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Show CANNIBALS CAUGHT. Natives of Charles Hardy Islanu In the South Seas Punished. , Vancouver, B. C. According to advices ad-vices by tho Canadlnn-Au3trallan liner Manuka, from Sydney, tho North German Ger-man Lloyd steamer Sumatra rccontly called at tho Sir Charles Hardy group In tho south soas and discovered that cannibalism was being carried on ta a largo oxtont among tho natives ol! tho group. Tho captain of tho Sumatra Su-matra reported tho matter to Dr. Haul, the German governor of tho Islands, who dispatched tho yacht Socstcrn to tho Islands. All tho vlllnges woro destroyed de-stroyed nnd nil tho ringleaders, eleven natives, Including thrco women, wcra arrested. Ono of tho prisoners escaped. es-caped. Tho others woro brought to Herbert Shone and Imprisoned. |