Alphabetical Index

A.

  • Acapulco: arrest, trial, and acquittal of Captain Jacobson, of American schooner Dreadnaught, for alleged violation of Mexican contraband law; letter by United States Consul Sutter 732734
    • contract for construction of railroad and telegraph line between city of Mexico and, approved by the President; terms of the contract 766, 767
  • Adams, Moses: schooner; claim against Great Britain 549
  • Adams: United States ship; entry of a closed port of Colombia by 326, 327, 335, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343
  • Address: of the governor of Buenos Ayres to the people of the province 32
    • of the President of Mexico to Congress; foreign relations; commerce; public debt; railroads; military training; Indians 768774
  • Agriculture:
    • Belgium: damage to crops from heavy rains and inundations 66
    • Brazil: the minister of agriculture recommends the government to grant subsidy of $50,000 per annum to line of steamers between the United States, Canada, and Brazilian ports 97
    • Hungary: results of the harvest in 60
    • Morocco: hopeful prospects for harvest; misery and desolation from famine in southern provinces 790, 791
      • tithes demanded of all persons engaged in agricultural pursuits 801
    • Netherlands 817
  • Albania: repudiation of the government of the Porte; rejection of the anti-Albanian decrees of the Powers; a syndicate of bankers offer large contributions for the maintenance of the forces under arms; Ottoman employés expelled from the public bureaus; Turkish troops in citadel at Scutari 55
  • Albania and Montenegro: affairs causing anxiety; proclamation concerning extension of Austria’s power 55
  • Alcock, Sir Rutherford: convention with Chinese Government in 1869; 50 per cent. additional import duty; regulations agreed to by, to be put in force; proposal that this convention, concluded but not ratified, be adopted by all the powers 183, 184, 218, 255
  • Allegiance: naturalization; cases of citizens of the United States in Germany 450
  • Alliance: rumors regarding, between Austria-Hungary and Germany 390
  • Alsace-Lorraine: treaty with Germany of 1868 does not extend to; cases of John Schehr, Michal Pacquet, the brothers Franz, Theobald Hess, and Joseph Lauber; cases of Lester, Fischer, and Schaug; new decision of the questions involved 441443, 445
  • Amar, Isaac: a Jew persecuted in Morocco; his illegal imprisonment and subsequent release 794
  • American doctrine as to what entitles a blockade to the recognition of neutrals 833, 834
    • life insurance companies in France; letter of Mr. Merrill 355, 356
    • oil company at Talara; destruction of their property; the Chilian navy warned by the government against repetitions of such acts 125, 131
    • property destroyed by Chilian fleet at Talara 125
    • students in straitened circumstances charged passport fees in Germany; necessity for passport; such persons deserving of aid; free passports; statistics 423, 424, 433, 434
  • American citizens: Henry Pinkos, a Jewish citizen of the United States, ordered to leave St. Petersburg 873882
    • impressment for service in Mexican army (see Army) 776780
    • loans forced upon, in Chihuahua 722724
    • murder of three, in Mexico, State of Michoacan. 739744, 745752
    • naturalized German, fined or prosecuted for non-performance of military duty on return to Germany; settlement in cases of 441461
    • outrage upon Mr. John E. Wheelock, by an official of the Venezuelan Government 10281032, 1037, 1038, 1039, 10401044
    • right of consul-general to administer upon effects of, denied; case of Mr. Gentil 359, 360, 364
    • sale or lease of land to, in Fukien (see Fukien) 298, 299
    • transfer of foreign-built vessels to, not to be considered as an evidence of bad faith; the presumption rather the other way 825
    • under the control of the consular courts; their rights as to person and property under sole jurisdiction of the United States authorities 149, 150
  • American flag: right of foreign-built ships, alleged to have been purchased by American citizens, to sail under 824826
  • American independence: commemorated at Tunis by display of flags at all the consulates; the Bey sends assurances of his friendship 1026
  • “American University at Philadelphia”: sale of diplomas by 397, 400
  • American vessels: boarded and searched by Spanish naval officers; Spanish Government orders an immediate investigation 929, 930
    • question of granting clearances to, in Peru, during the war between that country and Chili 835
  • Amoy: war power of; report of Consul Goldsborough (see Education) 274, 281
  • Anderson, John: case of, at Calcutta; Earl Granville admits lack of jurisdiction of the Calcutta court 479, 480
    • tried for murder at Calcutta; in custody of local police; jurisdictional rights of the United States in case of; question of jurisdiction not raised at trial; extradition applied for 480, 481, 484
  • Anganqueo, State of Michoacan, Mexico; murder of three American citizens in 739744, 745752
  • Arctic Expedition: stores for British, placed at disposal of, from the United States 482, 483
  • Arendt: memorandum of rules regulating official intercourse in China 186188
  • Argentine Republic: actual war begun on the 17th of June; engagement between the provincial troops of Buenos Ayres and the national troops near Merlar, twenty miles from the city 25
    • anarchy and revolution in almost all the provinces; as yet, no fighting 24
    • Buenos Ayres declared the permanent capital; election of deputies to Congress held on Sunday, resulted in the election of distinguished and prominent men; return of Congress from Belgrano to Buenos Ayres 34
    • chamber of national deputies at deadlock, and unable to organize 21
    • civil war temporarily averted; continued peace conditional upon resignation of General Roca 16
    • concentration of forces in Buenos Ayres 9
    • conference between the President and Ex-President Sarmiento; commission appointed to confer with General Roca; conference at Rosario with Roca results unsatisfactorily 24
    • critical political situation; concentration of troops at Buenos Ayres; apprehension of civil war 12
    • discussion of the question of mediation in the difficuties between Chili and Peru, by this government 9
    • division of the chamber of deputies, the majority act with the rebels; the minority acting with the national government, declare the seats of the rebellious majority vacant, and order new elections 29
    • General Roca reported elected president: Madero vice-president 24
    • gold fallen in the market; Argentine stocks advanced; confidence of business men in the coming administration of General Roca 32
    • hostility in, to Chili 123
    • interview between Roca and Tejedor, opposing presidential candidates; probability that a solution of the difficulties will be arrived at without reference to the candidature of either 21
    • intimidation at the polls 10
    • peace established 26
    • political situation unchanged; the city of Buenos Ayres in possession of the municipal troops 10
    • preparations to oppose Chili, should the case require it 9
    • proclamation of the President 13
    • prospects of revolution upon the coming presidential election 9
    • prospects of war with Chili; reconciling conflicting political elements 9
    • questions by national senate, sent to the President; answers of the President 30
    • quiet election of members of Congress 10
    • refusal of Roca party to vote 10
    • resignation of Gonzales, minister of foreign affairs 23
    • South American continental exhibition 11
    • steady progress towards establishment of better feeling; Buenos Ayres under martial law until 30th of October, after inauguration of the President elect; no conditions offered the revolutionists; the names of all officers concerned in the revolution dropped from the lists by President’s decree 29
    • want of harmony between governor of Buenos Ayres province and legislature 9
  • Arias, Commander of provincial forces of Buenos Ayres: engagement with national troops under General Racedo; communication with the city opened 25
  • Armenians: their character as a people; their position under Turkish rule 971, 972
  • Army: additions to German; infantry; field artillery; light artillery; pioneers; statistics 396
    • bill for the extension of military enrollment in Sweden and Norway defeated; consequent resignation of the ministry and organization of new ministry 935
    • impressment of American citizens for service in that of Mexico; report of Consul Schuchardt thereupon; the United States minister instructed to demand their instant release and indemnity 776780
    • increase, consolidation, and discipline of Haytien troops 638, 639
    • manœuvers of the French, witnessed by officers of the United States 367
    • of Germany: military and naval expenditures; comparison between such expenditures in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and Austria-Hungary 402
    • of Japan 669676
    • parade of troops at Berlin; unequalled training of German soldiers 434
    • vain efforts of the United States minister to obtain permission of the President of Mexico for the entry upon her soil of United States troops in pursuit of hostile Indians and other marauders escaping across the borders 774776
    • and navy, Netherlands 817
  • Arnold, George: an American citizen, murdered in Michoacan, Mexico. 739744, 745752
  • Arosemena, Dr.: his special mission offering mediation for the settlement of the war between Chili and Peru and Bolivia; his hope for intervention on the part of the United States 76, 120, 121
  • Arreola: leader of a band of cattle thieves in Mexico, consigned with part of his band to district judge of Coahuila for trial 763
  • Assioût: Slave trade at; description of the place and of the vicinal facilities for carrying on trade in slaves; arrest of slave traders; commotion among interested Europeans on question of slave-trade in Egypt; ideas of the dominant native classes 10081012
  • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé (see Railroads, Mexico) 719, 720
  • Atwater, Dorence, United Slates consul: French protectorate flag at Tahiti 357
  • Austria-Hungary: Civil Engineer Fads’ desire for information touching river improvements in the empire; memorandum transmitted by Minister Kasson 37
    • effect of the English election; apprehensions concerning the observance of certain articles of the treaty of Berlin; change in the heads of many governments; the feeling against Mr. Gladstone 54
    • emigration from Upper Hungary to the United States, the Government of Hungary recommended to take steps to prevent it 53
    • growing cloud of war east of the Adriatic; repudiation of the Government of the Porte by Albania; the anti-Albanian decrees of the powers rejected 55
    • liquidation of Egyptian debt 521
    • river improvements; results attained; statistics 44
    • Roumanian recognition; interest of the United States Government in the Hebrew race in foreign countries; desire to secure terms favorable to them in Roumania 35
    • rumors regarding alliance between, and German Empire 391
    • State railways 420
    • statistics of the population of “the new annexed provinces” 50
  • Avellaneda, President of the Argentine Republic: demands for his resignation; proclamation and decree ordering disarmament of troops 12, 13, 15
    • he asks permission of Congress to place the province of Buenos Ayres under martial law; permission refused; he leaves the city 23
    • he declares Tejedor a rebel, and refuses to return to the city until the insurrection is suppressed 23
  • Avalos, Zeferino: convicted and executed for the murder of a fellow-citizen in Texas; record of his trial and conviction; application for pardon refused; review of the case; the sentence; article 186 of the Mexican penal code; value of precedent established by the case 707, 708, 713719, 730

B.

  • Babson, F. J.: (see Fortune Bay outrage.) 557
  • Bailey, David H., United States consul-general at Shanghai: transmits letter to Mr. Seward 192
  • Baird: (see Fishery Exhibition, &c.) 394
    • letters with reference to international exchange of works of science and art 884, 885
  • Balt, Mark: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 575
  • Bancroft: late minister to Germany from the United States; his interpretation of treaty of 1868 445
  • Bandinel, J. J. F., United States consul (see war power of China) 277
  • Bandman, C. J., of New York: contract with Venezuelan Government for construction of railways 1036
  • Bank, National: establishment of in Hayti 628, 629, 632
    • report of the Imperial Ottoman 971
  • Barcelona, Venezuela: decree substituting port of, for that of Ciudad Bolivar 1033
  • Bavaria: opposition to imperial control of railroads 415
  • Bayley, S. P., United States consul at Palermo: report on Mormon emigration from Italy 644
  • Becker, Benjamin: naturalization case of, at Berlin 445
  • Belgium: accessions from, to Mormon colony in Utah 69
    • heavy rainfalls and inundation; great danger to the crops 66
    • proposition to suppress the word “alone” in Article XII of the Consular Convention with the United States 72, 73
    • resumption of diplomatic relations with Mexico 737
    • return of the Belgian ambassador to Rome; passage of the school bill; manifesto of the priesthood; attempts against the life of the King 65
    • the opening and management of a permanent exhibition of arts, science, commerce, and industry in Brussels; the establishment of sample-rooms for American products 67
  • Belgrano: government removed to; reply to United States minister’s offers of mediation, by national government 23, 28
  • Berlin: International Fishery Exhibition 394, 395
    • parade of troops; efficiency of the German Army 434
  • Berlin treaty: Austria’s benefits from, causing a change in the apparent relations between Russia and Germany; Germany and Austria form an alliance for the execution of; England’s interest in the alliance; apprehensions of war 392, 393
    • conference of the powers at Berlin; countries represented; names of the representatives; direction and position of boundary; Austria’s tendency to hold back; decision of the conference not acceptable to the Porte; to what power can the succession at Constantinople be given 439441
  • Bismarck: arguments on the railroad bill, 1876 413
    • tenders his resignation to the Emperor; cause of this action; disproportionate representation in the Federal Council; the Emperor declines to accept his resignation; reform needed in representation 405407
    • visit of, to Vienna and enthusiastic reception of, by the people; he signs the alliance between Germany and Austria 392
  • Blair: transfer of, charter (see Mexico) 720
  • Blanco, Guzman, provisional president of Venezuela: decrees closing port of Ciudad Bolivar, virtually blockading the Orinoco and providing for marine station and tribunal at Carúpano 1032, 1033
  • Block, Elie: naturalization case of, at Berlin 445
  • Blockade: Arica and Mollendo blockaded by Chili; American doctrine as to what entitles a blockade to the recognition of neutrals; to be binding, must be effectual 833, 834
  • Blyden, Dr. E. W.: confirmed as secretary of the interior in Liberia; elected president of Liberia College 701
  • Boisselier, Richard W. and Casper D.: naturalization cases of, at Berlin, favorably settled 454
  • Bolivia: armistice favorably considered by prominent cabinet officers apprehensions that La Paz will be moved upon by Chilian forces 81
    • death of the minister of foreign relations; the United States minister informed officially; his reply 75, 76, 78
    • decree authorizing privateers 77
    • election of General Campero as president; indications of a strong government; prosecution of the war with Chili; new levies of men; the revenues of the republic pledged for war; proposed unification of Peru and Bolivia 80
    • exchange of prisoners of war with Chili 78
    • in the war with Chili and Peru, Columbia offers mediation; interest of the United States therein 75, 77
    • protocol of preliminary bases of Federal Union of Peru and 848851
    • resignation of the provisional president and general in command of the allied forces; failure of Congress to elect a president 79
  • Bonanza, schooner: claim against Great Britain 552
  • Bonded warehouses: in China 185
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina: revision of the enumeration of the census; statistics of towns and population 64
  • Boundaries: undefined, of Brazil; mission concerning, to Venezuela; dispute concerning, between Colombia and Costa Rica 310, 311, 325, 326
  • Bove, Stephen: claimant of an estate in Holland, alleged to have been bequeathed to him; origin and purpose of rumors of such legacies 813816
  • Boxer, British man-of-war: sheltering Haytien revolutionists 617
  • Brandt, William: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 454
  • Brandt von, Mr.: German minister at Peking; his views with reference to the official intercourse question; free access to provincial authorities 463, 464
  • Bray, John W., schooner: claim against Great Britain 554
  • Brazil: application of M. de Lesseps to the Emperor for laborers to accomplish his interoceanic canal scheme 86
    • closing of the second session of the legislature by the Emperor; the electoral reform bill left over; the speech from the throne; the extraordinary session called to consider the electoral reform bill 88
    • contemplated withdrawal of line of steamships between, and New York; trade of much value 96
    • counterfeiting paper currency of, in the United States; punishment of the crime 100, 101
    • death of two eminent statesmen; their work and characters 87
    • decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning trade marks; effects in Brazil 38, 90
      • (See trade marks.)
    • discussion of an electoral reform bill; improbability of its passage; eligibility of non-Catholics and naturalized Brazilians to office; emancipation of slaves 82, 88, 89
    • increase of taxation 91
    • intended appointment of a minister to China; United States offers friendly welcome and moral support on part of United States minister there 102, 103
    • issue of paper currency and government bonds; a loan authorized to consolidate the floating debt and to liquidate the budget of 1878–79; success of the loan, &c. (See Treasury) 83
    • rejection of the electoral reform bill; the legislature adjourned; tenure and characters of senators and deputies; unsettled condition of affairs 89
    • resignation of the ministry; another chosen by Mr. Saraiva; liberal policy and views of the new ministry 93
    • the Emperor asked to name a third commissioner under the French-American convention of January 15, 1880; Mr. Outrey’s communications 97, 98, 99
    • the labor question; scarcity of labor; probability that the government will take steps to induce Chinese immigration; de Lesseps will draw no laborers from Brazil 85
    • the vessel, Foster, overcharged per ton by custom-house authorities in New York; Brazilian vessels entitled to exemption therefrom; proclamation of President Polk on this question, &c. (See Shipping) 102, 103, 104, 105
  • British Columbia: alleged trespass on fishery grounds of 504
  • British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society: letter of the secretary to the London Times on slave traffic in Egypt 1024, 1025
  • British subjects: destruction of the property of, by Chilian feet; Lord Salisbury’s remonstrance 131
  • Brussels: festivities in the city; opening of the national exhibition; review of the troops; unveiling of the statue of Leopold I 69
    • international congress of commerce and industry 72
  • Bryson, Admiral: his arrival at Buenos Ayres 24
  • Bucaramanga: cause and account of riot in 317, 318
  • Buchanan, John, M. D.: (see Diplomas) 397
  • Buenos Ayres: address of the governor to the people, reviewing the course of events 32
    • Admiral Bryson’s arrival at the port; his arrangements for salutes 24
    • apprehensions of invasion; General Roca’s troops in adjoining province 19
    • bloody battle near the city on the 21st inst.; the national forces victorious; attack upon the city; repulse of Arias; the city Surrounded; peace expected soon 26
    • declared a free port to all articles necessary for consumption; post-office closed; no mail service 26
    • declared permanent capital of the republic; return of Congress from Belgrano 34
    • great confusion of affairs; the President and a part of his cabinet at Belgrano; the port closed; the city declared in a state of siege; destruction of railroad tracks and telegraph lines running from the city 24
    • intense political excitement; passage of a bill by chamber of deputies, appropriating $5,000,000 to arm the province; its probable passage by the senate 19
    • intention of the authorities to inclose and reduce the city, not to bombard it 55
    • landing of guns and rifles to arm the province 23
    • political situation in; congressional election in; in possession of troops 9, 10, 12
    • proposition to remove seat of government from, or to federalize the city; much public feeling excited thereby 29
    • report by Colonel Tisdel upon the feasibility of extending a line of American steamers from New York to Rio, as far as Buenos Ayres; encouraged by the President; a market for American products, but no steamships to bring them; subsidy assured by the government 33
    • resignation of Tejedor as governor; the lieutenant-governor acting; terms of the surrender of Tejedor 26
    • the commercial community call upon the United States minister, asking his mediation between the contending parties; his reply, acceding to the request 26, 27
    • the legislature disbanded by the President; a new one ordered elected; probability that it will be in harmony with the national government 32
  • Bülow, von, minister of state and secretary of state for foreign affairs, Germany: his death 389
  • Bunker Hill, schooner: claim against Great Britain 552
  • Burnato, Felipe: impressment for service in Mexican army; report of his case by United States Consul Schuchardt 776780
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C.

  • Calcutta: trial at, of John Anderson 479
  • Callao: its projected blockade and bombardment by Chilian fleet; time allowed non-belligerents, neutrals, and neutral vessels to leave; flight of inhabitants to Lima 842, 843
  • Campero: elected president of Bolivia; after his repulse at Tacua 80
  • Canada: citizens of, desire to visit Kentucky to purchase short-horned cattle 515
    • fishermen fishing on the United States side of Lake Ontario 487
    • incursions of Indians from, to the United States 497
    • privilege of transit of American cattle through 511, 512
    • unlading of foreign vessels in ports of; transportation of merchandise to, from, and through 529
  • Canal: application of M. de Lesseps to the Emperor of Brazil for laborers to work upon the interoceanic; interest awakened therein in Brazil 86
    • de Lesseps’ Panama enterprise; the French Government not concerned in it 385, 386
  • Canton: necessity for appointment of all interpreter at Canton for United States consulate 144
  • Cape Verde Islands: United States naval cemetery at Porto Grande, St. Vincent; transfer of the dead from the new to the old 853, 854, 855, 856
  • Carúpano, Venezuela: decree providing for marine station and tribunal at 1032, 1033
  • Cattle: desire of Canadian citizens to purchase short-horned Kentucky; importance of modifying regulations concerning their importation into Canada 515, 516
    • plague in China; quarantine in Japan against Chinese; instructions of the United States minister to Japan enforcing the quarantine 679, 680
    • privilege of transit through and rest in Canada, of American 511, 512
    • report of committee of privy council of Canada on importation of, from the United States; law with reference to diseases of, treats the United States as one country 519, 520
    • theft of, by band under leadership of Robert Martin. (See Martin.) 789
  • Cattle-thieves: release of sixteen, in Mexico and their return, at the government expense, to the scene of their former depredations. (See Arreola.) 756, 763
  • Center, Addison. (See Fortune Bay outrage.) 555
  • Central America: abuse of the claim to American protection abroad; expatriation, how effected; the case of Maassen 108
    • recognition, of an appointee as United States consul contrary to the rules of the government 106
  • Charleston: loss of cotton-laden ships by fire 511
  • Charter: transfer of Blair, Mexico 720
  • Cheshire, F. D. (See War power of China.) 274
  • Cluett, John: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 580
  • Chihuahua: incursions and depredations of Indians in, reported by the United States consul; consequent action of the Interior and War Departments of the United States Government; Government of Mexico requested to aid in ssuppression of Indians on the border; report of the general commanding the Department of the Missouri 708711
    • letters from governor of, to Mexican department of foreign relations with reference to thefts of cattle, &c., by Robert Martin’s band 789, 790
    • progress and results of revolution in; American interests affected; forced loan upon American citizens; rights and privileges of the United States consul and consulate 722724
  • Chilé: arrest of Mr. John E. Wheelock, an American citizen, and his maltreatment at the hands of an officer of the Venezuelan Government 1029
  • Chili: confident of success in war with Peru; the principal cause of the war; capture of the Huascar; hostility of the Argentine Republic 123 [Page 1052]
    • depredations of fleet of, at Lobos Islands and Eten 840, 841
    • destruction by fleet of American property at Talara; to be brought to the attention of the government 125
    • efforts on the parts of France, Italy, and Great Britain in the interests of peace; recuperation of the army 133
    • her desire for conquest; the nitre and guano districts; military order 128
    • mediation of the United States, &c 487
    • message of the President to Congress; parts relating to commerce 132
    • necessity of vigorous measures by, against Peru; destruction of the property of foreigners; precedents for her course; military necessity of certain acts 137
    • offers of mediation on the part of Colombia; appointment of Arosemena as special envoy 120
    • order of the minister of war; bombardment and destruction of all Peruvian coast towns directed; meeting of the diplomatic corps: large proportion of foreigners in coast towns of Peru; note of the United States minister to the minister of war 127, 130
    • proposed exchange of prisoners of war with Bolivia 78
    • proposed shipment of a torpedo-boat from Bristol, R. I., to be used against Chili in the war with Peru and Bolivia; alleged violation of neutrality laws 135
    • reply of the minister of foreign relations to the notes of the diplomatic corps concerning the recent order of the minister of war; character of the Chilian soldiery; apprehensions of armed intervention from Europe unfounded 133
    • status of foreign-built ships owned by Americans 123
    • the minister of foreign relations asks aid of the United States legation in the matter of exchange of prisoners with Bolivia 127, 130, 135
    • the war spirit in the ascendency; probable change of ministry; confusion of internal affairs; rumor of intervention on the part of the United States 121
    • vessels of, exempt from tonnage tax higher than 30 cents per ton 139
  • China: case of Chung How 236
    • commercial grievances; the action of foreign representatives in conference at Peking, &c 223225
    • commission to negotiate treaty, appointed by the President of the United States, 302
    • concession of new trading ports 182
    • conference of foreign ministers in, to consider questions relating to taxation of foreign manufactures and foreign owned produce; official intercourse and judicial proceedings; extinction of the Foochow trade committee 140
    • currency in 185, 263
    • discussion by an assemblage of representatives of all the treaty powers in, of the lekin taxes, transit pass system, the judicial system and official intercourse 141
    • dispute with Japan 194
    • education in 281
    • embassy from Brazil to be sent to; United States minister instructed to extend welcome and moral support 220
    • emigration from, to the Sandwich Islands 237
    • emigration of natives from; penal code of, in reference to emigration 301
    • imperial decree in the case of Chung How 206
    • issue and surrender of transit passes (outwards) 261
    • judicial torture in; extracts from North China Herald, and Supreme Court and Consular Gazette 293
    • lekin taxes only a temporary expedient 231
    • mixed cases, civil and criminal in, to be determined in court of defendant 214
    • no laws of copright in 300
    • opinion of Dr. Lord, United States consul at Ningpo 225
    • penal code of; renunciation of allegiance 301
    • proposed conference of foreign representatives with the Yamên concerning trade grievances; recapitulation of certain grievances 223225
    • proposed rules for the issue of outward transit passes; the Yamên unprepared to discuss the question 201, 202
    • propositions upon rules of taxation submitted by the German minister 180
    • protocol inviting attention of government of, to report of diplomatic committee at Peking, on official intercourse 189
    • readiness of the Yamên to consider representation put forward by diplomatic corps, &c. 189
    • recognition of Her Majesty’s supreme court for China and Japan 182
    • reduction by Congress of the salaries of interpreters; necessity of adequate compensation in order to obtain competent interpreters 144
    • report of committee of foreign ministers at Peking upon extraterritorial system 143
    • report of the diplomatic committee on the administration of justice in, accepted; memoranda of the United States minister, the protocol and joint note in reference thereto 145167
    • rules for the issue of transit passes 193, 194
    • suppression of the Taiping rebellion; the reconquest of Ili 208
    • taxes upon native produce designed for shipment by foreigners; lekin 230
    • the collection of inland duties; on payment of transit dues, goods to be exempt from further inland charges; rendered a dead letter by a new tariff rule; single payment commutation for all inland dues 183
    • the missionary question 234
    • the standard tael 257
    • tonnage dues, or registration fees, upon lighterage boats; the rule apparently unauthorized by the foreign office 239
    • trade grievances,; rigid adherence to former position by foreign office; willingness to discuss measures for the removal of the grievances 216218, 254
    • transit trade outwards; restrictive measures altering treaty stipulations; objectionable rules and penalties; restrictions upon the transport of produce from the interior 259261
    • treaties allow foreigners to lease land; lekin and barrier dues; transit dues; levies exacted in violation of law; tax upon native productions; articles intended for personal use of foreigners exempt from duty; tonnage dues 218220
    • unwillingness of, to make treaties 228
    • war power of 273
  • Chin Kiang: war power of; report of Consul Scruggs 276, 277, 283
  • Chishem, P. B.: (See Forced Loan.) 728
  • Cholera in Japan 652
  • Chung How: Chinese minister to Russia: imperial decree in his case attracting much attention; his rank and character; his offense 206 [Page 1054]
    • circumstances under which he was sent to St. Petersburg; negotiation of treaty with Russia; his confidence in the powers conferred upon him; charge of high treason preferred against him by Tso Chung Tang 208210
    • counsel of Prince Rung in case of, listened to; his death sentence temporarily remitted 286288
    • did he exceed his instructions? probable rejection of the treaty made by him 210
    • efforts to avert his punishment commended 259
    • his fate still unknown; practical rejection, by the Chinese, of his treaty; said to have exceeded his instructions; consideration of punishment to be inflicted upon him; his removal from office, and punishnment, decreed 215, 216, 236, 237
    • in serious danger of capital punishment; action of the representatives of the United States, England, Germany, and France in the matter 221, 222
    • sentenced to death; defended by Prince Kung and his associates; Imperial approval of the sentence 237, 238
    • suspension of his sentence appreciated at Washington 290
    • treaty negotiated by 266
    • unconditionally set at liberty; gratification of the government at Washington thereat 291, 300
  • Circulars: to consuls and diplomatic officers of the United States 18
  • Citizenship: expatriation, how effected; claim to protection abroad, &c.; the case of aliens 108
  • City of Mexico: contract for railroad and telegraph from Acapulco to, approved by the President; terms of the contract 766, 767
  • Cuidad Bolivar: decree closing port of, and substituting that of Barcelona 1033
    • insurrection at; consequent closing of the port; suppression of the outbreak by a counter movement originating in the state of Guayana 10321034
  • Civil matters: proceedings in China in, against foreigners 148
  • Claims: against the late Lew Chew Han must be presented to finance department of Japanese Government before May 30, 1880; proclamation; method of paying; method of collecting dues 686, 687
    • nationality of applicants in, arising out of Franco-German war, not recorded; presented through organized commissions, not through embassies; case of Miltz 357, 358
    • resolution passed by Liberian legislature for settlement of the United States Government’s claim for ordnance 706
  • “Cleopatra’s Needle”: (See Obelisk.) 992
  • Coahuila: campaign against Indians in; escape of many Indians from reservations and their alleged refuge 727
    • trial of cattle thieves by district judge of 763
  • Coaling stations: establishment of, in Colombian Territory by United States; purchase of lands; object of the visits of the Adams and Kearsarge 335343
  • Code: “Napoleon,” proposed urgence of its adoption upon the Chinese 159
  • Cohen, Levi A.: accredited agent to Morocco, of the board of delegates of Union of American Hebrew Congregations in New York; desire for the co-operation of United States Consul Matthews in looking after, the interest of Jews in Morocco 805
  • Coin: no gold or silver, issued by Chinese Government; bullion, chiefly silver, used as currency; the relative value of the standard tael to foreign coins not determined; the treasury tael recommended; reforms suggested 257, 258
  • Coinage: statistics of, in Servia 58
  • Collisions at sea: prevention of 468
  • Colombia: anxiety on account of undefined boundaries of Brazil 310
    • asking co-operation in the establishment of peace between Chili and Peru and Bolivia 310
    • custody of registers of United States vessels in ports of 312
    • custody of ships’ registers; convention concerning custody of ships’ papers 488, 489
    • excessive tariff of postal charges in, on correspondence for the United States 321, 322
    • harmony established between Chili and; treaty executed referring disputed questions to arbitration by the President of the United States 331, 332
    • increased postal facilities with 332
    • modification of transit protocol for Isthmus of Panama 322
    • offers of mediation by special mission of Arosemena to Chili and Peru and Bolivia 75, 309
    • operations of the United States vessels Adams and Kearsarge; order of President Cervera 323
      • (See Adams and Kearsarge.)
    • President of Venezuela purchasing arms in Europe with purpose of war with; secret treaty between Guzman Blanco and Ecuador 311
    • reported unfriendliness of Government of, towards the United States; interest of in fourth of July celebration; resolution by Senate of 324, 325
    • right of transport across the Isthmus of Panama claimed by the United States; transportation, on the Isthmus, of prisoners of the United States 319, 320
    • riot at Bucaramanga 310
    • rules for the deposit of ships’ papers 315
    • the United States appreciates the course of, in relation to Chili and Peru and Bolivia 318, 319
  • Commerce: (See, also, Shipping, Steamship lines, Railroads, Taxation, Lekin, Tonnage dues, Emigration, and under names of countries.)
    • Africa: proposed commercial treaty between Liberians and Mandingo negroes 691, 692
    • Argentine Republic: Buenos Ayres declared a free port for all necessary articles of consumption 26
      • fall of gold in markets of 32
      • report by Colonel Tisdel upon feasibility of establishing steamship lines between the United States and; market for American products 33
    • Austria-Hungary: river improvments in 44
    • Belgium: international congress at Brussels 72
    • Brazil: value of commerce with 96
      • vessel Foster, overcharged by custom-house authorities in New York 102105
    • British North American possessions: revision of regulations recommended 508510
    • Canada: transit through, of American cattle. (See Cattle) 511, 512
      • unlading of foreign vessels in ports of; regulation concerning; transportation of merchandise to, from, and through 529, 530
    • Chili: message of the President to Congress; the ordinary consequences of the war but little felt; statistics of commerce and finance 132
      • vessels of, exempt from tonnage tax of over 30 cents per ton 139
    • China: concession of four new trading ports, two on the great river, and two on the coast; desire of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce that all ports in China be thrown open to commerce 182
      • export trade discussed by M. von Brandt, German minister to; transit passes; authorities at Canton instructed to issue them when required 29
      • grievances in commercial affairs; action of representatives of foreign powers in conference at Peking; intent of the treaties; proposals of the Chefoo convention; position of Chinese Government; lekin taxes; ownership of produce from foreign countries 167170
      • inland duties on opium 185
      • readiness of the Yamên to consider report on commercial questions by diplomatic committee at Peking. (See Official intercourse) 189
      • regulation governing exportation of goods bought or manufactured in port 262
      • the Wo Chung 303305
      • transit passes outwards; rules governing their issue and surrender; regulation governing coastwise shipment of native produce, duty free 261, 262
      • transport of produce to ports in. (See China: transit trade outwards) 259
    • Cuba: question of commercial reforms in 890
    • Germany: commercial interests of, in Samoa; defeat of the Samoan hill 429
    • Great Britain: exclusion of United States vessels from the carrying of government stores 484
    • Hawaii: cotton clothing manufactured in the United States, of native material, to be free of duty 590, 591
      • custom-house statistics; importation of machinery from Great Britain and the United States; value of dutiable goods imported from various countries; value of bonded goods and spirits; value of non-dutiable goods from the United States; resumé 602604
      • large importations of foreign rice; export of rice to the United States 606614
      • register of American schooners under flag of 592
      • seizure and libel of bark Kalakaua: (See Kalakaua.) 592595
    • Hayti: desire for foreign capital in 628, 629
      • message of the President, to Congress; extension of commerce hoped for 641644
    • Honduras: closing of ports of Utilla and Bonca; action of officials against American vessels 109
    • Japan: Chamber of Commerce recommends revision of treaty; statistics of customs dues 657661
      • opening of new ports, consequent upon the demand for Japanese coal; ad valorem duties should be made specific; necessity of bonded warehouses; system of drawbacks 664666
      • quarantine against plague-infected cattle from China 679, 680
      • rules reforming appraisement and system of imposing duties on imports; limiting payment of customs duties to standard currency; table of taxes; table of exports; dutiable articles of export; gold and silver coin 666668
    • Liberia: proposed treaty of commerce with Mandingoes; interest of the United States in extension of foreign commerce of 691, 692, 700
    • Matacong: seizure of, by the French, for purposes of revenue; threatened disaster to trade 704, 705
    • Mexico: customs regulations 495497
      • effects of the Zona libre upon commercial interests of the United States 724, 725
    • Monrovia: diversion of Central African trade from Sierra Leone to 691, 692
    • Montenegro: products and commerce of; ports of 60
    • Netherlands 817
    • Peru: exportation of nitre; military order regarding exportation of guano; determination of Chili to arrest the nitre and guano trade 128, 131
      • right of foreign-built ships to sail under American flag 824826
      • right of United States consul at Iquique to grant clearances to vessels shipping nitrates, in question; right of foreign vessels; rights of United States vessels covered by treaty 835, 836, 837, 842
    • Portugal: export duty on cork; import duty on coal, coke, cotton-seed oil, and coffee; additional tax on merchandise imported 864, 865
    • Servia: rights of the Jews in commercial affairs 42
    • Society Islands: trade with, under flag of the French protectorate 356
    • United States: differential duties upon indirect colonial importation of the Netherlands 806809
      • trading vessels interfered with by Spanish cruisers 922927
    • Venezuela: decrees of the provisional president seriously affecting commerce; suppression of the custom-house at Ciudad Bolivar and closing of the port; substitution of the port of Guzman Blanco or Barcelona; closing of commerce on the Orinoco 1033
      • the President’s message to Congress 1035, 1036
      • vessels bound to ports of the Orinoco to be detained by government vessels and cargoes to be proceeded against; this is to take effect for vessels from the Antilles fifteen days after publication of notice; thirty days for vessels from the United States, and forty-five days for vessels from Europe 1033
  • Commission: French American claims; third commissioner to be named by the Emperor of Brazil; Baron de Arinos named 97, 98, 99
  • Commission of liquidation in Egypt: “adhesion” of the United States asked, to its decisions; its work nearly completed; assent given by all the powers except the United States, Greece, and Russia; satisfactory conclusions arrived at by the commission 10151017
    • appointment of 10151017
    • final views and action of the United States Government concerning 1022, 1023
    • necessity for; decree instituting; members appointed by the Khedive; declaration of governments concerned 10011007
    • only five powers represented in; dissatisfaction of Russia; decisions of the courts at Alexandria with reference to questions which may be changed or settled by this commission 1007, 1008
    • reserve of rights with relation to, by the United States 1017
    • the Government of the United States changes its recent decision and grants adhesion to the scheme; adjournment of the commission 1020
  • Compensation: inadequate for interpreters at Tientsin, Foo-Chow, and Canton; salary of $2,500 recommended 144
  • Conference at Madrid to discuss measures for the protection of Jews in Morocco: initiative taken by the Spanish Government; allegations of abuse of the privileges of protection, by foreign representatives 893895, 896
  • Congress: international industrial; Mr. Noyes and Mr. Putnam appointed delegates to; the question of trade-marks not to be submitted to; commission appointed by; draft of treaty by the commission; patents; trade-marks; designs and models; commercial name; conference at Paris 378, 379, 382, 383, 384, 385, 387, 388
    • international, of commerce and industry at Brussels; the United States invited to appoint one or more delegates; Mr. Putnam and Mr. Wilson appointed 72, 73, 74
  • Connolly, John: an American citizen murdered in Michoacan, Mexico 739742, 745755
  • Conscription law in Japan: boundaries of conscription districts 670
    • conscription officers and their duties 670, 671
    • drawing by lot 673, 674
    • examination of conscripts 673
    • exclusion and exemption from service and postponement of conscription 671673
    • miscellaneous rules 674
    • number of conscripts; quotas for the seven military departments; supplemental conscripts; standard height of different classes of soldiers 675, 676
    • the enlisting of conscripts 669, 670
  • Constellation: thanks of Great Britain to the United States for services and cargo of 514
    • boarded by British customs officers on her arrival at Queenstown; Captain Potter’s protest; their removal asked; their departure and subsequent return; their final departure; their action strongly disapproved by British Government; Lord Tenterden’s expressions of regret; fifty-second section of regulations 476479
  • Constitution of the French Republic: assembly at first in favor of a monarchy; a republic proclaimed; Thiers driven from the presidency by “a vote of blame”; Marshal MacMahon elected and his powers prolonged; committee appointed to report upon constitutional laws 368
    • legislative; the chamber of deputies; mode of election; quotas for the several arrondissements; functions of the deputies; term of service; quotas for dependencies 375378
    • the legislative power; how exercised; composition of the senate; quotas of members from the several departments and dependencies; mode of election; requirements for eligibility; term of service; powers of the senate 369371
    • the president; mode of his election; his functions and powers; his responsibility 371373
    • the republic established by vote of 425 to 254; piecemeal adoption of; no mention of the judiciary; not a symmetrical document 369
  • Constitution: proposed amendments to that of Norway and Sweden 937939
    • protocol of proposed, for Peru and Bolivia 848851
  • Consuls: circulars to, at seaports; legal status, &c., of foreign-built vessels purchased abroad and wholly owned by United States citizens; a case in point; tonnage dues; shipment and discharge of crew; treasury regulation in regard to this class of vessels; rulings and instructions of department 1, 2, 7, 8 [Page 1058]
    • circular to, relating to the framing of rules for the working of the transit-pass system in China 194
    • circular to, requesting reports upon all subjects calculated to advance commercial and industrial interests of the United States; reports to be published frequently; duplicate copies of reports no longer required 3, 4
    • duties of, in transactions concerning the purchase and uses of foreign-built vessels by Americans (see Shipping) 123
    • fees allowed for examination of ships, &c., to prevent spread of contagious diseases (see Health) 2, 3
    • in China, to withstand levy of tonnage dues or registration fee on lighters 241
    • merchants as; objection to them. (See Lord) 234
    • rank in mixed court 251
    • recognition of a United States consul contrary to rules of the government in Central America. (See Central America) 106
    • reports of, on war power of China. (See War Power of China) 274280
  • Contraband law in Mexico: arrest of Messrs. Kemp and Jacobson for alleged violations of 730734
  • Convention: consular with Belgium. (See Belgium) 72
  • Copyright: no law of, in China 300
  • Cotton: clothing made from, grown and manufactured in the United States to be duty free in Hawaii 590, 591
    • ships laden with, lost by tire at Charleston and New Orleans; reward offered by government of Louisiana for apprehension of incendiaries 511, 517, 518, 519
  • Courts, mixed, in China: (See Mixed Courts) 157
    • recognition of English supreme, for China and Japan 182
  • Crest of the Wave, schooner: claim against Great Britain 547
  • Criminal matters: proceedings in China in, against foreigners 146
  • Crops: damage to in Belgium by inundation and heavy rainfalls 66
  • Cuba: proposed law for emancipation of slaves in 891893
  • Currency: amount and nature of, in Hayti; no paper; foreign bullion; absence of banks; no gold or silver mines worked in Hayti; import and export of gold and silver; statistics; no standard coin for minting operations in Hayti 635, 636
    • branch of imperial mint established at Tokio; regulations for receiving bullion for coinage alt the branch office; charges for premelting; charges for coinage 653655
    • Brazil: counterfeiting paper money of, in the United States 100, 101
    • coinage of the Bavarian Government; desire for the remonetization of silver in Germany 390
    • fluctuation of, in Turkey; relative value of Ottoman moneys 969
    • Peru: decree concerning its improvement; value of the paper note 830, 831
      • depreciation of paper soles; consequent decree with purpose of regulating prices of the necessaries of life 845847
    • precious metals passed by weight in China; no mints in China; value of foreign coins not definitely fixed; the Kuping tæl; the Haikwan tæl; multiplication of standards 263265
    • receipts of gold and silver at imperial mint of Japan; coinage; bullion held at the mint 678, 679
    • unsatisfactory state of, in China; desirability of a mint 185
  • Customs: statistics of, at Hawaiian Islands. (See Hawaii). 602604

D.

  • Dabney, Samuel W., United States consul at Fayal: an account of his and his son’s gallant conduct in rescuing sailors wrecked off Fayal 856, 858
  • Dagle, Charles: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 555, 581
  • Debt: action brought in courts at Alexandria for ½ per cent. interest unpaid on debt of Egypt; courts deny jurisdiction 1007, 1008
    • consolidation of the public, of Liberia 694
    • of Egypt; its causes; the Suez Canal, &c. Extract from Egyptian Gazette 10201022
    • Portugal: addition of £4,000,000 to funded debt of 865
    • public, of Liberia; message of the President of the republic proposing its adjustment 694, 700
    • the floating, of Egypt, amounts to £12,500,000; items composing this debt 993
  • Decisions: the unconstitutionality of the trade-mark laws, by the Supreme Court of the United States 38
  • De Lano, M. M., United States consul at Foochow: letter on tonnage dues on lighters; war power of China 240, 277
  • De Lesseps: his interoceanic canal scheme. (See Canal) 86
  • Denmark: her reported transfer of St. Thomas to Great Britain denied 344
    • immigration from, of Mormons into the United States; the governments of, not empowered to interfere 345, 346, 347
    • military garrisons to be supported in her West Indies islands at expense of home government; Santa Cruz in a bad financial condition 345
    • naturalization of foreigners in the United States. (See Naturalization) 343
    • reception on New Year’s day by the King and Queen, of the diplomatic corps and their families 346
  • Denny, O. N., United States consul-general at Shanghai: original text of treaty negotiated by Chung How forwarded to Washington by; report on war power of China 266, 280
  • Dettmar, Jacob: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 454
  • Devèria: memorandum of rules regulating official correspondence in China. 188
  • Diaz, President of Mexico: good disposition of administration of, towards the United States 726
  • Diplomas: sale of, to persons in Germany, by “the American University at Philadelphia;” “John Buchanan, M. D.” 397, 398, 400
    • spurious medical, used by P. C. E. Volland 458
  • Diplomatic officers: circular to, regarding international sanitary conference 5
  • Dreadnaught, American schooner: (See Jacobson; Mexico; contraband law) 730, 732734
  • Duff and David: case of, against the Swatow Opium Guild 192, 193
  • Duperval, General: (See Hayti) 634

E.

  • Eads, Civil Engineer: desires information touching river improvements in Austria-Hungary; memorandum for his information transmitted 37
  • Earthquake at Tokio, Japan: extract from Japan Daily Herald 682, 683
  • Eastern question: mission of Mr. Goschen to Constantinople; the identical note to the Sultan; Germany’s invitation to England, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, to meet at Berlin for conference; article reserving mediatory rights 438
  • Education: efforts made to educate Chinese in foreign branches; reports of consuls thereon 281286
    • in Japan, regulations concerning; all affairs, connected with, under sole control of the minister of; division of schools; officers and their salaries; educational age of children from six to fourteen; children required to receive instruction” (art. 17); subsidies to the schools; normal schools; inspection; reports to minister of education; corporal punishment prohibited; examinations; statistics 655657, 676, 677
    • message of the President of Liberia, touching upon 694, 698
    • work of the Mikado of Japan, in the promotion of 690
  • Egypt: commission of liquidation for regulation of finances of; declaration of the Russian Cabinet that it will not be bound by decisions of the commission which may affect the rights of the mixed courts 885887
    • debt of; commission for its liquidation organized by Governments of Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, and Italy; interest of the United States in the commission’s work as bearing upon the mixed tribunals in 521, 522
    • mixed tribunals in, &c. (See Mixed Courts) 523, 524
  • Egyptian Gazette: extract from, on the tribute 1021, 1022
  • Eick, Otto: naturalization case of, favorably settled at Berlin 457
  • Election: of president and congressmen in Argentine Republic; revolutionary results anticipated 1016
  • Ely, R. T.: paper on railroads in Germany. (See Germany: Railroads) 408422
  • Emigration: converts to Mormonism, leaving Switzerland for the United States 951, 952, 953, 954
    • from China to the Sandwich Islands; to Cuba; encouraged by Chinese Steam Navigation Company 237
    • from upper Hungary to the United States; the Government of Hungary recommended to take preventive measures 53
    • natives of China not permitted to renounce country and allegiance; penal code provides punishment; difference under the Burlingame treaty 301, 302
    • of Mormons from Italy to the United States; report of United States consul at Palermo 644, 645
    • of Mormons to the United States from England; money sent from Utah to defray expenses of 465, 466
    • of persons from Sweden and Norway to the Mormon community in Utah, 933, 934, 939
    • statistics of Hungarian; restrictions recommended 58
    • the Swiss government abstains from participation in schemes for emigration or colonization; declaration of the Grütliverein on the subject; statistics 956, 957
  • England: change of ministry; consequences of change, &c 438
  • Estates: in Holland alleged to be awaiting heirs; the origin and purpose of such rumors; their absurdity; case of Bove, a recent claimant; case of the Kern heirs 813816
    • in Switzerland: claimed by natives of that country naturalized in the United States 952, 953
    • unclaimed: (See Germany.) 403
  • Exhibition: at Brussels: free entry of samples secured from the government 67, 68, 70
    • continental, of South America; its purposes and terms to exhibitors; its facilities; time for receiving articles for this exhibition extended to July 31, 1880 11, 18
    • proposition for suitable building outside of exhibition grounds in which to exhibit American products now on exhibition at Rio 18
    • international fishery, at Berlin 394, 395, 396
  • Expatriation: views of the United States Government concerning; case of Carl Rau 960, 961
  • Export: (See Commerce) 128
  • Extradition: negotiations for treaty of, between the United States and the Netherlands 806
    • proposition of the Marquis of Salisbury for settlement of expenses on account of, between Great Britain and the United States; settlement under treaty to be made by party receiving fugitive, immediately 464, 465
    • request for, of eight suspicious individuals arrested on Mexican frontier by United States forces, 787, 788
    • settlement of expenses on account of, between Great Britain and the United States; provision of the treaty of 1842; nature of expenses; claims to be preferred separately 472, 473, 475
    • Spain: transit of criminals through; conventions with various countries regarding this question 920922
  • Extraterritoriality: opinion of Dr. Lord 232
  • Extraterritorial system: conditional readiness of the United States Government to abolish it in China and Japan 154
    • spontaneous acceptance of, among Asiatic peoples 152

F.

  • Fairchild: United States minister at Madrid appointed to represent the United States in discussion of protection of Moorish subjects 510
  • Federal council: new rules for representation of the German States in 433
  • Feudal system: abolition of, by the Mikado of Japan 689, 690
  • Fez, Morocco: burning of a Jew by a mob of the populace; the prime minister’s statement of the affair; statement of Mr. Cobb, from relation of an eye-witness 801803
  • Fillmore, Millard: proclamation relative to discriminating tonnage dues 139
  • Finance:
    • Chili: statistics in message of the President to Congress 132
    • Egypt: commission for regulation of financial affairs; the Russian cabinet reserves the privilege of forming an independent opinion as to those decisions of the commission which may affect the rights of mixed courts 885, 887
    • draft of a decree by Khedive’s government, with reference to the domanial loan of the Rothschilds; views of the Government of the United States desired 992994
    • floating debt 993, 1003
    • imperative necessity for the appointment of a commission of liquidation; its probable work; distribution of indebtedness; decree of the Khedive instituting the commission 10011003, 1004, 1005
    • Peru: crippled condition of her finances through Chili’s course in the matter of the export of nitre and guano 131
    • Portugal: estimate of receipts and expenditures; deficit taxation; opposition of commercial classes 864
    • Switzerland 959, 960
    • Turkish Empire: financial condition 968971
  • Fisheries: alleged trespass of United States fishermen in province of British Columbia 503505
    • Canadian fishermen crossing to United States side of Lake Ontario to set their nets; cases of this offense isolated; seizure of nets by American customs officers 487, 494
    • claims against Great Britain 530590
    • official statement of Newfoundland herring; United States vessels employed 556, 557
    • order of the Queen’s council suspending operation of article 10 of regulations for prevention of collisions at sea; open fishing-boats not required to carry side-lights 512514
    • outrage upon American fishermen at Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. 530590
    • statutes of Newfoundland applicable to; herring not to be taken in seines; proviso as to use of nets; herring not to be taken at certain points and at certain dates; penalties for violation of statutes; law not to interfere with rights under treaty; statutes concerning the coast. 585588
  • Fishery Exhibition at Berlin: America to participate, and space assigned; letter to Professor Baird relating to fluid for preserving specimens of fish: proposed plan of the exhibition, &c. 397, 399, 400
    • appointment by the United States of Messrs. G. B. Goode, and Frederick Mather, to serve on the international jury 422
    • award of the jurors; address of thanks and medal to each government participating; first prize of honor to Mr. Baird, official representative of the United States; great success of 434, 435
    • desire that the United States participate therein; effort to induce Congress to send Professor Baird 394, 395, 396
    • list of prizes and honorable mention 436, 437
    • opened formally by the Crown Prince of Germany; addresses of the ministers; report of speech of Mr. White 425, 426
    • speech of Mr. White approved 429
  • Flade, Amandus: naturalization case of, at Berlin, unfavorably settled 455
  • Flag: American, use of, by foreign-built ships claimed to have been purchased by American citizens 824826
  • Foo-Chow: cargo-boat registration; Regulation X for British trade; number of boats to be limited; smugglers to be punished 296, 297
    • efforts made by Chinese authorities to levy tax on cargo-boats 295, 296
    • inadequate compensation of interpreter at United States consulate 144
    • war power of; report of Consul De Lano 277, 283
  • Forced loan: upon American citizens resident in Chihuahua; suit for the recovery of, by Mr. P. B. Chishem; disposition of the Mexican Government to remit; lack of fund in treasury for that purpose 722, 723, 728
  • Foreigners: assumed right of expulsion of, in Hayti, &c. 637, 638
  • Foreign capital: desire for, in Hayti; proposed establishment of national bank under control of 628, 629
  • Fortune Bay outrage upon American fishermen: affidavits in reply, in cases of 555, 556
    • appendices to Lord Salisbury’s answer to claims against Great Britain on account of 573588
    • contravention of the treaty of Washington by local legislation of Newfoundland; estimate of losses claimed by sufferers from 538, 539
    • efforts to expedite the answer of the British Government with reference to claims on account of 568570
    • facts not to be disputed: 1. Twenty-two vessels go from Gloucester, Mass., to Fortune Bay for herring; 2. Vessels wait in harbor for arrival of schools of herring; 3. Fishing operations commenced Sunday morning; 4. Americans attacked by mob of natives and compelled to abandon their fishery; 5 & 6. Consequent loss to owners; 7. Seining at a distance from land; 8. Abandonment of the fishing-grounds by the United States vessels 534, 539, 540, 541
    • fisheries provisions of the treaty of Washington; the Halifax Commission 535, 536
    • force of local laws which do not contravene existing treaties 533
    • letter from Earl Granville to Mr. Lowell. (See Granville) 588590
    • letter of Messrs. Foster and Trescott to the Secretary of State; provisions of the consolidated acts of Newfoundland; language of the treaty of Washington; British statement of the case; the privilege of procuring bait, &c 541544
    • list of vessels and owners; statement of expenses and claims 544, 545
    • Lord Salisbury’s comments with report of Captain Sulivan of the British Navy; three alleged breaches of the law by the Americans 531
    • Messrs. Foster and Trescott to the Secretary of State in support of charges against Canadian fisherman: 1. List of United States vessels; 2. Affidavits of masters and crews; 3. Sworn statements of owners; 4. Statements of collector of port of Gloucester 541
    • necessary delay on the part of the United States in discussing; investigation by Great Britain 530, 531
    • paragraph from the London Times of February 13, 1880; Canadian and Newfoundland fisheries 568
    • presentment of the statement of claims for damages, to the British Government; delay in Lord Salisbury’s answer to statement of losses; opinions of the saw officers of the crown necessary 562, 563, 565, 566
    • statements of losses; claims against Great Britain 545555
    • three breaches of the local law alleged by Lord Salisbury: 1. The use of seines; 2. Fishing upon Sunday; 3. Barring fish; alleged interference with rights of British fishermen; treaty privileges not to be subjected to local legislation 530, 531, 532, 541
    • unfavorable answer of the British’ Government to the claims of fishermen on account of 570573
  • Foster, Mr.: counsel for claimants in Fortune Bay outrage; letter from him on this question 539
  • Foster, John W., United States minister to Mexico: his departure from Mexico; flattering attention extended by both Mexicans and foreigners; memorial from American residents in Mexico; banquet given him by the President; testimonial from British residents 737, 738
  • France: action of the government with regard to the Trans-Sahara Railway 365
    • budget for the international committee on weights and measures; increased expenses; table of quotas for contracting States 347350
    • claims of non-belligerent sufferers from war with Germany presented through commissions and not through embassies 357
    • constitution of the republic 368378
    • determination of the cabinet in, to allow the Panama Canal enterprise to remain a private one 385
    • flag of the protectorate of 356
    • invitation to the United States to designate officers to witness manœuvers of French troops; appointment of officers 367
    • manœuvers of troops; officers of foreign armies invited to witness them 386
    • life-insurance companies 355
    • liquidation of Egyptian debt: 521
    • railway policy of 421
    • removal of the capital from Versailles to Paris; apprehensions of disturbance; speech of Mr. Gambetta, &c 351355
    • right of consul-general to administer, &c 359
  • Franco-American Union: work of; statue of liberty 366
  • French protectorate: foreigners allowed to sail under flag of, on payment of $100 per annum; request for regulation for sailing under flag of, among the Society Islands 357, 358
    • navigation among Society Islands under the flag of 366
    • new measures regulating use of the flag of, among the Society Islands 379, 380
    • over Liberia; reasons for; inducements offered by natural advantages of Liberia 692, 693
    • rumor of proposed, over Liberia unfounded 358, 363
  • Frye, Fred. P., schooner: claim against Great Britain 545
  • Fudge, Silas: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 579
  • Fukien: inhabitants of, unfriendly to foreigners; enforcement of obnoxious rules affecting the interests of foreign residents; sale or lease of lands 298, 299

G.

  • Gabriel, Nicholas, V.: naturalization ease of, at Berlin, unfavorably settled 458
  • Gambetta: his speech upon the removal of the capital from Versailles to Paris; his personal greatness; his authority as presiding officer 351, 354
  • Gardner, A. W., president of Liberia: message of, to Congress. (See Liberia.) 695
  • Gazeta, Judicial, of Fayal: extract from, concerning gallant conduct of United States Consul Dabney and his son in rescuing wrecked sailors 856
  • Gehres: naturalization case of, at Berlin favorably settled 461
  • Gentil: American citizen dying in France 364
  • Germany: additions to army of 396
    • alliance with Austria-Hungary for the execution of the Berlin treaty 392
    • close of the session of the Reichstag; bills failing to receive its sanction; the budget shows a deficit; taxes; bill relating to employers and employed; socialism; prolongation of treaties; sea traffic bill rejected; the conservatives and ultramontanes; new rules governing representation of States in the Federal Council 429433
    • death of Mr. von Bülow 389
    • descriptions of railway lines, &c 416, 417
    • discussion in the Reichstag of a colonial policy; commercial interests of, in Samoa; Godeffroy & Co., of Hamburg; defeat of the Samoan bill; the chancellor’s speech 429
    • history of railway development in 408
    • liquidation of Egyptian debt 521
    • military fines imposed upon American citizen revisiting 441
    • natives of; naturalized American citizens fined or prosecuted for non-performance of military duty upon their visits to 441461
    • railway management in 408
    • rumors regarding alliance between Austria-Hungary and; the currency 390
    • sale of diplomas in, by an American institution 397
    • statistics of military expenditure 401, 402
    • unclaimed estates in; applications to the United States legation very numerous; claims barred by limitation; title to land; wills; certificates of heirship; estates awaiting distribution to unknown heirs 403405
  • Gladstone: the feeling against him in Austria-Hungary; his sympathy with the oppressed 54
  • Gonzales, General, candidate for the presidency of Mexico: while in command of force for the purpose of suppressing hostile demonstration against the government, is fired upon, together with his friends, by state troops of Guanaxoato; similar attack upon him at Leon 762, 765
    • receives a majority of the votes of the electoral college for the presidency of Mexico; rumors that he will not he declared president, on account of alleged frauds 765, 766
  • Gonzales, minister for foreign affairs, Argentine Republic: resignation of 23
  • Gorringe, Lieutenant Commander: (See Obelisk) 992, 994, 995
  • Goschen: (See Eastern question.) 438
  • Grant, General: his mediation in a dispute between China and Japan 198
  • Granville, Earl: secretary for foreign affairs of Great Britain; letter to Mr. Lowell, United States minister to England, on Fortune Bay outrage questions; strand fishing not allowed under treaty of Washington 588590
    • desire of British Government to settle the Fortune Bay question 480, 481
  • Great Britain: case of John Anderson at Calcutta 479
    • claims against, on account of Fortune Bay outrage, unfavorably answered by: (See Fortune Bay outrage) 570573, 530590
    • customs authorities of, board the Constellation 476
    • desire to refer Moorish question to representatives of the powers at Madrid 495
      • (See Moorish question.)
    • documents asked for, of the United States, by Nicaragua, relating to the latter’s dispute with 502, 503
    • emigration of Mormons from, to the United States 465
    • exclusion of United States vessels from conveyance of stores of government of; disadvantage suffered by United States vessels in consequence; measures for obviating the difficulty; case of the Manilla 484486
    • expenses of extradition cases 464
    • invasion of the Yellowstone Valley by northern Indians 486
    • liquidation of Egyptian debt 521
    • order relating to prevention of collisions at sea 468472
    • outrage upon American fishermen at Fortune Bay 530590
    • proposed revision of the constitution of mixed tribunals in Egypt 523, 524
    • question between the United States and, with reference to wrecking and live-saving on the great lakes; reciprocity in facilitating aid; reports of two cases 505, 506
    • stores for Arctic expedition 484
    • thanks of the Government of, to Commodore Shufeldt 391
    • thanks of the Queen and Government of, for provisions sent to Ireland by the United States steamer Constellation 514
    • transportation, of merchandise to, from, and through possessions of, in North America; revision of regulations recommended 508510
  • Greece: “collective note” to the Porte and; drift of feeling in Europe favorable to Greece, in questions under the Berlin treaty 440
  • Grievances: conference of diplomatic corps on trade in China; proposals of the Yamên; distribution of the questions to the several ministers 254256
  • Grinnell: writing-table made from timbers of the Resolute presented to Mrs. by Queen Victoria 525
  • Grütliverein: (See Emigration, Switzerland.) 956, 957
  • Grzechowiak, Andreas: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 453
  • Guanaxuato: General Gonzalez’s friends fired upon, in his presence, by State, troops of 762
  • Guatemala: banquet at United States legation in honor of the president of Honduras: 120
    • completion of a railroad by a company organized and headed by an American citizen; “opening” by the Central American presidents; interest paid by the government 118
    • consideration of the draft of a constitution; who are native citizens; conflict with the laws of the United States; military service; rights of natives; rights of foreigners 110, 114, 115
    • question as to the right of United States minister to celebrate marriage in District of Columbia; in foreign country; misunderstanding 117
  • Guayana: prompt action of the state authorities in preliminary investigation of outrage perpetrated upon Mr. John E. Wheelock, an American citizen 1031, 1032

H.

  • Halifax Commission: argument of British counsel before; the privilege of procuring bait and suppliers, refitting, drying, transshipping, &c.,; herring fishery on coast of Newfoundland 535537
  • Hamburg: conference to examine question of a scientific international exploration of the Polar regions; interest and proposed work of the United States in this exploration 940, 941
  • Hankow: report of consul at, on education of Chinese in foreign branches 284
  • Hansen, Hans: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 456
  • Harbor: consuls at that of Shanghai to co-operate with Chinese authorities in giving effect to rules of 213
    • establishment of light-houses in harbor and gulf of Port-au-Prince, Hayti 630, 631
    • rules of, at Shanghai; their non-enforcement; embarrassed by the consular body at Shanghai 142, 143
    • Shanghai; rules of 1878 to govern foreign anchorage; new rules to govern native anchorage; control of 212, 213
    • sixteen rules for the conservation of the Whangpoo; their approval by the diplomatic corps at Peking 203206
  • Harvest: results of in Hungary 60
  • Haskell, Hattie: American trading vessel boarded and searched by Spanish naval officers 924
  • Hatch, Colonel, United States Army: report of, concerning Indian raids on Mexican border; concert of action with Mexican troops suggested 710, 711
  • Hay: Sir J. H. Drummond. (See Jews.) 500
  • Hayes, R. B., President: proclamation suspending discriminating tonnage dues respecting Chinese vessels 308
  • Hawaii: case of Patrick Quinn 596602
    • cotton, clothing manufactured in the United States from cotton grown in the United States, to enter free of duty 590, 591
    • custom-house statistics; importation of machinery from Great Britain and the United States; value of goods paying duty imported at Honolulu from different countries; value of goods and spirits bonded; value of duty-free goods from the United States; résumé; imports at islands 602604
    • illegal taxation of American citizens 598602
    • immigrants to, from Micronesia; clippings from the Pacific Commercial Advertiser; the strangers 595, 596
    • large importations of foreign rice; precautions to prevent its export to the United States as product of; possible frauds upon United States revenue; Chinese capital alone invested in rice 606614
    • register of American schooners under flag of 592
    • seizure and libel of the bark Kalakaua, late Mary Belle Roberts, under flag of, but owned in San Francisco, on account of allegations of smuggling. (See Kalakaua) 592595
  • Hayti: address of the president at his reception; reorganization of the army; revision of the constitution. (See Salomon) 621625
    • alleged boarding of vessels by consuls and agents in, held contrary to law of nations; question as to this: revocation of the exequatur of consul or consular officer, the probable limit of jurisdiction 633, 639, 640
    • anniversary of her independence; reception by the President; festivities on January 1, 1880; address of the President; to the people and the army 626628
    • assumption of right by government of, to expel foreigners; assumption of jurisdiction over foreign consuls, &c.; case of General Salomon; extracts from Le Moniteur 630, 637, 638
    • conspiracy against the government; no further arrests in; increase, consolidation, and discipline of the army; public confidence in the government 633, 634, 638, 639
    • currency in 635
    • demand on the part of the United States for impartiality in light dues; opposition against enforcement of; exemption of the Royal Mail Steamship Company 640, 641
    • discovery of conspiracy against the government; consequent arrest of prominent persons; the movement considered foiled; General Duperval among conspirators 633, 634
    • discriminating light-house dues upon foreign vessels; action of the British Government; co-operation of the government of the United States asked by Great Britain 634, 635
    • division of the citizens of the republic into two classes; respective social rank of blacks and mulatto and mixed classes; the mulattoes chiefly control the liberal party, the blacks the national party; patriotism of both classes unquestioned, &c 619621
    • election of General Salomon, a pure negro, to the presidency of the republic; his inauguration; his proclamation; duration of presidental term; President’s cabinet not yet announced; decree of election 614617
    • foreign capital needed for development of agricultural and other resources in; proposition to establish a national bank; ordinance authorizing establishment of the bank; its character, privileges, and services; guarantees and restrictions; reported readiness of Paris bankers to entertain the scheme 628, 629
    • her relations with other and especially neighboring countries; a Cuban seeking recruits for insurrectionary movements in Cuba; relations with Santo Domingo; traffic with people of Santo Domingo 625, 626
    • hydrographic announcement; lighting of the gulf and harbor of Port-au-Prince; light-house dues upon national vessels; upon foreign vessels discriminating dues are charged; exemptions 630632
    • light dues on foreign ships 518, 519
    • message, or “general exposé,” of the President of, to Congress; part relating to foreign relations; relations of, with Spain, Germany, Denmark, France, &c.; “St. Michel” affair; loan of 1875; provisions for its settlement; protest of United States Government against law concerning visas of consuls; relations with Santo Domingo; jurisdiction over foreigners; extension of commerce hoped for 641644
    • revolutions in; an account of the last one; Bozelais and Canal both opposed by the revolutionary forces; short sketch of Salomon’s career. 617619
    • success in Paris of the secretary of finances of, in efforts to establish national bank 632
  • Health, National Board of: information from president of, concerning fees allowed under act for prevention of introdution of contagious diseases 2, 3
  • Hell rung, E. G.: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 456
  • Hendriken, Richard: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 576
  • Hereward, schooner: claim against Great Britain. (See Fortune Bay outrage) 548
  • Hess, Francis and Theobald: naturalization case of, at Berlin, unfavorably settled 453
  • Holland: state railways 421
  • Honduras: banquet in the President’s honor at United States legation at Guatemala 120
    • explanation demanded concerning treatment of American vessels entering Utilla and Bonca 109
  • Huascar: capture of the. (See Chili.) 123
  • Huber, John: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 454
  • Hungary: increasing emigration from; the subject before the Diet; statistics; restriction recommended 58
    • the harvest in 60

I.

  • Immigration: of Mormons into the United States from Denmark 345
    • to Hawaii from Micronesia; discouragement of Chinese; work of the board of 595, 596
  • Import: (See Commerce.) 602604
  • Indians: campaign against several tribes in Coahuila 727
    • ground of the Mexican President’s refusal to permit the pursuit of, over the border, by United States troops; the power to permit this vested in Congress; the President authorized to enter into convention with the United States concerning this question 758761
    • hostile, in New Mexico; they cross over to Mexican territory; refusal of the President of Mexico to permit their pursuit by United States troops on Mexican soil 757
    • incursions of, from Canada to the United States 497499
    • incursions of Sioux, from Canada to the United States 507, 508
    • invasion of the Yellowstone valley by northern; their depredations; request to Canadian government for the return of those concerned; answer of the Canadian government; evidence not found 486, 487, 491, 492
    • movements of hostile, in New Mexico; their escape into Mexico; letter of Colonel Hatch, United States Army 757
    • on the frontier of Mexico; their purchase of arms and ammunition in Mexico and depredations therewith in the United States; failure of Mexican authorities to operate against them; gallant work of Colonel Hatch’s command 780, 781
    • raid and depredation of, in Chihuahua; character and origin of the band referred to 708, 710, 711
  • International exchange of works of science and art: appointment of commission for, in Russia; regulations governing 882, 883
    • letters of Professor Baird with reference to 884, 885
  • International exploration of the Polar regions: conference concerning question of; proposed work of the United States in this exploration; the matter before Congress 940, 941
  • International law. (See Law; Commerce; Shipping; Naturalization; Treaty; Mixed Court; Citizen.) 441
  • International sanitary conference: resolution of Congress to call, to meet in Washington; propositions to be submitted to 57
  • Interpreters: insufficiency of force of, at United States consulates in China; consulates falling behind in consequence; increase of salary recommended as well as increase in force 144, 145
  • Iquique: letter of Mr. Christiancy to United States consul with reference to clearances to American vessels shipping nitrates from; this right not conceded to the consul 835, 836, 837
  • Isaacs, Mr. Myer S.: letter concerning recognition of Roumania; persecution of the Jews by the Roumanians 36
  • Isthmus of Panama 319
  • Italy: action of the Crown in declining to accept resignation of the ministry, unsatisfactory to the opposition; uncertainty as to the result of the election 650, 651
    • announcement by morning .journals of nominations of new senators by the King; opening of the session of Parliament; appropriation for army and navy asked for; lawlessness in Sicily; the King’s speech 646, 647
    • defeat of the ministry on the grist-tax bill; failure of crops; appearance of phylloxera in vineyards in; destitution and suffering among laboring classes; increase of crime, &c.; improvement in many branches of industry since the accession of the dynasty of Savoy 645, 646
    • discussion in Parliament of the diplomatic appropriation bill; resolution of confidence in the ministry; relations with Austria 648, 649
    • emigration of Mormons from, to the United States 644, 645
    • her jealousy excited; France in the Mediterranean, and movements for annexation of Tunis 649, 650
    • liquidation of Egyptian debt 521
    • monopoly of Pompeiian curiosities by government of; the desire of the United States to obtain some of these curiosities for National Museum; Professor Baird offers specimens of Pueblo pottery in exchange for Pompeiian curiosities 651, 652
    • opening of the session of Parliament; the King’s speech; suppression of the tax on grist; the army and navy 647, 648
    • postponements the electoral reform question by Chamber of Deputies; passage of the financial bills proposed by the ministry; abolition of the grist tax; predictions of the opposition; end of the session 651
    • state railways 421
  • “Itata”: case of the, at Lima 123, 825, 826
  • Iversen, Iver: naturalization case of, at Berlin, unfavorably settled 451
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J.

  • Jacobson, Captain: arrest of, by custom-house authorities of Acapulco; his imprisonment, trial, and acquittal by the federal court 730, 732734
  • Japan: address of the Emperor to the provincial governors; re-establishment of the general government and abolition of the feudal system; desire of the Emperor that his people shall progress toward constitutional and representative government 689, 690
    • army of 669676
    • Asiatic cholera in 652
    • burning of the consular agency of the United States at Hakodate; loss of “letters and archives,” and of everything, save fifteen books 677
    • character and good work of the Mikado; affection of the people for him 690
    • claims against the late Lew Chew Han 686
    • decree regulating political meetings; unfavorable comments in both native and foreign journals thereon; permission for meeting to be obtained from police authorities, &c 687
    • dispute with China 194
    • education in, assured by law to all children in the empire 655657
    • establishment of branch office of the Imperial Mint, at Tokio 653
    • fire in Tokio 678
    • memorial to the prime minister on behalf of the local assembly of Miyagi; desire for a constitutional government, &c 683, 684
    • quarantine against plague-infected cattle from China 679, 680
    • ravages of cholera in; statistics 679
    • revision of conscription law 669676
    • statistics from eighth report of the postmaster-general; number of letters transmitted during the year; length of mail routes; Paris postal convention of June 1, 1878; foreign mails; letters actually lost; value of postal money-orders; post-office savings banks 681
    • statistics of education 676, 677
    • the chamber of commerce upon revision of existing treaties between the treaty powers and; the present treaty disadvantageous to all concerned; revision necessary; land taxes in, more burdensome than in any other country; statistics of customs dues; the nation, in future, must depend upon customs dues for revenue. (See Treaty) 657661
    • the Imperial Mint. (See Currency) 678
  • Jessen, Hans P.: naturalization case of, favorably settled at Berlin 456
  • Jews: address of, to prime minister of Spain concerning the ill treatment of their race in Morocco 801
    • burning of an aged Jew at Fez, Morocco 801803
    • Levi A. Cohen, sent by Hebrew congregation in New York, to Tangiers to look after the interests of his coreligionists there; desire that Mr. Matthews shall co-operate with him 805
    • negotiations in their behalf by the United States minister at Vienna, with Servia and Roumania; their case represented with exaggeration; rights of trade and religion, and the text of the Berlin treaty on these points 42, 43
    • subjected, in Russia, to many hardships by the government; desire of the United States to protect its Jewish citizens 873
    • subjects of the Emperor of Morocco; protection of; Mr. Löwry’s statements; Sir J. H. Drummond Hay’s reply; protection of, by foreign representatives 499502
    • their condition and persecution in Roumania; letter of Mr. Meyer S. Isaacs concerning this 36
    • treatment of, in Morocco 794, 795
  • Johnson, W. W.: codefendant in trade-mark case 38
  • Judicial: readiness of the Yamên to consider report on proceedings by diplomatic corps at Peking 189
    • report on questions by diplomatic committee in China 163
  • Judicial administration: conclusions of conference on, referred for a report 214, 215
  • Judicial organization in Egypt: proposed commission to consider reforms; question discussed by consuls-general of the powers at Cairo; interest of the United States; importance of the commission 10131015
  • Judicial proceedings: questions relating to; improvements in 140, 141
  • Judicial system: defects of the Chinese; what the better administration of justice requires in this respect; comments upon the requirements 155
    • report upon those of the United States, Great Britain, and France in Chiu a called for by the Department 145
  • Judicial torture in China: extracts from North China Herald and Supreme and Consular Gazette 243
  • Jurisdiction: conflicts of, in cases of collisions on the high seas between vessels carrying different flags 931, 932, 933

K.

  • Kalakaua, bark: seizure and libel of, at Honolulu on account of alleged smuggling; convicted and condemned; opinion of the supreme court of Hawaii 592595
  • Kearsarge: cessation of her operations ordered; unfriendly and hasty conduct of the Panama Executive; alteration of order in transmission by telegraph 328330, 335, 337, 339343
  • Kemp, Mr.: arrest of, at Manzanilla for clerical error in consular invoice; his acquittal 730
  • Kerdijk, H.: defalcation of, at Rotterdam 809813
  • Key, D. M., Postmaster-General: letter to Mr. Evarts on Colombia’s relation to Postal Union 322
  • King: address by, of the Netherlands, at opening of the Staats General; the birth of aprincess; foreign relations; commerce; agriculture; labor of children; army and navy; the colonies; important projects of law 817
  • Kitchener, Arthur B.: statement of, concerning murder of three American citizens in Mexico; answers to questions of the United States minister with reference to the murder; indifference of the Mexican Government; failure to punish the murderers 741744, 748751
  • Klein, Edward: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 445, 452
  • Klein, E. F. O.: naturalization case .of, at Berlin, favorably settled 450
  • Knowlton, Moses, schooner: claim against Great Britain 553
  • Koernicke, C. J.: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 452
  • Kuldja: occupation of, by Russia; the population; insurrections in; value of the district 207
  • Kummeran, Colonel: murdered in Turkey; narrow escape of his companion the Russian chargé d’affaires; trial of his murderer; action of the diplomatic corps; probability that the murderer will escape punishment; the Government of the Porte promise that just punishment shall be inflicted 9741177
  • Kung, Prince: counsels of, in the ascendency, in the case of Chung How 286
  • Kunz, Alexander: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 452

L.

  • Labor: scarcity of, in Brazil; Chinese immigration to be induced 86
  • Lake Ontario: wrecking in 505, 506
  • Latorre, Lorenzo: resigns the Presidency of the Republic of Uruguay; election of Dr. Francisco Vidal as his successor; nomination of new ministry 1027
  • Lauber, Joseph: naturalization case of, unfavorably settled at Berlin 456
  • Law: conscription, in Japan 669676
    • contraband, of Mexico, if too rigidly applied likely to cause irritation between Mexico and the United States 736, 737
    • contraband, passed by Mexican Congress; penalties for its violation; cases of Kemp and Jacobson 730
    • custom-house, in China 173175, 177184, 218220, 240
    • governing mixed courts in China: (See Mixed courts.) 157
    • international, concerning foreigners; (See Hayti.) 630
    • Mexican customs: (See Metzger.) 711
    • Mexican penal code: article 186 719
    • naturalization: in Germany 450
      • in Morocco 793
      • natives of Alsace-Lorraine 441461
    • penal code of China: character of 160
    • proposed urgence of the adoption of the “Code Napoleon” upon the Chinese, for government of mixed courts 159
    • shipping: (See Shipping.) 1, 2
    • Swiss federal, relating to the social state and marriage 941951
    • trade-mark, decided unconstitutional by United States Supreme Court 90
  • La Cotera, General de: his conduct and character in late revolution in Peru 820, 822
  • La Puerta, General: first vice-president of Peru, left as President on departure of President Prado; his defeat by General Piérola 819824
  • Lee, Edward, whaling schooner: driven from her fishing-ground by Spanish gun-boat; reparation demanded; violation of treaty; claim against Spain disallowed 887889
  • Lekin tax: discussion of 141, 179, 180
      • (See China, Taxation, Treaties, &c.)
    • its commutability argued 183
    • on opium: committed to guilds of native merchants 191
    • the German Government does not object to it, if it be moderate, and guarantees for the security of commerce be given 180, 181
  • Lesseps, Mr. de: interoceanic canal 86, 385
  • Lew Chew Han: claims against 686
  • Lew Chew Islands: pending dispute regarding them between China and Japan; their dependence upon China; interference of General Grant at the request of China 194199
    • request for investiture; proclamation of investiture; patent of investiture; list of articles bestowed on the King of the state; list of articles bestowed on the Queen 199201
  • Liberia: boundary commission for 391
    • confirmation by the Senate of the President’s cabinet; the secretary of the interior 701
    • desire of the Pope to be represented in 706, 707
    • interest of the United States in the extension of the foreign commerce of 700
    • legislature adopts a resolution for the settlement of claim of the United States for ordnance 706
    • message of the President; aborginal inhabitants; extent of sea-coast; ports of entry; consolidation of public debt; education; thanks of, to Commodore Shufeldt for services in adjustment of northwest boundary question; appropriation asked 693, 694, 695700
    • mining project presented for the President’s signature; proposed contract; convention not entered into, as it was found to be in conflict with mining laws of 692, 693
    • proposed treaty of commerce between King Blanco Sissi, of Mandingo and; advice of the United States minister to the President of; diversion of interior African trade from Sierra Leone to Monrovia, and the benefits likely to arise therefrom 691, 692
    • question of French protectorate; good reasons for the desire of France to possess; valuable inducements offered by trade in products of 692, 693
    • rumor of French protectorate over, unfounded; interest of the United States in colony of 358, 362
  • Liberia College: Dr. E. W. Blyden elected president; his name to attract many students who would otherwise be sent to Europe or America 701
  • Life-insurance companies: favorable action with reference to American, in France 367
    • the New York; its footing unequal to companies of other nations in France 384
  • Life-Saving Service: demoralization of, in Turkey; the question discussed by representatives of the maritime powers at Constantinople; collective note to the Porte, calling its attention to this question 972974
    • inadequacy of; the station on the Black Sea 965968
  • Lima: meeting of the diplomatic corps; unanimous resolution; collective note to the Chilian admiral, reserving all questions in regard to damages to persons and property of neutrals arising out of bombardment 843845
  • Liverpool: departure of Mormons from, for the United States 476
  • Lizzie and Namari, schooner: claim against Great Britain 546
  • Lloyds: agents of, complain of loss by fire of cotton-laden ships at Charleston and Mew Orleans 511
  • Loan, domanial, in Egypt: proposed decree; test of decree as issued 992994, 995997
  • questions arising under it 999, 1001
  • Loan, Rothschild: assent of the United States Government asked to the proposed disposition of the balance of this loan to arrears of tribute and pension, &c. 999, 1001
  • Lobos Islands and Eten: depredations of Chilian fleet at 840, 841
  • London Times: extract from, on the slave traffic in Egypt; letter from British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society 1024, 1025
  • Lopez, Alonzo: seriously wounded in attack made upon General Gonzales, at Leon 765
  • Lord, E. C., United States consul: (See War Power of China) 278
    • definiteness required in treaties; the seventh rule of trade; China’s unwillingness to make the treaties 228
    • extraterritoriality; inconsiderate charge against foreigners 232
    • language used in communication with Chinese officials; treaties stipulating the use of the representative’s language with Chinese translation; conditional recommendations to the United States consul to discontinue the use of Chinese translation 288, 289
    • lekin taxes only a temporary expedient; Chinese surprise at foreigners’ complaints of lekin tax; extent of exemption 231
    • limitation of taxes upon foreign goods; absurdity of the Chinese construction of the treaties; importance of a mutual understanding of stipulations 229
    • merchants as consuls objectionable; the missionary question 234
    • opinions concerning the trade grievance of foreigners in China 226
    • taxes levied on foreign goods in China, 232
    • Lower California: revolution in 727, 728
    • Löwy: (See Jews) 500
    • Lütz, Frank: naturalization case of, at Berlin, unfavorably settled 445, 451

M.

  • MacDonald, Wm. E., schooner: claim against Great Britain 547
  • Machinery: importation of, to Hawaii from Great Britain and the United States 603
  • MacManus, & Sons: case of loan forced upon, at Chihuahua; the United States consul being a member of the firm does not give exemption from search of premises 723, 724, 734, 735
  • Madrid: protection of Moorish subjects to be discussed at 510
  • Morocco conference at; proceedings of each session 897914
  • Malanson, David: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 583
  • Manila: conveyance of British government stores by 484486
  • Manzanillo: arrest, trial and acquittal of Mr. Frank B. Kemp, by authorities at 730732
  • Margouiner, Samuel: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 452
  • Maritime law: necessity for adoption of regulations governing cases of collision on the high seas, of ships sailing under different flags 931, 932, 933
  • Maritime regulations 468
  • Marriage: question as to the right of United States ministers abroad to celebrate it 117
    • Swiss federal law concerning; circular of the chargé d’affaires of the United States 941951, 957, 958
  • Martin, Robert: leader of a band of robbers; letters from the governor of Chihuahua with reference to depredations committed by band of robbers led by; pursuit of the robbers and fight 786, 787, 788, 789, 790
  • Mary M., schooner: claim against Great Britain 545
  • Matacong: seizure of the Island by the French for purposes of revenue; protest of the governor of Sierra Leone, who claims the island on ground of cession to British Government by treaty; this treaty never ratified; action of the governor of Sierra Leone towards American vessels going to; threatened disaster to trade; demand of native authorities to be left to themselves by both England and France 704, 705
  • Matthews, Felix A., United States consul at Tangier: letter to the grand vizier of the Emperor of Morocco, in remonstrance against persecution of Jews: his course cordially approved by Department of State 794797, 804, 805
  • Maud and Effie, schooner: claim against Great Britain 551
  • Maynard, Horace, minister of the United States, at Constantinople: his departure from Turkey; testimonial of American residents 982, 983
  • Mazatlan: arrest of Captain Metzger, a citizen of the United States, for alleged smuggling 711
  • McAulay, Peter: (See Fortune Bay outrage) 559, 560
  • McCrary, Geo. W., Secretary of War: letter to Mr. Evarts. (See Mexico) 709
  • McDonald, James: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 582
  • McDonald, Wm. H.: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 582
  • McNamara, T. E.: co-defendant in trade-mark case 38
  • McPherson, J. R., Senator from New Jersey: letter to Mr. Evarts in case of Captain Metzger 712
  • Medhurst, W. H., English consul at Shanghai: rules for mixed courts 162
  • Mediation: in the affairs of Chili and Peru discussed by national authorities of the Argentine Republic 9
    • offers of, by the United States minister at Buenos Ayres, in dispute over the presidential election; answers of national and provincial governments 27, 28
    • offers of, on the part of Colombia to Chili 120
    • of the United States in war between Chili and Peru 487, 490
    • rumor of offers on the part of the United States in the affairs of Chili, Peru, and Bolivia 121
  • Melikoff, General: appointed chief of supreme executive commission in Russia; his powers and functions 871
  • Mély, August: naturalization case of, at Berlin 445
  • Memorandum: of the United States minister in China; criminal matters; foreigners subject to same rules as natives, in many cases, though not in others; divergence in treatment of cases of foreigners and natives violating the same laws; criminal proceedings against natives may become civil against foreigners 146148
    • of the United States minister in China; civil matters; debts; their collection and payment through consular officers; cases under the treaty between China and the United States; mixed courts; ambiguity in British treaty with China, of 1858 148154
    • on mixed courts at Shanghai 157
  • Merrill, George: letter to Mr. Evarts, on foreign corporations in France; recommending treaty to cover the question 355, 356
  • Merritt, Ethel A.: American trading schooner boarded and searched by Spanish naval officers 923
  • Message of the President of Liberia: aboriginal inhabitants of the country; ports of entry; public debt; education 693, 694, 695700
  • Metzger, Capt. William: arrest and imprisonment of, by Mexican authorities at Mazatlan; tried for alleged smuggling; the United States minister to investigate case of, and demand redress 496, 711713
  • Mexico: address of the President to the Congress of; foreign relations; commerce; public debt; railroads; military training; depredations of Indians on the frontier 768774
    • arrival of Mormon church officials in. (See Mormon) 729
    • arrest by United States forces of eight individuals suspected of revolutionary intentions against the government of; their extradition asked; specific allegations and charges necessary to the granting of extradition 787, 788
    • better condition of order and peace on the frontier states of; good disposition of President Diaz’s administration; no guarantee of a continuance of peace and order 726, 727
    • campaign against Indians 727
    • coast survey of the United States steamer Tuscarora; government of, ask that notice of similar expeditions in the future be given 713
    • contraband law passed by Congress of; penalties for its violation; cases of Mr. Kemp and Captain Jacobson 730734
    • contract for construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Acapulco to City of Mexico, approved by the President; authority of the governor and the company; representation of the government on board of directors; company to be Mexican; the subsidy; need of foreign capital 766, 767
    • conviction and execution of a Mexican soldier by Mexican court, for murder of another Mexican committed in Texas; request of United States minister for copy of record of the trial, and his inability to procure it; question as to the significance of the case; letter of Mr. Ruelas to Mr. Foster; value of precedent established by this case 707, 708, 713719, 730
    • customs regulations of; case of the United States steamer Newbern 495497, 499
    • departure of Mr. Foster from; attention shown him 737739
    • depredations of a band of robbers, led by Robert Martin 786, 787, 788, 789, 790
    • disbandment of raiding parties organized for invasion of Sonora 785, 786
    • election of presidential electors; prospects of the candidates; result of failure to elect by the electoral college; purchase of arms by governors of several states 761
    • escape of Victorio and his band into. (See Victorio) 768
    • government of, asked to co-operate with the United States in the suppresion of Indians and outlaws on the borders between the two countries; report of General Pope 708711
    • government of, to be held responsible to the United States for depredations of Indians on American soil, to whom it gives asylum; desire of government of, to suppress the hostile Indians, and its refusal to accept the responsibility 762, 764, 765
    • ground of the President’s refusal to permit United States troops to cross into, in pursuit of hostile Indians; authority to grant such permission vested in Congress alone; the President of, authorized to enter into convention with the United States upon the subject of either government being allowed to pursue depredators across the borders; orders for co-operation of Mexican with United States forces in pursuit of marauders 758761
    • impressment of American citizens for service in the army of; the United States minister instructed to demand their instant release, and pecuniary indemnity for detention and annoyance; case of Burnato 776780
    • inhabitants on the border between the United States and, diverting the waters of the Rio Grande during the dry season; consequent injury to agriculturists across the river in Texas; letter of the Governor of Texas to Mr. Evarts 752
    • instructions to General Ord to pursue raiders across border into, no longer operative 735, 736, 744
    • interview between the United States minister to, and the President of: vain endeavor of the minister to procure the consent of the President to pursuit of hostile Indians escaping to, by United States troops 774776
    • murder of three American citizens in the State of Michoacan; prompt and energetic action of the government expected for the arrest and punishment of the guilty parties; Mexican officer implicated in the murder; delay of government in bringing the murderers to trial 739744, 745752
    • opposition in Congress of, to construction of railroads by American corporations or capitalists; discriminations against foreigners; transfer of the Blair charter; probable enterprise of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé Railroad 719, 720
    • purchase of ammunition in, by hostile Indians; the consequent depredations in United States territory; inactivity of Mexican authorities; work of Colonel Hatch’s command on the frontier of Mexico 780, 781
    • refusal of the President of, to permit United States troops to pursue hostile Indians across the border 757
    • release of cattle thieves; their transportation at the expense of the Mexican government, to the scene of their former depredations 756
    • restoration of diplomatic relations between Belgium and; letter of Belgian minister to Mr. Foster, thanking him for protection rendered by United States legation to Belgian subjects during the interruption of diplomatic relations 737
    • revolutionists bombard, and capture the city of Mazatlan; interference of foreign consuls; recapture of the city by the government troops; disturbed condition of the country 766
    • rumors of formation of raiding parties on Mexican frontier for incursions into Sonora; General McDowell ordered to prevent their invasion of Mexican territory 784, 785
    • state troops of Guanaxuato fire upon General Gonzalez and his friends 762
    • telegraph lines 771
    • the Zona libre and its commercial effects upon the United States 724, 725
  • Michoacan: imprisonment of eighteen of the rioters and two ringleaders concerned in the murder of the three American citizens in; the case following the usual legal course; the trial ordered to be proceeded with 767, 768
  • Mikado: his return to Tokio from the western provinces; his character; abolition of the feudal system; reorganization of society; the army and navy; the press, telegraph, railway, steam navigation, postal and savings system, and educational system instituted and promoted by; great affection of his people for him 690
  • Military duty: enforcement of, on the part of naturalized American citizens returning to Germany 441461
  • Miltz: property damaged by Guard Mobile during siege of Paris 358
  • Mining: proposed contract for, in Liberia, in conflict with laws of the republic 693
  • Mixed courts: at present bearing the semblance of a temporary expedient 243
    • commission for revision of the constitution of, in Egypt; proposed powers of the commission; the United States to appoint two delegates; delegates from powers not participating in the organization of 523, 524, 527, 528
    • district magistrate conjointly with magistrate of, should try grave criminal cases 246, 248
    • divergency of the views of consuls at Shanghai concerning opinions as to admission of foreign lawyers; French special court 250
    • efforts by consuls at Shanghai to secure its establishment; jurisdiction of the court; rank of the magistrates and insufficiency of their salaries; advantages of the system in spite of the absence of a definite code, unsatisfactory punishments, and want of permanence in offices 157159
    • inadequate compensation and allowances of magistrate 244, 247, 252
    • in China; Mr. Stahel recommends the appointment of assessors by each government concerned; consuls, however irreproachable, should not have this additional duty imposed upon them 211
    • in Egypt 521, 522
    • inhuman methods of extracting evidence from witnesses in; judicial torture in China; cases cited 292294
    • its establishment a step of importance; failure of the magistrate at Shanghai to enforce judgments of; the judicial question one of embarrassment; mode of procedure; rank of consuls in 250253
    • joint note of the powers in reference to, at Shanghai; recommendations and suggestions as to improvements 165167
    • mass of duties in; difficulty in punishment of literary graduates 244
    • ordinary cases where foreigners are defendants to be tried in; no attorneys to be employed in mixed cases 246, 248, 252
    • proposal to give the magistrate imperial authority 253
    • proposal to urge the adoption of the “Code Napoleon” upon the Chinese; recommendation that the magistrate be ranked higher by direct commission; the failures of the penal code in; the necessity of a code for commercial issues 159162
    • protocol inviting attention to, at Shanghai 164
    • rules of, at Shanghai 162
    • the Chinese deputy should have an official seal 242, 247
    • the prison used by; lack of room for prisoners 245, 248
  • Miyagi, Japan: memorial to Emperor’s prime minister on behalf of local assembly of; demand for constitutional form of government; change in organization of imperial government; extract from the Japan Weekly Mail 683685
  • Mollendo: blockade of, by Chilian squadron; question of its validity 833, 834, 837
  • Monrovia: arrival of French frigate “Talisman,” Captain Thierney; the captain, in the absence of the French consul, depends upon the United States minister; interview with the President; expression of good will; departure of the vessel 705, 706
    • diversion of trade of Central Africa from Sierra Leone to 691, 692
  • Montenegro: visit to Cettinje by the United States minister at Vienna; population and organization; religion and education; the country, its products and commerce; the ports; foreign representation in 60
  • Montenegro and Albania: affairs causing anxiety; determination to cut loose from the Porte; proclamation designed to check Austria 55
  • Montjoy, S. C., United States consul at Lambayeque: his protest against depredations of Chilian fleet at Lobos Islands and at Eten 840, 841, 845
  • Moorish subjects: alleged abuses of the privilege of protection of, by foreign representatives 893895, 896
    • exposition of treatment of Jews in Morocco; address of Jews to prime minister of Spain 801
    • protection of; desire, by Great Britain, to refer question 495
    • protection of Jewish and Mohammedan subjects in Morocco 791
    • question of protection of naturalized, and other, by foreign representatives; letter for information of, proposed conference at Madrid 797801, 893895, 896
    • question of their protection to be discussed by the powers at Madrid; Mr. Fairchild to represent the United States 510, 893
  • Mormon: Accessions to colony in Utah, from Belgium; publication of the United States laws applicable to polygamy, in the official organ of the Belgian Government 69
    • arrival in Mexico of a high official of church with avowed object of propagating their faith 729
    • emigration of converts to the United States from Switzerland 951, 952, 953, 954
    • emigration of, from Italy to the United States 644, 645
    • emigration from Great Britain to the United States; English Government without power to prohibit; notice to emigrants and emigration agents; company to start from Liverpool on April 10, 1880 465468, 474, 475, 476
    • emigration from Norway and Sweden, of converts to Mormonism, to the United States; measures taken by Swedish and Norwegian Government to avert this 933, 934, 939
    • immigration to the United States from Denmark 345
    • recruits in Europe for the practices of Mormonism; note from the Austrian foreign office 49
  • Moro Castle, schooner: claim against Great Britain 550
  • Morocco: action of the governor of the city, on hearing that foreign protection to Jews had been withdrawn 795
    • alleged abuses by foreign representatives of the privilege of protection of Moorish subjects in employ of foreigners 893895, 896
    • atrocities committed on Jews; case of Isaac Amar; appeals to the United States consul at Tangier for intervention and protection 794, 795
    • burning of an aged Jew at Fez 801803
    • circulars of minister of foreign affairs with reference to Moorish subjects naturalized in foreign countries who may return to; protests against the tenor of the circulars by several foreign ministers; barbarous treatment of Jews; manner of official appointments, pernicious; the Koran the source of law; Spanish treaty stipulations 791794
    • letter to the grand vizier, from United States Consul Matthews upon persecution of Jews; agitation excited in Europe and America; results of of such persecution in other countries 795797
    • naturalization laws of, inquired into with reference to proposed international conference at Madrid; question of protection to Moorish subjects by foreign representatives; absence of mixed tribunals in Morocco; absence of system in levying taxes 797801
    • prospects of good harvests rendered hopeful by copious falls of rain; suffering in southern provinces from famine; pitiable condition of the peasantry; damage to crops and property caused by floods at Tangier 790, 791
    • rebellion of several interior tribes in consequence of exorbitant imposts; reverse of the imperial troops; consequent stagnation of trade, commerce, and agriculture 804
    • Spanish subjects residing in, free from taxation and from civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Emperor; other exemptions; exemptions claimed for Moorish subjects in service of foreign representatives, or agents and brokers of foreign merchants 895, 896
  • Morocco conference at Madrid: Austro-Hungarian representative instructed to endeavor to secure religious liberty for all classes in Morocco 897
      • convention as signed acceptable to the United States, though, regret is expressed that there was not embodied in the convention itself a provision recognizing liberty of conscience and worship 922
      • failure of prior negotiations at Tangier 930, 931
      • list of representatives of the powers participating; articles agreed upon in convention 917920
      • ratification to be given at an early day; address on religious liberty to Sultan readily signed by all the plenipotentiaries 914
      • reports of the proceedings of each session 897914
    • sessions of:
      • first meeting: title of plenipotentiary decided upon; no government to take precedence; Señor Canovas del Castillo chosen president; secretaries and aids chosen; observations of Sid Mohammed Vargas 897, 898
      • second meeting: presentation in writing of observations of Sid Mohammed Vargas; modifications proposed; irregular protection; difference between demands at Tangier and Madrid 898900
      • third meeting: further consideration of demands of Sid Mohammed Vargas; adoption of terms of Spanish and English treaties 900902
      • fourth meeting: employment of persons under prosecution; execution of sentence not to be interfered with; list of protected persons to be furnished by consuls and agents; persons not allowed protection 902, 903
      • fifth meeting: proposition to consider several articles together; observations of the British representative; discussion as to order of procedure 903, 904
      • sixth meeting: the French representative on the proposition presented by Great Britain 905
      • seventh meeting: new propositions prepared by Austrian representative; discussion upon these new propositions; adoption of one 905, 906
      • eighth meeting: discussion of propositions presented by Austria and Italy 906, 907
      • ninth meeting: withdrawal of Austrian and Italian propositions; payment of imposts by protégés; agricultural tax; other taxes 907, 908
      • tenth meeting: abuses arising from return of subjects of the Sultan, who had been naturalized in foreign countries 908, 909
      • eleventh meeting: naturalization discussion continued; Italy in regard to number and quality of protégés in Morocco 909, 910
      • twelfth meeting: irregular protection not to be accorded in future; proposition of the Pope to be presented; religious belief 910912
      • thirteenth meeting: review of articles already adopted 912
      • fourteenth meeting: amendments to article 16; adoption of amended article; time and place of ratifications 912, 913
      • fifteenth meeting: Italian representative authorized to sign convention upon stated condition 913
      • sixteenth meeting: last meeting; signing of the convention and of address to Sultan of Morocco in regard to religious liberty; results of the convention 913, 914
      • the United States minister at Madrid designated as the representative of the United States in the conference 932
  • Morrill, August, United States consul at Manzanillo: letter upon case of Mr. Kemp, an American citizen 731, 732
  • Mosel, steamer: arrest of Weinrebe on board, by United States officers, under treaty of 1877, for violation of revenue laws 461, 462
  • Moustier: one of the discoverers of the sources of the Niger 701
  • Murray, Michael B.: (See Fortune Bay outrage) 555, 556

N.

  • Naturalization: case of George Setschel, a native of Baden 955, 956
    • cases of, in Germany under the military service laws 441461
    • laws of, in Morocco, as stated in circular of the minister of foreign affairs; refusal of the United States consul at Tangier to be governed by, in his right of protection to American citizens; this action approved by the Secretary of State; denial of right of Moorish subjects to be naturalized by foreign powers 790, 793, 794, 797
    • of foreigners in the United States 343
  • Navigation: closing of the Orinoco to 1033
    • of rivers in China; the Whangpoo; the lighting of the coast 185
  • Netherlands: abolition of discriminating duties in East Indian colonies; continuance by the United States of discriminating duties; results of this, particularly with reference to coffee 817, 818, 819
    • answer of the minister of foreign affairs to interrogatories of committee of the Staats General; relations with Venezuela; extradition treaty with the United States; differential duties in the United States upon indirect importations of colonial produce 805, 806
    • claimants of estates in. (See Estate; Bove) 813816
    • defalcation of Messrs. Pincoffs and Kerdijk at Rotterdam 809813
    • opening of the annual session of the Staats General; address by the King 816
    • recognition by the King, of Roumania as a principality; the religious question settled; the consulate-general at Bucharest raised to the rank of diplomatic agency; similar action on part of the United States 818, 819
  • Neutrality laws: violation of, apprehended by Chilian minister at Washington 135, 136
  • Neutrals: injury suffered by, through hostile acts of belligerent does not always give right of indemnity; transfer of property to, by belligerents 137
  • Newbern, United States steamer: case of the, at Mazatlan 495497, 499
  • New Chwang: war power of; report by Consul Bandinel 277, 278, 284
  • Newcomb, Eunice P.: American trading schooner boarded and searched by Spanish naval officers 923
  • New England, schooner: claim against Great Britain 561
  • Newfoundland: statutes of, applicable to fisheries 585588
  • New Orleans: loss of cotton-laden ships by fire at 511
  • Nicaragua: request of governor of, to the United States, for papers relating to dispute of, with Great Britain 502, 503
  • Niger: an account of the discovery of its source, from the bulletin of the Geographical Society of Marseilles; discovery made by Messrs. Zweifel and Moustier; the route followed; extracts from letters of the explorers; hardships encountered 701704
  • Nihilists: attempt upon life of Emperor of Russia by explosion in winter palace; the Emperor unharmed, but many others killed and injured 869871
    • attempt upon life of Emperor of Russia by wreck of a part of imperial train; escape of Emperor and passengers 866869
    • seizure by the police of printing-press belonging to, and arrest of persons connected with it; subsequent murder of the informant; great excitement in St. Petersburg; many people leaving the city; all houses searched and inspected by the police 871, 872
  • Ningpo: war power of; report by Consul Lord. (See Education) 278280, 285
  • Nitrates: shipment of, from Peru, in vessels owned by citizens of the United States directly covered by treaty 842
  • Noel, Alfred: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 573
  • Nordenskjold, Professor: entertained by Mr. Bingham, United States minister to Japan 668
    • reception of, by the people and government of Sweden and Norway; short sketch of him 936, 937
  • “Northwest boundary question” in Liberia: thanks of Government of Liberia to Commodore Shufeldt, for his services in the adjustment of 693, 694, 700
  • Norway: (See Sweden and Norway) 933941
  • Norway and Sweden: emigration of Mormon converts to the United States 933, 934
  • Note: identic, to Chinese government, transmitting statement of grievances; imperial decree promising inquiry and redress, referred to 176
    • joint, of the foreign representatives at Peking, upon the mixed court at Shanghai. (See Mixed court) 165167
    • verbal, of the German minister, on non-observance of certain treaty stipulations with reference to inland taxes in China. (See Treaties) 173, 174
  • Noyes, E. F.: minister of the United States to France; appointed as delegate to International Industrial Property Congress 378, 389
  • Nute, Charles H.: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 583

O.

  • Obelisk: departure from Alexandria of Commander Gorringe with the; arrival at Gibraltar 1018
    • presentation to the United States of the obelisk known as “Cleopatra’s Needle” 992
    • work preparatory to its removal progressing satisfactorily; description of the obelisk 994, 995
  • Official intercourse: discussion of the question of language in communications with Chinese officials. (See Lord) 288
    • protocol concerning report on, in China. (See China) 189
    • questions relating to; improvements in. (See China) 140, 141
    • readiness of the Yamên to consider report on by diplomatic corps at Peking. (See Judicial) 189
    • reform in methods of communication slow; the Chinese Government should provide its own translators 294, 295
    • report of the diplomatic committee upon; access of foreign to native officials should be assured 185
    • rules regulating the forms of correspondence, by Mr. Devèria 188
    • terms of address recommended; terms to be retained; rules for official correspondence, by Mr. C. Arendt. (See Arendt) 186188
  • Olliver, G. S. J., an American citizen, resident at Fayal, Azores: letter giving an account of gallant conduct of United States Consul Dabney and his son, in rescuing wrecked sailors of a French bark 856858
  • Ontario, schooner: claim against Great Britain. (See Fortune Bay outrage) 560
  • Opium: inland duties on, in China 185
  • Ord, General: order instructing him to pursue marauders across the Mexican border into Mexico, revoked; better state of affairs on the border 735, 736, 744, 781, 782
  • Ordnance: claim of United States against Liberia for, to be paid 706
  • Orinoco: closing of, to commerce 1033

P.

  • Packard, S. B., United States consul at Liverpool: Mormon emigration 467
  • Pacquet, Michael: naturalization case of, at Berlin, unfavorably settled 453
  • Palermo: report of United States consul at, on Mormon emigration from; absence of Mormons from; difficulty of inducing Sicilians to emigrate, or change their religion 644, 645
  • Panama: canal. (See Canal) 385
  • Paris: removal of capital from Versailles to; speech of Gambetta; the senate and deputies chambers; the Bourbon palace; French oratory; the debates. (See Gambetta) 351355
  • Parry, Francis: judicial torture in China. (See Mixed court) 293
  • Parsons, Rev. Dr.: an American missionary murdered in Turkey; the presence of a vessel of war desirable, as evidence of the solicitude of the United States for protection of citizens abroad; capture of the murderers; account of the crime; delays of Turkish law in trial of Mohammedans for murder of Christians 983986
    • the Government of the United States demands the immediate and condign punishment of his murderers, and the enforcement of measures for the protection of citizens of the United States in Turkey; a United States vessel of war to be sent to cruise in Turkish waters; the United States chargé d’affaires authorized to employ counsel to assist in the prosecution of the murderers 986988, 989
    • transfer of his murderers to Constantinople for trial; no apparent cause for delay in trying them; counsel for the prosecution to be employed by United States chargé d’affaires 988, 989
    • trial of his murderers; one convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death; two, as accomplices, Sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment; solicitude of the United States Government to have these sentences promptly executed 990992
  • Passport: application of Carl Rau, to the United States legation at Berne 960, 961
  • Passport fees: (See American: Students, &c.) 423, 433, 434
  • Peace committee of Buenos Ayres: they temporarily avert civil war; reply of General Roca to their demand for his withdrawal as a presidential candidate 16, 17
  • Peace: efforts in the interest of, in Chili, on the part of France, Italy, and Great Britain-133
  • Peru: blockade of Mollendo by Chili; rights of foreigners affected by; letter of the Peruvian admiral in command at Arica concerning alleged running of blockade by foreign vessels 834 [Page 1079]
    • Chilians in full command of the sea; projected blockade and bombardment of Callao; eight, and afterwards ten, days given to non-belligerants and neutrals to withdraw from the town, and for neutral vessels to leave the port; flight of inhabitants of Callao to Lima; appeal of American citizens to United States legation for protection 842, 843
    • circular alleging inhumanity in Chili’s method of warfare; strong feeling produced among foreign representatives at Lima; suggestion that reasonable notice and time be given non-belligerents and neutrals to remove themselves and property from coastwise towns to be bombarded by Chilian forces 838840
    • decree regulating the prices of the necessities of life; list of prices; effect of decree; paper soles, the only currency in circulation, much depreciated 845847
    • departure of President Prado; his decree on leaving the country; General La Puerta left as President; his political creed; martial law in Lima and Callao; mutiny of troops; conduct and character of La Cotera; the revolution an accomplished fact 819823
    • depredations of Chilian fleet at Lobos Islands and at Eten; letter of protest from United States Consul Monuoy to Mr. Christiancy 840, 841, 845
    • dictatorship of Piérola; decrees with reference to government 827833
    • incensed at exportation of nitrates for benefit of her adversary; consequent action in violation of neutrality laws 838, 841, 842
    • mediation of the United States 487
    • proposed bombardment of sea coast towns by Chilian fleet 125
    • protocol of preliminary bases of federal union of Bolivia and 848851
    • question of peace with Chili; extract from South Pacific Times; projected union of Peru and Bolivia; publication of protocol concerning the bases of union has a beneficial effect upon value of paper currency 847, 848
    • signing and ratification of treaty of peace and friendship between Spain and 852
    • the currency; value of the paper note; circulars referring to war with Chili 830833
    • treaty between the United States and, protects United States vessels carrying nitrates from 842
  • Pew, John & Son.: (See Fortune Bay outrage) 557559
  • Piérola: his accession to dictatorship of Peru; decree accepting the position; letter to the Pope; decree with reference to the constitution; military organization of the republic 827830
  • Pincoffs, Lode wick: defalcation of, at Rotterdam 809813
  • Pinkos, Henry: a Jewish citizen of the United States, ordered to leave St. Petersburg; extension of time granted him; probability that he will be permitted to remain if he desires it 873877
    • he sells his property and prepares to embark at Cronstadt; difficulty about his passport; he is sent back to St. Petersburg to procure a proper passport; ship sails with his baggage; he is left dependent upon private charity; his final departure from Russia; his grounds for reclamation and indemnification 878882
  • Political meetings in Japan: regulations governing; jurisdiction and authority of police over them; open air meetings prohibited; police officers must attend them; penalties for breach of regulations; regulations do not extend to those held in accordance with established custom 687689
  • Polk, James K.: proclamation by, with reference to discriminating tonnage dues 104, 105
  • Poole, Willard G.: (See Fortune Bay outrage) 555
  • Pope, Ambrose: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 577
  • Pope: desire of the, to be represented in Liberia; constitution of the country as to religion is liberal; the people consist of Protestants and heathen 706, 707
    • letter of Piérola to the, annonncing his election to the dictatorship of Peru 827
  • Pope, General: letter to Colonel Whipple; Indians not under control of the Army; protests against the Army being held responsible, in official communications, for the conduct and movements of Indians not under its control; report of Colonel Hatch 708711
  • Population: organization of, in Montenegro 60
  • Port-au-Prince: erection of two light-houses in bay of; discriminating light dues on foreign ships 518, 519
    • hydrographic announcement; light-houses, dues, &c. 630, 631
    • visit of Spanish war vessels to 625
  • Portugal: close of the session of the Cortes; financial measures passed; new loan authorized; practical rejection of the convention respecting Anglo-Portuguese treaty; consequent indignation of the British minister, Mr. Minor, one of the signers 865, 866
    • extraordinary measures to cover deficit in receipts; additional taxes decreed 864, 865
    • opening of the Cortes by the King; speech by the King; public loan; ministerial responsibility; decentralization of government of colonies; foreign relations; the budget and proposition for organizing system of public accounts; railway to be constructed; popular instruction; freedom of elections; representative system; collection of taxes 858860
    • tariff privileges of Annex B of Franco-Portuguese treaty of 1866 asked for by the United States; the United States entitled to these privileges; letter of the Secretary of the United States Treasury; the United States admitted to the privileges 854, 855, 860864
    • United States naval cemetery at Porto Grande, Cape Verd Islands: transfer of the dead from the old to the new; letter of Mr. Terry, U. S. consul 853, 854, 855, 856
  • Postal Union: adhesion of Colombia to 322
    • law authorizing incorporation of Colombia into; Colombia willing to enter for all territory except Panama; the Panama Railroad Company’s agreement to carry the mails 332334
  • Post-office: work of, in Japan 681
  • Prado: late President of Peru; his departure from the country 819
  • Priesthood, the: opposition to the Belgian school-bill 65
  • Prison: the United States, at Smyrna; facilities for prison discipline very primitive 998
  • Protestantism in Turkey: tolerated, but not sanctioned by the government; failure of the German and British embassies to place Protestant community on an equality with other religious communities 961965
  • Protocol: attention of Chinese Government invited to report on official intercourse 189
    • inviting attention of Chinese Government to matters relating to mixed court at Shanghai; the United States minister requested to prepare draft of collective note; the questions considered to be submitted to the governments represented at the conference 164
    • modification of transit across Isthmus of Panama 322
    • on inland taxation in China; statement of grievances referred to in 174, 175
    • preliminary bases of the federal union of Peru and Bolivia; complementary, of the preliminary bases, &c 848851
  • Putnam, James O., United States minister to Belgium: appointed delegate from the United States to International Industrial Property Congress in France 378, 389

Q.

  • Quinn, Patrick: an American citizen illegally taxed by Hawaiian authorities at Hilo: threatened with imprisonment, he pays under protest; statement of the points in the case of 597, 598
    • the tax assessor’s error; taxed as an employé on a plantation; the Hawaiian minister of finance directed to refund amount of tax; discussion of assessor’s responsibility in case of; attention of minister called to twelve cases similar to this of 598602, 605, 606

R.

  • Railroads: Austria-Hungary; most of the great lines in, owned by the State 49
    • European States: increase in ownership by; adjustment of tariffs by government; this system growing; expressions in treaties guarding American merchandise in transit 48
    • France: action of the government regarding the trans-Sahara railway 365
      • policy of 421
    • Germany: description of lines; statistics 416, 417
      • economic considerations; in France, Holland, Austria-Hungary, Roumania, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Spain, and Belgium; State possession of, in Germany in time of war an advantage; the Empire of Germany has only certain general powers of control 419422
      • opposition to imperial control of 415
      • sketch of; different plans of different States of the empire; examination of the question of, First from the point of view of individual States; secondly, the federation and the empire; thirdly, the relation of the two preceding 408, 409
      • under management of minister of public works; guarantees given to prevent the abuse of power by the minister; profits, debts, interest, tariff, &c; statistics 418420
    • Guatemala: completion of road in; subsidized by government 118
    • Mexico: contract for, from Acapulco to City of Mexico 766, 767
      • failure of Congress to approve contracts for, to connect with American frontier; opposition to American connections; proposed amendment to new charter prohibiting foreigners to acquire lands within twenty miles of American frontier; the Blair charter transfer and concessions under it; construction of road to be undertaken by Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé road 719, 720
    • Portugal: provisional contract by the government for the construction of a railway from Pampilhosa to Figueira 859
    • Prussia: development of private and state 415
      • history of, in; first built in 1835 by a joint stock company; law of November 3, 1838, main points of the law; concession must be applied for; shares; expropriation of property; tariff; profits; postal service; tax; state’s right of purchase 409, 410
      • first period only private railways built; second period till 1859 von der Heydt the leading man; his policy was the purchase of the roads by the state; third period, government policy undetermined 410412
      • law transferring all roads, rights, and obligations to the empire; the “States Rights” people 414
      • question decided in favor of state railways in 1866; excited discussion in the Prussian Parliament; resignation of Count Itzenplitz; arguments of Bismarck for imperial control of roads 412, 413
    • Sonora; agreement of the Mexican minister of public works to the amendments to be made in concession 721, 722
    • Venezuela: contract for construction of railways between La Guayra and Caracas, and Puerto Cabello and Valencia 1036
  • Rasch, Los Aurel: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 453
  • Ran, Carl Gottlieb: his application for passport to the United States legation at Berne; views of the United States as to expatriation; passport to be given to Rau 960, 961
  • Reeder, N. S.: codefendant in trade-mark case 38
  • Regulations for preventing collisions at sea: list of countries to which they are applicable 472
    • sound signals-for fog, &c.; speed of ships in fog; steering and sailing rules; no ship to neglect proper precautions; reservation of harbor and inland navigation rules; special lights for squadrons and convoys 471, 472
    • steamers under sail and not under steam to be considered sailing ships; steamers under steam considered steamships; rules concerning lights 469, 470
    • suspension of article 10 512
    • the United States must be considered as outside of the proposed, until action of Congress upon; probable results; executive departments of the United States without power to authorize adoption of; order of the Navy Department 521, 524, 525, 526, 527
  • Religion: constitution concerning, in Liberia, very liberal; people of the country Protestants and heathen; desire of the Pope to be represented in Liberia 706, 707
  • Religious toleration: in Morocco: letter of Cardinal Nina; letter of Señor Canovas del Castillo. 897, 914917
    • in Turkey: position of the Protestant community in Turkish Empire; statement by the secular agent of the community 961965
  • Remusat: letter to Mr. Washburne in relation to case of Mr. Miltz. (See Miltz) 358
  • Report: on judicial questions in China; desirability of all governments having treaties with China adopting same principle in civil and criminal cases, viz, the defendant to be tried in court of his own nationality; important measures recommended; rules of procedure, &c., recommended 163, 164
  • Resolute, Arctic discovery ship: piece of furniture made from timbers of, to be presented by Queen Victoria to the President of the United States; table presented to Mrs. Grinnell 525
  • Retschel, George: claims to be a naturalized citizen of the United States; the chargé d’ affaires of the United States at Berne asked to furnish him and his family with means of subsistence 955, 956
  • Revolution: in Chihuahua. (See Chihuahua) 722724
    • in Lower California; letter of Consul Turner upon 727, 728
    • in Mexico over the presidential election 765, 766
    • in Peru 819824
  • Rice: importation of foreign, into Hawaiian Islands facilitates exportation of native rice to the United States duty free; evasion of the United States customs duty on foreign, shipped as native; alleged reasons why such frauds cannot be practised; statistics of importations of, under the treaty; discussion of the question; an act to impose specific duties on 606614
  • Rich, Isaac, schooner: claim against Great Britain 551
  • Richter, Edward: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 455
  • Rio de Janeiro: scenes of violence; the military called upon to preserve order; quiet restored; the Emperor 91
  • Rio Grande: waters of, diverted by Mexicans; consequent injury to Texan agriculturists along the river; such violation of the rights of riparian proprietors likely to cause bitter feelings and possible breaches of the peace 752755, 784
  • Roach: steamship line 97
  • Roberts, O. M.: governor of Texas: (See Rio Grande.) 753
  • Roca, General: interview with Tejedor 22
    • refusal of his party to vote; his resignation demanded 13
    • report that he will invade province of Buenos Ayres; determination to repel him 19
    • reply to demand of peace committee, that he withdraw as a presidential candidate 17
  • Rocedo in command of national troops: engagement with Arias, commanding the Buenos Ayres troops 25
  • Rogers, Herbert M., schooner: claim against Great Britain 553
  • Roman Catholicism; representative from the Pope in Liberia 706, 707
  • Rome: New Year receptions and festivities; absence of the Queen; work of the two legislative chambers; defeat of the project for abolition of grist-tax, and consequent prorogation of Parliament; probable dissolution of Parliament and re-election 645
  • Rörden, Arfst A.: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 456
  • Rotterdam: defalcation of Messrs. Pincoffs and Kerdijk; refuge of the former in the United States; absence of treaty of extradition between the United States and the Netherlands; an account of the business standing, character, &c., of the defaulters 809813
  • Roumania: identical notes of recognition from England, France, and Germany; delay of the three powers; Austria’s note of mediation; the Jewish question 52, 53
    • postponement of trade-mark convention with the United States 38
    • recognition of; condition and persecution of the Jews in 36
    • recognition of, by England, France, and Germany; recognition by the Netherlands; letter of the President of the United States to Prince Charles 51
    • recognition of, by the King of the Netherlands 818
    • state railways 421
  • Ruelas, Señor: his death; expressions of regret on the part of the United States, at the sad news 780
    • letter on murder case to Mr. Foster: (See Mexico.) 707, 708
  • Rules: of court at; Shanghai 162
  • Rumsey, John: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 574
  • Russia: appointment of commission for international exchange of works of science and art; regulations of the commission 882, 883
    • attempt upon the life of the Emperor: by explosion in the winter palace; from fifty to sixty soldiers killed; the Emperor unharmed; the Empress’s health 869871
      • by the wrecking of railway train; the Emperor’s escape; destruction of baggage-cars; passengers unharmed; congratulations of the government and people of the United States to the Emperor on his escape 866869
    • case of Henry Pinkos, a Jew and a citizen of the United States, ordered to leave St. Petersburg 873882
    • change among high officers; General Melikoff appointed chief of the supreme executive commission; seizure of Nihilist printing-press in St. Petersburg, and arrest of persons connected with it; murder of the police’s informant; many persons leaving the city 871, 872
    • death of the Empress; expressions of sympathy by the President of the United States 874, 875
    • expulsion of foreign Jews, as suspected persons: (See Pinkos.) 873882
    • Jews in, alleged to be subjected to hardships by Government of 873
    • reception by the Emperor of the diplomatic corps; congratulations of the President of the United States to the Emperor upon the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession to the throne 872
    • rule concerning admission of printed matter into Russia; permission granted the United States consul-general to receive printed matter addressed to him, unopened 877, 878

S.

  • Sahara: railway across 365
  • Salisbury, Marquis of: (See Extradition.) 464
  • Salomon, General: elected President of Hayti. 614
    • President of Hayti, address of; the country at peace; the election; necessity of adopting the new constitution; finances of the republic in bad condition; reforms 623625
  • Salvador: visit of the United States minister in Central America to; his reception; remarks, and the reply of the President 115, 116
  • Sandwich Islands: emigration to, from China 237
  • Santa Cruz: financial condition of 345
  • Saunders, John: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 575
  • Saxony: opposition to imperial control of railroads in Germany 415
  • Schehr, John: an American citizen, fined for non-performance of military duty in Germany 441, 443, 445, 457
  • Schmidt, P. C.: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 456
  • Schools: in Japan: regulations governing conduct of 655657
  • Schuchardt, Wm.: United States consul at Piedras Negras: (See Army.) 776780
  • Scott, Louis H., United States consul at Chihuahua: complaints of 722724
  • Scott, Matthew: citizen of the United States who died at Kobé; the Japanese Government appropriates 900 yen for a suitable monument to his memory 686
  • Scruggs, W. M., United States consul: (See War power of China) 276
  • Servia: mintage laws of; statistics of coinage; circulation of other coins in; non-existence of paper money 58
    • postponement of trade-mark convention with the United States 38
    • rights of the Jews; their rights of trade and commerce, religion, and citizenship; negotiations by the United States minister at Vienna 42
  • Seward, G. F.: United States minister to China; appreciation of his services on diplomatic committee 273
  • Shanghai: harbor rules 142, 143, 203
    • mixed courts at 250
    • rules of mixed courts at 162
  • Shepard, I. F.: United States consul; report on education in China 284
  • Shipping: alleged overcharge of tonnage dues in New York on Brazilian vessel; restitution ordered 102106 [Page 1084]
    • custody of registers of American vessels; no discriminations practiced in the ports of Colombia 321
    • custody of records of United States vessels; mail steamers of the United States; objectionable system; passage of a bill modifying the annoyances; conflict of jurisdiction between the Panama Railroad Company and the Colombian Government; neutrality of the Isthmus 312315
    • discriminating light dues upon foreign vessels in Hayti 518, 519, 631
    • first Chinese steamer to enter an American port 303
    • foreign built ships owned by citizens of the United States; status of, &c. 1, 2
    • order of the Queen relating to collisions at sea to apply to all ships whether in British jurisdiction or not 468472
    • proposed revision of Japanese treaties with reference to; right of coasting trade; the Japanese mercantile marine; protected by the government; the Mitsu Bishi Company; shipbuilding, in Japan, docks, &c.; marine insurance by foreign companies 662664
    • question of granting clearances to American vessels in Peru, during the war with Chili 835
    • regulations governing ships under sail; under steam 468
    • rules in Colombia for the deposit of ship’s papers 315
    • status of foreign built ships owned by Americans; rights of Americans to buy and carry on commerce in foreign built vessels; duties of consuls; right of appeal to diplomatic officers 123
    • the case of the “Itata” at Lima 123
  • Shufeldt, Commodore: arbitration in Liberian boundary question 391
    • thanks of Liberian Government to, for services rendered in the adjustment of the “Northwest boundary question” 693, 694, 700
  • Siberia: commerce may be opened with interior by means of the Lena River, easily reached from the Pacific 668
  • Sierra Leone: interference of governor of, in affairs of the island of Matacong 704, 705
  • Silver: amount of coin imported into and exported from Hayti (see Currency, Coinage) 636
  • Slaves:
    • Brazil: emancipation of slaves in Brazil 82, 88, 89
    • Cuba: improbability that system of guardianship proposed for emancipated slaves will prove feasible 890
      • proposed law for the emancipation of 891893
    • Egypt: application of five, at the United States consulate general in Cairo; an account of them; their liberation accomplished after considerable trouble 1019, 1020
      • arrest of slave dealers and rescue of 130 slaves in district of Berber; prompt action of Egyptian officials; freedom obtained for two slaves by the United States consular clerk at Cairo; article from the London Times on the slave traffic; circular of the minister of the interior defining the laws and penalties 10231026
      • rescue of 20 at railway station in Cairo on train from Assioût; surprise of a caravan of slave traders and rescue of 90 slaves; action of the British consul-general; slavery favored by the natives 1012, 1013
  • Slave trade at Assioût: facilities in surrounding country for the secreting of slaves by Arab traders; arrest of traders and liberation of slaves found in their possession; this trade encouraged by natives 10081012
  • Smith, F. A., schooner: claim against Great Britain 548
  • Smith, Peter: (See Fortune Bay outrage) 556
  • Snellgrove, George: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 578
  • Society Islands: flag of the French protectorate among 356
  • Sonora: disbandment of forces intended for invasion of, in consequence of the action of United States military authorities; desire of the United States to co-operate in frustrating all such attempts 785, 786
    • formation of raiding parties on the Mexican frontier for invasion of; order of the Secretary of War to General McDowell 784, 785
    • railway: (See Railroads) 721, 722
  • South Pacific Times: extract from; proclamation Of the President of Peru 848
  • Spain: American vessels boarded by Spanish naval officers on the high seas; Spanish Government orders an immediate investigation 929, 930
    • case of the whaling schooner, Edward Lee 887889
    • conduct of Spanish naval vessels on the high seas; interference with American trading vessels; four separate instances of American trading vessels boarded by officers of Spanish navy and searched; gravity of these offenses; maritime dominion under law of nations 922927
    • question of various reforms in Cuba; gravity of the question not fully comprehended 889, 890
    • transit of criminals whose extradition has been conceded by third power through territory of; articles of existing conventions between Spain and other countries; no objections to the application of these articles to cases where the United States are concerned 920922
    • treaty of peace and friendship between Peru and, signed and ratified 852
  • Stahel: letter on mixed courts in China 211
  • Stapleton, Edward: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 584
  • Statement of grievances: unauthorized inland taxation on imports in China; value of foreign coins arbitrarily fixed; excessive tonnage dues 174, 175
  • Statistics: Brazilian finances 83
    • coinage in Servia 58
    • emigration from Switzerland 957
    • German army: expenditure in military and naval support 401403
    • Hungarian emigration 58
    • in message of Chilian President to Congress, on commerce 132
    • marriages, births, and deaths, under Swiss federal law 942
    • of currency in Hayti 635, 636
    • of custom-house at Hawaii. (See Hawaii) 602604
    • of railroads in Germany 416, 417
    • population of Bosnia, Herzegovina 64
    • population of the “new annexed provinces” of Austria-Hungary 50
    • proposed additions to the army of Germany 396
    • provisioning of Vienna 63
    • the floating debt of Egypt 993
  • Steamships: Chinese Steam Navigation Company’s encouragement to emigrants. (See Emigration) 237
  • Steamship lines: contemplated withdrawal of that one between New York and Brazil; the trade of Brazil of much value to our country 96
    • recommendation by Brazilian minister that subsidy be granted to line running between Canada, the United States, and Brazil, &c.; refusal of minister to meet requirements of subsidy contract with the Roach line 97
  • Steffens, Emil: defendant in trade-mark case; law held to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States 38
  • Steig, George: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 445, 455
  • Stephenson, Emily, Schooner: alleged trespass of, on British Columbian fishing-grounds 504, 515
  • Students: hardship in charging passport fees upon American, in Germany 423, 433, 434
  • St. Petersburg: seizure of Nihilist printing press; murder of informant; search and inspection of dwelling-houses by the police; many people leaving the city 871, 872
  • St. Thomas: reported transfer of, by Denmark, to Great Britain denied 344
  • Sutter, John A., jr., United States consul at Acapulco: letter on case of Captain Jacobson, an American citizen 732734
  • Sweden and Norway: change of ministry; this change caused by defeat of the army bill; organization of new cabinet; short sketches of several of the ministers 934936
    • emigration of converts to Mormonism to the United States; measures taken by the government to dissuade this 933, 934, 939
    • political thought and feeling in Norway; proposed amendment to the constitution; refusal of the King to sanction an amendment adopted by the Storthing; question as to the limit of the King’s veto power 937939
    • reception by people and government of, to Professor Nordenskjold; received by the King in person, &c.; dinner given by the King 936, 937
  • Switzerland: application to United States legation in, for certificates as to validity of marriages of citizens of the United States in that country 957, 958 [Page 1086]
    • emigration of persons intending to join Mormon community in the United States; disposition of the President to render assistance in arresting this emigration; letter of the President 951, 952, 953, 954
    • financial measure introduced in the national council; rejection of the measure and consequent popular dissatisfaction 959, 960
    • property in, claimed by natives of that country, naturalized in the United States; laws governing such cases. 952, 953
    • text of the Swiss federal law of 1874, concerning the social state and marriage; this law not entirely free from objections by United States citizens; statistics 941951
    • the government abstains from participation in colonization and emigration schemes; declaration of the Grütlivere in 956, 957
    • the government asks the chargé d’affaires of the United States to furnish means of subsistence to an alleged naturalized citizen of the United States and his family 955, 956
  • text of the Swiss federal law, &c.: final provisions 950, 951
    • general provisions 944, 945
    • penal provisions 950
    • special provisions as to divorce, nullity of marriage, and as to entries to be made in such cases 949, 950
    • special provisions upon the keeping of register of births 945, 946
    • special provisions upon the keeping of the register of deaths 946, 947
    • special provisions for keeping of register of marriage; qualifications and conditions necessary to marriage; formalities relative to celebration of marriage 947949
    • transitory provisions 951
  • Symon, Robert R.: transfer of Blair charter to representatives of 720, 721
  • Synge, Colonel: captured and abducted by brigands in Thessaly; his account of his captivity, &c.; his ransom 978981

T.

  • Talisman, French frigate: her arrival at Monrovia; interview of her captain with the Liberian President; her departure for Gaboon 705, 706
  • Tangier: damage to property and crops by floods at 791
    • protection of Moorish subjects in Morocco; desire of Great Britain to refer the question to representatives of the powers at Madrid 495
  • Tariff: abolition by the Netherlands of all discriminating duties in East Indian colonies 817
    • exorbitant, on foreign vessels in Hayti 631
    • penalties for evading customs, in Mexico 496
    • privileges of Annex B of Franco-Portuguese treaty of 1866; the United States entitled to the enjoyment of these privileges; admission of the United States to these privileges; decree of the King 854, 855, 860864
  • Taxation: additional, decreed in Portugal to cover deficit in government receipts 864, 865
    • differential duties levied by the United States on indirect colonial products of the Netherlands; interpretation of Article V of convention with reference to this question 807, 809
    • exemption from, of Spanish subjects resident in Morocco 895
    • extension of income tax in Portugal 865
    • on foreign goods in China. (See Lord) 232
    • questions relating to. (See China) 140, 141
    • the tribute in Egypt; extract from the Egyptian Gazette 1021, 1022
    • unauthorized, &c., in China. (See Treaties) 173, 174
  • Tejedor: annual message to the provincial chambers; defining rights of the national government 19
    • governor at Buenos Ayres; arming of troops in city 10
    • he accepts the offers of mediation tendered by the United States minister 28
    • his friends refuse to accept his renunciation of the candidacy for President 17
    • his surrender and resignation 26
    • interview with Roca 22
    • refusal to disarm the troops; declines to be a candidate for the Presidency 12
  • Terry, Thomas W., United States consul at Santiago, Cape Verd Islands 853
  • Tharnell, James: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage 577
  • Thessaly: capture and abduction of Colonel Synge by bandits; ransom of $50,000 demanded; account of his captivity by himself 978981
  • Thierry. (See Talisman and Monrovia) 705, 706
  • Tientsin: inadequate compensation of interpreters to United States consulate 144
  • Times, London: letter to, on slave traffic in Egypt 224, 225
  • Tokio: Earthquake at, on the 22d February, 1880; no lives lost, though many houses destroyed; extract from Japan Daily Herald 682, 683
    • fire in; great loss of property; 10,000 houses and large quantities of goods consumed; danger of the United States legation; assistance rendered the United States minister; recommendation that Congress appropriate $25,000 for the building, &c., of a legation on ground offered by the Emperor to the United States 678
    • return of the Emperor from his progress through the western provinces; his character and good work, &c. (See Mikado) 690
  • Tonnage dues: cases of the American vessels Santos Oteri and Susan Scranton at Honduras 109
    • case of the Brazilian vessel Foster at New York 102106
    • case of the Wo Chung; proclamation of the President of the United States concerning; suspension of discriminating dues in this case 303309
    • Chilian vessels not to pay more than thirty cents per ton; proclamation by the President of the United States concerning 139
    • excessive in China 175
    • in China on lighters; claim not admitted by diplomatic corps at Peking 239, 240242, 296, 297
    • in China on lighters; necessity of registration; prevention of smuggling 241, 242
    • on cargo boats 295297
    • on lighters unauthorized; illegality of registration fee on lighters 240
    • treaties with China provide for buoys, light-houses, and beacons to be paid from 220
    • $20 to be paid in, or as registration-fee for lighters reported by consuls in China 241
  • Trade-marks: act of July 8, 1870, declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States; effect of decision in Brazil; treaty-making aspect of the question left untouched 90
    • convention with Servia and Roumania concerning 37
    • cases decided by Supreme Court 38
    • decision of the United States Supreme Court in cases of; laws of, unconstitutional 38
    • decision of the United States Supreme Court prejudicial to the interests of importers of French goods; letter of certain importers at New York to Mr. Outrey 380382
    • laws concerning, in treaties, left to Congress; consequent delay of convention with Servia and Roumania 38
    • unwillingness of the United States to submit questions of, to International Industrial Congress in France 378, 379
  • Transit: privilege of, accorded American cattle through Canada 512
  • Transit passes: China; desirability of a uniform system of; circular to consuls in China 194
  • Transportation: of merchandise to, from, and through Canada 508
  • Treasury: Brazilian; issue of paper money; loan to consolidate floating debt and liquidate budget of 1878–’79; success of the loan; railway projected; statistics of finances 83
    • decision of the Secretary in the matter of tonnage-tax on Chilian vessels (See Tonnage dues) 139
    • tax proposed in Brazil upon transportation companies; popular excitement thereat; conference between the minister of finance and the head of an American company 91
  • Treaty: Bolivia with the United States; decree authorizing privateers to search neutral vessels, except those flying the United States flag 77
    • China’s compliance with stipulations of; rights of foreigners under those of Tientsin; transit; lekin taxation; exterritoriality; the most-favored-nation clause; the missionary question; treaty revision; jurisdiction; desire on the part of China to carry out the treaties 177180
    • commissioners to negotiate, with China appointed by the President of the United States 302
    • desire for extradition, between the United States and the Netherlands 809
    • intent of, with China; position of Chinese Government with reference to; certain stipulations of, referred to; new proposals; plan of the British and German ministers; probability of a discussion of grievances between the diplomatic body and the foreign office 167173
    • nature of the Russo-Chinese, negotiated by Chung How; the Marquis Tseng’s instructions; memorial to the throne; explanatory notes 266271
    • necessity for revision of Japanese, reasons for their revision, &c 657662
    • of Berlin; apprehension that certain of its articles may not be observed 54
    • of peace and friendship between Spain and Peru, signed and ratified 852
    • of Washington: articles concerning the fisheries 535
    • privilege of Annex B of the Franco-Portuguese, of 1866, asked for by the United States; admission of the United States to participation in these privileges 854, 855, 860864
    • proposed, between Liberia and the King of the Mandingo negroes in African interior 691, 692
    • protection by, between the United States and Peru, of United States vessels carrying nitrates from Peru 842
    • revision of Chinese; negotiations in progress at Peking; illegality of lekin and other analogous taxes 181, 182
    • Russo-Chinese, negotiated by Chung How; text of original 266
    • verbal note of the German minister on non-observance of certain treaty stipulations in China; unauthorized taxes levied on imports; stoppage of imports under transit passes; lekin taxes; unauthorized tax stations inland; difficulties in the way of foreigners obtaining transit passes; deprivation of rights of foreigners to visit the interior; value of foreign coins arbitrarily fixed 173, 174
    • with China, the understanding of, by the Tsung-li Yamên 189
    • with Germany, of 1868, does not extend to Alsace-Lorraine 441, 444, 445
    • former decisions of the imperial government under, as bearing upon Alsace-Lorraine; Mr. Bancroft’s view 445
  • Trescott, letter of Mr. (counsel for claimants): on Fortune Bay outrage 539
  • Trinidad Chronicle: letter to, from Mr. John E. Wheelock, an American citizen illegally arrested and maltreated by an official of the Venezuelan Government 10291031
  • Trojes Mining Company: murder of American employés of, in Mexico 739744, 745752
  • Tseng, Marquis: instructions to 267
  • Tsung-li Yamên: considers that intercourse between various nations is like that between host and guest 190
    • its readiness to consider report of diplomatic committee at Peking on trade, justice, and official intercourse 189
  • Tunis: commemoration of the one hundred and third anniversary of American Independence by display of the flags of their respected countries at all the consulates; the Bey sends assurances of his friendship for the United States 1026
  • Turkey: Albania repudiates the government of the Sultan; Ottoman employés expelled from the public bureaus 55
    • murder of Colonel Kummeran, military attaché of the Russian legation; arrest of the murderer; deed attributed to a plot of the Nihilists; narrow escape of the Russian chargé d’affaires; trial of the murderer; his chance of escaping punishment; action of the diplomatic corps; promises of the Ottoman Government 974977
  • Turkish Empire: change in the imperial ministry; the successors of the prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs 981, 982
      • dispatches sent from foreign offices to ministers of Turkey at Washington, Stockholm, and Brussels, notifying them of the discontinuance of their legations; the latter two restored; the Secretary of State of the United States asks that the legation at Washington be continued 978, 981
      • financial affairs; disastrous results of the decree of. October, 1875; suspending payment of interest on public debt; subsequent operations of the Treasury; relative value of Ottoman moneys; depreciation of paper currency; devices for retiring it; copper money; report of the Imperial Ottoman Bank; redemption of the caïmé 968971
      • testimonial from the American colony in Constantinople to Mr. Maynard 982, 983
      • the Armenian people; character of the race; missionary work among them; the moral influence of America in the East 971, 972
    • Egypt: assent of the United States desired to the proposed disposition of the balance of the Rothschild loan 999, 1001
      • causes of the debt of; political and social status of the Fellah; England’s power in this country; extract from the Egyptian Gazette 10201022
      • decree of the Khedive appointing members of commission of liquidation; declaration of the governments concerned 10051007
      • floating debt; of what composed 993
      • imperative necessity for the appointment of a commission of liquidation; proposition of the French Government; probable work of the commission; affairs in the hands of France and England; decree instituting , commission 10011003, 1004
      • need of prison for incarceration of persons sentenced by United States consular courts in; prisoners to be confined in United States prison at Smyrna; no facilities for enforcing sentence at “hard labor” 998, 999
      • presentation of an obelisk to the United States, by the late Khedive 992
      • proposed commission for elaboration of the judicial organization and the codes; meeting of the consuls-general at Cairo; conclusions arrived at by the meeting; action of the United States relating to continuance of the courts unnecessary; assistant commissioner to be appointed by the United States 10131015
      • slave trade in 10081013
      • slave trade by Arabs at Assioût; arrest of thirty-five traders 1008
      • slave traffic; extract from the London Times; circular of the minister of the interior 10231026
    • Thessaly: capture and abduction of Colonel Synge by brigands; ransom of $50,000 demanded; Colonel Synge’s account of his captivity 978981
    • Turkey: life-saving service on the Black Sea; question considered by the diplomatic representatives of the maritime powers; demoralization of the service; collective note to the Porte urging attention to this subject 972974
      • life-saving service; station on the Black Sea described by Sir George Thomas 965, 968
      • murder of the Rev. Dr. Parsons, an American missionary, and his servant; the minister of foreign affairs promises energetic search for murderers; arrest of the murderers; an account of the crime; delays of the law in trying Mohammedans for the murder of Christians 983986
      • religious toleration; present position of the Protestant community in the Turkish Empire 961965
  • Turner, David, United States consul: letter to Consul-General Strother on revolution in Lower California 727, 728
  • Tuscarora, United States steamer, engaged in the coast survey: landing of a part of her crew on coast of Oaxaca; Mexican authorities ordered to furnish officers of, any assistance required; notice of future works of this nature asked for by Mexican Government, for convenience 713

U.

  • Union: protocol complementary of the preliminary bases of union of Peru and Bolivia; protocol to be accepted by the people: formation of federal government; election of President and Vice-President; provisional senate; abolition of custom-houses between the two countries; constitution to be provisionally in force for five years; government of the States; the public debt; territorial demarcation of the States; coat of arms; war flag; vacancy of President or Vice-President’s office 850, 851
    • protocol of preliminary bases of federal, of Peru and Bolivia; nation to be called Pern-Bolivian United States; based on American public law; status of governmental departments; federal districts; state sovereignty; rights and powers granted and denied the States; constitution of the national government; Congress; the President; the judiciary; foreign relations 848850
  • United States naval cemetery, Cape verd Islands: formation of a new one; removal of dead to 853, 854, 855, 856
  • Uruguay: resignation of the presidency by Colonel Latorre; his letter of resignation and proclamation; he believes his country to be ungovernable; meeting of Congress and election of his successor; nomination of new ministry 1027, 1028

V.

  • Vast, Dr. F. P.: naturalization case of, at Berlin, unfavorably decided 455
  • Venezuela: article in constitution contemplating alliance with other American governments; commission to report upon the confederation or alliance of all the nations of South America; decree appointing this commission 1038, 1039
    • assembling of Congress; the message of the provisional President as tending to affect foreign commerce 1034
    • contract with Mr. Bandman for construction of railways 1036
    • insurrection at Ciudad Bolivar; marine station and tribunal removed and established at Carúpano 1033
    • message of the provisional President to Congress; constitutional reform; the seven great States; elections; the provisional presidency; insurrection suppressed; road, school, and immigration funds expended on soldiers 1035, 1036
    • outrage upon Mr. John E. Wheelock, an American citizen, by a civil officer of the government of 10281032, 1037, 1038, 1039, 10401044
    • rupture between the provisional President and Mr. Delort, chief of the French commission, on account of Mr. Bandman’s railway contract 1036, 1037
    • the government of the State of Guayana denounces the outrage perpetrated by a minor official upon Mr. Wheelock; the United States demands the speedy and condign punishment of persons implicated; indemnity to be demanded 1031, 1032, 1037, 1044
    • the President of, purchasing iron-clad vessels and arms in Europe, for the purpose of war with Colombia 311
    • two decrees, the first closing port of Ciudad Bolivar and substituting that of Barcelona, announcing blockade of the Orinoco, &c.; the second providing for a marine station and tribunal at Carúpano 1032, 1033
  • Versailles: removal of capital from, to Paris. (See Paris) 351
  • Victorio: depredations of his band on the United States border; their escape into Mexico; necessity that Mexico shall either permit United States troops to follow or shall assume the responsibility herself 768
  • Vidal, Francisco: elected President of Uruguay, upon the resignation of Latorre 1027
  • Vienna: statistics of the provisioning of the city; vigilance of inspection 63
  • Volland, P. C. E.: case of spurious diploma used by, in Germany 458

W.

  • Wackermann, Joseph: naturalization case of, at Berlin 445
  • War: between Peru and Chili; circulars of the Peruvian Government to representatives of friendly nations. (See Bolivia, Chili, Peru, Mediation) 75, 832, 833
  • War power of China: reports of consuls on; Amoy; Canton; Chin Kiang; Foo Chow; New Chwang; Ningpo; Tientsin 274280
    • (See cities named.)
  • Warren, Chas. E., schooner: claim against Great Britain 549
  • Washington, George: American trading vessel boarded and searched by Spanish naval officers 923
  • Webster, Edward E., schooner: claim against Great Britain 546
  • Wehrung, George: naturalization case of, at Berlin 445
  • Weights and measures: proposed budget for international committee for 1880 347350
    • report of the international committee; abbreviations 361, 362
  • Weil, Simon: naturalization case of, at Berlin 445
  • Weill, Aaron: naturalization case of, at Berlin, favorably settled 459, 460
  • Weinrebe: arrest of, by United States officers, on steamer Mosel, for violation of United States revenue laws 461, 462
  • Wetherell, Maud B., schooner: claim against Great Britain 554
  • Wheelock, Mr. John E., an American citizen: outrage inflicted upon, by a civil officer of the Venezuelan Government; Mr. Wheelock’s letters to the United States minister resident and to the Trinidad Chronicle 10281031
    • statement of his case against the Venezuelan Government by Mr. Evarts; illegally arrested while in legitimate pursuit of his business; inhumanly treated by Venezuelan official; apparent indifference of Venezuelan Government 10411044
    • views of the minister of foreign affairs of Venezuela in relation to outrage upon Mr. Wheelock; alleged exaggeration; no grounds upon which to proceed against the official of the government charged with the outrage; Venezuela owes no indemnity to the complainant 1040, 1041
  • White, A. D., minister of the United States at Berlin: his speech at the opening of the fishery exhibition; industrial and social matters; political relations between Germany and the United States 425, 426
  • Wildnre, schooner: claim against Great Britain 550
  • Wiltz, L. A., governor of Louisiana: proclamation by. (See Cotton) 518
  • Witteman, Adolph, defendant in trade-mark case: law held to be unconstitutional 38
  • Wo Chung: Chinese steamer, first to enter an American port; discriminating tonnage dues; alien rates; reciprocal exemption between the United States and China unprovided for by treaty 303305
    • the President of the United States suspends the discriminating duties of tonnage, &c 308
  • Wrecking: on the great lakes; cases of, on Lake Ontario 505, 506

Y.

  • Youmans, Henry: an American citizen murdered in Michoacan, Mexico 739744, 745752

Z.

  • Zona libre: its commercial effects upon the United States 724, 725
  • Zweifel: one of the discoverers of the sources of the Niger 701