The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-16
VAST NAVAL SCHEME.
Plans For War Vessels to Cost
s2s0,OOO,OOO.
BATTLE SHIPS, CRUISERS, RAMS.
over million of Money 20 BE Returned
20 Calitornla-MorgAn's caaIarma-
tion Postponed.

WASHINGTON c1rx. Jan. ls.-The naval
board OF p9licv appointed 20 formulate a
plan for building a navy commensurate
with the diguity and power Of the nation.
IN their report 10 the secretary of the navy
viii recommend the construction of ninety
two vessels Of different types and sizes. and
these VIII he built according 10 the ideas Of
the board IN fourteen years. and viii cost.
together with their maintenance during
fourteen years. $50 ooa.0o1 They say the
cost of maintenance Of = fleet OF vessels
such as they propose would be only one
quarter that of keeping up the same nun-
her of old-style vessels.
The scheme of the board comprises IN
following vessels, the estimated cost with
armament complete, as appended: Ten
battle ships Of l0Ao0 tons, sou. .o<9 each !:
sight Of 5000 tons, 500. .oo0 each: twelve of
Tao tons. S450010 each; five of GO tons,
$360.0o0 each; ten rams, S50,oo0 tons. 500
90 each, nine arsnored cruisers OF $3.50
tons, to make nineteen knots an hour.
SSs9e50 each: four protected cruisers of
a.S0 tons, 20 make twenty-five knots
an hour, $350, COO each; nine protected
cruisers of 500 tons. 20 make
twenty knots an hour, $4,000: two pro-
tected cruisers of 4eo0 tons TO make nine-
teen knots an hour, Saos. .09l each; five spe-
eiaI cruisers of 200 tons. 10 make eighteen
knots. 10000 each: fifteen torpedo eruis-
ers OF 9.00o tons. TO make twenty-five knots
an hour. $4,000 each: three artiicers'
ships. 500. o0esch. The eight ships which
the secretary recommends In his report
shall be begun at once , not the eight
proposed hg the board, but eight OF the first
ten.
REFpNDiSG oALiFoRstA.
In communication sent 10 the Senate
today the third auditor OF the treasury
recommends that s9a5 600 be allowed the
state OF California for moneys expended in
suppressing Indian hostilities prior 10
1854. The state, the third auditor SAYS,
issued bonds for this purpose and he
recommends the government tc take np
the bonds and pay interest. Payment Of
S. 500 on account OF the Humboldt Indian
expedition and oil $4.4s4 for expenses in-
cured in the Modoe war is also recon-
.nenGed.
ATTEMPTS on THE czAa's LIFE.
In the executive session of tse Senate on
the extradision treaty there was consider
able discussion on clause specifically set
ting forth that the murder OF, OF attempts
to murder, the czar or any members ot his
family shall be considered a political Of
tense. Without this special definition on
the text of the treaty, il was argued by
some Of the senators, it placed car and
peasant on the same level and afforded
them the same protection. II was not
necessary or just, they said. 20
hamper courts IN advance BY
deciding for them that an at.
tempt upon the lie OF member OF the
Russian royal family was not political
crime. 1t IS the impression that the clause
eliminated from the treaty viii be ratified
by the Senate.
MoR6AN's NOMINATION..
Consideration OF the nomination Of Thom-
as Morgan 70 be Indian commissioner was
postponed unit next week.
INV PosTMAsTERs.
The president today sent 10 the Senate
the following nominations: Postmaster
Henry p. Cranz. Reno. Nev. sam Meizler,
Wooster. Ore John II. d. Gray, Astoria
Ore. Howard McCutchen, San Diego, Gal. ,
Elmer Puff. wardner. Idaho.
THE TARIFF EEvisIns.
The ways and means committee decided
10 have no more public hearings after
tomorrow. although interested parties may
file written statement concerning indus
tries which have not been acted npon.
Breckenridge's resolution, calling upon
the secretary OF the treasury Tor state
ment Of Germany 5 tariff duties with amend
fnent including French, Austrian and other
European tariffs. was approved OF.