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Show CUBAN VOODOOS SLAY) person only through Injury to another. an-other. Voodooism is not practiced by the negroes alone. Many white persona also are said to secretly take part in their religious meetings, and accusations accusa-tions have been heard in various quarters quar-ters of the difficulties encountered bv officers seeking to break up their temples tem-ples because of the obstacles j, laced in their way by persons of influence. An active campaign by the authorities authori-ties in Havana and other parts of the island have resulted in the rapture rap-ture of numerous "Rrujos" iind the seizure of many curious and weird objects ob-jects used by them. Keep Parents on Island in Constant Con-stant Fear. Authorities Act to Prevent Further Human Hu-man Sacrifices by the Worshipers. Havana, Cuba. With the recent sudden sud-den outbreak of cannibalistic practices by voodoo worshipers, which have resulted re-sulted in the deaths of at least three Innocent children and a half dozen of tie- voodoos, the latter by the applica-i applica-i Hon of "lynch" law fur the first time !n this country's history, fathers and mothers are living In constant fear that their little ones may be spirited away by the superstitious negroes to be offered up in sacrifice to "Cliango." the god of the "Brujos." ns they are 'ailed in the Castlllan language. The voodoos are divided into varl-nn varl-nn srt8, each with its separate god. The latter include ."Babagueye," god of sickness; "Elocua." god of injury; "Olorruun" god of misery, and "Cliango." the terrible god, to whom human sacrifices are made. "Cliango," according to the voodoo belief, was the son of olorruun and Anarngun. He was slain by Eleeua, the "god of injury," and ascended Into heaven from a ceiha, or god tree, in thr month of May. It is in the month of May, therefore, that the "ilrtljos" observe their holy week, when Cliango is expected to make a weekly visit tn the earth, descending by the celba, his sacred tree, always on Monday. The followers of F.lecua do not directly di-rectly offer human sacrifices, although their her.lers sacrifice the lives of some ! patienfs by giving them poisonous con- coctions. supposedly a mysterious cure j foi some ailment, in order to restore to health some other patient. Eleciia, ! heing the "god of Injury," his follow- i j ers believe that good can come to one , |