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Show Appropriations. Washington, 7. The house com-, mittee on appropriations had a long: session to day on the military acad- j emy appropriation bill, and completed com-pleted it for report to the house next i Monday. They reduce the pay of cadets from about $50 to $15 per year, which will diminish the item some $17,000. The pay of professors is reduced 20 per cent., and many small reductions are made in other items, a total of about i30,000 from last year's total of $320,000. The pension appropriation bill was also finished, and will be reported to the house by Atkins. No reduction is made from the department estimates lor this bill. Its amount is ?29,500,-000. |