Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-17
Mining and Financial News

the stipulations in connection with it's constitution, veritable plague spot, and all the civilized world shuddered at the reports of the appalling crueltid perpetrated upon the natives by the agents of the king.
 Despite his business ability, his vast learning and his liberality as a monarch, King Leopold was far from being popu, lar, even with his own people. His face was rigid and repelled rather than encouraged. His manners were cour- teous, his conversation charming, yet he struck all men who came in contact with him as man without enthusiasm or imagination and incapable of excit- ing these in others.
 In his tastes and habits he was as democratic as any shopkeeper.
 Many things in his character seem contradictory. He read everything that came to his hand, was conscientiously devoted to the business of state and knew even the municipal political af. fairs of every city in Belgium, yet he delighted in gossip and scandal, and his adventures with women furnished col umns of copy for the European press for years.
 In 1853, when seventeen years of age, Leopold was married to the Archduch- ess Marie Henriette of Austria, second daughter of the late Archduke Joseph Palatine of Hungary. The queen died September l9, 1902, after having suf, fered for years with malady of the ] l.l Al daughters. The son died in 1869 at the age of ten years. The eldest daughter, the Princess Stephanie, was married t0> the Archduke Rudolph of Austria, who died tragically in the Myerling forest. Stephanie later became the Countess Lonyay. Her second marri- age made King Leopold so angry that when she came to attend her mother 8 funeral the king drove her from be- side her mother s coffin.
 The second daughter, the Princess Louise, was married to Philip of Sake. Coburg, and by him was so cruelty treated, it was said, that she lost her mind. At any rate, she became men tai wreck, and was confined in an asy- lum. The third daughter, the Princess Clementine, was engaged to her cousin, the Prince Baldwin, who was heir to the throne. and who was killed by an angry husband few days before the date set for the wedding. Then she was said to be about to be betrothed to Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, but that fell through. She is of very re- ligious turn of mind and it has often hnN .l,u ,,t INl 4 ter convent, Still another ill-fated relative of the late king was his only sister, the ex-Empress Carlotta, the widow of the ruppet Emperor Maxi milan of Mexico, and she has been mentally unbala need since the execu tion of her husband. From time to time in recent years stories have been cur rent to the effect that King Leopold had appropriated to his own use the vast fortune of Carlotta, but whether | this be true or ot has never been defi- nitely learned.
 King Leopold spent much of his time ! in Paris and hi,i adventures there fur nished some of he worst scandals that | two hemispheres have discussed for | years. Among his favorites were the | Princess Chimay, Cleo de Merode and | Mile. Emilienne d'Alencon, one of the dancers of the Folies Begere. Still l later he took up with and was married morganatically 10 a Mime. van Langen- donek, whose first husband was said to have been a coal heaver He conferred upon her the title of Baroness Vaughan | and installed her in handsome resi- dence near the royal palace at Brussels. On November l7, 1905, the baroness gave birth to Il boy and it has been reported that King Leopold entertained the idea of making this son his successor on the throne.
 The legitimate heir to the throne is I Prince Albert of Flanders, only son of the late Count of Flanders, brother to King Leopold. He was born April s, | 1875. His elder brother, the Prince Baldwin before mentioned, who had been recognized as his uncle; King Leo pold s heir, diel at house in Brussels under mysterious circumstances, much