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Show WIEE SERVED EOR DINNER I BY BRUTAL KING OF MM I ' , v yi'(: vir-'f Revolting Story Comes From French- I ! Possession. In, Indo-Chlna, Which I I Is Ruled by Human 'Monster. I Marseilles, Franco. The mall ad- I vices which reached here Wednesday H from Indo-Chlna brought another and A,, I moro revolting story ot the doings of I King Thanh-Thai of Annam, showing 9 ithat he went to the extent of cannl- I ballsm. After killing one of his wives H he caused tho body to be cooked and I served for dinner, forcing his entdur- I age to cat dt under pain of death. I Somo of the king's wlvos were bound H and burned with oil and subjected to H other cruelty, while nnked womon H were thrown into tho cages with the I beasts, where they wero devoured be- I foro tho eyes ot the king. Finally ' the French authorities stepped in and' H mado a prisoner of Thanh-Thai, who I has been adjudged insano by Dr. I Dumas of the French colonial staff. I "Tho royal guard" has beon dls- 1 banded, tho palaco has been placed undor tho protection of 1C0 native soldiers sol-diers and tho terror-stricken inmates ot the palace havo been rescued from further Buffering. Tho majority of tho latter wero women, who bore tho-marks tho-marks of rovoltlng tortures. Somo of them were terribly mutilated, their faces bolng slashed and their tongues cut out, whllo others hnd been suspended sus-pended by pincers attached to the fleshy parts ot their legs to increase their agonies. . |