Alphabetical Index.

Note.—The page number refers to the page upon which the dispatch or paper begins in which the subject referred to is discussed.

A.

  • Acapulco: The firing upon Consul Sutter’s flag; regret expressed by Mexico; report of investigation 580
    • officer in command of fort at time to be tried by court-martial 580
  • Admeasurement of vessels—the Moorsom system:
    • The Netherlands: adoption of system; basis for reciprocal acceptance of certificates proposed 703
      • Treasury reply: no change in regulations necessary to insure reciprocal acceptance of certificates 706
      • Netherlands decree exempting American vessels from readmeasurement 707
      • reciprocal exemption accorded in our ports 708
    • Spain: adoption of Moorsom system 764
      • certificates of, to be accepted if total tonnage be expressed; readmeasurement only as to exemptions contrary to American law 774
      • American and Spanish system of record different; difference explained 787
      • report of Consul-General Hall as to excessive tonnage tax imposed in Cuban ports through readmeasurements 768
      • temporary arrangement as to acceptance of certificates in Cuba 768
      • necessity of agreement to reciprocally accept certificates indicated 768
  • Alaska and British Columbia: conditional boundary line in valley of the Stickine proposed; report 339
    • conditionally accepted by the United States 346
    • conditionally accepted by Canad 347
  • Alfonso XII: approaching marriage announced 773, 808
    • account of his marriage with the Princess Mercedes 780
    • receives General Grant at Vitoria: military review upon the battle-field 803
    • death of the Queen 791, 792, 817, 818
    • attempted assassination of the King by a socialist 801, 819
  • Allegiance:
    • Italy; inalienability of; still held by; illustrated in case of Largomarsino 458, 459, 460, 461464
    • Germany: naturalization cases 210, 212, 216, 225, 229, 232
    • Switzerland: right of expatriation not recognized 841
  • Americans, destitute in foreign countries: appropriation in aid of, asked by Mr. Bingham 481
  • American fishermen: outrage upon, on coast of Newfoundland 346, 349, 284, 308, 314, 323
  • Ammunition: trade of Montana Indians with British provinces in 349
  • Andine, Trans, railway: aided by Argentine Congress 7
  • Andrassy, Count: announces policy of Austria to be the protection of Austrian interests 24
  • Arbitration: Argentine and Paraguay boundary question submitted to the President 16, 709
    • award in favor of Paraguay 18, 711
    • Argentine and Chili boundary question to be submitted to the King of the Belgians 86
  • Areola: leader of Mexican raiders from Ximenes: 612, 622
  • Argentine Republic: army and navy, strength of; commercial marine 6
    • Congress convenes: message of President Avellenada 13
    • boundary question with Chili 9, 13
    • boundary question with Paraguay submitted to arbitration of the President of the United States 16
    • case decided for Paraguay 18
    • mail and telegraph service 6
    • to enter postal union under treaty of Berne 11
    • revolutionary movements in San Juan and Corientes 5, 10
    • revolutionists of 1874 amnestied: officers restored to army; reconciliation with Mitre party; proclamation of President Avellenada 8
    • Paraguay and Uruguay Rivers: deep-water channel; surveyed by Captain Hunter Davidson 9
    • Sandy Point mutineers: surrender to Chili refused 9
  • Armenia: military operations in; fall of Kars; retreat of Moukhtar Pacha upon Erzeroum 849
    • condition of, and of its people, after the war; report of Mr. R. M. Cole 894
  • Asylum: right of; evils of the system; a breeder of revolutions; an insurance of immunity; its abolition or modification recommended 443
  • Athens: stock of flour and grain on hand 380
    • war riot; houses of ministers attacked; mob fire upon troops; they return the fire; confidence in the King maintained 382
    • General Grant’s reception 386, 368, 369, 370
    • the funeral of Mr. Ogle; emotion respecting the massacres of Macrinitza 371
  • Athos, Mount: Mr. Maynard’s visit 880
    • monks of; stipulations concerning; article 22, treaty of San Stefano 885
  • Atzala, State of Puebla: outbreak; Catholics attack Protestants; 27 of latter killed 658
  • Aube, Captain: French Navy; thanks of the President to be given to him for aid rendered consul at Apia, Samoa 165
  • d’Audiffret Pasquier, Duke: interview with President of France; Senate will not sanction revolutionary movements 164
  • Auersperg, Prince: ministry of, embarrassed by disagreement between the “delegations” on questions of taxation; they resign 29
  • Austria-Hungary: organization of empire illustrated 24
    • effect of dual organization; questions of taxation; influence of the empire-weakened 29
    • Count Andrassy explains policy of empire 24
    • taxation disagreement between Austria and Hungary 29
    • debt of the Empire, and of Austria and Hungary 26
    • adjustment of relations reached 44
    • disastrous effect upon Austrian industry of free trade-treaty with Germany; treaty denounced 19
  • Aymeri, A.: respecting the Chinese famine 118

B.

  • Baden: cases of naturalized citizens; naturalization discussed; Ganzenmuller and Wiel 216, 229, 232
  • Baez: President of San Domingo; able to maintain himself against revolutionists; three parties in the field 414
  • Bamiah cotton-plant: seeds sent from Egypt 924
  • Bandinel, T.: vice-consul at New Chwang; as to circulation of trade-dollar in China 144
    • reporting arrest of the French bishop by the Coreans 131
  • Barrios, President: attempted assassination of 73
    • decrees liberty of the press in Guatemala 74
  • Barrera and Dominguez: extradition cases; opinion of Señors Vallarta, Bautista, and Ramirez 560
  • Baumer: case of; may return to Germany under two years-clause of treaty 210, 228
  • Bautista, Señor: opinion in extradition cases of Barrera and Dominguez 560
  • Bativerrez and Mieto: eases of; illegally removed from Mexico into Texas, while under arrest under extradition treaty 688
  • Beaconsfield, Lord: effect of speech in Berlin congress 221
  • Beira Alta Railway: aid granted by Portugal 744
  • Beiram, Feast of: observed with less spirit than usual in Turkey 487
  • Belgium: Eastern question; grant of credit; prepared for eventualities 55
    • general election; ministry defeated; liberal ministry formed 56, 57
    • monetary conference, invitation accepted 54, 56
  • Berlin: celebration of the Emperor’s birthday 205
    • European congress convenes June 13 221
    • text of treaty of San Stefano 885
    • text of treaty of Berlin 894
    • Mr. Taylor’s dispatch respecting the congress and its results 227
    • Mr. Kasson’s dispatch respecting the congress and its results 50
    • Mr. Marsh’s dispatch respecting the congress and its results 475
  • Bessarabia: cession to Russia 885, 894
  • Birney, Mr.: report upon socialism; and the meetings of Verviers and Ghent 694
  • Bismarck, Prince: speech in Reichstag on Eastern question 195
    • bill to reorganize the imperial chancery 202, 204
    • attitude in tobacco-tax debate 202
    • recommends dissolution of the Reichstag on the ground that socialist repression law is needed 215
    • reception of and conversation with Mr. Bayard Taylor 221
    • meeting with General Grant 223
  • Black Sea: to be free from blockade; Bosphorus to be free to merchant ships in peace or war; articles 23, 24, treaty of San Stefano 865
    • Odessa torpedo regulations 760
  • Blyden, Mr., Liberian minister: letter asking co-operation of United States in building railway from the coast of Liberia inland 281
    • his letter to be submitted to Congress 287
  • Bolivar: national festival in commemoration of, at Caracas 948
  • Borges, Mr: requesting a letter from, to authorities at Para in behalf of Madeira River surveying party 70
  • Bosnia: Austrian occupation of 36, 53, 890
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: article 14, treaty of San Stefano 865
    • article 25, treaty of Berlin 894
  • Brazil: trade with; no facilities for; steamship line needed 60
    • line of mail, steamers established 61
    • visit of Emperor to new steamship City of Rio; its outgoing cargo 67
    • increased trade dependent upon increased means of intercommunication 66
    • agreement as to form of consular certificate to clearance papers proposed 71
    • Parliament not in session; new ministry; political condition of country 62, 63
    • the superiority of Brazil in civilization and order to the other South American countries recognized by the press of Caracas 941
  • British diplomatic corps: report by Mr. Nadal upon 251
  • Bremen: emigration via 216
  • Buenos Ayres: mint to coin gold and silver to be established 7
  • Bulgaria: autonomy conceded; articles 6 and 7, treaty of San Stefano 50, 865
    • boundaries and constitution; articles 1 to 12, inclusive; treaty of Berlin 894
  • Bullis, Lieutenant: expedition across frontier into Mexico; correspondence 531, 536, 664
  • von Bülow, Mr.: notes in Ganzenmuller case 216

C.

  • Cabe, William M., sheriff: cases of Bativerrez and Mieto secretly removed from Mexico to Texas by 668, 675
  • Cairns, Lord: speech in House of Lords on introducing bill to extend jurisdiction of courts to territorial waters 245
  • Cairoli, Mr.: forms new ministry in Italy 471
  • Camp, Walsh, and Andreté: arrested in Mexico for not performing military service; correspondence 576
  • Camphausen, Mr., Prussian minister of finance: opposed to Prince Bismarck’s centralizing ideas 202
    • his position upon the tobacco-tax question 202
  • Campos, General: appointed governor-general of Cuba 789
  • Canada: agreement as to regulations for the transportation of dutiable goods between the two countries under Article XXX, treaty of Washington 350, 351, 355, 357
    • proposing conditional boundary-line between Alaska and British Columbia in valley of the Stickine 339
    • conditionally accepted by the United States 346
    • conditionally accepted by Canada 347
    • Canadian customs regulations in conflict with free navigation of the Stickine, secured by treaty of Washington; case of steamboat Nellie 352
    • inquiring if Canada will grant right to American vessels to aid those disabled in Canadian waters in return for accordance of same right to Canadian vessels in our waters 351
    • case of tug Champion: need for such reciprocal action 352
  • Canadian fishery question. (See Fishery Question.)
  • Canal, President: proclamation respecting relations between Hayti and San Domingo 406
    • suppresses revolt at Port-au-Prince 431
  • Caracas, notable rain-fall: report of Academy of Sciences 947
  • Carnarvon, Lord, retires from the cabinet; Lord Derby also retires 259
  • Central America: peace prevails; good coffee crop 80
    • Costa Rica: Ex-President Guardia succeeds Herrera 75
      • relations with Guatemala broken off 76
      • friendly relations with Nicaragua restored 80
    • Guatemala: attempt upon the life of President Barrios; death of the assassin, the priest Pajes; its effect 73, 74
      • freedom of the press decreed 74
      • duty on flour reduced $1 per quintal 75
  • Cerro del Pasco, Peru: work upon tunnel to drain mine 712
  • Champion, tug: case of [See Canada] 352
  • Chavero, Mr.: speech in Mexican Congress against American railways in Mexico 550
  • Chevallier and Tanis, leaders of the Haytian revolt 431
  • Chihuahua: exactions upon Americans; cases of MacManus & Sons, Muller; Nordwald; Smith; and Walter Henry 527
    • reports of Consuls Scott and Schuchardt 527, 603, 606
    • refugee Indians protected by Mexico, charged with commission of murders 623
  • Chili: Argentine boundary question; to be submitted to arbitration 9, 13, 86
    • Centennial Exposition awards delivered 80
    • financial statements; condition unsatisfactory; recommendations of the President 83, 91
    • state of treaty relations: effect of Chili’s notice of 1849 to terminate certain clauses of the treaty of 1832 85, 87
  • China: currency of; extended memorandum upon, by Mr. Seward 132
    • famine in North China; report npon; labors of missionaries; measures of relief 96
    • North China Daily Mail; reports upon; the famine 115, 116, 117
    • foreign trade upon the Yang-tze River; regulations concerning 146
    • legation accredited to Japan 485
    • legation accredited to Russia 150
    • legation to be accredited to China by Peru 720
    • mining of coal and iron; service railway; concession granted by viceroy of Tientsin; report upon mineral resources 122
    • South China Daily Mail; article upon coal and iron mining in China 123
    • position of Americans in China contrasted with that of Chinese in the United States; treaty revision discussed 129
    • trade-dollar; conditions of circulation in China; consular reports 93, 101, 141
    • treaty with Spain as to treatment of Chinese in Cuba; analysis of treaty; text of treaty 96
  • Chinese: abduction of; two Chinese charged with; intervention at instance of Mr. Comly 148
    • their position in Peru; reports and efforts of Peruvian consul at San Francisco to induce emigration thence to Peru 716, 721
    • their treatment in Peru 733
    • representative from China needed in Peru 716
    • Olyphant emigration line established; fails to bring immigrants; hostility of governor of Hong-Kong 723, 733
  • Cherif Pasha: note from, as to extension of jurisdiction of international tribunal in Egypt 916
  • Cholera: disappears from Japan 481
    • appears in Morocco; its ravages 689, 692
  • Circulating medium: requiring reports as to volume and character; and relation of coin to paper 2
  • Civil service: organization of that of England; letter of lords of the treasury in answer to Mr. D. B. Eaton 237
  • Coahuila: Mexican troops make campaign against Indians 621
  • Coal and iron to be mined, and railway built north of Tientsin, China 122
  • Coal trade of Egypt: report upon; imports at Alexandria and Port Said 914
  • Coffee: shipment from Brazil to New York by City of Rio 66, 67
  • Coffee crop:
    • Central America: good 80
    • Hayti: good 412
    • Venezuela and Brazil: a partial failure 939
  • Cole, R. M.: statement as to condition of affairs in Armenia 894
  • Coleman, Mr.: his retention at Berlin requested 223
  • Colombia: case of C. G. Scrafford: released from custody of United States officer by order of; extradition treaty to be negotiated 151
    • (see report of royal commission on extradition) 268
    • crews of vessels General Narino disabled, and General Maza sunk, aided by American legation in Hayti 408
  • Collisions at sea: international regulations for prevention of, submitted 354
    • rules accepted by the United States 355
  • Colston, Colonel: indemnified for disabilities incurred in Egyptian service 923
  • Commerce:
    • Austria-Hungary: policy, higher tariff, and extension of control in the valley of the Danube 19, 32, 44
    • Brazil: chiefly in hands of Great Britain; could be diverted to the United States through the establishment of proper facilities of intercommunication 60
    • Chili: suffering from commercial depression 83
      • if time thought to be favorable, authority to negotiate new treaty will be granted 87
    • China: foreign commerce upon the Yang-tze River relieved of certain restrictions 146
    • France: commercial policy; a barter of privileges under conventional stipulations 170
    • Greece: exports, $18,500,000; imports, $11,400,000; list of articles imported; trade chiefly in hands of Great Britain 358
    • Hawaiian Islands: business in hands of European traders, notwithstanding reciprocity treaty 379
    • Italy: customs regulations at Leghorn 478
    • Liberia: commerce with, could be increased by developing interior, and establishing means of communication 281
    • Mexico: hampered by imperfect customs regulations, and by excessive contraband trade 587, 636, 660
    • Morocco: food supplies imported 684
    • Persia: foreign trade estimated at $18,000,000; commercial treaty could be negotiated 46
    • Peru: chiefly in hands of Great Britain; freights against the United States; no direct communication with the United States 724
      • list of articles imported and exported 724
    • Spain: (See discussion of admeasurement of vessels, and tonnage tax) 764, 765, 768, 774, 787, 804, 806, 807, 815, 818
      • commercial policy to induce negotiation of special conventions 794
      • favorable effect of abolition of differential dues in aid of national ships 779
    • Switzerland: increase of tariff, especially on tobacco 829
    • Egypt: reform in the line of the Rivers Wilson report 940, 943
    • Venezuela: great depression; revival dependant on good coffee crop 940, 943
  • Condon, E. O’M., case of: released from prison at intervention of the United States; correspondence 258, 278, 280, 283, 284, 285, 288, 312
  • Constantinople: British fleet off the Bosphorus; Russians threaten to enter; consternation 853
    • text of convention of 886
  • Consul, Mexican, in Arizona: report upon raids; efforts of Army to restrain Indians 592, 623
      • at San Antonio: report upon revolutionary movements upon the frontier 679
    • Peruvian, at San Francisco: report upon anti-Chinese riots; efforts to promote Chinese emigration to Peru 716, 721
  • Consular certificate to clearance papers: agreement as to form of, proposed to Brazil 71
    • convention with Italy denounced; Italy objects to Article VI; willing to renew treaty if this article be excluded 462
    • fees, excessive, charged by Spanish consuls 765
    • excessive invoice tax; its form objectionable; discussion with Haytian Government 411, 415, 416, 427, 445
    • reports upon circulation of trade-dollar in China 101, 141
  • Contagious diseases act; exemption from, for American cattle shipped to England, asked 356
  • Coolie trade: consuls to inspect American vessels engaged in 3
  • Corea: war with Japan probable; arrest of Bishop Ridel 131
  • Corientes: revolutionary movements; suppressed by central government 10, 11
  • Corlis-Carbajal bonds: recognized by Mexico as a valid issue 624
    • [For status and amount outstanding, see Mexico, and debt.]
  • Corti, Count, appointed minister for foreign affairs of Italy 471 [Page 954]
    • his action at congress of Berlin in accordance with his instructions, and approved by the ministry 475
  • Costa Rica. (See Central America) 75, 76, 80
  • Cotton: Egypt; seeds of the Baimah plant sent to department from 924
    • Greece: duty upon cotton and cotton-seed abolished 361
  • Cotton goods imported by Greece, Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Persia, Peru. (See, respectively) 358, 379, 636, 46, 724
  • Crete: Article 23, treaty of Berlin; reforms 894
  • Criminals: importation into United States prohibited; inquiry by Mr. Out-rey as to law 192
    • reply citing law of Massachusetts, and act of Congress, approved March 3, 1875 193
  • Cuá: destroyed by earthquake, April 12, 1878; consternation at Caracas 934
    • (For account of earthquake on Pacific coast in 1877, see Chili,) 89
  • Cuba: army in, to consist of such force as may be necessary 788
    • arrearages of taxes question; remonstrance to be made 800
    • pacifiation of; proceedings in Spain; General Campos appointed governor-general 784, 789
    • suspension removed from certain papers in consequence of 791
    • terms of surrender 809
    • pacification complete; insurgent chiefs surrender 815
    • cases of Ellen Rizpah, Rising Sun, and Edward Lee. (See Spain, and entries under their names.)
    • excessive tonnage tax imposed in ports of, through readmeasurement of vessels; report of Consul-General Hall 765
    • temporary agreement to accept certificates as to Cuba 768
    • [For full discussion of this subject see Spain, Admeasurement of vessels, and Tonnage tax.]
  • Currency:
    • China; extended memorandum by Mr. Seward 132
      • reports upon circulation of trade-dollar 93, 101, 141
    • Austria: views of Baron Von Hoffman 30
    • Mexico: effect of accordance of unlimited legal-tender attribute to silver; the disappearance of gold 663
  • Customs regulations: port of Leghorn 576
    • navigation of the Yang-tze River 146
  • Customs tariff: Austria-Hungary; revision in direction of higher duties 19, 32, 44
    • Chili: revision in direction of higher duties 83, 91
    • Germany: revision in direction of higher duties 202, 204
    • France: revision in direction of higher duties 170
    • Mexico: discussed in reference to its effect upon American commerce 636
    • Spain: tariff changes for 1878–’79 794
    • Switzerland: revision in direction of higher duties 829
  • Customs circular from Treasury Department as to tourists’ effects 184
  • Cyprus: assigned to the administration of Great Britain; correspondence and text of convention of Constantinople 886
    • its occupation by Great Britain 890

D.

  • Danube: Austrian aims in valley of 44
    • fortifications upon, to be razed; war vessels excluded; articles 12 and 13 treaty of San Stefano 885
    • same provisions; improvement of navigation; free navigation below Iron Gates; continuance of European commission; Russian and Roumanian boundaries; fishery rights of the latter, articles 45 to 47 inclusive, and 52 to 57 inclusive, treaty of Berlin 894
  • Davidson, Captain Hunter: survey of deep-water channel up Parana and Uruguay Rivers 6
  • Debt:
    • Argentine Republic, statement of aggregate 13
    • Austria-Hungary, and of Austria and Hungary, full and detailed statement 26
    • Chili; annual deficits; bonds issued to meet same 83
    • Egypt; reform in accordance with the Rivers Wilson programme to be inaugurated 924, 926
    • Japan; statement of aggregate 513
    • Mexico; full and detailed statement of foreign debt; of resources; of the issues held in the United States; action of Mexico respecting the debt 548, 624, 630, 636
      • “Woodhouse” and “Corlis Carbajal” bonds 624
    • Portugal; deficiency for current year $3,000,000; debt increasing 744
    • Russia; article from the Journal of St. Petersburg upon debt and finances 749
    • Switzerland; yearly deficits anticipated; debt not oppressive, but increasing 829
  • De Lano, M. M., consul at Foochow; report upon circulation of trade-dollar in China 144
  • Denny, O. N., consul at Tientsin; report upon circulation of trade-dollar in China 143
  • Denmark: Disagreement between houses of the Rigsdag upon financial law; political situation 155, 156
    • financial law passed; crisis avoided; Rigsdag adjourns 158
    • to remain neutral in event of war; sympathy with Russia; launch of ironclad Helgoland 159
    • troops not to occupy Schlesvig 157
  • Derby, Lord, and Lord Carnarvon: retire from the cabinet; political effect of their withdrawal 259
  • Diaz, President: speech upon opening Congress; condition of Mexico reviewed 525
    • recognition accorded by the United States 543
    • speech upon opening of second session of Congress 545
    • his experience illustrates the difficulty of dealing with revolutionary movements upon the frontier 555
    • adherents successful in election; elections no test of public sentiment; government party usually the only one voting 567
    • earnest in movement to suppress Indian depredations 621
    • earnest in endeavor to develop the resources of the country 549
    • project to extend his terra for six years, with increased power, or to establish a dictatorship, discussed 658
  • Diplomatic service:
    • China: new missions accredited to Japan and Russia 485, 150
    • Great Britain; report of Mr. Nadal upon the organization of 351
    • Peru; new mission accredited to China 720
    • new nationalities created; possible necessity for extension of service [see treaties of San Stefano and Berlin] 865, 894
  • Discriminating duties: Hayti; consular tax 411, 415, 416, 427, 428, 445
  • Dobroutcha: ceded to Roumania; article 46, treaty of Berlin 894
  • Domingues and Barrera: extradition cases; judgment of Mexican supreme court; opinions of Señors Vallarta, Ramirez, and Bautista 560
  • Dominican Republic: relations with Hayti “badly defined;” proclamation of President Canal of Hayti 406
    • revolutionary movements; three parties in the field; President Baez able to maintain himself 414
  • Double standard: Austria; views of Baron von Hoffman 30
    • Mexico: gold driven out of circulation by silver; silver unlimited legal tender; purchasing power determined by London market rate; exchange 22 per cent, premium 663
  • Dufaure, M.: ministerial crisis; he constitutes cabinet; ministerial responsibility recognized 164, 166
  • Durqui, governor of Corientes: to be sustained by government troops 10
  • Dutiable articles: regulations, under article xxx treaty of Washington, for transportation of, between Canada and the United States, agreed to by both; correspondence 350, 351, 355, 357
  • Duty on Hour reduced by Guatemala $1 per quintal 75
  • Dye, Colonel, indemnified for disabilities contracted in Egyptian service 923

E.

  • Earthquake: account of that of May 9, 1877, upon coast of Chili and Peru 89
    • Account of that of April 12, 1878, at Cuá, Venezuela; consternation at Caracas 934
  • East Roumelia. (See Roumelia.)
  • Eastern question:
    • Austria Hungary, position and policy; military operations since treaty of Berlin 24, 34, 36, 39, 42, 44, 50, 53
    • Belgium: credit of 10,500,000 francs; prepared for eventualites 55
    • Denmark: to remain neutral; army concentrated; sympathy with Russia 159
    • Germany: Prince Bismarck’s speech defining the position of; comments upon the circular notes; meeting of the congress; effects of the treaty 195, 209, 221, 227
    • Great Britain: article from the Times; resignation of Lords Carnarvon and Derby; Lord Salisbury appointed to foreign office; the circular notes; treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, and convention of Constantinople 239, 259, 865, 872, 885, 894
    • Greece: war sentiment; riot in Athens; fortification of the Piræus; army crosses frontier; dissatisfaction with congress 362, 364, 365, 366, 375, 377, 890
    • Italy: dissatisfaction with treaty of Berlin not so great as represented; questions of Trieste and the Trentino discussed 475
    • Russia: finances; reception of Emperor on returning from the army 749, 754
    • Turkey: military situation; Turkish army; negotiations; circular notes of Lord Salisbury and Prince Gortschakoff; text of treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, and convention of Constantinople 847, 849, 852, 853, 855, 865, 872, 886, 890, 894, 913
  • Eaton, Dorman B.: reply of the lords of the treasury to request for opinions as to working of civil service appointment system 237
  • Egypt: American officers, except General Stone and one other, discharged from the service of 922
    • coal trade of: imports at Alexandria and Port Said 914
    • Colonels Colston and Dye indemnified for disabilities contracted in the service of 923
    • international tribunal: jurisdiction of, extended to include cases affecting members of the parquet 916
    • decree modifying code of procedure 920
    • extension of jurisdiction to cases in which all parties are natives 923, 926
    • the Khedive accepts report of the Rivers Wilson committee of inquiry; reforms 924
    • Nubar Pasha appointed president of the council; majority vote to determine questions; letter of the Khedive 926
    • slavery: exists as a domestic institution; manumission of three slaves from Central Africa 920
  • Erzeroum: fall of Kars; retreat of Moukhtar Pasha upon 849
  • Ellen Rizpah, Edward Lee, and Rising Sun: whaling-ships 769, 775, 777, 784, 786
  • Emigration:
    • China: efforts to direct to Peru from California 716, 721
    • from Hong-Kong 723, 733
    • Germany: statistics 204
    • Liberia: commissioners from Arkansas visit Liberia to select locations for colonies 523
    • Switzerland: statistics 841
  • Estates in Holland: law as to settlement of: American claimants without necessary data 696
  • Escalante, Mr., Mexican consul in Arizona: report upon raids, and efforts of American Army to restrain Indians 592, 623
  • European Congress: convened June 13, at Berlin; treaty signed July 13. 221, 894
  • Evarts, Mr.: instruction reviewing the fishery award 290
    • instruction as to Fortune Bay fishery question 308
  • Exposition, Paris, 1878: invitation accepted; commissioner-general appointed 168, 169
    • note from Mr. Waddington upon appointment of Mr. McCormick 169
    • exhibit highly creditable; relatively more prizes than any other country 181
  • Expatriation: Germany. (See naturalization cases.)
    • Italy: right not recognized. (See Largomarsino case.)
    • Switzerland: right not recognized; negotiations for its recognition suggested 841
  • Exterritoriality: fully enjoyed in Egypt; its abolition to be attempted 916, 926
  • Extradition: Colombia; case of C. G. Scrafford, released from custody while in transitu across Isthmus of Panama; note from Mr. Evarts 151
    • Great Britain: report of royal commission upon the laws and treaties concerning 268
    • Mexico: Dominguez and Barrera cases; opinions of supreme court judges Ramirez, Bautista, and Vallarta; citizens may be extradited at pleasure of government 560
    • Mieto and Bativerrez cases: conveyed secretly without the jurisdiction of Mexico into Texas 668, 675
    • Rio Grande City jail cases 534, 535, 539
    • Subject discussed by Mr. Evarts and Mr. Seward 572, 668, 675
    • Subject discussed by Mr. Mata, Mr. de Cuella, and Mr. de Zamacona 608, 668, 679

F.

  • Fabens, Schooner A. J.: collision with Haytian war vessel St. Michel 456
  • Falk, Dr.: resigns; resignation withdrawn. (See Germany) 212, 215
  • Famine: China; detailed report upon; efforts of the missionaries; 60,000,000 people suffer; 10,000,000 exposed to actual famine 109
    • Morocco: great suffering; complicated by cholera 684, 686, 692
  • Finances:
    • Argentine Republic; satisfactory condition; debt reduced $4,000,000 during current year 13
    • Austria-Hungary: disastrously affected by free-trade treaty with Germany; detailed’ debt statement; currency; tariff regulations as affecting the finances 19, 26, 30, 44
    • Chili: commercial depression; finances embarrassed; periodical deficits; loans resorted to 83, 91
    • China: coined money in circulation, Mexican and trade dollars; finances as affected by currency. (See memorandum of Mr. Seward) 93, 101, 132, 141
    • Denmark: disturbed by failure of financial law in the Rigsdag; provisional law decreed by the King; final passage of regular law 155, 156, 158
    • Egypt: reforms under the Rivers Wilson programme 924, 926
    • France: as affected by tariff revision 170
    • Germany: increased taxation necessary; budget for 1878–’9; debates in the Reichstag 202, 204
    • Japan: report of minister of finance 514
    • Mexico: treasury embarrassed; officials unpaid: revenue decreasing; debt statement 548, 587, 624, 630, 636, 663
    • Peru: treasury notes issued for Meiggs notes; relief afforded; condition embarrassed; decree 712
    • Portugal: condition unsatisfactory; deficit about $3,000,000 744
    • Russia: article from Journal of St. Petersburg 749
    • Switzerland: deficits anticipated; increased expenses; national credit to be maintained 829, 841
  • Fishery question:
    • Halifax award; note from Mr. Evarts of September 27 290
      • reply of Lord Salisbury of November 7 316
      • form of notice and protest to be used, if required 315
      • dispatches from Mr. Welsh; the award paid under protest 314, 316, 333
    • Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, question; notes from Mr. Evarts of March 2 to Sir E. Thornton, and September 28 to Mr. Welsh 348, 308
      • reply of Sir E. Thornton 349
      • notes of Lord Salisbury of August 23, with report of Captain Sulivan, and November 9, replying to Mr. Evarts’s note of September 28 284, 323
      • dispatches from Mr. Welsh 284, 314, 323
  • Flour: duty upon, in Guatemala, reduced $1 per quintal 75
    • amount in store in Athens, December 6 360
  • Forbes, T. B.: as to circulation of trade-dollar in China 146
  • Fourth of July: its observance in Hayti 453
  • France: commercial policy; tariff revision toward higher duties; protectionist theories taking the place of those of free trade 170
    • Elections passed off quietly; government defeated; result accepted by the President as a judgment in favor of ministerial responsibility 161, 163, 164, 169
      • conduct of elections to be inquired into by the assembly 163
      • ministerial crisis; Dufaure cabinet constituted upon principle of ministerial responsibility; Waddington and Leon Say in the cabinet 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168
  • Exposition: invitation accepted; appointment of commissioner-general 168, 169
    • our exhibit satisfactory; more prizes relatively than any other nation 181
    • Monetary Conference: invitation and acceptance 172, 175
      • members of Latin Union accept invitation 176
      • arrangements for the meeting of the congress 176, 178, 179
    • yellow-fever fund: contribution of the President of France, 5,000 francs 182
      • reports, and lists of contributors; total through Mr. Noyes, 82,718.70 francs; grand aggregate from France, about 150, 000 francs 181, 182, 189, 190, 191
  • Franconia—Strath—Clyde case; Lord Cairns’ exposition of case; bill to give jurisdiction over territorial waters introduced into the House of Lords 245
  • Fredericksted, Santa Cruz: greatly injured in negro revolt 160
  • Free trade: revision, of commercial treaties in the direction of higher duties; growth of protectionist ideas:
  • Firing upon the flag of Consul Sutter at Acapulco in 1877: regret expressed by Mexico; commandant of fort at the time to be tried by court-martial 580
  • Frontier relations:
    • Canada: Alaska boundary 339, 346, 347
      • case of steamboat Nellie; Canadian customs regulations contravene treaty provisions for free navigation of the Stickine 352
      • regulations for the transportation of dutiable articles from one country to the other 350, 351, 355, 357
      • aid to disabled vessels in waters of either; case of tug Champion 351, 352
    • Mexico: speeches of President Diaz at opening of Congress 525, 545
      • cases of MacManus & Sons, Muller, Nordwald, Thomas N. Smith, Walter Henry: reports of Consul Scott 527
      • cases of Mieto and Bativerrez: improperly withdrawn from Mexican jurisdiction 668, 675
      • expeditions of Bullis, Shatter, Mackenzie, and Ward 531, 533, 540, 552, 553, 555, 664
      • Indian relations upon frontier 537, 592, 623
      • raids, and depredations; by Indians; the Areola band: murder of Henry; report of Consul Schuchardt 527, 572, 592, 603, 606, 612, 622, 623
      • Rio Grande City jail extradition case 534, 535, 539
      • “reciprocal crossing” 553, 555, 572, 592, 608
      • revolutionary movements on frontier 555, 674, 675, 678, 679, 682
      • Sentiment in Mexico upon frontier relations 552, 553, 570, 575, 592
      • Zona Libre: its establishment unconstitutional; a measure of hostility to American commerce; contraband trade 654, 660
  • Frontier States of Mexico: law restricting ownership of realty in 575

G.

  • Ganzenmuller: case of; naturalized citizen; ordered to leave Baden; intervention of legation 216
    • case settled by his applying for Baden citizenship 229
    • character of naturalization cases illustrated 229
  • Garcia, Mr.: calling attention to the reconciliation of parties in the Argentine Republic 14
  • Gardner: President of Liberia inaugurated 522
  • Gaspar, Frank: arrested at instance of Japanese Government for violation of railway regulations; case in consular court 514
  • Germany: attempted assassination of the Emperor; political effect; congratulations of the President 212, 214
    • his condition not one of immediate danger 214
    • regency of the Crown Prince; thanks for the President’s congratulations 214, 215, 216
    • the Emperor’s birthday celebrated 208
    • the Empress receives Mr. Bayard Taylor; the Emperor’s message 223
    • chancery reorganization bill; passed 202, 204
    • Eastern question: speech of Prince Bismarck defining position of Germany 195
    • comments upon Lord Salisbury’s circular of April 1. 209
    • the congress convenes; England offers to withdraw her fleet if Russia will withdraw her army 221
    • treaty of Berlin: no permanent basis of peace; temporary relief only 227
    • emigration: report 204
    • Falk, Dr.: his position; resigns; resignation withdrawn 212, 215
    • naturalization: subject discussed; valid cases complicated by unworthy ones; unwillingness of naturalized citizens to obey local law 229, 232
    • treaty stipulations observed: necessity of test of intention clause of treaty, demonstrated 232
    • naturalization cases: Julius Baumer 210, 212
    • Prussian Diet adjourns; changes in the ministry 209
    • Reichstag to be dissolved upon request of Prussia 215
    • socialist conspiracy believed to be widespread 215
    • bill to suppress social-democratic demonstrations: lost in Reichstag by vote of 57 to 254 212
    • taxation: budget for 1878–’9 202, 204
    • Yellow-fever fund: contribution of the Emperor; thanks of the President 236
  • Ghazi, Conqueror: title conferred by the Sultan upon Osman and Moukhtar Pashas 847
  • Glass, Thomas: case of; question of right of consular courts in Japan to decree deportation of Americans “convicted of felony, or twice convicted of misdemeanors” 518
  • Gold: the ultimate standard; views of Baron von Hoffman 30
    • driven out of circulation by silver in Mexico 633
  • Grain: imported by Greece and Morocco 358, 684
    • Peru submits proposition for reciprocity treaty, agreeing to admit grain free of duty in exchange for free admission of sugar into the United States 729
  • Grant, General: account of his visits to:
    • Austria-Hungary: reception by the Emperor; official attentions 52
    • Germany: reception by the Crown Prince; message of the Emperor; meeting with Prince Bismarck; military review 223
    • Greece: salute by foreign fleets; reception in Athens; receives the King upon the Vandalia 366, 368, 339, 370
    • Netherlands: official and private reception; review of troops 701
    • Portugal: met upon the frontier by aid-de-camp; meeting with the King 738, 745
    • Spain: received by the King at Vittoria; attends review upon the battlefield; official reception at Madrid 803
    • Sweden and Norway: received by the King at Christiania; is waited upon by deputation of artisans at Stockholm; throngs before his hotel 823
    • Switzerland: distinguished honors shown him at Zurich 839
    • Turkey: official reception at Constantinople; press reports 861
    • Egypt: received with royal honors; the guest of the Khedive 915
  • Greece: trade report; exports $18,500,000, imports $11,400,000; list of exports and imports 358
    • duty on cotton and cotton-seed abolished 361
    • war riot at Athens: houses of ministers attacked; troops fire on people; new ministry 360, 362
    • war feeling: troops cross the frontier; withdrawn 364, 365, 366
    • precautions take to guard American interests: the Marion at the Piræus 364, 365
    • massacres of Macrinitza; death and funeral of Mr. Ogle; the Marion ordered to Volo 371, 372
    • disatisfaction at treatment at Berlin; anxiety as to action of the congress 375, 377
    • Turkish note upon the claims of Greece 890
    • Affairs in critical condition; time ill-judged to withdraw mission 373, 374
  • Great Britain:
    • Alaska boundary question 339, 346, 347
      • case of steamboat Nellie: customs regulations inconsistent with treaty right to free navigation of the Stickine 352
    • civil service: reply of the lords of the treasury to Mr. Eaton’s request for opinions as to working of system of appointment to office through competitive examination 237
    • E. O’M. Condon: case of; released from prison at intervention of United States 258, 278, 280, 283, 284, 285, 288, 312
    • contagious diseases act: request for exemption of American cattle 356
    • disabled vessels: in Canadian and American waters; respecting reciprocal aid 351
      • case of tug Champion: necessity for agreement 352
    • dutiable articles: transportation of, between Canada and the United States under Article XXX Treaty of Washington; regulations for 350, 351, 355, 357
    • Eastern question:
      • Lords Derby and Carnarvon resign; Lord Salisbury appointed minister for foreign affairs; public sentiment 259
      • Lord Salisbury’s note of April 1, and Prince Gortschakoff’s reply of April 9 259, 872
      • attitude at Berlin 221
      • views attributed to her at Vienna: supports Austria; influence increasing 34, 38, 44
      • interest manifested in our ability to maintain neutrality in event of war: three-rules clause of Treaty of Washington, and right to sell ships pending hostilities, discussed 39
      • sympathy of Denmark for Russia 159
      • editorial from the Times of December 5, 1877 239
      • text of treaty of San Stefano 865
      • text of convention of Constantinople; and correspondence 886
      • text of treaty of Berlin 894
    • Fishery question: Halifax award; notes from—
      • Mr. Evarts, September 27 and November 8 290, 315
      • Lord Salisbury’s reply of September 27 316
      • dispatches from Mr. Welsh 314, 316, 333
      • dispatch from Mr. Jackson 334
    • Fortune Bay disturbance: notes from—
      • Mr. Evarts, March 2 and September 28 346, 308
      • Mr. Welsh 284, 314, 323, 333
      • from Lord Salisbury, with reports of Captain Sulivan 284, 323
      • Sir E. Thornton 349
    • Extradition: report of the royal commission upon the law and treaties affecting 268
      • (see Mr. Evarts’s instructions to Mr. Dichman in Scrafford case) 151
    • Franconia—Strath-clyde collision case; question of jurisdiction over territorial waters; discussed by Lord Cairns in House of Lords 245
  • Green, Lieutenant-Commander: reports completion of work of measuring difference of longitude between Lisbon and Madeira 743
  • Gonzales, General: succeeds General Ogazon as Mexican minister of war 544
  • Gortschakoff, Prince: attends Berlin Congress; interview with General Grant 221, 223
    • note of April 9, in reply to Lord Salisbury’s note of April 1, respecting the treaty of San Stefano 872
  • Guatemala: (See Central America) 73, 74, 75, 76, 80
  • Guardia, Ex-President: assumes the Presidency of Costa Rica 75
  • Grand Vizier: office restored; that of prime minister abolished 884

H.

  • Halifax award:
    • Mr. Evarts’s note, September 27, reviewing the award 290
      • Novembers, form of notice and protest to be used if the award shall be paid 315
    • Lord Salisbury’s reply to Mr. Evarts’s note of September 27 316
    • dispatches from Mr. Welsh: the award paid under protest 314, 316, 333
    • dispatch from Mr. Jackson, discussing the award 334
  • Hamburg: immigration via 204
  • Harbor conservation:
    • Shanghai; a survey necessary 103
      • changes in the approaches to; consuls to gather data for submission to engineers 107
      • letter from chamber of commerce to Mr. Seward 140
      • regulations for: presented by Chinese government; after correspondence, accepted by foreign representatives 103
    • Yokahama: regulations; correspondence between Admiral Reynolds, Mr. Bingham, and Japanese minister for foreign affairs: approved 486
  • Haynes: commercial agent; protest and correspondence in. Nueva Laredo military impressment cases 576
  • Hayti: agricultural fete; state of agriculture; rude; methods 446
    • collision between the bark A. J. Fabens and the St. Michel 456
    • consular tax question: case of Nones & Co.; excessive and discriminating character shown 411, 415, 427, 445
    • British minister also protests against tax 428
    • question held by Hayti to be one of method of taxation 416
    • outbreak at San Marc and Quatier Marin; revolution at Port au Prince; suppressed by President Canal 409, 431, 443
    • right of asylum: its abuses; a breeder of revolution’s; should be modified if not abolished 443
    • disagreement with Spain settled 418
    • relations with Dominican Republic 406
  • Hawaiian Islands:
    • reciprocity treaty: favored nation clause gives no right to other nations to participate 405
      • efforts of England and Germany to have their trade placed upon same basis as our trade under treaty; England to waive claim if tariff be fixed at 10 per cent, ad valorem 382
      • reports in parliament, and of envoys to Great Britain and Germany 382
      • attitude of government not deemed hostile to treaty 381, 382, 405
    • trade report: crops sold in the United States; purchases made of European traders; Americans not taking advantage of the reciprocity treaty 379
  • Henderson, J. A., consul at Amoy: circulation of trade dollar in China 146
  • Henry, Walter:
    • exactions upon, in Chihuahua: report of Consul Smith; cases of McManus, Nordwald, Smith, and Muller 527
    • murdered, and his merchandise seized: report of Consul Schuchardt 603
      • further intelligence in case: customs authorities thought to be implicated 606
  • Hogg, Dr.: receives manumitted slaves into mission-school at Cairo 920
  • Honduras: Ex-President Medina, and Marin of Salvador, shot by order of President Soto 79
  • Humbert I: accession of the Crown Prince to the throne of Italy as 488, 478
  • Hydrophobia: Stanford prize of £100 for best essay upon, announced through the press 358

I.

  • India, Government of: offers prize for best machine to prepare ramie or china grass 337
  • Indians of Montana buy ammunition in British Possessions 349
  • International commission for exchange of works of science: report of Dr. William E. Johnston upon organization and plan of action 173
    • Smithsonian system explained: Mr. Noyes to act as American representative 175
    • inquiring if the Smithsonian Institution maybe considered as the American bureau of exchanges 180
  • International Exposition, Paris—Invitation accepted: Commissioner-general appointed: note of Mr. Waddington 168, 169
    • American exhibit very creditable: relatively more prizes than any other nation 181
    • Philadelphia: distribution of Chilian awards 80
  • Industry: noting depressed condition of Austrian industry, due to free-trade treaty with Germany 19
  • Internationalism and socialism:
    • Germany: the assassin of the Emperor an avowed internationalist; widespread conspiracy apprehended 212, 214, 215
      • bill to suppress social-democratic demonstrations 212
    • Netherlands: report of the proceedings of the “International Workingmen’s Association,” and the “Socialist Congress” at Verviers and Ghent; their platform; policy; aims 694
    • The workingmen’s party of the United States associated with the socialist party of Europe 694
    • Russia: presence manifested by the attempt of Vera Zasulitch upon the life of General Trepoff; and the course and result of her trial 758
    • Spain: The assassin of the King an avowed socialist 801, 819
  • Italy: death of the King: announcements and acknowledgments: accession of the Crown Prince as Humbert I 467, 468, 478, 479
    • sketch of the career of the King 467
    • funeral of the King attended with great pomp 469
    • funeral services in Washington; attendance of the President 479, 480
    • death of Pope Pius IX, and accession of Cardinal Pecci as Leo XIII 470
    • Berlin treaty: dissatisfaction less than reported; the questions of Trieste and of the Trentino discussed 475
    • billeting troops in time of peace: question as to practice respecting Americans 464
    • consular treaty denounced: objection to Article VI, exempting consular dwellings; willing to negotiate new treaty, except that clause 462
    • Leghorn customs regulations 478
    • marriage, law of; strict compliance with provisions of civil code necessary; compliance not always possible; attitude of courts to such marriages unknown; ante-nuptual settlements in all cases recommended; regulation of American-Italian marriages should be made matter of treaty stipulation 465
    • principle of inalienability of allegiance as illustrated in the Largomarsino case 458, 459, 460, 461, 464
    • State ownership and operation of railways discussed in chambers: likely to prove a ministerial question 466

J.

  • Jalapa, Mexico: revolt; dissatisfaction of the army; suppressed 587
  • Japan: The Emperor visits the north of the empire; well received; manifests great interest in education 507
    • closing exercises of industrial exposition: exposition visited by several hundred thousand people 484
    • the Emperor receives the diplomatic corps on 1st of January 486
    • debt statement: aggregate $375,000,000; receipts and expenses 513
    • case of Thomas Glass; question as to right of deportation of Americans “convicted of felony, or twice convicted of misdemeanors” 518
    • case of Frank Gaspar: trial requested by Japanese Government for violation of railway regulations 514
    • assassination of Mr. Okubo Toshimichi, minister of the interior: plea of the assassins; career; action of the Emperor; assassins executed 491, 495, 499, 511, 512
    • the assassins of Messrs. ap Jones and Russell arrested; their punishment assured 513
    • revolt of a part of the garrison of Tokei 508
    • Satsuma rebels: their trial; leniency of Japanese Government 481
    • Yokohama harbor regulations: approved 486
    • Japan Daily Herald: extracts from, upon the death of Mr. Okubo 492, 496
      • same subject: the plea of the assassins addressed to the Emperor 500
    • Japan Daily Herald: extract from, upon the revolt of a part of the garrison of Tokei 508
  • Jews: Roumania, hostility to, in; recognition of independence should be conditioned upon granting religious equality 42
    • Morrocco: friendly offices to be extended to 685
      • their suffering in the famine 684, 686, 692
      • result of interposition in behalf of the Jews of Arzila 691
    • religious equality secured by treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, in Turkey, and the provinces made independent by those treaties 865, 894
  • Johnson, F. B., chairman Shanghai chamber of commerce: letter respecting Mr. Seward’s report upon the currency of China 132
  • Johnston, Dr. William E., reports upon organization of international commission of scientific exchanges. (See France) 173, 175, 180
  • Jurisdiction:
    • Austria: questions arising as to merchant flag or merchant ship of Montenegro within jurisdiction of; articles 26 to 33, treaty of Berlin 50, 894
    • Egypt: extension of jurisdiction of international tribunal 916, 920, 923
    • Great Britain: over territorial waters; bill introduced into the House of Lords to grant same; Franconia-Strathclyde case 245

K.

  • Kara: the fall of; Turks retreat upon Erzeroum 849
  • Kickapoos and Lipans: raids and movements upon the frontier 537, 592, 621, 623

L.

  • Labor reports: requiring such as to rates of labor; cost of living of laboring classes; relative cost for five years 2
  • Largomarsino: naturalized citizen; drafted into Italian army; his release requested; resisted by Italy; right of expatriation not recognized 458, 459, 460, 461, 464
  • Las Vacas: alcalde of, co-operates in recovery of stolen Texas cattle 622
  • Law of allegiance:
  • Law of extradition:
    • Great Britain; report of royal commission 268
    • Colombia; illustrated by Scrafford case 151
    • Mexico: illustrated by judgment of Supreme Court in the Dominguez and Barrera cases; opinions of Señors Ramirez, Bautista, and Vallarta 560
      • Mieto and Bativerrez cases 688, 675
      • Rio Grand City jail cases 534, 535, 539
      • Subject generally discussed under treaty stipulations with Mexico 572, 608, 668
  • Law of marriage in Italy 465
  • Law of territorial waters, as illustrated in the Franconia-Strathclyde case 245
  • Layard, Sir A. H.: correspondence respecting the convention of Constantinople 886
  • Leghorn: customs regulations, port of 478
  • Lee, Edward: whaling-ship. (See cases of Ellen Rizpah, and Rising Sun: Spain) 769, 775, 777, 784, 786
  • Leonhardt, Dr.: minister of justice; decree respecting naturalization cases 225
  • Leo XIII: accession of Cardinal Pecci to pontificate as 470
  • Levant. (See Eastern question.)
  • Liberia: arrival out of bark Liberia with 53 emigrants and two commissioners to locate land for colonies from Arkansas 523
    • boundary commission to meet after rainy season 265
    • impeachment trials of President and Secretary of the Treasury; Vice-President acting as President 520, 521, 523
    • President Gardner inaugurated 522
    • missionary efforts in interior 523
    • railroad from coast to highlands advocated by Dr. Blyden; American cooperation asked in the interest of commerce 281
    • Dr. Blyden’s letter to be submitted to Congress 287
  • Li-Hung Chang: memorial in relation to the famine in China; asking authority to close distilleries 113
  • Lincoln, C. P., consul at Canton: circulation of trade-dollar in China 143, 145
  • Lingen, R. R. W., for lords of the treasury: in answer to Mr. Eaton’s note as to British civil service 237
  • Lipans and Kickapoos: frontier Indians; raids and depredations; Mexican expedition 592, 621, 623
  • Lom: situation upon the, unchanged 849
  • Longitude: work of measuring difference between that of Lisbon and Madeira completed 743
  • Lord, E. C., consul at Ningpo: circulation of trade-dollar in China 143
  • Los Amigos: case of bark; extra tonnage-tax question. (See Spain) 815, 818
  • Lush, Mr. Justice: opinion in Franconia-Strathclyde case 245

M.

  • MacManus & Sons: case of: exactions in Chihuahua; cases of Muller, Nordwald, Thomas N. Smith, and Walter Henry; reports of Consul Smith 527
  • Macrinitza: massacre at; death of Mr. Ogle 371
  • Madeira River survey: requesting letter from Mr. Borges to authorities of Para in behalf of commanding officer of 70
  • Mails: Spanish papers stopped in 798
  • Mail line of steamers: established between Brazil and the United States; trade needs; arrival of first steamer at Rio; return cargo 60, 61, 66, 67
    • necessity for, along western coast of South America; Peru 724, 729
  • Marriage: Italian law of; uncertainty of action of courts respecting marriages not performed in accordance with the provisions of the civil code 465
    • the negotiation of a treaty defining marriage contracts between Americans and Italians suggested 465
  • Martinez, Dr.: report upon the cholera in Fez and Mequinez 689
  • Mata, Mr.: appointed minister for foreign affairs; conversation as to frontier relations 552
  • Mata-Foster correspondence thought to presage war 570
    • reply to Mr. Evarts’s instruction of August 13. 608
  • Maynard, Mr.: account of visit to Mount Athos, Salonica, and Mytilene 880
  • McCormick, Mr.: appointed Commissioner-General Paris Exposition; note from Mr. Waddington; dispatch from Mr. Noyes 168, 169, 181
  • Mehemet Ali Pasha and staff: murdered; account of his death 894
  • Melody and Condon: pardoned. (See E. O’M. Condon) 285
  • Melikoff, General Loris: credit due him for Russian successes in Armenia 849
  • Meiggs, Henry: application to President of Peru to replace with treasury notes the Meiggs notes issued in aid of public works 713
    • decree ordering substitution issued 714
    • reply of Meiggs to the national decree 716
    • Public Works Company of Peru 712
  • Mexico: addresses of President Diaz at opening of first and second sessions of Congress; as to domestic and foreign affairs 525, 545
    • arrest of Walsh, Camp, and Andrete at Nueva Laredo for refusal to perform military service; report of Commercial Agent Haynes 576
    • constitutional restriction upon re-election to next succeeding term of President and governors of States 549
    • contraband trade in Zona Libre 587, 654, 658, 660
    • debt: general and classified statements; bonds held in the United States; security; issue; secret purchases by Mexico; value 548, 624, 630
    • exactions upon Americans in Chihuahua and Coahuila; cases of Mac-Manus & Sons; Muller; Nordwald; Thomas N. Smith; Walter Henry; murder of Henry; reports of Consuls Scott and Schuchardt 531, 592, 603, 606
    • Extradition question: general discussion of the subject 572, 608, 668
      • Cases of—
        • Rio Grande City jail offenders 534, 535, 539
        • Dominguez and Barrera: judgment of Supreme Court; citizens may be extradited; opinions of Señors Vallarta, Ramirez, and Bautista 560
        • Mieto and Bativerrez: arrested in Mexico under extradition treaty, but secretly transported to Texas 668, 675
    • Frontier relations: expeditions across the frontier; Bullis; Shafter; Mackenzie; Ward; protests of Mexico; reports and utterances of the press; notes of the two governments 531, 536, 540, 552, 553, 555, 570, 572, 575, 592, 608, 664
      • depredations; raids; Indian question upon the frontier 527, 537, 572, 592, 603, 606, 612, 621, 622, 623
      • murder of Walter Henry; seizure of his goods; customs authorities thought to be implicated; reports 603, 606
    • firing upon Consul Sutter’s flag at Acapulco; by whose order unknown; regret expressed; commandant of fort at time to be tried 580
    • law as to ownership of realty in frontier States 575
    • ministerial changes; General Gonzales succeeds General Ogazon as minister of war; significance of the change; Mr. Mata appointed minister for foreign affairs 544, 552
    • matriculation question; case of Gustave Sommer; naturalized ciizens; naturalization papers demanded by Mexico; State Department passport held to be sufficient evidence of citizenship by Mr. Foster 613
    • peace and order; domestic; outbreaks at Jalapa and Atzala; dissatisfaction in the army; prospect for dictatorship discussed 587, 658
    • attack of Catholics upon Protestants at Atzala 658
    • public works; American railway enterprises; hostility to connection with American railway system 549, 550, 636
    • letter to the Chicago manufacturers; discussing trade relations and facilities; business habits and conditions; debt; finances; customs regulations; public order; feeling toward American enterprises 636
    • re-establishment of relations with Great Britain being attempted; occasion of withdrawal of mission in 1867 534
    • revolutionary movements upon frontier; offenders to be prosecuted; insufficient evidence; experience of President Diaz; reports of Mexican consul at San Antonio, and of Captain Sellers 674, 675, 678, 679, 682
    • treasury embarrassments; officials unpaid; anticipation of resources; interest unpaid; currency difficulties 548, 587, 658, 660, 663
    • Yucatan hemp; European export bounty question; no action taken by Mexico 661
    • Mieto and Bativerrez: arrested in Mexico under extradition treaty, but secretly transported to Texas by Sheriff Cabe 668
    • attention of governor of Texas to be called to the case 675
  • Mine: Cerro del Pasco; Peru; tunnel to drain mine 712
  • Mining for coal and iron in China 122
  • Mint to coin gold and silver established at Buenos Ayres; decimal system of weights and measures substituted for old Spanish system 7
    • China: no steps taken to establish mint; foreign coined silver circulates at customary rates 93, 101, 141, 132
  • Missionaries: China; activity in rendering aid to sufferers in the famine districts; famine report by Mr. Seward 109
    • Liberia: missionary movements in the interior 523
    • Egypt: reception into mission school of manumitted slaves 920
  • Mitré, General: and other revolutionists of 1874, restored to the army; reconciliation of parties; withdrawal of Mitré party from the cabinet; note from Mr. Garcia as to reconciliation effected 8, 10, 12, 14
  • Money: currency; Austria; based upon silver; specie payments suspended; no reserve against paper issue; paper depreciated; gold the ultimate standard; views of Baron Von Hoffman 30
    • China: currency circulation regulated by custom; coined silver received at market rate; higher than intrinsic value; memorandum upon currency of China by Mr. Seward; reports of consuls 93, 101, 132, 141
    • Mexico: double standard; gold driven out of circulation; silver unlimited legal tender; dependence upon London market rate; exchange 22 per cent. premium 663
  • Monetary conference: correspondence respecting its meeting:
      • Conference to adopt its own programme; attendance commits to no line of policy; Mr. Evarts to Mr. Kasson and Mr. Welsh 51, 264
      • Austria 35, 41, 43, 48, 49, 51
      • Belgium 54, 56, 59
      • France: members of Latin Union to act together; Paris selected for place of meeting: France to issue invitations 172, 175, 176, 178, 179
      • Great Britain 264, 266, 279
      • Greece 372
      • Italy 175, 176, 474
      • Netherlands 700
      • Russia 757, 761, 763
      • Switzerland to attend, but in favor of single standard 834, 836, 837, 838
    • Subjects submitted for its consideration:
      • the establishment of a common unit for international use and account 34
      • of standards of currency with view to adoption of a uniform and universal system 264
      • an international rule respecting bills of exchange 834
  • Montenegro: relations with Austria; necessity for consul at Antivari 50
    • qualified independence granted; no war flag or ships of war; commercial association with Austria; articles 1 and 2, treaty of San Stefano 865
    • articles 26 to 33, treaty of Berlin 894
  • Moorsom system of admeasurement of vessels:
      • Netherlands; plan of application different in two countries; basis of acceptance of each other’s certificates proposed 703
      • no reason seen to change American practice; customs officers are directed to deduct from gross tonnage under foreign admeasurement places and closed spaces exempt from tonnage tax by our law 706
      • reciprocal exemption of each other’s ships from readmeasurement 707, 708
    • Spain: excessive tonnage-tax imposed upon American vessels in Cuba through readmeasurement; report of Consul-General Hall illustrating effect of practice 765
      • temporary agreement as to Cuba reached 768
      • acceptance by Spain of agreement to receive each other’s certificates of admeasurement desirable 768
      • if Spanish certificates express tonnage capacity of all parts of ships, they will be accepted; only such parts as are exempt by Spanish law, but not by our law, will be readmeasured 774
      • difference in details in application of system in the two countries explained 787 acceptance by Spain of Moorsom system; Spanish certificates issued since 1876, expressed in terms of gross and net tonnage. (See Tonnage tax) 764
  • Morocco: famine and great suffering; no rain in southern provinces; flour imported; apathy of the government; superstition of the people; foreign aid the only reliable aid 684, 686, 692
    • cholera in Fez and Mequenez; report of Dr. Martinez; filthy condition of the cities 689, 692
    • the Jews: their condition; friendly offices exerted; result at Arzila; suffering in the famine 685, 691, 692
    • observance of the Fourth of July 687
    • enlargement of Christian cemetery 688
  • Moukhtar Pasha: retreat upon Erzeroum; title of Ghazi conferred upon him 847
  • Muirhead, W.: China famine; relief report 118
  • Müller: case of (See Mexico) 527
  • Murad V, Ex-Sultan: attempt to restore Mm to the throne 882
  • Murray, Admiral: presentation to the King of the Hawaiian Islands 378
  • Myteline: visit of Mr. Maynard; consular suite; importance attached to retinue in the East 880

N.

  • Nadal, Mr. E. S., second secretay of legation at London: report upon the organization of the British diplomatic service 251
  • Narino, steamer General: crew Americans; arrived at Port au Prince in distress 408
  • Naturalized citizens:
    • Germany: cases of: Julius Bäumer 210, 228
      • Ganzenmüller and Weil 216, 229
      • Willimek 225
    • Subject discussed: valid cases complicated by improper ones; chief cause of trouble, the failure of naturalized citizens to observe local laws; necessity of test of intention clause demonstrated 210, 216, 225, 229, 232, 233
    • Mexico: Case of Gustave Sommer; application for matriculation; naturalization papers demanded by Mexico; Mr. Foster holds State Department passport sufficient evidence 613
  • Natural science society of Caracas: report upon notable rainfall at Caracas, December 3, by the 941
  • Negro emigration: arrival out of bark Liberia with 53 emigrants 523
    • two commissioners from Arkansas visit Liberia to select land for colonies 523
  • Netherlands: report upon the proceedings at the meetings of the International Workingmen’s Association, and the socialist congress at Verviers and Ghent 694
    • American workingmen’s party in correspondence with the socialist party in Europe, with common aims 694
    • laws of wills and of the settlement of estates 696
    • numerous American claimants without data of any kind as to the estates which they claim 696
    • see admeasurement of vessels 703, 706, 707, 708
    • montary conference 700
    • reception of General Grant 701
    • States General: opened by the King; speech from the throne 702
  • Neutrality: interest manifested in our ability to maintain same in event of war between Russia and England 39
    • “three rules clause” of treaty of Washington; right to buy ships in our ports pending hostilities discussed 39
  • Newport: thanks of British Government for reception accorded fleet at 313
  • New Zealand: thanks of the government of, for salmon ova 348
  • Nicaragua: friendly relations with Costa Rica restored 80
  • Norway. (See Sweden and Norway.)
  • Nubar Pasha: appointed by the Khedive president of the council, to introduce reforms into Egyptian administration 924, 926

O.

  • Odessa: torpedo regulations 762
  • Ogle, Mr.: an Englishmen, murdered at Yolo 371
    • his funeral in Athens; vast concourse of people; the massacres at Macrinitza 371
  • Okubo, Toshimichi, Mr.: Japanese minister of the interior; assassinated; last words; a sketch of his career 491, 495, 499
    • assassins arrested; connected with the Satsuma rebels; their address to the Emperor: executed 499, 511
    • the Emperor presents 30,000 yen to the family of Mr. Okubo 512
  • Ord, General: his visit to Washington respecting frontier relations occasions great excitement in Mexico 570
    • the revocation of the “Ord order” to follow marauders across the frontier a condition precedent to Mexico’s assent to reciprocal crossing 608
  • Outrey, Mr.: inquiring as to State or national law prohibiting the transportation to the United States of criminals 192
    • reply: extract from the statutes of Massachusetts, and a copy of the act of Congress of March 3, 1875 193
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P.

  • Pajes, Felix: a priest; shot while attempting the assassination of President Barrios 73
    • effect of his death 74
  • Panama: C. G. Scrafford; released from custody while en route from Peru at 151
  • Pardo, Ex-President: in exile; elected president of the Peruvian senate; Congress organized by the “civilist” party 731
  • Paris Exposition of 1878:
    • invitation accepted by the United States 168, 169
    • Mr. McCormick’s appointment as Commissioner-General 168, 169
    • success of exhibit; shall receive relatively more prizes than any other nation 181
  • Paris selected as place of meeting for the monetary conference 176
  • Paraguay: Papers in boundary case submitted to the President, received; award in favor of Paraguay; acknowledgment of the receipt of the award 709, 710, 711
  • Parliament, British: ceremony upon opening; reception of eminent men; speech read by the lord chancellor 242
  • Patterson, Admiral, and staff: presented to the Emperor of Japan 483
  • Pecci, Cardinal: becomes Pope under the title of Leo XIII 470
  • Persia: foreign trade of; opening for American commerce 46
  • Peru: thanks of the President to Mr. Geo. F. Seward 140
    • Arequipa: revolutionary movements at; Colonel Suarez proclaimed provisional President; revolt suppressed 732, 733
    • Chinese: their position in Peru; representative needed 716, 733
      • strong efforts to induce the emigration of Chinese from California 716, 721
      • failure of the Olyphant emigrant line of steamers; opposition of Governor of Hong-Kong 723, 733
      • Peruvian mission to be sent to China 720
    • trade: report upon; in the hands of the English; freights against the United States; no direct communication; articles of import and export 724
      • President anxious to negotiate a reciprocity treaty as to grain and sugar 729
    • government party defeated in elections; “civilists” successful; they organize Congress by the election of Ex-President Pardo to the presidency of the senate 731
    • treasury notes issued in exchange for the “Meiggs notes” 712
  • Phylloxera: appears in Spain; danger to wine interests; precautions taken 798
  • Philipsborn, von Mr., notes from, in Bäumer and Ganzenmüller cases (See naturalization and Germany) 228, 229
  • Pierrepont, Mr.; authorized to attend telegraph congress 237
    • takes leave of the Queen 241
  • Pitcairn’s Island: its population 93
  • Police system of Russia. (See trial of Vera Zasulitch) 758
  • Plevna: still held by the Turks; position at the Shipka Pass and upon the Lom unchanged 849
  • Pope: Plus IX; fiftieth anniversary of his election to the episcopate celebrated 457
    • proposition to retire from Rome, with Curia, to Lyons 457
    • death of Pius IX 470
    • election of Cardinal Pecci, under the title of Leo XIII 470
  • Port au Prince: revolution; suppressed by President Canal 431
  • Portugal: opening of the Cortes; speech of the King; finances in an unsatisfactory condition; public works question; condition of the country 739, 744
    • change of ministry; Señor Foutes president of the council 742
    • General Grant’s visit 736, 745
  • Postal Union of Berne: Argentine Republic enters Union 11
  • Prado: President of Peru; decree authorizing issue of treasury notes in place of the Meiggs notes 714
  • Press suspensions in Spain removed upon announcement of the pacification of Cuba 791
  • Price lists: of goods shipped to the United States to be furnished by consular officers 1
  • Prison Congress at Stockholm: second international meeting; proceedings; subjects discussed 824
    • next general meeting to be held in Rome in 1884 824
    • executive committee hereafter to consist of delegates chosen by respective governments 824
  • Protection: a noticeable change from free trade to protection:
    • Austria: free trade treaty with Germany denounced 19, 29, 32, 44
    • France: tendency in direction of, higher duties; a return to the policy of the period before 1860; policy, a barter of privileges 170
    • Germany: tariff revision, and higher duties 202, 204
    • Mexico: duties highly protective: State as well as national duties imposed upon foreign goods 636, 660
    • Spain: tendency to compel special trade conventions 794
    • Switzerland: tariff revision; higher duties 829
  • Prussia: government of, requests dissolution of the Reichstag 215
    • ministerial changes; status of ministers changed by the imperial chancery organization bill 209
  • Public Works Company of Peru 712
  • Punta Arenas: Chili appoints claims commission in respect of revolt at 82

R.

  • Railways:
    • Argentine Republic; aid granted to Trans-Andine Railway 7
    • Austria-Hungary: railway system of the Valley of the Danube; its influence upon action of Austria 44
    • China: The Woosung Railway; diplomatic protest against its destruction 94
      • great numbers of Chinese carried; impression made; railway future discussed 95
      • right to build a coal road north of Tientsin granted 122
    • Mexico: discussion in Congress; opposition to Palmer-Sullivan contracts; hostility to connection with American railway system 550
      • speech of Mr. Chavero in Congress opposing American railways in Mexico 550
      • full discussion of the subject in Mr. Foster’s Chicago letter 636
    • Peru: railway enterprises of Henry Meiggs; government decree granting relief and aid 712
    • Portugal: concession and aid to the Beira Alta Railway, shortening through time to Paris 744
    • Turkey: railways in provinces separated from Turkey to pass to them; compensation being made. (See Treaties San Stefano and Berlin) 865, 894
  • Rainfall: notable, at Caracas, October 3; extract from report of Society of Natural Sciences; theory as to hail 947
  • Ramadan, feast of: cholera in Morocco; thought to have appeared in consequence of the congregations at the 692
  • Ramie, or China grass: trial of machines for preparation of, to be held in India in 1879 337
  • Ramirez: magistrate; opinion of, in extradition case of Dominguez and Barrera 560
  • Read, Mr. J. M.: value of his services recognized by the department 377
  • Realty: law respecting ownership of, in frontier States of Mexico 575
  • Reichstag: Prince Bismarck’s speech in, upon the Eastern question 195
    • considering bill to reorganize the Imperial chancery, and to increase the revenue 202, 204
    • government bill to suppress social democratic demonstrations defeated by a vote of 57 to 251 212
    • its dissolution proposed by Prussia 215
  • Religious liberty: conceded throughout Turkish Empire. (See treaty of Berlin) 894
  • Revolutionary movements in
  • Reynolds, Admiral: correspondence respecting harbor rules for Yokohama 488
  • Richards, Timothy: reports and papers upon the North China famine 110, 118
  • Ridel, Bishop: arrested by Coreans 131
  • Rio de Janeiro: steamship City of: arrival in Brazil; visited by Emperor and Empress; return cargo of 37, 000 sacks of coffee 67
  • Rio Grande City jail extradition cases:
    • proceedings at Matamoros 534
    • inquiry if Mexico has information of their punishment under penal code 535
    • Mexico has no information of the punishment of the offenders 539
  • Right of search. (See next entry.)
  • Rising Sun and Ellen Rizpah: cases of; whaling-ships fired upon in Caribbean Sea by Spanish cruisers; case presented to Spanish government; damages allowed, $10, 000, to be divided between the two ships 769, 775, 777, 784, 786
  • Rogers, Commander: conduct at Punt a Arenas approved 82
  • Rome: influx of pilgrims to attend the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of election of Pius IX to the episcopate 457
    • meeting of ecclesiastics: propriety of removal of Pope and Curia to Lyons, discussed 457
    • the death and funeral of King Victor Emanuel 467, 469
    • the death of Pope Pius IX 470
    • the election of Cardinal Pecci to the pontificate as Leo XIII 470
    • next annual meeting of international prison congress to be held in, in 1884 824
  • Roumania: article 5, treaty of San Stefano 865
  • East Roumelia: articles 13 to 22 inclusive, treaty of Berlin 894
  • Russell, Lord Odo: opinion upon the British diplomatic service. (See Mr. Nadal’s report) 251
  • Russia: protest of American merchants as to discriminating duty in favor of tools and wines imported by land 747
    • subject discussed; held to be a bounty, and to that extent a tax upon American importations, and in violation of the treaty of 1832 751, 752, 755
    • amendment of regulations declined; provision not thought to infract treaty of 1832 762
    • finances: article from Journal of St. Petersburg; budget for 1876 more favorable than anticipated 749, 753
    • enthusiastic reception of the Emperor upon his return from the army 754
    • trial of Vera Zasulitch for attempt upon the life of General Trepoff; police system on trial; crime confessed; verdict not guilty 758
    • monetary conference; invitation accepted; appointment of Mr. de Thoener as delegate 757, 761, 763
    • text of treaties of San Stefano; convention of Constantinople; Lord Salisbury’s note of April 1, and Prince Gortschakoff’s reply of April 9; treaty of Berlin. (See Mr. Maynard’s dispatches) 865, 872, 894

S.

  • Safvet Pasha: appointed Grand Vizier 885
    • negotiates the convention of Constantinople 886, 889
  • Salisbury, Lord:
    • Eastern question; appointed minister for foreign affairs upon resignation of Lord Derby 259
      • circular of April 1, defining the position of Great Britain, and criticising the treaty of San Stefano 260
      • reply of Prince Gortschakoff of April 9 872, 877
      • convention of Constantinople; note of Lord Salisbury to Sir A. H. Layard of May 30, and correspondence of Sir A. H. Layard touching the same 886
      • text of treaty of San Stefano 865
      • text of treaty of Berlin 894
    • Fishery question: note of August 23, inclosing Captain Sulivan’s report; Fortune Bay, coast of Newfoundland, outrage 284
      • reply of Mr. Evarts of September 28 304
      • reply of Lord Salisbury of November 7 323
      • Sulivan, Capt. George L.: reports 284, 323
  • Samoa: Apia; consul at, rescued by Captain Aube, of the French man-of-war Le Seignelay 165
  • Samples of imported goods to be sent to customs officers at port of destination, not of first arrival 2
    • asking if a limitation may not be put to the consular demand for samples in Germany 234
    • reply; required for appraisers; consuls will be instructed not to allow samples to be seen 235
  • Sanitary and commercial reports for use of Surgeon-General Marine Hospital Service 3
  • San Domingo. (See Dominican Republic; Baez; Hayti)
  • San Marc and Quartier Marin; outbreak 408
  • San Stefano: progress of negotiations; demands of Russia 855
    • treaty of, signed March 3 859
    • historical sketch of 859
  • San Stefano: text of treaty of 865
  • Santa Cruz: negro revolt; great destruction of property 160
  • Santa Fé: Argentine Republic revolutionary movements 10
  • Say, Leon, M.: appointed minister of finance in Dufaure cabinet 167
  • Sarmiento, D. C.: adherents engaged in revolution in province of, San Juan, Argentine Republic 5
  • Schlesvig: Danish army not to occupy 571
  • Schlözer Mr. Von: note in relation to samples required by consuls in Germany 234
  • Schouvaloff, Count: mission, of; thought to have been successful 39
    • in the congress of Berlin 221
  • Schuchardt, Win.: commercial agent at Piedras Negras; reports concerning the murder of Walter Henry 603, 606
  • Scott, Lewis H., consul; report of; exactions upon Americans in Chihuahua 527
  • Scrafford, C. G.: released from custody at Panama by order of Colombian Government 151
  • Sellers, Captain: reports upon revolutionary movements on the Mexican frontier 682
  • Seward, Mr. George F.: report upon the currency of China 132
    • thanks of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce 140
    • thanks of the President of Peru 140
  • Servia: article 3, treaty of San Stefano 865
    • articles 34 to 42 inclusive; treaty of Berlin 894
    • existing treaties unaffected 50
  • Shah of Persia: visit to Austria 46
    • visit to Russia 760
  • Shanghai Chamber of Commerce commending currency report of Mr. G. F. Seward 132
    • thanks to Mr. Seward for his efforts in relation to harbor conservation 140
    • harbor rules presented by Chinese Government, and approved by foreign representatives 103, 105
    • river and harbor conservation discussed; consuls to gather data for submission by their governments to competent engineers 105, 107
  • Shepard, Isaac F., consul at Hankow: circulation of trade-dollar in China 144
  • Silistria: dissatisfaction with treaty of San Stefano by inhabitants of 38
  • Silver standard: effect of the adoption of, upon Austrian revenues 19
  • Silver: basis of issue of Austrian paper money; specie payments suspended; no prospect of resumption 30
    • unlimited legal-tender in Mexico; gold driven out of circulation; fall in price in London unfavorable to Mexico 663
  • Sitting Bull: precautions taken by Government of Canada respecting 344
  • Smithsonian Institution: its relation to international exchanges 173, 175, 180
  • Socialism and internationalism in—
  • Soden, Baron von: currency circulation of China 142
  • Sommer, Gustave: naturalized citizen; matriculation refused by Mexico because based on State Department passport alone; demand for naturalization papers 613
  • Sonora: raids into and from; report of Mr. Escalante, Mexican consul in Arizona 592, 623
  • Spain: approaching marriage of the King announced 773, 808
      • the marriage of the King to the Princess Mercedes 780
      • the death of the Queen; widespread distress; sympathy of the President 791, 792, 817, 818
      • attempt upon the King’s life; the assassin a socialist 801, 819
    • Admeasurement of vessels:
      • excessive tonnage-tax imposed upon American vessels in Cuban ports through readmeasurement 765
      • temporary agreement to receive American certificates of admeasurement in Cuban ports entered into 765
      • correspondence in reference to reciprocal acceptance of certificates of admeasurement 764, 765, 768, 774
      • difference in application of Moorsom system in the two countries 787
      • Spanish certificates issued since 1876 expressed in terms of gross and net tonnage 764
      • protesting against extra tonnage-tax on Spanish, vessels, and claiming exemption on ground of admission into Spanish ports of American vessels on equality with Spanish vessels 787
    • Extra tonnage tax:
      • tax remitted upon assurance of no discrimination against American ships in Spanish ports 806, 807
      • case of Los Amigos: requesting the refunding of extra tax whether paid under protest or not 815
      • the Treasury willing to refund tax 818
    • Cuba: pacification of, announced; official proceedings in Spain; suspension removed from certain papers 789, 791
      • note from Mr. Mantilla announcing the surrender of the rebels and the pacification of the island; terms of surrender; leaders of the rebellion chiefly foreigners 809, 815
      • army in Cuba to consist of as many troops as may be necessary 788
      • Americans in Cuba excluded from participation in exemption from payment of arrears of taxes 880
      • embargoed estates to be restored 809
    • cases of the Ellen Rizpah, Rising Sun, and Edward Lee, whaling ships, fired into by Spanish cruisers in the Caribbean Sea 769, 775
      • Spain agrees to pay $10, 000 damages for the Ellen Rizpah and Rising Sun; damages accepted; payment to be made through Senor Mantilla 777, 784, 788
    • recognition of promptness of payment of awards of Claims Commission 777
    • Spanish shipping: effect upon, of abolition of differential dues in favor of national ships 799
    • strength of army in Spam 100, 000 men 788
    • tariff policy: to induce special conventions: tariff changes for 1878–’79 794
    • “direct voyage” defined 794
    • the phylloxera appears among the vines; great danger to the wine interest; precautions taken 778
  • Stahel, Vice-consul-General, Shanghai: circulation of trade-dollar 145
  • Stalberg, Count: German Ambassador at Vienna; appointed vice-chancellor of the Empire 209
  • Standard of value: gold the ultimate; views of Baron von Hoffman; currency dispatch of Mr. Kasson 30
    • double standard in Mexico; unlimited silver legal tender; result, gold driven out of circulation; Mexican values dependent upon the price of silver in London 663
  • Stanford, V. F. B.: prize for best essay on hydrophobia 358
  • Stickine: case of steamboat Nellie; free navigation under treaty of Washington obstructed by Canadian customs regulations 352
  • Stone, General, and but one other American officer, remain in the service of the Khedive 922
  • Strathclyde-Franconia collision case; (see Territorial waters; Great Britain) 245
  • Suarez, Colonel: leader of Arequipa revolution 732
  • Sugar: Peru desires to negotiate a reciprocity treaty, exchanging free admission for American grain against free admission into our ports of Peruvian sugar 729
  • Sulivan, Captain: reports in the Newfoundland coast, Fortune Bay, fishery outrages 284, 323
  • Sutter, Consul: the firing upon his flag at Acapulco in May, 1877; (see Mexico) 580
  • Sweden and Norway: review of naval recruits; exercises conducted by the King 822
    • constitution of naval reserve: men pass after one year’s service as recruits into naval reserve for twenty years; aggregate 6, 000 men 822
    • recruits drawn from maritime provinces 822
    • relative rates of wages of ordinary seamen of the two countries 820
    • second meeting of the international prison congress at Stockholm; proceedings 824
    • visit of General Grant 823
  • Switzerland: celebration of Washington’s birthday; participation of the President of Switzerland 828
    • finances in unsatisfactory condition; deficits anticipated; increased taxation 829
    • higher duties, especially on tobacco 829
    • a military tax imposed; liability of American citizens 841
    • emigration statistics 841
    • right of expatriation denied; suggestion that negotiation be resorted to to secure recognition of the right 841
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T.

  • Tael: Chinese standard of value; extended memorandum upon the currency of China by Mr. Seward 132
  • Tamatave: refusal of British consul to consider cases between Americans and British subjects 257
    • his action restricted by treaty stipulations 257
    • England willing to consider proposals to enlarge consular jurisdiction 257
  • Taxation:
    • Austria-Hungary, disagreement between the delegations respecting 29
    • increased taxation to meet deficits and to protect domestic industry resorted to 29, 32, 44
    • Chili: deficits for several years; income tax suggested; increased imposts 83, 91
    • France: tariff revision; return to protection; higher duties 170
    • Germany: increased taxation; the budget for 1878–’79 202, 204
    • Hayti: the consular invoice fee of 1 per cent, held to be a measure of taxation 416
    • Japan: 52,275,000 yen to be raised by taxation; three-fourths of the whole tax now raised from the land tax 513
    • Tokei Times; report of the minister of finance 514
    • Mexico: increased taxation; active contraband trade; revenues falling off 658, 660
    • Portugal: deficiency $3,000,000; increase of taxation 744
    • Russia: article on finances and war expenses from Journal of St. Petersburg; budget for 1876 751, 753
    • Spain: tariff changes for 1878–’79 749
    • Switzerland: deficits anticipated for some years to come; increased military expenses; higher tariff, especially on tobacco 829, 841
    • Egypt: ministry reconstituted; Rivers Wilson report of inquiry accepted; revenue reform instituted 924, 926
    • Tunis: increased tonnage tax to meet expenses of light-house service 931, 932, 933
  • Taylor, Mr. Bayard: his appointment as minister to Berlin received with satisfaction 204
    • received by Prince Bismarck, and has audience with the Empress; the message of the Emperor 221, 223
  • Telegraph conference: Mr. Pierrepont authorized to attend 237
  • Tereshima Munenori: respecting harbor regulations for port of Yokohama 489
  • Territorial waters: question of jurisdiction of courts of England over, as illustrated in the Franconia-Strathclyde case 245
    • speech of Lord Cairns in introducing bill to confer jurisdiction over 245
    • territorial waters defined by Lord Cairns; European and American authorities cited 245
  • Tientsin, viceroy of: grants concession to mine iron and coal and build railroad 122
  • Tong King-Sing, Mr.: receives concession to mine coal and iron and build railway north of Tientsin 122
  • Tokei garrison: revolt of part of; order of minister of war; revolt suppressed 508
  • Tonnage tax, Spain: excessive charges made in Cuban ports through read-measurement, of vessels; (see Consul-General Hall’s report) 765
    • protesting against 50 cent advance in tonnage tax upon Spanish vessels, and basing request for its remission upon equality accorded American ships with Spanish ships in Spanish ports 804
    • excess of tax to be remitted upon proof of reciprocity enjoyed in Spanish ports 806, 807
    • case of bark Los Amigos; amendment of treasury circular to include all cases where excess was paid, whether under protest or not, asked 815
    • Treasury Department willing to refund excess of tax 818
  • Tourists’ effects: customs circular from the Treasury 184
  • Trade reports: as to state of trade; business habits and systems; character of circulating medium; relation borne by paper to coin 2
  • Trade:
    • Austria: great depression prevails; attributed to effect of free-trade treaty; with Germany; treaty denounced 19
    • Brazil: chiefly in the hands of the English; American goods shipped to England and re-exported thence to Brazil; need of direct communication with the United States; steam line established.60, 61, 66, 67
    • Central America: coffee crop generally good; peace prevails 80
    • Chili: time favorable for negotiation of commercial treaty 85
      • trade depressed; committee of inquiry as to causes of depression appointed 83
    • France: trade policy indicated by tariff policy; a barter of privileges policy 170
    • Germany: trade policy indicated by tariff revision in direction of increased taxation 202, 204
    • Greece: trade report; imports $18,500,000, exports $11,400,000; enumeration of articles of import and export 358
      • duty on cotton and cotton seed abolished 360
    • Hawaiian Islands: Americans not taking advantage of reciprocity treaty; trade in hands of European traders 379
      • articles of import indicated 379
    • Hayti: excessive consular invoice tax repressive in its effect; agriculture in a low condition; coffee crop good 411, 446
    • Mexico: contraband trade unrestrained; “honest commerce” endangered 578, 680
    • Morocco: affected by the famine and cholera; food imported; prices advanced 300 per cent 684
    • Persia: aggregate foreign trade $18,000,000; opening for American enterprise 46
    • Peru: trade report; exports and imports; bulk of trade with England; no means of direct communication with the United States; freights against the United States 724
      • anxiety of Peru to negotiate reciprocity treaty, admitting grain free of duty in exchange for admission of sugar free into our ports 729
    • Portugal: country measurably prosperous; deficits; heavy taxation 744
    • Russia: discriminating duty in favor of tools and wines imported by land 747, 751
    • Spain: the trade policy indicated by tariff policy to compel special trade treaties; tariff changes for 1878–’79 794
    • Switzerland: suffering great depression; increased expenses and increased taxation 829
    • Egypt: report upon the coal trade; in the hands of England; imports, at Alexandria, 300,000 tons; at Port Said, 250, 000 tons 914
    • Venezuela: Great depression; coffee crop a partial failure; revival dependent upon good coffee crop 939, 940, 943
  • Trade dollar: China: currency circulation regulated by custom; trade dollar circulates in Amoy, Canton, Foo Chow, Swatow, and the Formosan ports; received for customs at proclamation rate; the subject of its circulation fully discussed in consular reports 93, 101, 141
    • “Chopping” or mutilation of coin; means of prevention greatly needed 141
    • See Mr. Seward’s memorandum upon the currency of China 132
  • Tariff:
    • Austria-Hungary: tariff policy revision and advance in rates 19, 24, 29, 32, 44
    • Guatemala: reduction of duty on flour $1 per quintal 75
    • Chili: tariff policy; revision and advance in rates 83, 91
    • France: tariff policy; revision and advance in rates 170
    • Germany: tariff policy; revision and advance in rates 202, 204
    • Greece: duty on cotton and cotton seed abolished 361
    • Hawaiian Islands: efforts of England to have rate of discriminating duty incidentally imposed through operation of reciprocity treaty fixed at 10 per cent. ad valorem 382
    • Hayti: increase of duty through imposition of invoice-certification tax 416
    • Mexico. (See Debt and trade reports.)
    • Peru. (See Peruvian finances and trade reports): policy to negotiate special trade treaty as to grain and sugar 712, 724, 729
    • Russia. (See article on Russian finances) 749
    • Spain: tariff policy to induce negotiation of special trade treaties; tariff changes for 1878–’9 794
    • Switzerland: tariff policy; revision and advance in rates 829
    • Egypt: policy of reform under the Rivers Wilson programme 924, 926
  • Trade-mark convention with Great Britain signed 237
  • Treasury:
  • Treaty: “most favored nation “clause best basis for commercial treaties 19
    • Austria-Hungary; free trade treaty with Germany denounced 19
    • Chili: effect of denunciation of 1849 upon treaty of 1832 85, 87
      • power to negotiate new treaty will be granted if time be thought favorable 87
    • China: treaty with Spain as to treatment of Chinese in Cuba; good offices of the United States requested; text and analysis of treaty 96
    • Colombia: extradition treaty to be negotiated; case of C. G. Scraiford 151
    • France: commercial policy to require negotiation of special trade treaties 170
    • Germany: naturalization cases under treaties of 1868 210, 216, 225, 228, 229, 232, 233
    • Great Britain: report of the royal commission on extradition; a revision of laws and treaties suggested 268
    • Italy: consular convention denounced by Italy; objection taken to Article VI, respecting immunity to consular dwellings; willing to negotiate new treaty omitting that clause 462
      • recommending a treaty respecting marriages contracted between Italians and citizens of the United States; great uncertainty as to the attitude of the Italian courts respecting marriages performed without strict observance of the civil code 465
    • Persia: possibility of negotiating a favorable trade convention with, suggested 46
    • Peru: a reciprocity treaty respecting grain and sugar desired 729
    • Russia: discriminating duty on importations by land thought to be an infraction of the treaty of 1832 747, 751, 752, 755, 762
    • Switzerland: negotiation of a treaty to secure recognition of right of expatriation, suggested 841
    • Russia-Turkey: armistice 855
      • treaty of San Stefano, text 865
      • treaty of Berlin, text 894
      • convention of Constantinople, text 886
    • An examination of existing treaties, in view of the changes made by the treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, recommended by Mr. Kasson 50
  • Trentino: the question of the, discussed 475
  • Trieste: Austrian by five centuries of occupation 475
  • Tunis: Gettysburg visits ports of; well receved; President gratified at reception 929, 931
    • tonnage tax advanced to meet light-house expenses 931, 932, 933
  • Turkey: the military situation in Armenia, upon the Lom, at the Shipka Pass, and at Plevna 847, 849
    • British fleet off the Bosphorus; Russians threaten to enter the city; consternation 853
    • corps of Christians to be added to the army 849, 852
    • speech of the Sultan upon opening Parliament; reforms promised 852
    • summary of armistice 855
    • treaty of San Stefano; historical sketch of San Stefano 859, 865
    • text of Lord Salisbury’s note of April 1, and of Prince Gortschakoff’s reply of April 9 872
    • text of convention of Constantinople; Cyprus occupied 886, 890
    • Turkish note upon the claims of Greece 890
    • text of treaty of Berlin 894
    • condition of Armenia, Bulgaria, and the Turkish provinces generally since the war 890, 894, 913
    • rapid changes of ministry; Safvet Pasha appointed grand vizier 884, 885
    • passport and police regulations 884
    • stipulations of treaty of Berlin being executed 890
    • Turkey the field of diplomatic intrigue 38
    • visit of General Grant; press accounts 861

U.

  • Uruguay: revolutionary movements; Ex-Minister Machain killed; quiet restored 934

V.

  • Vallarta Señor: opinion of, in extradition case of Dominguez and Barrera 560
    • Mr. Foster to unofficially inform him of the particulars of the Shatter expedition 536
  • Vincent, St.: new site for naval cemetery at, selected 737
  • Venezuela: commercial depression; revival dependent on good coffee crop 940
    • continued depression; short coffee crop; excessive contraband trade 944
    • constitutional convention called; uneasy political feeling 943, 944
    • celebration of Fourth of July; press of Caracas upon the United States 938
    • Brazil contrasted with the other South American countries; press comments; superior order, and higher civilization recognized 941
    • national festival in commemoration of Bolivar 948
  • Von Hoffman, Baron: Austrian minister of finances; financial views 30
  • Vizier, Grand: office restored; that of prime minister abolished; Safvet Pasha appointed 884, 885
  • Victor Emanuel: King of Italy; death; sketch of his career 487, 478, 479
    • the funeral: attended by foreign representatives; a vast concourse of people from all parts of Italy 469
    • memorial services at Washington; attendance of the President 479, 480
  • Volo: the Marion sent to; murder of Mr. Ogle; massacre of Macrinitza; funeral of Mr. Ogle in Athens 371, 372
  • Vera Zasulitch: trial of, for attempt upon the life of General Trepoff 758
  • Vessels: inquiring if Canada will allow American vessels to aid those disabled in Canadian waters in exchange for same right to be granted to her vessels in American waters 351

W.

  • Waddington, Mr.: appointed minister for foreign affairs of France 167
    • note respecting acceptance of invitation to the Paris Exposition; appointment of the commissioner-general 169
  • Wages and rations of ordinary seamen: relative rates in Sweden and the United States 820
  • Walsh, Camp, and Andrete arrested at Nueva Laredo for refusal to perform military service 576
  • Washington, treaty of: fishery articles; Halifax award; protest, and payment under protest 290, 314, 315, 316, 333, 334
    • Newfoundland: Fortune Bay outrage 348, 284, 308, 314, 323, 333
    • Article XXX: transportation of dutiable articles between Canada and the United States 350, 351, 355, 357
    • Alaska: boundary line in valley of the Stickine temporarily established 339, 346, 347
    • free navigation of the Stickine restricted by Canadian customs regulations; case of steamboat Nellie 352
    • “the three rules clause,” discussion of, in respect of possible war between Great Britain and Russia 39
  • Weights and measures: Argentine Republic; old Spanish system abolished; decimal system substituted 7
  • Welsh, Mr.: conduct of the Condon case approved 287
  • Weil, case of: naturalized citizen; ordered to leave Baden (see Germany) 216
  • Willimek, case of: naturalized citizen; may return to Germany under two year clause of treaty 225
  • Wilson, Mr. Rivers: report of committee of inquiry accepted by the Khedive; probable appointment as minister of finance of Egypt 924, 926
  • Woodhouse bonds repudiated by Mexico. (See Mexican debt) 624
  • Woolen goods: imported by Greece; Hawaiian Islands; Peru. (See respectively) 358, 379, 724
  • Woosung Railway: Mr. Seward may join colleagues in representing to the Chinese Government the in advisability of discontinuing it 94
    • before its destruction used by many Chinese; future of railways in China discussed 95
  • Woosung-Shanghai Telegraph: consuls to make common effort to maintain status quo respecting 102
  • Wrecked and disabled vessels: application to Canada to allow reciprocal aid to 351, 352
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X.

  • Ximenes: raids under Areola from the direction of Ximenes. (See Mexico) 612, 622

Y.

  • Yang-tze River: modification of trade regulations 146
  • Yellow fever: contribution of the President of France 182
    • lists of contributors to fund; total, through hands of Mr. Noyes, 82, 718, 70
      • francs; aggregate from France about 150,000 francs 181, 182, 189, 190, 191
  • Yokohama: harbor regulations; approved; correspondence between Admiral Reynolds, Mr. Bingham, and the Japanese minister for foreign affairs 486

Z.

  • Zaldna, Señor Fran’co J.: secretary for foreign affairs of Colombia; note in Scrafford case 154
  • Zamacona, Mr. de: presentation to the President 675
    • endeavors to extend trade with Mexico. (See Mr. Foster’s letter to Chicago manufacturers 636
  • Zasulitch, Vera: trial for attempt upon the life of General Trepoff. (See Russia) 758
  • Zona Libre: its establishment a measure of hostility to American commerce 654
    • contraband trade; efforts to secure its abolition 654, 660