Show HAYPAUNCEFOTE TREATY Final Ratifications Will Soon Bo E 3 > changed Washington Feb 20Lord Paunce 1 tote was at the State department today 1 and I has been arranged between himself him-self and Secretary Hay that the llnal f ratifications of the JlayPauncefote 0 treaty shall be exchanged here an soon I I as the mechanical work of pressing the exchange copies can he executed The British Government has conveyed to Jts Embassador full authority to conclude con-clude this arrangement t Mr Brun the Danish Minister also r saw Secretary Hay In relation to the ratification of the treaty for the cession to the United States of the Danish West Indian Islands I seems Improbable now that the mooted plebiscite of the Inhabitants of the islands will be had by thu Danish Government However should it be decided otherwise the taking tak-ing of the vote will be n very small matter mat-ter Inasmuch as the franchise Is enjoyed en-joyed in the Danish West Indies by I only a few hundred of the total popu l latlonb and their votes could be recorded lalon i In a day or two It will not be necessary to wait upon I Congress for the appropriation of JoOOO Congrcs accfiilsilion of 000 as a preliminary to the lO I the Islands by the United States Under the trent > as soon as the ratifications arc exchanged the United Slates flag will be hoisted and the JoOTO000 If not already appropriated will be cHarged up I against tho United States ns tt tout ABOUT SHIPS AND SAILORS r Tho Brltluh cruiser Wiraplto has flaHqd from Vajnuralso Brlt Chile for the Juan Fernandez Fer-nandez fslmds 0 The White Star liner Celtic arrived at AlRlcn from Gibraltar On board thO CelticTareTsOO tourists from all parts oC Celtic arc S tourIst fromil parl I tho United States I The new steamship Kronland waS launched at CramPS shipyard yesterday afternoon It Is 1 the largest vessel thus I I fur built In tho United Stale J I |