Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1912 — New Find of an Old Race. [ARTICLE]

New Find of an Old Race.

Fanning Island, in the mid-Paciflc ocean, which was recently purchased by a British Canadian syndicate for use as a coaling station, is the scene of remarkable discoveries, the ne'ws of which was brought by the steamship Makura, which arrived at Vancouver, B. C., on Dec. 13. Archaeological explorations hove brought to view indications that the island was inhabited at some long-ago period by a race with peculiar skill in architecture. Excavations there have unearthed a large stone building, 50. feet wide and 300 feet long, in the construction of which no mortar was used, the stones used haying been skillfully mortised together.' .. Near oy this strange structure was found a tomb containing a human skeleton with a necklace made of the teeth of the sperm whale, and of other articles, Including the skull of a dog. - x