The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-29
All the Transvaal Mourning for the
Greatest Warrior the Republic
Has Produced.
WHOSE CUNNING WON FOR HIM THE
SOBRIQUET "sLIM PET"
sketch of His Remarkable Career
Born i'm Cape Colony, Instead of
Pennsylvania, as Reported.

PRETORIA, March S.-Generai Joubert
died last night at 80 o'clock. He had
been suffering from stomach complaint.
The town is plunged into mourning for the
true patriot, gallant general and upright
and honorable gentleman.
LONDON, March 2S-In connection with
the announcement of the death of Cen
eral Joubert ii is interesting to note that
Sir George White, the British general who
commanded the garrison which defended
Ladysmith. in a speech at Cape Town yes
terday evening, declared that Joubert was
soldier and a gentleman and brave
and honorable opponent.
The Pretoria correspondent of the Daily
Mail, telegraphing yesterday, says: Gen.
Joubert died of peritonitis. The funeral
will take place tomorrow Thursday The
government is pleading with the widow to
allow a temporary 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
command will probably be Gen. Louis
Botha, now commanding in Natal"
A private dispatch has been received at
Brussels from Pretoria which says that
President Kruger will now take chief COM
mand of the Transvaal forces.
The afternoon newspapers to-day publish
long biographies of General Joubert. Cen
orally they are in a kindly tone. The Pail
Mall Gazette says: "Piet Joubert was the
one contemporary Transvaal Boer. except
ex-Chief Justice KotZe, whose death could
call forth a sincere tribute of respect from
Englishmen of all parties. He was the
antipodes in the Transvaal world of Leyds
and personally was honest, straight and
clean-handed.
All the morning papers print singuarly
kind editorials concerning General Joubert.
They praise his military Skill uphold his
chivalrous conduct, and regret that so
strong and moderate a mind should be alb
sent from the final settlement of the dis
pute. Although some of the younger COM
manders thought the old soldier wanting
in dash and enterprise, his raid into the
country south of Tugela is considered the
best piece OF Boer leadership during the
whole war. 1t is now known that he crossed
the Tugela with only 5000 rifiemen and six
guns, but so bold and rapid were his move
ments that the British commanders thought
| ten thousand Beers were marching on
| Pietermaritzburg. For a few days, al
| though in the presence of greatly superior
forces. he isolated General Hildyard's bril-
gade at Estcourt. and at the same time
| threatened General Barton's camp at Moot
river. Then as British reinforcements were
| pushed up Joubert recrossed the Tugela
| without losing a prisoner, wagon or a
gun. General Whites estimate of him.
pronounced on Tuesday, before he died, as
| gentleman and a brave and honorable
opponent, strikes the tone of all British
comment
In November last il. was reported that
| General Joubert had been killed in action.
| and later reports said he was dangerously
wounded and had to use a cart in order to
! follow the operations i'm the field. William
Cox. a newspaper correspondent. who was
recently released from Imprisonment at
| Pretoria, and who has arrived at Durham,
| said yesterday Joubert was apparently sus-
| life would be in danger at the hands of the
| burghers If Pretoria was besieged
! PARIS. March %. 5 a. m.-The Paris press
| is unanimous i'm eulogizing General Jou-
/ bert, whose death is considered serious
loss to the federals All the papers agree
| i'm thinking that change I'm the chief COM
mand 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. considering his mill
| tary reputation, the resistance of the Beers
| is likely to become more stubborn than
| ever.