The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-04-03

day.
End Was Expected
London, March 27.-Tbe death Of Cecil
Rhodes came as no great surprise 10
those few who cav anything Of him dur
ing his last visit to London during the
winter. Whether it Was due TO his ex-
penenees during the long Siege Of Kim
berley, or the accumulated snxietns re-
garding the war in South Africa, with an
accompanying change Of public feeling IA
England toward MIN. there is no doubt
he was almost completely broken down
within the last two years
Even his appearance changed. His
once finely ehiseled face had become
bloated, and his always huge frame filed
out until be became so stout ne to make
walking a matter of difficulty. He was
frequently attacked with severe heart
irca:bies, during which be exhausted the
stoisism which marked biz extraordinary
career Nor did he allow MS bnaily all
I nseEts 10 interfere with J SINGS. AmoD>-
his associates in the city he never snen-
timed them, nor did lie ;,srInt them to
. p-entioned to him.
. 10 the last NJ. kl.si.s /. p firm
grip on al hose vas. South -iifjean in
t-s~ts created and coat rolled by him
Except that he WAS more initial le ami
more dietatorial, there was no outward
change in his method of handling men,
/ Toward the social side of life, however,
be soured visibly. Once his DAYS work
at the Offices of the British Chartered
company was over, he shut himself up
from tue curious IN an unfrequenied Lon
don hotel. where he utterly denld him
self TO all except few
Mr. Jameson was his constant conpan-
ion Indeed, none Of DR.. Jameson's in
diseretions 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, nlver
breaking out from a walk the cynosure
of all ewes, yet severely unobserved by
the hundreds of London's political and
social leaders, who had thu right TO a
bow ing acquainianceship.
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 forgare Mr. Chamberlain and
Lord Miner for not consulting Kim or
endeavoring TO utilize the power of the
political machine with MIR. Rhodes ma
uipulatei over South Africa.
With increasing Feasibility, which he
did not hesitate to vent on duke or pie
bean who crossed his path. be grew more
and more restless as the end of his life
drew near. He WAS never coniented to-
stay long in one place His closing days.
developed into an unceasing, purposeless
quest of change of scene During his re-
cent trip to Egypt this was particularly
-'i4rah~ y --shed from place to
place, as if with the only object of up
setting his own plans. Then he suddenly
returned to England.
Financially MIR. Rhodes death is not
likely TO have any very far reaching re-
suits, as all his enterprises we're system
stized so thoroughly as not to need the
master mind which was 50 necessary to
their inception.
Owing to the very great success of the
DeBeers mines, the British Chartered
South African company. and other great
South African ventures. Rhode5 fortune
had been steadily accumulating- He lost
money over the war, but what inroads
that made must have been triffing COM
pared with the many millions he possess
ed. He never lost his open handed but
reckless methods of handling
money. Not long ago he walked into the
office of one of his confidential eubor-
dinates and threw down a bundle of
notes bonds, etc, saying: Invest these
for me- and went out without waiting
vealed the fact that they amounted to
more than million pounds sterling. How
they were invested Mr. Rhodes never
knew or carad for months later, AS that
night he went off 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 e7-John HAYS
who was for many years and
~ to the time of the death of Cecil
Rhodes intimately associated with him in
he development Of South Africa, was
'onsulting engineer Of the British South
Africa Chartered company and the Con-
olidated Goldfelds of South Africa. in
which Mr.. Rhodes held important inter
SITS. had this to say OF Mr.. Rhodes:
"Mr. Rhodes. whose sun went down
shen it was day. died in the forty-sev-
nth year of his age. He leaves no pos
Gritty, but leaves his name on the map
f Africa tRhodesial, sponsor for 3 com
nonwealth nearly as large as our west
IN states. Had he lived he would have
evoted the remaining years Of his life
nd would have spent every dollar Of his
ortune in equipping THAI common
realth.s