River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-29

SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFOIE.
o'clock for Baltimore the 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 three o'clock a distinct
weakness of the heart developed and
his pulse began to collapse. He died
so peacefully that it surprised even
his physicians, who feared that the
asthmatic affection would prove trou-
blesome when the end came.
At the bedside when the distin-
guished diplomat passed away were
Mrs. Pauncefote, Hon. Maude Paunce-
fote, Miss Sibyl and Miss Audrey, DR..
Jung and Mr.. Radford, one of the
clerks attached to the embassy.
President Expresses Grief.
The news of Lord Pauncefote's
death brought Secretary of State
HAY to the white house shortly after
nine o'clock, and he spent some time
with the president considering what
action should be taken by this gov
u.
announced that the president would
call at the British embassy imme-
diately after the unwilling ceremon-
les to offer his personal condolences
and ascertain the wishes of Lord
Pauncefote's family in regard to fur
Their plans.
The president also sent letter of
~ of ~
mediately after the unwilling cere-
monies the flag on the white house
was placed at half-mast.
Funeral Arrangements.
Washington, May 2c.-With the ex-
ception of few details, the arrange
ments for the funeral services over
the remains of Lord Pauncefote, the
British ambassador, are now com
plete.
Lady Pauncefote has signified her
approval of the arrangements tenta-
lively made by which services are to
be held Wednesday at noon in st.
Johns Episcopal church, after which
the body is to be temporarily de-
posted in a receiving vault at Rock
Creek cemetery. A military escort
will be provided by the war depart
ment to attend the funeral, which
will be of a state character. A large
number of messages of coincidence
from all over the world were re-
ceived at the embassy but they were
not made public.
Summary of His Career.
hos Ion hoe forIo-
" regarded in this country as British am
bassador, which position he took in 1888
He has been the recipient of unusual honors
here for Is years
Lord Pauncefote as the head of the Brit
ish delegation to the peace conference at
The Hauge, was one of the most attractive
and interesting figures. firm believer in
peace himself, he has done much to avert a
resort to arms and to bring about universal
peace.
He was born at Munich in 1925 and was
educated in Paris and Geneva. He received
a legal training and had judicial experience.
He became a lawyer at Hong-Kong, and
was made attorney general of that colony
In 1865
From 1874 to 1882 he acted as legal assist
ant to the under secretary of state, first In
the colonial office ard then in the foreign
office He became virtually permanent for
eign minister of England in 1882.
In 1885 he was appointed delegate to draw
UP an act for the navigation of the Suez
canal, and in 1889 he was sent to America
as envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary at the time of the Lord Sack
VILE trouble Five years later he was raised
to the status of ambassador.
Lord Pauncefote was at Washington dur
ing two very critical periods, when the
Venezuelan question came up, and at the
outbreak OF the Spanish-American war.