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revolutionists bombard and capture the city of Mazatlan; interference of
foreign consuls; recapture of the city by the government troops; dis-
turbed condition of the country..

rumors of formation of raiding parties on Mexican frontier for incursions
into Sonora ; General McDowell ordered to prevent their invasion of
Mexican territory

state troops of Guanaxuato fire upon General Gonzalez and his friends
telegraph lines....

766

784,785

762

771

724,725

the Zona libre and its commercial effects upon the United States.......
Michoacan: imprisonment of eighteen of the rioters and two ringleaders con-
cerned in the murder of the three American citizens in; the case follow-
ing the usual legal course; the trial ordered to be proceeded with... 767,76
murder of three American citizens in.....
739-744,745-752
Mikado: his return to Tokio from the western provinces; his character; aboii-
tion of the feudal system; reorganization of society; the army and
navy; the press, telegraph, railway, steam navigation, postal and sav-
ings system, and educational system instituted and promoted by; great
affection of his people for him

Military duty enforcement of, on the part of naturalized American citizens
returning to Germany

Miltz: property damaged by Guard Mobile during siege of Paris ........

(See Claims.)

441-461

350

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213

Mining: proposed contract for, in Liberia, in conflict with laws of the republic.
Mixed courts: at present bearing the semblance of a temporary expedient.........
commission for revision of the constitution of, in Egypt; proposed
powers of the commission; the United States to appoint two delegates:
delegates from powers not participating in the organization of.523, 524, 527, 52
district magistrate conjointly with magistrate of, should try grave crim-
inal cases

divergency of the views of consuls at Shanghai concerning opinions as to
admission of foreign lawyers; French special court.
efforts by consuls at Shanghai to secure its establishment; jurisdiction of
the court; rank of the magistrates and insufficiency of their salaries;
advantages of the system in spite of the absence of a definite code, un-
satisfactory punishments, and want of permanence in offices
inadequate compensation and allowances of magistrate....

246, 24:

157-159

.244, 247, 252

in China; Mr. Stahel recommends the appointment of assessors by each
government concerned; consuls, however irreproachable, should not
have this additional duty imposed upon them

in Egypt

(See Egypt.)

inhuman methods of extracting evidence from witnesses in; judicial
torture in China; cases cited

211

521.322

292-294

its establishment a step of importance; failure of the magistrate at
Shanghai to enforce judgments of; the judicial question one of embar-
rassment; mode of procedure; rank of consuls in...

joint note of the powers in reference to, at Shanghai; recommendations
and suggestions as to improvements.

mass of duties in; difficulty in punishment of literary graduates
ordinary cases where foreigners are defendants to be tried in; no attor-
neys to be employed in mixed cases.

250-253

165-15

244

.246, 248, 2

proposal to give the magistrate imperial authority.
proposal to urge the adoption of the "Code Napoleon" upon the Chinese;
recommendation that the magistrate be ranked higher by direct com-
mission; the failures of the penal code in; the necessity of a code for
commercial issues

protocol inviting attention to, at Shanghai.

rules of, at Shanghai.

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Miyagi, Japan: memorial to Emperor's prime minister on behalf of local
assembly of; demand for constitutional form of government; change in
organization of imperial government; extract from the Japan Weekly
Mail
Mollendo: blockade of, by Chilian squadron; question of its validity....833, 54, 57
Monrovia: arrival of French frigate "Talisman," Captain Thierney; the cap-
tain, in the absence of the French consul, depends upon the United
States minister; interview with the President; expression of good will;
departure of the vessel

diversion of trade of Central Africa from Sierra Leone to....

705,76

691,628

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60

Montenegro: visit to Cettinje by the United States minister at Vienna; popu-
lation and organization; religion and education; the country, its prod-
ucts and commerce; the ports; foreign representation in
Montenegro and Albania: affairs causing anxiety; determination to cut loose
from the Porte; proclamation designed to check Austria....
Montjoy, S. C., United States consul at Lambayeque: his protest against
depredations of Chilian fleet at Lobos Islands and at Eten.........840, 841, 845
Moorish subjects: alleged abuses of the privilege of protection of, by foreign
representatives.

55

.893-895, 896

exposition of treatment of Jews in Morocco; address of Jews to prime
minister of Spain....

protection of; desire, by Great Britain, to refer question....
(See Tangier.)

protection of Jewish and Mohammedan subjects in Morocco....

(See Jews.)

801

495

791

question of protection of naturalized, and other, by foreign representa-
tives; letter for information of, proposed conference at Madrid....797-801, 893-

question of their protection to be discussed by the powers at Madrid;
Mr. Fairchild to represent the United States..
Mormon: Accessions to colony in Utah, from Belgium; publication of the
United States laws applicable to polygamy, in the official organ of the
Belgian Government

arrival in Mexico of a high official of church with avowed object of
gating their faith

propa-

895, 896

510, 893

69

729

..951, 952, 953, 954

644, 645

emigration of converts to the United States from Switzerland
emigration of, from Italy to the United States....
emigration from Great Britain to the United States; English Government
without power to prohibit; notice to emigrants and emigration agents;
company to start from Liverpool on April 10, 1880. .465-468, 474, 475, 476
emigration from Norway and Sweden, of converts to Mormonism, to the
United States; measures taken by Swedish and Norwegian Government
to avert this

immigration to the United States from Denmark

.933, 934, 939

recruits in Europe for the practices of Mormonism; note from the Aus-
trian foreign office

Moro Castle, schooner: claim against Great Britain..

(See Fortune Bay outrage.)

Morocco: action of the governor of the city, on hearing that foreign protec-
tion to Jews had been withdrawn

alleged abuses by foreign representatives of the privilege of protection
of Moorish subjects in employ of foreigners....

345

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..893-895, 896

atrocities committed on Jews; case of Isaac Amar; appeals to the United
States consul at Tangier for intervention and protection....
burning of an aged Jew at Fez

circulars of minister of foreign affairs with reference to Moorish subjects
naturalized in foreign countries who may return to; protests against
the tenor of the circulars by several foreign ministers; barbarous treat-
ment of Jews; manner of official appointments, pernicious; the Koran
the source of law; Spanish treaty stipulations..
letter to the grand vizier, from United States Consul Matthews upon per-
secution of Jews; agitation excited in Europe and America; results of
of such persecution in other countries.....
naturalization laws of, inquired into with reference to proposed interna-
tional conference at Madrid; question of protection to Moorish subjects
by foreign representatives; absence of mixed tribunals in Morocco;
absence of system in levying taxes

prospects of good harvests rendered hopeful by copious falls of rain; suf-
fering in southern provinces from famine; pitiable condition of the
peasantry; damage to crops and property caused by floods at Tan-
gier.....

rebellion of several interior tribes in consequence of exorbitant imposts;
reverse of the imperial troops; consequent stagnation of trade, com-
merce, and agriculture

Spanish subjects residing in, free from taxation and from civil and crimi-
nal jurisdiction of the Emperor; other exemptions; exemptions claimed
for Moorish subjects in service of foreign representatives, or agents and
brokers of foreign merchants....

794,795
801-803

791-794

795-797

797-801

790, 791

804

895, 896

Morocco conference at Madrid: Austro-Hungarian representative instructed
to endeavor to secure religious liberty for all classes in Morocco ....
convention as signed acceptable to the United States, though regret is
expressed that there was not embodied in the convention itself a pro-
vision recognizing liberty of conscience and worship........
failure of prior negotiations at Tangier...........

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897

666

930,931

list of representatives of the powers participating; articles agreed upon
in convention

917-9

ratification to be given at an early day; address on religious liberty to
Sultan readily signed by all the plenipotentiaries..
reports of the proceedings of each session...
sessions of:

914

897-914

first meeting: title of plenipotentiary decided upon; no government to
take precedence; Señor Canovas del Castillo chosen president; secre-
taries and aids chosen; observations of Sid Mohammed Vargas..........
second meeting: presentation in writing of observations of Sid Mohammed
Vargas; modifications proposed; irregular protection; difference between
demands at Tangier and Madrid ..........

897,39:

896-900

900-909

third meeting: further consideration of demands of Sid Mohammed Vargas;
adoption of terms of Spanish and English treaties.
fourth meeting: employment of persons under prosecution; execution of
sentence not to be interfered with; list of protected persons to be fur-
nished by consuls and agents; persons not allowed protection................
fifth meeting: proposition to consider several articles together; observa-
tions of the British representative; discussion as to order of procedure. 903, 904
sixth meeting: the French representative on the proposition presented
by Great Britain

seventh meeting: new propositions prepared by Austrian representative;
discussion upon these new propositions; adoption of one..
eighth meeting: discussion of propositions presented by Austria and
Italy

ninth meeting: withdrawal of Austrian and Italian propositions; payment
of imposts by protégés; agricultural tax; other taxes
tenth meeting: abuses arising from return of subjects of the Sultan, who
had been naturalized in foreign countries
eleventh meeting: naturalization discussion continued; Italy in regard
to number and quality of protégés in Morocco...

twelfth meeting: irregular protection not to be accorded in future; propo-
sition of the Pope to be presented; religious belief.........
thirteenth meeting: review of articles already adopted

fourteenth meeting: amendments to article 16; adoption of amended
article; time and place of ratifications ....

902,903

905

906,306

006, 90

907,908

908, 909

909, 910

910-912
912

.... 912 913

fifteenth meeting: Italian representative authorized to sign convention
upon stated condition ...

sixteenth meeting: last meeting; signing of the convention and of ad-
dress to Sultan of Morocco in regard to religious liberty; results of the
convention .....

913

... 913, 914

the United States minister at Madrid designated as the representative of
the United States in the conference

Morrill, August, United States consul at Manzanillo: letter upon case of Mr.
Kemp, an American citizen ....

902

... 731,732

Mosel, steamer: arrest of Weinrebe on board, by United States officers, under
treaty of 1877, for violation of revenue laws....
Moustier: one of the discoverers of the sources of the Niger..
Murray, Michael B.: (See Fortune Bay outrage)................

N.

Naturalization: case of George Setschel, a native of Baden.
cases of, in Germany under the military service laws....
laws of, in Morocco, as stated in circular of the minister of foreign affairs;
refusal of the United States consul at Tangier to be governed by, in his
right of protection to American citizens; this action approved by the
Secretary of State; denial of right of Moorish subjects to be natural-
ized by foreign powers..

of foreigners in the United States.

(See Denmark.)

Navigation: closing of the Orinoco to......

of rivers in China; the Whangpoo; the lighting of the coast...

461.462

701

555,556

955,956
441-461

-790, 793, 794, 75

343

1033

1:5

Netherlands: abolition of discriminating duties in East Indian colonies; con-
tinnance by the United States of discriminating duties; results of this,
particularly with reference to coffee......

Page.

.817, 818, 819

805, 806
813-816

answer of the minister of foreign affairs to interrogatories of committee
of the Staats General; relations with Venezuela; extradition treaty
with the United States; differential duties in the United States upou
indirect importations of colonial produce....
claimants of estates in. (See Estate; Bove)
defalcation of Messrs. Pincoffs and Kerdijk at Rotterdam...
opening of the annual session of the Staats General; address by the King.
recognition by the King, of Roumania as a principality; the religious
question settled; the consulate-general at Bucharest raised to the rank
of diplomatic agency; similar action on part of the United States..... 818, 819
Neutrality laws: violation of, apprehended by Chilian minister at Washing-

ton

(See Chili.)
Neutrals: injury suffered by, through hostile acts of belligerent does not always
give right of indemnity; transfer of property to, by belligerents
Newbern, United States steamer: case of the, at Mazatlan
New Chwang: war power of; report by Consul Bandinel....

(See Education.)

809-813
816

135, 136

137

495-497, 499
.277, 278, 284

Newcomb, Eunice P.: American trading schooner boarded and searched by
Spanish naval officers ....

New England, schooner: claim against Great Britain..

(See Fortune Bay outrage.)

Newfoundland: statutes of, applicable to fisheries

(See Fisheries.)

New Orleans: loss of cotton-laden ships by fire at..

923

561

.... 585-588

511

Nicaragna: request of governor of, to the United States, for papers relating
to dispute of, with Great Britain.

502, 503

701-704

Niger: an account of the discovery of its source, from the bulletin of the Geo-
graphical Society of Marseilles; discovery made by Messrs. Zweifel and
Moustier; the route followed; extracts from letters of the explorers;
hardships encountered...
Nihilists: attempt upon life of Emperor of Russia by explosion in winter pal-
ace; the Emperor unharmed, but many others killed and injured...... 869-871
attempt upon life of Emperor of Russia by wreck of a part of imperial
train; escape of Emperor and passengers...
seizure by the police of printing-press belonging to, and arrest of persons
connected with it; subsequent murder of the informant; great excite-
ment in St. Petersburg; many people leaving the city; all houses
searched and inspected by the police....

866-869

871, 872

Ningpo: war power of; report by Consul Lord. (See Education)........278-280, 285
Nitrates: shipment of, from Peru, in vessels owned by citizens of the United

States directly covered by treaty

842

Noel, Alfred: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage.
Nordenskjold, Professor: entertained by Mr. Bingham, United States minister
to Japan...

573

668

936, 937

"Northwest boundary question" in Liberia: thanks of Government of Liberia

reception of, by the people and government of Sweden and Norway; short
sketch of him

to Commodore Shufeldt, for his services in the adjustment of.......693, 694, 700
Norway (See Sweden and Norway).
933-941
Norway and Sweden: emigration of Mormon converts to the United States.. 933, 934
Note: identic, to Chinese government, transmitting statement of grievances;
imperial decree promising inquiry and redress, referred to.....
joint, of the foreign representatives at Peking, upon the mixed court at
Shanghai. (See Mixed court).....

verbal, of the German minister, on non-observance of certain treaty stipu-
lations with reference to inland taxes in China. (See Treaties)...
Noyes, E. F.: minister of the United States to France; appointed as delegate
to International Industrial Property Congress

Nute, Charles H.: deposition of, in Fortune Bay outrage..

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Obelisk: departure from Alexandria of Commander Gorringe with the; arrival
at Gibraltar ...

presentation to the United States of the obelisk known as "Cleopatra's
Needle"

1018

992

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Obelisk-Continued.

work preparatory to its removal progressing satisfactorily; description of
the obelisk.

Official intercourse: discussion of the question of language in communications
with Chinese officials. (See Lord)..

protocol concerning report on, in China. (See China).
questions relating to; improvements in.

(See China).

readiness of the Yamên to consider report on by diplomatic corps at Pe-
king. (See Judicial)..

994, 995

288

1-9

140, 141

189

reform in methods of communication slow; the Chinese Government should
provide its own translators

294,295

report of the diplomatic committee upon; access of foreign to native offi-
cials should be assured

185

188

rules regulating the forms of correspondence, by Mr. Devèria...
(See Devèria.)

terms of address recommended; terms to be retained; rules for official cor-
respondence, by Mr. C. Arendt. (See Arendt).
Olliver, G. S. J., an American citizen, resident at Fayal, Azores: letter giv-
ing an account of gallant conduct of United States Consul Dabney and
his son, in rescuing wrecked sailors of a French bark.
Ontario, schooner: claim against Great Britain. (See Fortune Bay outrage).
Opium inland duties on, in China

186-188

856-858

560

155

Ord, General: order instructing him to pursue marauders across the Mexican
border into Mexico, revoked; better state of affairs on the bor-
der..
.735, 736, 744, 781, 782

Ordnance: claim of United States against Liberia for, to be paid..
Orinoco closing of, to commerce

706

1033

P.

Packard, S. B., United States consul at Liverpool: Mormon emigration....
Pacquet, Michael: naturalization case of, at Berlin, unfavorably settled...
Palermo: report of United States consul at, on Mormon emigration from; ab-
sence of Mormons from; difficulty of inducing Sicilians to emigrate, or
change their religion

Panama: canal. (See Canal).

Paris: removal of capital from Versailles to; speech of Gambetta; the senate
and deputies chambers; the Bourbon palace; French oratory; the de-
bates. (See Gambetta).

Parry, Francis: judicial torture in China. (See Mixed court)
Parsons, Rev. Dr. : an American missionary murdered in Turkey; the presence
of a vessel of war desirable, as evidence of the solicitude of the United
States for protection of citizens abroad; capture of the murderers; ac-
count of the crime; delays of Turkish law in trial of Mohammedans for
murder of Christians.

the Government of the United States demands the immediate and condign
punishment of his murderers, and the enforcement of measures for the
protection of citizens of the United States in Turkey; a United States
vessel of war to be sent to cruise in Turkish waters; the United States
chargé d'affaires authorized to employ counsel to assist in the prosecu-
tion of the murderers

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transfer of his murderers to Constantinople for trial; no apparent cause
for delay in trying them; counsel for the prosecution to be employed
by United States chargé d'affaires..........

trial of his murderers; one convicted of murder in the first degree and
sentenced to death; two, as accomplices, sentenced to fifteen years'
imprisonment; solicitude of the United States Government to have these
sentences promptly executed

988, 959

990.902

Passport application of Carl Rau, to the United States legation at Berne..... 960,961
Passport fees: (See American: Students, &c.)
423, 433, 434
Peace committee of Buenos Ayres: they temporarily avert civil war; reply of
General Roca to their demand for his withdrawal as a presidential can-
didate.

16,17

Peace: efforts in the interest of, in Chili, on the part of France, Italy, and
Great Britain

132

Peru: blockade of Mollendo by Chili; rights of foreigners affected by; letter
of the Peruvian admiral in command at Arica concerning alleged run-
ning of blockade by foreign vessels

834

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