The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-27
DEATH OF CECIL RHODES.
SOUTH AFRICAN EMPIRE BULDERI b.. FINALLY SUCCUMBS
News Causes Profound Grief In Cape TOwn-Estimates of His Career-Hts Great Fortune.

Town-Eptimates of His Career-His
 Great Fortune.
 Cape Town, March 26-Cecil Rhodes
 died at 5.57 o'clock this afternoon. The
 end came with unexpected sWiftness, as
 at noon he was reported as having slept
 quietly during the morning and his con-
 dition was apparently unchanged. He
 had passed a bad night but rallied ear
 ly in the morning and took some nour-
 ishment. He slept again during the af-
 ternoon but his breathing became more difficult and his strength perceptibly
 diminished until he passed away.
 The body will be taken to Grootes- chuur, the residence of the deceased
 near Cape Town, on a special train to- morrow. There it will probably be i'm state for day or two and the public will be admitted to view the remains. It has not yet been determined where he will be buried. It was the wish of MT Rhodes to be inferred at Matoppo Hills, Rhodesia. Certain of his friends will proceed to Matoppo Hills to deter mine whether it is practicable to carry out this wish.
 The features of the dead man are placid, and death mask of them will be taken.
 The government has decided to give Cecil Rhodes a public funeral. His re- mains will be brought here from Grooteschuur for the burial service, which will be held in the cathedral. The bodywill then be taken back to Grootes- chuur and will eventually be inferred at Matoppo Hills.
 Since MT. Rhodes took to his bed three weeks ago, his friends had been most anxious that he should recover sufficiently to be taken back to Eng land. The cottage where he died was a simple seaside cabin small and close to the railroad It was ill-ftted to be a sick chamber, although the utmost was done to improve the ventilation and make 1t more comfortable. Dr. Steven [ son slept by his patient every night that he might be in readiness to administer 1 oxygen, which practically kept MT. Rhodes alive.
 Last Sunday he lost all interest in everything and since then he dozed the hours away. His rally from the crisis of Tuesday left but the faintest hopes for his ultimate recovery. These were entirely abandoned with the renewed attack at noon to-day.
 The news of his death spread through Cape Town between and o'clock this evening and caused profound grief, All places of amusement were immediately closed An open-air concert was stop ped and the audience uncovered while the band played the Dead March," The people then silently dispersed.
 London March 26.--The death of Ce- cil Rhodes came IS no great surprise to those few who saw anything of him during his last visit to London during the winter Whether it was due to his experiences during the long siege of Kimberley or the accumulated anXieties regarding the war in South Africa, with an accompanying change of public feel ing in England towards him, there is no doubt that he had almost completely broken down within the last two years. Even his appearance changed. His face ] had become puffed out. and his always large frame had become so stout as to make walking matter of difficulty. He was frequently attacked with severe heart troubles, during which he exhib- ] ited the stoicism which marked his ex- traordnary career He did not allow his bodily ailments to interfere with business. Among his associates in the city he never mentioned them. nor did he permit them to be mentioned to him. |
 Up to the last MT. Rhodes kept a firm T grip on all those vast South African in- q terests created and controlled by him. Except that he was more irritable and ', more dictatorial there was no outward , change in his method of handling men, f millions and empires. Towards the so- / cial side of life however he soured Once his days work at the of f fees of the British Chartered South I Africa company was over. he shut him. self up from the curious in an unfre- quented London hotel where he utterly f denied himself to all except half i dozen favored intimates. r pr. Jameson was his constant com r panion they could often be seen in the e park in the morning. taking solitary r rides on horses MT Rhodes especially the present government lead S CTS. He bitterly expressed his con- I .empt of British army methods in South V
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