Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — Scandal Leads to Duel. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Scandal Leads to Duel.

All society in Naples is agog over the forthcoming duel between Prince Dolgourouky, father of the Duchess d’Avarna and the favorite niece of the

late Czar Alexander 11, and Prince Colonna, known as the premier aristocrat of Europe. The duel is consequent upon the announcement of the granting of a separation between the Duke d’Avarna, the Italian

minister to Athens, and his wife, and is the culmination of an open scandal which has been a topic of conversation for some time in eveiy court lp Europe. Great as is the excitement over the impending combat, the society, royal and titled, of southern Europe is saddened by the thought that the Duchess d’Avarna will never be able to return to her former prestige, and even the name of her youngest daughter is to be stricken from the reg:ster of legitimate births and the child will be rebaptized in her mother’s maiden name.