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Show ANCIENT SPANISH DOCUMENT. Hhotrt Vancouver Island Hhould llelong to the United 8tatea. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 21. -Tho Post Intelligencer publishes a facstmtllo of a Spanish document which shows that the Spanish wcro In actual military possession of Vancouver Island between 1700 and January 1702. It Is stated that tho document, If it had been In tho possession of Emperor William ol Germany when ho arbitrated the Canadian Can-adian boundary between England and tho United States, would havo incon-tcstably incon-tcstably proven tho right of tho United States to Vancouver Island. Tho document docu-ment in question Is a report of Pedro Albernlupon tho condition of his forces on his return from Nootka sound to Mexico. It Is dated January 1, 1703. The original document, which is now in Seattle, was sold to a Ilrltlsh citizen over forty years ago, and it lias been withheld for personal reasons. |