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Show EATEN BY CANNIBALS. I Chreo Europeans Ktlled.and Eaten In y fcy.?.'.V-ri?p--n -. .. r, .... T Tho steamer Mlowora, which ban arrived ar-rived at Victoria, B. C, brings nows of tho murder of scvcrul white men by tho natives of Now Guinea. A drought has been experienced for somo tlmo on tho Island, and it la thought that as a result of tho shortago of food In consequence tho natives havo ro-vortcd ro-vortcd to cannibalism. Murders aro reported from several places. Ono report tells of the killing of two European prospectors, who woro eaten by tho blacks, and a Dutch constable Is reported to havo bcon kld-napoU kld-napoU and eaten. Several blacks woro also murdorod. Many of tho natives havo no food, and aro subsisting on roots and herbs. |