Index

A.

  • Adler, Boris:
    • insane American in Austria-Hungary 13
    • insane asylum, Vienna 12
  • Agriculture, Department of:
    • American cattle and meats in Belgium 3637
    • correspondence relative to trichinæ in American pork imported into Germany 186194
    • letter relative to prohibition of importation of American cattle and meats into France 147
    • trichinæ in American pork imported into Austria-Hungary 9
  • Ahrens, Elizabeth, German bark, protection of, at Martinique 183185
  • Alaska, the Greek Church in 436437
  • Alexander, General E. P., arbitration of boundary between Nicaragua and Costa Rica 111, 112, 113
  • Alford, E. A., report on taxation of cotton mills in China, Shanghai Chamber of Commerce 8991
  • Alleged insult to the Portuguese flag 432434
    • Adee to Santo-Thyrso 433434
    • Santo-Thyrso to Sherman 432433, 434
    • Sherman to Costa Duarte 434
  • Allegheny County, Pa., execution of foreign judgments in, of Croatian citizens 7
  • Alliance, seizure of 595
  • Alsace–Lorraine, applicability of Bancroft; treaties to 230237
  • American cattle and meats, prohibition of, in Belgium 32
  • American-China Development Company 57, 58, 59, 60
  • American citizen, seizure of passport by Austria-Hungary 5
  • American Cotton-Seed Oil Company, discriminating duty on cotton-seed oil in Argentine Republic 3
  • American interest in China, fostering 56
  • American life insurance companies, exclusion of, in Germany 204208
  • American lumber, discrimination against, in Argentine Republic 22
  • American missionaries:
    • right to buy land in interior of China 62
    • right to reside in the interior of China 60
    • right to reside in the interior of China and right to buy land 67, 68, 69
  • American-owned property in Cuba, consular registration of 527529
  • American pork, trichinæ in, imported into Germany. 186194
  • American sealers on Robben Island, arrest of 446
  • “American system” as applied to clocks, meaning of, in Italian tariff 354358
  • American swine flesh, removal of discriminating duty on, in Italy 359366
  • American trade in the East, opportunities for development of 481482
  • American woods, discrimination against, in Germany 237246
  • Americans, right to reside and do business in the restricted parts of Soochow and Hangchow, China 6980
  • Anderson, F., report on taxation of cotton mills in China, Shanghai Chamber of Commerce 8991
  • Antiforeign Chinese riots, punishment of high officials for neglect of duty 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
  • Antioch, United States bark, deposit of ship’s articles with port authorities in Brazil 42
  • Antwerp Chamber of Commerce, prohibition of American cattle in Belgium 33, 34, 35
  • Aparicio, Leon, citizenship of, correspondence with Guatemala 338340
  • Arbitration:
    • boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica 418421
    • Messenger, Barbara M., claim of 370388
    • Oberlander, Charles, claim of—
    • of boundary dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua 111112, 330
    • of claim of Charles Freraut, a French citizen, against Chile 45
    • of claim of M. A. Cheek against Siamese Government 461480
    • treaty of, signed by France and Brazil to settle boundary question, submitted to the Swiss Confederation for decision 43
  • Argentine Republic:
    • discrimination against American lumber 1
    • discriminating duty on cotton-seed oil 2
  • Armour & Co., statement as to importation of American cattle and meats into France 149
  • Arrest:
    • consular immunity from 582583
    • of American sealers on Robben Island 446
      • Breckinridge to Olney 446
    • of citizens of the United States in Cuba 483487
      • de Lôme to Olney 484
      • Taylor to Olney 483, 485
      • Taylor to Sherman 485486
      • Woodford to Sherman 486487
    • of German sailors 452
  • Assassination:
    • attempt at, of President Moreas of Brazil 44
    • of Señor Canovas del Castillo 525526
  • Asylum, insane:
    • Amalie Roeber in Austria-Hungary 11
    • American citizens in Austria-Hungary 9
    • Albert Levy in Austria-Hungary 10
    • Bores Adler in Austria-Hungary 12
    • Josef Eisenmann, Austrian subject, in Taylor County, W. Va 14
  • Atlas Steamship Company, concessions to 421425
  • Austria-Hungary:
    • adoption of metric system by 16
    • form of oath to be taken by subjects becoming naturalized citizens 23
    • insane Americans in asylums 68
    • Josef Eisenmann, Austrian citizen, in insane asylum in Taylor County, W. Va 14
    • military service—
      • Karl Sitar 18
      • Mae Tewell 19
      • Paul Schwabek 21
    • protest against tariff bill 22
    • seizure of passports of an American citizen 5
  • Award:
    • of arbitrator, Oberlander and Messenger claims 382388
    • of General E. P. Alexander in arbitration of boundary-line question between Nicaragua and Costa Rica 113

B.

  • Bancroft treaties, applicability to Alsace-Lorraine, correspondence with Germany 230237
  • Banishment of John Ginzberg 435436
    • Breckinridge to Sherman 435436
    • Pierce to Sherman 435
    • Sherman to Breckinridge 436
  • Bayer, Stephan E., passport cases in Belgium 28
  • Bear, revenue steamer, part of sealing patrol 273
  • Beer, Mr. Ferdinand, an American citizen, proposed appointment as Chinese consular representative, nonexistence of treaty precluded appointment 94
  • Beet sugar, Germany, protest against duty in new tariff 175179
  • Belgium:
    • passports, cases in—
      • Edward Otto Beyer 25
      • Elia Luboschey 27
      • Mrs. Marie Klugmann 30
      • Stephan E. Bayer 28
    • prohibition of American cattle and meats 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
    • tonnage dues on vessels 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
  • Bennett, Arthur D., otherwise known as Hubinoit, military service case in France 144146
  • Bering Sea, protection of seals in 258324
  • Beyer, Edward Otto, passport case in Belgium 25
  • Bittencourt, General, minister of war of Brazil, killed while defending President Moreas from assassination 44
  • Blockade of Crete 253255
  • Bohemia, Teplitz, trichinæ in American pork imported into 8
  • Books, prohibition of the importation into Persia 427429
  • Boundary:
    • between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, arbitration of dispute 111112
    • commission, water 403405
    • demarcation of 398402
    • dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, arbitration of 330, 419421
  • Boundary 330
    • treaty of arbitration between France and Brazil, the Swiss Confederation to decide 43
  • Boycott upon Japanese subjects at Butte, Mont 367
  • Brazil:
    • attempt to assassinate President Moreas 14
    • deposit of ship’s articles with port authorities 42
    • General Bittencourt killed while defending President Moreas from assassination 44
    • promotion of trade in 43
  • Butte, Mont., boycott upon Japanese subjects in 367

C.

  • Cables, landing of French 158173
  • Cady, Rev. Mr., relative to traveling in China 98
  • California, Albert Levy, insane citizen of, in Austria 15
  • Canadian lumber, discrimination against American in favor of 1
  • Canal, Nicaragua 417419
  • Canovas del Castillo, Señor, assassination of 525526
  • Carnegie Steel Company vs. Schneider & Co., of France, violation of patent manufacture of iron plates 134141
  • Cattle and meats, American:
    • prohibition of in Belgium 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
    • prohibition of importation into France 147152
  • Central America, exposition in Guatemala 333
  • Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, reports on taxation of foreign trade in China 8894
  • Champerico, withdrawal of Consular Agent Souza’s exequatur by Guatemala 336
  • Chaqueilo, Ferdinand, sentence of 522525
  • Cheek, M. A., arbitration of claim of 461480
  • Chicago, trichinæ in American pork from, imported into Austria-Hungary 8
  • Chief justice, performance of duties of, by Consular Board 454
  • China:
    • adoption of rules for the prevention of collisions at sea, Chinese junks not included 8687
    • American missionaries, right to reside in the interior of, and right to buy land. 6768, 69
    • building of railroads in by Americans 5760
    • closing of Government examinations to converts to Christianity 8284
    • consular jurisdiction in 8082
    • exhibition of passports by travelers in 102105
    • fostering American interest in 5660
    • Hangchow and Soochow, right of Americans to reside and engage in business in the restricted parts of 6980
    • importation into, machinery for making counterfeit money 107109
    • Kiang Yin riots, dismissal of magistrate Liu Yao-Kwang 99102
    • Kutien riots, punishment of officials and indemnity to Miss Hartford 8486
    • prevention of antiforeign riots in 6066
    • protection of her subjects in Nicaragua and Salvador 9497
    • rights of missionaries to engage in secular work in the interior 105107
    • superstition in regard to the eclipse of the sun 109
    • taxation of foreign trade in 8994
    • traveling in 98
  • Chinese—
    • junks, not included in regulations for prevention of collisions at sea 86, 87
    • protection of, in Nicaragua and Salvador 9497, 425426
    • riots; punishment of high officials for neglect of duty 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
  • Christianity, closing Government examinations in China to converts to 8284
  • Church, Greek, in Alaska 436437
  • Cincinnati, U. S. S., in harbor at Rio de Janeiro, requested to remain after attempt to assassinate President Moreas 48
  • Citizen, American, seizure of passport by Austria-Hungary 5
  • Citizens:
    • of the United States in Cuba, arrest of 483487
    • of the United States in Ecuador 127
  • Citizenship:
    • of Josef Georg Surmann, correspondence with Germany 180183
    • of Leon Aparicio 338, 340
  • Claims:
    • against Chile, by Charles Frerant, a French citizen, arbitration of Mr. E. H. Strobel, arbitrator 50
    • of United States citizens against Turkey 590592
      • Riddle to Sherman 591
      • Sherman to Angell 592
      • Sherman to Terrell 590, 591
      • Terrell to Sherman 590
  • Clocks:
    • “American system,” meaning of in Italian tariff 354358
  • Closing of Government examinations to converts to Christianity in China 8284
  • Coinage, Weights, and Measures, Committee on, adoption of metric system in Austria-Hungary 16
  • Collisions at sea, adoption of rules by China for the prevention of Chinese junks not included 8687
  • Commission, water boundary 403405
  • Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, adoption of metric sytems in Austria-Hungary 16
  • Communications, official, inhibition of 501502
  • Concessions:
    • granted by Malagasy Government in Madagascar, correspondence with France 154157
    • to the Atlas Steamship Company 421425
      • Baker to Sherman 421425
      • Sherman to Merry 425
  • Condition of reconcentrados 507514
    • Day to de Lôme 511514
    • de Lôme to Day 512513
    • de Lôme to Sherman 510
    • Sherman to de Lôme 507512
  • Consular immunity from arrest 582, 583
    • Moustapha Bey to Olney 582, 583
    • Olney to Moustapha Bey 583
  • Consular—
    • jurisdiction in China 8082
    • registration of American-owned property in Cuba 527529
      • Sherman to Woodford 527529
      • Woodford to Sherman 529
  • Consuls:
    • right of, to inquire respecting judicial proceedings against United States Citizens 395398
    • right to take testimony and administer oaths in Haiti 341
  • Converts to Christianity, closing Government examinations to in China 8284
  • Correspondence:
  • Corwin, revenue steamer, part of sealing patrol 273
  • Costa Rica:
    • arbitration of boundary dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua 111, 112
    • arbitration of boundary dispute with Nicaragua 330
    • award of arbitrator Gen. E. P. Alexander, in boundary-line arbitration with Nicaragua 113
  • Cotton-mill owners in Shanghai, taxation of products 8994
  • Cottonseed oil, discriminating duty on, in Argentine Republic 2
  • Counterfeit money, importation of machinery for making, into China 107109
  • Crete, blockade of 253255
  • Creusot Company (Schneider & Co.) vs. The Carnegie Steel Company, for violation of patent—manufacture of iron plates 134141
  • Criminal jurisdiction over men-of-war’s men 456
  • Croatia, execution of foreign judgments in 7
  • Cuba, pacification of 540548

D.

  • Davis, Senator C. K., letter relative to exclusion of American life insurance companies from Germany 206
  • Death of Albert S. Willis, minister to Hawaii 344346
  • Demarcation of boundary 398402
  • Denmark:
    • liability of Fred A. Nielsen to military duty 120
    • naturalization of Jens A. E. Sorensen 117119
    • protection of Mormon missionaries 121124
  • Development of American trade in the East, opportunities for 481482
  • Discrimination against American lumber in Argentine Republic 1
  • Discriminating duty on cotton-seed oil in Argentine Republic 2
  • Dismissal of Liu Yao-Kwang, Chinese magistrate, Kiang Yin riots 99102
  • Dominican Republic, termination of treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation 125
  • Dudgeon, C. J., taxation of foreign trade in China; report on (1) piece-goods trade; (2) sundry imports; (3) general exports 93
  • Duty:
    • discriminating, removal of, on swine flesh in Italy 359366
    • (See Tariff.)

E.

  • Eclipse of the sun, superstition in regard to, in China 109
  • Ecuador, United States citizens in 127
  • Eisenmann, Josef, Austrian subject, insane in asylum in Taylor County, W. Va. 14
  • Examinations, government, in China, closing to converts to Christianity 8284
  • Exequatur, withdrawal of Consular Agent Souza’s, in Guatemala 336
  • Expatriation, Russian laws concerning 439445
  • Exports, general, in China, report on taxation of, by C. J. Dudgeon 93
  • Exposition, Central American, in Guatemala 333
  • Expropriation of property of United States citizens for military purposes 514522
  • Extradite Jesus Guerra, refusal of United States to 405416
  • Extraterritoriality in China, consular jurisdiction in 8082
  • Extraterritorial rights of the United States in Madagascar, correspondence with France 152154

F.

  • Feraut, Charles, a French citizen, arbitration of claim against Chile 50
  • Firing on the American steamer Valencia 502507
  • Flag, alleged insult to the Portuguese 432434
  • Foochaw, China, rights of Americans to reside and engage in business in the restricted parts of 6980
  • Foreign trade in China, taxation of 8994
  • France:
    • admission of foreigners to French Government schools 173
    • concessions granted by the Malagasy Government in Madagascar 154157
    • extraterritorial rights of United States in Madagascar 152154
    • increased import duties on pork and lard 128133
    • landing of cables 158173
    • military and national laws 141144
    • military service of Arthur Hubinoit 144146
    • prohibition of the importation of American cattle and meats 147152
    • suit of Schneider & Co. v. The Carnegie Steel Company, violation of patent, manufacture of iron plates 134141
  • French missionaries, American missionaries have same right in China 60

G.

  • Germany:
    • adjournment of the Reichstag 246
    • applicability of the Bancroft treaties to Alsace-Lorraine 230237
    • citizenship of Josef Georg Surmann 180183
    • correspondence with 448454
    • discrimination against American woods 237246
    • effect of the new tariff between United States and 179
    • exclusion of American life insurance companies 204208
    • importation of American pork containing trichinæ 186194
    • military-service case of Alfred Meyer 194201
    • protection of vessel at Martinique 183185
    • protest of, against new tariff 175179
    • report of military-service cases 201204
    • return of naturalized Americans of German birth to 208230
  • German sailors, arrest of 452
  • Ginzberg, John, banishment of 435436
  • Gorham, George C, discriminating duty on cotton-seed oil in Argentine Republic 2
  • Government examinations in China, closing to converts to Christianity 8284
  • Grant, revenue steamer, part of sealing patrol 273
  • Great Britain:
    • blockade of Crete 253255
    • celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne 249252
    • communication with the Yukon River country 325
    • correspondence with 454460
    • protection of seals in Bering Sea 258324
    • relief expedition to the Yukon River country 325
    • restriction of liquor traffic in Zanzibar 255258
  • Greater Republic of Central America:
    • arbitration of the boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica 330
    • transportation of troops and munitions of war in United States vessels 331
  • Greek Church in Alaska 436437
    • Sherman to M. de Kolzébue 436437
  • Greeks in the employ of the United States, protection of 585588
  • Guatemala:
    • Central American exposition 333
    • citizenship of Leon Aparicio 338340
    • withdrawal of exequatur of Consular Agent Souza 336
    • Gulf Coast Lumber Company, discrimination against American lumber in favor of Canadian 1
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H.

  • Hahnville, La., lynching of Italians 353
  • Haiti:
    • right of consuls to administer oaths and take testimony in 341
    • right to require passports of people leaving the country 342
  • Hamburg, American pork, trichinæ in, imported into Austria-Hungary, passes through 9
  • Hamlin, C. S., joint statement of conclusion respecting fur-seal herd 314
  • Hangchow, China:
    • rights of Americans to engage in business in the restricted parts of 6980
    • report of Solicitor of Department of State as to whether Americans are entitled to reside at large in 7780
  • Hankow-Pekin Railroad in China 59
  • Hartford, Miss Mabel C.:
    • prompt payment of indemnity 65
    • indemnity to, for losses in Kutien riots, China 8486
  • Hartmann, Casimir, enforced military service in Alsace-Lorraine 230
  • Hawaii, death of Minister Albert S. Willis 344346
  • Hennessy, M. D., passport case in Belgium 25
  • Hog products, export of, to France 149
  • Honduras, murder of Charles W. Renton 347352
  • Hubinoit, Arthur D., case of military service, France 141146

I.

  • Immunity from arrest 582583
  • Importation of American meats, restrictions upon 549556
  • Imports, sundry, in China, report on taxation of, by C. J. Dudgeon 93
  • Indemnity to Miss Mabel C. Hartford by China and punishment of officials, Kutien riots, China 8486
  • Indians, trespassing upon Mexican territory 388394
  • Inhibition of official communications 501502
    • Olney to Taylor 501502
    • Taylor to Olney 502
  • Insane:
    • Albert Levy, in Austria-Hungary 10
    • Americans in Austrian asylums 9
    • asylum—
      • Amalie Rœber in, in Austria-Hungary 11
      • Boris Adler in, in Austria-Hungary 12
      • Josef Eisenmann, Austrian subject, in, Taylor County, W. Va 14
  • Insult to the Portuguese flag, alleged 432434
  • Iron plates, manufacture of, violation of patent, suit of Schneider & Co. v.
  • The Carnegie Steel Company 134141
  • Italy:
    • removal of discriminating restrictions on American swine flesh 359366
    • lynching of Italians at Hahnville, La 353
      • payment of $6,000 353
      • will request Congress to appropriate $6,000 353
    • meaning of “American system” as applied to clocks in Italian tariff 354358

J.

  • Japan, boycott upon Japanese subjects at Butte, Mont 367
  • Japanese treaty, Shimonoseki, right of subjects to reside in Hangchow and Soochow, China 7180
  • Jensen, J. J., Mormon missionaries in Denmark, relative to protection of 121124
  • Jews, persecution of 429431
  • Jordan, D. S., joint statement of conclusion respecting fur-seal herd 314
  • Judgments, foreign, execution of, in Croatia 7
  • Jurisdiction, consular, in China 8082
  • Justice, Department of, Acting Attorney-General Richards’s report on landing of cables 166

K.

  • Kiang Yin riots, dismissal of Magistrate Lin Yao-Kuang 99102
  • Klugmann, Mrs. Marie, passport case in Belgium 30
  • Kutien, China, riots in:
    • punishment of high officials for neglect of duty 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
    • punishment of officials and indemnity to Miss Hartford 8486
    • renewed demand that cognizance be taken of the conduct of certain officials 63

L.

  • Land commission, preservation of records of 448
  • American missionaries, right to buy land in China 62, 67, 68, 69
  • Lard and pork, increased import duties on, in France 128133
  • Larsen, Joseph, Mormon missionaries in Denmark, relative to protection of 121124
  • Laws:
    • concerning expatriation, Russian 439445
    • military and national, in France 141144
  • Levy, Albert:
    • in insane asylum in Vienna 10
    • insane American 15
  • Life insurance companies, exclusion of American, in Germany 204208
  • Lingle, Rev. W. H., closing Government examinations in China to converts to Christianity 8284
  • Lippmann, Jonas, application of Bancroft treaties to Alsace and Lorraine 232
  • Liquor traffic, restriction of, in Zanzibar, correspondence with Great Britain 255258
  • Lin Yao-Kuang, Chinese magistrate, dismissal of, Kiang Yin riots 99102
  • Lodge, Hon. Henry Cabot, letter relative to military service of Arthur D. Hubinoit in France 144146
  • Luboschey, Ella, passport case in Belgium 27
  • Lumber, American, discrimination against, in Argentine Republic 1
  • Lund, C. N., relative to protection of Mormon missionaries in Denmark 121124
  • Lynching of Italians at Hahnville, La 353

M.

  • Machinery for making counterfeit money, importation of, into China 107109
  • Macoun, J. M., joint statement of condition respecting fur-seal herd 314
  • Madagascar:
    • concessions granted by the Malagasy Government in, correspondence with France 154157
    • correspondence with France relative to extraterritorial rights of United States in 152154
  • Magistrate Liu Yao-Kuang, dismissal of, by Chinese, Kiang Yin riots 99102
  • Malagasy Government, concessions granted by, in Madagascar, correspondence with France 154157
  • Maus, Capt. M. P., aid-de-camp, celebration of sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne 251
  • Mantsz country, traveling in, China 98
  • Martinique, protection of German bark Elizabeth Ahrens at 183185
  • Mauro & Pollock, attorneys for Creusot Co. v. the Carnegie Steel Co 134141
  • Meats, American:
    • restrictions upon the importation of 549556
  • Meats and cattle, American: prohibition of—
  • Men-of-war’s men, criminal jurisdiction over 456
  • Message, President’s VII
  • Messenger, Barbara M. (See Mexico.)
  • Metric system, adoption of, by Austria-Hungary, inquiry from Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures 16
  • Mexico 370416
  • Meyer, Alfred, military-service case in Germany 194201
  • Miles, Gen. N. A., representative of the Army at the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne of Great Britain 249252
  • Military:
    • duty, liability of Fred. A. Nielsen to, in Denmark 120
    • and national laws in France 141144
    • service—
      • in France, case of Arthur D. Hubinoit 144146
      • in Germany, case of Alfred Meyer 194201
      • case of Frederick Arnold Schneider 562566
      • Hitchcock to Sherman 438439
      • Sherman to Breckinridge 437438
      • Karl Sitar in Austria-Hungary 18
      • report of cases in Germany 201204
      • Schwabek, Paul, in Austria-Hungary 21
      • Tewel, Mae, in Austria-Hungary 19
  • Miller, Admiral J. N., representative of the Navy at the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne of Great Britain 249252
  • Mills, Ogden, secretary and attaché celebration of sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne 251
  • Mines, school of, in France, admission of son of Andrew Roy 173
  • Missionaries:
    • American, right to reside in the interior of China 60
    • and right to buy land 67, 68, 69
    • in China, right to engage in secular work in the interior 105107
    • Mormon, protection of, in Denmark 121124
    • protection of 570582
  • Money, counterfeit, importation of machinery for making, into China 107109
  • Moraes, President of Brazil, attempt to assassinate 44
  • Mormon missionaries, protection of, in Denmark 121124
  • Municipal board, temporary performance by consular board, of duties of 449
  • Munitions of war and troops, transportation of, in United States vessels requested by Greater Republic of Central America 331
  • Murder of Charles W. Renton in Honduras 347352

N.

  • Naturalization:
    • of Jens A. E. Sorensen, formerly Danish subject 117119
    • return of naturalized Americans of German birth to Germany 208230
  • Naturalized:
    • American citizens of Ottoman birth, rights of, to hold real estate in Turkey 588589
    • citizen returning to native country, status of 584585
    • citizens, form of oath to be taken by subjects of Austria-Hungary 23
    • citizens of the United States of Swiss birth, rights of 557562
  • Neutrality laws, violation of 529540
  • Newell, Commander, punishment of Chinese officials mentioned in his report 65, 66
  • Nicaragua:
    • arbitration of boundary dispute between, and Costa Rica 111112, 330, 417426, 419421
    • award of arbitrator, Gen. E. P. Alexander, in boundary arbitration with Costa Rica 113
    • Nicaragua Canal 417419
      • Baker to Sherman 417419
      • Sherman to Baker 417
    • protection of Chinese in Nicaragua and Salvador 425426
      • Baker to Baldwin 425426
      • Olney to Baker 426
    • protection of Chinese in 9497
  • Nielsen, Fred. A., liability to military duty in Denmark 120

O.

  • Oaths:
    • form of, to be taken by subjects of Austria-Hungary becoming American citizens 23
    • right of consuls to administer, and to take testimony in Haiti 341
  • Oberlander, Chas. (See Mexico.)
  • Oil, cotton-seed, discriminating duty on, in Argentine Republic 2
  • Opportunities for the development of American trade in the East. Barrett to Sherman 481482
  • Outerbridge & Co., protection of German bark Elizabeth Ahrens at Martinique 183185

P.

  • Pacification of Cuba 540548
  • Passport:
    • Albert Levy, insane asylum, Vienna 10
    • cases in Belgium—
      • Elea Luboschey 27
      • M. D. Hennessy and wife 25
      • Mrs. Marie Klugmann 30
      • Stephan E. Bayer 28
      • Edward Otto Beyer 25
    • exhibition of, by travelers in China 102105
    • Rieder, Leopold, an American citizen, seizure of, by Austria-Hungary 5
    • right to require, of persons leaving Haiti 342
  • Patent, violation of, manufacture of iron plates, Schneider & Co., of France, v. Carnegie Steel Company. 134141
  • Patterson, Ramsay & Co., prohibition of American cattle and meats in Belgium. 34
  • Peet, E. W., letter to Hon. C. K. Davis, referred to Department, relative to exclusion of American life insurance companies from Germany 206
  • Pekin-Hankow railroad, in China 59
  • Perry, revenue steamer, part of sealing patrol 273
  • Persecution of Jews 429431
    • McDonald to Sherman 429430
    • Sherman to McDonald 431
  • Persia 427431
    • prohibition of the importation of books 427429
    • Prosecution of Jews 429431
      • McDonald to Sherman 429430
      • Sherman to McDonald 431
  • Piece-goods trade in China, report on taxation of, by C. J. Dudgeon 93
  • Pleuropneumonia—American cattle, prohibition of, in Belgium 33, 34, 35, 36
  • Pollok & Mauro, attorneys for Creusot Company v. The Carnagie Steel Company 134141
  • Pork:
    • American—
      • removal of discriminating duty on, in Italy 359366
      • trichinæ in, imported into Austria-Hungary 8
    • and lard, increased import duties on, in France 128133
    • trichinæ in American, imported into Germany 186194
  • Port authorities, deposit of ships’ articles with, in Brazil 42
  • Portugal 432434
    • alleged insult to the Portuguese flag 432434
      • Adee to Santo-Thyrso 433434
      • Santo-Thyrso to Sherman 432433, 434
      • Sherman to Costa Duarte 434
  • Presbyterian mission at Lien Chow in Kwangtung, China, Rev. W. H. Lingle—
  • Christian converts prevented from taking Government examinations 8284
  • Preservation of records of land commission 448
  • Probts, E. A., report on taxation of cotton mills in China—Shanghai Chamber of Commerce 8991
  • Prohibition of American cattle and meats in Belgium 32
  • Prohibition of the—
  • Property—
    • American, owned in Cuba, consular registration of 527529
    • of United States citizens, expropriation of, for military purposes 514522
  • Protection of—
    • Chinese in Nicaragua and Salvador 9497, 425426
      • Baker to Baldwin 425426
      • Olney to Baker 426
    • Greeks in the employ of the United States 585588
    • missionaries 570582
      • Terrell to Olney 570582
      • Terrell to Sherman 582
      • seals in Bering Sea 258324
  • Protection papers:
    • Sherman to Stuart 593594
    • Stuart to Sherman 593
  • Protest of Germany against new tariff 175179
  • Protocol in Oberlander and Messenger claims 378379
  • Punishment of—
    • Chinese officials who did not do their duty at the Kutien riots 8486
    • higher officials responsible for antiforeign riots in China 6065

Q.

  • Queen Victoria, celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Her Majesty’s accession to the throne 249252

R.

  • Railroads in China, building of, by Americans 57
  • Real estate in Turkey, rights of naturalized American citizens of Ottoman birth to hold 588589
  • Reconcentrados, condition of 507514
  • Records of land commission, preservation of 448
  • Refusal of United States to extradite Jesus Guerra 405416
  • Reichstag, adjournment of 246
  • Reid, Whitelaw, ambassador extraordinary to the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne of Great Britain 249252
  • Release of Anton Yablkowski, Pierce to Sherman 446447
  • Relief expedition to the Yukon River country 325
  • Renton, Charles W., murder of, in Honduras 347352
  • Responsibility of high officials for antiforeign riots in China 61
  • Restrictions upon the importation of American meats 549556
  • Revenue steamers Bear, Bush, Perry, Corwin and Grant, sealing patrol 273
  • Richards, J. K., acting attorney-general, report of on landing cables 166
  • Rieder, Leopold, an American citizen, seizure of passport by Austria-Hungary 5
  • Right of consuls to inquire respecting judicial proceedings against United States citizens 395398
    • Clayton to Sherman 397398
    • Sepulveda to Sherman 395
    • Sherman to Sepulveda 396397
  • Rights of—
    • naturalized American citizens of Ottoman birth to hold real estate in Turkey 588589
      • Riddle to Sherman 589
      • Sherman to Terrell 588589
      • Terrell to Sherman 588
    • naturalized citizens of the United States of Swiss birth, Peak to Olney 557562
  • Riots:
    • antiforeign, prevention of, in China 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
    • Chinese, antiforeign, punishment of high officials for neglect of duty 65, 66, 676869
    • Kiang Gin, dismissal of Lin Yao-Kuang, Chinese magistrate 99102
    • Kutien, renewed demand that cognizance be taken of the conduct of certain officials 63
  • Robben Island, arrest of American sealers on 446
  • Roeber, Amalie, in insane asylum in Vienna, Austria 1, 9
  • Roeber, Amalie, insane American in Austria-Hungary 13
  • Robinson, Ira 15
    • prosecuting attorney, Taylor County, W. Va., in relation to Josef Eisenmann, insane Austrian subject 14
  • Ronaldson & Co., Thomas, of Antwerp, prohibition of cattle and meat in Belgium 33, 34, 35
  • Roy, Andrew, admission of son to school of mines in France 173
  • Rules for the prevention of collisions at sea, adoption of, in China 8687
  • Rush, revenue steamer, part of sealing patrol 273
  • Russia 435447
    • arrest of American sealers on Robben Island 446
      • Breckinridge to Olney 446
    • banishment of John Guizberg 435436
      • Breckinridge to Sherman 435436
      • Pierce to Sherman 435
      • Sherman to Breckinridge 436
    • Greek church in Alaska 436437
      • Sherman to M. de Kotzébue 436437
    • laws concerning expatriation 439445
    • military service 437439
      • Hitchcock to Sherman 438439
      • Sherman to Breckinridge 437438
    • release of Anton Yablkowski, Pierce to Sherman 446447
    • status of Russian-born widows of foreigners 445446

S.

  • Sailors, German, arrest of 452
  • Salvador, protection of Chinese in 9497
  • Samoa 448460
  • Schneider, Frederick Arnold, case of 562566
  • Schneider & Co., of France, v. The Carnegie Steel Company, violation of patent, manufacture of iron plates 134141
  • Schools, French Government, admission of foreigners 173
  • Schwabek, Paul, military service, Austria-Hungary 21
  • Sea, collisions at, adoption of rules for the prevention of, by China 8687
  • Sealers, American, arrest of 446
  • Seal herd, joint statement of conclusion respecting the 314
  • Seals, protection of, in Bering Sea 258324
  • Secular work, right of missionaries to engage in, in the interior of China 105107
  • Seizure of the American steamer Alliance, Russell to Sherman 595
  • Sentence of Ferdinand Chaqueilo 522525
  • Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, reports on taxation of foreign trade in China 8894
  • Shimonoseki treaty, right of Japanese to reside and do business in Hangchow and Soochow, China 7180
  • Ship’s articles, deposit of, with port authorities in Brazil 42
  • Siam 461482
  • Simpson, W. W., right of missionaries to engage in secular work in the interior of China 106
  • Sitar, Karl, military service in Austria-Hungary 18
  • Skinner, E. F., discrimination against American lumber in favor of Canadian 1
  • Solicitor, Department of State, report on question whether Americans are entitled to reside at large in Hangchow 7780
  • Sorensen, Jens A. E., naturalization of, born in Denmark 117119
  • Souza, Florentine, withdrawal of exequatur by Guatemala 336
  • Spain 483548
  • Squires, H. C, report on return of naturalization of German birth to Germany 208230
  • Status of—
    • naturalized citizen returning to and residing in native country 584585
      • Rockhill to Terrell 584585
      • Terrell to Rockhill 584
    • Russian-born widows of foreigners in Russia—Pierce to Sherman 445446
  • Stone, Hon. Chas. W., adoption of metric system in Austria-Hungary 16
  • Strobel, E. H., arbitrator, claim Chas. Freraut against Chile 50
  • Sugar:
    • protest against provisions in new tariff bill by Austria-Hungary 22
    • protest of Germany against new tariff on 175179
  • Sun, eclipse of, superstition in regard to, in China 109
  • Surmann, Josef Georg, citizenship of, correspondence with Germany 180183
  • Switzerland 549569
    • military service, case of Frederick Arnold Schneider 562566
    • restrictions upon the importation of American meats 549556
    • Rights of naturalized citizens of the United States of Swiss birth—Peak to Olney 557562
    • to arbitrate boundary question, France and Brazil 43

T.

  • Tariff bill, protest against, by Austria-Hungary 22
  • Tariff:
    • discriminating on cotton-seed oil in Argentina 2
    • discriminating on American lumber in Argentine Republic 1
    • Italian, “American system” as applied to clocks, meaning of 354358
    • New, effect of, on trade between Germany and United States 179
    • protest of Germany against new 175179
  • Taxation of foreign trade in China 8994
  • Teplitz, Bohemia, trichinæ in American pork imported into 8
  • Testimony, right of consuls to take, and administer oaths in Haiti 341
  • Tewell, Mae, military service in Austria-Hungary 19
  • Thompson, D’Arcy W., joint statement of condition respecting fur seal herd 314
  • Thompson, Professor D’Arcy, to visit Pribilof Islands to investigate seals 268
  • Tobacco, leaf, prohibition of exportation from Cuba 487501
  • Tonnage dues on Belgian vessels 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
  • Trade:
    • foreign, in China, taxation of 8994
    • promotion of, in Brazil 43
  • Transportation of troops and munitions of war in United States vessels, Greater Republic of Central America request 331
  • Travelers in China, exhibition of passports by 102105
  • Traveling in China 98
  • Treaty, friendship, commerce, and navigation, with the Dominican Republic, termination of 125
  • Trespassing of Indians upon Mexican territory 388394
  • Trichinæ:
    • in American pork, importation of, into Germany 186194
    • in imported American pork in Austria-Hungary 8
  • Troops, transportation of, in United States vessels, correspondence with the Greater Republic of Central America 331
  • Turkey 570592
    • claims of United States citizens against Turkey 590, 592
      • Riddle to Sherman 591
      • Sherman to Angell 592
      • Sherman to Terrell 590, 591
      • Terrell to Sherman 590
    • consular immunity from arrest 582583
      • Moustapha Bey to Olney 582583
      • Olney to Moustapha Bey 583
    • protection to Greeks in the employ of the United States 585588
    • protection of missionaries 570582
      • Terrell to Olney 570582
      • Terrell to Sherman 582
    • rights of naturalized citizens of Ottoman birth to hold real estate in Turkey 588589
      • Riddle to Sherman 589
      • Sherman to Terrell 588, 589
      • Terrell to Sherman 588
    • Status of naturalized citizens returning to and residing in native country 584585
      • Rockhill to Terrell 584585
      • Terrell to Rockhill 584

U.

  • Uruguay, protection papers 593594
    • Sherman to Stuart 593594
    • Stuart to Sherman 593
  • United States citizens, claims of, against Turkey 590592

V.

W.

  • Water Boundary Commission 403405
  • West Virginia, Taylor County insane asylum, Josef Eisenmann, Austrian subject, in 14
  • Widows, Russian-born, status of 445446
  • Willis, Albert S., death of, while minister to Hawaii 344346
  • Woods, discrimination against American, in Germany 237246

Y.

  • Yablkowski, Anton, release of 446447
  • Yellow pine, discrimination against, in Argentine Republic 1
  • Yukon River country:
    • communication with the 327
    • relief expedition to 325

Z.

  • Zanzibar, restriction of liquor traffic in, correspondence with Great Britain 255258