POLISH PRINCE'S SUICIDE.
MccH sympathy is caused among the Aus-tro-Polish . aristocracy by the death of Prince Stanislaus Jablonowski, who committed suicide on his Bursztyn estate in Galicia by shooting himself with a revolver. He belonged to one of the most distinguished Polish families. His ancestors include Prince Stanislaus 2 distinguished as a successful .general in the seventeenth century, who effected the election of John Sobieski to the throne and played a distinguished role in liberating Vienna from the Turks. ' His grandson was made an Austrian Prince. The grandfather of the Prince who has committed suicide was an eminent ' Austrian diplomatist. Prince Stanislaus, whose extravagance threatened to dissipate his great wealth, was for a long time under guardianship, and lived for some decades in complete retirement. Of late years this amiable and gifted Prince was the victim of melancholy, and committed suicide at the age of 63, when left for a moment unguarded by bis family.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14145, 21 August 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)
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155POLISH PRINCE'S SUICIDE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14145, 21 August 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)
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