Harbin, Dec. 24.
'The last week must have been a record one as far as the number} of suicides, for hardly a day has passed that the local Russian papers have been filled with'
sensational details of the fole de Needless to say the newsboys have been doing a brisk busi s for the morbid and the tragic appeal to the Russian. The ball was started roiling by an actress) drinking formalin and then rushing into the. street but lightly clad, where she hailed a taxi, telling the chauffeur to drive post-haste to} private hospital. The woman had collapsed in the car before the destination was reached, and she was carried into the buildings, where antidotes were at _onee administered. These proved to de unavailing and the unfortunate woman died' shortly after admittance, She left a note saying nobody was to blame, and that she was Just tired of the struggle for life, The actress had a husband and couple of children whom she ha: forsaken some three years back for a young mana few years her junior.
evident that her death] th affected her hushs a fairly good po firm here, for the next day the also attempted to take his and was taken to the hospital in avery precarious state, still in hospital but his life has been saved. On the day of the funeral, which was largely attended, the youth of her fancy was visibly greatly affected and it took all the efforts of his friends to watch him closely from also] taking poison,
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