Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-05
DOM PEDRO IS DEAD
Bra zil's Ex-President Passes
 Away in Paris.
SAD END OF THE Ex1LE's CAREER
His Last Words an Expression of Affec.
 tion for His Country.

He Became Emperor When Five Year, of Age Ills Abolition or Slavery in
 Brazil-Causes that Led to His Deposi- tion-An End to All Schemes to Restore th- Empire.
 PAnIs,s Dec 5-Dom Pedro, ex-Em- peror of Brazil, died yesterday.
 The ex -Emperor's complaint was dia- betes. and for the past orty-eight hours his life had been despaired of The Princ ncess Isabella was at her fathers bedside at the time of his demise, and was overwhelmed with grief to such an extent that it is feared that she too may be seriously i'll.
 It is said that almost the last, if not the last, conscious words of the ex- Elm. peror were an expression of his deep af. lection for Brazil and his regret that he could not go back there to die. Dom Pedro bitterly felt his exile, and inti. mate friends assert that his physical ailments were greatly aggravated by the pain of absence from his native land, and that this might be called the pri- mary cause of his death, as his health had been generally good before his de- position in November, 1889.
 Dom Pedro always cherished the hope of being recalled to his native land, aud when the revolution broke out against Dd Fonseca's dictatorship, the eX-Em- peror was persuaded by the Count D. Flu and others, that if he should make a public offer to return, the Brazilians might accept it. This manifesto ap- pears to have attracted no attention whatever ;n Brazil, and this seems to have been 8 final blow. The disease which had trout bled him was aggravated by his mental suffering, and he took to his bed gradually growing worse until the ending.
 Dom Pedro was native of Rio Janeiro, where he was born December 3. 1925, being 8 descendant of the three great royal houses of Braganza, Bour- bon and Hapsburg. His father having abdicated in April, 1881, Dom Psdro be- came Emperor at the age of five years and few months. He was declared of age in July, 1S40. He married in 1S 43 | the Princess Theresa, sister Of the eX- | King of Naples He was a popular Elm peror, and never hesitated to mingle freely with his subj cts, even of late years getting into public conveyance when the Imperial Carriage was not con l venient.
 He was finely educated, having an 1 extensive knowledge of modern Ian = | guages, and was liberal patron of lit erature. The principal domestic event of his reign was the gradual abolition of slavery in Brazil, by the advocacy of which he is said to have incurred the i'll will of many of the slave holding | class The principal foreign events were the aid which he gave in the overthrow Of the Argentine tyrant, Rosas, and h is | alliance with the Argentines against the Paraguayan tyrant, Lopez. The Paraguyan war resulted in the death of Lopez, and in leaving Paraguay little moro than a depopulated waste. Dom Pedro also had dispute with | Great Britain in 1862, which res Ii ted favorably for Brazil. His deposition was in part attributable to growing republic can sentiment and partly to the ambition of high officers in the army and Il avy, and also to the unpopularty 7 of the Count D'Eu, husband of the Princess Isabella, and who it was ap- prehended, would virtually rule the em- pire in the event of the death of Dom | Pedro.
 Dom Pedro was called upon to abdi- cate Nov. 15, 1889, and was sent to Europe on 8 passenger steamer, under guard of 8 Brazilian man of war A touching incident of his departure was, that when the Brazilian coast was dis appearing in the distance, the ex- Elm pcror released 8 dove with his own hand
 
 Empress died soon after their arrival in Lisbon, and her death and his other misfortunes were supposed at the time to have affected Dom Pedro's reason. | He recovered from the blow sufficient 1 ly to devote his time to literary studies and investigations, on which he was uu- til recently engaged. During the past summer the ex Emperor was greatly troubled at Vichy, France, with gan grene of the foot He was better for a time, and then again had to take to his bed, but appears to have recovered from this visitation, only to fall under othe, affections Dom Pedro was not poor at his death.
 The imperial property in Brazil, con. fscated at the time of the deposition, had been restored to the imperial ia m i ly and in October last an act was passed by Congress and signed by President Da Fonseca. granting ths ex-Emperor g pension of $I20, 900 per annum, with ar rears from Nov. 15, 18S9 The death o Dom Pedro is believed to put an end te all chances of he restoration of thu em | pire.