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INDEX TO VOLUME XVI.

Nos. 204-216.

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Alcala Street in Madrid, Spain
(illustration), 3.

America's Cup, The, Sir Thomas

Lipton issues challenge for, 120;
the preparations for the races
for, 136; a yacht to be built to
defend, 166; the syndicate that
will own the new defender of,
263; a second defender of to
be built in Boston, 363; prog-
ress of work on the Herreshoff
defender of, 363.
Amnesty, Failure of, in Philip-
pines, 5; in France, 405.
Anarchy, Investigation of, in New
Jersey, 76.

new

Anæsthesia produced by a
method, 101.
Anderson, John, an heroic engi-
neer, 206.

Anglo-American Amity, 413.
Anglo-American Joint High Com-
mission about to resume work,
236.
Anglo-German Agreement, The,
110; the question regarding the

third clause of, 143; replies of
the Powers to, 178.
Anthracite coal, Discoveries of, in
Washington, 40.

Anthracite coal miners meet the
concessions of the operators, 78;
return to work, 166.

Anthracite coal operators offer
concessions to strikers, 38.
Anthracite coal region, Facts
about the, 13.

Anti-toxin, The theory of, 44.
Anti-vice movement in New York
City, 305.

Armor-plate contracts concluded
for the Government, 237.
Army Bill, Explanation of the,
331.

Army reform proposed in Great
Britain, 153.

Ashantis still in arms against the
British, 54.

Asiatic Squadron, The, to be re-
inforced, 7.

Aztec ruins discovered under
Mexico City, 277; further dis-
coveries of, 374.

Baku, The famous oil wells at, 87.
Baldwin, Evelyn B., the Arctic

explorer, 99; announces his
route, 374.

Balfour, A. J., The strange state-
ment of, 377.

Balkan States, The crisis in the,
83.

Beet sugar, Production of, 200.
Bernhardt and Coquelin visit the
United States, 300.

Birth and death of the Republic
of Acre, 312.

Boer guns found in damaged con-
dition, 19.

Boers, guerilla activity of the,
45; encouraged by British pro-

Boer party, 82; win great vic-
tory at
Magaliesburg, 371;
come to the United States, 375;
invade Cape Colony, 403; be-
come very active, 404.

Boer refugees reach New York,
292.

Boni, Signor, makes discoveries in
Rome, 215.

Booz, Oscar L., thought to have
died as a result of West Point
hazing, 335; committees ap-
pointed by War Department
and by Congress to investigate
the death of, 366; progress of
the investigation, 409.

Boston, The new Symphony Hall
in, 101.

Boutelle, Hon. C. A., placed on

Navy retired list, 390.
Boxers, Punishment of leaders of
the, 43: The truth about the, 52;
possibility of future growth of
the, 144
Eoys and Books, 56.
Brazil and Argentina
more friendly, 218.
Brief history of China, fifth in-
stallment, 26; sixth and last in-
stallment, 58.

become

Bryan, William J., visits New
York, 109; defeated in presi-
dential election, 195.
Bülow, Count von, appointed Ger-
man Chancellor, 119.
Bulgaria at odds with Rumania,

83; Cabinet crisis in, 338; end
of trouble with Rumania, 407.
Buller, General, defends his strat-
egy, 114; answers his critics,
243.

Bullets given velocity by a revolv-
ing disk, 36.

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against in Congress, 364; argu-
ments concerning 365.

Cape Colony invaded by Boers,
403.
Capital, National, Centennial of
the, at Washington, 358.
Caracas partly destroyed by an
earthquake, 191.

Carlist troubles in Spain, Origin
of the, 113.
Carlists start a

revolution in
Spain, 185; are suppressed, 245.
Carlos, King of Portugal, toasts
Queen Victoria, 337.

Census returns for the entire
country, 169.

Centennial of the National capi-
tal at Washington, 358.
Chamberlain, Hon. Joseph, Pres-
ent power of, 121; serious
charges against, 309; attacked
in Parliament, 340; proposes
moderation in South Africa,
340; makes a public defence of
his honor, 376.

Children's Aid Society, The, 301.
Chile and Bolivia in a diplomatic
crisis, 311.

Chile and Peru at odds, 219.
China, Peculiar attitude of, 16;

number of foreign troops in, 17;
murders of missionaries in, 17;
development of diplomacy of the
Powers in, 42; uprising in
Southern, 79; removal of cap-
ital of, 80; Anglo- German
agreement regarding, 110; peace
proposals of, III; progress of
diplomacy in, 142; danger of fu-
ture growth of Boxer move-
ment in, 144; offers concessions
to secure peace, 179; more fight-
ing in, 180; punishes anti-for-
eign leaders, 209; how the court
of fled from Peking, 217; the
peace terms to be offered to,
238; a halt in the negotiations
in, 270; policy of Germany and
Russia in, 270; little progress
in, 306; modification of peace
terms for, 338; negotiations in
blocked by Great Britain, 379;
the joint note to signed, 400;

the terms laid down by the joint note to, 401. Chinese discovery of America in 458, A.D., 291.

Chinese evade the exclusion law,
360.
Christian Victor, Prince, of
Schleswig-Holstein, dies in
South Africa, 182.

Christianity as viewed by the Chi

nese, 215; and Confucianism compared, 356.

Church union accomplished in Scotland, 182.

Clericalism opposed by the Government in France, 185. Coal, Rise in price of, 12; famine of in France, 186; famine of caused by industrial boom, 186; discovered in Spitzbergen, 240; interests combine, 360. Coast defenses, Atlantic, not properly manned, 69; development of, 174.

Colombia, The revolution in, not over, 148; asks indemnity of Venezuela, 149; success of the rebel General Uribe in, 250; seizes the British steamer Taboga, 274; forfeits her option on the yacht Atalanta, 274; government forces of raise the siege of Buenaventura, 313; revolutionists apparently gaining in, 371.

Confucius, Wu Ting Fang's ad

dress on, 355. Conger, Mrs., writes of experiences in Peking, 53. Congress, Reapportionment

of

representatives in, 172; changes in caused by the election, 201; reassembles, 323; message of the President to, 323. Constitutional status of our new possessions, The, 199; ex-President Harrison's opinion on, 393; arguments concerning in the Supreme Court, 397. Consumption of coal by fast boats, 189.

Convention of anthracite coal miners, 78.

Cotton once more becomes "king,"

174; why the price of has risen, 174; to be grown in Africa by American negroes, 190; manufacturers of affected by the Chinese crisis, 230.

Creek, Stealing a, in Alaska, 10. Crispi, Signor, and the origin of the Triple Alliance, 115. Croker, Richard A, A movement to put down, 198.

Cuba, Progress in, 73; General Wood denies that there is general discontent in, 134; Constitutional Convention meets in, 208; election frauds in, 238; rules of the Constitutional Convention in, 268; the constitutional status of in relation to the United States, 365; Constitutions for proposed to the Constitutional Convention, 368. Cudahy, E. A., The kidnapping of, 396.

Currie, Madame, the discoverer of Radium, 67.

Custer Massacre, An echo of the, 269.

Czar of Russia, The, ill with typhoid fever, 246.

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379; the manner of his escape,

405.
Dewey, Admiral, explains how the
Spanish ships were sunk at Ma-
nila, 7.

Dewey Arch, The last of the, 359.
Diaz, Porfirio, inaugurated for the
sixth time President of Mex-
ico, 347; incidents in the career
of, 348.

Dinosaur, The, a restoration of,
203.

Dowie, John A., and his church,
295.

Dreyfus, Ex-Captain, still seeking

a revision of his trial, 47; will
not fight with the Filipinos, 47.
Drinking among college men, 319.

Eagan, Charles P., former Com-
missary-General, is retired, 337.
East African Protectorate, The,
319.

Elections, the British, 20, 121.
Election, The national, 195; table
of popular vote in, 391.
Emergency rations tested for the
Army, 261.

Enzymes, A new theory concern-
ing, 100.

Ermack, The Russian ice-cruiser,
to seek the North Pole, 373.
Eros, The tiny planet, 261.
Executive Mansion at Washing-

ton, A plan to enlarge the, 175;
Present inadequacy of the, 359.
Explosion of wholesale drug
house in New York, 163.

Fagin, David, an American de-
serter, leads Filipino insurgents,
168.

Fairy myths based on fact, 259.
Farsan Island held by Germany,
307.

Feast of 22,500 French mayors, 21.
Field artillery of the world, 232.
Fiji Islands, The, to federate with
New Zealand, 23.

Filipinos to be educated in the
United States, 169.
Filipino insurgents surrender to
the number of 3,000, 336.

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Filipino stronghold captured, 301.
France, Naval programme of, 50;

a political crisis in, 184; effects
of the coal famine in, 186; se-
a new submarine boat,

cures

245.

Franco-Brazilian boundary dis-
pute settled in favor of Brazil,
345.

French military secret known to
United States, 231; American
Attache exonerated from charge
of betraying, 389.

Friar question, The, in the Phil-
ippine Islands, 140.

Galveston, Return to normal con-

ditions at, 8; amount of relief
contributions for, 37; labor con-
ditions in, 37; Governor Sayers
talks of, 105.

German Reichstag, The, reas-
sembles, 244.

German training-ship founders,
407.

Germany, Naval programme of,

51; desires a Caribbean coal-
ing station, 187; employs Amer-
ican negroes, 190; punishes
South Sea Islanders, 216; holds
Farsan, 307.

Gomez, General, refuses political
honors, 209.

Great Britain, Elections in, 20;
Naval programme of, 50; End
of elections in, 121; Proposed
army reform in, 153; Cabinet
changes in, 180; morale of army
of, 212; after funds to pay for
the Boer war, 242; to try a new
submarine boat, 245; Parlia-
ment of opens, 339; Parliament
of dismissed, 380.

Guam, Island of, comes under
control of Navy Department, 41;
swept by a tornado, 303.

Hall, N. T. Captain of Marines,
charged with cowardice in the
defence of Peking, 175.

Hall of Fame, The, names chosen
for, 322.

Harrison, ex-President, expresses

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