to by Congress, 36; influence of the Ku- Klux-Klan on, 38, 39; general restoration of franchise to whites, 40; political disabili- ties of Southerners removed, 79; Federal supervisors appointed in all election pre- cincts, 79; necessarily carried out by those living in the South, 114; not agents, but system of, to be condemned, 118; Union and Loyal leagues during, 121; extrava- gant expenditures in South Carolina dur- ing, 122; reckless financial operations during, 124 et seq.; Governor Ames's opinion on, 151.
RED CLOUD, visits Washington, I., 170; protests against white trespassers in Black Hills, 174; declares Indians are "succeeding backwards," 186; his views on the "Mes- siah craze," II., 202.
RED CROSS SOCIETY, The, work of, in Russian famine, II., 224.
REED, Thomas B., at Grant's funeral, II., 130; his novel rulings as Speaker of the House, 172, 173.
"REFORM PARTY," The, the Democrats' nom
REID, Whitelaw, caricatures of, I., 74. Reina Regente, The, II., 232.
REITER, Commander, unjust punishment of, in Barrundia affair, II., 186.
RELIGIONS, World's Parliament of, II., 292. RENO, Major Marcus A., fails to support Custer, I., 187, 188; his responsibility for the defeat, 193.
REPUBLICAN PARTY, The, in full power in 1870,
I., 23; strife among its members, 24; its lack of positive policy, 30; first signs of split in, 31; strong influence of Horace Greeley upon, 58; split in, in 1884, II., 77; crushing defeat of, in 1890, 187; "tidal wave" in favor of, two years later, 225. "RESTORATION," supposed at first to cover the ground in case of the seceding States, I.,
18. RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS, an issue in
campaign of 1876, I., 263; passage of the Act, 264; Sherman's resolute pushing of, 265; opposed by Democrats, 265; absolute success of, 266.
REVELS, Hiram R., his letter on the Mississippi troubles, I., 148.
REVENUE LAWS, necessity for reform in, I., 62. RICE, Sergeant, death of, on Greely Expedition,
RICH, GOVERNOR (Michigan), II., 357. RICHARDSON, W. A., his irregular contracts with
Sanborn, I., 236; resigns, 237; in the panic of 1873, 259; his failure to act promptly, 260.
RIDDLE, his wonderful escape from the Modocs, I., 177, 180. ROBERTSON, William H., defeats Conkling's plans, I., 310; appointed New York Collec- tor, 323.
ROBESON, George M., succeeds Borie as Secre- tary of the Navy, I., 29.
ROCHAMBEAU, Marquis de, at Yorktown Cen- tennial, I., 386.
ROEBLING, John A., II., 277.
ROEBLING, Washington A., II., 277. ROGERS, in Pan-Electric scandal, II., 108. Rogers, The, II., 29.
ROOSEVELT, Theodore, nominated for New York Collectorship, I., 245; II., 72; sup- ports Blaine, 82.
ROOT, John W., II., 249.
ROSE, William R., II., 291.
ROSECRANS, General W. S., II., 358. "ROUGHS," The, I., 11.
ROWLANDS, John. See STANLEY, Henry M. RUDINI, Marquis di, demands indemnity for murdered Italians, II., 183.
RUSSIA, great famine of 1891 in, II., 219; Ameri- can relief for, 220 et seq.; her friendly feel- ing for the United States, 224; unpopular extradition treaty with, 310.
SACKVILLE-WEST, Sir Lionel, on Fisheries Com-
mission of 1887, II., 123; his indiscreet let- ter in 1888, 162; his recall asked for, 163. SAFE-BURGLARY FRAUDS, The, I., 237. SAFFORD, Governor A. P. K., his letter on the Indian troubles in Arizona, I., 172.
ST. ARMAND, Town of, occupied by Fenians, I., 4.
ST. GAUDENS, Augustus, II., 257. ST. JOHN, John P., II., 89.
ST. LOUIS, City of, its population in 1870, I., 5; in 1890, II., 274.
St. Louis, The, II., 100.
ST. PAUL, City of, great increase in its size be- tween 1880 and 1890, II., 274.
SALOR, Private, death of, on Greely Expedition, II., 43.
SALVATION ARMY, The, II., 296, 297. SAMOA, Island of, United States interests in, II., 215; terrible hurricane in, 216 et seq.; an- archy in, 219.
SAN FRANCISCO, City of, Kearneyism in, I., 369 et seq.; extortionate transportation rates to and from, II., 344; merchants of, form a traffic association, 346.
SANBORN, John D., irregular Treasury contracts with, I., 236, 237.
SAND-LOT MEETINGS, The, I., 370. SANFORD, Henry S., II., 2; 4.
RICKS, Judge, his contract-labor decision, II., SANGER, Thomas, murdered by "Mollie Ma-
Santa Maria, The, II., 264.
SANTO DOMINGO, Island of, efforts of President Grant to annex, I., 48 et seq.; failure of the treaty with, 53, 54; a Commission reports favorably on annexation of, 56.
SARGENT, Senator A. A., I., 369.
SATOLLI, Cardinal, II., 324.
SEWARD, W. H., anxious to settle the " Alabama Claims," I., 88; causes the United States to be represented at Paris Conference as a gold country, 277.
SHANDLEY, Justice, illegal registration from house of, in 1868, 1., 12. SHARPE, George H., I., 243.
SATURDAY CLUB, The, protests against Grant's SHARPE, Jacob, prosecuted for bribery, II., 105. removal of Motley, I., 56. "SCALAWAGS," The, antecedents and character of, I., 114, 115; outrages committed by,
SCAR-FACED CHARLEY, in Modoc War, I., 176 et seq.
SCHECHOFFSKY, Princess, II., 246.
SCHENCK, Robert C., one of the High Commis- sioners at Washington in 1871, I., 46; in- troduces bill to contract currency, 250. SCHLEY, Winfield S., commands Greely Relief Expedition, II., 37; 50.
SCHNAUBELT, Rudolph, II., 142.
SCHNEIDER, Private, death of, on Greely Expe- dition, II., 43.
SCHOFIELD, General J. M., retained by Grant as Secretary of War, I., 29; at Inaugural Cen- tennial, II., 171; 358.
SCHURZ, Carl, prominent in Missouri politics, I., 31; his open opposition to the reëlection of Grant, 59; appointed chairman at the convention of "Come-Outers," 68; carica- tures of, during campaign of 1872, 74; con- demns Federal action in Louisiana matters, 166; prominent in anti-Grant movement in 1876, 205; appointed Secretary of the In- terior, 224; 275; enforces competitive ex- aminations in the Interior Department, 336; II., 81.
SCHWAB, Michael, sentenced to life imprison- ment, II., 143.
SCLOPIS, Count, member of Geneva Tribunal,
SCONCHIN, hung with other Modocs, I., 181. Scorr, Captain, seizes the David J. Adams in
SCOTT, R. K., extravagance in South Carolina during Governorship of, I., 128.
SCOTT, Thomas A., II., 64; 84. SCRANTON, City of, riots in, in 1877, I., 305. Sea King, The. See Shenandoah, The. SEAL FISHERIES, The, dispute over, II., 125 et seq.; ratification of a treaty concerning, 126; report of Board of Commissioners on the dispute over, 126.
SEAL-LOCK FRAUDS, The, I., 237. SEDGWICK, John, espouses Greeley's cause, I.,
SEMINOLES, The, condition of, in 1874, I., 169; II., 196; "Messiah craze" among, 201. SEVERALTY LAND SYSTEM, The, applied to In- dian tribes, II., 347 et seq.
Shenandoah, The, claims for depredations by,
SHEPHERD, appreciation of his services as Gov- ernor of District of Columbia, I., 62. SHERIDAN, Philip H., in command of the Mili- tary Department of the Gulf, I., 161; his report on the Louisiana situation, 162 et seq.; vainly prohibits trespassing in Black Hills, 174; II., 50; at Grant's funeral, 132; death of, 189.
SHERMAN, John, his opinion of Grant's adminis- tration, I., 24, 27; his opinion of the Fif- teenth Amendment, 37, 38; his severe criti- cism of Greeley, 68; his letter to his brother on the political situation, 71; his vote in the Belknap trial, 202; suggests Hayes's nomination, 211; appointed Secretary of the Treasury, 224; 227; on the Hayes- Tilden election, 228; his opinion of Hayes's character, 229; his account of the New York Civil Service removals, 244, 245: his opinion on resumption, 249; his finan- cial ability, 264; pushes through resump- tion, 265 et seq.; requests addition of "Alli- son tip" to the Bland Bill, 278; Sher- man silver purchasing law passed in 1890 but repealed in 1893, 279; mentioned as a presidential candidate in 1880, 308; blames Foster for his defeat, 311; 329; II., 21; 62; at Grant's funeral, 130; 158; unfounded charges against, 164; censures Foraker, 165; declares Jefferson Davis a traitor,
195. SHERMAN, General W. T., his fears for Grant, I., 28; his surprise at the nomination of Grant and Greeley, 70; urges that political power should be given to "the young men who served in the rebel army," 131; his views on the situation in the South, 132; on the Indian troubles, 171; his letter to his brother in the Belknap matter, 201; removes to St. Louis to be free from Bel- knap, 202; at Yorktown Centennial, 387; on the "Rebel Flag" order, II., 113; at Grant's funeral, 132; death of, 189; his criticism of Jefferson Davis, 194, 195. SHERWOOD, Lieutenant, killed by Modocs, I., 180.
SHIELDS, General James, II., 192.
SHIPBUILDING, American, at a low ebb after the war, I., 17.
"SHIPTON, Mother," prophecy of, I., 309. SICKLES, General Daniel E., demonstration
against, in Madrid during the Virginius excitement, I., 48.
SILVER, demonetization of, I., 275; legislation
concerning, before 1873, 276; grievance of advocates of, 277; Congress hesitates to authorize free coinage of, 278; purchases of, under Bland-Allison Act, 279; increased purchase of bullion under Sherman
Law of 1890, 279; end of acquisition of, by United States in 1893, 279; free coinage of, suspended in India, II., 301; no longer purchased by United States, 303. SIMMONS, Mr., I., 236. SINCLAIR, Captain, I., 386.
SIOUX, The, insurrection of, I., 186 et seq.;
opening of their reservation in South Dakota to settlers, II., 200; "Messiah
SMITH, GOULD, MARTIN & Co., firm of, I., 40. "SOAP," political, I., 317; II., 167.
SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIME, The New York City, II., 318.
SOLOMON, Hardy, I., 215.
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS, The, assemble at Knoxville, II., 356.
SOUTH, The, belief at the North in incorrigible-
ness of, I., 30; sentiment in favor of reën- franchisement of, 31; acceptance by, of the facts of the war, 35; evils caused in, by reconstruction, 36; impossibility of permanent military government in, 38; removal of political disabilities reduces rancor of, against the North, 78; Federal supervisors of elections in, 79; race troubles in, 79; bitterness towards the North, III; desolation of, 113; moral and social stag- nation in, 114; determination in, to keep down the negro, 118; constant race con- flicts in, 121; reckless extravagance of re- constructionists throughout, 124 et seq.; ex- aggerated reports of violence in, after 1874, 129; left to itself after Hayes's administra- tion, 354; feeling in, towards disfranchising
negroes, II., 150; the New 356 et seq.; Atlanta Exposition proves universal prog- ress of, except in "black belts," 363; phe- nomenal increase of values in, from 1880 to 1890, 367; manufactures at, 369; flour and pig iron from, 370; apparently un- limited resources of, 371; development of, due to Southerners, 372; loyalty at, 372, 373; serious treatment of liquor question at, 373; the great problem presented by the negroes in, 374; decrease of the blacks in, 379; feeling of old slaveholders at, for their former slaves, 380; immense white immigration to, 380.
SOUTH CAROLINA, State of, admitted to repre- sentation in Congress, I., 20; voices the "New Departure" in its Convention of 1870, 35; writ of habeas corpus suspended in, 79; negro legislators in, after the war, 122; illiteracy of officials in, 124; reckless extravagance in, 128, 129; terrible financial condition of, 132; taxpayers of, appeal to the President, 132; Chamberlain's adminis- tration in, 135; returns from, in Tilden- Hayes election, 219; Constitutional Con- vention in, II., 147; political suppression of negroes in, 150, 151; Convention of 1895 in, 152 et seq.; the "Mississippi plan' adopted in, 156; the Tillman movement in, 243; location of "black belt" in, 364; phosphates in, 372; its dispensary system for the sale of liquor, 373; its stringent legislation against lynchings, 374.
SOUTH DAKOTA, State of, Sioux reservation in, opened to settlers, II., 200; "Messiah craze" in, 200 et seq.; condition of militia in, 339- SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, The, its strong monopoly in California, II., 344 et seq.; proposal to refund its debt, 345. SOUTHWESTERN STRIKE, The, II., 138. SOVEREIGN, James R., II., 336. SPAIN, barbarities of, in Cuba, I., 47; trouble with, from Virginius affair, 48. SPEAKMAN, Mr., murdered by Spaniards in Cuba, I., 47.
SPEER, Judge Emory, II., 359. SPEYERS, Albert R., Fisk's broker in Black Fri- day transactions, I., 44. SPIES, Augustus, II., 142; hanged, 143. SPRAGUE, Charles, I., 320. STAEMPFLI, Jacques, member of Geneva Tribu- nal, I., 90.
STALLO, J. B., I., 228. "STALWARTS," The, I., 327.
STANLEY, Henry M., his African explorations, II., 2, 3; honors paid to, 3. STANWOOD, Jacob, II., 64.
"STAR ROUTE FRAUDS, The," I., 336 et seq.; only one man ever punished for, 341.
STATE CONSTITUTIONS, general revision of, II., 146 et seq.
"STATE SUICIDE," the question of, I., 18. STATES' RIGHTS, important decisions concerning,
STEAMBOAT FRANK, in Modoc War, I., 179. STEARNS, Governor (Florida), I., 218. STEARNS, Mr., II., 280.
STEUBEN, Baron von, at Yorktown Centennial,
STEVENS, Minister John L., his actions in Hawaii, II., 312.
STEVENS, Thaddeus, his extreme views on re- construction, I., 18; one of the first in the North to advocate negro suffrage, 119. STEVENSON, Vice-President Adlai, II., 357. STEVENSON, Job E., I., 227.
STEVENSON, J. W., I., 227.
STEWART, A. T., proposed for the Treasury, portfolio, I., 29; liable to a heavy revenue forfeiture, 62.
STOCKBRIDGES, The, II., 349. STOUGHTON, E. W., I., 227.
STRIKE OF 1877, I., 303 et seq.; results and end of, 306; Kearneyism in California a re- flex of, 362.
STRIKE OF 1894. See PULLMAN STRIKE. STRIKES, public sympathy with, I., 292; perma-
nent commission to investigate, recom- mended, II., 343.
STRONG, Justice William, appointed to Supreme
Court and votes to reverse Hepburn vs. Griswold decision, I., 67, 270; on Electoral Commission, 218.
STRONG, William L., elected Mayor of New York on a fusion ticket, II., 322. SUFFRAGE (see also WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE), re- constructed States agree never to revoke universal, 20; Chief Justice Chase on Congressional restriction of, 36, 37; res- toration of, to disfranchised Southerners, 40; granted to negroes up to 1835 in Ten- nessee and North Carolina, 119; tendency to widen, in North and West, II., 150; negro generally admitted a failure,
SUGAR, bounty on, II., 176; its prominence in campaign of 1892, 242; again in 1894, 304,
SUGAR TRUST, The, II., 305; 308, 309. SUMNER, Charles, his extreme views on recon- struction, I., 18; condemns Grant's foreign policy, 32; his opposition to Grant's scheme for the annexation of Santo Domingo, 53; quarrels with Grant, 54 et seq.; Grant's opinion of, 55; declares Grant's course is leading to a "dance of blood," 56; op- poses Grant's reelection, 59; in favor of radical measures in the South, 69; Curtis considers his speech unpardonable, 71;
applies to the President Lord Durham's letter to Brougham, 75; his feelings grow more lenient to Southerners, 78; famous speech of, on Johnson-Clarendon Treaty, 89; one of the first in the North to advo- cate negro suffrage, 119.
SUMNER, W. G., I., 228.
Sun, The New York, publishes Credit Mobilier story during campaign of 1872, I., 95, 106. SURPLUS, The, financial problem on account of, II., 115, 116; Republican treatment of, 174; great growth of, 176. Swatara, The, II., 131.
SWAYNE, Justice Noah H., dissents from Su- preme Court's decision in "Slaughter House Cases," I., 112.
Tallapoosa, The, I., 386.
TAMASESE, elevated to Samoan throne by Ger- mans, II., 216; deposed, 219. TAMMANY HALL, hostile members kept out of, by Tweed policemen, I., 11; its support injures Greeley in 1872, 75; corruption of, II., 318. TARIFF, The, not a party policy in 1870, I., 30; small influence of, in campaign of 1880, 312; Commission appointed, 352; re- duction in, recommended, 353;- Act of 1883, 353; controversy over, 354; Repub- lican party advocates raising, II., 114: growing feeling in favor of reduction of, 116, 117; the issue in 1888, 165 et seq.; Re- publicans advocate a prohibitive, 176; unchanged in 1890, 187; the issue in the campaign of 1892, 242; Democratic revision of, in 1894, 304; law passed by that party, 306.
Tartar, The, II., 232. TATNALL, Josiah, II., 219. TAYLOR, Abner, I., 227.
TAYLOR, Bayard, recites an ode at Philadelphia Centennial, I., 198.
TELEGRAPH, The, II., 279 et seq. TELEPHONE, The, II., 282.
TELLER, Henry M., appointed Secretary of the Interior, I., 351; II., 58. TEMPERANCE, women's crusade for, II., 293 et seq., steps towards, in the South, 373. TENNESSEE, State of, loyal government in, rec-
ognized by Lincoln, I., 18; free negroes permitted to vote in, up to 1834, 119; in- crease in debt of, during reconstruction, 125; violence against negroes in, 129; Con- stitutional Convention in, II., 147; political suppression of negroes in, 150 et seq.; con- vict labor troubles in, 239 et seq.; location of "black belt" in, 364; live stock in, 369; marble and building stones in, 372; de- crease of negroes in country portions of,
TENURE OF OFFICE ACT, The, repeal of, II., 106. TERRY, General Alfred, in Sioux War of 1876, I., 186 et seq.; claims that Custer disobeyed orders, 190 et seq.
TEST OATH, The, I., 20. TEXAS, State of, slowness of reconstruction in, I., 21; effect of reconstruction acts on fi- nances of, 125; location of "black belt" in, II., 364; bad condition of negroes in, 367; large grain crops in, 368; live stock in, 369; marble and building stones in, 372. TEXAS SEED BILL, The, II., 113.
Thetis, The, II., 36; 40; 44: 49.
THOMAN, Leroy D., appointed to Civil Service TRUMBULL, LYMAN, denounces the abuses in the
THOMAS, Peace Commissioner, murdered by In-
dians, I., 177 et seq.
THOMPSON, Mrs. Joseph, II., 359.
THORNTON, Sir E., one of the Commissioners in
Treaty of Washington, I., 46.
Thornton, The, II., 125.
"THREE CENT WAR," The, I., 283. THURMAN, Allen G., protests against forcing the
Fifteenth Amendment upon reconstructed States, I., 22; 167; moves to impeach Bel- knap, 202; on Electoral Commission, 218; II., 81; nominated for Vice-President, 157;
Ticonderoga, The, II., 97.
TILDEN, Samuel J., active in prosecuting
Tweed, I., 15; 207; nominated for Presi- dent, 211; doubt as to his election, 214 et seq.; his opponent declared elected, 220; his ideas on resumption, 263; declines nomination in 1880, 312. TILLMAN, Benjamin R., II., 153 et seq.; 243. Times, The New York, Tweed attempts to buy
the stock of, I., 14; publishes evidence against the ring, 14; in Tilden-Hayes elec- tion, 214.
TIME-STRIPS, II., 281. TIN, prominence of the
campaign, II., 242.
TISDELL, N. P., II., 8.
TITUSVILLE FIRE AND FLOOD, The, II., 238, 239. TOLSTOI, Leo, II., 222.
TOOMBS, Robert, II., 191.
Tornado, The Spanish man-of-war, captures the Virginius, I., 47.
TOWNSEND, Adjutant-General E. D., his mes-
sage to General Emory to enforce peace in Louisiana, I., 85.
TRACY, Secretary Benjamin F., burning of his house, II., 207, 208. TRAIN, George Francis, I., 68. TRANSPORTATION LAWS. See INTERSTATE COM-
TREATY OF WASHINGTON, The, I., 46; 87; drawn
up by a Joint High Commission and pro-
Civil Service, I., 59; espouses Greeley's cause, 70; 227.
TRUSTS, rise of, I., 292; 329; II., 115; legislation against, 308; strange application of laws
TUPPER, Sir Charles, on Fisheries Commission of 1887, II., 123.
TURKEY, Cleveland refuses to interfere with, II., 310.
TURNER, Congressman, II., 358. TURNEY, Governor (Tennessee), II., 357. TUSKEEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, The, II., 359. TUTTLE, J. M., I., 227.
"TWAIN, Mark," II., 265.
TWEED, William M., beginning of his infamous career, I., 11; the Court House job, 12; his insatiable greed, 13; general rising against, 14; arrested twice and released on bail, 15: his escape to Cuba and Spain, 16; final death in jail, 16.
"TWEED RING," The, vast frauds of, I., 11; contractors obliged to pay large bonuses to, 12; its operations cheat the city tax-payers of $160,000,000, 13; attitude of the news- papers towards, 13; downfall of, 14 et seq.; revelations concerning, tell against Gree- ley's cause, 75.
TYLER, John, widow of, at Yorktown Cen- tennial, I., 387.
Tynehead, The, II., 224.
UNDERWOOD, J. W. H., I., 352.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, The, junction of, with Central Pacific, I., 2; trouble over Credit Mobilier operations in its construction, 95, 104 its advantages, 103; Blaine accused of fraudulent transactions with, II., 64. UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS, The, II., 322. UTAH, State of, population of, in 1870, I., 2;
female suffrage in, 2; rush of settlers to, 97; female suffrage established in, II., 150; Mormons emigrate to, 211; stamping out of polygamy in, 213; admitted to state- hood, 214.
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