The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-24

Admired Roosevelt.
The king had marked respect for
Theodore Roosevelt. He never liked
photographs around, but placed Roose.
velts autograph picture in his favorite
ONCE In the Brussels palace, beside
those Of Princess Clementine and
Prince Albert. Continuing the senator
said:
THE whole truth in the Congo"
Senator Winer went on, was that the
system was bad-worse than the king
thought. The eternal cry was Rub.
Ter, and yet more rubber and it must
be remembered that the military com.
manders in the Congo had the double
capacity of soldier and merchant; they
had to get rubber. Nevertheless many
Soiru. The paper charged that Baron
ess Vaughan was constantly at the
bedside of the king, even being pres.
ent when extreme function was ad.
ministered, whereas the kings daugh-
tiers and his nephew were not admit
ted.
His Conscience Clear.
The chaplain intimated that the
marriage existed and said that his
conscience was clear about his visit
to the king. The church's codes or
morals, he added, was the same for the
king as for the people and in conclu.
sion he said:
From the standpoint of the church,
the kings situation was regular"
Baroness Vaughan is the daughter
of parents of the name of Delacroix.
who were concierges, or janitors first
at Liege and afterwards in Paris. Her
mother is dead and her father is an
inmate of an asylum for the insane.
She Is the mother of two children.
King Leopold spent a great deal of his
time with the baroness and gave his
ministers much concern on this &C.
count. At one time there was talk of
his abdicating, but, as months went by
his subjects apparently became accus.
toned to his ways and abdication be.
came thing of the past.
King Leopold was looked upon as
one of the shrewdest and ablest men
of the time. He was essentially a
man Of business, cold, reticent and
calculating. He was of particularly
Independent spirit and more than once
is said to have told other sovereigns
who attempted to advise him in con.
nection with his private affairs to
mind their own business. For this
reason King Leopold had become es.
tranged from many of the courts OF
Europe.
Brussels, Belg. - The entire king.
dom of Belgium mourns its departed
ruler, Leopold II. Courts, schools and
theaters are closed, parliament and
the municipal council have adjourned.
and flags are at half mast in every
city. town and village of the kingdom
out of respect for the dead monarch.
Under the constitution the affairs of
the nation are in the control of the
cabinet until Prince Albert takes the
oath of succession next Thursday, the
day after the funeral of his uncle, be-
fore the joint houses Of parliament in
the senate chamber.
The filing of the will of King Leo,
pold shows that he divided $1,000
900 between his three daughters, Prin.
cess Louise, Princess Stephanie and
Princess Llementine. This practical
disinheritance of his children signal
lie the beginning of a gigantic legal
battlp Xp obtain the kings wealth SINH.
lar to dhat which ensued on the death
of their mother, Queen Henrietta.
The exact amount of Leopold's for.
tune probably will never be revealed.
Senator Winer, the kings friend and
confidential legal adviser, told the AS.
ISOLATED Press that Leopold turned
over a considerable portion of it to
the Baroness Vaughan and her child
rem and created stock company of
his estates In order to forestall a pos
sfble raid upon them by the Princess.
es Louise and Stephanie or their cred
itors. Senator Winer said that later
perhaps. considerable portions of his
estate would be handed over to Bel.
GUM. The Princess Clementine, aside
from the bequest she will receive. is
provided for by special income from
Congo properties.
Investigation shows that the rights
Of succession to the throne of child
of the king by the Baroness Vaughan
is not worthy of serious attention. It
is pointed out by Senator Winer that
II there was only religious ceremony
the laws of the kingdom would pre-
vent the accession of child of such
q union. The senator. however, does
not believe there was even religious
marriage.
II it is established that the Baroness
Vaughan is Of foreign birth she prob.