INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



789 



695 ; proceedings in the House, 695 ; Joint conven- 

 tion, 695 ; measures adopted, 696; election of judges, 

 696; statements of Governor Hampton, 696 ; finances, 

 697; taxable property, 697 ; debt, 697; schools, 697 ; 

 charitable institutions, 697 ; judicial proceedings 

 against State officers, 697. 



Spain. King, 698; ministry, 698 ; area and population, 

 698; population of capitals, 698; finances, 698; debt, 

 698; army and navy, 698; railroads, 698 ; legislative 

 session, 699; King's speech, 699; foreign policy, 699; 

 treaty with the United States discussed, 699; under- 

 standing of the government, 699, 700 ; budget, 700 ; in- 

 surrection in Cuba, 700; propositions of the govern- 

 ment, 700; another decree, 701 ; indemnity to United 

 States, 701. 



SPOFFOBD, HENBY M. Elected Senator from Louisiana, 

 465. 



SPBINGHB, WILLIAM M. Representative from Illinois, 

 136; Electoral Commission bill, 161. 



STANLEY, HENBT M. A noted traveler, 701 ; birth, 701 ; 

 explorations, 701. 



STEPHENS, ALEXANDEB H. Birth, 702 ; political career, 

 702. 



STOUGHTON, EDWIN W. Minister to Russia, 703 ; birth 

 and pursuits, 703. 



STBONO, Judge WILLIAM. Member of the Electoral Com- 

 mission, 164; on the rules, 170; on evidence, 180. 



Suez Canal. Lord Derby on the free navigation of, 271. 



SULEIMAN PASHA. Turkish general, 703 ; birth, 703 ; 

 military career, 703. 



Sweden and Norway. Rnler, 708. Sweden: Ministry, 

 703; area and population of Sweden, 708 ; population 

 of cities, 703 ; budget, 704 ; debt, 70t ; army, 704 ; 

 shipping, 704. Norway: Ministry, 704; population, 

 704; debt, 704; finances, 704; commerce, 704; rail- 

 roads, 704 ; telegraphs, 704 ; works in Norway, 705. 



Switzerland. Rulers, 705 ; area and population, 705 ; 

 births, etc., 705 ; revenue, 705 ; Federal Assembly, 

 705 ; proceedings, 706 ; three new laws, 706 ; ex- 

 ports, 706 ; St. Gothard tunnel, 706. 



TEISSEBENC DE BoBT, P. E. Biographical sketch, 820. 



Telephone. Its inventors, 706 ; description of its work- 

 ing, 706; fundamental principle, 707; how made, 708; 

 Impression produced on the listener, 708 ; its uses, 

 708. 



Tennessee. Adjustment of the State debt, 708 ; response 

 of the Legislature to the bondholders, 709; meeting in 

 New York, 709; result, 709; plan reported, but not 

 adopted, 709; extra session, 709; message, 709; sec- 

 ond session called, 710 ; objects, 710 ; report of the 

 controller, 710 ; school fund, 710 ; debt unadjusted, 

 710 ; returns of the election, 710 ; legislative resolu- 

 tions, 710; legislative measures, 711 ; legal decisions 

 of Tennessee cases, 711 ; assessed value of railroads, 

 712. 



TEBOCKASSOFF, ABSAS H. A Russian general, 712 ; 

 birth. 712; career, 718. 



Texas. Troubles on the Rio Grande, 712; letter of the 

 Secretary of War to General Sherman, 712; crossing 

 of a Mexican armed band, 712; Governor Hubbard's 

 letter to the President, 712; reply, 713; demand on 

 the Mexican governor for the criminal?, 718; instruc- 

 tions of Governor Hubbard, 718 ; refusal of the Mexi- 

 cans and their reply, 713 ; communication of Gover- 

 nor llubbard to the Secretary of War, 713 ; attack on 

 San Elbsario, 718; Governor Hubbard telegraphs for 



aid, 714; response of the Administration, 714; fur- 

 ther troubles, 714 ; an intermarriage question, 714 ; 

 natural advantages of Texas, 714. 



THIEBS, Louis A.- French statesman, 715; birth and 

 death, 715 ; career. 715, 716. 



THOMPSON, KICUABU W. Secretary of the N*ry, 716; 

 birth, 716; career, 716. 



THUBMAN. ALLEN G. Senator from Ohio, 186 : on the 

 Electoral Commission bill, 158 ; on receiving testi- 

 mony by the Commission, 192; member of the Elec- 

 toral Commission, 164 ; on the presentation of evi- 

 dence, 181. 



T, DLEBEN, FBANZ E. A Russian general, 716 ; birth, 

 716; career, 716. 



Torpedoes. First successful use of, 717; schools of in- 

 et ruction, 717; torpedoes of two classes, 717; sta- 

 tionary, how moored, 717; the explosive material, 

 717; how combated, 718; the Harvey torpedo, 718; 

 the Whitehead fish torpedo, 718; the Lay torpedo, 

 719; the rocket torpedo, 719; torpedo boats, 718; 

 English launch, 720; the steamer Alarm, 720; best 

 schemes for the defense of ships, 721. 



Transvaal Republic.- -It ceases to exist, 720 ; history of 

 affairs, 720; negotiations with the British Commis- 

 sioner, 720 ; Government surrendered to the English, 

 722. 



Turkey. -Ruler, 722; area and population, 722; finances, 

 722; imports and exports, 728; note of the Russian 

 Government to the guaranteeing powers, 728 ; pro- 

 tocol proposed, 728 ; minutes of the meeting of em- 

 bassadors, 723; reply of the Porte, 728, 724; procla- 

 mation of war by the Czar, 724 : feeling in Servia and 

 Montenegro, 724; Sultan deposed, 724; meeting of 

 the Turkish Parliament, 724; insurrection In Bosnia, 

 725 ; position of Russian and Turkish armies at the 

 outbreak of war, 725 ; descriptions of the fortifica- 

 tions and the country, 725, 726; organization of the 

 Turkish army, 726; total force, 727; its positions, 

 727; the Russian army, 727, 728 ; naval force of Tur- 

 key, 728 ; the Russian navy, 728 ; officers, 728 ; reply 

 of the Porte to the Russian declaration, 728 ; Rus- 

 sians close the Danube, 728 ; Hobart Pasha runs the 

 batteries, 728 ; movements of troops, 729; Porte de- 

 clines official communication with Roumania, 729; 

 gunboat action on the Danube, 729 ; a daring deed on 

 the Lower Danube, 730; description of the scene of 

 the war In Armenia, 730-782; movements against 

 Ears, 732; attack on Hat urn, 783; action of the Turk- 

 ish squadron on the shores of the Black Sea, 788; 

 hostilities resumed in Montenegro, 734. 



Effect of the Russian declaration on Europe, 7S4 ; 

 dispatch of Lord Derby, 784; do. relative to the neu- 

 tral position of the Suez Canal, 784 ; answer of Prince 

 Gortchakoff, 735 ; situation in Constantinople, 785 ; 

 proceeding? of the Softas, 785. 



Passage of the Danube by the Russians, 786 ; action 

 Of the Russian army in Dobrudja, 786 ; retreat in Ar- 

 menia, 786; revolt in the Caucasus, 736 ; the siilnka 

 Pass turned, 786; map of the scat of war, 787; the 

 Balkan Mountains, 788; description of the region 

 and its passes, 788; panic In Constantinople, 788; 

 change of Turkish commanders, 788; the Russians 

 checked, 788 ; defeats. 738, 789; more troops sent for- 

 ward, 739 ; vessels sunk at mouth of Danube, 789 ; 

 explanation of Gortchakoff, 789; operations of Rus- 

 sians beyond the Balkans, 739; do. In August and 

 September, 740; operations on the Lorn, 740; Plevna 

 fortified, 740; renewal of Russian attacks, 740; ap- 

 pointment of General Todleben, 741 ; operations at 

 the Sbipka Pass, 741; do. on the Lorn, 741 ; Mehcmct 



