The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17
Aged Body Unable to Stand Strain. END COMES AT TINE
 WHEN HOPE WAS HIGH h Early Morning Hours Reaper
 Appears. Leopold Was Grsss ..s usls.s FsEurs In ooati.e.sai Hisssry-Iass wss Devoted to strengthening
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 Congo state.

aged ana wasted body being unable tc stand the strain put upon 1t. The collapse occurred suddenly and at . moment when the doctors scminsiy hass the greatsst hopes for h,s recos- cry.
 Throughout yesterday bulletins is- sued from the sick room indicated progressive Improvement. The bulis- tin posted at s:so p. m. gave tho kine's temperature. pulse and respiration as practically normal Apparently. the drainage Of the wound was perfect. as no fever was present. and during the day the king had been able to take nouriahment.
 The public at largo was satisfied that the king was on tile road to re. covefy, but within the pavilion wherM the fEing lay there was feeling pf anxiety. chiefly because of Leopold great age. After . restful day. fhs patient was able to sleep for g brief period early in tho evening. and the night was passing quietly.
 But towards o'clock aIarmins symptoms appeared Suddenly the king turned and called to pr. ThiE- lar:
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 "J'EtoufEie. 3octsur. a'etouiyie. ~ am suffocntinK.,)
 Dr. DePage was summoned and the two physicians did everything posss sibie to proiong life but without avail The end came quickly. and Nf. ter q period of weakness, peacefully
 Prince Albert arrived at thH dnatk bed about twenty-hve minutes later He was accompanies by Princess Glenn entine. Albert kIsssd the dead kine and Isft the chamber weeping. Baron Geninet. the king's hetretary sta gted immediately for Brussels to notify the members ox the royal family. As he entered his motor car. he exv claimed: ITO think that only yestsr- day we were full of confidence. and now the king Is dead"
 It appears that ths doctors were fes tally unprepereJ for a fatal terminas who first noted the heavs breathing of the king. she called pr Thiriar tp the bedside Roth Doctors Thiriar and DePage lresorted to infections of nor phine. but these had no effect.
 genatnr Euiagtxce f<inK.
 One of the most powerful men ir Belgium. who knew King Leopold bet ter than any other man. is seuates winer. the kings trusted friend and confidential legal adviser. He assist ed Leopold tn drawing ur the Congo project and probably will handle the disposition Of the kings fortune.
 Senator Winer talked to the Assot ciated Press correspondent about tIsa king and tho Congo tonight. He in- sisted that Leopold had been greatly misunderstood by the world. He pir- tured the kings intense admiration for the Unitde states. which his ina- jesty was anxious to visit. but was prevented by the Congo criticism However. the king had prevailed on Prince Albert to g3. as he considered tsiis most useful preparation for the future ruler of Belgium.
 The Senator champtoned v pold as the great henefactt e gium. He had developed eed erected monuments and pull 'ic ings at his own expense. H 3- ported architecture and adv -sa f' prosperity of the people. n 14t' did not care to say mnc Kings private life. Perhap, gested. the King had not be father. but his character in t@> was explained hg the fact t youth he had been held In ruled with n rod of iron b. King.
 The stories of the Kings gi he added, had been absurdly ated. he said. Affairs In have taken a turn and the Tf e'f heartily occupied with 1et ton of Baroness Va the royal household as tho N a sensational article pubiisl ta Soir. The paPer charged t oness Vaughn was oonstai a. bedside of the King, even ent when extreme unction isfered. whereas tho King and his nephew were not fift Hj
 The question was put ia @ tc Monsignor Coreman. Il fsa royal chaplain. whether fn married Baroness yaughi 7ctcfafnz to the provisions of the 7as oer- emony. adding that all glaa w astonished and seandaiii ea. De church would sanction tn sepee the woman near the nTs It while the priest came h.a mission. The chaplain mated taf the marriage exists and =ia tftS fis conscience was clear als3li -fl r}a't to the King.
 Leopold II, King of Ar pa 'r son of King Leopold ! death, which occurred ae a5Ft s'st 1865. he succeeded to tl f.-7at 1F born at Brussels, Apri father was the former Coburg- -Gotha. and his tF cess Louise. daughter of I<ing Lotus PhllIipe of France. On August 2A 1858, he married the Archduchess N1as rfe Henrietta. daughter of Arch0uka Joseph, of Austria. She died \ ptein Der 19, 1902. There were three A nEA- ters born of this union. Louise, Steph anie and ciomentine. The two elder princesses have been estranEed from their father but ciementtpe remained in his affections. There belas no di- rect hereditary heir. the crown passes to Prince Albert. the only -sao- pold's brother. the late Phiilipe. connt of Flanders. sa
 The new monarch was born April S 1875, and on October Q. 1900, married Princess tslixabeth. of Bavaria. They have three children. Prince Isenpole. years old; Prince Charles. years old and Prince Marie Jose. who was born August q. 1906.
 Prince Albert is one of the most popular members of tho reiening