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Show LION GRIEVING; REFUSES FOOD Chicago, Aug. 22 Prince the Lincoln Lin-coln park zoo lion went without food last night, making the sixteenth day he has fasted since his mate, blind Nellie, was chloroformed. Thousands of iMtors have gone to the park during dur-ing ihe last few days to see the starv ing animal Women express pity as they see the old Hon, scaroely able to stand A report that Prince is suffering from toothache and not from a broken heaort, was refuted by Cy De Vry who called the rumor a gross slander. slan-der. Toothache wuld make him savage sav-age De Vry said, "and he would cer talnk not moie about as he does, and there would he no melancholia in his eyes. I know he fe?ls no pain, e-aept the pangs of hunger and loiiflimas Poor old fellow he never nev-er will get over Nellie s death. ' |