Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1890 — GEN. JOUBERT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GEN. JOUBERT.

The Ex-President of an African Republic on ■ Visit to the United States. Ex-Vice President Joubert, of the Transvaal republic in South Africa, is visiting the United States, and was in Chicago recently. As his name indicates, he is of French descent. The Transvaal, like the Orange Free State, is peopled by Boers, who are the descendants of Dutch colonists, mixed largely with families of Huguenot blood, who originally settled at the Cape of Good HopeZ During the last war with England, which culminated in the defeat and death of Sir George Colley, nephew of Lord Wolseley, at Majuba Hill, and the concession of the Transvaal claims, Joubert was commander of the Boer forces in the field

and was one of the leading spirits in the resistance to England. General Joubert’s life has been a remarkable one. He was born in the British Cape Colony. While a child he was taken by his parents north on a “trekking” expedition. From a poor boy he became Chairman of Congress, Speaker of Parliament, Secretary of Native Affairs, Vice President and Commander General, a position he now holds. He is the richest man in the Transvaal, being a large landowner and a planter. General Joubert has been elected president of a commission to arrange for a Transvaal display at the World’s Fair. According to General Joubert America is carrying everything before it in the Transvaal, American manufactures being given the preference over those of Europe.

GENERAL JOUBERT.