Alphabetical Index.
A.
- Argentine Republic: Congress adjourns; failure of measure to consolidate
debt in 5 per cent, bonds; great agitation over bill introduced and passed
in the House and defeated in the Senate by one vote, to prohibit the
teaching of religious dogmas in the common schools 1
- opening of rail road in Santa Fé 1
- Congress meets: President’s message; encourages immigration; extension of railroads; peaceful foreign relations; improvement of financial and commercial condition; growth of common schools 2, 3
- conflict between church and state; authority of the Government asserted by the President 3, 4, 5, 6
- proceedings in Congress; either chamber may insist on passage of a bill after it has been disapproved by the other, in which case it becomes a law, unless two-thirds of the disapproving chamber again reject it 4
- liberal and clerical parties in Congress 4, 5
- Adriana. (See Mexico, and Caleb, George.)
- Agriculture: in Belgium 24
- Aguero, Carlos: Cuban refugees; departure from Key West, &c. 493, 502, 504, 505, 521
- Alert. (See Greely Relief Expedition.)
- American Bible Society: agents of, obstructed in Greece 260
- American citizens: attacks on, at Hamadan, Persia 399
- Anarchists: expulsion from Switzerland 529
- Armenia: attack on Messrs. Knapp and Reynolds. (See Turkey.)
- Austria-Hungary: Anton Wurglitz and sons; claimed for military service 6–9
B.
- Bartholdi: Statue of Liberty 157–164
- Belgium: trichinosis, &c., in German pork; extract from “Independence Beige” 21
- Bert, M. Paul: opinion concerning admission of American pork into France, and concerning trichinosis 138
- Bolivia, failure of truce between Chili and 419, 422
- Brazil, slavery in: liberation of slaves in the province of Ceará, and history of the slave traffic 27–30
- Breidenstein, Friedrich: claimed for military service in Germany; American minister refuses to interfere; action approved 192, 195
C.
- Cables: refusal to permit Commercial Cable Company to land in
France, except on certain conditions 141, 150, 164
- report of privy council of Canada on projected cable connecting Canadian, Government telegraph system near Victoria, Vancouver Island, and Point Angelos, Washington Territory; permission asked to land in Washington Territory; refused, unless certain conditions were complied with 230, 236, 238, 249, 254
- ocean cable project between Portugal and the Azores, and thence to America, Great Britain, &c 448
- Caceres: account of his forces, &c., in Peru 424
- Caleb, George, imprisoned in Mexico 344, 346, 363, 371
- Canals: difficulties in construction of Panama Canal 119
- Canton: obstruction of port of 66, 96
- Canton riots 46, 47, 52, 79, 103
- Cattle tax at Key West 463, 474, 500
- Central America: the Republic of Salvador promulgates a new constitution; religious liberty guaranteed; presidential term four years, without restriction as to reelection 34, 35
- Chew Heong, case of: habeas corpus, to test acts of Congress of May, 1882, and 1884, in connection with treaty of 1880 with China 117
- China: riotous demonstrations against foreigners at Canton 46, 47
- petroleum trade; disposition of the Chinese Government to encourage; governor of Canton grants to a local company the monopoly to sell, and imposes a tax on the sale; efforts to secure removal of this tax 48, 84
- Canton riots: losses of foreigners of destruction of their property; concerted action of foreign ministers to induce the Chinese Government to submit the matter to arbitration; incendiary proclamation of the imperial commissioner Pang; attack on a Christian chapel 52
- rupture with France; obstruction of Chinese ports 64
- suffering in the northern provinces, owing to floods and failure of crops 64
- correspondence relating to the obstruction of the port of Canton 66, 96
- adjustment of claims for destruction of missions in Canton and elsewhere 79
- complications with France 88, 95, 104, 105
- American missionaries at Chinaufoo; settlement of grievances 91
- refusal of Chinese officials in the interior to recognize transit passes; attempts by American citizens to make improper use of such passes 96, 100, 101
- Chinese merchants permitted to land at San Francisco 99, 100, 112, 113
- convention between China and France 101, 102
- payment by the Cantonese authorities of a claim for losses during the riot of September, 1883 103
- refusal of customs authorities at San Francisco to permit Chinese laborers bound for British Columbia to land temporarily103, 109
- certificates to Chinese merchants, travelers, students, &c., in the United States 105, 113
- case to test effects of subsequent acts of Congress on treaty of 1880 117
- Chinaufoo: grievances between missionaries and Chinese authorities 91
- Chinese immigration: restriction on, in Hawaiian Islands 281
- Chinese laborers: not permitted to land at San Francisco 103, 109
- Chinese merchants: certificates to 106, 112, 114
- Church and state: conflict between, in Argentine Republic 3, 5
- Citizenship: in Austria-Hungary 7
- Citizenship:
- Irish cases 216
- case of Peter Lucas, in Spain 467
- (See Expatriation; Naturalization.)
- Claims Commission: French and American: 183, 186
- Colombia: Panama Canal; difficulties in construction 119
- Commerce: of Argentine Republic 3
- Commercial Cable Company. (See Cables.)
- Commercial intercourse with Sweden and Norway 526
- Communism: in Europe, and particularly in Germany 188
- Constitution of Portugal: proposed revision of 447
- of Switzerland; provision defining and limiting the powers of the Federal Assembly 531
- Consul: request of Spanish, at Baltimore, to be furnished with periodical certificates of cargoes of sugar, &c., imported from Cuba and Porto Rico; not complied with 485, 492, 503
- Consular tariff, Spanish: promised reforms in 488, 491
- Corea: presentation at court 124
- Costa Rica: action of Congress with respect to making Port Limon a free port 38
- Cuba: embargoed estates claims 487
- import duties collected in custom-houses 480
- condition of slavery 466, 470
- commercial relations 471, 476, 483, 486, 496, 513
- remission of portion of delinquent taxes, and acceptance of depreciated war currency in payment of balance; methods of Spanish Bank of Havana 498, 499
- alleged sending of armed expedition from the United States 504, 507, 510, 517, 519, 521
- alleged sending of explosives from the United States to 509, 512, 514, 517
- Cuba and Porto Rico: commercial relations of United States with; revocation of fifth article of royal decree of March 12, 1867, relating to duties 468, 471
- Cuban refugees in United States 493, 502, 504, 505, 521
- Customs regulations, Spanish: “bases” for proposed reforms 491
D.
- Dalton, U. S. consul at Ciudad Bolivar. (See Venezuela.)
- Daylight. (See Schooner Daylight.)
- Debts, public: of Austria-Hungary 13
- of Argentine Republic 1
- Duties: imposed by Spain on merchandise proceeding from the United States under Spanish flag 468–470
E.
- Education: progress of, in Argentine Republic 1, 2, 3
- Egypt. (See Mixed tribunals.)
- Emancipation: in Brazil 27, 32
- Embargoed estates claims: in Cuba 487
- Estates in England, unclaimed: fraudulent schemes in relation to 224–229
- Expatriation: status of naturalized American citizens of
French origin in France 176
- of German origin, in Germany 190, 192, 194, 195, 199, 200, 206, 210
- under constitution of Guatemala 35
- case of Vitus Taxacher, in Austria-Hungary 9
- attitude of French Government; general discussion of subject 176
- case of John R. McCormack, in Ireland 216
- in Russia 451
- expatriated American can resume his American status only by becoming naturalized 451
- requirements of Swiss law 532
- law as to citizenship 596
- in Venezuela. (See Citizenship; Naturalization.)
- Explosives: alleged sending of, from the United States to Cuba 509–511, 512, 514, 515.
F.
- Famines: in the north of China 64
- Ferry privileges between the United States and Canada 243, 250, 255, 256
- Finance: in Argentine Republic 1
- general budget in Austria-Hungary for 1885 15
- new loan in Greece 257
- Hawaiian Islands; acceptance of United States coin in payment of customs duties 266, 275, 288, 292
- native coinage 278, 286
- report of minister of finance of Hawaiian Islands 284
- résumé of condition of Portugese finances and of the “ordinary budget” for 1884–’85 443
- success of new 5 per cent, gold loan in Russia 449
- Fishery treaty, between the United States and Great Britain; proposed revision of 214, 251
- Foichat, John B.: arrested in France; naturalization case 145, 174
- Foreigners: discrimination against, in Central America 35
- riotous demonstrations against, at Canton, China 46, 47, 42
- transit passes in China 96
- order of Russian Government to railway companies to give notice to employés of foreign nationality to become Russian subjects or to leave their service 450
- passports in Cuba 482, 486, 490
- expulsion of anarchists from Switzerland 529
- France: prohibition of the free importation of American pork; inspection
required, &c 128, 136, 141, 185
- case of Alfred P. Jacob; claims exemption from military service 135, 136, 145, 150
- permission to Commercial Cable Company to land on the coast of France 141, 150, 164
- case of John B. Foichat 145, 174
- the Statue of Liberty 157
- naturalized American citizens of French origin; their status in France 176
- France and China: complications 88, 94
- French and American Claims Commission: case of G. A. Le More v. The United States 183, 185, 186
G.
- Garrido, Eugene V., injuries sustained by, at Port au Prince, September 22 and 23, 1883 317, 326, 331
- Geist, Dr. G. W.: naturalized American of German origin; status in Germany 195
- Germany: socialism 188–190
- cases relating to American citizenship 190, 192, 194, 195, 199, 200, 201, 206, 210
- opening of the Reichstag; speech from the throne 191
- consumption of pork 193, 196
- Mormon missionaries; compelled to leave Bavaria 198, 202, 203
- emigration
- military cases
- (Winnelhausen, Broom, Bendixen, de la Roi, Lang, Friedrichsen, Bradersen, Held, Gerson, Kubis, Nagel, Reupert.)
- German pork: discovery of a new parasite in 21
- Grain: competition of American and other foreign, in Belgium, with the native product 24
- Great Britain: correspondence in reference to the termination of certain
articles of the treaty, May 8, 1871 214
- gift of the Alert to the United States Government 215, 216
- McCormack, John R., question of expatriation 216
- duty on kerosene oil in Ceylon 219
- Mormon missionaries at Calcutta 223, 224
- unclaimed estates in England; fraudulent schemes 224
- landing of cables in the United States and Canada 229, 236, 238, 249, 254
- slaves said to have been purchased from an American citizen in Zanzibar, captured and freed by the King of Johanna 233, 237
- burial at Yokahama of a seaman who had been discharged from the United States Navy; expenses defrayed out of the British consular chest; question as to citizenship 233, 240
- proposal to remove certain Sioux Indians from the northwest territories back to the United States 234, 236, 239
- mixed tribunals in Egypt 235, 237
- case of lynching in British Columbia said to have been committed by persons from the United States 241, 245, 252, 254
- ferry privileges between the United States and Canada 243, 250, 255, 256
- fishery treaty; proposed revision of 251
- rescue of Greely; congratulations of the Queen 253
- labor traffic in the Western Pacific islands 253, 254
- Greece: importation of American pork; prohibition of, and subsequent removal of the restriction 257, 259, 260, 264
- Greely Relief Expedition: gift of the Alert by British
Government 215
- congratulations of the Queen on rescue 253
- Guatemala: provisions of new constitution affecting citizenship 35
- Gustavus, Adolphus: celebration in Sweden of his victory and death at Lützen 522
H.
- Hausding, Ludwig: passport refused by American minister at Berlin 201
- Hawaiian Islands: social condition; vital statistics 265
- transportation of Chinese laborers: transfer of exclusive permission from the Pacific Mail to the Oceanic Company; exclusive privileges opposed by the United States 265, 276, 279
- financial measures; report of minister of finance 266, 275, 276, 278, 284, 286
- restriction of Chinese immigration 281
- general commercial condition 285, 292
- customs duties; law requiring payment to made in gold coin of the United States not enforced; treaty of 1875 286, 288, 289
- Pacific Mail Company declines passenger and freight traffic between San Francisco and the Hawaiian Islands; supposed reasons therefor 287
- Hayti: President Salomon requests the diplomatic corps at Port au Prince
to treat a vessel called La Patrie as a pirate; request refused; action
approved 293, 297
- bombardment of Jacmel; rights of American citizens 295, 296, 297
- troubles at Port au Prince; indemnity for losses suffered by foreigners in consequence of the events of the 22d and 23d of September, 1883 298–301, 311, 320, 329, 331
- Van Bokkelen, C. A.; arrest and imprisonment at Port au Prince 306, 320, 329, 330, 335, 336
- message of President Salomon: disturbances at Port au Prince September 22 and 23, 1883; finances 309
I.
- Iglesias government in Peru: recognition of 420, 423
- Immigration: encouragement of, in Argentine Republic 2
- in Brazil 32
- (See Hawaiian Islands.)
- Indians: proposed removal of certain Sioux from Canada back to the United States 234, 236, 239
- Islands: dispute with Mexico concerning two, in the Rio Grande, near Roma, Tex 373–377, 379–399
- Italy: refusal to permit a naturalized citizen of the United States, who had evaded the laws relating to military service, to return without molestation 336
J.
- Jacmel and Jérémie: bombardment of 295, 297
- Jacob, Alfred P: claims exemption from military service in France 135, 145, 150
- Jacoby, Sigismund: refused passport by legation in Berlin; fraudulent naturalization 196, 197
- Jews: naturalized American, in Palestine 535, 539, 543, 549, 551, 560
K.
- Kerosene oil: question as to duty in Ceylon. 219
- Knapp and Reynolds, American citizens: attacked by brigands in America 532–535, 537–539, 542, 544, 548, 550, 558–559, 563, 565
L.
- Labor: condition of, in Brazil 32
- Lacazette, Eugene: naturalized American citizen of French origin; notified to leave France 179, 182
- Lanciotte, Rev. Father Valentine Theodoro; seeks permission to revisit Italy; refused by Italian Government 336
- Lucas, Peter: citizenship of 467
M.
- McCormack, John R.: arrest of, in County Tipperary, Ireland 216
- Marriage of foreigners: in Belgium 22, 23
- Meats: prohibition of free importation of American pork in
France; inspection required, &c 128, 136, 141, 185
- views of M. Paul Bert as to free admission of salted meats in France 138
- French Academy of Medicine favors withdrawal of decree prohibiting importation of American meats
- consumption of American pork in Germany 193, 196
- importation of American pork into Greece prohibited; removal of prohibition 257, 259, 260, 264
- (See Pork.)
- Meiggs, Henry: his contracts for construction of railways in Peru; action of Peruvian Government 407, 416, 419
- Merchants, Chinese: refused permission to land at San Francisco 99
- Mexico: case of schooner Daylight, sunk in the harbor of Tampico by the Mexican gunboat Independencia 340, 345, 358, 362, 370, 372
- Military cases: in Austria-Hungary 9
- in Germany 206
- Missionaries: settlement of grievances at Chinaufoo 91
- Mixed tribunals in Egypt: circular concerning, addressed to the powers by Great Britain; United States waits for proposal from Khedive’s Government; receives such proposal and assents 235, 237
- Monastic orders: sale of realty of, in Brazil 31
- Mormons: measures against, in Austria 13
- Morteritos, island of. (See Mexico.)
- Mossell, C. W., mobbed at Port au Prince during disturbances of the 22d and 23d of September, 1883; indemnity for losses, &c 315, 323, 331
N.
- Naturalization: refusal of Italy to permit a naturalized
citizen of the United States, who had evaded military laws, to return
without molestation 336
- refusal of passport by legation in Germany, to a person fraudulently naturalized in the United States 196, 197
- (See Citizenship; Expatriation; Foreigners; Jews; Military cases.)
- Neutrality: preserved by Argentine Republic in west coast struggle 2
- Neutrals: duties of, during complications between France and China 103
P.
- Pacific Mail Steamship Company: complaint of, against Hawaiian Government,
respecting transportation of Chinese laborers 265, 276, 279, 281
- declines passenger traffic between San Francisco and Hawaiian Islands 287
- Palestine. (See Turkey.)
- Panama Canal: difficulties in construction of 119
- Passes, transit: (see Transit passes.)
- Passports: case of Sigismund Jacoby; refusal of passport to, by American minister in Germany 196, 197
- Patrimonies, legacies, &c., collection of, in Switzerland, by
expatriated natives 530, 532
- (See Estates in England.)
- Peace, treaty of, between Chili and Peru 416
- Persia: cases of American citizens at Hamadan 399, 402
- attack on outriders and driver of the American minister 400
- Peru: political events 403, 412, 413, 418, 427
- interests of American citizens; acts of Iglesias government 407
- treaty of peace with Chili 413, 416
- contracts for construction of Oroya Railroad, &c.; forfeiture, &c. 416, 419, 422
- difficulties between Chili and Bolivia 418, 419, 422
- recognition of Iglesias government, presentation of credentials by Mr. Phelps, and renewal of diplomatic relations 420, 423, 424
- the Caceres movement 428, 433
- murder of Owen Young, an American citizen, by a soldier of the Iglesias government 432, 434
- pillage of Trujillo by Government troops 433
- attempt of Government to sieze the Trujillo Railroad 418
- Petroleum: general regulations in China 48, 84
- Piracy: the Haytian Government seeks to have ship La Patrie, belonging to
insurgents, treated as a pirate 293
- refusal of United States to do so 297
- Pork: trichinosis in German pork 21
- interview of Mr. Morton with M. Ferry, respecting importation of American pork in France 136, 142
- inspection of American pork in France 143
- opposition to importation of American pork in France; prohibition of its free admission; extension of time for free admission 128, 132, 136, 137, 138, 185
- ministerial circular in Germany touching danger of consuming raw pork. 193, 196
- prohibition of American pork in Greece; prohibition removed 257, 259, 264
- (See Meats.)
- Port au Prince: disturbances at, September 22 and 23, 1883 309
- Port Limon: action of Costa Rican Congress respecting 38
- ort o Rico: commercial relations with 471, 476, 483, 486, 496, 503
- Portugal: contract with American citizens for construction of railroad in Mozambique 437, 444
- Public debts. (See Debts, Public.)
R.
- Railways: construction of, in Argentine Republic 1, 2
- purchase of controlling interest in Panama Railway Company by Panama Canal Company 121
- decrees of Government of Peru affecting interests of Americans in railways in that country 404, 407, 416, 419, 422, 423
- seizure of railways in Peru 412, 418
- American citizens contract with Portuguese Government to construct railways in Mozambique 437, 442
- railway companies in Russia forbidden by the Government to employ foreigners 450
- Reed, Rev. Orville: marriage of, in Belgium; question of law as to foreign marriages 22
- Reichard, Augustus: case of citizenship in Germany 210
- Religious liberty: in Argentine Republic 3
- in the Republic of Salvador 34
- Russia: success of new 5 per cent, gold loan 449
S.
- Salvador, Republic of: new constitution promulgated 34
- Schooner Daylight: sinking of, in harbor of Tampico 340, 345, 346, 358, 362, 370, 372
- Seamen: burial at Yokohama of a destitute seaman, of British nativity, who had been discharged from the United States Navy; defrayment of expenses out of British consular chest 233, 240
- Siam: coming of Siamese embassy to Washington 451, 452, 454, 455, 457, 458
- condition of trade 452
- privileges granted to missionaries 453, 454, 461, 462
- sending of State scholars to United States to be educated 454
- description of port of Vladivostock 456
- present to United States Government from the Rajah of Tuluban 458, 463
- legation quarters presented to United States by King of Siam 460, 451, 463
- presentation of credentials of Prince Krom Mun Nares, as minister to the United States 463–465
- Slavery: history of, in Brazil; liberation of slaves in province of Ceará 27, 32
- Socialism: in Germany 188
- Spain: condition of slavery in Cuba 466, 470
- citizenship of Peter Lucas 467
- cattle tax at Key West 468, 474, 500
- duties on merchandise proceeding from United States under Spanish flag 468
- commercial relations of Cuba and Porto Rico with the United States 471, 476, 483, 486, 496, 503
- import duties collected in the Cuban custom-houses 480
- passports in Cuba 482, 486, 490
- Cuban embargoed estates claims 487
- revision of Spanish consular tariff 488, 491, 492
- Cuban refugees in the United States: case of Aguero 493, 502, 504, 505, 521
- alleged sending of armed expeditions to Cuba 504, 507, 510, 517, 519, 521
- rumor of intended violence by Cuban refugees against Spanish consul at Key West 505, 513, 514, 515, 518
- sending of explosives to Cuba 509, 512, 514, 517
- Steam communication between the United States and Sweden 523
- Stern, Oscar: claimed for military duty in Germany 190, 194, 197
- Sweden and Norway: celebration of the victory and death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen, November 6 522
- Switzerland: expulsion of anarchists 529
T.
- Tariff, Spanish consular: revision of 488, 491, 492
- Telegraphs: construction of, in Argentine Republic 2
- (See Cables.)
- Transit passes: China 96, 100
- Treaties: termination of certain articles of treaty with Great Britain of May 8, 1871 214, 251
- Treaty ports: closing of, in China 64, 66
- Trichinosis: in German pork 21
- Trujillo, pillage of 433
- Turkey: case of Messrs. Knapp and Reynolds, attacked by
brigands in Armenia 532, 537, 542, 544, 548, 550, 558, 563, 565
- naturalized American Jews in Palestine 535, 539, 543, 549, 551, 560
- criminal prosecutions; case of Dr. Pflaum 544, 564, 567
- registration of citizens of the United States 539, 546, 556
- difficulties encountered by American citizens and graduates of the American college at Beirut in practice of medicine 553, 561
- petroleum 557, 562
- restrictions imposed on sale of Holy Scriptures 565, 567, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574
- treaty of commerce 566, 568
- opposition to American missionaries in Armenia 569, 570, 572, 573, 574
V.
- Van Bokkelen, C. A.: arrest and imprisonment of, at Port au Prince 306–308, 230, 329, 330, 335, 336
- Venezuela: claim of John E. Wheelock., 575, 583, 584, 592, 597, 609
W.
- Walker, H. C, imprisonment at Minatitlan 360, 366, 377
- Weber, Johannes: question as to naturalization 202
- Weniger, Charles: claimed by the German Government for military service 199, 200, 213
- Wheelock, John E. (See Venezuela.)
- Wurglitz, Anton and sons, claimed for military service in Austria-Hungary 6
Y.