The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-11-27
LORD ROBERTS DIES
WHILE At FRONT
Famous English Soldier Sue
CumbS to Pneumonia.
GEN. FRENCH WIRES NEWS
Field Marshal Was in France to Visit
His Indian Forces on Battle Line
Warned Nation Of War
With Germany.

London, Nov 16.-Field Marshal
Earl Roberts is dead in France rom
pneumonia.
A telegram from Field Marshal Sir
John French, commander of the Brit
ish expeditionary forces on the CONT
nent, appIised Earl Kitchener, secre-
tary of state for war, of the death of
England's great soldier The telegram
read:
Il deeply regret to tell you that Lord
Roberts died at eight o'clock in the
evening"
The place where Britains aged hero
died is not known definitely. 1t is sup
posed to have been somewhere along
the Belgian-French frontier, where the
British have been fighting for weeks.
Left to Visit Indian Troops.
Field Marshal Roberts, who was
colonel-in-chief Of the Indian troops,
had gone to France to give them his
greeting. Soon after his arrival he
became seriously i'll. He suffered from
severe chill on Thursday and pneu-
monia rapidly developed. His great
ago = eighty-two years initiated
against his recovery, the crisis in the
| disease coming quickly.
He was the most popular military
| figure in Great Britain and q national
hero without rival in the affection of
the people.
III ttriy hn ort civ
when the German war cloud had been
| growing, Lord Roberts prosecuted an
active campaign to persuade the ma
| ton to adopt compulsory military
service. In his last speech to parlia-
ment he warned the nation of the dan
ger Of a war with Germany.
Breast a Blaze Of Medals.
The brilliant record of achievement
of Lord Roberts, England's greatest
and most popular soldier. was written
automatically in the medals and hon
ors which he wore in a perfect blaze
on lis breast when he attended the
royal levees at ST. James palace.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts was born
| September 80 1882, at Cawnpore. In
dia. while his father, Gen. Sir Abra'
ham Roberts, was conducting one OF
the Indian campaigns. His father
owned an estate in Waterford, Ireland
and his mother came from Tipperary
He was very young when sent to Eng
land to be educated. There he was
graduated from Elton, Sandhurst and
Addiscombe.
1t was In Delhi that his career of
| glory began perilous though 1t was
and often all but cut short by the bull
lets, shells and sabers of the Sepoys
herever the fighting was hottest
young Roberts was pretty sure to be
in great evidence. Wounds he recov
cred from and fevers he defled.
Married a Captains Daughter.
He became a lover, and he courted
as he fought-resolutely, determined
ly. with no thought of defeat. On May
II. 1859, he married her-Kora Henri
eta Bews. the daughter of captain
She gave him two daughters and one
son. The latter was killed in the Boel
war
Two years ago he retired to private
life, but when the European conflict
began his war spirit was reawakened
and he FASTENED to the side of his
huge friend. Lord Kitchener.
Lord Roberts died possessed of more
than 81 ZOO 900, thanks to his trust in
his friend, j. j. Hill, the American
railroad wizard "Bobs,' with no de
sire for riches for himself, for he
would rather live in an army post thar
in q palace. but with a thought for his
children and their children, placed his
entire fortune-s250. 000-in Mr.. Hill:
hands and told the latter to do his
best with it. That was just prior tc
the Boer war.