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Show BEEF FOR BOERS. Acnt of Kroger Purchasing 750,000 Pounds in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 24. A trainload of beef 7.10,000 pounds for the use of the Iioei-s, is being purchasee here by an agent of the Transvaal Government. On account of recent seizures by British Brit-ish warships of ships bearing supplies destined for the Transvaal, packers have refused to sell the beef for delivery deliv-ery beyond Chicago, aud negotiations for transportation are pending. This is the second trainload of beef sold here for the Boers, the first consignment sold about a month ago being' now, it is said, on the acean. |