The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-15
PAUL KRUGER
DIES IN EXILE
BoERS' DEP0SED PRESIDENT
PASSES AWAY AT HIS HOME IN
SWITZERLAND.

SOON Paul" Was 70 Years Old.
Pneumonia and Supervening
Heart Weakness the Cause of His
Death-Daughter and SOn-in-Law
with Him at the Enst-ApplicatiOIE
Win Be Made to COnquering Brit
ish to Allow Burial in the Trans
vaaI.
CIarens, Switzerland, July 14.-Paul
Kruger, former President of the
Transvaal Republic, died here at 3
O'Clock this morning from pneumonia
and supervening heart weakness.
Mr.. Kruger lost consciousness Mon
day. His daughter and son-in-law
were with him at the time of his death.
He had been out only once since his
arrival. here, at the beginning of last
month.
The ex-President's body was en-
balmed and this afternoon the remains
were placed in vault, pending funeral
arrangements. Application will be
made to the British government for
authority to transport the remains to
the Transvaal. In the meantime. they
will be temporarily inferred here.
Mr.. Kruger, who was staying at the
Villa Du Boichet, had been gradually
failing for a long time, but he was
able to attend to affairs, read the
newspapers and receive visitors until
Saturday. A change for the worse set
in on Sunday. He became uncon-
scious Monday and remained so until
his death.
Besides the Eloffs. Mr.. Kruger was
tended by his own physician, DR..
Heymann, and by his secretary Mr..
RedeL
On several occasions Mr.. Kruger had
expressed a, desire to he buried beside
his wife, in his own coantry.
The post mortem examination of the
body showed that Mr.. Kruger died of
senile pneumonia, caused by sclerosis
of the arteries, which made rapid pro-
gress during the last few weeks. The
ex-Presidents state of health was kept
secret.
Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger,
was a Boer by birth and breeding, in
heritance, and instinct. He was de-
scended from Jacob Kruger, Ger
man. who settled at Cape Town in
171s
He was born in 1926. and was brought
up as other Boer boys were. to mind
lsheep. do farm work, drive great teams
of oxen, to ride and hunt and shoot.
He went with the trek into Natal and
there fought the Matabele and Zulus.
AT eighteen he was assistant field
| cornet. Later he served as command
ant and commandant in chief. and he
was the ruling spirit of the triumvi-
rate. the other two members of which
were Joubert and Pretorious, during
the war Of independence against Great
britain in fS80-S1. He was the first
President of the Boer Republic after
fhe re-establishment in 1881, and was
four times reelected. the last time IN
1875 for FIVE years. Gen. Ioubert was
a candidate against him trice, and in
the third contest pressed him close
Kruger was known among his people
as loom Paul"-Uncle Paul-and the
!. ion of Rustenburg.'
As soldier he ranked high, and
II was in that capacity that he FIRST
won the confidence Of his people. The
credit OF ending the civil war in his
country by the victory al Crocodile
river Is universally accorded to him.
re was in public life continuously
from 1854, when he was first elected
Vice President. until near the end of
,he recent war between the South AZ
riean republic and Great Britain.
shortly before the fall Of Pretoria,
president Kruger left South Africa,
Going 10 Holland. His wife. whom he
! ieft behind IN Pretoria. died before she
! could Join him IN Europe. Since leav-
| ing South Africa Mr.. Kruger has spent
most Of his time in Holland and switz-
zerland