The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-04-06
A LOSS TO THE BOERS
Their Great General Succumbs to Illness
at Transvaal Capital.
STOMACH TROUBLE CUTS HIM orr
Pretoria Plunged into Mourning Over the
loss of The Lender-Hard Blow at
the Burghers Cause-England Gains
by Death of Transyaars Military
Genius,

PRETORIA, March 29.-General
Joubert died last night at 11:30
o'clock. He had been suffering from
Il stomach complaint.
The town is plunged into mourning
for the true patriot, gallant general
and upright and honorable gentle
man.
LONDON, March 29.-Tke Pretoria
correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele-
graphing yesterday, says:
General Joubert died of peritonitis.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
Thursday. The government Is plead
ing with the widow to allow a tenn
porary interment here, with a state
funeral. Joubert always expressed a
desire to be buried in a mausoleum
built on his farm.
His successor in the chief COM
mand will probably be General Louis
Botha, now commanding in Natal"
All the morning papers print singu-
1arly kind editorials regarding Gen.
eral Joubert. They praise his mill
tary skill, uphold his chivalrous con-
duct and regret that so strong n
moderate a mind should be absent
from the final settlement of the dis
pute.
Although some of the younger COM
manders thought the old soldier want
ing in dash and enterprise, his raid
into the country south Of the Tugela
i. considered the best piece of Boer
leadership during the whole war. 1t
is now known that he crossed the
Tugela with only 1900 rifiemen and
six guns, but so bold and rapid were
his movements that the British COM
n,anders thought 10000 Beers were
marching on Pietermaritzburg. For a
few days, although in the presence of
greatly superior forces he isolated
General Hildyard's brigade at Est
court and at the same time threatened
General Barton's camp at Moot river.
Then as British reinforcements were
pushed up General Joubert recrossed
the Tugela without losing a prisoner
CT a gun.
General Whites estimate of him,
pronounced on Tuesday before he
died, strikes the tone of all British
comment.
In connection with the announce
ment of the death of General Jou-
bert, it is interesting to note that Sir
George White, the British general who
commanded Ladysnith, in a speech at
C%apetown yesterday evening. declared
that General Joubert was a soldier
and a gentleman and a brave and hon.
oTable opponent.
The afternoon newspapers today
publish long biographies of General
Jcubert. Generally they are in a
kindly tone.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: "Piet
Joubert was the n contemporary
Transvaal Boer except ex-Chief JUS
tice Kotze whose death could call
forth a sincere tribute of respect from
E~nglishmen of all parties. He was
the antipodes in the Transvaal world
of Leyds and personally was honest,
straight and clean-handed."
PARIS, March 29.-The Paris press
is unanimous in eulogizing General
Joubert, whose death is considered a
serious loss to the federals. All the
papers agree in thinking that a
change in the chief command is bound
to have grave consequences for the
Boer operations. Many think, how
ever, that President Kruger is fully
equal to the task and that, consider
ing his military reputation, the re-
sistance of the Beers is likely to be-
come more stubborn than ever.