Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1892 — BEHRING SEA TREATY SIGNED. [ARTICLE]

BEHRING SEA TREATY SIGNED.

Queen Victoria and Lord Salisbury Affix Their Signatures. The other afternoon Minister Lincoln drove in a carriage ,to the Foreign Offioe In London, carrying a little leather case under his arm containing a copy of the Behring Sea treaty signed by President Harrison A quarter of an hour later he drove,back to the legation with the little case, which then contained a copy of the treaty signed by Queen Victoria and Lord Salisbury. The actual exchange of ratifications occupied only two or three minutes. It took place in the Secretary of State's room overlooking St James’ Park, and Lord Salisbury and Mr. Lincoln each signed his copy of the treaty with a new quill pen. The pens, together with the blottingpad used, were placed in a special bureau for preservation through the ages.