Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-04-02
The South African Pioneer Died at
Cape Town Last Wednesday AZ.
ter Lingering Sickness.
WAS FoRTY.seveN YEARS OLD
Had Neither Wife Nor Child and
Leaves an Immense Fortune
Last Resting Place in Africa.


Rhodes slept again during the after.
noon, but his breathing became diff.
cult and his strength perceptibly di.
minished until he passed away peace.
fully at 5:57 p. m.
Mr.. Rhodes was unconscious until
$3.50 p. m. when he muttered a few
words and stink quickly. The i'm
mediate cause Of his death was two
successive attacks of heart failure.
At his bedside were:
DR.. Jameson; DR.. J. w. Smart, min
lister of public works; Col. Emhurst
Rhodes. director of signalling OF the
South African field forces, and Mr..
Walton. a member of the assembly OF
Port Elizabeth.
Mr.. Rhodes last words we're the
names OF his brother and some of the
others present, which were meant to
be goodbye. The only person who
attended him during his illness. and
who was not present at his bedside,
was DIR. Stevenson. All the others,
his "boys" and personal servants.
were admitted at last. The body will
be taken to Grottschuer, near Cape
'rown, on a special train tomorrow.
There it will probably lie in state
for day or two and the public will
be admitted to view the remains. IL
has not yet been determined where
he will be buried. It was the wish Of
Mr.. Rhodes to be inferred at Matoppo
Hills, Rhodesia. Certain OF his
friends will proceed TO Matoppo Hills
to determine whether ii Is practica-
BILE to carry out his wish. The fea.
lures of the dead man are placid and
a death mask of them will be taken.
The government has decided to give
Cecil Rhodes public funeral. His
remains will be brought here from
Grooteschuur for burial service, which
will be held in the cathedral The
body will then be taken back to
Grooteschuur and eventually will be
inferred at Matoppo Hills.
Cecil John Rhodes was born In
1853. His father was the Rev. Fran
els w. Rhodes, vicar of Bishop Stor-
er Young Rhodes entered Oriel col
lege, oxford, in 1872, but his health
breaking down, he went to South
Africa, osciliating between the two
countries until 1881, when he took his
degree.
In South Africa Rhodes soon made
his mark. II is said that he was the
only man President Kruger really
feared Even as youth he Impress
ed the astute president Of the Trans
vaal with his ability and aims. The
Beers hated Rhodes with a hatred
deep and intense.
Mr.. Rhodes greatness was OF the
supreme type. II has left its mark
upon the world. The British owe 1t
to the diamond king that the vast ter
ritory known as British Bechuana-
land belong to their empire and not
to the Beers, whom Rhodes antlcapat-
ed in obtaining possession OF that
state.
In the wide and virgin regions OF
South Africa he took his stand as the
pioneer OF British civilization. Stand
ing in the little group of houses that
constituted Kimberley twenty years
ago, Rhodes. looking. at the map OF
South Africa. drew his finger around
the heart of the continent-its rich
est territory stretching from the Cape
of Good Hope northward to the great
lakes-and said:
"All that shall be English-that is
my dream"
Rhodes came under the influence
of that other great man-General
Gordon. Gordon had been sent by
the Cape Town government to make
terms OF peace with the Basutos and
lin Bastutoland Rhodes met him.
When Gordon went to Khartoum he
wanted Rhodes TO go with him. He
refused and accepted the treasurer
generalship in the Scanlan ministry
at the Cape. s.
Mr.. Rhodes was deputy commits.
sioner OF Bechuanaland; managing
director of the British South Africa
company; chairman Of the De Beers
mines, Premier Of Cape. colony and
minister of native affairs. =
During the Matabele war, Mr..
Rhodes did good service and brought
the campaign to conclusion by rid.
ing alone and unarmed into the camp
lof the hostile tribe and persuading
the chiefs TO surrender.
The great failure in Rhodes career
and the great blot on his fame was
the Jameson raid. Rhodes assumed
full responsibility for this wretched
fasco. which had the effect OF max.
ling the Beers redouble their efforts
to fill their country with arms and