Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-30
LORD PAUNCEFOTE is DEAD
WAS THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR
Asthma and Rheumatism-He Died
Very Peacefully at Washington
After short Illness-Flags Or
dered at Halfmast-Words of SYM
patty Sent to London.

United States, died at the embassy Sat
urday morning at 5:35 o'clock. The inn
provement which had been noted in his
condition during the past week received
a sudden check about o'clock Friday
evening, when it was noticed that he was
experiencing difficulty in breathing. DR..
Jung, his physician, was Immediately
sent for and he decided upon consulta-
ton, and Dr. Thayer of Johns Hopkins
university arrived about O'Clock in the
morning. When DIR. Thayer left the EN-
bassy at o'clock for Baltimore the am
bassador was resting so comfortably that
a cablegram was sent to his son in law,
Mr. Bromley, in London, that there was
no immediate danger.
Soon after 8 o'clock distinct weakness
Of the heart developed and his pulse be-
gan to collapse. He died SO peacefully
that it surprised even his physician.
AS soon as it became generally known
that Lord Pauncefote was dead flags We're
half masted over the different embassies
and legations At the Arlington hotel,
where the visiting Frenchmen who have
come to witness the Rochambeau statue
unwilling are stopping, the French flag
was placed at half mast.
Secretary Hay, after conference with
the president, proceeded directly to the
British embassy, where he made for
mai call of coincidence as the personal
representative of the president, prelimi
nary to the call which the president him
sell was to make later in the day. Then
roftt iprY 10 ha tata r.
tary Hay dispatched the following cable
gram:
Department of State, Washington,
May 24.-The Marquis of Lansdowne,
London: Permit me to express my deep
sympathy and sorrow at the death of
Lord Pauncefote. His majesty's govern
ment has lost an able and faithful serv-
ant and this country a valued friend
! JOHN HAY"
Having dispatched his message of con-
dolence, the secretary of state proceeded
to attend the ceremonies connected with
the dedication Of the Rochambeau statue.
At first there seemed to be an incon-
gruity in this, but it appeared that an
act of congress required the statue to be
unveiled at this date, and although there
was every disposition in official circles
and on the part of the French embassy
TO defer the ceremonies until another
day in Difference to the memory of the
deceased, yet they felt bound to carry
forward the program.
All through the past winter Lord
Pauncefote had been sufferer from in
termittent attacks of asthma and rheu-
matte govt.
The office of dean of the diplomatic
corps at Washington now devolves upon
Dr. Won Holleben, the German ambassa-
DOR and upon him will fall the duty of
directing the diplomatic bodys action on
this occasion. The entire diplomatic corps
will attend the funeral in a body.
To Have state Funeral.
The late Lord Pauncefote will have n
state funeral.
MFR. Raikes, the secretary and charge
Of the British embassy, called upon As
sistant Secretary Hill to advise with him
respecting the funeral arrangements, and
finally these were entrusted to MIR. Hill in
their official features.
A tentative arrangement has been made
which must be approved by Lady Paunce-
fote before being put INTO execution. In
brief, this provides that the remains Of
the late ambassador shall be taken from
the embassy at ll.45 next Wednesday to
st. Johns Episcopal church, where he
worshiped. At the church services will be
held at II o'clock, probably conducted by
Rev. DIR. Mackay Smith.
The honorary pallbearers will consist Of
the five ambassadors in Washington-Dr.
won Holleben, M Cambon, Count Cassini,
Senior Aspiroz and Sgnor Desplanches-
Secretary Hay, Senator Frye, president
pro tenn. of the senate, and Speaker Hen
derson of the house of representatives.
After the services the remains will be
conveyed to Rock Creek cemetery, escort
ed by a military procession, the details
of which have not yet been arranged, and
at the cemetery they will be placed in n
temporary receiving vault. At first it was
suggested that the remains be permanent
~ inferred, but the wishes of the family
of the deceased were otherwise, and it is
the present intention to have the remains
conveyed to England. 1t will be deter
mined before that time whether or not a
United States warship shall carry the re-
mains to England.
biography of PauncefOte.
Washington, May 26.-The Ri. Hon.
Lord Pauncefote of Preston, G. e. b., G..
G. M. g., the first ambassador to the
United States, and the dean of the diplo-
matte corps in Washington, was born in
Munich, Bavaria, IA years ago, and was
the issue of one of the most ancient of
British families, Educated as a lawyer,
his governmental service began in Hong
Kong as attorney general in 1865, and
after much valuable colonial experience he
came to Washington in 1889, first as min
lister and afterward as first ambassador
His service here has been one of success
full diplomacy. The Boring sea negotia-
tions were among his earliest works of
importance, and it was his familiarity
with that difficult subject that led to his
selection by the foreign office for the post
at Washington. The arbitration treaty
negotiated with Secretary Olney was the
forerunner of the great work accomplish
ed at The Hague, and it may be said that
it embodied some of the most important
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