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Portland, Eccentricities of the late
Duke of, 88.

Port Limon, Costa Rica, destroyed
by fire, 124.

Porto Ricans not allowed to vote
as American citizens, 165.
Porto Rico, Practicability of re-
ducing our military forces in,
75; to be under civil control,
227; a discussion concerning the
reduction of the tariff of, 296.
Portugal and Holland at odds
over an exequatur, 337.
"Powder Question," The, among
the coal miners, 107.
Prince Chigi fined for selling a
picture by an Italian master,
147.

Production of intense heat by a
new method, 346.

Prospectors, American, outwit
Russians, 9.

Publisher's Desk, 32,

95, 128,

159, 194, 255, 352, 384, 414.

Radium, a wonderful substance,
67; accounts of properties of,
exaggerated, 68.

Railroad trains, The fastest, 191.
Rapid-fire weapon, A new, 36.
Reapportionment of representa-
tives in Congress, 172.
Relief funds, Methods of hand-
ling, 8.

Religious sects which do not vote,
165.

Responsibility of college students,
The, 55.

Revenge of an old Filipino, 72.
Rhodes, Cecil, reënters Cape poli-
tics, 82.

Rhys, Prof. John, claims a basis

of fact for fairy legends, 259.
Roberts, General, succeeds Lord
Wolseley as British Command-
ers-in-chief, 47; appeals against
the "treating" of soldiers, 211;
plot to kill, 315.
Roberts, Lady, and her trunks,
318.

Rogers Locomotive Works finish-
ing their last orders, 333.

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St. Paul, Steamship, meets with
an accident, 205.

Salisbury, Lord, issues manifesto,
20; resigns from post of For-
eign Minister, but remains Pre-
mier; expresses a gloomy view
of the outlook in South Africa,
404.

Salles, President of Brazil, visits
Argentina, 218.

Salson, the assailant of the Shah,
convicted, 245.

Samoa, Peaceful conditions in,
262.

Sampson, Rear-Admiral, said to

be broken-hearted over the
Schley controversy, 137.
San Domingo in the throes of rev-
olution, 85.

Schnäbele, M., Death of, recalls
an important incident, 349.
Scotland, Two Presbyterian sects
unite in, 182.

Shan-Hai-Kwan captured by the
Allies, 43.

Shenandoah, Riot of coal strikers
at, 13.

Sherman, John, Sketch of the life
of, 131.

Shields, Captain, and his company,
Accounts of capture of, 41; No
word from, 72; The rescue of,
105; relates his experiences, 368.
Ship, A San Francisco building
founded upon a, 103.

X

Ship Subsidy Bill, The, 329; prin-
cipal features of, 329; vote on
delayed, 370.

Siberia, Growth of the population
of, 277.

Siberian Railroad, Time and cost
of travel on the, 46.
Si-Ngan-Fu, the new capital of
China, 80.

Skookum, The, an immense barge,
wrecked, 35.

Smith, Major Clinton H., finally
defeated in his efforts for rein-
statement, 230.

Socialists, Resolutions adopted by
Congress of, at Paris, 49.
South Africa, War in, practically
ended, 18; Rounding up the
Boers in, 84; Effects of the war
upon industrial conditions in,
85; Guerilla operations in, 124;
Boer successes in, 144; Ameri-
can industries in, 146; Fighting
in, 181; two battles in, 210; a
change of British tactics in,
212; General Kitchener's recon-
centrado policy in, 276; pro-
posed federation of, 307; Afri-
kander Congress in, 342; Boer
forces very active in, 343.
South Carolina, A Government
claim against, 71.

South Sea Islands, The, found to
be wrongly charted, 177.
Spain, Political unrest in, 112; a
Cabinet crisis in, 151; Carlists
attempt a revolution in, 185.
Spanish princess to be married,
406.

Speaker of the House of Com-

mons, Ceremonies at the elec-
tion of the, 123.

Speed of fastest railroad trains,
191.

States of the United States, Popu-

lation of the, 170.

Statue of Liberty, The, in great
neglect, 138.
Steamship, Development of the,
388.
Stories of the French explorers,
by Samuel Merwin. I. How La
Salle Went to Montreal, 91; II.

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Tonty's Fight on the Big Ver
milion, 125.

Strike of the coal miners, The, 11;
24; 38; 78; 107; declared off,
139; definitely ends, 166.
Strikers, Great parade of, at
Wilkesbarre, 39.

Sullivan, Sir Arthur, Death of,
276.

Sultan of Turkey induced to ad-
mit validity of American claims,
69.

Sun, Distance of the from the
earth, 260.

Sun Yat Sen, the Chinese rebel,
A sketch of, 142.

Syosset, L. I., Boer settlement
planned at, 375.

Tacna-Arica dispute, The, 219.
Tammany Hall, A crusade
against, 198, 237.

Tarrant & Co., New York, Explo-
sion of drug house of, 163.
Telegraphy, Wireless, Improve-
ments in, 114.

Telescope, The longest in exist-
ence, 202.

Tombs and the Citadel, Cairo,
Egypt (illustration), 98.
Tornado, A, does damage in the
Southern States, 264.

Torpedo-boats not successful in
naval manœuvres, 4.
Trade and the flag, 57.

Transvaal exiles undergo great
hardships, 81.

Treasury of the United States,
Condition of the, 330.

Trial by jury and writ of habeas

corpus inaugurated in Cuba, 73.
Triple Alliance, Origin of the, 115.
Trusts, Growth of, in Europe, 24.
Tuan, Prince, reported disgraced
by the Chinese Government, 43;
deprived of his rank and im-
prisoned, 240.

Tubuai Islands, The, annexed by
Tahiti, 23.

Tungsten, a substance of peculiar
value, 103.

Tunnel, A, planned from Gibral-

tar to Morocco, 275; some de-
tails of, 346.
Turf as fuel, 275.
Turkish indemnity, Non-payment
of the, 68; the claim of to be
pressed by a naval demonstra-
tion, 264; urged by the visit of
the Kentucky to Smyrna, 313;
to be paid in a roundabout man-
ner, 343; uneasiness over delay
in arrangement for, 364; con-
tract for not yet signed, 387.
Turkey refuses to grant an ex-
equatur to American Consul at
Harpoot, 313; still withholds
the exequatur, 344; financial
condition of, 373; new Minister
to, 387.

United Mine Workers of Amer-

ica, the, History of, 14.
United States, The, policy of in
China, 15; Plans for army of
the, 69; Claim of, against the
State of South Carolina, 71;
Boundary dispute between, and
British Columbia, 73; answers
the French note regarding
China, 74; Strength of army of
the, 94; Naval strength of, 94;
Navy undermanned as to engi-
neers, 109; Census returns for,
170; Growth of manufactures
in, 176; Strength of army of,
178; answers the suggestions of
the Anglo-German agreement,
178; plans for an enlargement
of the navy of, 204, 299; policy
of in China, 324.
Uitlanders displeased with British
administration of the Transvaal,

241.

Vallin, Jean, engineer of the Lor-
raine, 118.

View on the Upper Nile, A (illus-
tration), 66.

Von Bülow, Count, the new Ger-
man Chancellor, 151.

Waldeck-Rousseau, M., French

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