The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-20
.|NTR|GNES AND
STRIFE BLENDED
WITH MOURNING
The Socialists Refuse Ale.
glance to the New Ruler of
Belgium
LEGAL AND RELIGIOUS
MARRIAGE WITH BARONESS
Legal Battle Between the Roya, Heirs
and the Baroness Over the Estates
OF the Late King-Sister of Deceased
Not Yet Informed.

Brussels, Dec. 20-The body Of King
Leopold lay in state in the lroyal nal.
ace today while thousands who had
patiently waited their turn to be ad-
1ttted, filed silently before the cata.
falque and paid homage to their late
sovereign. 'o
In the presence Of Prince Albert
ana the officers and dignitaries of the
court and government, the coffin had
peen borne to the mortuary cham
per while priests chanted the Misere
ana a procession of nuns with bended
neads told the rosary fer the dead.
RAISING through the garden and
courtway UP the broad marble stair.
case, embarked with magnificent for
a. pieces and across the vast recep-
llon nall, those who had come to the
paiace found themselves in room
OF state, the draperies of which We're
Diack with silver fringe. It was lit ,up
with the glare of electric globes and
lne u. softer glow of hundreds of candles.
Inc mahogany casket in which the
KING lay was half draped with the
colors OF the old grenadier regiment
ana surrounded by his daughters
noral wreaths. It was guarded ON
either side by three officers in uni-
forms glittering with gold and swords
Drought up to the royal salute,
Against the walls and between the
tall palms other officers held the
standards OF the kingdom. In front
OF tne coffin were kneeling nuns and
priests. For three hours the stream
OF people passed through the palace
The Belgian Bpiscopate TODAY issued
pastoral letter eulosdzing King Loo
pold as the apostle of peace and i,,s-
tice and the glorifier Of the. sf,athoH.
faith and the promoter .sos !. .Christisn
civilization through the fonndine and
state.
On the other hand the general So
cialfst organization has ISSUED a
proclamation in favor Of republic
and condemning Leopold for impos-
ing upon the country the costly bur-
den of the Congo.
The proclamation adds that the So
cialists decline to swear allegiance
to Albert, who as monarch, ia hound
TO represent the oppression of those
VINO labor by those who fatten on the
fruits Of labor"
Prlncess Louise, who has commenc-
ca an active legal battle for the es-
tates of King Leopold and Baroness
vaughan, has not yet arrived here. n
Is reported that new complications
nave arisen which will result in her
refusal to come to Belgium alone and
rejoin her family. Count I1onyay. h,Is-
band of Princess Stephanie is now
here
The Socio publishes dispatch from
Rome stating that it is confirmed at
the vatican that King Leopold and
Baroness Vaughan were married both
by civil ceremony and a religious
ceremony at San Reno and that the
King pardoned his daughters, other
wise he could not have been absolyed.
According to the newspapers the ex-
Empress Charlotte, widow of the late
Maximdllan of Mexico, has not vet
been informed of her brother Leopold's
death.
Fifty Million.
Paris, Dec. 2O.-A French financier
who is familiar with the Congo and
the other business operations of tho
late, King Leopold of Belgium esti-
mates the monarch's private fortune
at $50,00O,O00 in excess of $4,000, ,OU0
bequeathed to the princesses.