The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-24
THE DIPLOMATIC
LIST FOR OCTOBER
British Ambassador Appears
With His Added Titles.
NOVEL CUP FOR SCHLEY
Friends of Sampson Inundated at Eft
forts of Long to Force the Adj
miral on the People as
Hero of Santiago

Washington, October 23.-tSpecial.)-The
state department has issued the official
diplomatic list for October, and for the first
time the British ambassador appears there
with his added titles Not only is the title
of the ambassador set down and made
clear to all, but the official titles of his
wife and daughters are also included In the
list of foreign folk There has been much
doubt here as to how the ladies of the fami-
ly were to be addressed, but the author-
ties at the state department have ferreted
out the mystery which surrounds court
titles, and with the sanction of the British
embassy they have published them.
The ambassador is set down as THE
Honorable, the Lord Pauncefote of Pres
ton, grand commander of the bath, grand
commander of ST. Michael and st. George,
ambassador e. and P.''
His wife is set down as 1.-THE Lady Paun-
cefote," and his daughters are 1.-The Hon.
orable Maude, Sibyl, Lillian and Audrey
Pauncefote." Before their father was ele-
waited to the peerage they were simply the
Misses Pauncefote.
The Lord Pauncefote is expected back in
Washington by the end of this month, and
the British legation will be opened for a
brilliant winter Many of the legations are
opening now and the residence portions of
the city is presenting its accustomed hustle
and social hum. The British ambassador
has large staff of attaches, but Lord
Pauncefote is the only member possessing
a title
Novel Loving Cup for schley
Among the treasures recovered from the
Spanish war ships sunk during the battle
of Santiago was money chest containing
a large amount of Spanish silver coin,
which was recovered from the Christobal
Colon. The chest was brought to Washing
ton and sold by the navy department 40
firm of brokers In the city and has never
been opened, because it was understood at
the time of the sale that the box should not
be opened except in the presence of the Of
ficials of the navy department.
In his official report to the Madrid gov
eminent Admiral Cevera stated that all
the Spanish gold sent to Santiago for the
payment of the officers and sailors on the
Spanish fleet had been paid to the men, but
that the silver coin was placed in money
chest and placed on board of the Christie
bal Colon and was lost with that vessel.
The firm of brokers now owning this chest
have conceived a novel and appropriate
method of disposing of this coin, for they
propose to have 1t melted up and nodded
into loving cup to be presented to Ad-
--mira1 Sdhley. The firm thinks 1t most APP
proprate account of Admiral Schleys
connection with the battle of Santiago. The
battle is to be depicted in bas relief on the
cup and on one side is to be a madallion of
the admiral with the inscription beneath
his name. His whole career from his gall
liant action in THE Confederate war, through
the Greeley episode up to the present time
is to be incorporated in the inscription 1t
is proposed that the cup shall be the gift
of the people. The names of those present
ing the cup to the admiral are to be in
scribed about the base.
Talk of Promotions
1t may be sometime before the vacancy