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Show COMMITS HARI-KARI IN FOREIGN OFFICE TOKJO, Sept. 11. Tho offices of Baron Makino, the minister of foreign affairs, were tho scene today of a revolting re-volting act when a fanatic attompted to suicide there by the old Samurai method of hari-kari. A strange man had called at the offices of-fices to see the foreign minister, but he was unsuccessful in gaining audience with Baron Makino. Whon ho was told by the baron 's secretary that admittance admit-tance would be denied him ho fell down ou lho floor of the outer office, drew a sword which he had concealed beneath his kimono and plunged it into his ad-domcn. ad-domcn. Tho secretary seized the sword but thc fanatic had already given himself him-self such terrible wounds that he is not likely to recover. |