The sun., 1910-01-18
AMBASSADOR NABUCO DEAD
EXPIRES SUDDENLY AT BRAZIL
IAN EMBASSY or APOPLEXY.

President Tart Was One oI the First
70 Can and Express Coincidence
-SenhOr NabncO's LOng Career In
Politics, HterRture and Diploma cy.
WAsHrNoToN. Jan. I7.-Senhor Joaquin
Nabuoo. Brazilian Ambassador to the
United States and one OF the most promi-
nent Latin American diplomats. died sud
denly to-day at the embassy in this city.
APoplexy was the cause Of his death.
Although Ambassador Nabuco had been
slightly i'll for some time. his condition was
not regarded by his physicians as serious
and mis- death was q shock to his friends.
He was 81 years Of age. His wife and
three sons and two daughters survive.
Senior Nabuco was appointed Ambassador
TO the United States on May ~. 1905.
President Taft was one Of the first to
call at the embassy to express condolences.
Accompanied by Capt. A. w. Butt. his
military aide. the President rode to the
embassy in one OF the White House auto
mobiles. The embassy is the old Daniel
L. Siokles residence on jackson place.
only half a black from the White House.
As soon as the State Department was
notified. Chandler Hale, Third Assistant
Secretary OF State. called at the embassy
Several weeks ago Ambassador Nabuco
was taken sick and physicians were called
in. His symptoms were diagnosed as
arteriosclerosis. His condition was not
so serious as to interfere with his usual
diplomatio duties About II o'clock this
morning he suffered a stroke OF apoplexy
and died at about 1880 o'clock
Ambassador Nabuco was born in Re-
oife. Brazil. in 1s4s. He was a son OF the
late Senator Nabuoo, chief Of the Liberal
party in Brazil during the period Of Dom
Pedro's second reign. On his mothers
side he was a great-nephew OF the Mar
quis Of Reoife, who saved the national unity
Of Brazil in 1924. His wife is a niece of
Viscount Itsborahy for thirty. years
chief Of the conservative party He re-
ceived his degree at the faculty OF law in
1871. In 1879 he was appointed Attache
to the Brazilian Legation in Washington.
On the death OF his father in 1873 he was
elected to Parliament and for years de-
voted himself entirely to the cause OF the
abolition OF slavery. He visited several
countries in this connection and went to
Rome in 1883 to obtain the Pope's sup
port in the abolition Of slavery.
His attachment to this movement allied
him to the imperial dynasty. and in 1889
when the republic was proclaimed, he
kept apart from the general movement
that led both old monarchical parties TO
accept the new regime.
From 1889 to 1899 he wore the mourning
Of the monarchy and during that period
wrote several books, one OF which is a
constitutional history OF the reign of
Dom Pedro II. Losing all hope Of the
restoration Of. the monarchy in Brazil, he
reconciled himself to the new order and
in 1899 accepted an invitation from the
republican Government to take charge
Of the settlement of the boundary uues-
ton between Brazil and Great Britain.
In 1901 he returned to the diplomatic
service az Brazilian Minister to England.
His work on the Guiana boundary oom-
pFises seventeen folio volumes. As soon
as the award was given in the boundary
dispute he was selected in 1905 as Am
bassador to the United States. He was
president OF the third international con-
ference at Rio in 1903. a member OF the
Hague permanent court Of arbitration,
a member OF the Brazilian Academy OF
Letters and several other societies.