Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-08-19

Senator booth for Hayes and Wheeler.
| SAN FRANCISCO, AUG. 1.-The Chronicle
| this morning says editorially: We are aus
| thoritatively informed that Senator Booth,
who was last year the leader of the ln,lepen-
dents in California, will soon take the stump
in this State for Hayes and Wheeler.
DfsTaeii TO be made a Peer.
| LONDON, AUG. lit is reported that Dis
raeli is about to be raised to the House of
Lords with the title of Earl of Beaconsfed.
The report is confirmed.
Aheridan's Views.
The following is General Sheri,lan's letter
to Gen sherman: | have not yet been able
to reinforce the garrison at Red Cloud, at
| Spotted Tail or at Standing Rock so as 10 be
sirongenough To keep the Indians, or to ar
rest and disarm those coming in. | beg of
you to proceed 10 the committee of the House,
and urge on it the necessity of increasing the
cavalry regiments To 100 men for each COM
pany; to extend Gen Crooks total strength
to !, III. Terry's to ,S,33, and to give this
force to them. | have stripped every post
from the line of Manitoba to Texas We
want more mounted men. We have not
Overstepped the law in relation TO enlisting
Indian scouts. In fact, we have not as many
as the law allows us. The whole number in
this division is only ia Indians with Crook,
rot enlisted or even paid. They are not worth
paying They are with him only TO crafty
their desire for a fight and their lust for re-
vengc on the Sioux.
(Signe(D p. II. SHERIDAN,
| Lieutenant ticneral
The letter of General Sherman to the See
rotary of War endorses the recommendation
of General Sheridan, and the letter of the
Secretary of War recommends the same to
the President.
| Instructions in SAN Domingo.
HAVANA, Aug. n-Adviccs from San Do
mingo report instructions breaking out ia
the northern republic and the president and
Pullar declared the whole republic in state
of siege.
| Washington News.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-Spcakcr Karr'S
condition is such as to alarm his friends and
it is now believed he will not long survive. A
dispatch received from him, dated yesterday
from Rock Bridge alum springs, says: Il
am much WORST, and hope is growing weaker.
French, the newly assistant treasurer, this
morning took the oath of office. He will en-
ter on his duties Monday.
The Indian appropriation bill was finally
reported from the conference committee as
amounts for salaries and payment required
by law and treaty stipulation, but appropri
ates only the following reduced amounts for
incidental expenses and all general purposes
of the Pacific coast, namely: For California
$50, 600; Oregon and Utah $4,000; Nevada,
Montana and Washington $1,000 each; Ida
no $4,000; New Mexico 81, 800; and Arizona
So, 900. The amount appropriated for care
and subsistence of Apaches who have been
I<a Ar,.r
ma or New Mexico, is compromised at so, =
900.
The salaries of Governors Chief Justices
and Assistant Judges of Washington, Mon
tana, Idaho, Utah. New Mexico, and Arizo
ma Territories are fixed at $1,000 each. All
other Territories are given $1,000
\ Times Washington special says the ap-
preparation bills rs finally passed made q
gross reductions of about twenty one and &
half millions below last year.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.--Therc is some
talk among few prominent Senators to
anne nd the House resolution so as to provide
for final adjournment at ~ o'clock to night;
but it is mol probable the majority will con-
sent to fix an earlier date than tomorrow, or
possibly Wednesday
The Senate by vote of yeas 90, nays IL,
passed the bill to carry into effect the Hia.
waiian treaty. 1t passed without amend
ment.
The House committee on military affairs
today considered the Presidents message re
lating to increase of the army during pend
ing Indian war, and agreed to bill which
passed the Senate July 3lst, providing that
the President shall have power to increase
the number Of enlisted men in each company
of cavalry to 100 in such regiments as may
in his opinion require such increase, provided
that not more than 1000 enlisted men shall
be added at any one time to the %, 600 au
thorized by the act Of July II, 1876; adopted
with an amendment that as soon rs hostili-
tics cease the regiments shall be reduced
again aud original men mustered out.
| The consular and diplomatic appropriation
| bill, as passed by both houses to-day, makes
provision for United States minister at the
Sandwich Islands-the House receding from
its proposition to degrade the mission TO cons
sulate.
Indian War
CHICAGO. Aug IA r. Williams, Assistant
Adjutaut General at Omaha, telegraphs to
Gen Sheridan's headquarters here, that the
following had just been received by him:
| FORT LARAMIE, Aug H.
The report Of Gen. Terrys fight with Sit
ting Bull is confirmed through Indians com
ing into Spotted Tail Agency. They report
a heavy engagement and defeat of the In.
dams with great loss, and Sitting Bull
wounded. TOWNSEND.
tits proper to say the accuracy of the in
formation contained in this dispatch, com
ing as it does from an Indian source, is dis
credited
| Murderer Hanged.
BATAVIA, N. Y, Aug. 11.-Thos. Burton
Quackenbush was hanged this morning for
the murder of Mrs. Sarah Norton on the Sd
of December, 1876.
| Washington News
The President, on the 18th inst, sigred
the legislative. executive and judicial apprO
priation. All the regular annual appropria~
tons have now been approved.
The Tribune's Washington special says
Randall has announced privately that he will
inot allow any more legislation before the
final adjournment.