The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-17

BARONESS MAY STEAL AWAY
 TO AVOID OUTBREAK.
 FUNERAL, ON WEDNESDAY NEXT
 AND DAY FOLLOWING FRINGE
 ALBERT WILL TAKE UP sCEP-
 TIRE AND GROWN. - DEATH
 WHEN CHANGES FOR RECON
 FRY APPEARED BRIGHT. Special from United Press.)
 Brussels, Dec. 17.--T ask pardon for the faults that have committed,y ? declared King Leopold. In his will, which was this afternoon taken into custody by the Royal Notary The
 will continues:
 'T die in the Catholic religion. leave the s3,0OO.O0O which I received from my father. to my children My request is tllat my funeral be simple and that it take place at o'clock in the morning."
 No other details of the will have been given Qut-
 A strong military guard arrived this evening to convey the Kings body to Brussels tonight The Bar oness will probably avail herself of the protection of the soldiers and leave with the body.
 The Kings will is voluminous sfiair and is supposed to dispose of property worth many millions
 Brussels. Dec. 1.-The funeral of King Leopold, who died ar 1:35 this wwar 4swrnw aarH1 L. -a nesday. Prince Albert will take the oath of office as King on the follow ing day.
 The public feeling against Leopold. marriage in 1908 to Baroness Waugh an. found vent today in a demonstra- ton -against- the Baroness by a mob outside the Laeken Palace ..
 The mob jeered and hooted the Baroness and displayed such an ugiyI temper that police hastened to the palace to protect the Baroness against violence.
 There was a report that the Bar oness, fearing violence. from the en- ragged public. fled at an carly hour this morning to Franco The latest report, however. is that she is still within the palace and ~ili remainI there until the feeling subsiIcs or a proper escort is furnished her SO th< she may leave in safes,-.
 The fight of the Kings children against the Baroness n. begun to- day, when a lawyer rep escnriny Prip- cess Louise, who was pl. perinittt d to come to Brussels % see her father, sought to attach the D Lroncss ' ina at Laeken. The attach, sIIt was re- sisted and the whole m- tier has been thrown into the courts
 Late this afternoon it was report ed but unconfirmed, th .- the court had decided fin favor of lhe Princes and had granted an attacnmelt 1 the villa
 London. Dec. 1.-The Central News Rome correspondent gays that the Pope has notified the Papal represen- tative at Brussels that King Leopold larly married at San Reno. Italy. in 1908. The Papa1 representative is re- quested to act in accordance with this information if the Baroness needs any protection in her marital rights.
 The marriage. 1t is believed. was en- tered into in the hope that the Kings son born early In 1908. might be found eligible to the successorship. Leo- pold's fnfatuation with the Baroness began i've years ago. shortly after her divorce from her former husband. He bought her a beautiful chateau and spent fabulous sums upon her. The Kings son by the Baroness bears the title of the Duke of Tervuepen.
 Washington. Dec. 17.-Presldent Taft today made a visit of coincidence at the Belgian legation on account of the death of King Leopold of Belgium. yesterday. The President. accompan- fed by his military aide. Captain Butt. motored to the lega ton and left cards for the Belgian Minister. Count De Busseret.
 Brussels. Dec. 17.-The official Mon itor announces today that pending Prince Albert,s assumption of the throne to succeed King Leopold. who died at 2.35 this morning. the affairs W0-N- l. IA regency consisting of the council of ministers
 Officers with drawn swords guard the body of the King, pending its re- moval to the palace in the city prop CT. The body lies in state, dressed in a generals uniform, with a sword across the breast
 Only the family, ministers. diplo- mats and newspapermen have as yet been permitted to see the body. The public will be admitted later.
 Dr. Thiriar. chief physician to Leo- pold. issued the following statement today: King Leopold's death was due to emboiism of the heart. We were upon him because we were aware of his heart disease. but the operation was absolutely necessary to prevent | terrible suffering. Thanks to the op- | eration the Kings death was pain | less"
 Leopold's death occurred on the filth of his formal ascension to | the throne. though his kingship dated from 1865 While Belgium is official | ly in mourning for her dead king and | all Belgian papers appeared today with | black borders. there is only the slight | est evidence of personal grief. What | ever affection the people may have | had for Leopold was almost wholly | lost by the incidents that surround | ed his last days. Chief of these were | his refusal to be reconciled to his | daughters. Stephanie and Louise. and | the admission to the death-ehamber | at the last moment of the notorious | Baroness Vaughan.
 The Princess Stephanie arrived in the death room 20 minutes after the | King died. She kissed his lifeless lips |