Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-17
KING LEOPOLUS
DAUGHTER BARRED
FROM DEAIH-BEO
Dying Monarch Refused to
See Child, but Admitted
Baroness Vaughan.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 17.-Tolling bells
and booming cannon touay
the death OF Leopold IL, king oF the
Beigians. haIf-masted flags OH red.
yelow and black ny from the puoiic
buildings.
Crowas fill the streets and men and
tragedy Of the kings death, and, what
ever their opinions of his personal life,
| join in tributes of his greatness.
Leopold died as he lived, relentlessly
| repulsing his exiled daughters and
clinging tenaciously to his favorites,
and at deaths brink, when he insisted
upon closing up certain private BUSH
ness negotiations, he was unable to
escape the influence of his greatest
passion, that for work and material
gain.
Princess Louise of Belgium, the
| eldest of the three daughters, arrived
here today. The second daughter, the
unfortunate ~Stephanie, was mere The
her father died, but was refused the
| permission to see her dying paren..
After death came she was admitted to
the chamber, and she threw herself DE-
| side the body in a state of uncontrolled
| grief. Prince Albert, the new leader
of the destinies of Belgium, was
| moved with pity, and, Selling his
| cousins hand, kneit with her belor~
the body, giving mute expression to mis-
| sympathy and sorrow for n intended
protection of the banished daughter.
1t Is said that a bailiff appeared at
the residence Of Baroness Vaughan with
the object of Selling the premises OIL
| behalf of Louise. The baroness sue
| cessfully prevented the formal service
| upon her and it is expected that the
matter win be brought into the courts.
American Minister Wilson Immediately
upon hearing Of the kings death today
expressed coincidence with the royal
| family and also made formal expression
| on behalf of the United States to the
foreign office.
A Socialist newspaper violently at
| tacks the memory of the king because
he repulsed his daughters n admitted
| his favorite to his bedside. The paper
discusses the reported morganatic mar
riage of the king and Baroness
Vaughan. and asks whether the chill
dren of this union will hold pretentions
to the throne. This point appears to be
settled by the constitution. The chill
dren will have no right, but 1t is under
| stood that they will inherit a great part
| of the kings immense personal fortune
Following the funeral Wednesday the
body will be placed in the crypt of st.
| Mary's beside those of his father and
his wife.
The sensational runlors that Baroness
Vaughan had fed from Belgium are
believed to be ~unfounded. A news
paper states that when the king died
the baroness threw herself upon the
body weeping bitterly and herself closed
his eyes. Since then she has come and
| gone between her mansion and 1.-THE
| Palms through the private passage
way that the King built. If she re-
fuses to leave the country it is said
that she will be expelled.
Prince Albert quietly has assumed
command of thte situation and inn
pressed every one by his digniaed bear
ing.
The municipal theatres will be closed
| for a time. The court will go into
mourning for six months, while the ne
Rod OF mourning for the household win
continue for one. year.
This forenoon NJ. j. Darignon. the
minister of foreign affairs. officially
notified the sovereigns and chiefs of
state of Europe OF the death Of Leo
pold II. king OF the Belgians. Tel
egrams OF coincidence were early re-
ceived from King Edward and Queen
Alexandra, Emperor William, King Al