The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-20
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The Stability How'd REPORT. that the New
Battle ships Arc An RIxst.

Battle ship. Arc An Rlzst
wAsaIyGroS. April I9.-Ths Stability Board.
CON posed of several OF the abless oileer,
In the navy. has made its report upon
the battle ship Indiana and sister vessels,
which com pletely wndicates the design,
showing that he great weight OF armor
aud arnamrn. IL carried with eas. With
only 10000 rcns displacement the Indiana has
ata;rery equivalent 20 that OF che c.sat IA 900
ton ships now building for Great Britain. and
she Is more formidable vessel han any OF
her size 10 the world The aetacen.-lc height
measuring the stability Of n" shlr was found
~ actual tests to be within an in"h OF wnat
that the accuracy Of the calculations ma 10
gree the board dem on strating that the YES
sci draws exactly twenty-iour feet as IL was
aboard the total wsiYhts differ iron III. ss,i
mated BY Only two-thirds Of one per sent Ths
nsGt as VEN H. s'atyGTS TO 1t sfs Navy pssar,
against the battle ships caused rauch anxiety
s-eseiary Herbert was deter mined 70 ilnI out
confident that our naval officers can lie trusted
TO design anything that ID required
The President TO-DAY sent to the Senate the
following acmgnat!oEs First Lieut.. James
LocEett. Fourth Cavalry. 10 hs Captain; Second
Lieut.. Thomts II. S!avens. Tourtn Cavalry. to
betlrst Lieutenant Also along list oiaTmy or
:
Eso. =. ls."1 uaieT the provisions q the act Of
ConSress apIE%,yed leh. =. lTD: eAtitled
treyet raaE; So. iog galIaat services In Indian
eaIlpalSEs."
NJ. Campbell Of New York called up In the
House Committee on PublIe Bulldogs and
Grounds to-day his bill ansntinR the act pro-
yldLns for the coustruetion Of an appraisers
smend this act 20 a, 15 r. The p.oSo:; 10
building exclusive OF site to 81. IaOUCO and
20 provide that the structure shall not hs less
hearing olr. Campbell postponrt action until
they eouli get the views OF the secretary OF the
TREASURY and the Supervising Architect
The total number q .ouEth-class postmas-
tiers appointed to-day was forty Of which
twenty-five were 10 I'll vacancies caused by
Ies.grations and death, Among the appoint.
IssiGnsI; Miss Mary fitlpatrick. FrsaGiia
Simon O',onnor. Hswkinsyila. Woo Ri' rIo
R9feI o rSTToysd John Trey ksi ho9k. vice
Schuyler. vice Hiram Smith. resigned
A eablegram received at the Navy Depart.
meRt to-day announces the departure Of the
New York from san Domingo for Kingston. ia
maiea, YESTERDAY, Az Kingston shs will be only
80 miles iraT, BlueEe!ls. OF within two days
stsami1g distance Nothing has YET Essn
heard from the ran Francisco. although that
vessel has been at Bllefelds for over a week.
The new pay certificate which members Of
the House mus: sign before receiving thsir
salaries has been prepared ~ SeEgeaut-at-
Arms Snov. The law recurring dad uctions
from mem ers' salaries Ehen absent is pTir tod
a. the top Of the blank. The Irtnted form
reads as follows;
csstt;T tia; daring the month OF - have been
abssR; Days Tor sh.ch DEDUCTIONS sto-.d BE- made
unisf sesi.aR - 81 IEs Revised stIfa:vs.
IL Is understood thas the Law will be enforced
for the moath Of April