Pessoa Interred

Joao Pessoa, President (Governor) of the State of Parahyba was killed in a Pernambuco candy store fortnight ago by an adherent of Jose Pereira, rebellious Parahyba State Deputy who has been waging civil war in the interior of Parahyba for five-and-a-half months (TIME, Aug. 11). Joao Pessoa lay in his coffin eleven days and nights and none dared bring him home for fear that the arrival of his coffin would start riots in the chief cities of Parahyba. Joao Pessoa was buried last week, not in Parahyba where he lived, or in Pernambuco where he died, but in Rio de Janeiro, 1,200 mi. removed from the scene of the Pessoa-Pereira conflict.

In the State of Rio Grande do Norte rebellious Deputy Pereira had a rival last week. Impressed with the comparative success of Rebel Pereira, a Col. Joaquim Saldanha declared an insurrection against the government of Rio Grande do Norte, led out a force of 300 men to battle. In his first skirmish he defeated a body of Rio Grande do Norte state police, killed their commander, Capt Tavares.

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