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The oasis., 1908-03-14
To Take Over Mexican Mines.

Interests identified with the Douglas Copper Company of this city have organized the Mexican Exploration < Mining Company to take over the rights formerly held by the Yaqui Development Com pany embracing 42-mile conces- sion in Sonora, Mex, from the Mexican government.
 The concessions, according to Gustave NJ. Gouyard, the com pany's expert, cover roughly 2,165 square miles and are located in a we'll known mining country. Within it's confines are found many old mining camps, such as Realito, Toledo, San Antonio de la Huerta, Tumarari, La Barranca, San Javier Los Bronces, Tecoripa, Suaqui Grande and Las Cruces.
 These mining camps were worked long before the occupation of the country by the Spaniards, in fact they were attracted to Sonora. by the reports of the riches of it's mines. Many old mines today are witnesses of the work done by the Spaniards and the natives of the country before them. These mines were worked as long as the ore proved auenable to the crude method of treatment then known or as long in some cases as the water could possibly be handled and later the last owners the Spaniards had to absndo them al the time of the revolution.
 The directors include: Melbert B. Cary, Ridgefeld, Conn; Robert B. Armstrong, Philadelphia; Ron aid k. Curtis, New York; Theodore Douglas, Fundicion, Mex; Dougla: H. Gordon, Baltimore; Gustave NJ Gouyard, New York; Howard Me ] Williams, New York; Max Muller Hermosillo, Mex; George L. Prem tiss, New York; Epes Randolph Tucson, Ariz.; John c. Rowe, New York; George NJ. Ryall, New York William c. Seddon, Baltimore Victor NJ. Tyler, New Haven, Conn New York Commercial, Feb. 27
The oasis., 1908-03-14
anta Cruz County Depositary

offset this defect this week. Lambs are worth $6 40 to $6.90, yearlings $5.90 to $6.30, wethers $5.25 to $5.- 75, ewes $500 to $5.60. Choice ewes weighing 117ib, sold at the latter figure yesterday. No clip ped stock has been received here yet. A few feeding lambs were taken out this week at $6.00 to $6.- 35. J. A. RIoKART, L. s. C..
The oasis., 1908-03-14

Tuesday Nogales was represented well at Tubac by the legal frater' nity, Messrs. Frank J. Duffy, w. A. O'Connor and s. F. Noon having gone there te attend a case before Judge Black.
The oasis., 1908-03-14

ALLEN T. BIRD, Managing Editor |. DANE D. BIRD. Business Manager.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
ELECTRIC GUN A NEW PERIL.
Throws Shells 800 Miles at Rate Of
so Each Minute.

London, April 2.-Government ord
nance experts have reported confirm
ing the claim by w. S. Simpson, a
we'll known metallurgist, that the lat
ter has invented an electric cannon
capable of throwing a projectile 800
miles.
The CUR will revolutionize naval
construction" says Col. Maule, n of
the foremost Of the authorities en-
gagged in the still pending tests of the
weapon 1T will force the abandon
ment of and make speed the
prime requisite in fighting vessels"
The weapon develops a velocity of
80, 900 feet per second, and the experts
also support Simpsons assertion that
it will discharge so shells of 500
pounds each minute. 1t will likewise
throw one p~rojectile a long and a Sec
ond a short distance.
The basic force being electricity,
the discharge is without fash, smoke
Or recol.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
TAFT STARTS TOUR.
Leaves Washington for Ten Days
Visit to Various Cities.

Washington, April 1.-Secretary OF
War Taft leaves here Wednesday for
a ten days visit to cities in the middle
west. He will deliver an address be-
fore the Board of Trade at Columbus,
O.. Thursday evening, and the next
evening he will address the Interna-
tional union at the Auditorium hotel
in Chicago. He will spend Saturday
in Chicago as the guest Of the Press
club at luncheon is the early after
noon. and then holding a reception at
the Hamilton club in tile late after
moor In the evening he will attend
a dinner given by the Commercial
club ard will respond to a toast. Sun
day he will leave Chicago in time to
keep an engagement to address the
Mckinley club of Omaha, Neb.. Mon
day evening. Tuesday Mr.. Taft will
attend a banquet in the morning Civ
en- in his honor by the Commercial
club of Council Bluffs, Ia, and will
leave that city in time to meet en-
gagements to spend Thursday, April
9, in Cincinnati. On that day he will
be entertained by the Cincinnati
chamber of commerce in the after
noon and will attend a banquet and a
reception given by the Phoenix club
of Cincinnati in the evening. He will
probably visit Louisville the next
day april 10) and return to Wash
ington on the 18th.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
KILLS MINERS
tCNlTlNG GAS CAUSES DOUBLE
CATASTROPHE IN HANNA,
WYOMING.
men WERE FIGHTING FIRE
Superintendent with Team of Picked
Men Had Gone Into the Mine and
Attempted to Stop the
Conflagration.

Cheyenne, Wyo., March 30.-Fffty-
eight men lost their lives in two ex-
plosions in coal mine No. l, owned by
the Union Pacific Coal Co., at Hanna,
Saturday afternoon. The explosions
were caused by gases and coal dust,
and each was followed by fire. The
first occurred at 3 o'clock, when Is
mine workers, including a superin-
tendent and three bosses, were
killed.
The second explosion occurred at
1890 O'Clock Saturday night, snufffing
out the lives of from 40 to SO mem
bers Of a rescue party, including State
Mine Inspector d. M. SHE. The names
of the men killed in the first explo-
sion, as fer as ascertained from the
company's books, but those of the res
cuers were not known, as no record
was kept of those who volunteered for
this dangerous work.
The widest excitement prevailed in
Hanna and at the mine, where hun
dreds are congregated, including wild
ows, children and other relatives of
the victims. Men and ONE are rum
ming about ringing their hands and
crying, while many little children,
separated from their mothers in the
semi-panic condition that prevailed,
are sobbing and crying with fear.
When the explosion occurred, addi-
tional appeals were telegraphed to all
surrounding towns for assistance. One
train is being rushed west from Oma-
ha. carrying officials Of the Union Pa
cifc railroad and the Union Pacific
Coal Co.
Rescuers Were Regular Force.
The regular force of men employed
at mines Nos. 2 and 8 were pressed
into rescue work, which is extremely
difficult and hazardous.
The bodies of Jour of the is men
who lost their lives in the first ex-
plosion were located Saturday night.
but owing to the ever-increasing vol
ume of gas, which threatened to ex-
plede at any moment, no effort was
made to remove them to the surface.
Fire started in the colliery a week
ago. since which time attempts at
regular intervals have been made to
extinguish it. Saturday it was deemed
unsafe to send the miners down into
the workings and they were notihed
not to report for duty. Supt. Briggs,
with a team of picked men, the best
and most experienced hands in the
camp, went into the mine to hight
the fire, but at 2 O'Clock the flames
had become beyond their control, n
| at 8 o'clock connected with h walled
off gas and a terrific explosion fol
lowed. The victims are all below the
tenth level and It is likely that the
| flames have consumed the corpses.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
ASSASSIN KILLS
RICH FARMER
POSSE SCoURS WOODS AND RAJ
VINES NEAR VIENNA, MO-,
FOR THE MURDERER.
VICTIM DECOYED and SHOT
Sum of $500 Then Is Stolen After His
Residence Is Ransacked-
Bioodhounds Are Sent
to the Scene.

Vienna, Mo, April "A. j. Curtis,
one of the w~ealthiest farmers of
Maries county, was decoyed outside
his home near here Tuesday night and
assassinated. There Is no clew to the
identity of the slayer, although it was
believed at first robbery was the mo-
tive of the crime.
Bloodhounds were telephoned for to
Jefferson City Wednesday and a mes
sage from Attorney John G.. Slate
there says they will be sent at once.
Meanwhile a posse is securing the
woods and ravines around the farm OF
the murdered man, in the hope of cap
turing the assassin, who is believed
to be in hiding. 1t is said he cannot
escape.
Attorney Slate was formerly pros
scutor of this county.
$500 Stolen From Home.
After Mr.. Curtis had been called
outside he was killed by a charge of
b~uckshot.
His house then was ransacked and
$500 taken.
Curtis was a prominent and wellto-
do citizen. without enemies so far as
known.
1t was known that he was in the
habit of keeping considerable sums at
his house.
Vienna is an inland town, remote
from the railroads. 1t is reached eth
or by the Rock Island ON the north or
by the Frisco on the south.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
BANDITS KILL EXPRESSMAN.
After the Messenger Is Murdered Car
Is Looted of $4,000 in Kansas.

Newton, Kas., March 800. A.
Bailey of Kansas City. an express
messenger of the Wells-FargO Elk
press Co., was killed by an unknown
person on Santa Fee train No. lis be-
tween Florence and Newton early
Sunday morning. The murder was a
very brutal one, with robbery as the
object.
Both safes, the local and the
through safe, were ~ransacked and at
least $40, 900 in money and some
jewelry taken. Whether this is the
full amount the robber secured is
not known.
The dead body of Messenger Bailey
was found at 4 o'clock Sunday morn
ing Ahen the train reached Newton.
It was stretched on the floor Of the
car, the head beaten to a pulp and
lying in a pool of blood. The back
of the skull was crushed and the end
of the car in which it was lying was
spattered with blood.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
CHARGES AGAINST DAY FALL.
Bishop Rules Out Accusations Against
Chancellor of Syracuse.

New York, April 1.-THE charges
preferred against Chancellor Day OF
Syracuse University by the Rev. Geo.
A. Cooke of Brandon, Vermont, were
ruled out of court by Bishop David
II. Moore at the opening of the 109th
session of the New York Methodist
Episcopal conference Wednesday.
Bishop Moore in dismissing the
charges, said he regarded the COM
plant against Chancellor Day as a di-
rect attack on free speech and free
press. The decision was greeted with
cheers and long continued applause.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Ammonia Tank Explodes.

South Omaha, Neb., April 2.-Ten
men were overcome by ammonia gas
in the Cudahy Packing company's
plant in this city at noon Wednesday,
when the tank exploded. Eight Of the
men were taken to a hospital. The
other two were taken to their homes.
In most of the cases the fumes
reached and badly affected the lungs
of the workmen. A number are In q
serious condition.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
DAVIS IN F|GA|
ARRESTED AFTER MEETING WITH
MAN HE ATTACKED IN CAM.
PAIGN SPEECHES.
DOCTORS PATCH HIM UP
Cane with Which He Fought Before
Captured by His Antagonist.
Issues a Statement Of
the Affair.

Little Rock, Ark, April 1.-Cnlted
States Senator Jefferson Davis was
arrested Tuesday afternoon following
a street fight with Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney Thomas Helm, who had ac-
cused Davis of slandering him In
speeches made during the recent
gubernatorial campaign. Senator Da-
Wis is charged with carrying a re-
volver ON the streets with murderols
intent.
Helm says he struck Davis twice in
the face and then chased him into his
office. During the row Senator Davis
lost a cane that had been presented
to him by the state legislature. Helm
Davis case is docketed for the police
court.
Senator Davis hid charged in recent
campaign speeches that there had
been grating in the prosecutors Of
flee. The charges were made while
Davis was on the stump against Don
aghey, the successful candidate for
governor at the primary election.
Davis was advocating the candidacy
Of w. F. Kirby, who was attorney gen.
eral when Davis was governor. Sena-
tor Davis, it is said, had been in a
bad humor since the results Of the
election became known.
Davis Swings His Cane.
The two men met at Second and
Louisiana streets shortly before 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Helm
said something to Davis and the SEN
ator raised his cane, which he has
carried through four state campaigns
and which is said to be the one with
which he assaulted Justice Wood on
q public platform at Hope, Ark, four
years ago.
Helm swung twice and landed two
hard blows on the senator's face and
head. They both rolled into a ditch.
Then Davis retreated to his office and
returned with a gun, which he flour
ished on the street near the building
where Helm has his office.
Senator Davis was arrested, gave
bond on the charge Of carrying a
weapon, and will appear in police
court. He bore a scalp wound, which
was dressed by physicians. Helm
was arrested or a charge of assault
and battery and gave bond.
After Senator Davis had been
patched up he Issued a statement in
which he declared that Helm had as
saulted him with a slungshOt. He
said the Helm faction had been trying
to place him in a bad light politically,
and considered the street fight a part
of a conspiracy to do him harm.
Helm made a brief statement, in
which he claimed all the hOnors of
the battle.
Davis Statement.
Senator Davis made the following
statement.
Helm attacked me from the rear
as l was going to my office. using a
loaded bat, which was attached to his
wrist by thongs of leather. This is an
attack such as I have warned the peo-
pie of Arkansas would be made by po-
itical rings of Little Rock to further
their desires. Helm simply acted un-
der instructions of his SUPERIOR"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
No Strike in Texas.

Fort Worth, Tex, April There
will be no strike of the miners and
no suspension of coal mine operations
in Texas for at least ten days. Men
representing the miners and operators
agreed at a meeting Tuesday that
work should continue until April IL,
pending a conference here which 10Th
sides hope will result in an amicable
settlement.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
K. c. BANK REOPENS.
Credit Restored-Six Million Dollars
Cash and Exchange.

Kansas City, March 30.-Its credit
restored, with $4,000, 900 in cash and
exchange with which to pay Off a de-
post account Of $12, 600, 900 and with
financiers of national prominence in
charge, the National Bank of Com
merce reopened this Monday morning,
three months and twenty-five days aft
er it was closed by the comptroller q
the currency.
The National Bank of Commerce
was the largest national bank in cap
ital and deposits that ever failed in
the United States and its resumption
of business will do much toward bet
tering conditions in the financial
world, especially in the southwest.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
THE MARKETS
Livestock Markets.

April 1, 1908.
Observation-Disclosures, $4,000.
7.35; cows and heifers, $2@6.1O; Tex
ans. $4.50@5.Go; calves, $4.50@6.75;
westerns, $4.50@5.5O; stockers and
feeders, $3.15Q5.20. Hogs-Light.
$5.55@6.05; mixed, $5.55G6.05; heavy.
s5.65@6; rough, $5.55@s:15; pigs.
$4.50@5.40. Sheep-Native, $4.60@7;
western, $4.75@7; yearlings, SCOUTS;
lambs, $5.85@7.90; western. $3.50
KANSAS CITY-Cattle-Choice ex-
port and dressed beef steers, $1,000
z; fair to good, $4.75@6.40; western
steers, $4.50@G.75; stockers and feed
ers, $3.75@5.75; southern steers. $3.50
@6.50; southern cows, $3.25@5; ma
tive cows. $3@5.50; native heifers, 81
@6.25; bulls. $3.25@5.25; calves, 1925
@6. Hogs-Heavy. $5.70@5.S0; pack
ers and butchers, s5.60@5.S0; lights.
$5.40@5.70; pigs. $4.50@5. Sheep
Lambs. $6.75@8; ewes and y~earlings.
$5.50@6.S0; western yearlings, $6.25@
7.25; western sheep, $5-25@6.7b:
stockers and feeders, $3.50Q5-5e.
ST. LOUIS-Cattle-Beef steers,
$4.75@7.25; stockers and feeders, SAG
5.25; cows and heifers, $3.75@6.00;
Texas steers, $3.50@G.5o; COWS and
heifers, $1.75@4.25. Hogs-Pigs and
lights, $4@c; packers. $5.5o00.0o;
butchers and best heavy, $6Q6.lo.
Sheep-No market
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04

ROOT SENDS TO CONGRESS FULL
DATA ON PENDING CLAIMS
IGNORED BY VENEZUELA.
Threaten TO BAR IMPORTS
Case Of Expelled American CORE
spondent One For More Than q
Mere Request-Arbitration
Door Shut.

Washington, April secretary
Root Tuesday transmitted to congress
the correspondence concerning the
American claims against V~enezuela. IL
deals with five such claims, the more
important of which is that offhe New
York and BermudeZ Co. over the as
pbalt deposits of the South Ameri-
can republic.
Accompanying the correspondence
is a memorandum of the state depart
ment in which is embodied Its conclu-
sions, reached in 1906, but hitherto
unpublished, concerning the validity
of the five claims involved.
This states, apropos of the claim
of a. F. Jaurett, a newspaper CORE
spondent, who had been expelled
from the country by Castro:
I'm view of all the facts of the
case. the determined attitude OF the
department and the business OF the
claim, whether it be tested by the
policy of this country; by the doc
trines of writer's of authority; by the
decisions of mixed courts, or by the
solemn judgments OF ternatlona
tribunals, it must appear that the
time has come for language stronger
than that employed in a request. A
demand should be made of h Vene'
zuelan government for the settlement
of the claim in full, and If the de-
mand be met with procrastinatlon or
refusal, the dignity of this govern
ment would seem to require prompt
and vigorous action, the exact nature
of which it is left for the secretary
to determine"
OF the claim of the Orinoco corpo-
ration the memorandum states:
Diplomatic Redress Only.
'The action of the Venezuelan ex-
ecutive is in derogation Of repeated
judgments of the Venezuelan court of
last resort and of the international
court oil claims. For this tort there
can be only diplomatic redress, unless
the Venezuelan executive should
abide by the decision OF the courts
and cease to modest the vested rights
of the corporation. A failure to do
so must result inevitably in a demand
for arbitration before an impartial
tribunal and the assessment OF dam
ages for repeated and torturous acts
of which Venezuela Is unfortunately
guilty"
Means to Force Submission.
In order to make Castro submit to
arbitration the claims Of American
citizens, the following means, it is
understood, will be resorted to by
congress:
Put prohibitive rates of duty on
Venezuelan coffee, 80 per cent or
which comes to the United States,
and which constitutes half of the
total exports Of that country.
Prohibit the importation Of asphalt
from Venezuela.
Give the president power to use
such other means as he may see fit,
with armed force as a last resort.
Coffee is the big crop of Venezuela,
and the United States Is practically
the only market for 1t.
1t is also proposed to prohibit the
importation of the asphalt now being
mined from the property of the New
York and Bermuduz Co., and sold
in New York by Garner, the receiver
appointed by Castro when the Fene-
zuelan government, under his direc-
ton, ousted the American firm and
took possession of the famous as
phalt lake.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Triple Murder Discovered.

Wheeling, w. Va, March 30.-Thc
bodies of Angelo and Tony Selvestyre
and Ambrosio Dagannon were found
Sunday, each with a bullet in the
breast, at Miller's station, in Jefer.
son county. Ohio, across the river
from here, under circumstances which
disclose a triple murder.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Infant Weiahs Only pa Pounds.

Manson, Ia, April 1.-The infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
O,Hern of Claire is now ten days old
and weighs only ~ pounds with two
wards of flannel about it. 1t seems to
be healthy and is perfectly formed
in every way. The child is so small
that it can not be dressed in the
clothing prepared for it and a new lot
of clothing is being prepared.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Robbers steaI Gems on Pullman.

Chicago, April 2.-Daring highway
men Wednesday robbed Mrs. E. Nc
Farland, a wealthy New York woman,
of 5 1000 worth of diamonds on a Pull
man car as a Pennsylvania train en-
tered the Chicago yards. Thieves are
believed to have followed the woman
from New York City in the knowledge
that she carried valuable gems with
her.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
American Lose. at Chess.

Vienna, March 31.-The feature
Monday in the international chess
tournament, in progress in this
city, was the defeat Of Marshall, the
American, at the hands of his country
mar, Joiner. Schlechter of this city
10 stu in the lead
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Horne Taken to Asylum.

Kansas City, Mo-, March 31.-Gen.
Richard C.. Horne, who was acquitted
last week of the charge of numbering
H. J.. Groves, managing editor of the
Kansas City Post, vas taken to st. Jo-
seph and will be placed in the state
asylum for the insane. Horne was
acquitted of the murder of Groves on
the plea that he was insane at the
time of the shooting.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Freed on Libel Charge.

San Francisco. March 30.-The jury
In the trial of r. A. Crothers and
Fremont Older. proprietor and man
aging editor respectively of the San
Francisco Bulletin, charged with Grim.
inally libeling William S. Tevis.
brought In q verdict OF not guilty.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
CHARGED with lnhuman Treatment.

San Juan, P. r., March 31.-The
federal grand jury returned an liz
dictment Monday against Capt. Geo.
Worley, master of the United States
collier Aberenda, charging him with
inhuman treatment of his men at sea
in violation of the federal statutes.
The indictment is the result of the
grand jury's investigation of the muir
der of Walter Weichert, chief officer
Of the collier, who was killed at San
Juan by Carpenter Alexander Dick
son on Feb. 20 last.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04

The German cruiser Bremen re-
turned to Port Au Prince Tuesday
from Kingston to prevent President
Nord Alexis from expelling Manager
Reinbold of Hermann & Co. from
Hayti
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Col. M. s. Lanehorne Dies.

Lynchburg, Va, March 30.-Col.
Maurice s. Langhorne, aged 80, who
commanded the Eleventh Virginia
regiment during the civil war, died
here Saturday night after an illness
Of some weeks.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Kim Manuel Retrenches.

Lisbon, April liking Manuel Tues
day conferred at length with the min
lister OF finance on the financial condi-
ton of the royal household. 1t was
decided to sell a number of horses Of
the royal stable.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
BRYAN Entertains Editors.

Lincoln, Neb., April 2.-Between
sixty and seventy Democratic editors
OF Nebraska were the guests Tuesday
night at an informal dinner rendered
by William Jennings Bryan at the
Lindell hotel. The editors mainly
were old friends and acquaintance OF
Mr.. Bryan and the function was in tn:
nature of a family affair.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Dies by Razor Route.

Springfield. O., March 30.-Slashing
his throat with a razor, John F. Burke,
SO, a saloonkeeper, committed suicide
at his home. He had been in i'll
health. A daughter is at the point of
death at the city hospital.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Wounds Wife and Kills Self.

New York, March 31.-Edward +.
Randall, an expert accountant, who
had a home in the exclusive Bedford
section of Brooklyn, shot and, it is be-
lieved. fatally wounded his wife and
then killed himself Monday night.
Randall was Sc years CT age and Mrs.
Randall is Al.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-04
Tribesmen Attack French Cavalry

Paris. April 1.-Advices received
from Gen. D'Amade, the commander
of the French forces in Morocco, state
that during clearing operations in the
Madakra country a small detachment
of cavalry was surprised by 800 tribes
men. The cavalry lost eight men
killed. including two officers, and IL
wounded.