Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1902 — DIAZ TO GO TO EUROPE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DIAZ TO GO TO EUROPE.

President of Mexico Will Soon Depart for Protracted Visit. Gen. Diaz, President of Mexico, is beginning to prepare for his important journey to Europe, when he will visit Great Britain and aril the principal countries on the continent. Geu. Porfirio Diaz was first elected President of the Mexican Republic in 1876, and has since ruled the country continuously, with the exception of one term, when he secured the election of Gen. Gonzalez, his secretary of war. The in-

dustrial progress of Mexico under Gen. Diaz has been remarkable, as compared with the advancement of the other Latin countries of America. He is now in his seventy-third year, but is said to possess wonderful physical strength, a wrist like iron and also a will like iron. His last notable public appearance was that made at the celebration of Mexican independence in 1894, on which occasion an attempt was made to assassinate him. His would-be murderer, however, was never brought to trial. He was torn from jail by an infuriated mob and lynched.

PRESIDENT DIAZ.