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Show Many Lives. Sacrificed in the Sport of Shooting Shoot-ing Wild Game Chicago. Dec. 1. The hunting sea-foil sea-foil of l'.UO, which closed yesterday, cost in lives, according to statistics from 23 state. collected by the Tribune. Trib-une. This is considerably more than were killed during any previous sea-i sea-i ton, ol which there Is a record. I The loss of life In 190:i was S7; ln I 19i!X, 57; in 19m7. S2, and in -90ij, 71, I The number of injured this season, however, is less than a year ago, only S'. having been hint this year, against 104 lor tho season of 190:). It is likely the death list this. rear will bo considerably Increased by reason rea-son of tho fatal termination ln the I cases of many of the Injured. k "Mistaken for a deer," and "Shot by J a companion," continue to lead as the reasons lor the shooting of hunters. Michigan heads tho list with 27 killed. - |