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Show NATIVES BURN BDNESOrWITGH' South Sea Islanders Fear Aged Woman's Power to Cause Ill-luck PAPEETE, Tahiti. Jan. 8. -Drastic treatment of wiuhcraft recently ap plied in I he Island of Kah avae led to a charge of anon, Tho Rovrnmrm rsklnut then sentenced the nativea concerned to hard labor on the road ' in the neighboring' Island of Tubal. Kalvavae Is one of the islands of the Austral group to the south of Tahiti lu the South seas. Recently there died in that island un old woman who, during her lifetime life-time (on account of her alleged pow ers ot magic and vindictive tempei had held the islanders and parlkul.i . ! those of her old family connection in i a state of fear. To offend hr, according ac-cording to the native story, meant a speedy visitation of misfortune, Hick ness and even death upon those who had aroused her displeasure. For some time before her death her wrath had been directed against some of her nearer relatives and. conscious that her end was near, she warned 1 them that her passing would fail to I relieve them from her vengennce but I that even from the shades hrr powers would prevail against them. Curiously enough, the native story runs, no sooner had the old beldame : been gathered to her fathers than thinn hi-ran tn liannen - Slrknpjin broke out among those laid under her curse; pu-s and fowl dud iroru n.i ap parent cause; the atmosphere abottl the dwellings seemed charged with menacing Influences. With fear in their hearts the nathes under affliction consulted an ancient warlock who advised that the onlv way ot escape would be to disinter the bones ot the witch, beat them to powder pow-der and burn them in the house in which she died. This they did. With much tcreno nv .inil mans iu-cantatlona iu-cantatlona by the old wnrlock the bonei ware unearthed and transported transport-ed to the house and the house itself burned down to the cround, to make ussurauce doubly sure. All supernatural manifestations, the natives declare, then ceased. But misfortune grievous and dire dl 1 ended from another quarter The jno'intuinl representative hearing of J the affair summoned all who were 1 connected with it to his presence, and on the crage of arson sentenced them to various onus of hard labor on the roads of Tubuai. |