Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-02-07

tary Of the Treasury recomend life
saving stations ut the following points
on the Pacific coast: Washington Ter
ritory-Neah Bay, Shoalwater Bay and
Cape Disappointment, life boat stations:
Oiegon-Cape Ara.o, life-boat station;
California-Humbolt Bay, Point Reyes,
and between Point Labos and Point
San Pedro, life-boat stations.
Confirmation OF Mrs. Wilson as Po.tm o ster
mt The Dalles.
The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Mrs. f. NJ. Wilson to the
postotiice at The Dalles, Oregon.
wurmofi's Movements.
Jan. 31.-It is reported that cx-Gov-
ernor Warmoth has gone to New York
to evade the service of Governor Kcl-
loggs requisition.
Communion in New York City.
New York, Jan. 2S.-Police Superin-
tendent Matsell reitertcs his belief
that the fire in st. Bridset's Church
was the work of Communists, and lie
thinks other similar attempts probable,
He thinks there can be 10 doubt that
the Communists are thoroughly orgahA
lied in this city, and that threats against
churches and school houses--especially
against all Roman Catholic Institutions
had been made since the Tompkins
Square riot. He says that on the day
of the riot many of the so-callcd work
ingmen who passed st. Joseph's Hos
pital, looked up and shook their fists at
the building, uttering threats. One of
the rioters who had his head cut by a
policeman's club, was tenderly cared
for in that hospital, yet he went away
cursing the attendants. Matsell says
an especial watch has been kept lately
over churches and school-houses, and
that .he watch will be maintained 1t
is understood that particular pains have
been taken to guard every church in
South precinct.
General sherman on Indian Affairs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.--General Sher-
man was again before the House Mill
tary Committee to-day and gave his
views with regard to the army in con-
nection with Indian Affairs. He point
cd ont on the map a region of country
in Texas, 100 miles wide and 1000
miles long, comprising half dozen or
ganizcd counties, which, when he passed
through two years ago, was entirely de-
populated, the inhabitants having had
to abandon their homes on account of
constant intrusions of Indians. He
said he had been led to the belief that
these Indians were Comanches, but it
was pretty well understood that they
were Kiowas, Chcyennes and Arapa-
hoes, who raided from Fort Still reser-
vation, 80 miles off, penetrating through
the military posts and helping them
selves to the horses and stock Of their
Mexican friends rather than to be to
the trouble of raising them themselves
He gave a graphic account of his inter-
view with Santanta, at Fort Still, when
he had Santanka, Santanta and Big
Tree arrested, double ironcd and sent
back to Texas to be tried for an attack
upon wagon train and the murder of
twelve out of seventeen transfers, one
of whom was bound to wagon and
burned. Santanka was killed in an at
tempt to escape. but the other two were
tried, convicted and sentenced to be
hanged, but certain humantalians, who
regarded murders on the part of Indi-
ans as mere exhibitions of emotional
insanity, had induced Gov. Davis, who
ought to have known better, to COM
mute their sentence, and some influence
at Washington had finally restored
them to freedom, and they were now
on reservation again ready to move on
their mnrderous raids. If they should
scalp Governor Davis next time, Ger
eral Sherman intimated That he would
not shed many tears. lie reviewed the
Modoc difficulty and gave his opinion
that General Candy was the victim of n
temporizinG Quaker policy applied to
Indians. He favored transfer of the
control of the Indians from the Interior
department to the War Department
and expressed the conviction that the
army was more kindly disposed to the
Indians than citizens generally, and
that if the country demanded extremely
charitable treatment for the Indians it
could be accomplished by and through
the agency of the army better than by
through the agency of those persons
who protested more charity than the
soldier, but who did not practice SO
much.
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