Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-10-22
TRAGIC DEATH OF
A U. S. DIPLOMAT.
WILLIAM BUCHANAN OF 6uF-
FALo FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON
A LONDON, ENG, STREET.
EXPIRES IN AN AMBULANCE
Cause Of Death Not Known, but II ls
Supposed that It Resulted from
Heart Disease or
Apoplexy.

London, Eng.-William l. Buchanan
of Buffalo, N. Y, former American
minister to the Argentine republic and
Panama, who had been closely identi-
fed with several important American
diplomatic missions, met tragic death
on a London street. He was dis
covered lying on a sidewalk in Park
Lane, near the American embassy, in
a dying condition, few minutes be-
fore IL o'clock at night and was car
ried to st. Georges hospital, a short
distance away. But life was extinct
when the ambulance reached the hos.
pital. The cause of death is not
known, but it is supposed that it re-
suited from heart disease or apoplexy.
Mr. Buchanan, who had come to Lon
don on mission for the United States
government in connection with the
Venezuelan claims, had been here for
several weeks. He previously had Wis.,
tied Berlin and Paris. He took up
quarters at Claridges Hotel, one of the
most fashionable in the city, which is
located about half mile from Park
Lane. He left the hotel for dinner,
early in the evening, attired in evening
dress. No one has yet been found
who knows where he spent the even.
ing, but it is supposed that he was
walking home when stricken.
Washington.-New of the death of
Mr.. Buchanan came as a great shock
to his many friends in official Wash.
ington. Since President Cleveland's 8
administration Mr.. Buchanan had ir.
regularly, it is true, but with very
short intervals of intermission, been
connected with the department OF
state in some of the most important
diplomatic work that has engaged the
attention of the department and the
uniform success that has attended his
undertakings and his fine personality
have caused him to be regarded as one
of the most successful of American dip.
lomatists. He was remarkably sue.
cessful in his relations with the Latin
American peoples, not only because OF
his complete mastery of the Spanish
language, but also because of his abil.
ity to enter into the peculiar mental
processes of the South and Central
American people.
Mr.. Buchanan was born in Covington
o., September TO- 1853, and was a fair ex-
ample of the possibilities lying before q
bright American farm boy. He went to
Sioux City. Ia. when about "a years old
where he entered business. as a merchant.
So well did he manage the Corn Palace
exposition held in that city that he was
called upon to represent his state at the
Worlds Columbian exposition in Chicago.
Mr.. Buchanan was appointed United
States minister to the Argentine republic
by President Cleveland in 1894. He de-
voted himself to extending and improving
American trade with South America gen.
orally and with the Argentine republic
especially. Incidentally, he negotiated a
reciprocity treaty between Argentina and
America that gave great promise OF
mutual benefit to the business interests of
the two countries. but this treaty failed
of ratification by the United States SEN
ate. One of his most important achieve
ments. while in Bueno, was his settle
ment of fierce boundary dispute between
Argentina and Chilli which threatened to
involve the two countries in war. AL
though a Democrat, Mr.. Buchanan was
retained at his post for several years
after the retirement of President Cleve-
land. Mr. Buchanan as director general
successfully managed the Buffalo Pan
American exposition.