Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-27
FOR A STATE FUNERAL
Preparations in Progress at Cape
Town for Funeral Of Cecil
Rhodes.
II Is Said He Left a Book Dealing
With the Present War in
South Africa.
Policy Of the Imperial Govern.
ment Severely Criticized
General News.

/ ture of South Africa, but that owing to
Its severe criticisms of the imperial
government it's publication will be de-
llayed. Rhodes idea, it is said. was to
4 throw on the shoulders of the imperial
authorities responsibility for the tragic
i failure of the war policy. The report
lis also in circulation that when the
news of Rhodes death was conveyed
to him, Paul Kruger said: The Lord
giveth and the Lord taketh away.
Blessed be the name Of the Lord
4 London, March 27.--The death of Ce-
Gil Rhodes came as no great surprise to
the few who saw anything of him dur
I ing his last visit to London during the
winter Whether it was due to his ex-
periences during the long siege of Kim
| berley or the accumulated anXieties
regarding the war In South Africa with
an accompanying change Of feeling in
England towards him there is no doubt
he 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 so stout as
w
He was frequently attacked with Sc
were heart troubles, during which he
exhibited the stoieism which marked
| his extraordinary carer. Nor did he al
How his bodily ailments to interfere
with business. Among his associates in
the city he never mentioned to them,
nor did he permit them to be mention
ed to him. Up to the last Mr.. Rhodes
| kept firm grip on all those vast South
African interests created and con-
trolled by him. Except that he was
more irritable and more dictatorial,
there was no outward change in his
method of handling men, millions and
empires Towards, the social side of
! life, however, he soured visibly. Once
his days work at the offices Of the
British Chartered South Africa Com
pany was over he shut himself up from
the curious in an rnfrequented London
lhotel, where he utterly denied himself
| to all except half q dozen favored inti-
mates. DR.. Jameson was his constant
companion. Indeed, none of Dr. jam
eson's indiscretions ever affected the
| warm friendship existing between the
two men. They could be seen in the
rides on horses, never breaking out
from walk, the exposure of all eyes
yet severely unobservant of the hum
dreds of Londons political and social
leaders who had the right to a bowling
acquaintaneeship More especially did
Mr.. Rhodes shun the present govern
ment leaders. He bitterly expressed
his contempt of British army methods
in South Africa and probably never
quite forgave Mr.. Chamberlain and
Lord Miner for not consulting him or
endeayoring to utilize the powerful
financial political machine which Mr.
Rhodes undoubtedly manipulated over
the whole of South Africa. With in
creasing Feasibility, which he did not
hesitate to vent on duke or plebian who
crossed his path, he grew more and
more restless as the end of his life drew
near. He was never contented to stay
| long in one place. His closing days de-
volved into an unceasing, purposeless
quest of change OF scene. During his
recent trip to Egypt this was particu-
| larly noticeable. He rushed from place
to place as If with the only object of
upsetting his own plans. Then he sud-
denly returned to England.
| Financially, Mr.. Rhodes death is not
likely to have any very far reaching
results, as all his enterprises were sys-
tematized so thoroughly as not to need
| the master mind, which was so neces-
sary to their inception. Owing to the
very great success, Of the DeBeer mines,
the British Chartered South Africa
Company. and other great South Afri-
ca ventures, Mr.. Rhodes fortune had
been steadily accommodating. He lost
money on the war, but the inroads that
made most havoc have been trifling
compared with the many millions he
possessed. He never lost his open
handed, but somewhat reckless meth
DDS of handling money. Not long ago
| he walked into the Office of one of his
confidential subordinates and threw
down bundle of notes. bonds. etc,
saying: Invest these for me-" and went
out without waiting to have them look
ed at. Inspection revealed the fact they
amounted to more than a million
pounds sterling. How they were in
vested Mr.. Rhodes never knew, or
cared Tor months later, as that night he
went off on one OF his wandering 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.
The news of Mr.. Rhodes death
reached London too late to secure COM
NETT or ascertain its effect on stock
markets. The bulletin which was sent
from Capetown at 6:35 p m, reached
the newspaper offices just as the final
editions We're going to press. Some of
the half penny sheets soon turned out
l.posters announcing the event, but a
number of the last editions did not con-
tain even the bare announcement of
Mr.. Rhodes death. Throgmorton street
was deserted when the news arrived so
there was not even flutter in the curb
market. The "tlckers'' soon dissemin-
ated the news In the clubs and hotels
where 1T formed the main topic of con-
versation, but the event has been SO
thoroughly discounted that it can hard
lily be said to have caused ripple of
excitement.
Career Of Rhodes.
The British publication, who's
Who - gives fh,a following brief ac-