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Show LARGE APPROPRIATIONS. Congress Orders Expenditure of Over $800,000,000. Washington. Chairman Tawney ot tho houso appropriations committee mndo tho following stntement as to the appropriations for tho fiscal yoar 1007: "Tho total appropriations made nt this sosslon ot congress, Including thoso carried In tho regular appropriation appropri-ation accounts, nil deficiencies, miscellaneous miscel-laneous matters nnd pcrmnnent nn-,nunl nn-,nunl appropriations, aggregating $880,-183,301. $880,-183,301. "This Is an nppareut Increase of $00,000,000 ovor tho appropriations mado at tho last sosslon of congress. "This Is moro than accounted for In tho threo following Items: "For tho Isthmian cnnal, $-12,447,000. under tho statehood bill, $10,260,000. toward tho construction ot now buildings build-ings nuthorlzod nt this session,' $10,-321,000, $10,-321,000, making a total of $03,018,000. to which might properly be added $5,000,000 for San Francisco. |