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Show J COMMITS SUICIDE AT j HIS FAREWELL DINNER I e . I ; BUFFALO. N. Y.. Jan. 13.' Isidor i n Schweitzer, manager for a house-fur- x(j rushing firm, committed suicide las t I .-, night in the presence of a roomful of . guests, invited to attend his farewell bachelor dinner. Schweitzer was. to J have been married next week. After tJbe dinner, which was a merry afTair, .--'s Schweitzer, invited his guests Into another an-other room. , ""I have a great joke in store for you." he said. He took a number jof nve-lopea nve-lopea from a drawer and distributed., them among his guests, and while they weie examining them, and trying to I solve their host's mysterious actions, , Schweitzer picked up a bottle of car bolic acid and drank it. He died before a doctor arrived. The woman to whoin Schweizer was l engaged was Mrs. Maud C. Gould. a ) B widow of Grand Rapids. Mich. Failure n of certain financial ventures and his ' II Inability to provide for his bride as he ' ' had hoped to do Is given as the cause l of Schweitzer's suicide. |