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Show FIVE MILLION POUNDS. Fortuno of Cecil Rhodes Is Flnced at That Amount Will Absorbing Topic ln London. London, April G Tho war In South Africa, politics nnd cieiy topic usually of Interest were forgotten todiy In tho absorbing discussion of Cecil Ithodes's will. Rcgaidlng tint extraordlnarj-document, tho Associated Tiess has ascertained ascer-tained rnmo new facts. Iho total of Mr Rhodes 8 fortune Is likely to proic to be 15,000,000, or slightly under that nmount. Tho executors aie Loid Rosc-berj-, Uarl Orej', lxird Mllner, Alfied Port, Dr. Jameson, L. L. Mlceli nnd II. A. Hawkhley, to whom he bequeathed the residue of his estate. They will dlildo about 1,000,000 or f 1,000,000 among them. DIVIDING THIS LEGACY. According to tho terms of this lcgacj", the amount Is to be divided during their lifetime, but as each legatee dies his shaio goes to u common fund until sur-ililng sur-ililng leguteo becomes lis solo owner. Hence, one of tho executors, the majority ma-jority of whom aie nlicady enormously wealth y, will ono day Inherit what will then haie piobably accumulated Into neart) f.'.ooo.ooo. HAVE UNUSUAL POWERS. Tho executors, ;ho Associated Press learns, have unusually full powers, nnd can construe und idd to the will as seems fit. Hence, the omlnslon of Hrlt-Ish Hrlt-Ish Columbia, Noia bcotla nnd other Canadian proilnces from the list of scholai ships Is qulto likely to bo cor-lected cor-lected and each proilncc ot Canada may bo put on tho same footing as tho American Stutcs One of Mr. Ithodes's most Intimate associates said to u lepresentntlic of the Associated Pi ess: "He drew up his will In the same splilt In which he approached ap-proached all great undertakings. In his most important tasks ho meicly sketched the outlines und left us to fill In the details. Ills tiutlces are glien power. In the mattci ot the scholui-shlps scholui-shlps Mr. Rhodes saw the scheme was so last that any attempt to too rigidly lay down the lines might lcsult In harm, so. beyond endeavoring to meet tho l-gal l-gal rqulreinents, he tried to lenie the fulfillment of his plans to those with whom, during his lifetime, he had frequently fre-quently discussed them." AMERICAN IIEQUrSTS. Regarding tho American bequests, the same nathorlly said. "In offering Americana Amer-icana and lietmnns Inducements to go to Oxford, Mr Rhodes had u dual aim. I Irst, putting tho jouth of England lu Intimate touch with what he termed the two most progicsslic nations of tho World, bo that they might be broadened and spurred to more strenuous effoits, secondlj', bringing tho lieut specimens ot Americans und Deimaus on with terms with tho English people and customs thit they might becomo mlsslomulcs of u better liiterimtlonil understanding" when tho tiusttes tan meet anil all tho prcllmlnaij details nie Bettled, a lequcst will bo mado to seierol prominent promi-nent Ameileans to fonn u commutes to act In conjunction with the English body nnd assume certain lesponslblll-ties, lesponslblll-ties, for which the exetutots nro palpably pal-pably unfitted, both by absence fiom the United States and Ignoinnce of Us customs. THE CAESAR WILL. Tho afternoon papers nil deioto lengthy edltoilnls to the "Cnesni will," ns u Is teimed. Tho Globe, rcfenlng to Mr. Ithodes's hope of friendship be-tween be-tween nient lliltuln. the United Mates and Germany, kiijb- "Wo only hope that theo noble aspirations may be lenllzeel In their cntliety. England has clone her part ami there only remains the hope that future German educators may bo among Mr Ithodes's Oxford stu-denta, stu-denta, iird so gain a know ledge of England, Eng-land, now so lacking " WELCOMED TO OXPORD. The St. James Gazelle, lefenlng to the Intimations that the best joung Ameileans will bo diawn to Oxford, suja. We heartily hope to und, fiom no othci desire thin that Oxfonl should equip them to bn piolltable Boriantfl or their motherland. We wclcomo them." NEW IDEAS TO UNIVERSITY. The Westminster Gaetto snjs It be-Ilciea be-Ilciea the liieuislon uf Ainei linns, Germans Ger-mans and CuIoiiIuIh ought lo bring new life and new Ideas to Oxford, uddlng "We hopo the unliersltj will welcome It and piepaio to meet jt In a cordial spirit Whethei It will ham a uniforming uniform-ing effect on tho cmplie nnd promote Ihe guod lelatlons with Aineilca nnd lieimnnj whlth Mr, Rhodes desired, w depend hugely on tho spirit In which tho unlieulty rises tn the occasion, nnd Its ability to meet the nunts of these students." stu-dents." GREAT PEATURE OP WILL. 'iho Pull Mull Gazelle, refeirlng to the American bequest as the gient featuro of the will. sa "A more lemirknble Pioilslon for bringing the two great English-speaking poweis of the world Into closer touih was ncier bcfoio dienmtd of Tho gieat Ameilcan Nation cannot fall to b) deeply touched by this aplen-did aplen-did bid for its friendship made bj the dead." |