Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-05

declared of age in July, 1910, and when 1!
assumed the sovereign power. In 1S41 HI
was crowned. Two years later he was mar
ried to the Princess Theresa Christine
Maria, sister of Francis L. late King o.
Naples The issue of the marriage was two
princes and two princesses The princes
died young.
A Courteous and Educated Gentleman.
Dom Pedro was courteous in his manner,
was well educated and spoke English,
French, German, Spanish and Italian flu
emily. He was active, and if he had not
| disliked politics he might have been the
most commanding figure in all South
America. But he was not leader, not a
man of State. In the early part of his
reign he was so young that he was forced to
permit others to rule for him; in the later
years he seemed to prefer that all matters of
government should still remain in the
hands OF others.
He was a King who apparently did not
like to be King. He was on most occa-
sions totally Indifferent as to what was the
course of political affairs. He had dispute
with England in 1862, which threatened to
assume big proportions, but was finally re-
terred to the King of Belgium for arbitra-
ton. He decided in favor of Dom Pedro
Then there was war against Paraguay,
begun by Brazil and continued for five
years. 1t ended in 1870, with the acquisi-
tion by Brazil of 1000 miles of the territory
of Paraguay. But the greatest thing with
which the Emperor had to do was the attack
upon the slave trade, by which he secured
in 1871 law for the gradual abolition of
slavery.
Dom Pedro's Visit in the North.
Dom Pedro passed several months in the
United States in 1876, and he diligently
studied the growth and condition of the
country. The Centennial Exposition in
Philadelphia attracted him, and from there
he carried away many ideas which he put
into practice in Brazil. With all his virtues.
however, he was not revered by his subjects,
and it was conceded in the last years of his
reign that he was figurehead, and that his
ministers and his half-brother, the Baron de
Capanema did all the business of the throne
Of his annual state allowance of S4O0, 900 he
gave most away to aid questionable schemes
for the amelioration of society.
His time was almost chiefly devoted to
the entertainment of those whose enter
prises interested him, and when affairs of
the nation came up and threatened to
bother him. he would dodge them and hide
in the laboratory. There was an attempt
W oSSdoSihbbS hihi. uAN Az, lOOo. AS lie
was leaving theater Portuguese fired
shot from revolver at him, but missed |
him.
The revolution that ended in his being |
driven from Brazil began November Is, |
1889. The Emperor was leaving the i'm
perial chapel at his summer residence, at
Petropolis, after the performance of mass, !
when telegram from Viscount de Ouro
Petro, the Imperial Prime Minister, an
nouncing the city of Rio de Janeiro, under
siege by insurgents, was handed to him.
He went to the city at once His palace
was surrounded Immediately by troops, and
IN officer of the army read to him a mani
esto proclaiming the Republic
The Emperor held a meeting of his min
sters and tried to form new ministry.
General Da Fonseca, who had been pro-
laimed chief of the Provisional Govern
nent, demanded that he and his family
cave the country at once. The Emperor
eplied that he would set out on the follow
ng morning for Europe with his family,
which he did.