Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1902 — KING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM, WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED A MOB. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM, WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED A MOB.

Leopold 11., King of Belgium, who came near being mobbed by a party of enraged subjects, is known throughout Europe as “The Royal Reprobate.” He succeeded his father in 1865, and has been in turns popular with the people for his democratic propensities and the butt of their enmity for his personal wickedness. He was first cousin to Queen Victoria, and is the father of the Princess Stephanie, the remarried widow of the late Prince Rudolph of Austria. The old King advocated the franchise for his subjects several years ago, and won for them against the nobility, but since then has been himself ruled by the duly constituted authorities of his realm.