Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1902 — ATTEMPT TO KILL A KING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ATTEMPT TO KILL A KING.

Three Shots Fired at Leopold, bnt He Escapes Unhurt. Three shots were fired at the King of the Belgians Saturday morning us ha was proceeding to the cathedral in Brussels to attend a Te Deum in memory of the late Queen Marie Henriette. No oue was hurt. By the death of Marie Henriette, Queen of Belgium, Sept. 19 last, the family affairs of the Belgian monarch were brought before the world. What had been known in court and official circles for years regarding the domestic unhappiness of the queen and the alleged cruelty of her husband became public gossip and the scandalous revelations aroused the people of Belgium to a..high pitch of indignation. Queen Henrietta, who among her friends was known as "the Queen of Sorrows,” really died of a broken heart. The popular demonstrations of grief over the death and indignation ngainst Leopold were intensified by the King’s treatment of his daughter, the Princess Stephanie. This daughter had married Count Lonyay against her father's wishes, aud when she visited the palace at her mother’s death the King drove her away from the bier. Prostrated and in tears, she fled from the court and left the Belgian capital, and the last rites for the

Queen were carried out after she was banished. Recently tlie report was published that ICing Leopold was to marry again. This report served to further draw public attention to the monarch’s former family troubles.

KING LEOPOLD.