| Show Cecil Rhodes Died Die d e fully The Tie Master Mind of South Soul Africa Is No More lie Had Iad ad a Remarkable Hays Pays ays a Tribute of Earl orl Greys Estimate u j J 1 Capetown March died diM peacefully ut lt C 7 p II m flu I He lie slept again during the tho afternoon but ut his lila breath became canto and his lila strength perceptibly diminished until he lie passed away John n fourth son of ot the vi r of ot rt nl wn w born July 6 5 He lie was oas WI sent to Natal for tor lois Ids health and nud sub subsequently made lute a fortune tor tune In the Ito diamond mines lie le 10 ro 10 turnout turned to ant at Oriel college Oxford and 1111 though Ill 1 health cut his residence t short he hue hC ultimately took look huts his hil degree legre Lie ila entered tho tIle Cape house of or assembly bl as us member tot for Hark Dark Darkly ly I In 1881 18 len en Gordon asked him to togo togo togo go to Khartoum l with hith as secretary but ho lie declined having Just taken of or office lIce fice In ito II tIle the Cape ministry He lb sent Kent Parnell In lou aid of o the lie Irl Irish h cause In 1890 1800 lie Ito became prime minIster t r of ot Capo ape colony In Iou 1882 1880 he hoe secured the tho charter chaiter for tor the hue British South African company com of ot which he ho wan wait manager nt Ut a t the time of ot hU lois d lin nth th and whose tor ton Is now known us Rhodesia In iii 1896 he hue resigned the premiership In ron eon consequence sequence of ot raid In ho Ito returned to Ihode ln anti and coped cOiled with witha wih a I formidable uprising ln Ills His action was WaB condemned by h tho the South African Arlenn commission loa 1ST Sm but hut con condoned condoned condoned by vy the house of ot commons TIlE IN LONDON London March 20 Tho death of ot Ce Co Cecil cil cU Ithodas came caine as lS no great surprise to t those few fol who av saw HUI anything of at t hUn him during hi hole hll lost last visit I lt to London durin the tho Whether It 1 oboe due to 10 bl hIl hits tho the loni long siege ega of or orI I or oo 0 the thoc accumulated anxieties ties lea regarding the war soar In South Africa Arka with wih on an of ot pub public lub I lie lic le feeling In England Julia him there thero Is II no doubt he Joe woos wun almost com corn completely broken down within tho lie lust two years Even Ills his appearance Ills 11 once finely Iney taos far hind had become blomo bloated and ant his hll always huge frame filled out until ho lie so s stout u uto me meto I Ito to tank make a n matter mater of at Ho lie Je was wai frequently with severe hoail henrt troubles during which he hue ex exhibited the stoicism sto m which market marked larket his extraordinary career arell Nor dill did lie he his to Interfere with wih business Among A 1 anI his lila associates In the time thecly city cly he ho never novel mentioned them thOI nor nur did clo he permit them to bo ho mentioned to tl him Up to tu the last Mr Ir kept n a firm grip on all 11 vast South African Interest ts treated created and by him Ex that ho ha was Ul more 1010 Ir Irritable t and more there here ther was IO no 10 outward change ch In Jul Il hIs hi method methot of handling men the tre social nodal side Ihlo of ot life ho cv r he lie our i 1 visibly Once loin his hil days las work worl HI at lt the of of or the Ohio lint III Ith bh chamber woe wun ctr cor he lIt shut hut UI up from the tho curious In lit nil au nl London hold hac he III utterly ulel denied himself himsel to oil ull al ex pt a 1 toss tOI Mr Jame Mn IOn on wu woe WUI loin hia hil In Indeed Indeed deed none of if J l r Indiscreet I nt ne ness ever the warm existing t J b t W n I tha he two t nun men They DO De seen I n in I ml Joe parK in I one morn morning lag ing together r rId on ou rover never ut fim a 1 wole thin ure of ot oil all al of or Il v Ht et t severely neI r rIt nl nt of or It the hundreds o of Lr nail social l J nors who had the tho I right to tou tou toU u bow bowing In J II I More Moie fole c ea cc did Ili r bun shun the pros pres present dot ent put government HP 1 e bitterly ex ox expressed proceed pressed hula his Cn of or British rt h army orm methods In South Sooth Africa and oud probably nev r quit uit forgave M SIr Mr r Chamberlain stool and Lord for tOI not nt consulting him loin himor or to utilize the tho power of lt the political machine which Mr manipulated over South Africa frico With Wih I Increasing lt Irascibility which he did not nOI hesitate tu to tl vent ent on duke or who ho crossed his path lie hue grew more macre morl and more indre restless as the end of ot lila his life Itt drew near He lie le was never nelor contented to t stay Ray long In once place HI H Ills closing lOing das clays developed Into bib un en increasing purposeless quest guest of ot change of or During his recent trip to Egypt fn ER t this was wall as particularly noticeable He le rushed ru hM from place to 0 place as a If It with wih the only object of or upsetting up hl hi his own plans Then Thenh te to suddenly returned to England Financially 1 Mr JOes death is Ic not likely to bay t any tny very v 11 ry far tal AID ns as all al lois hIs enterprises were Aya systematized so su thoroughly as not to need lee leeth thA th tl mastermind which woe was so necta Bato Bal sa to to their Inception to the very great success of ot tho tIme Te De mines tho the Chartered fo th Africa company anti and Ind other great l i h B iou for fortuna fO tuna u load hall been bosh steadily eto accumulating 1 money mOllY over the war Wll but hit what j r JJ d with WI the the lie mIllIons milons he lie lie II never lost his open l but s methods of or handling money Nut Not long bug ago he hue walked wahoo Into the of ot one of ot his hula con subordinates subordinate II and down downa a I bundle of ot notes bonds etc saying Invest these thase for or mo iron 11 and went vet out Without walling to have halo them looked at a t revealed the t lit tort fact fiet that thai Iho to more moie UI n a million pounds sterling How ow they lucy 0 ItO In Invented vested vented Mr Ml h never kl kuie W or oared card tom for tO months later hater as D that thit night he lie went want oft ott of on one oine of at his huI tours toUt stool and 11 r to allow himself elf to be bo bothered wih the of ot the Investment of ot othis lola Ills millions until he lie to Eng England England ng land Illa HAYS HAMMONDS nAM ESTIMATE I STI CAfE Maceli Hays Hammond Hammont who was oas OH for many years year and arid Up tip to the time of or the tho death of ot Ce Le Cecil cil cli cl Intimately associated with wih him In the tha development of or South Af At Africa AfrIca rica rico Was al consulting cOl engineer of ot tin tIu BrItiSh South Chartered com corn company puny pany and thus thi Consolidated Iohl lob Fields of ot South Africa In which shuichi Sir Mm l abodes h l l Important Interests Interest had hint this to say of ot Mr Mr JOchI vho whOP e sun stun went Iowa down cown 11 It I was yet et day dies In Ito tho the forty lorty ninth year of ot hole bin hi age lre He lie e heaves leavo leaO no posterity but hut leaves ItI s hi hIs hll name on an the hoe of ot Atlen Aim It sponsor pI Cr for tor fora tora a nearly ns us large 01 as 1 our western states Hud I I 1 he hue Ile he lie would have deVoted the lie years ears of IC Ms lila life If out would w ul Jin spent every dollar dolar of ot hIs hIl In equipping that com coni commonwealth COI Unfortunately hh uk hl character was IS in l understood In America ria Judged by Mr Ir n a croat man mal Ho lie 1 WI was a not nol only n a 1 buld l but bitt also allo n a CP silt of ot Industry He lie in Is II Ct nr ro 10 ns as lS n a shifty unscrupulous finan financier cier cler In league with capitalists to 10 coax coa the tao Inlo 11 it hopeless war ar In II order to t steal the lie of ot the noun caun caunt try ty t Ho no Is IA also alo reported as u a gIving his bla entire life hire to the Ilc amassing of ot toady tally to tJ employ the tho most unscrupulous tu to that end Hut But Butr by r wen the tho mn enact t tt of ot his loIs 8 with the I he net lct cc such lIons Iona Af are re Until Is that cored cared lit Itt litlie I tie lie for tor or money beyond th the power It gave laV him to as In the tho development dIlo lm nt ot of South From Froni a moat mOlt Intimate CO 11 with wih vl thu him in I to hi hl his en cn c I am um able to 10 that hat hla hlo methods of M wArt 1 toOt not only setup lUJ lono but hut were character h l by W unusual He his le was WR known to 10 0 South Africans African as tic n a moan of ot toad Ind In nt Cs on whom they ne could depend for the furtherance of ot any deserving enterprise or worth north charity Personally Mr was van wal demo cl mo In hi lois test anol a colonial In I his political and social hiss bins hll He lie l was wa fond tod of or the th simpler and better pl plure plea ure urNS tires nt of It life devoted o ly to out of ot door doer deor life le on in In the fH 1 III HI 1 h J a n con contempt contempt tempt for and lt of f socIal con lt Tie T v u d as l a I noah man of ot In Innate tunic nate refinement and ton culture and a grail grad Utile of ot Oxford Hbo l had an Itule spirit anol nn d perseverance He lie Ie was wil ns but watt was wa not a to am m mere liter re visionary vl II I fl as built bui on un broad brand brol linen lne mind and he hI abhorred petty p l polItIcs ho hoe hI ly desIgnated an as anthe al the polities of ot this the parish pump and he hue depreciated quite Quie a I tic strongly what he hue termed the unctuous rectitude of ot certain lain tain statesmen Politically he was WR a it n great groat admirer or oC democratic InstitutIons Institution but at Bt thus the sarno time he ho was wan al a loyal Imperialist had MIl Ma his hil defects t and arid fault hut but these lu s will wi not obscure the glory gIor of or his hla name men audi it I li Is said MIl are made imade of at tall nf Of on thIng thine thin there can cart be te no doubt that Rhodes Rhode Ideals Were pure re and lofty lotu loft and anti I believe b I 06 that history Will 11 deal th I with his hil ht Ideals than with wh hi his and moth oils 0 am that lust he hi hI with will wi therefore rank ant cablegrams from South Africa which Ud led lot him to 10 believe belev that Mr high among lie tho I great Ireat grea I men len of nt tho lie nine nineteenth nilo Ii h tie null found fOi II IIII In Iii II the Ills meditations I 01 I of Marcus Aurelius many n for tor lots his own career Until the lie unfortunate on raid for lor which lIe lio Ions has his fur far moro more 1110 blame than ho deserves as lA history will wi I prove 1100 he lao attn wim VIA ory n with wih tho ho butch of ot South Mouth Africa Within a n very Vet ver short hort lIne there thero would have been n a I r of ot feel feeling tee lug ing III aunt and strange as ns It may mo sound pound to today cm day dl would hue liao benn eol able tu to h his hll with lie tho Dutch timid he lie would have Ilvo quick to 0 take Ilke of o the tho situation and would hints passed lUte Into as flit IH thu tho grout of or South This of ot Is II shared l OVI today toI by hy many of ot the lie progressive Dutchmen In lii tIme the country RAUL SUMMING IT tI tP New York March all Oro key Irey bo he tote tore sailing for Jn grove gave to 10 the tho thoAs Associated As Press an au Interview concern concerning concernIng ing lag Cecil Clel tho lie earl carl having ro to 10 6 49 44 j f 1 1 t i i c I fu f fi u 0 i I i d 1 t uJ 1 j l u l I 1 S iA i ij 1 j tI I 1 II f ih L I 1 1 i 1 1 j i I IA 1 i I A 1 A I I i i II I fH I i I PASSING OF O CECIL RHODES AUGH AlOn ENEMY OF OP THE DOERS BOERS AND PROMOTER OF THE CArE CAPE TO CAIRO RAILROAD hind had but ut n a taw few dayn lo t t live lve Loid 1011 Orey Grey knew the lie fatuous famous Bouth Af At A rIcan leader lendel Intimately having served with Wih him hll on elm tho hue board of ot tho hue h South Africa company und and the aty acy glow illon hon this the earl carl was ous governor ut of Lord Irey IC Ire said suld Cecil Is l the only olly exemplar put hups In II lb our generation of ot those Idealists tl who In tiro tIo days of ot f nn titi 11 lv matte mado malo the tho the predominant partner In iou II tho thin worlds world firm Irm I need teed not toot vail rail I al up theIr th lr and ald alto titles 11 9 They rhey were wel after their kind both the lie admiration und amid 11 the tIm terror of or their con contemporarily temporarily out ant I that thai with wilh wih all nih ni of or them to CIVI terror rather than loan 1 was WIS tho the keynote they bit Ono One tiling I 1 should liko lo e to 10 point out Iii IIii Jl loath had a 1 In tho Ohio Of ot time thu principle of ut government He lie Je admired the thoe American nation Ilon bill il ilor for or thIs IhU antI ami detached r n on ho lie that I you YOI your our prod 1111 glens Clous orderly to th lie upton did dl construction of ot Con your Constitution mil I II Grey Urty then the lie conver conversation conversation to 0 the tue famous unIt mid Ild callIng aln It this thu unhappy in Id which ob oI my lY friends bright light Hut Butt let Jt us UI UP be Ip fair to him hll continued Lord Giey Grey Olt Bloods In th tho ha first pinco was 1 pr H n ii Cape tops colony he lie knew that lint or would light to the hoe death 11 sIll ny of ot South Africa our oum hag lar He lie le knew that either L Africa must lust tOme com under ulder thus the Dutch Hug flog fUI or UI the lie ilag lal or tint the Hie alter Ilter alternative native as vas 11 the lie natural system or lather mather thou the w lt ler r auth 1111 dittos chaos you OU see seo In Arica today Thou Then he hoe had load in Ilot groat oat financial In iii 1 the tho thu these o gave i Mm Mi the time to in effect a 1 rave revo revolution lution Illon If I he lie he could coull Here was vas WI a n I Ic in tn t I a n majority ty of ot Us Its Ia community the franchise while Ihl levying taxes at nl the late of or 10 W 10 per lii capita jer Jer annum nd turning of ot this ills th misbegotten revenue lute Into of ot otar v war ar Kruger nt at arming nil all 11 the lie Dutch In South Africa with wih thus Die Ihl gold Bold goll hi hp h levied front from the tie Hanoi minei I dont to t discuss dlou the of or our war Wil or thC causes of or that lint war hut but I 00 want vant to make It I clear cheer my friend hoped by an coup 1 d stat elat to destroy nt at lt a to no so 1 cure cur for tor the thc Transvaal tho the stuns 18 political cal II conditions namely rights for foral nil all al white men as I obtain In Gl colony clony end 1111 NataL He Ue tooled tOile the lie raid rid failed lit fir PI my may lY cart ert as ns phrased It I and the th abortive mill Rhode himself to nil all 11 In a I false light to the lie i tOl death of ot his lila friend t ord Orey Grey Mid 11 Tho The world orM will wi be hi 1 poorer no one will wi somali melt tint try tt to draw drw them Item on n a map I no 1 one living hivIng perhaps will wi try Ir as a h he would have Ille tried to fed ted federate crate erate our on the American cys yn y fl ern m Jober yes yei ya he hoe will wi try tr we w wil iIii Many tB rl of ot us try and we will wi succeed Others ran paul carry Orr on his hula work I 1 am happy that tha I went want to I Wn where her these Ihle thIngs hinge are fully ac toe duch men maui In en nn as A your our pr 1111 l 0 bat nt Senator Hoar Hor and others other I could name give those thO who come near them much encouragement A groat R jolius fo JO goes out with wih true lots bis hil Work 11 will BO go 11 forward In some ways more mor moodily because beus he his had bath In lii aroused great mit antagonisms hut mit hit we shall not see sea his hii like again anti and his liha passing will wi for me and ant many oth others ors ore take toke much color from trum our Ive Other nations he hI once soul Mid to mo tume 10 will wi pursue police but hut the tho lie two gr at Eng ng IRI 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