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Show BARON DE RIO BRANCO DEAD Itio Janeiro, Feb, 10. Baron do Rio Branco, minister of foreign affairs In tho Brazilian cabinet, died this morning morn-ing at 910 o'clock. He was stricken suddenly ill on the evening of February Feb-ruary 5 with uraemia and the attack wasfso eoverc that he never rallied. Baron do Brancos probably was the most capable statesman in Brazil. At the time of his death ho had berved continuously In office front purely patriotic pa-triotic mothes, as.pe had been advised ad-vised by his physicians several times to resign on account of his condition of health. Baron de Rio Branco took a prominent promi-nent part In the greatt welcome given to the American fleet-'when it visited Brazil in 190g lf n-. : |