Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1904-07-22
GRIM REAPER
CALLS KRUGER
Ex.Prssident Of Transvaal Republic
in South Africa No More.
DIES In SWITZERLAND
Old Age and Senile Inanity Cause Of
Demise. Noted Character That
Won Plaudits of World.

Paul Kruger, former president Of the
Transvaal republic. in South Africa,
died at Clarens, Switzerland. Thurs.
day morning from pneumonia and su.
pcryening heart weakness.
Mr.. Kruger lost consciousness Mon.
day. His daughter and son in law
were with him at the time of MS
death. He had been out only once
since his arrival at Clarens at tho 90.
ginning OF last month.
The rx.president's body was. en-.
balmed at once and the remains placed
in a vault pending funeral arrange.
mcnts. Application will be made 10
the British government for authority
10 TRANSPORT the remains To the Trans.
yaal. In the meantime they will lie
temporarily Inferred at Clarens.
Mr.. Kruger who was staying at tho
villa du Roichet, had been gradually
railing for long time. but he was
abe to attend to affairs, read the
newspapers and received visits until
Saturday.
change for the worse set in On
Sunday. He became unconscious Mon.
day AMI remained so until his death.
On several occasions Mr.. Kruger
had expressed desire to be buried
beside his wife, in his own country.
The pos mortcm of the body show.
edp th',t Kruger died of senlc mani.
ton. the state OF the cx.prCsidcnt's
health mad been kept secret.
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger.
eX.prcsident Of the South African Re.
public. was born in Colesburg. Cape
Colony, October 10. 1926. His ances.
TOR, Jacob Kruger. went from Berlin
in the Dutch East India Company's
service In 17l3, at the time when the
foundations of many of the leading
Boer families were being laid by immi.
grafton. In 1886 young Paul shared
with his family the hardships of the
great trek. when the blunders of the
British colonial administration made
enemies of the leading Beers OF Cape.
sIt<phys~.9rsEysssa-sssss
coiOhy1 and drove them to self.lm.
posed exile which resulted in the !
OF new South African Re.
public beyond the Vaal.
In preparation for the struggle with
England which he had long regarded
as inevitable, Kruger had put the
Transvaal into an excellent defensive
state by the purchase OF large quaint.
ties OF arms and ammunition.
The events and results OF the Boer
war are matters OF history.
After the fall Of Pretoria Uune S,
1900. President Kruger fed into Por.
tuguese territory. and on October 18th
sailed from Lourenzo Marques for Ell
rope In the hope OF securing foreign
aid or Intervention. He was received
with enthusiasm In France, but failed
TO obtain an audience with the Ger.
man emperor and took up his resi-.
dence in the Netherlands. making his
home In Utrecht and The Hague. His
efforts to secure foreign intervention
failed. but he continued to exhort the
Beers to stand fast to the last.
Causes Sorrow In Paris.
\ Paris special says: The death OF
the president OF the Transvaal, Paul
Kruger. at Clarens, Switzerland.
arouses widespread regret. owing TO
French sympathy for the Boer cause
and personal admiration for the ex.
president.
He avoided reference to the BOer |
war but when II was occasionally |
mentioned, he showed no resentment |
aud expressed the belief that Provi. |
dence would eventually render justice |
To the Boer cause
Berlin Eulogizes Kruger.
The evening papers of Berlin. Ger. |
many. print warm eulogizes Of former |
Premier Kruger. studiously avoiding |
anti.British expressions.