The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-22
'DIRECT TO MANILA IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL 1.-THE DAY IN COURT
RHODES BURIED IN THE LONELY
MOUNTAIN.
Funeral Procession Five Miles Long
Follows the Body Fifteen Miles to the
Grave-Natives Present.

BULUWAYO. NIatabeleland) April
1O.-Amid an immense throng of sol
diers, civilians and natives the body Of
Cecil Rhodes was today committed to
its rocky tomb i'm the Matoppo hills
The coffin was shrouded i'm a union
jack, and the wreath sent by Queen
Alexandra was laid upon it as it was
lowered into the grave.
The funeral party started from Full
lers Hotel early this morning the pro-
cession was five miles long as it wound
through the hills and gorges. Every
sort of conveyance was maue Ut o..
Some were on foot, others were on hors-
baCk or on bicycles, WulIe sim Otuers
were in wagons and carriages
When the procession was mile from
the grave everybody dismounted and
concluded the journey on foot. Twelve
oxen hauled the coffin to the almost in
accessible summit of the kopie, where
the Chiefs Shembli. Faku and Umgula
and 1000 natives had assembled to wit
ness the Christian interment rites
which they afterward supplemented i'm
their own fashion by the sacrifice of fif-
teen oxen to the shade of the great
chief
Thousands of white persons congre-
gated around the windswept hill The
grave was cnCirCled by six powders
The interment fas extremely imprcs-
siVe. The dead march" echoed through
the hills. and the natives stood like
statues. Tears were in the eyes of many
of the OnlOokers The Bishop of Ma
shonaland, who conducted the inter-
ment service said: Il COnsecrate this
place forever Here he thought. here
he lived and died for the empire"
When the coffin was lowered into the
tomb chiseled i'm the solid rock all those
present sang "Old Hundred" and Now
the Laborers Task is over" The re-
mainder Of the funeral service was
chanted and the band played the dead
march i'm saul" The tomb was COW
cred with wreaths.
At the close of the ceremony those
present slowly inspected the spot where
Mr.. Rhodes lies buried and threw flow
ers upon the grave. Dr. Jameson, Colo
mel Francis Rhodes and all the other
mourners left Buluwayo tonight on a
special train.
The scene around Cecil Rhodes farm
the night preceding his interment was
extraordinary The whole population
of BuluWayo seemed to be moving there
to camp, and as the darkness closed
down the camp fires sparkled i'm all di-
reCtiOns. The people, i'm every sort of
vehicle and on foot, arrived at the camp
throughout the entire night. Some ma
ttves tramped 100 miles in order to be
present at the interment. The men wore
big slouch hats and shirts with short
sleeves. Morning revealed an immense
camp i'm a lovely valley bright with
sunlight Many kopjes and granite
powders walled it on every side.
After the Bishop of Mashonaland had
read impressively the poem written
for the occasion by Rudyard Kip
ling, Sekombo the great Induna and
orator of the Matabele made q speech
in which he said Both Cecil Rhodes
and Umsilgazi, the founder of the
Matabele nation, are buried on the Ma
tOppO hills, and the Matabele now con-
slider the spirit of Umsiligazi is with
that of Cecil Rhodes"