Mathews died of malaria in Zanzibar on 11 October 1901 and was buried with full military honours in the British cemetery outside Zanzibar Town . His successor as first minister was A.S. Rogers . Changuu island , which Mathews bought for a prison , now have a restaurant named in his honour and also a church . Mathews House , at the Western end of Zanzibar Town , is also named for him .