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Show CONTEST FOR A THRONE. Scheme to Name FIvc-Year-Old Boy as King of Belgium. Brussels. A contest over- the succession suc-cession to tho throno of Belgium Is possible. Tho "Vatican Is reported to have confirmed tho marriage a year ago of King Leopold nnd Baroness Vaughnn. Two sons nro said to havo been born from til's union, and both survive. Tho older la Luclan, 5 years Old., It Is reported he will claim tho throno. Albert, heir-presumptive, Is a. nephew of Leonpold II. Leopold died us he.llvqdi relentlessly relentless-ly repulsing his oxl ed daughters and clinging tonac'idus'ly to his favorites, nnd.-nt " trenih'g. brittle, when he Inslated ujjonoloslng-ip cer.taln private business busi-ness , negotiations, ,.ho was unnblo to escapV:tlto lilflnehco pf -his greatest passiun;-lhatViorjrk- and matorlal' gain. |