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Show CANNIBALS CAUGHT. Natives of Charles Hardy Islands In the South Seas Punished. Vancouver, B. C According to advices ad-vices by tho Canndlnn-Austrnllan liner Manuka, from Sydnoy, tho North German Ger-man Lloyd steamer Sumatra recently called at tho Sir Charles Hardy group In tho south seas and discovered that cannlbnllsm wns bolng cnrrled on to a largo extent nmong tho natives of tho group. Tho captain of tho Su-mntra Su-mntra reported tho mnttbr to Dr. Hnhl, tho Gorman governor of tho Islands, who dispatched tho yacht Seestom to tho Islands. All tho vlllngos woro do-Btroycd do-Btroycd nnd nil the ringleaders, eleven natives, including threo women, were nrrcsted. Ono of tho prisonous escaped. es-caped. Tho othors Wero brought, to Herbert Shopo and imprisoned. |