The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-03
CECIL RHODES IS DEAD


Cecil Rhsaes Died ~ Cape Town-
EaA was Not Unexpsstea-0ssat
seasA African FinaAeass sse-
cnmbea to Heart Dlssase--0hera
sketch az His Life-was wealthy.
Caps Town, March 27.-AAr. Rhodes
died peacefully at S:67 p. m. Wednss
day.
End Was Expected.
London, March 27.--The death Of Cecil
Rhodes came ~ no great surprise tc
those few who saw anything Of him dur.
ing his last visit to London during the
winter. Whistler it wAs due to his ex-
periences during the long siege Of kim
berley, or the accumulated anxieties re
garding the war in South Africa. with an
accompanying change Of public feeling IN
England toward MIN, there Il no doub,
be was almost completely broken down
within the last two years.
Even his appearance changed. His
once finely chiseled face had become
bloated. and his always huge frame filled
out until he Became 90 stout ~ to make
walking matter Of difficulty. He was
frequently attacked with sevcrs hear
lro,;t.es. during which he exhausted tn.
stole lem which marked his cAl,acrdinar,
career Nor did he allow ,is hruily all
nente to interfere with .inc.s. Anon.
his associates in the city he never sncn
ti.ned them, nor did 10 permit them to
ic mentioned to him.
Up to the last M. k!.sles ls.p. 4 Arm,
gfir on al hose vas. South 1si,ican in
t-:.~tr created and .sont eoiscL by him
Except that he was mor, irritable an.
, more dictatorial, there was no outward
change in his method OF handling men
Toward the social side Of life. however
he soured visibly. Once his days work
at the offices Of the British Chartered
company was over, he shut himself up
from the curious in an nnfrequented Lon.
don hotel, where he utterly denied him.
self to all except few.
MIR. Jameson was his constant compAn.
ION. Indeed, none OF Dr.. Jamssons in
discretions ever affected the warm friend
ship existing between the two men. They
could he seen in the park In the morn.
ing together riding ON horseback, never
breaking out from walk, the exposure
Of all eyes, yet severely unobserved BY
the hundreds Of London's political and
social leaders, who had thu right to 1
bowling acquaintanceship.
More especially did Mr.. Rhodes shun
the present government leaders, He bitter.
~ expressed his contempt Of British army
methods in South Africa, and probably
never quite forgave Mr.. Chamberlain and
Lord Milner for not consulting him o.
endeavoring to utilize the power Of thu
political machine with Mr.. Rhodes ma
nipulated over South Africa.
With increasing irascibility, which b
did not hesitate to vent on duke or pie
bean who crossed his path, he grew NOR,
and more restless ~ the end Of his lii.
drew near. He was never c0ntentsd Il
stay long In one place. His closing day,
developed into an unceasing, purposeles,
quest Of change Of scene. During HE re-
cent trip to Egypt this was particularly
noticeable. He rushed from place Il
place, - II with the only object Of up
setting his own plans. Than be suddenly
returned to England.
Financially Mr.. Rhodes death h moi
likely to have any very far reaching re
suits, n all his enterprises were system
affixed 70 thoroughly ~ not to need the
master mind which was 70 necessary Il
their inception.
| Owing to the very great success Of the
DeBeers mines. the British Chartered
South African company, and other great
I South African ventures, Rhodes fortune
had been steadily accommodating. He lost
money over the war, but what inroads
that made must have been trifling com.
pared with the many millions he possess.
ed. He never lost his open handed but
somewhat reckless methods Of handling
money. Not long ago he walked into the
Office Of one Of his confidential subor-
/ dinates and threw down bundle oil
notes, bonds, ETC., saying: "Invest these
for me-" and went out without waiting
to have them looked at Inspection II.
vealed the fact that they amounted to
more than million pounds sterling. How
they we're invested Mr.. Rhodes never
knew or cared for months later, an that
night he went of on one Of his wander
ing tours and refused to allow himself
! to be bothered with the details OF the in
vestment of his millions until he re
turned to England.
| Cared Little for Money.
New York, March 27.-John Hay
Hammond, who was for many years ant
up to the time Of the death Of Ceci
Rhodes intimately associated with him II
the development Of South Africa, wal
consulting engineer Of the British Soutl
Africa Chartered company and the Con