Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-24
News By TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
PRINCE BAUD0UIN DEAD
The Heir Apparent to the
Belgian Throne.
PROGRESS OF THE GILLIAN REVOLT.
Mysterious Murder of a.
Milk Dealer.
SENATOR HEARST RAPIDLY SINKING.
Annual Dinner of the Yale
Alumni Association.
PROGRESS OF THE GILLIAN REVOLT.
SENATOR HEARST RAPIDLY SINKING.
Annual Dinner of the Yale
Alumni Association.

Alumni Association.
sudden Death of the Heir Apparent
Startling Rumors About It-Talk of
a Second Rudolph Case-A Cover
ness Name Brought 1n-Sketch of
His Career. p,
BRUSSELS, Jan. 23.-Pr ince Baudouin,
nephew of King Leopold and heir to the
throne of Belgium, died in this city at 3
O'Clock this morning. The cause of his
death is alleged to have been an attack of
bronchitis. The death of the prince has
caused tremendous sensation and creates
CONSERVATION among all classes in Brus-
sells. There are oil sorts of rumors circu-
lating, as the public was entirely unaware
that the prince was i'll.
Prince Baudouin Leopold PHILIPPE Marie
Charles Antoine Joseph Louis was the son
of the Count of Flanders, brother of King
Leopold, and was born in this city on Juno
8, 1869. The news of the princes death
was held from his sister, the Princess
Henriett, beautiful girl about twenty
years of age, who is dangerously sick from
Inflammation of the lungs. The palace of
the Count of Flanders, where the princess
resides, is surrounded by strong force of
police, who are doing their utmost to pre-
vent the unusual noise in the streets from
arousing the suspicious of the suffering
princess.
The sudden death of Prince Baudouin
has caussi the most alarming rumors to
be circulated on all sides and these rumors
grew in import as the day progressed. 1t
was openly asserted that the death of the
popular Belgian prince was repetition of
the circumstances surrounding the death
of Archduke Rudolph, the heir to the Aus
TRAN throne, who met his death in such
mysterious manner on January 80, 1869.
1t was added that beautiful German gov
erness who had been recently banished
from the Belgium court by order of King
Leopold, had been in some way connected
with the death of Prince Baudouin. Ru-
NOR also had it that there had been an in
prince and the result Of their liasion is
any case the death of Prince Baudouin is
surrounded with mystery and speculation.
The death of Prince Baudouin has
plunged the whole country and especially
the city of Brussels into mourning. Flu
neral decorations in the shape of Grape,
black flags and Eothers mourning emblems
are being displayed everywhere through
the city. During the course of the fore
noon further details concerning the death
of the young prince were furnished from
official circles. According to these details
Prince Baudouin had for some time been
suffering from influenza but, in spite of
the renonstrances of his physicians, he in
sisted on going to the bedside of his sister,
Princess Henriettee. On Monday last he in
sisted on going for drive. He caught
fresh cold and on Wednesday was forced to
take to bed. Yesterday his condition had
does not seem to have been such as to
noon an unfavorable change was noticed
in the prince, and as the evening drew
near his condition caused his attendants
grave apprehensions. Finally towards
night time the last sacraments of the Ro-
man Catholic church were administered.
Following this the prince was attacked by
high fever and was in danger of lapsing
into delirium. King Leopold and Queen
Maria were summoned to the princes bed
side, and finally the ministers and chiefs
of the royal household were sent for.
They were in attendance during all the
night.
At 10 o'clock the prince was subjected
to the operation of cupping, but with no
result. Shortly before midnight the at
tending physicians pronounced the prince
to be dying. His respiration became
weaker and weaker until sudden flow of
blood from the lungs suffocated him. The
exact hour of the princes death is an
nounced to be :45 a. m. and not a. m.
as at first stated.
The Princess Henriette is said to be in a
worse condition this evening than during
the earlier hours of the day.
The remains of the prince now lie in
state on the bed in which he died, sur
rounded by tall wax candles in golden can
dlesticks The body is attired in the hand
some uniform of captain of the Royal
Belgian carbineers In one hand the dead
prince grasps his sword and the other
hand holds handsome rosary from which
is pendant golden cross.
The latest and most probable version Of
the cause of the princes death is that il
was due to complication of smallpox
bronchitis and hamatuIia. The populace
are enraged at what they term the blunder.
ing of unsuspecting doctors.
1t now transpires that Prince Baudouir
was upon the point of being betrothed te
his cousin, Princess Clementina, the thir6
and youngest daughter of his uncle, King
Leopold. The Princess Clementina was
born at the castle of Laekin on July 20
1872.
All the theaters and public institution
are closed and will remain closed unit
after the funeral, which will take plac
| from the royal palace at Laekin, in Soutl
| Brabant, about two miles north of Brus
| sells. Parliament has also adjourned.
The extreme danger of Prince Baudouil
| frat became known at noon yesterda
when he had hemorrhage of the kidneys
The members of the royal family wer
summoned. The king and queen wer
overcome with grief and wept together
the queen being finally obliged to retire i
consequence of the violence of her grief
The prince tried to reassure those at hi
bedside, saying: 1T shall be better to-moI
row." The physicians were still hopefr
till 10 p. m. when the patient was cupped
At midnight the prince motioned D,
Melis to approach his bedside and thanke
almost inaudible. At 1 o'clock he me-
toned to his parents to come closer to hi
bed. He raised himself with difficulty an
embraced them in farewell. Both wei
weeping. The brother and sister of th
dying man then knelt at his bedside. TT
prince recognized them and feebly reache
out his hand and touched their forehead
Soon after he had fresh hemorrhage an
died at las a. m. The physicians WI
were in attendance are homeopathists. tt
royal family have full confidence in then
BRUSSELS, Jan. 23.-In the chamber
deputies to-day Premier Beernaert on b
half of the ministry expressed the sent
ments of the house in regard to the dear
of Prince Prince Baudouin. He said tn
the members shared in the grief of Xii
Leopold and his family over the sad affai
The president of the chamber and the lea
ers Of the right and left concurred in t
expressions of regret and sympathy 81
the house then adjourned as sign
mourning for the dead prince.
The body of Prince Baudouin has be-
embalmsd and now lies in state in Il
palace. 80
Prince Baudouin Leopold Philippe MAJ
Charles Antoine Joseph Louis was the s.
of the Count of Flanders, brother of Xii
Leopold Prince Baudouin was born
Brussels on June 8, 1869. He was ca
tain of Belgian carbiniers and captain
Prussian cavalry, being attached to
Second regiment of Hanoverian dragon
/ The only son of King Leopold of Belgiu.
h the Duke of Brabant, died in Janual
1869, when only ten years old. The XII
| hoe fhrae darohtara IF whom the eide