San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-12
Our Friend, The Emperor.
DOM PEDRO II.
EMPEROR OF Brazil, Now SERIOUSLY ILL

News of the serious illness of Dom
Pedro IL, emperor Of Brazil, is received
with sincere regret 10 this country. His
majesty has travelled extensively In the
United States, and has impressed fav-
Orably all with whom he has made
acquaintance, by his unaffected, manly
bearing, his affAbility, his eager and
well-informed intelligence, and his
earnest desire to benefit, by the ador-
ton of the best means Of industrial and
social improvement, the great country
over which he reigns. He Is man of
good natural parts, improved by keen
and comprehensive observation, and by
study, and excels In his acquaintance
with the results Of both literary and
scientific pursuits. In every way a pro-
gressive and exemplary ruler. his
death would be severe blow to Brazil,
q country which, backward as it is,
when compared with the leading states
in Europe and IN this country, is lnoal-
culably indebted to Dom Pedro for the
rank it holds among the nations. His
people have indeed followed him in the
way Of improvement, but at too great =
distance.
Dom Pedro is descendant, in the d.
rect male line, of the House of BragaDza,
the female line of which is ruling over
Portugal. Eighty years ago, the royal
family of Portugal fled to Brazil. The
colony was declared kingdom eight
years after. In 1921 the Portuguese
court returned to Europe, and national
congress was convened at Rio de
Janeiro. The next year Dom Pedro,
eldest son Of King Joan vi, Of Por-
tugal, was chosen Perpetual De-
fender" Of Brazil. Shortly after Brazil
was declared independent Of Portugal,
and on October II, 1922, Dom Pedro was
chosen Unconstitutional emperor and
perpetual defender" He abdioated the
crown In 1881, when his son, the present
emperor, succeeded him. Brazil is gov
erned constitutionally. There are four
powen in the state-the legislative, the
executive, the judicial, and the SOW
ereign's prsrogasivs. The ruler of this
vast empire, which contains ten millions
or more Of Inhabitants, receives about
four hundred thousand dollars year
for his support with appropriate state
and dignity.
The emperor was born on December
2, 1925, the son of the Emperor Pedro |.
and Of the Archduohess Leopoldins, Of
Austria. He was less than five and a
half years old when made emperor. In
July, 1910, he was declared Of age, and
was crowned ABOUT year after. He
was under eighteen years OF age when
he married Theresa, daughter of King
Francis l, Of the Two Sicilies, lady
nearly four years older than he. They
have one daughter, but no other sur
viving children. The Princess label Ia
the crown princes Of the empire. She
acted as regent in her fathers prolong-
ed absence from his country few years
ago. At the age Of eighteen she was
married to Prince Louis OF Orleans,
Comts d'Eu, who is the eldest son OF the
Duke de Nsmourt, Of the French ex-
Royal House Of Bourbon Orleans. She
is the mother of three sons, and the sue
cessioR to the throne Of Brazil Is not at
all likely to 20 a-begging.
Count Percy N. st. Algisre de Du-
bourg, who 10 said to be Q scion Of one OF
the oldest families In France, has made
large Investments In land near Tsllulah,
Ca, and proposes to erect . magnifi-
cent chateau there.
The family of Gen. James Miller, the
hero Of "Landy's Lane" have erected to
his msDsry q handsome saroophagus In
Harmony Grove cemetery, at Salem,
Mass.