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Show Dead Ueduciiou ot Appropriations. Appro-priations. Washington, 2. General Lorenzo Thomas, late adjutant general, died to-day, aged 75. Toe senate appropriations committee commit-tee propose numerous amend nien'.a to the sundry civil appropriation bill, which, if agreed to, will reduce the aggregate $2,220,000. The items for public buildings at Chicago, St. Louis. Cincinnati and Pbiladeluhia are all reduced one-third, ami there is a large reduction in the appropriation appropria-tion for repairs and expenses of public pub-lic buildings throughout the country. Among the items stricken out are tlo following: Item for new vessels lor the lighthouse and coast etvvey service; ser-vice; item for the payment of Montana Mon-tana war claims; the Butler amendment amend-ment appropriating $5,000 for the suit to recover possession of the new 1 Idria quick silver mine, and the item of $100,000 for a new lighthouse steamer on the Pacific coast. Ttie committeo insert an item of$25,0J0 for a fog signal on Goat Island. The proposition for the steamer was stricken out, together with many other similar ones, in pursuance ot : the general policy of retrenchment, j but may be restored in the senate. j |