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tion frauds, 35; Ku-klux, 36; negro troubles 

 in Chicot County, 35; political affairs, 36; 

 Democratic address, 36 ; Republican platform, 

 36, 37 ; decision of the United States Court 

 on slave contracts, 37 ; debt, aid to railroads, 

 37; railroads, taxation, education, 38; hot 

 springs, 38; statistics from census of 1870, 

 agriculture, live-stock, population table, manu-' 

 factures, 38 ; school attendance, illiteracy, mor- 

 tality, valuation, etc., 39. 



XII. Political campaign, 25; division in 

 the Republican party, 25 ; convention held and 

 resolutions adopted bj" each faction, 25, 26; 

 meeting of the Liberal Republican Convention 

 and the resolutions, 26 ; resolutions of the 

 Democratic Convention, 26; regular Republi- 

 can State ticket, 27; platform, 27, 28; State 

 ticket of Liberal Republican party, 28 ; address 

 of the Democratic Committee, 28 ; persons en- 

 titled to registration, 28 ; election, 28, 29 ; elec- 

 tion frauds, 29 ; investigation of same, 29 ; State 

 debt, 29; unfortunate disturbances in Pope 

 County, 29 ; action of the Governor, 29 ; proc- 

 lamation by the Governor, 80; report of 

 General Bishop on the state of affairs in Pope 

 County, 30 ; shooting of a justice of the peace, 

 30 ; General Upham sent into Pope County to 

 preserve the peace, 30 ; circular issued by Gen- 

 eral Upham to the citizens of the county, 31 ; 

 railroads, 31 ; aid to railroads, 31 ; railroads in 

 progress, 31, 32 ; mineral resources, 32 ; value 

 of property, 32 ; State Industrial University, 

 32 ; city of Little Rock, 32 ; religious statistics, 

 32 ; libraries, 32 ; newspapers, 32. 



XIII. Meeting of the Legislature, 84 ; con- 

 vass of votes for Governor, 34; protest of 

 the unsuccessful candidate, 34; appeals to 

 the court, 35 ; reorganization of the militia, 

 35 ; the Governor's reasons for calling the force 

 into service, and for its dismissal, 35 ; attempts 

 of the "Reformers" to revise the constitution, 

 35 ; adoption of an amendment to the consti- 

 tution, restoring rights of citizenship, 36 ; elec- 

 tion of United States Senator, 36 ; formation 

 of counties, 36 ; passage of anew revenue law, 

 36 ; appropriations, 36 ; an act for the benefit 

 of married women, 36 ; an act to protect all 

 persons in their civil rights, 36; decision of 

 the Supreme Court concerning State scrip, 37. 



XIV. Public excitement during 1874, 37 ; 

 origin of the contest for Governor, 37, 38 ; pe- 

 tition to contest election before Legislature, re- 

 jected, 38; proceedings in court, 38; revival 



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of the controversy in 1874, 38 ; appeal to Presi- 

 dent Grant, 39 ; letter of each contestant, 39 ; 

 reply of the Attorney-General, 39 ; proclama- 

 tion of Brooks, 39 ; proclamation of Baxter, de- 

 claring martial law, 40; proclamation to the 

 people, 40 ; action of the Federal commander, 

 41 ; instructions of the United States Attorney- 

 General, 41 ; do. of the Postmaster-General, 41 ; 

 do. of President Grant, 41 ; letter of Baxter to 

 President Grant, 41 ; do. of Brooks, 42 ; Baxter 

 to the Legislature, 43 ; do. to President Grant, 

 43 ; position of affairs, 43 ; capture of the 

 judges, 43 ; letter to the Federal commander, 

 43 ; session of the Supreme Court, 44 ; compro- 

 mise proposed by the United States Attorney - 

 General, 44 ; rejected by Baxter, 44 ; accepted 

 by Brooks, 44; dispatches from President 

 Grant, 45 ; reply of Baxter, 46 ; do. of Brooks, 

 45 ; application of the Legislature, 45 ; proc- 

 lamation of the President, 46 ; opinion of the 

 Attorney-General, 46-48 ; Constitutional Con- 

 vention, 49 ; amendments made to the constitu- 

 tion, 49, 60; Democratic Convention, 60; 

 nominations, 50; resolutions, 50; Republican 

 Conyention, 51 ; resolutions, 51 ; election, 61 ; 

 contest for the possession of the Executive 

 office, 61 ; movements of Lieutenant- Governor 

 Smith, 61 ; action of Congress, 52 ; State debt, 

 52. 



XY. Message of the Governor respecting 

 "terrorism" in the State, 35; investigating 

 committee of Congress, 86 ; majority and mi- 

 nority reports, 36 ; message of President Grant, 

 86 ; action of Congress, 36 ; legislative resolu- 

 tions on Federal interference, 36; legislation 

 on the finances, 37; suspension of sales for 

 taxes, 37 ; new election law, 38 ; new school 

 law, 38 ; regulation of the labor system, 38 ; 

 other acts, 30; adjourned session, 39; action 

 on the finances, 39 ; Centennial Exhibition, 40 ; 

 meeting of the State Grange, 40 ; agricultural 

 products, 40; grape cultivation, 40; partners 

 in a bankrupt firm not entitled to assets out of 

 the bankrupt estate, 40. 



ARKANSAS POST. III. Its position, 16; cap- 

 ture, 16. 



ARKANSAS RIVER. III. Course, 16; outlet, 

 16. 



ARLES-DrFGUR, JEAN EARTH KLFJIY. XII. 

 Obituary, 638. 



ARMENIAN CHURCHES. VI. (See Eastern 

 Churches.) 



ARMITAGE, Right Re?. W. E. XIII. Birth, 



