1t ''tisicyen
In fsef Shers waatt never hxvs s~vs,
say Fo.Fs - Land IL ass Aausfv spot hal
nsfarcz original insenstssGS t@rn cA~rses
eNt Thr coral as2ssc1 Is FvsgSssx sgs ~ tss
upNssts1sDs * ne SEA tsotsesa tA~r-s re-
very eigness gosgf = saiy Is fe~s Ss-sSe ssA
isVrt Tsns . require. erals nssNtssAtssy
rough rss - ssshgs<fse e Tncsefozs sssr
rev Ssasr staten wiSs have - - nsps.sttes4
: orca strsseture slEnsssr % the xke.esea
igh,sssasr taw4Ta .~ecse4 upGn gssree
ssvaSseTeus ssso&&S aieaE ee- Atssmsse
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ssa s. ~sfr 20 xee9sve bssss1 on sAHYa
wfrea ia ssA is gas sssstt. hsE shen u r.srs
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