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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1171, 5 July 1911, Page 10

Bull-fighting levies a heavy toll upon human life. During a recent season in Madrid at least 12 bull-fighters were killed and 111 injured, a record of casualties unprecedented in the history of the- national sport of Spain. It has been computed that about 2500 bulls" and 3300 horses are killed every year in Spanish bull-fights. The Philadelphia police force now boasts, the possession of j millionaire policeman.' Tin's is Mr Edward T. Stonebury, the well-known financier and sportsman, and a partuer of Mr. Anthony J. Drexel. lie has been sworn in as a special policeman by the chief of police of Philadelphia, as a mark of the force's appreciation of his generous donation to the police funds. Of 1131 aliens naturalised in Britain Inst year, 390 were Russians and 317 Germans while of the whole total dOS settled m London. Lord Denbigh opened an international exhibition of chemical engineering at the Agricultural Mail, I/ondon, on May 13. This is the first exhibition of its'kind' ever held in Great Britain, ami it was interesting to note that the majority of the exhibits were of British manufacture. Chess is taught in nearly nil the schools iu Saxony.