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Show ORDERED FROM ON HIGH TO SLAY CHILD; FANATIC ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS BANGOR, Me., March-10. Maniacal proceedings are reported among the 500 members of a so-called religious sect living in a colony on Beat's islandv near Jonesport. One woman who tried to kill her children, after announcing at a revival that God had ordered her to make the sacrifice, has been adjudged Insane and brought to the hospital here. Jonesport deputy sheriffs and citizens have gone to the Island to calm the excited ex-cited inhabitants. Persons Just returned from the same scene. assert that during the revival the woman who was brought to the hospital called out that the voice of Ood had told her that a certain dog must be killed. 'The animal was brought Into the meeting-house and slain. Then she announced that she had received another anoth-er divine command that a cat In the village vil-lage should be put to death. The execution execu-tion was carried out, but when she arose a third time and declared she had been commanded to slay hery baby a furious discussion was precipitated which broke up the meeting. The authorities heard of the affair and seized the woman before be-fore she could carry out the "command." "com-mand." The islanders are now destroying their watches, Jewelry and other articles of ornament. |