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INDEX FOR 1884.JOllX L. WE I MIL I Mi: K, Compiler.

I I K T R I B U N E A S S O C I A T I O NNMW-VORK.

TABLE OF TOPICAL HEADS.

The arrangement of this Index is strictly alphabetical. Subjects,

however, falling under certain general topics set down below,

should be sought under the Topical Head.

PAGE, PAGE. PAGEAccidents 15 Forsrerv 44 Prisons ... . . si

Arctic Exploration 16Armv / 17

Banks \ 18

Canals ] 23oT\arity 24

•hes 25•es 27

;ress,U. S., proceed-«s. 28iventions, political.. 32

pyright 32'ime 33

ilalcations 34Democratic Party 35Drama 36

Education 38Elections 38Embezzlement 39Executions 39Exhibitions 39

' Fine Arts 4i2Fires 42Fish and Fisheries 43Floods. 48

France .% 44Germany 45

Great Britain 47Immigration 50

Independent Republi-cans 50

Indians". 50Insurance 51Iron 51Italy 51

Journalism . 52

Labor 53Land 53Lectures 54Legal 54Legislature, N. J 56Legislature, Is .Y 56Literature 58

Mexico 65Military 66Mines and Mining 66

Music 67

Navy 68

Obituary 71

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Political.. 77Postal 80Presidencv 7S

Railroads .RegattaReligious .RepublicanRobbery ..Russia

SchoolsScience

Shi 'ShipwreckSouth — So

fairs

Spain

Sporting . . .steam shipsStory

Suicides ...Swindlers .

Tariff

Telegraphy

TradeTreasury, U

TreatiesTurf

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Party 858586

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90

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919192

9393

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979

War

WaterWeather .. .Women . _

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SUMMARY OF EVENTS

FOR 1884.

THE YEAR'S RECORD.

CIRCUIT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY.

POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND COMMERCIAL DEPRESSION IN THE UNITED

STATES—THE CHIEF EVENTS IN THE OLD WORLD.

1884 has been a year remarkable for political activity andcommercial depression. In the United States one of the mostexciting and closely fought elections has resulted in the choiceof a Democratic President. In Great Britain two millions ofnew electors have been created by the passage of the FranchiseBill, and a conflict between the two houses has been avertedthrough a compromise of so radical a character as to involve arevolution in the electoral system. In France there has been apartial revision of the Constitution with a reorganization ofthe Senatorial electorate. The German Chancellor has interestedhimself in schemes for colonial extension, annexing territory inSouth Africa and the South Seas. France has continued its cam-paign of reprisals with China, and England has been graduallydrawn into the Soudan after irresolute a,nd ill-advised attempts toevade the responsibilities incurred at Tel-el-Kebir.

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UNITED STATES.

The American year may be summed tip in two comprehensivewords: politics and depression. There has been a protracted expan-sion of political activity and excitement, and a corresponding contrac-tion and shrinkage of confidence in the business community.When the record of the year is critically studied, it is difficult to resistthe conclusion that in this instance politics and depression stand some-what in the relation of cause and effect. Over-production and other re-lated causes have been operating likewise, but political uncertainty andlegislative contingencies have had an important influence in coloringmen's minds and affecting the currents of industrial exchange.

Two causes, distinctively political, combined at the opening of theyear to create uneasiness and to stimulate speculative spirit in busi-ness circles. One was the agitation for tariff reductions, the effectsand bearings of which business men could not forecast. The other wasthe continued effect of the Silver act in expanding circulation withoutreason or necessity. The uncertainties respecting tne scope and fateof the Morrison Tariff bill, the neglect of Congress to repeal the Silveract, and the apprehensions caused by the approach of a Presidentialelection, in which one of the great parties must be arrayed in hos-tility to the economic system of the country, were political causes thathad a most disquieting effect upon the business community. Theprevious year had been one of gloomy forecasts and careful, cautiouscalculation on the part of prudent men, and there had been a protractedperiod of shrinkages in values, during which great losses had beensuffered without signs of panic feeling or any lack of steadiness. Theconditions were yery different from those which preceded the panicof 1873. The consequence was that the collapse of the Northern Pacific,the bankruptcy of the North River Construction Company, the depre-ciation in Western Union and many other stocks, the failure of J. R.Keene, the pricking of the bubble enterprise of Grant & Ward, theclosing of the Marine Bank and the crippling of the Metropolitan Bank,did not involve a general catastrophe. There was a stock-brokers' panic(May 14) and nothing more, and the mercantile world was not seri-ously affected. It marked the close of a period of unsound finance andhazardous speculation, which had been directly promoted by politicalrather than general causes like over-production and bad trade. Thedanger was speedily averted by the resolution of the city banks tostand together and use Clearing House loan certificates as in 1873. Thebusiness communitydid not receive a severe shock from the crash,tfandthe panic, such as it was, was speedily forgotten. Yet the depressed 'feel-ing with which the year opened, has continued and is more intense atthe close than it was at the beginning. There is no economic causethat explains it so well as the uncertainties involved by the issue ofthe Presidential election and the apprehensions due to the transferof power from one party unreservedly committed to the support of thepresent economic system to another whose attitude is one either ofopen or covert hostility to Protection.

j Congress adjourned (July 7) after a prolonged terra of legislativeinactivity and mischievous debate. Of 10,255 bills and resolutions in-troduced about 128 were actually passed, and scarcely any of these wereo± real importance. Measures for the establishment of civil govern-ment in Alaska, for the extension of the Alabama claims, for the Greelyrelief expedition, for the prevention of pleuro-pneumonia, and1 for the

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reduction of newspaper postage were among the more important adoptedby both houses. The Dingley Shipping bill would have been a usefulmeasure if it had not been saddled with amendments. The Senatepassed several valuable bills providing for the increase of the Navypostal telegraphy, and the issue of notes by National banks equal to theface value of the'bonds deposited for their redemption; but these werekilled by the House. The Morrison Tariff bill by a vote of 140 to 138was taken up (April 15) after a long period of vacillation and caucnsdeliberation, and it was defeated (May 6) by a vote of 159 to 155, themore sagacious Democrats apparently dreading the effect of its passageupon the fortunes of their party in a Presidential year. The sympathiesof a great majority of the Democratic delegation were plainly with theideas and projects of pronounced Free Traders like Speaker Carlisle, Mr.Morrison, Mr. Kurd and Mr. Dorsheimer. The chief appropriation billsdid not reach the Senate until June, owing to the dilatory habitsofthe House Committees. The appropriations voted were fully $20,000,-000 in excess of those of the previous year.

The Senatorial contests early in the year had been exceptionally freefrom bitterness. Mr. Pugh was re-elected from Alabama, Mr. Brownfrom Georgia, Mr. Allison from Iowa and Mr. Morrill from Ver-mont. In Ohio Mr. Payne was elected and Mr. Pendleton, the onlyDemocrat prominently identified with Civil Service reform, wasrelegated to private life. In Maryland Mr. Wilson was elected in placeof: Mr. Groome, and in Louisiana Mr. Eustis in place of Mr. Jonas.In Kentucky there were twenty ballots, Mr. Blackburn finally beingelected to suceed Mr. Williams. These contests were of minor import-ance and the legislative proceedings in the State capitals were not ofspecial interest, except perhaps the series of reform measures forNew-York City which were enacted through the industry and patienceof Mr. Roosevelt.

The Presidential conventions were of such absorbing import-ance that no other political events are entitled to serious mention. TheRepublican National Convention was held during the first week of Janeand Mr. Blaine was nominated on the fourth ballot. On the first bal-lot he received 334*2 votes, of which 251 came from Northern States.His vote increased from 349 on the second t«j 375 on the* third ballot;and on the final ballot he received 541 votes, of which 400 «amefrom Northern States. President Arthur's vote ranged from 278 to207; Mr. Edmunds's vote from 93 to 41; and Mr. Logan, Mr. Haw-ley, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Lincoln and General Sherman shared thescattering vote. Mr. Logan was nominated for Vice-President. Thenominations were made without the unit rule or any process of stiflingor misrepresenting minorities. The Convention methods were withouttaint of suspicion and the candidates represented the deliberate choiceof delegates elected for the most part in single districts wnere tnevoters had given expression to their personal preferences. The Demo-cratic Convention was held in July, and ottered a marked contrast inone respect to the Republican Convention, since the unit rule pre-vailed and the votes of minorities were arbitrarily cast for candidateswhom they denounced. Mr. Cleveland lacked 155 votes on the firstballot and on the second received 136 more than were required. Hischief competitor was Mr. Bayard, who received 168 votes on the firstballot. Mr. Thurman, Mr. Randall, Mr. McDonald. Mr. Carlisle and Mr.Hendricks divided the scattering vote. The result was received with

, extreme dissatisfaction by General Butler and the Tammany delegationI as an affront to the working classes. General Butler subsequently

entered the field as a third candidate and ex-Governor St. John wasnominated by the Prohibitionists.

THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.The campaign which followed was one of exceptional bitterness

and passion, to the details of which it is hardly accessary to refer in a

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review of events so fresh in the public mind. Mr. Elaine's Letter 0fAcceptance raised the discussion on the Republican side to the highlevel of political principles and economiccontroversy. No issues of thecanvass were shirked by him or his followers; protection was declaredto be the one commanding theme of the canvass; and tnere was nodoubt in any voter's mind as to where the Republican leader stood onany public quest ion of the day. The Democratic candidate was morecareful of his words, omitting to write a single line upon the tariftquestion in his Letter of Acceptance and remaining throughout thecanvass under cover, apparently mindful of the critical mistakes madeby his predecessor in 1880. The preliminarystages of the contest wereall in favor of the Republicans,Vermont, Maine and Ohio being carriedby good majorities m the State elections. The final result proved un-expectedly close, the election depending upon the electoral vote ofNew-York State with a narrow majority of something 3ver a thousandvotes in favor of Mr. Cleveland. A well-fought campaign in whichthe Republicans had been aided by the presence of a leader whostrengthened their cause wherever he appeared was lost in the end bjr aseries of trivial accidents, such as an ill-timed and intolerant alliterativephrase that alienated thousands of votes.

The bearing of the American people in the scenes of uncertainty andexcitement following the election was admirable. It was the more re-'markable since the campaign had been one of rancorous defamation andacrimonious partisanship. The steadiness of judgment and self-posses-sion of the people carried them easily through a crisis which in Francewould have ended in revolution and bloodshed. The notorious factthat Mr. Cleveland had been elected only by the suppression of thenegro vote in the Southern States did not tempt Republicans totamper with the recorded verdict of the Northern States. The sense ofinjustice was very keen; the election had demonstrated that with theSouth solid through the effacement of the Republican vote the Demo-crats had only to carry two Northern States in order to secure thePresidency; and the significance of this fact was apparent even be-fore Mr. Elaine directed attention to it in his speech at Augustaafter his defeat. Eut while the Republicans could not hope for justiceand fair play in the South, they had no desire to have the will of theNorth misrepresented by any expedients that would not bear the light.While the Presidency had been lost by narrow majorities in Indiana,New Jersey, Connecticut and New-York, the Republicans had madematerial gains in both houses of Congress. From California and Ore-gon Republican Senators will be elected to succeed Democrats, andeven with Illinois a tie and left in doubt, the roll will stand Repub-licans, 41; Democrats, 34. In the next House the Republicans willhave 141 members in place of 119, and the Democrats 181 in place of200. This gain reduces the chances of a successful renewal of tariff agi-tation.

A NEW COMMERCIAL POLICY.The political canvass not only interrupted the natural course of

business, but created general uneasiness on the subject of the tariftand the economic consequences of Democratic success. This de-pressing influence has not passed away since the election. The reportof the Secretary of the Treasury betokening free trade tendencies servedto deepen this feeling, and the series of commercial treaties announcedin the President's Message has added to the uncertainty. The most im-portant of these treaties proposes a, reduction of from $25,000,000 to$35,000,000 in revenue by the importation of free sugar and tobacco atlower rates in American or Spanish bottoms from Cuba and PortoRico, in return for favors supposed to be reciprocal extended to exportsfrom the United States to Cuba. This treaty will have important effectsupon American manufactures of tobacco and the production and re-fining of sugar, which cannot easily be calculated. A similar treaty

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has been concluded with Santo Domingo. The commercial treaty withMexico, ratified by the Senate last March, still awaits tariff legisla-tion by Congress to be rendered effective. The President's Message ad-vocated the extension of American trade by treaties of this kind, theestablishment of the consular service on a salaried footing, the devel-opment of a steam carrying marine, and a uniform currency basis for thiscontinent. A treaty far more startling in its provisions is that con-cluded with Nicaragua, whereby the United States Government con-tracts to build an inter-oceanic canal and to defend the territory throughwhich it passes. These treaties have diverted public attention fromCongress since the opening of the session. If either the canal be under-taken or commercial reciprocity with Mexico, Cuba and South Americancountries be sanctioned, the surplus revenues of the Government will beabsorbed and one of the Democratic arguments in favor of tariff tin-kering will lose its force. That surplus for the next fiscal year isestimated at $39,000,000.

CHANGES, TENDENCIES AND CRIMES.The Cabinet changes of the year include the appointment of Mr.

McCulloch to the Treasury (October 31) in place of Mr. Gresham, whosucceeded Mr. Folger (deceased, September 5). Mr. Hatton becamePostmaster-General in October. The principal diplomatic changes havebeen the transfer of Mr. Francis to Vienna, Mr. Kasson to Berlin, andMr. Taft to St. Petersburg. The Bartholdi Statue was formally pre-sented to the American people on July 4 at Paris and accepted by theAmerican. Minister. The International Meridian Conference, composed ofdelegates from twenty-five countries, closed its labors at Washing-ton (November 1) by agreeing upon the Greenwich meridian as the start-ing point and fixing a universal day with hours counted from zero to24. The International Cotton Exposition at New-Orleans, supported byGovernment grants, was opened in December.

The year has been characterized by an unusual number of defaults,embezzlements and betrayals of public trusts. This has been one of theresults of the speculative spirit with which business has been conducted,and great shrinkages of values in the stock list. There have beensome alarming exhibitions of lawlessness, notably the riot in Cincin-nati (March 29), during which an attempt was made to lynch mur-derers confined in the jail and the Court House was burned, lOOper-"sons being killed and wounded. This outbreak was the direct result ofa series of shameful miscarriages of justice, public indignation taking theform of passionate revolt against law. The army has had happily a com-plete respite from Indian depredations in the West. The navy has hada serious undertaking and a ccowning success in the rescue of theGreely party at Cape Sabine and the recovery of the flag which had beencarried nearer to the Pole than the colors of the English expedition un-der Sir George Nares.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

GREAT BRITAIN.Political activity- and peaceful revolution at home and con-

fusion, menace and uncertainty abroad are the characteristics ofthe English year. By the passage of the Franchise Bill two millions ofthe Queen's subjects have been armed with the ballot, and by theRedistribution Bill, which has been practically agreed upon as a com-promise measure, although it has not been formally enacted as a law,little less than a revolution has been accomplished in the representa-

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tive system ot Great Britain. These great results have been accom-panied by vacillation, irresolution and incapacity in the conduct offoreignaSairs, which have impaired the prestige of the Nation abroad.

Parliament met (February 5) at a critical juncture in Egyptian affairs,when the public were not prepared to consider seriously the largelegislative pr&posals outlined in the Queen's Address. These related tothe assimilation of the conditions of suffrage in counties and boroughs,the extension and reform of local government, the unification of themetropolis, and minor measures for the securityof life and property atsea, the extension of the Railway Commission, and the extension ofthe Corrupt Practices act to municipal elections. Foreign complicationsinvolving protracted debates on motions of censure, coupled withsystematic obstruction by the Opposition in both Houses, reducedthis legislative programme to a single measure—the .Franchise Bill.This was introduced by Mr. Gladstone (February 28) in a pow-erful and conciliatory speech, appealing at once to the common sense ofthe Liberals and to the patriotism of the Opposition. He defended themeasure as one that would strengthen the State by creating new classesof citizens, whose political capacity had already been tested by fifteenyears' experience acquired in the boroughs. Those to be enfranchisedin the counties corresponded closely to the classes of population inthe towns upon whom the franchise had been conferred in 1867. Mr-Gladstone's proposal was to leave the ancient-right household and lodgerfranchises as they are in the boroughs, and to extend them by applyingthe ten-pound yearly franchise to the occupation of land, withouthouses or buildings, and by creating a franchise for servants, who areneither owners nor tenants, yet fulfil the idea of inhabiting householders.The borough franchise modified in this way he extended to the coun-ties throughout the United Kingdom. The franchise was practicallyequalized in borough and county, and Ireland was placed on a level ofpolitical equality with England and Scotland. The Franchise Bill wasat once larsce in its effects and progressive in spirit, yet curiouslyconservative in adhering to ancient principles. It prohibited the crea-tion of fagot voters in future, but did not abolish existing privilegesof this nature.

THE TWO HOUSES.The debate on the second reading of the Franchise bill was begun

(March 24) with animation, but gradually the interest in it declined,owing to the distractions of foreign affairs. The majority for the secondreading was unexpectedly large, the chief amendment having been pre-viously defeated by a vote of 280 to 167. The third reading occurredJune 26, Mr. Gladstone in closing the debate affirming that the Govern-ment had made every effort to satisfy reasonable demands of the Oppo-sition, and warning the country that the conflict between the two houseswould be the most serious one since tha abolition of the Corn Laws.The Lords gave no heea to the warning, but rejected the FranchiseBill (July 8) on the second reading by a vote of 205 to 146. Mr.Gladstone at once announced that an autumn session would be held,that the Franchise Bill would be reintroduced and that no Redis-tribution Bill, the presentation of which the Lords had demanded,would be brought forward until the chief measure had become a law.Parliament adjourned (August 14) without having accomDlished any im-portant work beyond disposing of the budget appropriations. There hadbeen the usual Bradlaugh scenes and prolonged discussions of foreignquestions and the Franchise Bill; but the Government measures had notbeen advanced. The debate on the Address atone occupied fourteennights. The failure to act upon the London bill was most unfortu-nate since it was a most ingenious measure and had been intro-duced by Sir William Harcourt in a most lucid and statesmanlikespeech.

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After the adjournment of Parliament a series of great meetings washeld in England and Scotland in favor of the Franchise Bill, and an 'agitation against the House of Lords in many localities became apopular movement. Mr. Gladstone went to Midlothian in August to

give an account of his four and a half years' of administration, and wasmost enthusiastically received. His speechesshowed no lack of iirmness,but were conservative in tone. The Conservative orators were activeduring the vacation. Mr. Parnell was more quiet than usual, appar-ently occupying himself with preparations for the general elections, inwhich he hopes to increase his power. The Irish members have actedwith sagacity in accepting the Reform Bill and the Redistribution,scheme, since it is sa£e for them to count upon great Nationalist gainswith 400,000 additional electors in the island. Their speeches in and outof Parliament have been more moderate in tone, and while not betok-ening any signs of conciliation have given less offence to Englishmenthan in previous years. The influence of wise leadership has beenmarred by the plots of dynamite fanatics, who in February soughtto shatter three railway stations in London, and in May succeeded inexploding large quantities of nitro-glycerine in Scotland Yard and inSt. James Square, and finally in December planned the destruction ofLondon Bridge. These outrages were not traced to any source, butnaturally were attributed in England to the machinations of Irish ex-tremists.

THE COMPROMISE.

At the opening of the autumn session (October 23) the speechesof the leaders in Opposition gave no promise of concessions to themajority of the popular house. Lord Salisbury sternly refused to acceptthe Franchise Bill unless it should be accompanied by a scheme of Re-distribution. This point he eventually carried. The Franchise Billwas rapidly advanced to the third reading in the Commons and sent tothe Lords, where after being read twice it was practically hung up inCommittee of the whole house. Mr. Gladstone after making repeatedadvances finally accepted a compromise, which virtually admitted LordSalisbury into his Cabinet. By the terms of this compromise theLords agreed to pass the Franchise Bill, if the Government would intro-duce a Redistribution Bill that would be satisfactory to the Con-servative leaders. So far as practical results were concerned this wasa great gain since it secured the passage of the Franchise Bill and alarge method of dealing with Redistribution. The question, however,whether the majority in the Commons should yield to the majority inthe Lords, or vice versa, was decided in favor of a Chamber that is notresponsible to any body of electors.

The Redistribution Bill was introduced by Mr. Gladstone in theCommons (December 1) and passed to a second reading the same weekwithout a division. On the same day the Franchise Bill was reported tothe House of Lords without amendment and was signed by the Queen(December 6). Parliament adjourned to February 10, with" the under-standing that the Redistribution Bill would then be taken up for generaldiscussion. The general purpose of this measure is to give a moreadequate representation to the counties, where the number of electorshas been greatly increased by the Franchise Bill. A subordinate objectis to strengthen the representation of the large boroughs at the expenseof the small boroughs. The number of county members is increased from269 to 365. The total number of members is raised from 658 to 670To these 12 new seats are added 148, obtained by disfranchising boroughsin whole or in part. Boroughs having less than 15,000 in popu-lation lose their seats—97 in all; two single-seat boroughs and sixboroughs with double seats lose 14 additional seats; boroughs

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having less than 50,000 inhabitants are deprived of their sec-ond members—37 in all: these 148 seats with the 12 new onesmaking 100, of which 96 are given to the counties and 64 to large towns,new boroughs receiving 8 seats from the counties. Equal electoral dis-tricts are virtually established in all the counties and all the great bor-oughs, a rule based on ratio of population being adopted in the newelectoral divisions and the principle of a single member for each dis-trict being generally introduced. England receives 6 and Scotland 12 ad-ditional seats, the representation of Ireland and Wales remaining un-changed. This is a larger measure than any Ministry could have intro-duced alone, without an understanding with the Opposition: and onthis account the compromise has been a most fortunate result for theBritish electorate. Opinions as to the political effects of the schemediffer widely, the leaders on both sides claiming positive gains at the nextgeneral election, the Conservatives counting upon increasing their rep-resentation from the large boroughs and counties, and the .Liberals antici-pating a revolution in the counties in consequence of the creation of2,000,000 new electors. The Radicals ara sorely disappointed in theabandonment of the principle of proportional or minority representation,Mr. Courtney having resigned office and united with Sir Wilfrid Lawsonand others in organizing meetings in opposition to the measure,

BRITISH DEPENDENCIES.Egypt has been the great theatre where the Liberal Ministry in

England have displayed their incapacity for accepting the inevitableconsequences of their own acts- From the day when Arabics army wasrouted at Tel-ei-Kebir that Ministry became responsible for the future ofthe Nile Valley, above as well as below Cairo. That responsibility theypersistently shirked, entertaining the vain hope that the Egyptianswould prove capable of governing themselves in accordance with Euro-pean ideas and that the English garrison might speedily be withdrawn.They refused to assert their authority in a positive way to restorefinancial order, to recast Egyptian methods of administration and toprohibit campaigns of reckless"adventure. When the Khedive and hisMinisters decided to send an army of unwilling military slaves into theheart of the Soudan to reconquer Kordof an, the English Ministry advisedagainst the undertaking, bat did not take measures to prevent it. At theopening of the year they had to face the consequences of their halt-ing, half-hearted policy. The massacre of Hicks's army had kindledan insurrection in the Soudan arid placed every Egyptian garrison inperil. The English Ministry adopted the speediest measures for makingthat insurrection general and increasing the peril of every garrison.They decided to abandon the Soudan and abruptly proclaimed thenew policy, forcing the Egyptian Ministry to resign. No sooner had theytaken this step than they lound that it was impracticable to with-draw the garrisons. Suakim, Tokar, Sinkat, Kassala, Berber, Khartoumand all the Upper Nile ports became centres of local disaffection and thegarrisons were hemmed in. The English Ministry showed painful signsof irresolution and vacillation, and finally allowed a cowardly body ofill-organized Nubian troops to go to the rescue of the seaboard garrisons,and dispatched two men, General Gordon and Colonel Stewart, acrossthe Korosco desert to reinforce the Khartoum garrison. The Nubiantroops under Baker Pacha were attacked (February 4) by an inferiorforce of Soudanese and driven back to their boats, 2,300 of them beingmassacred. A week afterward the garrison at Sinkat, despairing ofrelief, made a sortie and 600 brave soldiers perished.

BLOODSHED IN THE SOUDAN.

Under the pressure of a motion of censure proposed in the Commons,the British Ministry sent General Graham with 5,000 men to Suakimto relieve the garrison at Tokar. The greater part of the garrison surren-

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dered before the arrival of the troops, and the expedition was convertedinto an agency of punishment and massacre instead of relief. GeneralGraham, advancing from the coast toward Tokar, met the enemy 12,000strong (March 1), and after a furiously contested battle at El Teb, inwhich the Soudanese displayed amazing bravery, defeated them andmassacred 2,300 men. The troops entered Tokar and rescued a miserableremnant of the garrison, and then marched toward Sinkat, defeatingOsman Digna's forces a second time near Tamanieb (March 13) and leav-ing 3 000 Arabs slain on the field of battle. The army advanced in-land to Osman Digna's chief village and burned it. Then finding it im-practicable to march across the desert to Berber and to open a road forthe garrison of Khartoum, General Graham's army returned to LowerEgypt. All this bloodshed was without practical-result. Only a hand-ful of cowardly soldiers had been rescued in return for the 7.0COArabs and 3,000 Nubians slaughtered. The seaboard was conqueredafter the policy of evacuation had been proclaimed, and conquered onlyto be abandoned straightway. At the very moment when GeneralGordon was proclaiming peace and good-will at Khartoum, a Britisharmy on the coast was slaughtering Arabs by the thousand.

GORDON AT KHARTOUM.General Gordon leaving England (January 20) had meanwhile

made a perilous journey across the desert to Berber and Khartoum, thecamel which carried him bearing, as was graphically said at the time,the fortunes of the British Ministry. In his first proclamations hepromised that he would not interfere with slavery, and recognized theMahdi as the Sultan of Kordofan. His original instructions contem-plated an immediate abandonment of Khartoum,but as modified at Cairothey left him free to orgapize some form of native government beforeleaving the country. His genius for dealing with semi-civilized races.being self-regulating, he speedily became a law unto himself, subjectonly i o the restraints of his own conscience. By the middle of Marchhe had not only established his authority in Khartoum, but .taken thefield against the hostile Soudanese. In his first battle he was unsuc-cessful owing to tne treachery of two Pachas whom he immediately sen-tenced to death. The Mahdi rejected the appointment of Sultan ofKordofan and instigated a hostile movement of the natives. GeneralGordon besought the Ministry to appoint Zebehr Governor of EasternSoudan, as the only native chief possessing sufficient authority to es-tablish a government that would survive the withdrawal of the Egyp-tian garrison. The Ministry ret used to do this and decided against im-mediate ettorts to relieve Khartoum. General Gordon was left to his ownresources. He was cut oft from communication with Cairo, Berberbeing attacked and captured by the rebels. Khartoum was investedearly in April and one-half of the population went over to the enemy.General Gordon issued bills, which the merchants took upon his per-sonal guarantee, and in this way had money for soldiers and for supplies.He raised an army by promising freedom to negroes. He protected thatarmy from the assaults of a superior force by planting torpedoes in frontof his lines. He converted river steamers into marine fortresses byplating them with iron and building towers on them. In variousways he waged war so energetically that the siege was raised afterthree months. Descending the river he set fire to Berber, and sent Col-onel Stewart in a steamer to open communications with Cairo. His-messenger was treacherously murdered by a sheikh before he couldreach Dongola. General Gordon is now cut oft from communicationsand Khartoum is supposed to be again invested, An expeditionfor the re-lief of the garrison is now at Dongola, and Lord Wolselej7 expects toreach Khartoum by the end of March. The expedition was decidedupon after prolonged delay and has shared the fate of all the previousill-timed and ill-advised measures taken by the British Ministry in

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Egypt. What will be done with General Gordon or what dispositionwill be made of Khartoum, if Lord Wolseley succeeds in reaching theplace, are questions winch nobody in England seems able to answer.

The British Ministry have been subjected to continuous criticism bytheir inglorious policy in Egypt. The first motion of censure was de-feated in the Commons by a vote of 311 to 2«2 (February 9), and thesecond motion in March by a vote of 303 to 275, Mr. Forster and otherLiberals abstaining from voting and the Parnellites joining tne Tories.The financial situation of Egypt has grown steadily worse, and tneLiberal Government have hem unable to obtain the consent ot Europeto a modification of the Law of Liquidation. The Conference o± tnePowers proved futile even after humiliating concessions had been niaaeto France, and the recent proposals of the British Ministry have ^ailed.to secure the attention ot the Powers. Payments to the Sinking *pnaunder the Law of Liquidation ceased on September 17, the Egyptiantreasury payina the guaranteed interest, instead of allowing tne_Caisseto use certain revenues for the benefit of the bondholders. The rowershave protested against this innovation, and England is hampered mevery way by Europe in restoring financial order in Egypt.

OTHRB COLONIAL DEPENDENCIES.The British Government have had also serious trouble in dealing

with Europeans and natives in South Africa. The Boers are both restlessand faithless and are constantly instigating dissensions beyond theirfrontiers. On the side of Zululand they are aiming to reach the sea andare encouraging the settlers beyond the reserve to assert independenceof the British Crown. On the side of Bechuanaland the Boers aresecretly abetting filibustering and marauding and opposing theauthority of the Orown. The Cape Ministers having failed to settlethis controversy peaceably, the Home Go vernment have sent SirCharles Warren with a small expedition to restore order.

^ In Australia the same want of steadiness in British policy has in-volved vacillation and delay in the annexation of New-Guinea and en-abled Germany to secure a foothold on the island and on the adjacentgroups. British prestige has been impaired in every quarter of the worldby faint-hearted counsels and a lack of vigor and resolution.

In India Lord Ripon has given place to Lord Dutferin as Viceroyafter well-meant but futile attempts to institute reforms that are ob-noxious to the British residents. The movement in favor of Austra-lian federation is rapidly gaining ground. The Dominion of Canadahas had an uneventful year, marked by bitter political prosecutions,Government railroad transactions of remarkable magnitude, and a sessionof the British Association—the first ever held outside the United King-dom.

* I

JFKANGE.

France is still pursuing a dangerous policy of reprisals abrpad. Aftera delay of three months active operations in Tonquin were resumed,and Bacninh was captured (March 12), General Millot threatening thefortress in front while General Negrier attacked it on the other side.The Chinese garrison retreated to the frontier without striking a blow.The French troops returning to Sontay advanced to Honghoa and occu-pied, it (April 13) without meeting with serious resistance. M. Ferry,adopting his usual course, demanded an indemnity and menaced theChinese coast with a visitation of the fleet. The Empress-Recent wasforced to make a decision and resolved upon an inglorious peace. LiHung Chang negotiated a treaty (May 11) in which the claim for theindemnity was withdrawn and ^tne French protectorate of Anam and

FOB THE YEAB 1884. XI

Tonquin was conceded, together with important trading privilegeswith Yunnan and other provinces. M. Ferry had won a conspicuoustriumph. A province with 11,000,000 subjects had virtually been ceded-to France. But success due chiefly to audacity and recklessness temptedhim to persevere m his policy of menace and reprisal. The assault ofa body of Chinese irregular troops upon a French column of 700 mennear Langson (June 23) was declared to be a flagrant violation of thetreaty recently concluded, and an enormous indemnity was demanded.Resistance to a demand based upon an accident for which the Frenchcommanders have been shown to be chielly responsible has involved aresumption of hostilities.

The French fleet bombarded Foochow, destroyed the arsenal andforts on the Min River, and then took possession of Kelung, in Formosa.M. Ferry insisted whileproposing a vote of credit for Tonquin operationsthat he'was not making war with China but only securing pledges foran indemnity that would eventually be paid. The operations of bisfleet did not" have the eftect of intimidating China, although the demon-stration against Formosa was repeated. The French troops in Ton-quin were forced to act on the defensive in October, and althoughthe blockade of portions of the coast has been maintained the war partyin Pekin has been able to reject all proposals for peace, even whenbroached under the guise of English mediation. The negotiations haveapparently been broken oft, and the French Government will be forcedeither to continue its desultory naval operations or to strike for Pekin.Warlike operations in Madagascar have not been actively resumed,although French influence is steadily gaining ground. Tunis is rapidlyhems converted into a province, the capitulations having been sus-pended, and the treasury having passed under the control of a Frenchagent.

M. Ferry, while staggering under the burdens of foreign campaign-ing, has contrived to secure the support of the Chambers and to un-dertake the responsible duty of revising the Constitution and the Sena-torial electoral system. Revision was approached cautiously andunder limitations carefully denned in advance. The National Assemblycompleted its work (August 13) without departing from the lines laid forits action. There were disorderly exhibitions of Radical turbulence, butthe contract between the Chambers was not violated. The changesin the fundamental law were not sweeping in character. The Princeswere declared ineligiblefor military or civil office, and the Senatorialelectorate was brought within the scope of subsequent legislation. Thislegislation has rapidly followed. The Government's bill for the reorgan-ization of the Senate has been adopted by both Lh ambers. The Depu-ties undertook to amend it by providing for the election of all Senatorsby departmental household suffrage. This amendment was rejected bythe Senate and the Deputies were forced to yield under penalty of re-ceiving M. Ferry's resignation. The Senate hereafter will not haveseventy-five life members, but will be an elective assembly, the electoralbodies consisting of the Council-Generalof the Department and a contin-gent of delegates chosen by the communal councils on the basis of popu-lation. Universal suflrage will be directly responsible for the Deputiesand indirectly responsible for the Senators.

M. Ferry's success in governing is largely to be ascribed to the im-practicability of obtaining a substitute for him. There are many signsof dissatisfaction with his foreign policy and compromises in domesticlegislation. But M. Brisson does not venture to take the Premiership,and no other statesman is willing to assume the responsibility for con-ducting the Tonquin negotiations. M. Ferry is also careful to maketimely concessionsto Radical feeling and to otter no opposition to exhi-bitions of hostility to the clergy, such as the refusal of the Depu-ties to exempt candidates for the priesthood from conscription. Thegeneral condition of France cannot be said to be reassuring. The revenuelac-ks its old-time elasticity. There are signs of financial exhaustion

XII SUMMABY OF EVENTS

under the continuous pressure of an enormous debt and the most ex-pensive military system in Europe. Pestilence, too, has left its brandupon three of the great centres of population and intensified the generalfeeling of depression.

THE MILITARY EMPIRES.

I The German Chancellor has entered during the year upon a newpolicy of colonial extension. Whether he has become envious of theprestige gained by France abroad, or has considered the establishmentof colonies necessary from an economic point of view, is an open ques-tion ; but having once taken this new departure he has displayed charac-teristic energy in following it out. He first established a claim toAngra Pequena, on the West African coast, and after a projonged cor-respondence with Lord Granville has secured the annexation . of a longstrip of coast. In the German Parliament he has defended this policyon the broad ground that protection is due to colonists wherever theymay be and no matter how few may be their number nor how incon-siderable their resources. He protested against England's treaty withPortugal respecting the lower Congo, and summoned to Berlin an Inter-national Council to determine the future of vast areas of CentralAfrica. This Conference has defined the Congo ,basin as including2,000,000 miles of territory under the control of an International Com-mission, and has empowered England to control the lower Niger andFrance the upper reaches of the river. Prince Bismarck's closingachievement in the year is the annexation of a portion of New-Guineaand two adjacent islands in the South Seas—a step' which has causedalarm in Australia and irritation in England. The diplomacy of Ger-many is now markedly hostile to England and the opposition to thefinancial proposals for Egypt originates in Berlin.

The political situation of Germany remains unchanged. The Par-liamentary elections have made slight alterations in the relations ofparties and the groups are at once unstable and helpless. The Chan-cellor does not hesitate to show his contempt for the Reichstag, evenif he has to put an unnecessary affront upon a nation which has mil-lions of citizens of German birth. The'Lasker resolution passed by theHouse of Representatives and addressed to the Reichstag was uncere-moniously returned to Washington, and a fusillade of abuse was directedagainst the American Minister at Berlin. In like manner the Reichstagdelisrhts to harass and annoy him by giving unbroken support to HerrWmdthorst's resolutions in favor of the abolition of the remnant of theMay laws, or even by refusing his request for increased clerical assist-ance. The corner-stone of a magnificent Parliament House has been laidwith great pomp during the year. Germany needs something more thana splendid building to make Parliamentary government a reality. Itneeds Ministers responsible to the representatives of the people.

While the trial of a group of Socialists concerned in a diabolical at-tempt to murder the German Emperor has been the most conspicuousdynamite event on the Continent, there have been constant rumors ofunderground plottings in Russia against the Czar and his officials. Thereis no reason to believe that the Terrorists have abandoned their cam-paign. The Government has persevered in its reactionary policy andhas not made any effort to conciliate the disaffected classes. TheRussian press is subjected to rigorous discipline and public opinion iseverywhere stified and suppressed. Extern a,ly the position of thecountry has been improved during the year. Visits have been ex-changed between the Russian and German courts and diplomatic rela-tions are now on a most cordial footing. Russia has. fallen into line be-hind Germany in Prince Bismarck's diplomatic campaign against Eng-

FOB THE YEAR 1884. XIII

land, and has, moreover, made stealthy advances toward India. InFebruary the Turcoman tribes occupyingthe oasis of Merv submitted tothe Czar. This brought the Russian arms vyithm 250 miles of Herat,in Western Afghanistan. During the remainder ot" the year a closerapproach was silently made and England has been startled within a fort-night by the anonuncement that the tribes about Herat have acknowl-edged the Russian supremacy.

In Hungary the reform of the Upper House has been undertakenas a Government measure. The rejection of the bill for legalizingmarriages between Christians and Jews after it had passed the popularChamber seemed to render this action indispensable, and the Emperorproposed a reform measure in his speech from the throne in October.The Government's plan gives the balance of power to tlie Emperor'scandidates and reconstitutes tne House so that it will consist ofhereditary peers ownma: at least $15,000 in land, of ecclesiastical andother functionaries, and"of life-peers, the latter forming one-third of theentire body. The Coalition Cabinet in Austria has had an uneventfulyear. The diplomacy of the Empire has been shaped from Berlin. Bosniahas remained quiet. In East Roumelia there have been some signs ofdisturbance ia the agitation in favor of union with Bulgaria, but theBalkan peninsula is tranquil at the ciose of the year.

MINOR COUNTRIES.~ The financial situation of Italy is becoming more stable with every

advancing year, and the condition of the people more prosperous. TheMinistry have had a secure support from the Chambers, but no remark-able measures have been "brought forward. The Government hassecured some additional concessions for colonial development on thewestern coast of the Red Sea and are casting hungry eyes in the directionof Abyssinia. Commercial extension is now the besetting weakness ofEurope, and Italy, which is always sensitive respecting its position asone of the great Powers, is moving in the same direction and is inclinedto look favorably upon an English alliance. The Pope has beengreatly disturbed by a judgment of the Court of Appeals taking from theVatican the power of disposing of the property of the Propaganda.Cholera has proved a terrible scourge in Naples and Genoa, but has notobtained a foothold in either Rome, Florence or Venice.

The Liberals in Belgium were defeated at the general electionsand a Reactionary Ministry was formed. An educational law was speedilypassed conferring special privileges upon clerical tutors. This law waspromptly sanctioned by the King notwithstanding the turbulent demon-strations of the Brussels and Antwerp mobs.

By the death of the Prince of Orange (June 21) Princess Wilhel-mina, age four, has become heir presumptive to the throne, She can-not inherit the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, to which the successionis regulated by the German law. Special provisions for a regency andfor the succession to the Duchy have accordingly been made by theCrown and the Legislature.

- The Spanish Ministry early in the vear, under a vote of censurecarried by 221 to 126, were forced to resign. Sagasta expected to be-come Premier, but the King passed him over and appointed Canovas delCastillo with a Conservative Ministry. The Ministry have displayedunwonted activity in making proposals for commercial treaties withthe United States, Great Britain and other countries. The year closeswith a terrible catastrophe—the most destructive earthquake since thatof Lisbon.

The Mexican people have elected General Diaz President and havereason to expect a more practical and progressive administration ofpublic affairs. A peaceable revolution was effected by the rejection ofthe Government's programme providing for the public debt. 'Ministries

XIY SUMMARY OF EVENTS FOB THE YEAR 1884.

have ordinarily been able to carry any measure, no matter how unwiseor unpopular. A bold stand was made against the Ministers and theminority forced the withdrawal of the scheme. There has been nomarked change in South American affairs. Chili has acquired the ter-ritory ceded by its vanquished foes. The Panama Canal is proceedingslowly, all the estimates in regard to cost and time required for con-struction being at fault.

NECROLOGY OF THJU YEAR.Amei-ican Public, Men.—Wendell Phillips, Charles O'Conor, Henry B.

Anthony, Noah H. S\vayne, Charles J. Folger, Judah P. Benjamin,

Foster, Daniel Pratt, Robert B. Elliott, William A. Beach.European Statesmen.—Edward Lasker, Eugene Rouher, Midhat

Pacha, Sir Edward Bartle Frere, Sir E. M. Archibald, Henry Fawcett,A. M Sullivan, Victor Guichard, Pierre Clement Pelletan, Gauthier deRomilly.

Princes and Nobility.—The Duke of Albany; the Crown Prince ofHolland; the DuKe of Brunswick; the Earl of Cowley ; the Duke ofWellington; Empress Anna of Bohemia; Princess George of Saxony ,•Cetewayo. §

Authors.—Charles Reade, Abraham Hayward, R. H. Home, C. F.Hoftnian, Blanchard Jerrold, Paul Lacroix, Mary^ Clemmer, Jane GraySwisshelm, Henry J. Byron.

Painters—Hans Makart, . Adrian Lewis Richter, George Fuller,Jules Bastien-Lepage, Henry A. Eikins.

Composers, Singers, Actors.—Sir Michael Costa, Pasquale Brignoli*Mine. Anna Bishop, Henry C. Work, F. S. Chanfrau, Maria Tagliom.

1 Army and Aavy.—Admiral* Carr (Jrlyn, General de Wimpjtien, GeneralTodleben, Admiral Lesoftsky, Generals Leroy D. Walker, GodfreyWeitzel, Mansfield Lovell, Abraham Buford, Ward B. Burnett, JamesHall, O. E. Babcock and Benjamin Alvord; Rear-Admirals AlexanderMurray, George F. Emmons and A. A. Harwood; Lieutenant Lock-wood (Arctic explorer).

Theologians and Clergy.—Keshub Chunder Sen; Cardinals Hassan,Di Pietro and Consoiini; Bishops Bickersteth, Clarkson and B. Bos-worth Smith; Bishops Simpson, Wiley, Kavanagh and Pierce; Pro-fessors Ezra Abbot and Arnold H. Guyot; the Rev. Drs. W. L. Alex-ander, John C. Backus, J. P. Sne!ling, R. M. Abercrombie and James E.Latnner; William Henry Channing; Alexander J. Baird.

Education and Science.—Isaac Todbunter, A. S. Packard, SimeonNorth, Samuel Wells Williams, Wilson Flagg.

Journalists.— Thomas Chenery, W. F. Storey, James WatsonWebb, Thomas Kinsella, Sanford B. Hunt, George W. Danielson, IsaacHenderson.

Publishers.—Fred'k Leypold, Trubner, Smith Sheldon, H'y G. B«>hn.Medicine.—J. JMarion Sims, Samuel D. Gross, Joseph J. Wood-

ward, William .uarling, Willard Parser, Elisha Harris, J'liny A.Jewett, William N. Thorndike.

Philantnopists.—Mrs. Valeria G. Stone,. John F. Slater, Reuben R,Springer, Thomas Holloway.

Well-known Business Men. — Thomas Dickson, John W. Garrett,John J. Cisco, Royal Pheips, M. H. Simpsou, Charles Delmonico,. PhilipHamilton, Sidney P. Nichols, Augustus Schell, John N. Tapnan.

Inventors.—Cyrus H. McCormick, Henry A. Wood, L4 "J. Knowles,Alonzo Hitchcock.

Miscellaneous.—Sam Ward, Chevalier Wikoff, Francis D, Monl-ton, Paul Morphy, Allan Pinkerton, Henry G. Vennor, Salmi Morse;wife of HJohn Brown; wife of Admiral Farragut; Mathilde F, Anneke.

I N D E XTO THE

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNEFOR 1884.

Edttori&l Articles have the affix (Ed.) Correspondence has tlie affix (C.) The dale,page, and column are given after every reference.

A—Abbett. Date.Pg.Cl.Abbett, Leon, inaugurated Gov.of

New-Jersey Jan 16 2 6Abbott, A. A., on Beecher....Dec 31 3 1Abeadrosh, Walter, case of ..Nov 22 1 4Abercronibie,"JLord," June 28,29,

Oct 21.Abbot*, Lymaa, on the Bible, Apr 14 2 5Abbott, TildenG., arrest of..Apr 25 1 4About, Edmond Feb 17 3 2•'About half a pint" (Ed) Apr 11 4 3Absolutism against civilization

(Ed.) N o v 5 4 2Academy of Music, consolidation

defeated Apr 29 5 4Accidents.

Boiler, Lehiga Valley BailroadJuly 26 1 2

Coasting, Staten Island Jan 6 7 2Coastmg,Wayneslioro,Penn.Jan 27 1 4EdenMnsee." Sept 25 1 6Elevator, Eighteenth-st. brew-

ery Jan 3 2 1Explosions (See Explosions).Fires ("See Fires).Grace Church June 25 8 2Hotel, United States (Washing-

ton), falis Aug 4 1 1House in Baltimore falls, six

lives lost *May31 1 4Mill dam, Houghton, Mich?. Jan 3 1 5Miiae, Braidwood. Ill Apr 6 1 5Mine, Gunnison, Col Jan 25 1 5Min«, Pocahontas, verdict (Ed)

Apr 16 4 4Mine, Youngstown, O Oct 29 1 5Mines in 1883 Jan28 1 3Bailroad (See Bailroads).Shipwrecks (See Shipwrecks).

Actors before the camera June 2912 1Actors, pay of Dec 5 5 3Adam's, Madame, salon Mar 8 7 6Adams, Captain, on the Greely

Expedition (Ed) J an 2 4 4Adams, Charles, on South Ameri-

can affairs (Ed) Oct 1 4 3Adams, Chas. F., jr., made Pres.

of Union Pacific June 19 5 4Adams, Henry Carter, on free

trade M a r 5 5 4A

INDEX TO THE

1 68 18 2

662

3 1

A—Albert. Date.Pg.Cl.Albert memorial .............. Sept 16 6 1Alcohol for manufactures (Ed) ....

June 4 4 3Alcohol and total abstinence (Ed)

June 9 4 3Aldermanic amusements (Ed)Dec 20 4 4

I Aldermen.Confirming poorer, mass meeting

at Cooper Union ........... Feb 15Committees ................... Feb 1Deadlock ...................... Jan 8Enjoined ..................... Dec 24Ini unction dissolved ........ Dec 27Grand Jury and the ( Ed) .... Dec27Offices, trouble overfilling. . Dec 30Presidency, no "deals "for Be-

publicans (Ed) ............. Jan 10President, Kirk made (Ed) . .Jan 22Kailroads, and (Ed) ......... May 18Beckless and costly body (Ed)

Mar 28Aldrich, Nelson W., «n the

Spanish Treaty ............... Dec 27Alert, steamer, England presents

United States with ........ Peb 22 2Arrival of, in New-York____Apr 23 8Description of ...... .......... Apr 23 8

Alexandria indemnity ......... Oct 20 1Alger,R. A., letter to Beecher.Oct 8 5Algeria, French colonization

scheme (Ed) .................. Jan 20 6Allen, F, A., on Elaine ....... June 14 1Allen, Fred J., charged with trea-

son ............................ Nov 4 1Allgemeine Zeltung on !Blaine

Oct 6Allison, Wm. B., re-elected U. s.

Senator from Iowa ........... Jan24Almanac, Th eTribune (Ed). . .Jan 24Almsgiving vEd) .............. Feb 14Alpha Delta Phi Society re-

union .......................... Apr 17Amber, facts about ............ Aug 31Amberg, Gustav,held for trialApr 17America, English assaults (Ed)

Apr 15American citizens abroad (Ed)

Aug 27Citizens, rights of (Ed) ...... Oct 18

4 3

2 2

2 6

Continental policy, a (Ed)..July 27Criticism of France (Ed)...Sept 21

4 3

English, (C)"G.W.S."....June29English, Tucker and Sala..May 17Ideas, spread of (Ed) July 29 _Institute troubles Feb 816Legation at Borne Feb 6 8Society, The Saturday Review

on Feb 3Tract Society anniversary.May 12

Americanizing England (Ed> May 2Americans and the London police

Jan 11Egypt, in (Ed) Sept 3Mexico, in Apr 17, July 27Turkey, in (C| June 1

Amero extradition case Mar 5Ames, Oliver, on the "Mulligan

letters" Oct22 2 5Ames on Blaine and Hocking Val-

ley Octll 1 2Ammidown, Edward H., on tariff

Sept 15 2 1Amusements (See Drama, Music

and Sporting).Anam, King of, death of Aug 3 7 3Anam, Thuanaumade King..Aug 4 1 3

A—Arctic. Date.Pg.Cl.Anderson, John A., renominated

for Congress May 22 5 2Andrade, M. D C., Berlinger quar-

rel Mar 22 2 6Andrews, But'us F., arrest ofMar 7 8 2

Statement. M a r 9 2 4Angel, J. B., speech June 10 5 2Animal disease, what to do about

(Ed) MarlS 4 4Animal suicide (Ed) Aug 22 4 3Animals, Soo. for Prevention of

Cruelty, gift Oct 20 8 1Ant bear, scratched by an—IN ov 3 2 5Anthony, Henry B., death of-Sept 3 5 2

Legacies Sept 9 1 5Anthony, Susan B., woodcut (Ed)

Jan 5 4 4Anti-Morton will act (C) Apr 19 5 3Anti-slavery history, letter from

Oliver Johnson Feb 23 7 3Apples abroad, sending June 29 10 3Aqueduct.

Arguments before commissionApr 1, 3. 4, 8, 9, 10, 13

Bids, consideration of (Ed)..Dec 1 3 4 2Commission, addingto the (Ed)

May 10 4 3Contracts made Dec14 1 4Contracts, how a warded Dec1 6 8 1Cost, CommissionerThompson's

report Feb 21 2 6Features of the structure...Dec 15 1 4Muscoot dam project Jan 15 8 3Proposals Oct 30 3 1Taxpayers, attention (Ed)..Jan 29 4 4

Archaeology, Am. and transatlan-t i c ( C ) N o v 6 2 6

Archbishop, an alleged Mar1 2 1 4Archer, Frederick, in New-York

Nov 27 1 6Archer, Wm., on the Indepen-

dents July 25 2 3Architecture, models instead of

plans June 2211 1Arctic Explorations.

Alert, description of Apr 23 8 1Cannibalism (Ed) Sept23 4 4Charts Sept 10 4 6Colonies, benefits of (Ed)...July 20 6 2Convalescents (Ed) Sept 7 6 3Criticism, *Boyal Geographical

Soc (Ed) Aug 22 4 2Greely Belief, advice from Brit-

ish explorers MarlS 2 2(Ed) Mar20 4 4Alert presented to U. S. by

England Feb 22 2 3Alert, sailing of May 1110 2Bear, departure of Apr 2 5 8 1Bear, how fitted. Mar 26 2 5Bounty to whalers (Ed)...Mar 7 4 4Ceremonies at Governor's Is-

land Aug 9 1 1Commanders Feb 22 2 3Criticisms, Hoadley's Aug 2 4 3Diaries and relics Aug 16 3 5Expenses Nov 22 4 5Execution of Henry Aug 1 5 5 5Letter from "Arctic " Feb 16 5 2Medical Record on the (Ed)

Aug 24 6 4Melville's appointment (Ed)

Feb 28 4 3Officers available (C) Jan 28 2 5Officers (Ed) Jan 28 4 2

NEW-YORK DAILY TBIBUNE FOB 1884.

A—Arctic. DaU.Pg.Cl.Poem, "In Portsmouth Har-

bor" Au.! 9 6 -

3 6 3

6 2

Preparing for (Ed) Mar 27Proteus inquiry Jan 4 1Beception at Portsmouth.Aug 2 3Beport ..Mar 22 3Beport of Greelv (Ed) Aug 15 4Bescue, how to (Ed) Jan 19 4Bescued July 18 1

Details July 19, 20Details (Ed) July 18,19Details, report, official.... Oct 23 5

Besults Aug 18 5Beward offered by Congress

Mar 29 2Reward bill passed HouseApr 12 2Schley's report July 29 1Sufferings Aug 13 2Thetis leaves New-York..May 2 8Tyson's plan (Ed) Jan 4 4Volunteers in the Navy (Ed)

FebWildes and Hazen strictures

(Ed) Nov 26Wisdom after the event (Ed)

July 27Jeannette, De Long's fate (Ed)

Feb 21 4Funeral of the dead Feb 23 1Investigation, Mar 18, Apr 6, 8,

y, 16,17, 19, 29, 30, May1, 3, 9,

Unnecessary investigation(Ed) Apr 22 4

Belies Aug 21 1Searches, cost of Mar 17 2

Loch Garry, voyage of July 27 1Memories and duties (Ed)..Feb 23 4Parallels, some (Ed) Apr 17 4Points (Ed) Aug 18 4Polar distances (C) Sept 13 5Proteus wreck, report of Court

of Inquiry Feb 14 3 1(Ed) Feb 15 4 3

Beport of Chief Signal OfficerNov 14 2 4

Arizona exhibit at New-OrleansExhibition Dec 29 2 3

Arkell, James, on Beecher.. .July 24 2 3Armitage, Wilberlorce July 7 2 1Armitage, Thomas, on the Presi-

dency Oct 26 3 1Bep. bolters, on June 14 5 1

Armory construction, Assemblyinvestigation July 3 8 1

Army.Condition of (Ed) May 5 4 3Defenceless condition of the U.

S. (Ed) Sept 11 4 3Hygiene (Ed) Apr 12 4 4Longevity pay Apr 8 2 2Longevity pay decision. Nov 4 3 1Orders, Jan. 10, Feb, 7, 9, 12. 16,

27, 28, 29, Mar. 6, 9, 22, Apr. 3,17, May 10,11, July 25, 26, 30,Aug. 1. 9, 20, 30, Sept. 9, 20, 27,Oct. 10, 23, Nov. 7, 15, Dec. 6, 8

Beports, Bureau of EquipmentN o v 7 2 4

Commissary Department..Oct 21 7 4Paymaster-General Oct22 3 1Sheridan's Nov 11 3 1Surgeon-General Oct 18 3 1(See also Military.)

Army chaplains, re-union of..Aug 2 3 4Army of the Potomac reunion

June 12 8 2

A—Astronomy. Date.Pg.Cl.Army of the Tennessee reunion

Aua: 15 2 4Arnold, Constable & Co,, robbery

July 17 1 1Arnold, Matthew.

Farewell to America ........ Mar 2George Sand, on ............. Aug 23Lecture " Emersoa " ........ Jan 4Light, in anew (Ed) ......... Feb 17Poet and critic, as ............ Jan 3Beception, Authors' Club . . .Feb 29 5Beception, Botta ............ Mar 4 5Beligion ................... ..Feb 5 3Sailed for England .......... Mar 8 5Views ......................... Feb 2 3

Arnold's, Mr., paper on ChicagoAurl3 9 1

Arnold mysteries (Ed)........Apr 2 7 6 4Art (See Fine Arts).

Arthur, Chester A.Administration, resolutions of

State Conventions ......... May 21Boom (Ed) ................... May 27Cabinet changes (Ed) ........ Oct 30Campaign methods ...... — May 27Dinner to his Cabinet ........ Jan 31Free-trader, not a (Ed) ..... May 12Mass-meeting, Cooper Union

May 21Mass-meeting, letter from a Be-

puDlican .................... May 20Message, annual .............. Dec 2

(Ed) ......................... Dec 2Nicaragua Canal ........... Dec 18Spanish treaty ............. Dec 12

Presidency, his strength in theSouth ............... . ...... May 5

Presidential campaign, and the(C) ........................... Decl7

Senatorship ................ Dec 4, 5Union League Club reception

Jan 24Ash, Gertrude L., sent' to prison

May 3Ashton, E. V., bequests ....... Feb 14Assassination (See Murder).Associated Press news, Journal

of Commerce charges (Ed) . . Nov 12Conduct in Presidential cam-

paign ........................ t\Tov27Natureof(Ed) ............... Mar 9Testimony ,Wm.H. Smith's. Mar 8Works, how it ............... July 29

A ssos, discoveries at ......... Mar 23Asten attack (Ed). ........... May 23Astor Library, annual report. Feb 3Astor, J. J., gift to Cancer Hospi-

tal ............................. Apr29Astor's. Wm., new yacht ...... July 7Astor, Mrs. Wm., gives a ball.Jan 22Astor smuggling case (Ed)... Apr 9Astor-Wilson wedding ........ Nov 19Astoria, L. I., city government

Mar 1Astrander, G. P., case of ...... Jan 6

2 36 15 46 46 1

51

3 2

4

5 64 34 31 15 14 2

1 6

1 21 64 21 11 6

5 4

5 3

5 1

3 42 1

4 5

5 46 32 43 17 44 35 6

4 68 15 34 48 1

2 51 4

Astronomy.Comet, Wolf ................. Sept 2810 6Comets and Meteors, Proctor's

Lecture ..................... Dec 17 2 -6Meteors. ..................... Nov 15 5 2Moon eclipse, letter from Proc-

tor .......................... Nov 8Moon, total eclipse of ....... Oct 5

'

1, ....... 3

Moon, Wiggms's dark(Ed)June 8 6 3Solar heat, Proctor on ...... Dec 2 6 6 3

INDEX TO THE

A—Astronomy. Date.Pg.Cl.Snnand Satellites, letter from

Proctor May 12 2 1Subsets, brilliant, cause of..Jan 2 8 2Sunsets, red (Ed) Jan 2 4 4Sunsets, red (Ed) May 18 0 5

Asylum stories (Ed) July 20 6 4Athletics (See Sporting)Attorney-General EreWsters' an-

nual report Nov26 5 4Augur, Jolin J. P., sad death of

Jan 10 8 2Australasia confederation (Ed)

Nov 18 4 4Australia, prosperity in Mar1 7 2 6Authors, American, and English

criticism Sepbl4 3 5*'Average Man," Child's address

May 10 7 3Averill, W. W., concerning.. Aug 17 2 6Axtell, Sam'IB., charges against

Feb, 5,20Vindicated Apr 6 1 3

Aztec hieroglyphics (Ed) Jan 31 4 4B.

Babcock, O. E., drowned Jnne 4 1 5Badeau, Adam, charges against

State Dept Apr 29, May 3Cuba, on (Eil) May 25 6 2Consul at Havana, resigns as

Apr 12 2 6Spanish treaty, on the. Dec 10 2 2

Bailey, O. M., on Elaine July 10 5 4Bain's, Geo. W., temperance ad-

dress July 29 5 5Baird, Henry C., on depression of

business Dec 16 3 1Baird, Henry C., speech for Blatne

July 29 2 1Baker, Ames, on Conkling—Nov 21 2 2Baker, C. R., sketch of July 20 10 6Baker Pacha, defeat of, in Egypt

F e b 6 1 2Baker, Sir Samuel Feb 24 3 6Baldness, ornamental (Ed^..June 5 4 4Baldwin, C. C.,made an Aqueduct

Coui'r: Jan 8 1 1Eesigned presidency of L. cfe N.

B. B May20 5 2Baldwin. O. D., on Elaine's no in-

ination June 7 10 3Ball: Arion ^Society Feb 22 2 6

Bachelors* Apr 18 2 6Charity J a n 4 5 1laederkranz Society Feb 19 5 2Old Guard Janli 5 3Palestine Commandery Jan 16 5 2Purim M a r 6 5 2Twenty-second Regiment...Jan 8 5 8

Ball, Geo. H., vindicated Sept 17 1 5Ballet, decay ofthe Feb 2 6 2Balm lor a wounded neighbor(Ed)

Jan 17 4 3Baltimore, charges against Mayor

Latrobe Mar 6 1 3Municip ftl affairs Feb28 1 3Fire ordinance, new Feb 21 1 2Officials prosecuted Feb 12 1 4

"Bananas, coiiOernin? June 2 4 5Banjo, genesis of the Mar 30 4 GBanks.

Commerce, Complaint againstJune 21 7 o

Dansville,receiver appointed...May 20 1 5

Failure (See Failure),ijbhkill National trouttes..Mar 24 5 4

B—Barrels. Date.Pg.Cl.Frauds, epidemicof (Ed)...May 26 4 3Freedtnen's, report oi J. J. Knox

Jan 10 2 6Insolvent savings, amount paid

by Febl6 5 5National (Ed) Nov29 4 4

Circulation, decrease (Ed) Apr 2 4 4Condition of, Feb 17, Mar 20,

Nov25Depositors (Ed) May 13 4 3Reinvestments (C) Mar 8 7 3Republic, changes Jan 8 8 3System, plans to save (Ed)Jan 27 6 2

Newark sav., relations withFisk& Hatch July24 5 3

New-Brunswick, N. J., financesSept 11 1 6

New-York, centennial June 10 8 1New-York, condition of. Oct1 2 5 1New-York Savings, condition of

May 17 2 3Pacific Nat., statement Feb 17 2 1Panics, and (Ed) May 25 6 2Phoenix affairs May 15 2 1Private (Ed) Jan 22 4 4Report of Superintendent ef

Banking Department Jan 3 2 4Report of Superintendent Paino

M a r 4 5 5Reports, quarterly, of State Dec 29 1 5Savings (Ed) May 18 6 3Savings, surplus of Dec 15 1 6Second 2S ational affairs May 1 4 1 1Taxation of National Ausr 1 6 1 4

(See also Proceedings of Congress.)Banker. Mrs. Howe (Edt Dec 17 4 4Bankers' convention at Saratoga

Aug 14,15Bankers in council (Ed) Aug 1 5 4 3Banking frauds, prevention oi

(fid). . ... . June 7 4 3Bankrupt law, National, why

needed !..Nov29 7 6Bankruptcy (See Failures).Bankruptcy, Williams's paper,

Ausr 15 5 2Bar Association and the Field

Code Apr 22 2 5Bar Harbor, life at (C) Aug 31 3 6Barclay, Jas. W., on Mormonis ii'(Ed) Jan27 6 3

Barge office and city defence.. Dec 5 3 2. Openingof Aug 28 8 3Bark springbok, case of Mar 3 2 1Barker, Fordyce, vindicated..Dec 19 1 6Barker, Wharton, on the Spanish

treaty Dec 9 2 1Barnard, F. A. P.. paper " Metro-

logical system of the Great Pyr-amid" June 10 4 4Canerush .'...Got 11 5 2

Barnes, Thurlow W., on J. P.Benjamin Feb 3 3 3vEd) F e b 4 4 3

Barnum, P. T., card, White Ele-

Shant F e b 4 5 21 out if Cleveland is elected,ready Nov 3 5 1

Speech for Blaine Aug 5 2 2Barnum, W. H., and the Mercy-

forgery (Ed).Aug 19, 21, Sept 2Manning, and (Kd) Nov 8 4 3(jarfieid and the Morey letter,

ou (Ed> Aug25 4 3Letter to Price Aug 30 1 3

Barratt, J. A., letter Feb 23 7 6Barrels to the front (Ed)... Mar 6 4 3

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FOR 1884.

B—Barrett. Date.Pg.CLBarrett, Geo. C., lecture " Ameri-

can Drama" Jan 9 5 1Barrett, Mrs. G. C., card Mar 8 7 4Barrett, Lawrence, repels a slan-

cbr.... Jan 26, 29, 31Barrett, Wilson, talk-with....Feb 9 8 1Barren, Geo. JEL, case of Oct 20 1 5Barrows, John H., on Blaine fc'ept 15 2 5Barry, John, testimony Feb 9 3 «Bartol, C. A. (Kd) Aug 5 4 2Barton, C.M., charges Jan 4 1 3Batcheller, G. S., on Egyptian af-

iairs July 25 5 2Batcheller, Geo. S., on England

and tlie Soudan .Sept 8 2 5Bates, D. H., vindicated Feb 18 2 4Bates, Eli, leaves Fire Dept-.Apr 30 8 1Bates, Levi M., interview Juue 1 5 2 2Bates, Levi M., nom. for M ayor,

oct 26 7 3Baths, free (Ed) June 9 4 3Bay Ridge Perry improvements

Atig 5 8 1Bayard, Thos. F.,speech in Brook-

lyn Apr6,Septl6Butler forces Dec 29 " "Speeches, some old June 16 1Visits Cleveland Dec 9

Baylis, H. S.. found guilly uftheft July 2 8 2

Bayne, Thos. A., on Curtis audthe Rep. Nat. Convention. June 24 2 1Bayne"Speech June 20 3 2

Beach, Wm. A., death of June 29 7 4=Beaconsfield and Blaine (Ed)July 6 6 2Bear, str., sails for Arctic regions

Apr 25 8 1Bears, killing of, in Penn, Oct 5 3 6Beauregard, G. T., and the battle

of Shiloh Apr 17 7 6Davis, Jeff, on (Ed) Oct L9 6 3Military operations Fob 1 6 1W ar issues, oa Oct 26 3 5

Beck, George (Kd) Nov 13 4 4Beckwith. C. R., indictments Jan 22 8 1Bedford Farmers' Club meeting

June 19 8 4Bedle, Jos* D., interview JunelG 1 3Beecher, Edward, onBlaine.Nov 3 3 2Beecber, Henrv Ward

Addressed Baptist ministersJune 10 2 6

Alger controversy Oct10 5 1Bible criticism, on Feb 9 5 2Blaine. his reason for opposing

June 21 2 1Blame's slanderers, on July 23 5 1Bread and Water— 1 lie Times

(Ed) Oct29 4 4Brooklyn, on the growth...M ar 31 2 6Chaplain to scandalmongers

(Ed) .Octl2 6 2Church quarrels, on Feb 1 8 3 2Cleveland, on Aug 6 5 1Cleveland, defence of (Ed)..Oct 24 4 2Cleveland, on (Ed) Oct 17 4 3Cremation,on July 7 3 1Dynamite, on (Ed) Mar 19 4 3Elopements, on Sept21 2 6Independents, on the Nov 14 5 3Interview, Brooklyn JS&gle, re-

pudiates July 30 4 6Joy controversy Oct 9, 28, 31

(Ed) .. Oct 7,12, 28Langtry, Mrs., denies having

seen F e b 7 4 6

B—Bicycles. Date.Pg.Cl.Lecture, "Circuit of the Conti-

nent" Jan 17 5 4=Liquor license, on Jan 29 5 4Pres dential campaign, evasive

apology Bee 29 1 1(Ed) Dec 30 4 2

Questions for (Ed) Oct 26 6 3Rampage, on the (Ed) Oct 24 4 2Reminiscences for (Ed) Oct 20 4 3Sayings Nov 3, 10Sermons (See Sermons).Sketchof Apr27 9 5Speech, favoring Arthur for

President May21 5 2Brooklyn Art Rooms Oct26 7 3Brooklyn First Ward Inde-

pendents Oct 26 7 3Brooklyn Rink Oct 23 5 55Liquor license bill.. Feb 27 5 1Typothetoe dinner Jan 20 6 6

State and National policies,on(Ed) July21 4 3

Tribute toWendell Philips.* eb 1 1 2 5Beef for market, preparing... Biar 3011 5Beekeepers, protection for.... Sept 1 3 5 3Beer (Ed) Nov 22 4 5Beethoven monument in Central

Park unveiled July 23 8 1Behrends, A. J. F., speech for

Blaine Oct22 2 2Belasco, David, interview July 29 6 1Belford-Cobb difficulty Feb 25 1 2Belgium Educational bill Sept 18 1 1

(Ed) Sept 25 4 2Cabinet, new Oct27 1 3Elections Oct 20 1 1Liberalism defeated (Ed)..June 16 4 4Republicanism Sept 24 1 4

Bell. A. G., interview Dec 2113 1Bell Telephone Co. wins suit. Dec 2 2 6Bellew, F., memories of Clark Feb 24 4 2Belmont, Perry, and the Tariff

(Ed) JanSO 4 4Benjamin, Judah P.

An amazing letter. Jan 27Letter (Ed) Feb 4

(El) Mar 26Letter, Barnes's statement.Feb 3Antecedents Apr 9Biographies, c-n (Ed) May 18Career, incidents 01: his Europe-

an, Paris (C) May 25Death of May 8

B erber, evacuation of Apr29Massacre June 15

Bergh, Henry, and the boa (Ed)Sept 17

Jerome Park Asso., on the..Oct 9Vaccination, on (Ed) June 26Vaccination, letter June 30

Berlin Mission (Ed) Apr 27''Berlin Society," suppressed booi

Feb 10Berlinger, E.,-Ajndrade quarrel

Mar 22Bernhardt, Sarab, seriously ill

Paris (C) Nov 16Colombier figbt. Pari-? (O.Jan G

Berry, Wm. M., a defence of (C)Feb 9

Tribute June 7Besant, Walter, on fiction (Ed)

isept 21Recreation for the poor, on (Ed)

Apr 6Bicycles in public places (Ed)Mar 27

3 64 34 53 38 46 5

3 65 4

4 41 64 35 16 3

3 5

3 13 6

7 S5 5

6 3

6 34 4

INDEX TO THE

B—Bids. Date.Pg.Cl.Bids, stopping unbalanced (Ed)

Mar 31 4 3Bigamist, S.L. Hurley Jan 7 1 2Bigelow's, John, trip to England

O c t 3 5 3Bigelow, Otis, on Elaine June 1 0 5 4Biggar onLord Spencer Jan 3 1 2Billiards,ancientandrno(iern.Nov 1611 3Billman, Ira C., case of Feb 8 5 4Billups, J. P.,charges against.Feb 19 1 6

Expelled from Cotton ExchangeFeb 20 2 6

Birds and fashion (Ed.) Jan 24 4 5Birdsall-Waller row Mar 5 3 8Birmingham riot Oct15 1 5Births, deaths and marriages, sta-

tistics Jan21 2 5Bishop, Charles R., career (C) Dec 7 3 3Bishop, B. M., interview .Jan 26 7 2Bismarck.

Anti-Socialistic law, on the May 10 1 4Assistant, request for an, re-

fused Dec 16 1 4Fortune June 22 9 5German parties, and (Ed)...Mar 3 4 2Habits June 2110 5Lasker resolution (Ed) Feb 17,

19, 21Explanation Mar14 1 1Explanation ' Feb 21 1 4London (C) "G. W. S."....Mar 27 5 1Official correspondence...Mar 11 1 6Reason for returning (Hd) Feb 22 4 2

.Life of, Dr. Busch's May 20 6 1Besigns as President of Prus-

sian Cabinet May 17 1 3Retirement (Ed) April 4 2Speech, Congo conference..Nov 18 1 1Victory over Socialists Dec 28 1 3

Black, C. E., sketch of Aug 23 2 1Black Forest scenes (C) Aug 24 3 5Blackburn, Senator, speech in

Brooklyn A p r 6 7 1Blame, James G.

Albany, in Sept 25 5 1American candidate, the (Ed)

July 18 4 3American citizens rights,on(Jb;d)

Oct 18 4 4Baltimore, in Mar 14 1 5BankTOatter,Arkansas(Ed)S e p £ 1 8 4 5Banquet, Augusta, Me Aug 1 2 5 4Banquet, Boston Nov 4 1 4Banquet at Delmomco's Oct 30 5 2Beaconsfield, and (Ed) July 6 6 2Boston visit f-eptl8 5 2British abuse June 25, 28British abuse (Ed).,June 21, 25, 28British press on (Ed) June 8 4 3British press against July 25 3 2British press, and the (Ed)June 13 4 2Brooklyn, in Oct31 1 1Buffalo, in Sept 26 5 3Candidacy, some plain facts (Ed)

Nov 14 4 2Candidate, did he prove a strong

(Ed) Nov21 4 2I Champion of peace (Ed)—July 7 4 3I Charges, carnival of lying cant

(Ed) ;--Oct 3 4 2Contrast (Ed) Apr 30 4 3Evening Post (Ed) Apr 27, 29Phelps's defence Apr 27 2 1Press comments Apr 29, 30

May 2, 3, 5, 9..Richard's July 25 2 1

B-Blaine. Date.Pg.Cl.THE TiiiBUtfE's withdrawal of

(Ed)...- July29 4 5Views of Senators and Con-

gressmen Apr 29 2 1Church relations June 26 4 6College days June 16 1 2Connecticut, in .Nov 2 1 5Credit Mobilier, and(Ed)..Aug 7 4 4Currency question, onthe, July 4 2 2Defamation and public morais

(jM) June 29 6 2Defeat, on his Nov 17 1 6Dishonest act, where is the man

who can prove t Ed) -Oct 9 4 3Editor, as an July 6 d dFolger and, letter from Bliss ̂ g ^

Foreign policy May 26 5 4Foreign policy, English view

July 0 ^ 4Garfielil fellowship (Ed) Oct 4 4 4Germans, and the July 12 7 3

(Ed) A u g 9 4 4Germans, and the, his dispatch

concerning Steuben Aug 9 6 6Grandfather Gillespie June 19 7 6Hebrews, and the (Ed) S' pt 27 4 3Hocking Valley charges (Ed)

Oct 16 4 5Honor untarnished (Ed)....Sept 17 4 3Illinois, in Oct 25 1 6

' Indiana, in Oct19 1 3Interview May 31 5 1Know-Nothing party, and the

(Ed) ! Sept 5 4 3Leader of a free people (Ed) Oct 22 4 3.Leader, our grand (Ed) Nov 4 4 2Leadership (Ed) Oct 16 4 2Letter of Acceptance July 1 9 1 5

(Ed) ....July 19 4 2(Ed) July 21 4 2Press Comments..July 20, 21, 22

Letter accepting position of Sec.of State May 14 4 6

Letter to McKinley Oct 6 1 2Letter to the Molly Pitcher

Club July 7 3 3Libel suit, Indianapolis Senti-

nel Aug. 15, Sept. 5, 12, 21Withdraws Dec 17 1 3

Life, incidents June 33 1 2'• Life " Balch's Aug 4 6 1"Life" Balestier's Aug 4 6 1" Life " Knox's Aug 15 6 1" Life " Ramsdell's Aug18 6 1"Life"Vail's Aug 11 6 1Manly appeal (Ed) Sept 27 4 2Marriage, concerning his...Sept 2 0 5 1Michgan, in Oct 17 5 4Ministers call on Oct30 7 1Mulligan letters. Sept 16 2 1

(Ed) ..Sept. 16, 17, 18, 19. 20, 25Complete series Sept 2 0 2 4

Newark. N. J., in Sept 23 I 1New-York, in Sept 19 1 1New-York, in tsept 21 1 6New-York, in Oct28 1 1New-York, why he can cnrry

Mav23 5 4Nomination, official notice oi

June 22 I 6Nomination, political disap-

pointment (Ed) June 10 4 2Official acts, private gain (Ed)

Sept 26 4 4Ohio, in Sept 28 1 6Ohio, in , Sept 30 1 1

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FOR 1884.

B—Blaine, DatetPfi.Cl.Ohio, in Oct 8 'l 1Peace Congress, and the (Ed)

June 28 4 4Paople, and the (Ed) Nov 20 4 2Personal magnetism June 9 5 3Philadelphia, in Sept 24 1 1Poems, June 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21,

July 24, 28, 30, Aug. 6, Nov. 1, 4Portland, in Aug 7 1Portland, in Aug 11 5President, nominated for..June 7 1Railroad transactions, Trie JSven-

inff Post's falsehoods (Ed) Sept 27 4Religious freedom, and .Nov 2 2Rochester, in Sepfc 26 5Russian Jews, and the Sep t 27 2Serenade, Augusta, Me.—N o v 19 1Shirt charge, that damning (ltd)

June 27 4Sketchof June 7 3South American policy (C)Aug 30 7Speeches, Augusta, Me., June 10,

Sept. 10. Nov. 19(Ed) Nov21 4 4Press comments Nov 22 7 6

Bangor, Me June 19 5 1Banquet at Delmonico's.-Oct 30 5 4Bellaire. O Oct 6 1 1Brooklyn Academy of Music

Oct 31 1 3Canton, O Oct 9 1 1Chicago Oct 26 1 4Chillicothe, O Oct 11 1 1Colby University ....July 3 1 3Columbus, O Oct 4 1 1Danville, 111 Oct25 1 6Detroit, Mich OctlS 5 2Ellsworth. Me June 18 4 6Grafton, W. Va Oct 7 1 1Fort Wayne, Ind Oct 21 1 1Hartford, Conn Nov 2 1 6Indianapolis Oct 22 1 3Ironton, O Oct 11 1 1Lancaster Oct 13 1 2Lewiston, Me. June 27 5 3Manchester, N. H Sept 5 5 5Mansfield, O Oct 10 1 1Nelsonville, O Oct 12 1 4New-Haven N o v 2 2 1New-York Sept 21 1 6New-York, Academy of Music

Nov 2 2New-York, Chickering Hall

Nov 1 7South Bend, Ind Oct 20 1South Norwalk. Conn Nov 2 2Stamford, Conn Nov 2 2Terre Haute, Ind Oct 24 1Worcester, Mass Nov 4 1Zanesville, O Oct 5 1

Speeches, some of his moststriking Oct27 2

Stands for, what he (Ed)....Oct 21 4Supporting,reasons for (Ed)July 16 4Syracuse, in Sept 25 5Tattooed man (Ed) June 9 4Thirty years ago (Ed) Aug 1 4"Twenty Years in Congress"

Apr 17,24London Times, on May 31 6

West Virginia, in Oct 7 1West Virginia mines, hiscon-

nection with (Ed) Sept 24 4Western trip Sept 27 1Western trip, howreceived sept 29 1What the country thinks of him

Nov 28 2WMg victory in 1848 Mar 23 2

B—Bradley. Date.Pg.Cl.Wisconsin, in Oct 26 1 4

ilair, Austin, interview. Jan 16 5 5Jlanc, Charles and Louis Feb 2 7 6

Blanchard, G. R., on railroad con-trol Feb 23 8 3

Bland and silver coinage (Eci)Jan 15 4 2Blast furnaces, condition of (Ed)

July 24 4 5Bliss, George, on the Bureau of

Elections bill Mar 26 2 3Charter reform, on ......Jan 21 2 2Judge Folger, on sept 9 5 1Folger and Blaine, on Sept 2 3 5 1Letterirom Sept 27 5 1Star Routecases, evidence, Mar 21

22, Apr 2, 3, 4, June 20.Blowitz, M. (Ed) Jan 4 4 5Blue-Book study,Gordon's mission

(Ed) May24 4 4Boat racing (See Regatta).Boer envoys mission lo England

(C) .Mayll 3 1Boers (Ed) Oct 18 4 2Boetticher made Pres. of Prussian

Cabinet May 17 1 3Bohemian mortgage companyDec 13 1 1Bohemians in New-York Jan 19 7 2Boker's, iviary Ann.elopement Dec 26 1 6Boland, M., sent to prison Jan 18 1 4Bolivar statue unveiled in Cen-

tral Park June 18 8 1Bonheur, Rosa Sept 26 4 5Bonner, Robert, buys Maud S.Aug 20 5 4

Trotting horses, on Sepib 11 2 3BOOK buyers Jan 28 6 v 1Book reviews (See Literature).Boston Advertiser on Blaine..July 19 5 3Boston City election Nov 17 2 6

Taxation Apr 30 1 2Taxation Dec 23 1 3Water meter frauds Apr 9 1

(See also Massachusetts.)Boucicault's conference with act-

ors M a y 9 5 5Bourn, A. O., elected Governor of

Rhode Island Apr 3 5 1Boutelle, C. A., speech at Bangor,

Me June 29 14 3Interview July 7 3 4

Boutwell, George S., speech inNew-York Oct21 2 6

Bowdoin Alumni Association din-ner Febl4 5 2

Bowen's, H. C., Fourth of July re-ception July 5 2 5

Bowery after midnight Sept 2 1 4 5Bowker, R. R. (Ed) Feb 26 4 3

Brooklyn Young RepublicanClub, and the July 25

Threat (Ed) Dec 17Bowles, Samuel,marriage of. June 13Boxing, amateur and professional

(Ed) Oct 5P oy turned adrift (Ed) .Aug 3Boynton, H. V., Keifer's charges

Jan 30Statement Mar 2Vindicated Apr 2

Boynton, Moody, speech.. July 16Bradlaugh, Charles.

Excluded from Parliament..Feb 12 1 4Excluded, again Feb 22 1 4Resignation Feb 13 1 5Suit again st Newdegate Jan 22 1 4Trial, refused a new Dec 9 1 2

Bradley, D. O., Godkin corre-spondence Aug 12 4 6

INDEX TO THE

15—Braem. Date.Pg.ClBraera, Henri, case of Dec 17, 18Brain exposed, boyliving with his

Brand, Sir Henry, London (O)"G. W.s." Marl? 2 2

Brand, Sir Henry, made a peerFeb 26 1 5

Brand, Henry B., retirement ofFeb 10 2 6

Brandeis, Bichard C., flight of Dec 26 8 2Brandon, Alexander, charges Jan 22 3 1Brazil, trade with Sept 2 9 5 2Brazilian note*» May 3 3 2Bread and Meat in England (Ed)

Sept 9 4 3Breed, Daniel, on St. John Get 18 7 6Brennan, John, speeches, July 29,

Sept 17Brewers'Association (Ed)...May 25 6 4Brewers and maltsters onthe high

license bill Mar 21 2 5Brewster, B. K., testimony; Star

Kqutecases July 4 3 1Louisiana .Lottery Co.. and the

(Ed) J a n 3 4 4Bridge, East River.

Accounts, examination of...Jan 15 8 1Approaches (Ed) Sept IS 4 4> xtension (Ed) Nov 24 4 2Extension, injunction Nov z3 2 5Extension, Judge Lawrence

grants a mandamus Get 1 2 4Extension stopped May 1 0 7 5Ferries, and the (Ed) Sept 20 4 3Ferries, and the (Ed) Get 12 6 3Finances June 10 8 2Management (Ed) Nov 14 4 3Management (Ed) Dec 17 4 3Passenger traffic Sept 16 5 3Keceipts Feb 312 3Bevekue Jan 3 8 3Tolls, trustees vote not to lower

Mar 11 8 1Tolls cut down Dec 9 8 1Tower, how reach ed July 20 10 4Tranportation Sept 26 8 1Transportation,

NEW-YOBK DAILY TBIBTTNE FOB 1884.

B—Bull-fight. Date.Ptt.Cl.Bull-fight in Kansas July 6 1 5

Paris, in (C) May 18 3 6Eullock, Rufus B.,interview.June 20 5 1Bulwer's love letters Oct 1910 5Euan, Wm. M.. concerning (Ed)

M a r 6 4 4Burchard, S. D., card Nov 2 2 6

Phrase corrected (Kd) Nov 3 4 oBurdette's, K. J., reminiscences

1* eb o o oBureau of Statistics,annual report

Oct 11Bnrnhain, J. W., suicide ?*lne2j?Burnside, J. O. P.,embezzler.May &(}

Insanity of Nov 11Burrows, Wm. R., poisoning^>f ̂ ^ ^

Business.Changes in firms Jan 1 2 1Failures (See Failures).

I0i 17, 24,' 31,' Apr V, 14, 21,'28, May 5, 12,19.,26,June 2,

5 41 61 63 1

J., O, XU, fit}Prospects (Ed) Nov 10 4 3f i e c o r d o f ! 8 8 3 J a n 4 3 1Secord of 1883.,

"(See"also Trade.)Business men, thoughts for (Ed)

Bussr, Cyrus, vindicates himselfN o v 4 2 1

Butler, Benjamin F.Abuse of (Ed) Aug 31 6 2Bayard forces Dec 29 2 /Candidacy, effect of (^d)...Aug 9 4 2Democracy's present prospects,

on (Ed).. Janll 4 3Democratic attacks (Ed)....Aug 25 4 2Democrats, and the (Ed)... June 7 4 bInterview May 21 5 3Interview June 17 r> 4Labor and wages May17 J 1Letter, Presidency May 17 5 5Letter of acceptance, Presi-

dency Aug 19(Ed) Aug 19(Ed) Aug 20 4

Oration, Decoration Day,...May 3110 1Parsons's charges Oct 2 1 5 4Presidency, what wHl he do (Ed)

July 20 6 2Speeches: New-York Masonic

Tample Aug 13 2 6New-York, Union Square Sept 16 5 4jN'ortii Brookfield, Mass. ..Oct 27 1 2Providence Aug 20, 21

Strikes, on (Ed) Apr 25 4 3Tariff,onthe May25 7 4"Tinker's dam " Aug 12 1 3

Butler, George B., on municipalgovernment Jan 14 5 4

Butler, William A., speech inYonkers Oct27 2 4

Butt, James D., letter Dec 29 5 2Butter, bogus (see Oleomargarine).Butterworth, Benjamin, on Ohio

Politics A u& 26 5 1

1 14 2

Cab revolution (Ed).- Aug 17 6 3Cabs, facts about (Ed) Apr 6 6 4

C— Canals. Date.Pg.Cl.Cabinet changes (Etl) .......... Oct 30 4 3Cable (see Telegraph^.Cable, K. B., on the Bock Island

Eailroad ...................... Feb 18 2 3Cain e, John T., interview ...... Jan 28 5 5Calamities (see Accidents).Caldwell, Katherrae S., case of..

May 23 8 1Caldwell, Mary G., gift ........ Dec 10 2 5Calhoun, John C., interview..Mar 16 7 1California.

Chinese in (C) ................ Aug 31 10 5Chinese, restriction act(Ed).Tan 9 4 3Earthquake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A p r 3 2 4Fruit farms (C) .............. Aug 30 8 1Irrigation (Ed) .............. Nov 30 6 3Legislature, extra session (Ed)

May 22 4 3Missions, old (C) ............ Aug 31 10 4Politics (Ed) ................ Apr 19 4 4Politics, Bourbon rale (C)..June 2 5 5Bepublican convention. . . . .May 2 5 3Republican convention ..... July 25 2 1Tular Lake, concerning (Ed)Jan 15 4 5

Caiumet Club troubles ........ Mar 25 5 3Cameo-cutting .................. Jan 26 7 2Cameron, Wm. E., interview.. Apr 14 2 2Cauimack-Taylorfight........May 9 1 6" Camp and Garrison Sanitation,"

Viele's paper ................. April 8 1Campbell, Douglass, speech..Feb 15 1 6Campbell, T. C., charge again sf...

Julyl7 2 6Camping in Adirondacks (see lias-

sard).Canada*

Canadian Pac. B.B. and the(Ed)Jan 22

Duties ........................ Mar 1Finance Minister, charges ag'nst

Feb 3Loan to Canadian Pac. Bailroad

(Ed) ........................ Mar 1Parliament (Ed) ............. Feb 25Parliament, bribery cases, Mar 20

21, 22, Apr 9.(Ed) ........................ Apr 10

Parliament, opening of ...... Jan 18Parliament prorogued ...... Apr 20Telegraph business ......... Jan 31

Canadian want of enterprise (Ed)D.ecl4

Canals.Concerning, letter from Silas

Seymour .................... Jan 9Free, advantage of .......... Mar 27Freight, falling off in ....... Sept 12Future of, talk with ex-Gov.

Seymour .................... Dec20(Ed) ......................... Dec20

Grain traffic .................. Jan 14Improvements (E

INDEX TO THE

C—Canals. JDate.Pg.ci.Panama, progress made, report

of Lt. Brown (Kd) July 7 4 3Policy, conflict of opinions (Ed)

Jan 12 4 2Precedents, English (Ed) ..Dec 20 4 2Beport of Engineer Seymour

J a n 3 2 4Boutes(Ed) Dec 24 4 3buez, agreement Feb 5 1 4Tonnage A u g 8 2 2(See also Shipping).

Cancer Hospital, Astor's giftApr 29 4 6

Corner-stone laid May 18 2 6Ked clover cure (C) July 1 6 7 2

Candy, how made Mar 20 2 3Candy manufacture Ju:y 13 10 2Canned foods in the Army (Kd)

Sept 22 4 4Canned goods packers Mar 21 5 3Canned provisions, poisoning by

(Ed) June22 4 3Cannibals in N? w-Guinea Jan 9 8 1CaDnibalism (Ed) Sept23 4 4Cannon, Henry W., made Control-

ler of the Currency May 1 5 2Cape Bryan and Cape Bryant (C)

July 26 7 4Capel on the Catholic Church Feb 7 3 2

Speech at Chamber of Com-merce banquet Nov 19 2 2

Capen, E. H., letter from July 19 7 3Capital punishment, infliction of

(Ed) AuglO 6 4Care, Lewis E.,on Cleveland Aug 18 2 5Caricature, abuse of (Ed) Aug 3 6 3

American (Ed) AuglO 6 3Caringford, Lord, speech...June 30 1 4Carlisle, John G., Commonwealth

Club dinner Jan 20 7 3(Ed) Janl9 4 3

Speech, Free Trade Club dinnerMar 16 3 2

Carlton, H, H., on slave property(Ed) J a n 7 4 5

Carlyle, Robert Buchanan on Oct 26 3 2Carnegie's tour through Devon

July 4 2 4Carpenter, A. B., arrest of Aug 2 1 5Carpenters, factsJtor (Ed) Oct 27 4 3Carriages for summer use June '29 10 3Carsey,Wm.A. A., on BlaineJune 10 5 4

Case of Aug 1 2 3Carson, H. L., speech, Brooklyn

dinner Feb 22 5 5Carson, Kitty, fate of May 2 1 2 6Carter families, reunion of...June 16 2 6Cartoon, Harper's Weekly, in 1861

A u g 2 1 3Cleveland, Harper's Aug1 6 1 3Flight of Lincoln Aug 9 1 4ISTast as a monkey (Ed) July 10 4 4

Cartoons, why not reprint these(Ed) Augll 4 5

Cartwright, S. S.. on farmers andtariff ; Mar 8 7 3

Casey, Frank M.,flightof Aug 2 1 6Cash, W. B., shoots Richards.Feb 24 1 4Casino directors enjoined July 3 4 6Casino troubles Sept 23 ft 2Castiglio, Pedro, adventures of

Nov23 1 4Castillo, Captain General, resigns

M a y 9 1 3Castle Garden awards Dec 27 2 5

Management of (Kd) Jan 20 6 3Cataract removed with aid of co-

caine Oct 22 1 5