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BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON
TUNE 10, 1874.
NO. 5.
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the column, constitutes a square;
N. B — All debts due this office are payable
in Coin,, unless otherwise expressly agreed.
■BaBSAur w.vw=tareHig.
from all portions of
Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D emocrat .
A ll communications, to receive attention
must be accompanied by a responsible name!
Personal communications will be charged
as special advertisements.
C orrespondence
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BUSINESS NOTICES.
(Graduate o f the College of Physicians and
Surgeons New York and of the Medical De­
partment oi the Willamette University,)
DBS. PRICE & NEWSOM.
S. M . P E T T E B ieiM , & C O ., 10 S ta te
Street, Boston, 37 Park Row. New York
onr I n ^ fheS4ll,Ul Stree.t’ Philadelphia, are
ior Procuring advertisements
for the B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t , in the above
Cities, and are authorized to contract for
advertising tour lowest rates.
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JOB WORK.
T W e are now prepared to do all kinds of
OB V OJttK on short notice and at reasona-
N. B .—All Job W ork MUST BE PAID
FOB ON D E LIYE E Y .
TO B D H H r a s m S T ,
OQd, M
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bona
Terms cash, or no patronage solicited.
Office one door north of City Drug Store.
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BAKER CITY, OREGON.
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County, than has any other two papers pub­
lished in the State. We put no man’s name
on our subscription list unless we have orders
so to do.
~ R A I L H O AD H O C S e T
Have permanently located in
BAKER
C IT Y , OREGON,
And are prepared to operate in all branches
o f the
DENTAL PROFESSION.
H . J. GLEIi, Proprietor.
All work Warranted. Office One Door be­
low the CITY DRUG STORE.
Baker City, Oregon.-n7y
e e n d e r s ig n e d w o u l d
T h respectfully
call the attention of
J . B . O A l R E C ST E K ,
FARMERS and FRUIT GROWERS
m y extensive and varied assortment of
tEF" The B edrock D emocrat has more
fid e , paying subseriber^in Baker
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
lie P ro p rieto rs resp ectfu lly
inform tne Public that they have pur-
T
cnased the Baker City Hotel, and have fitted
For the benefit of subscribers in
certain localities, we issue a second
edition of the D emocrat on every
Monday morning, which contains ail
the news of importance received at
this city up to Saturday noon.
itup as a First C lass Hotel, where they will be
found at all times ready to attend to the
wants o f the
Second H
Sc3.itioxv.
CLEMENT & SICORD, Proprietors,
D E N T I S T S ,
BEDROCK DEMOCRAT .
Baker City, Oregon.
H u n g ry a n d W eary,
In a manner that will give satisfaction.
The Table will be supplied with the best the
Look at the Supplement for first
rate miscellaneous reading matter.
MARKET W ILL AFFORD.
Give us a call, and then you can judge of
our ability and capacity to please our custo­
mers.
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CLEMENT & SICORD.
Fruit Trees anl Slirnlery,
V IC T O K Y !
VICTO RY / !
C R O W ! CHAPM AN, C R O W !
3ST e w D r u g Store.
both useful and ornamental, for which I will
•ell low for “ MONISH.”
ir m tr a n T & » m
SEND FOB CATALOGUE.
H . J. GEEB,
Cove, Union County,
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Oregon-
Address,
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P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS.
Opposite Odd Fellows’ Hall, Main Street,
BAKER
CITY,
OREGON,
WATCHMAKER AND JE tVELER, Would respectfully inform the public that
they have recently received a well se­
lected and fresh Stock of
1867,
Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted
Stock of
ESTABLISHED IN BAKER CITY IN
Drugs,
Chemicals,
L. O. STERNS,
T. C. H YD E,
Paints, Oils,
N o ta r y P u b l ic .
Perfumeries,
S te rn s & H y d e ,
Patent Medicines,
and is prepared to do all kinds o f work in
Soaps,
A tto r n e y s a n d C o u n s e lo r s A t -L a w ,
his line o f business.
B AK ER CITY, OREGON.
Wines,
Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory
L . O. S terns will attend the Courts o f the
Brandies,
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Prices
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Fifth _ Judicial District, and of Idaho and
Whiskies and
"Washington Territories.
Cordials,
Water Rights and Mining Litigation a
"W estern H o t e l.
For Medicinal purposes. Family Medi­
WATCHES, CLOCKS JEWELRY
S pe c ia lt y .
MAIN STREET,........................................ BAKER CITY.
Collections promptly attended to.
June 18, 1873.n6y
R EID & FLETCHER, Prop’r.
ANDREW J, LAWRENCE,
Attorney-at-Law,
B A K E R C IT Y , OREGO N.
IL E P R A C T IC E IN A E E C O U R T S
W
o f the State.
Baker City, Sept. 1,1873. nl7y.
AND C O U N S E L O R A T
A TTORNEY
Law, Baker city, Oregon.
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J. M . S H E P H E R D ,
^A.ttor n e y - a t-X a a w ,
Connected with the Hotel will be found a
first class
Liquors, Wines and Cigars o f the best
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billi-ird Tables
all in good order.
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N. B .—Those indebted to either the Hotel
or Saloon are requested to appear at the
Captain’s office and settle.
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B o h n a & AUcCord’s
SALOON,
BAK ER CITY, OREGON.
AT THE OLD StAND OF
S . V. KNOX,
B am b erger & F ran k ,
A tto r n e y at L a w ,
B A K E R C IT Y , OR EGO N.
(And Notary Public,)
o lm a «fc M cCord R e sp e ctfu l­
B
ly inform the Citizens o f Baker City
and the Public generally, that they have
W E S T O N ,
O R E G O N .
ill practice in the Courts o f this State and
Washington Territory.
PE C IA L ATTENTION PAID TO LAND
Business, and Collections.
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J O S E P H H. S H IN N ,
opened a New
S A L O O
11 attend to Conveyancing and making
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE ,
laker City, Sept. 11,1872.
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B illia r d T a b le s
To be found in the City. “ Fred” and "B o b ”
will be pleased at all times to have their
friends give them a call.
BOHNA & McCORD.
Baker City, Feb. 10, 1871. nlOtf
E. W . REYNOLDS,
DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL.
)ffice with John Brattain, Three Doors
South o f B edrock D emcrat office,
on side o f the Street.
Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4
, _TST. Sn ow s !M . D .
Physician and Surgeon,
BA K E R CITY, OREGON.
I E E I A M CON S T A B EE W O U L D
respectfully inform the Public that
W
he has opened the
C o sm o p o lita n S a lo o n ,
Corner of Front Street and Court Avenue,
opposite Virtue’s Bank, where he will
be pleased to see and wait upon his friends
and the Public generally. His
thing in his line. He has a Fine Billiard
Table for the use of his customers.
Baker City, Dec. 17, 1873.
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K a s t n e r <& L a c h n e r
MEDICAL E X A M IN E R
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Mrs. R. C. Shepherd
IS AGENT FOR
Gronr & Baler’s Sewing: lad ies,
Baker City, Dec. 1 , 1872.n30tf
R. NHNTOSH.
Respectfully offers his services to the Public
the capacity of
JOINER AND
OaDinet-Malx.or.
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All kinds and every
, P r o p r ie t o r s
R e sp e c tfu lly
informs the citizens o f Baker City that
has re-opened the
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
April 29,1874.
Having completed tlieir New Stable,
have now the finest and best regulated
Where they will carry on the Livery Busi­
ness iu all its branches.
STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Baker City, Nov. 13, 1872. n!3tf
BAKER CITY MARKET,
BEST OF MEAT,
kinds, at most reasonable prices.
AND
I
W A G O N M A K IN G ,
n A ll tlie V a rio u s B r a n d ie s
carried on by the Undersigned, at his
Shop, at the
Head of Main Street,
CITY,
OREGON.
I will do as good work, at as reasonable
Prices, as any other Shop in the Country.
S. B. McCORD,
Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874.n40tf
S. A. GAINES.
GAINES
GEO. J. BOWMAN.
& B O W M AN ,
B la c k s m ith s
AND
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PORTLAND ADVERHSEM ENTS.
S J M ’C O R M I C K ,
Importer and Dealer In
Boob, Stationary, T oys , Music AM
NEW SPAPERS,
FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’
Headquarters, Fire-proof
Manufacturers of B m ps & l a p s ,
W
E A R E G E T T IN G O U R T IM B E R
direct trom St. Louis, Mo., and none
but the very best is Purchased, we are there­
fore prepared to Warrant all our work.
We are now fully prepared to complete any
Buggies or Wagons
On short notice, and we can say we have the
Very Best o f Workmen in our employ.
Every one wanting a Buggy or Wagon will
save time and money by giving us a call and
examining our work for themselves.
Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
Horse- siioeing.
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Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing.
All repair work done on short notice. We
are thankful for past Patronage, and still
solicit a continuance.
GAINES & BOWMAN.
Baker City, March 1 1 ,1874.-n44tf
Oregon.
DR.
J. R-
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CARDWELL,
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ENTAL ROOMS, N o . 89, First street,
Portland, Oregon.
The late and im­
proved styles o f work at reduced rates. Ni­
trous oxide for the painless extraction o f
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teeth.
W.
Where, at aU times, he will he prepared to
furnish his customers with the
Of all
Baker City, April 11, I874.-n49tf
GRIER & K ELLO G G
On the East side o f Powder River,
Baker City, Jan. 1, 1873tf.
BAKEE C IT Y M ARKET.
of th e
B A K E R CI TY BREWERY,
D E S C R I P T I O N
Of Work in Wood neatly and promptly done.
E ppinger
L IV E R Y S T A B L E
BAKER
JR
Is supplied with the very best of every
the New York Life Insuranoe Co
J ohn
Single or Double Turn-outs,
Either night or day, with or without drivers,
at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle
Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the
best o f care bestowed. We keep nothing bui
the best o f Stock and Buggies.
Our stable is at the upper end o f Main
Street, Baker City, Oregon.
Come and see us, Everybody, and we will
do our best to please you.
KILBURN & PERKINS.
February 10, 1874.-n40tf
B la c k s m i th in g
O f f i c e —A t the City Drug Store.
g in
Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that
they are prepared to furnish customers with
the best o f
COSMOPOLITAN SALOO,Y.
p u b l i c
AND
to
T w o T h ou san d
M a jo r ity ! !
The following telegraphic dispatch
was received by R. H. Cardwell, W.
cines carefully prepared. Prescrip­
Fargo & Co.’s Agent at this city on
tions accurately compounded,
at all hours of the day or
Saturday morning, by which it will
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night. Give us a call.
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be seen that by adding the majori­
ties received by the Democratic State
ticket in Baker County of 150 and of
Union County of 125, that Governor
Grover leads Tollman 983, and some
T> esp ectfu lly In fo r m th e Cit- others on the ticket received a much
J A j izens o f Baker City and County, and
the Public generally, that they have pur­ larger majority, which may reach
chased the
near 2,000. Hurrah for Oregon! The
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"c:r,y" Stable dispatch is as follows:
L i v e r y S ta b le
In E a s t e r n O re g o n ,
One o f the Finest and Best
AND
NOTARY
N,
Where will always be found the very best
W in e s , L iq u o r s a n d C ig a r s .
N o t a r y P u b lic
C on veyancer,
T r iu m p h a n t b y fr o m O n e T h o u s a n d
H IS HOUSE lias been enlarged and re­
fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the
T
Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
LIV ER Y S T A B L E
Stages leave this House for above and be­
low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado,
Gem City and Sparta.
MESSRS, K IL IM & PERKINS
1ST!
I. D. HAINES,
T lie W h o le D e m o c r a tic S ta te T i c k e t
H.
W A T K IN S ,
M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
FFICE) Odd Fellows’s Building.
Resi-
P A Y
U P ! !
L L PERSONS INDEBTED TO A. H.
Brown are respectfully requested to
come forward and settle their accounts,
either by Cash or note, immediately,
rrp ’ A word to the wise is sufficient.
Baker City, March 26,1373.
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o deuce, •orner o f Main and Park streets, O f th e C elebrated S ta n d a rd
Portland, Oregon. [ ^ S p e c i a l attention to I Organs—new—for sale. For particulars
enquire at this office.
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diseases o f the Eye and Ear.
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June 4.—2:30.—The
latest figures elect the whole Demo­
cratic State Ticket.
Grover beats
Tolman west of the Cascades 200.—
Wasco gives Grover over Tolman,
131; Umatilla 377.
Umatilla and
Wasco give La Dow over Williams
417.
STONE.”
“ P ortland ,
In Baker county the whole Demo­
cratic ticket, except Sheriff, is elect­
ed. Union county elects the whole
Democratic ticket, except one Rep­
resentative and it may be County
Clerk.
O U R W A S H IN G T O N L E T T E R .
W ashington , May 25th, 1874.
A G rea t M a n ’ s R e se n tm e n t.
Grant’s resentments are bull head­
ed. For instance: A gallant Hun­
garian soldier, who was on the staff
of Gen. Sickles during the war, and
who was wounded, and suffered eight
months imprisonment in Libby, was
solicited by a Parisian journalist, a
friend of his, to write, for publica­
tion in pamphlet form, in Paris,
sketches of prominent generals of
the late Union army. The Parisian
wrote the officer that he hoped to
make a little money by the sale of
these sketches, and that he would
feel deeply obliged if his Hungarian
friend would write them. The lat­
ter complied, and forwarded the
sketches to Paris in due time, they
came back in printed form; but the
officer was mortifiei and indignant
to notice that the authorship was at­
tributed to him as “ an officer on the
staff of Gen. Grant.” He at once
wrote to the Parisian, telling him of
the awkward position he was placed
in. and demanding to know why he
had referred to him as a member of
Grant’s staff, when he had expressly
told him that he was of the staff of
Gen. Sickles. The indiscreet Paris­
ian replied, deploring his act, and
saving that he had set him down as
Grant’s staff; because he thought the
sketches would meet with a readier
sale. Prior to this, however, the
Parisian had forwarded copies of the
sketches to Gen. Grant, who, under'
standing enough of the French lan­
guage to know, when he saw his own
name on the title page, that it must
contain something with reference to
himself, asked Gen. Badeau, a good
French scholar, to find out what the
devil the stuff was all about.
A
translation was soon forthcoming,
and it was carefully perused by
Grant, who affected great indigna­
tion that the author should have set
himself down as an officer on his staff.
It is possible, however, that he was*
more offended because the author
had, while giving him due credit for
his m i l i t a r y successes, failed to des­
ignate him as the greatest general
the world ever saw. TheSungarian
officer hastened to Grant, and made
what, to ordinary mortals, woulfi
have been a satisfactory explanation.
He read the letter of his French
friend, and expressed regret at the
mistake. But all was oí no avail,
Grunt never forgave him; aud, from
that day to this, although this brave
officer has been urged by prominent
Senators and Representatives for
some position in the gift of the Pres­
ident, the latter has invariably de1-
clined to appoint him, on the ground
that he once represented himself as
an officer on his, Grant’s, staff,
whereas, in reality, he was only an
aide de camp to a corps commander.
This may seem an almost incredible
story; but it is a true one. On a par
with it was the President’s exhibi­
tion of ill temper when a large and
highly respectable delegation from
the South Carolina Tax-payers’" Con­
vention called to respectfully repre­
sent the oppressed condition of the
best citizens of the State under negro
domination.
D eco ra tio n D a y .
Although, in many points in the
South, and even in New York, the
Grand Army of the Republic have
concluded to make no distinction be­
tween the graves of Union soldiers
anfi those of Confederates, on Deco­
ration day, the members o f the Or­
der tn Washington have .determined
that they will decorate the graves of
Union soldiers o n l y . The fact is
that the Order here is made up of
clerks in the departments, who are
ready, at all times, to go to any ex­
treme to prove the intensity of their
radicalism. In this way they hope
to win favor with their superiors,and
to retain their positions. By refus­
ing to even allow the decoration of a
few confederate graves at Arlington,
they hope to win a reputation for
being “ trooly loil,” which will avail
them while the present administra­
tion is in power.
T lie G o d ly H s r lin
is no more suceesslul as an editor
than he was as a teacher of theology,
a Cabinet Minister, or a U. S. Sena­
tor. Having occupied several posi­
tions of importance under the gov­
ernment, he assumed the editorial
harness with an overweening confi­
dence in his ability to resuscitate the
moribund Chronicle, and make it
one of the leading Republican or­
gans of the country. His expecta­
tions have been grievously disap­
pointed. The paper has lost, and is
continually losing, money; many of
the editors and reporters have not
been paid, in full,*for months; and
it is with the greatest difficulty that
the company raises the wind suffici-
enilv to pay its paper and composi­
tion bills, as they fall due.
This
state of affairs is mainly to be attrib­
uted to a lack of tact, both in the ed­
itorial and the business management
of the paper. I am led to these re­
marks by an editorial in the Chroni­
cle, in reference to the incoherent
two column advertisement of Repre­
sentative David B. Mellish, of New
York City, now, as you have, of
course, heard, in the Government
Insane Asylum here. The Chroni­
cle’s editorial was in answer to the
generally expressed opinion, in all
circles, that the Chronicle Company
was culpable in accepting $175 from
a crazy man, when his wild manner,
as well as the extraordinary charac­
ter of his advertisement, furnished
unmistakable evidence of his demen­
ted condition. The reply of the
Chronicle is characteristically weak
and evasive. I use the word “ char­
acteristically” because the same pa­
per made a very similar excuse when
its conductors borrowed, and forgot
to return, two hundred dollars worth
of paper from the Government Prin­
ting Office. The editorial to which
I refer disalaims having intentional­
ly taken the money from Mr. Mel­
lish, and states that the foreman of
the composing room, in the absence
of the editor, accepted Mellish’s ad­
vertisement. It is only necessary to
say that one of the editors of the
Chronicle, who is also Speaker of the
House of Delegates of the District,
accepted the money of Mr. Mellish,
and GAVE h im a f o r m a l r e c e i p t
t h e r e f o r , in which it was specified
that the advertisement should be in­
serted on the first page of the paper
six times. Mr. Mellish inserted a
copy of this receipt in his wild pro­
duction; a fact which the pious Har­
lan seems to have forgotten.
He
also1 forgets that the advertisement
appeared on two successive days in
the Chronicle, and consequently was
not suppressed after one insertion,
as he states. Harlan had better re­
turn to Iowa. True, be has been
mustered out ®f service by his qbh-
stituents; but there is not a ghost of
"a show of his getting an office from
the President.
P oof M e llis h ,
by the by, is a newspaper man of va­
ried attainments. He served his
time as a printer in thé office of the
Worcester (Mass.) Spy; and after­
wards read proof, in New York, aat-
factorily to his employers. While
at proof reading, he devoted all his
spare time to acquiring a knowledge
of Pitman’s phonographic system of
verbatim reporting, and at length
became very expert. He served two
years on the New York Tribune, as
general news and shorthand reporter,
after which he held for ten years the
position of stenographer to the Board
of Police of New York City; mean­
while writing articles for the press.
This is his first term in Congress,,
and it will be his last. The poor fel­
low has gone crazy on the subject of
finance, [’is case may be set down
as a hopeless one. There is almost
every indication that his mind isper-
inanently affected. There are scores
of other members of Congress who
have become demented on the same
question, but the damned fools don’t
know it. That’s what’s the matter.
P. S. Since writing the above, the
news comes that Mellish is dead.
A. F. B,
R ome , May 28-—The Voce De Ver­
ità confirms the report of the Pope’s
recovery from sickness.
Cardinal Vannelli Calsori is dead.
The Italian Parliament will proba­
bly be dissolved in August. Depu­
ties of the Left will then issue an
address to the nation.
It is thought that the Pope will
sanction the participation of Catho­
lics in the next general election.
M a d r i d , May 29.—Gen. Loma has
assumed command of the first corps
of the Republican army of the North.
P a r i s , May 29.—The Left Centre
held a meeting to day to consider the
means of opposing tire Bonapartista.
M. Favre advocated an alliance with
the Right Centre in order that the
organization of the Septennat mi?ht
be completed, the electoral laivs
passed and a dissolution of the As­
sembly be then voted. It is consid­
ered that the elections would be
more moderate if held under a set­
tled Government. The meeting ad*-
journed till Monday, when the final
action will be taken as to the course
necessary. The Committee of the
Assembly having the subject under­
consideration unanimously approve
the postal conventions between
France and the United States, but
have decided to hear the statements:,
from De Cazes and the Postal Direc­
tor before making a report to the
Assembly.
The Roman Catholic pilgrims from
the United States, who landed from;
the steamer Periere, arrived yester­
day, and were received by the Arch­
bishop of Paris, who delivered an al­
locution and gave them his blessing.
They departed this morning for
Rome.
L ondon , May 29.—A report iu the
afternoon papers about a terrible
mining disaster at Clay Cross proves
to be unfounded.
Correspondence at the British For­
eign Office arising out of the capture
of the Virginius, and the subsequent
execution of her passengers and
crew, is officially published. It con­
tains a dispatch of May 7th, 1874,
sent by Earl Derby to Lavard, Brit­
ish Minister at Madrid, in which the
former says: “ In view of grave diffi­
culties besetting the Government of
Spain, her Majesty’s Government
has hitherto been unwilling to press
for an answer to its demands for an
acknowledgement of wrong done,
and for compensation to the relatives
of victims who were subjects of
Great Britain. We now trust that
there will be no further delay on the
part of the Spanish Government.”
W ashington , May 29.—The Presi­
dent has issued a proclamation ex­
tending to New Foundlaud the pro­
visions of the Treaty of Washington.
The products of her fisheries will be
admitted to the United States free of
duty after the first of June next.