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PASSING OF NOTED LIFE
LORD PAUNCEFoTE, BRITISH
AMBASSADOR, DEAD.
Career Closes at Washington After q
Comparatively Brief Illness
Family Present When Spirit Flees
from Body - Secretary of State
Hay Sends Message of Regret
State Funeral for the Diplomat.

Washington d. c.. May 26.-Lord
died this morning at $50. About 2
o'clock he suddenly developed a very
weakened heart condition, ana a con-
suItation of his physicians was called.
They were unable to rally him, and he
died peacefully, not having regained
consciousness from the sleep he fell
into during the night. His family and
part of the embassy staff were at the
bedside when death came.
AS soon as it became generally
known that Pauncefote was dead, flags
were half-masted over the different
embassies and legations. By noon all
the embassies had been informed of
the sad event. Expressions of sympa-
thy and regret were heard on all SIDES.
Secretary of State Hay today dis
patched the following cablegram to
the marquis of L~andsdowne, London:
Permit me to express my deep SYM
pathy and sorrow at the death of LORD
Pauncefote. His majesty's government
has lost a most able and faithful SER
want and this country a valued friend"
Lord Pauncefote will have a state
funeral. The present arrangements
provide for taking the remains to st.
Johns Episcopal church Wednesday,
where the services will be held. The
honorary pail bearers will consist of
Ambassadors Won Holleben, M. Cam
bon, Count Cassini, Senior Aspiros ana
Signor Myres Des Planches; Secretary
of State Hay, Senator Frye and Speak
er Henderson.
After the services the remains will
be escorted by a military procession to
Rock Creek cemetery to be placed in a
temporary receiving vault. Later they
will be taken to England, probably on
the United States warship for final in
terment.
Ri. Hon. Lord P~auncefote of Pres
ton, G. c. B., G.. G. NJ. G.. the first am
bassador to the United States and the
dean of the diplomatic corps in Wash
ington, was born in Munich, Bavaria,
"A years ago, and was the issue of one
of the most ancient of British families,
whose history is founded in the
Doomsday book Educated as a lawyer,
his government service began in Hong
kong as attorney general, in 1865, and
after much valuable colonial experience
he came to Washington in 1889, first as
minister and then as first ambassador.
His service has been an unbroken rec
CRU VI SUCCESSFUL UlplOIudCy. Inc ar
bitration treaty negotiated with Secre-
tary Olney was a f%orerunner of the
great work accomplished at The Hague,
and it may be said that it embodied
some of the most important principles
of the great general convention regu-
latins arbitration afterwards framed
by The Hague conference. Then came
a number of reciprocity treaties and ar
engagements involving a vast amount
Of study and work, all of which were
perfected as far as the executive
branch of our government could CO.
operate with Lord Pauncefote.
Soon after Secretary Hay assumed
Office Lord Pauncefote began the task
which he himself regarded as the great
est accomplishment of his busy life,
namely, to forever set at rest the ques-
lions growing out Of the old Clayton
Bulwer treaty, and he entered with en-
ergy into the negotiations, the result
of which was the framing of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, recently ratified.
Fol- these valuable service the British
government did Lord Pauncefote the
honor to three times extend the term
Of his service at Washington, which
would otherwise have ceased when he
attained the age of 70 years.