Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-03
MAY MEET RESISTANCE
KING OF MARCUS
IS ABOUT TO SAIL
Japanese On GnanO Island May
Object 10 Schooner Wbalen'S
Grew Going Ashore Captain
Rosehill Prepared,

xBefore the Marcus Island fertilizer |
trade is firmly established some inter
esting developments may be looked for,
unless things 80 more smoothly than
is now expected by those interested.
On Monday there will be a meeting
of the members Of the company own
ing the schooner Julia Il. Whalen.
brought down from San Francisco nv
Captain A. A. Rosehill the other day.
The result of this meeting will deter.
mine the course OF action TO be taken
in the matter OF starting business OIL
the far-away speek in the broad Pacific.
AS things are now, Captain Rosehill
expects to be ordered out of here on
Wednesday next.
With a Hawaiian and Samoan crew
aboard. and a white mate. to say moth
ing Of plenty Of provisions, Captain
Rosehill expects 10 sail direct for Mar
Gus Island and there secure some four
or five tons Of samples Of guano. He
has no idea. this trip, of procuring .
cargo of the stun, as this would be out
OF the question without facilities on the
island for conveying the fertilizer to the
vessel. At present the only method of
loading the guano aboard the E. halen
would be by the vessels crew packing
the stuff aboard in bags, an operation
of which they would be likely to very
soon grow tired.
The first consideration will be to
effect a landing on the lonely island. Il
is known that party Of Japanese are
at present on the island. In case these
japanese should OBJECT to the men oil
the Whalen coming ashore, Captain
koschill will probably Immediately re-
turn 10 Honolulu and report matters.
BY that time, Il is thought, the cable
will be laid between San Francisco and
this port and communication with
Washington. and with the Orient as
we'll. will be a simple matter and the
difficulty. even II 1t assumes something
of international Importance. would
probably be Strengthened out without a
great deal OF trouble.
1t was first thought best, in the
event OF the japanese on Marcus Isl
end refusing landing to Captain Rose.
hill, that the Julia Z. Whalen should
go at once to Yokohama, Manila. or
some other Oriental port in search Of
an American man.oi.war. II was aft
erwards decided by the Marcus Island
company. however that 1t would be
wiser for Captain Rosehill to return
home to Honolulu, where the affair
could be better settled and where the
lien OF the Whalen would bo among
friends.
When Captain Rosehill was in San
Francisco purchasing the schooner he
met Captain Pierce OF the Unitod
States transport Sheridan, who advis.
ed him TO be careful in attempting a
landing on Marcus Island
II seems that the Sheridan stopped
at Marcus Island on a recent outward
trip. Captain Pierce wanted to cor.
rect his chrOnometer and proceeded to
go ashore. As the boat from the trans.
port neared the beach, about twenty
Japanese. carrying rifles, marched
down toward the water and ordered
the boat TO keep OF.
After some talk, Captain Pierce and
a sew Of the men OF tho transport land.
ed to see what all the trouble was
about.
One Of the Japanese, the only one
of the crowd who could speak any Eng.
lish, showed The captain a long docu-
ment in japanese and told him he
could not land. The captain could not
read the document, but informed the
Japanese that he would have very lit.
lie trouble landing everybody from the
ship II he so desired, and he pointed
toward the transport where several
hundred soldiers were grinning over
the rails.
In view Of the experience of the cap.
tain of the Sheridan, Captain Rosehill
will he careful as 10 landing on Mar.
Gus Island.
Several years ago Captain Rosehill
landed on Marcus island and took pos
session In the name of the United
States. No one was on the island at
the time. He asked for title to the
and. obtaining II but recently.
The Whalen viii probably be gone
about three months. Marcus Island Is
nearly 5000 miles from here, being
about 1000 miles TO the southeast Of
Yokohama.