The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24

Washington, May 24.--Lord Pauncefote,
British ambassador to the United States,
died at the embassy this morning at 5:35
o'clock. The Improvement which had been
noted in his condition during the past
week received sudden check about 6
o'clock last evening when it was noticed
that he was experiencing difficulty in
breathing. DR.. Jung, his physician, was
Immediately sent for and he decided upon
a consultation with local physician, in
the meantime telegraphing for DR.. Os-
Ter of Baltimore e.. -.:-
In his stead came DR.. Thayer of Johns
Hopkins university, arriving about 2
O'Clock this morning. The patients pulse
was still good, and when DR.. Thayer left
ambassador was resting so comfortably
that cablegram was sent to his son-in-
law, Mr.. Bromley, in London, that there
was no immediate danger. -: '
Soon after O'Clock a distinct weak
ness developed and his pulse began to COL
lapse. He died so peacefully that it sur
prised even his physician. who feared that
the asthmatic affection would prove
troublesome when the end came.
At the bedside when the distinguished
diplomat passed away, were Mrs. Paunce-
tote, the Honorable Maude Pauncefote,
Miss sibyl and Miss Audrey, DR.. Jung and
Mr.. Radford. one of the clerks attached to
the embassy. s@s..a...
AS soon as 1t became generally known
that Lord Pauncefote was dead, flags were
half-ma sted over the different embas-
sizes and legations. At the Arlington ho-
tel, where the visiting Frenchmen who
have come to witness the Rochambeau
statue unwilling are stopping, the French
flag was placed at half mast.
In a conventional way there never was a
more picturesque character than Lord Paunce-
tote. He was known by sight to everybody
His sturdy frame, his white hair and mus
tache, his ruddy English conplexio ion .aEd lfis
genial mann ers and appearance all combined
| to make him q man to be marked in crowd
| He had a great regard for America and it,
people, and was more democratic than many
public men in Washington who were obscure
and lowly a few years ago. His courtesy was
,unfailing 1t was not confined to those of his
social and official circles, but was extended
| to everybody with whom he came in contact
Lord 5Pauncefote, who was Sir Julian
! Pauncefote. was sent to Washington in 1885
as the successor of Lord Sackville- West
recalled OH complaint of Secretary of Stats
Eayard because he advised former British
subjects in California to vote for Grover
|; Cleveland. AT that time the strained rela-
| tons between Great Britain and the United
| States over Lord Sackyille- Vests interior
ence in American politics still existed, and
Lord Pauncefote had the delicate task before
him Of winning the personal confidence of the
/ administration and the people,
He succeeded SO we'll that in a short time
he became extremely popular socially and
officially, despite the fact that he was recog-
| whom the officers OF the state department
were ever brought into relations.
| In 1898, when congress authorized the presi.
| dent to send ambassadors to the capitals Of
pations which raised the American missions
| to the rank of an embassy Lord Pauncefote
| became the first foreign ambassador TO the
! United States. ~ -
His full title was the Right Honorable Lord
Pauncefote of Preston, G. C. B., G. C. M. e.
He was born In Munich, Bavaria, seventy-fou,
| years ago, and was the issue of one of the
most ancient of British families, whose his
| tory is found in the .Doomsday Book Edu
Gated as a lawyer, his governmental service
| began in Hongkong as attorney general il
| 1865, and after much valuable colonial expert
ence lie was sent, to Washington. His service
in America has been one unbroken record O.
successful diplomacy. The Bering sea negoti
atoms were among his earliest works of i'm
portance. The arbitration treaty negotiated
with Secretary Olney was the forerunner O.
! the great work accomplished at The Hague
and it may, be sail that it embodied some o