Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-20
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
W. /. BUCHANAN
FORMER oTTUMWAN LAID TO
REST IN BUFFALO OCT. 81
DIED IN LONDON.
NEVER MADE ENEMIES
Career of Well Known Diplomatist
Sketched by Clergyman Who
Was Lifelong Friend of
the Decedent.

w. |. Buchanan of the diplomatic
service of the United States whose
sudden death occurred in London, Oc-
tober 16, was buried at Buffalo, N Y,
October 81. Interest attaches to the
name of Buchanan through his
acquaintance with a number of the
older citizens of Ottumwa, he having
been a wholesale and retail cigar
dealer in Ottumwa some thirty years
ago The Buffalo, N. Y, Express, bear
ing date of November 1, gives the fol
lowing description of the funeral and a
tribute paid the memory of the de-
cedent:
The funeral of William I. Buchanan
| was held at o'clock yesterday after
Gle. The attendance was very large.
Many folk congregated in the circle,
about the fountain and in Lafayette
avenue. The services in the house
were conducted by the Rev. Adelbert
Lathrop Hudson, of Newton, Mass, a
lifelong friend of the deceased. Hymns
were sung by the quartet of the Church
of Our Father, of which the Rev. Mr..
Hudson was formerly pastor.
Men prominent in the business and
social life of the city attended. Mayor
Adam was among those present. The
people of South and Central America,
among whom Mr. Buchanan did much
of his important life work were repre-
scented by Francisco j. Yanes. The
state department was represented by
William Cullen Dennis. George West
| inghouse, of Pittsburg, was among
those from out of town. The floral
tributes were many. They were TAX
en- to Forest Lawn in three auto
mobiles.
The tribute of the Rev. Adelbert La
| throp Hudson was, in part:
For those of us who have known
William l. Buchanan during the greater
portion of his active life, you might
take away the entire record of his
diplomatic services and still not rob
him of his greatness, for there would
still remain his rare genius for friend
| ship. The general rule is probably
| that the man who has no enemies is a
man of negative qualities. But here
was a notable exception-a man of
strong, positive forceful personality,
who never made an enemy. And the
secret of this power, If we could COM
prehend it, would give us the clew to
his extraordinary success in adjusting
differences and securing harmony I'M
| der conditions where so many others
! failed.
For one thing, he had settled
faith, born Of profound insight, in an
underlying goodness in men. In
the easy play of daily intercourse he
put men at their best. A further factor
| in the success of his diplomacy was
another settled belief that the misun-
| derstandings between men and nations
are quite apt to arise out of things
which in themselves are nonessential,
while in the things that are funda-
mental it is comparatively easy to Sc
{, cure substantial agreement. y In
other words, his diplomacy was not
modelled upon that of Machiavelli, of
Talleyrand or Beasonfield. 1t was
rather of the sort which Lowell char
acterized as the brave old wisdom of
sincerity.
During the last fifteen years, in
which Mr.. Buchanan had been in var
| ious capacities the representative OF
this country in dealing with the Latin
countries of Central and South Amer
| lea, the result of his diplomacy has
been to establish a feeling of con
fidence and good will toward the
United States which had never before
existed, and at the same time to pro
mote more of harmony among these
nations themselves. = y Among the
Central American countries
they call him the Father of Central
| America.
"The future historian, in recountins
the work of this generation, will be
compelled by the facts to place oul
friend in the foremost ranks of those
who have made substantial contribu
lions to the cause of lasting peace
So long as there Is the slightest cause
for one nation to fear attack or in
! vasion by another nation no country
with interests to protect will dare t.
disband it's army or navy. Hence, The
greatest contribution any man coult
make to the cause of peace is to pro
/ mote, as he has done, feeling of mu
tual confidence and good will amons
Fthe nations which in time will leat
them to discover that common unity o
interest which, when understood, will
make the existence of armies ant
navies archaic and absurd. hTe who'll
world may well regret the loss of sucl
a man at such time.
His work has been along the line o
the deepest and most vital interests 0
religion. For it has been inspired b,
nothing less than a recognition of tn
essential brotherhood of man, unde
the domination of one great beneficen
and all pervading purpose"
The honorary pallbearers wer
George K. Birge, w. Caryl Ely, Georg
Urban. Jr., Adelbert Moot, Georg
Bleistein, ]. N. Scatcherd, George F
Sawyer, Carlton Sprague, Edwin Elem
ing, Newcomb Carlton and Henr
Ware Sprague.
Cludry's Burns Fatal.
Dubuque, Nov. 19-Joseph .Cludry
aged 81 years. is dead here, the resul
of his attempt to save the life of hi
adopted orphan daughter, Sybillis
i. from, his hurnipo home Nov & Hi