The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-04-11
CECIL RHODES WILL FILED
SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN AWAY.
Each State aud Territory of the
Union Entitled to Send Two schoI-
airs to OxfOrd-Same to England
and Germany-He Is to BE Buried
i'm Solid Rock.

London-The will of Cecil Rhodes
provides for the establishment of colo
NAL scholarships, as previously an
nounced, and two American scholar
ships to each of the present states and
territories of the United States.
The will of Mr.. Rhodes also pro-
vides for five scholarships for students
of German birth at Oxford, to be nom
mated by Emperor William. Com
menting on the requests, Mr. Rhodes,
in a codicil telegraphed from South
Africa, said:
For a good understanding between
England, Germany and the United
States will secure the peace of the
world, and educational relations form
the strongest tie"
All the Rhodes scholarships. Amer
lean, colonial and German. are at Ok
ford.
Mr.. Rhodes will is a remarkable
and voluminous document of more
than $500 words. Even this is not the
entire will as the executors only gave
out the portion which they consider
to be of public interest. 1t was exc
cuted in 1899 There is a codicil at
tached on the day of the deceased's
last departure from England, and an
other cabled from Cape Town leaves
1000 pounds sterling yearly to keep
up the spot in the Matoppo hills where
the remains are to be buried. The
Will further directs that a railroad ex-
tension be made into the MatoppO
hills, so that visitors may go there at
the weeks end to inspect the males
ty and glory of their surroundings"
Mr.. Rhodes explicitly says he is to
be buried in an aperture cut in the
solid rock, surmounted by a brass
tablet bearing the words: Here lies
the remains of Cecil John Rhodes"
No one else is to be buried there
who has not deserved well of his
country
Mr.. Rhodes bequeaths all his landed
property near Buluwayo and Salisbury.
both in Metabeleland, to trustees
whom he directs to cultivate the land
for the instruction of the people of
Rhodesia. His celebrated country
place at Grootschuur, not far from
Cape Town. MIR. Rhodes leaves as u
residence for the prime minister of
the federal government of South AZ
RIGA, with $1,000 yearly for it's main
tenance.
In codicil to his will Cecil Rhodes
settles the Dalham hall estate on his
hnr
Rhodes, and his male heirs, with the
remainder to his brother Ernest Fred
erick Rhodes, and his male heirs. In
d clause referring to this settlement
Mr.. Rhodes expresses his objection to
the expectant heir developing into
'loafer." and says that the essence of
a proper life is that every man should
have definite occupation during
substantial period of his career. In
the disposition of the Dalham estate
it is provided that the successor to
the estate must have been 10 years in
business or in a profession other than
the army, or, in the case of an infant
heir, he must enter business and re
main there for 10 years, otherwise the
entail will terminate.
The will guards strictly against en-
numbering the estate.
Mr.. Rhodes divides the 100000 be-
queathed to Oriel college into several
funds, indicating cOncisely how he
wished them to be applied, and adds
this characteristic sentence:
"And finally, as college authorities
live secluded from the world. and so
are like children as to commercial
matters, l would advise them to con
suit my trustees regarding the invest
ment of these various funds, as they
would receive great help and assis-
lance from such advice"