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Show Mn.e Mw orTramvasI War. Charles fierce, consul general of tbe Orange Fne Htate at New York, aayas "Ihe war baa cost Ureal llrltaln 8800,000,000 In gold a aunt twice greater great-er than the eullre value of the republics repub-lics If aold lo tho highest bidder, and over 100 000 nf her troops havu been ! rendered hora du combat. The war la coating (Heat llrltaln 81,000 OOO a day." Ihe failure) ut the llrltlsli arms to open the klmberley ami Johannesburg mines haa deprived the stockholders of dividends on securities listed at IdlO,-000 IdlO,-000 000, has re luced thu output of diamonds dia-monds and gold 8-01,000,000, and has addid HOD 000 00J to tba taxation of Ureal llrltahi |