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Show RUSSIAN DUFL BY SUICIDE. Loser In a Qamo of Cards for Life Is Compelled to Kill Himself. A trngedy, romantic on the surface but in reality throwing n repulsive light on the hollowness of lifo In Russia, Is reported from Moscow. Two young Voles named Nldctzkl and Komorovsky, attending a ball given by Count Feodorovo, wcro both so smitten with the beauty of the count's daughter that, though friends from boyhood, they at once became deadly enemies and before th ball was half over had determined upon a duel to the death by that mot trange but most deadly of all methods the suicide sui-cide of one of the combr'ants. It was decided that tho loser of a garao of ccarte should kill himself, and toward the end of the ball tho infatuated pair went to tho card room for their gataie at death. In a few minutes Komorovsky Komo-rovsky had lest, and, qulely drawing a revolver, ho shot himself through tho heart. Nldetzky took tho t'.rst cxpicss for Berlin. As for the 'lr causo of the tragedy, she was so little Impressed that within with-in a few days sho hnd accepted a proposal pro-posal from n P'isslan nobleman. |