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Show i WIFE SEBTEtT Nl OinEI BY BRUTALKIH6 OF AHHAM 'i St !c II o . 1 Marseilles, Prance The mall (ad- j vice which reached here Wednesday from IndoChlna brought anothet and more revolting story ot tbe doing ot , King Thanh Thai of Annatn, showing that he went to the extent of eannl- ballsm After killing one of his wives he caused th bod) to b cooked and served for dinner, forcing his entourage entour-age to cat It under pain of death. Some, of the kings wives wero bound and burned with oil aud subjected to , other cruelty, while naked women were thrown Into the cages with th leasts, where they were devoured be-fore be-fore tho c)e of tbe klug Finally tbe French authorities stepped In and raado a prisoner ot Thanh Thai, who has been adjudged Insane b) Dr. Dumas ot the Punch colonial staff "The royal guard' ha been disbanded, dis-banded, tho palace his been placed under tho protection of 150 native soldiers sol-diers and the terror ttrlckcn Inmates of the palace have been rescued from further suffering Tho majority ot tho latter wero women, who bore tho marks of rovottlng tortures Homo of them wero terribly mutilated, their faces being slashed and their tonguot cut out, while others had been suspended sus-pended by pincers attached to the fleshy psrts nf their legs lo Increase ; their agonies |