Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1892 — BRAZIL'S NEW PRESIDENT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BRAZIL'S NEW PRESIDENT.

Florlano Peixotto Gives Promise of Seine a Model Ruler. Brazil seems to be safe under the Presidency of Floriano Peixotto. The new President has an honorable rec-

ord. He is an army officer of distinction, who won all his grades during the sanguinary war with Paraguay. Born in the province of Alagoas 49 years ago, he enlisted in the army as a common soldier. During his leisure he made a

special study of military science, and he was subsequently admitted into the Military School at Rio, where he graduated with honors. Nominated to a sub-lieutenancy shortly before the outbreak of the war with Paraguay, he played a gallant part in several of the early battles. His rise was rapid, and at the battle of Aquidaban, which finished the campaign, he commanded the ninth regiment of infantry. He took no active part in the deposition of Dom Pedro in 1889, but was a member of the Constituent Assembly which elaborated the new constitution. Afterward he was appointed to the Vice Presidency. In this capacity he officiated as President of the Senate. Throughout the struggle of that body with the late President, Da Fonseca, he maintained an impartial and dignified attitude, and he abstained from associating himself in any way with the coup d’etat, by which Da Fonseca attempted to establish a dictatorship. Since his accession to the Presidency, Gen. Peixotto has exercised his powers with moderation, and gives promise of being a model officer.

PRESIDENT FLORIANO PEIXOTTO.