The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-18
Vatican Reported to Have Con-
lirmed Marriage of Leopold
and Baroness Vaughan.
SO BOY OF FIVE MAY
BE KING IN NAME
Nation of Belgium Puts on the
Outward Trappings of Grief
for Dead King.

over the succession to the throne of
Belgium is possible. The Vatican is
reported to have confirmed the mar
rage year ago Of King Leopold and
Baroness Vaughan. Two sons are said
TO have been bonn from this union, and
both survive. The elder is Lucian. )
wears old. II is reported he will
claim the throne. Albert, heir pre-
sumptiye, is a nephew OF Leopold IL
Tolling bells and booming cannon
announced today the death of Leopold
IL, king of the Bclgians, Half mastcd
flags of red, yellow and black fly from
the public buildings
Crowds fill the streets and discuss
the kings death, and whatever their
opinion of his personal life. join in
tributes 30 his greatness.
Selfish to the End.
Leopold died as he lived, relcutlessly
rerulsing his exlled daughters and
elinging tenaciouslv TO his favoritcs,
and at death IS brink, when he insisted
upon closing up certain private bust
ness negotiations, he was unable to
escape the influence of his greatest
passion, that for work and material
gain.
Princess Louise of Belgium, oldest
of the three daughters, arrived here to-
day. The secoDd daughter, the uu-
fortunate Stephanie, WAS here when
her father died. but was refused the
permission to see him TIL after his
death. When she was admitted TO the
chamber she threw herself beside the
body III a state of uncontrolled grief
Prince Albert, the new king, was
moved with pity. and. seizing his
cousins hand, knelt with her before
the body, giving mute expression 10
his sympathy for and intended protec-
tlon of the banished daughter The
group Of old servants, who loved all
three, wcpt at the sad picture.
King Leopold fought death as he
had fought the world, and struggled to
the end For two days be had survived
an operation that had killed the
average man of hIs age. and only a
moment before his sudden death Re
had talked of revisiting sunny south
ern France aud of ''the blue skies Of
the Mediterranean.
Funeral Arrangements.
The funeral Will be held next
Wednesday He had expressed wish
for the simplest funeral rites, but 1T is
the ceremonial observed at
the burial of his father, Leopold /,
will be followed
Prince Albert will on Thursday take
the oath as king.
The public was admitted to the NOR
tuarY chamber at ( O o'clock this after
noon. The body lay in state Tor two
hours before its removal to the palace
in Brussels
Thousands passed before the bier. on
the opposite side of which stood two
officers and two nuns. The newspaper
correspondents also were admitted TO
the room. whose bare walls and simple
furnishings were ru marked contrast
with tho surroundings which the occu-
pant had enjoyed in life,
1t is said a bailli9 appeared today ut
the residence of Baroness Vaughan with
the object Of Seizing the premises on
behalf of Princess Louise. The baroness
prevented the formal service on her
and IL is expected the matter will be
brought into the courts.
Formal Condolences.
American Minister Wilson Immediate-
ly upon hearing of the kings death,
expressed cond0leDce 10 the royal fam,
ily and also made formal expression on
behalf OF tho United States 10 the for-
ciEn office.
The newspapers in special editions
devote several pages 10 the hfc of the
king. whose private life is criticised
whilo his intellectual great
ness is extolled The Ftoile Beige and
the Petit Blcu praise the work of Leo
pold for both Belgium and the Congo.
The Socialist organ, The Peuplc, vio-
lentlv attacks the kings memory be.
cause he repulsed his daughters and
admitted his favorite TO his bedside
The paper discusses the reported NOR
g3Uatic marriage Of the king and
Baroness Vaughan. and asks whether
the children Of this union viii hold
TO the throne This point
tion The children will have no rights,
but il is understood they viii iuherIt
n great part of the kings immense per
sOnal fortune.
Following the funeral Wednesday the /
body Will be placed in tho crypt OF
81, Mary 5. beside those OF has father !
and his wife.
Left Large Fortune.
Tho boursc WAS firm today Tho death !
Of the king having been discounted, !
IN addition to his other American se'
ruritics the king held many shares in
electric railway companies. |
in Indians, He leaves TO
his daughters. il i said, personal prop
srtv nf about s3,000.000. which he in
hcritcd from his father. His viii is
expected 10 reveal large legscies for
public institutions.
The sensational rumors that Baroness
Vaughan had fed from Belgium are be
jevcd 10 bc unfounded. The PeUple
,ays when the king died the baroness
.hrcw herself upon his body, weeping
bitterly. Since then she has como and
gone between her mansion and ''The
Palms through the private passage
way that the king built. If sho re.
'uscs 10 leave The country, it is said,
she viii be expelled.
Prince Albert has assumed command
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