Italy Denies Sugar Export Bounty in Official Note
Washington June 26 An Italian Government statement confirms Italy pays no export bounty on sugar. It follows Secretary Gages June 17 Treasury order suspending liquidation of Italian sugar amid suspected bounty. Italy plans a full facts submission within a week and the circular notes possible differential duties against Italian sugar.
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Washington
Rite Department
Italy
Gage
Treasury
Hill
Carlignani
Russia
Pension Certificates Issued in Several States
June 26 report lists numerous original and renewal pension certificates issued across Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland. Names include Azariah Campbell James J Craigt Reuben Reinhold Levi Ble John W Churn and many others with varied dollar amounts for original renewals and increases. Special notes mention War in Spain and widows pensions along with several reissues and special accounts.
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Azariah Campbell
Shamokin
James J. Craigt
West Chester
Reuben Reinhold
Levi Ble
Keshard
Pittsburg
John WV. Churn
Philadelphia
William J. Lemon
Charles Shock
Lopez
Serenehchats Miller
John Gunsailus
von Shoe
Elias Neil
Asag W. Feenley
Helrenstein
John W. Reed
Eaklesville
Levi H. Michael
Beavenvile
Wesner
Mekwensville
Alfred Lynn Franklin
Joseph Lindgay
Cliften Heights
John M. Campbell
Henecoy
Amandus A Easton
John Ees
Chester
Jamies Worstell
Canons
John A. Adams
Brockwayville
Rat Jan L. Hill
Doylestown
Charles Lagas
Emporium
John D. Lloyd
Pitesby
James J. Fluke
Altoora
Jeremiah Kdner
Dubois
Daniel Gristwire
Lebanon
Charles J. Rainey
Papedeonia
George Fether
Trexlertown
Boye
York
George Stewart
Tie
Oh Chauncey C. Chappell
Wannett
Joseph Riley
New Castle
Samuel Kyle
Jonas
Samuel M. Cogswell
Warren
William H. Young
Wormleysburg
Franklin H. Dieter
Fullerton
William Hatin
Enereal
Anna M. Weimer
Cledkville
Annie M. Ameigh
Gillett
Catharine Cline
Princeton
Hannah A. Smith
Enewal Harriet
Sheeler
Sayre
Barbara A. Moyer
Selinsgrove
Sarah Chiteitenour
Pricetown
Euphenia P. Rowland
Morton
Susan Campan
Middlesex
Matilda Bower
Newbern
Mercer
Sarah J. Maginniss
New Jersey
Samuel J. Lines
Newark
Willow L. Morgan
East Orange
Uriah Armota Peters
John H Johnson
John M. Vollmer
Elizaanes Tea Raber
Port Morris
Jona- Belviaere Haleyville
Army and Navy Orders Published by War and Navy Departments
The Philadelphia Times reports posted orders listing Army transfers and discharges in broad terms. Names include Mawes Edwin A Godwin and Walter D Smith among officers reassigned within cavalry and artillery units, with captains and lieutenants shifted, and naval personnel noted for duties and leaves.
Warship Movements Report From June Naval Briefs
The Alvarado reached Norfolk yesterday while Yankton sailed from Gibara toward San Juan. Dolphin arrived at New London and Brutus at Suez. Marietta reached Colombo. Brestian cruiser Benjamin Ohstant left New York for England. Vixen departed for Hampton Roads and New Orleans arrived at Chefoo. North Atlantic Seaboard mail moves to Woods Hole after June 28. Dixie arrived at San Juan de Porto Rico for coaling.
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Washington
Norfolk Navy Yard
Gibara
San Juan
Dolphin
New London
Suez
Marietta
Colombo
Benjamin ‘Ohstant
England
Ara
Hampton Roads
New Orleans
Chefoo
North Atlantic
Woods Hole
United States
Dixie
San Juan de Porto Rico
Rural carriers in trouble over mail order sales
Rural carriers face a clash with city merchants and the Post Office Department as Postmaster General Smith weighs a new rule on carriers acting as order agents for patrons. The plan aims to shift shopping away from large city firms to local suppliers while preserving mail delivery duties.
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Philadelphia Times
Washin Ng
Post Office
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Smith
York Men Appeal to President Over York Postmaster Fight
June 26 report from Washington says Rep Lewis urged President McKinley to resolve the York Pa postmaster dispute. A Quay ally or anti Quay compromise is proposed with August Loucks as candidate and A F Strayer backed by anti Quay forces. Postmaster General Smith reportedly not actively involved while leaning toward Strayer.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
McKinley
York
Lewis
August Loucks
A. F. Strayer
Smith
Mr. Strayer
Mail delays Likely After June 30 Under Carrier EightHour Rule
Washington reports that starting July 1 the eight hour workday becomes standard for letter carriers nationwide. Postmasters may not hire substitutes to finish routes, so carriers must complete deliveries on their own or return undelivered mail to the office.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Post Office Department
Clothes cause consumption on Samoan island conditions
Washington reports Naval Governor Commander Tiley told Secretary Long at a Cabinet meeting that Samoans, once living without clothes, have become unhealthy after adopting civilized garments. Wet clothing during rain prevents drying, leading to colds and a number developing consumption, a disease previously unknown there.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Tiley
Long
CHAT OF WASHINGTON BULLETIN OF MILITARY AND NAVAL ITEMS
Cadet Howard C Jud ean at United States Military Academy resignations accepted Major John Carling US Volunteers discharged to expedite Census Office final reports Merriam raises clerk hours Naval survey ordered for gunboat Petrel at Mare Island Perez named Postmaster of Guam Board report on Boston stone dock delay prize money warrants issued to Admiral Sampson and Captain Chadwick Marines bring American flag from Forbidden City for signaling allied forces
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Howard C. Judean
United States Military Academy
John Carling
United States Volunteers
Merriam
Guenther
Frankfort
State Department
Navy Department
Benton Schroeder
Guam
Atanasio Lebaum Perez
Boston
Trees Department
Sam ‘T. Sampson
French E. Chadwick
Heywood
Forbidden City
French Etiquette About Hats in Paris Theatregoers
The London Chronicle notes Paris mariners today as Londoners tomorrow and argues Parisian theater etiquette may spread. It describes the French habit of tipping hats with a curt, emphatic gesture at curtain fall and the restless chatter among patrons and their companions.
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London Chronicle
Paris
London
Lonely St Kilda From the New York Sun
An English census officer visits St Kilda a remote island off Ulster where eight months a year isolates inhabitants. Birds sustain the people. decaying population may vanish with time. Historic links to Lady Grange and clan McLeod mark the isle’s tale in memory.
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New York Sun
Ulst
St. Kilda
Great Britain
Atlantic
Lady Grange
Grange
Earl of Mar
Lord Grange
High Street
Edinburgh
Skye
McLeods
McLeod of McLeod
Lord Dunmore
Webster’s Reply to Hayne Crowned as Nation’s Top Oration
The Century recounts Webster’s three hour and a half January 26 1830 and three more on January 27 speech to the House that ended with liberty and union as one and inseparable. It notes how reports were delayed and the first and second replies shaped public praise and enduring status.
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Webster
Hayne
Senate
Capital
Webster-Hayne
Washington
Philadelphia Gazette
National Intelligencer
Washington Journal
South Carolina
TWO GHOST STORIES The Phantom on the Ship and the Scowling Lord Bridport
In 1873 1874 Augustus Hare recounts ghost tales including a captain at sea who meets a haunted ship and a mysterious man writing a warning steer due south a cataleptic crewman and a police colonel at a dinner. The fragment ends with odd notes on Lord Bridport and a widow's secret.
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Augustus Hare
Herman Merivale
America
Hare
Colonel Henderson
Gelaeel
Lord Bridport
Hender
Trains Plunge Through Trestle Kills Fifteen in Indiana
Fourteen people, largely Italian immigrants, killed and about thirty injured when the westbound New York and St. Louis limited wrecked after a trestle washout near Logansport Indiana. Names span New York Ohio and Indiana with many passengers entangled in wreckage. Rescue efforts mobilized quickly with farmers aiding, doctors flown in, and the engine ending upside down at the embankment.
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Logansport
Ind
New York and St. Louis
Cass
Here
John F. Williamson
Newsboy
Bowling Green
Ohio
Mattie Cruse
Joe Cruse
New York
Fanniep Muehlvic
John Muehlvic
Luigi Benini
H. A. Seabright
Rh. P. Claugh
Toledo
Julia Depape
St. Louis
Thomas Jones
Cedar Springs
Ont
Earl Jones
James Ray
Dallas
Bradshaw
Fort Wayne
A. D. Thompson
Peoria
Walter Said
Lafayette
Charles Flanigan
Brakeman
Charles C. Vorhees
Joan Wilkins
John C. Ickes
Fresno
Cal
John F. Ickes
Annie Gruber
Lena Gruber
John Mubhlyic
William Bradre
Angola
Joseph Grose
Joseph Grosak
Martin Blye
Clark Taylor
Ottoff Lukenville
Hoboken
N. J
Charles Park
David Agnew
Greenup
Scotland
Joseph Cruse
Castergate
Utah
George 8. Milner
Alton
FE. Brownell
J. B. Wood
C. P. Horn
John Dedwinnis
Pittston
Miner
Adams
Peru
Lovers at a Waterfall Prompt a Fatal Pact
In the Smart Set story a young couple by a waterfall discuss drowning together. The girl lures the idea with memories of a doomed Indian maiden and a brave lover. Jack admits he cannot swim and resists, while she presses for a death pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Sharp’s Hurdles Mentioned in Chicago Tribune Comment
The Tribune quotes a remark about Sharp arguing that his legal success is notable given the obstacles he faced. The text contrasts Sharp’s wealthy upbringing with common hardships like working through college, long walks, studying by torchlight, and borrowing books, suggesting he had advantages from birth.
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Salnatd
Warthru College
Dialogue Fragments on Stage Fright and Dog Pound Remarks
Dialogue snippets from The Washington Star and Chicago Tribune show humor about stage fright and a visitor at a dog pound mishearing food served. The exchange features Mr Stormington Barnes and a playful misunderstanding of dog food names.
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Washington Star
Stormington Barnes
The
Chicago Tribune
Insurgent Republicans Meet in Harrisburg Headquarters
The final meeting of the Insurgent Republicans at the Commonwealth Hotel in Harrisburg was chaired by Senator Flinn who said the fight against Senator Quay had shifted from a personal to a system battle. Members reassessed aims and elected a new committee.
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Philadelphia Times
Harrisburg
Commonwealth Hotel
Senator Flinn
Quay
Flinn
Quaylem
Flian
Nneene Tee
Saratoga Sails for Europe on tenth annual cruise
The Pennsylvania schoolship Saratoga with 65 cadets 3 officers and 25 seamen led by Captain W J Barn left Bainbridge Street yesterday at 10 am for a European waters cruise. After a London Paris dashed protest, 25 of 31 junior class pupils returned to duty. The voyage routes Southampton Cherbourg Gibraltar Madeira with homeward return around October 25.
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Pennsylvania
Saratoga
Nautical School
W. J. Barn
London
Paris
Bainbridge Street
Juno
Marcus Hook
Reedy Island
Seal
Southampton
Cherbourg
Gibraltar
Madeira
Jack Tars in Trouble Convicted by Court Martial
Convicted by court martial for drunkenness and assault and battery, six to all, including a petty officer, three sailors, and two marines, were sent from League Island to the Norfolk Navy Yard for imprisonment ranging from six months to two years. The officers at the yard refused to name the men. The torpedo boat Stringham, just completed at Wilmington, will be brought to the yard for ordnance installation. Sixty five apprentice boys from various ships are due to report on the Richmond today. all are Philadelphians on one month furlough, required to report at least weekly.
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League Island
Norfolk Navy Yard
Stringham
Wilmington
Navy Yard
Richmond
Rail fusion tightens grip on Cambria plant network
Directors reveal control of Cambria Steel stock now lies with a railroad pool led by the Pennsylvania Railroad and allied lines. A trust with Girard as trustee will hold shares, while 580000 new shares raise capital to 11.68 million dollars. Drexel & Co underwrites, aiding stock subscription amid heavy market trading. Bethlehem Iron reelects Sayre Wharton Wilbur Linderman Borie Lippincott Davenport directors.
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Cambria Steel Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Jis
Girard Trust Company
Cambria Steel
Drexel & Co
Drexel Bank House
Cambria
Railroad Pool
Pennsylvania and
Cambria Steel Companies
Reading
Pennaylvania and Cambria
Bethlehem Iron Company
South Bethlehem
Robert H. Sayre
Joseph Wharton
E. P. Wilbur
Robert P. Linderman
Beaujeau Borie
J. Bertram Lippincott
J. W. Davenport
Milling Combine to Begin Operations in Pennsylvania
At a meeting of the Eastern Milling and Export Company about thirty leading Pennsylvania flour mills elected directors including W. G. Audenried Jr and Newton Jackson. Officers named are W. G. Audenried Jr president Newton Jackson and H Niles vice presidents D R Locher treasurer and A J Toomey secretary. The Gresters decided to begin operations at all mills simultaneously.
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Eastern Milling and Export Company
Pennsylvania
W. ©. Audenried, Jr
Newton Jackson
D. R. Locher
Lancaster
H. C. Niles
York
EB. Laubach
J. P. Finner
C. H. Locher
C. L. Harper
H. N. Gitt
Hanover
E. T. Moul
D. B. Small
Norman Grey
Camden
N. J
E. K. Freed
Lansdale
P. Russ
Harrisburg
W. G. Audenried
Sjr
H. ©. Niles
A. J. Toomey
Gresters
Clothes Found But Boy Missing In Camden Creek
Oliver Comegys, 11, of 915 Walnut Street Camden, vanished after swimming with companions near Cooper's Creek by Kaighn Avenue. Clothes and hat were found on the creek banks and, despite a late search, his body had not been recovered. authorities believe he drowned.
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Oliver Comegys
Walnut Street
Camden
Cooper's Creek
Kaighn Avenue
Oliver
New Jersey Medical Society Meets at Deal Beach
Camden physicians joined the one hundred twenty fifth annual convention of the New Jersey Medical Society in Deal Beach New Jersey. Attendees from Camden included W A S Baer Leavitt J W Martindale Donges W A Westcott and J W Fithian.
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New Jersey Medical Society
Camden
Deal Beach
N. J
W. A
Baer
Ae Leavitt
J. W. Martindale
Donges
W. A. Westcott
J. W. Fithian
Cassini Seeks Tariff Clarification En Route to Europe
Count Cassini the Russian Ambassador sails aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and plans to meet M De Witte in St. Petersburg to discuss a tariff misunderstanding with the United States. He says Russia is unlikely to impose high duties on American agricultural machinery despite concerns over petroleum duties. He calls the tariff dispute a small matter and asserts diplomatic relations remain strongly friendly.
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New York
Count Cassini
Europe
St. Petersburg
M. de Witte
Russia
United States
Commission to Revise Jersey Laws
TRENTON June 25 Governor Voorhees appointed Justice Dizon and Justice Ei it semi Ce ee sates to head a commission to revise Jersey laws and report recommendations to the legislature.
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Jersey
Trenton
Voorhees
Justice Dizon
Akron Editor Beaten By Wealthy Men Over Scandal Story
Special to The Philadelphia Times Akron Ohio June 25 editor Samuel Kennedy was beaten unconscious by Bert Work Stephen Kohler and George Kohler after publishing a scooped item about a scandal in a fashionable area. They surrendered to police and posted 500 bonds for next week’s court appearance.
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Philadelphia Times
Akron
Ohio
Samuel Kennedy
Bert G. Work
B. F. Goodrich Company
Stephen H. Kohler
Akron Varnish Company
George C. Kohler
Musser & Kohler
Kennedy
Amusement Record
Harmony deal in danger as Allegheny politics split
Pittsburg June 25. City Assessor Andrew Fulton is named highway and sewer head by Public Works Director Edward M. Bigelow. Director J O Brown and regulars fear an independent Bigelow faction aims to oppose the reguar organization. Brown to Harrisburg to seek Governor Stone's intervention amid looming county political fight.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
Andrew Fulton
Edward M. Bigelow
Public Safety
J. O. Brown
Brown
Harrisburg
Stone
Bigelows
Department of Public Works
Flinn
Harrigburg
Tragedy at Pennsylvanian Yard: Dispatcher Fatally Wounded
In Hagerstown Maryland on June 25, J William Grant a former Cumberland Valley Rail Road engineman shot and killed yard foreman Jacob J Fuller. He then fired on Agent H8 Long, who escaped to his office. Police officer Florey was shot in the heart and Grant shot himself in the neck. Special policemen Nallie and Golden arrested him as he resisted. Fuller hailed from Chambersburg Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia Times
Hagerstown
J. William Grant
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Jacob J. Fuller
Grant
H. 8
Long
Florey
Mystery Cleared Up in Bridgeport Seafaring Story
In Bridgeport New Jersey a letter from Cuba reveals Captain Mattson, presumed drowned after a Southern voyage, was shipwrecked in Spain and married. A son writes from prison claiming a daughter, urging Mrs. Mattson to adopt the child.
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Philadelphia Times
Bridgeport
N. J
Cuba
Jonathan
Joseph Mattson
Tacey Mattson
Spain
Lightning Strikes College of Physicians and Surgeons
A lightning bolt struck the College of Physicians and Surgeons on Harrison Street Chicago during a severe storm. The ensuing fire destroyed the building, one of the West’s finest medical schools, as patients were evacuated to the County Hospital by any available means.
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Chicago
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Harrison Street
Wood
Honore Streets
College
Lorillard divorce case denied master’s report in Monroe County
Irving Lorillard loses his bid for a divorce decree as master Frank B. Holmes awards costs to Mrs Lorillard. This marks the first Monroe County divorce master’s report against a libellant. Lorillard remains in bail on desertion charges. case set for September. The related tobacco family figures in the dispute.
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Philadelphia Times
East Stroudsburg
Irving Lorilard
Frank B. Holmes
Monroe County
Irving Lorillard
Yerkes Scheme Discussed in London Parliament Committee
A London parliamentary committee debated a bill to authorize electricity as the sole power for the Mtan District route in a plan tied to Charles T. Yerkes new company. It was announced the firm has $3,000,000 of capital already subscribed and Fiskes and allies planned to subscribe the balance.
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London
Peter
Charles T. Yerkes
Fiskes
Pope and Cardinal Exchange Tongue in Rome Audience
Report from Rome notes the Pope and Cardinal meeting during a public audience. Observers say the cardinal’s remarks touched on farm policy, with speculation that a previous figure may not appear again.
Evans Publishes Sickles Letters in Washington Note
Pension Commissioner Evans reads Sickles rectification to a Times interview and presents unsolicited letters from Sickles praising Evans administration. He notes earlier letters dated 1809 and 1890 that endorse Evans and defend his bureau against critics. The exchange centers on political connections and endorsements.
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D. EB
Henry Cuay Evans
Washington, D. C
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Evans
D. BE
Henry Clay Evans
Pensions
Bureau
Widow Permelia Decker Receives War of 1812 Pension
Permelia Decker, 97, of Philadelphia, widow of Peter I. Decker a second lieutenant in Captain Mc Coy's Rifle Company, is added to the pension roll. She will receive $8 per month from March 9 and $12 per month from March 19, 1886, with first payment about $3,000. The late officer served September 14, 1814 to January 3, 1815. he died August 15, 1844. She had prior bounty land warrants under Acts of 1850 and 1855. No pension claim was filed until 1900.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Pension Bureau
Permelia Decker
Bouvier Street
Philadelphia
Decker
Peter I. Decker
Leutenant
McCoy
Southern Rangers
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Permelia Callion
George Spratt
Schley Urges Perpetuation of Events Over Lives
Rear Admiral Schley writes to Gloucester Naval command thanking them for honorary membership and states nations should perpetuate great events in history rather than the lives of participants. He asserts the judiciary should bronze those who honor their country, upholding his maxim country first, then God.
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New York
Schley
Gloucester Naval Command
Brooklyn
Crowds At Pan American Exposition Pittsburgh Delegates Attend
Large turnout in Buffalo as convention delegates gather at the Pan-American Exposition. Tomorrow the Odd Fellows share the spotlight. Saengerfest events Thursday and Friday. Saturday Philadelphia plans a ceremony with the Governor, Mayor, legislators, and 200 Philadelphia press men in the Pennsylvania building. The program includes soloist Wikfiaser and Charles McCreary amid varied honors.
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Buffalo
Odd Fellows
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ashbridge
Spinroth Saaf
Wikfiaser
Charles McCreary
War costs and casualties stir debates in House
London reports heavy economic toll of the South African war with estimates of 6 250 000 in costs and 1 000 to 2 000 invaders in Cape Colony. April typhoid cases rise to 1 484 with 187 deaths as War Office lists continue to omit details and unrest grows over Zeerust and other provinces.
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London
House + Commons
Cape Colony
War Office
South Africa
Regan
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