The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-21
GETS TITLE
To ISLAND
Honolulu Men Are
In a GuanO
Scheme.
COL. HITCH IN
THE BIG DEAL
w. c. Peacock and Capt. 70 chill
Partners in a Scheme That
May Make Millions.

and That is TO say. he has the
~ sovereignty over =. :he right o.
eminent domain. and the opportunity
to survey II. and its circumjacent
shoals and reefs He has the chance
to build a cable or a cOaling station.
and To- establish naval depot and
mortar batteries. without being COM
PEELED 10 buy land at prices to be fixed
either by a sympathetic jury or an I'M
sympathetic Court.
But the exclusive right to occupy the
island. and TO remove the vast guano
deposits thereon. has been granted by
our National Uncle TO Captain Andrew
=. ROsehil. who has conveyed his
rights TO the Marcus Island Guano
Company. consisting OF himself. Walter
c. Peacock and Thomas Fitch First
the flag went up on the island. nailed
TO a cOcoanut tree by Captain Rose
hill: then the constitution followed the
flag ex proprio vigcre. and lastly Rose
hill. Peacock and Fitch followed the
constitution. They are all discoveries.
RosehllI discovered the island. Peacock
discovered the money 10 back Rosehill.
and Fitch discovered a way TO get title
L, the island from the government after
everybody else had tried and failed for
IL years.
II happened in this way: The island
Is about 500 miles southeast OF
Yokohama. about eight hundred miles
uorth-northeast OF Guam, and about
two thousand eight hundred miles west
from Honolulu. Tine first official recog-
milton of its existence Is found In
hook called The Seaman's Guide TO
the Islands OF the North Pacific" pub
lished In 1870 in London by James Inn
ray &. Son. On page los ii Is said;
Cant. GeIett OF the missionary pack
ct Morning Star. in 1864 saw an island
which. by his observations. he placed
in latitude "a degrees ". longitude loi
degrees 2 minutes east. or about eight
hundred miles NNE. from Guajam- On
the evening OF December 18th numerous
land birds were seen, which Increased
in number the next morning, ana u
was remarked that land must be near
which was seen at p. m on the l'th.
The island is about five miles long,
denseIy covered with trees and shrub
berry. with a white sandy beach, and a
knoll near the center rising about 200
feet above the sea The brig passed
within three or four miles OF II ABOUT
sunset. and breakers were seen al
around IL. There were no signs OF IN
babitants on it. a reef extends 10 the
\ north of the island. The position OF
this fertile island is important and re-
liable. 1t ought TO be visited by some
war vessel and fully explored. as IL lies
| directly in the track OF whalers bound
| from Ascension in the Carohnes 10 Ih'
sea of Okhotsk and the Arctic ocean.
| CAPTAIN KittOn OF the Davis HoadIeS
| Gin MAY. 1865. at =. m. being IN 'h'
| vicinity OF an island named Marcus
on the chart. made an island. the ives
end OF which Cby a set OF sights Wa
| found 10 be in latitude "a degrees :
minutes north. longitude 153 degrees D
minutes east: il appeared 20 be 10"
level. sanry island. covered with tree
and bushes. about two or three mile
Ions. east and west; no great preakeF
| were visible extending any great dls
stance from either end: its width wa
not ascertained." This appears 10 o
the island described by Captain Gelet
on June %. ISS9. Captain Andrew \
Eosehill-now assistant harDDr mast
a. H1n1iulu-was in command OF
small trading schooner in the Sout
Seas. He visited Marcus Island an
L claimed Il in the name of the Unite
4 states on his return 10 Honolulu ]
4 October. 1883 he attempted 70 secuT
I ts-l.. Z, the =uano deposits On the -
I and through Juo. L. Stevens. IN
I N American minister to the Kingdom
, Hawaii. James G. Blaine was the