Show KII KING NG PASSES AWAY one of the best known F gures agures in the old world loses in struggle with grim reaper brussels king leopold died at 2 35 clock thursday coining his aged and wasted body being unable to stand the strain put upon it by the operation per performed formel a few days ago the collapse occurred suddenly and at a moment when the doctors seemingly had the greatest hopes tor for his recovery the end came quickly and after a spell of weakness peacefully prince albart arrived at the deathbed about twenty flie minutes later the king kings s coolness and courage in he 0 c struggle non roil the admira tion of 0 all tor for at no time did he wera seem to fear the result now that he is dead it is bellei believed ed that he was able to survive so long by the sheer force of his mentality leopold II 11 king of the belgians son of ithe the late king xing leopold I 1 upon whose death on december 10 1865 he succeeded to the throne was born at brussels apri apr 1 9 1837 his father was the former of saxe co burg gotha and his mother princess louise daughter of kin king louis phil dippe of france on august 22 1853 he married the archduchess mane marie henrietta daughter of 0 archduke joseph of aus tria she died september 19 1902 there v ere three daughters born of this un on lou se be stephanie and clementine the two elder prin besses have been estranged aiom their father but clementine remained in his affections there being no direct hereld tary heir the biown passes to prince al bert the only on of leopold s 9 broth er the late phill pe count of flan ders the new monarch was ras born on april 8 1875 and on october 2 married princess elizabeth of ana they the hae haie three children ainee leopold 8 years old prince clarles ct arles 6 years old and princess mariejose mine MrIe jose 3 years ears old while always conspicuous before the public on account of the nature of 0 its As pi hate I 1 fe particularly in recent years king leopold has recently had much of the world against him on account of his attitude towards the congo independent state his great interest lay in the development of that country for he was cally the founder of it and ras its ruling sovereign |