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Diplomatic Services.
 Washington, Oct. 17.-News of the death of MT. Buchanan came as great shock to his many friends in ofiicial Washington. Since President Cleve- lands last administration, MT. Buch- anap has irregularly, 1t is true, but with very short intervals of fntermfs- sion, been connected with the Depart ment of State in some of the most im- portant diplomatic work that has en- gagged the attention of the department, and the uniform success that nas at- tended his undertakings. and his hne personality, have caused him to be regarded as one or the most success ful diplomatists.
 He was remarkably successful Tn ms relations with the Latin-American peo- ples, not only because of his complete mastery of the Spanish language, but also because of his ability to enter into the peculiar mental processes of the South and Central American people.
 MT. Buchanan was born in Coving- ion. O.. Sept 10, 1853, and was fais example of the possibilities lying be- fore a bright American boy. He went to Sioux City. Iowa, when about "A wears old, where he entered business AS a merchant. So well did he man age the Corn Palace Exposition. heiu in that city, that he was called upon to represent his State at the Wofio's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
 MT. Buchanan was appointed United states Minister to the Argentine Re- nublic by President Cleveland. in les4. He devoted himself to extending ana improving American trade with south America generally. and with tho AT genuine Republic especially. mel dentaiIy, he negotiated a recip!ocity treaty between Argentina ana Amer
 UTnrnt&A Of mus tual benefit to the business interests of the countries. but this treaty Iai!eo os ratification by the United states settled boundary Dispute.
 f,ne of his most important achieve ments while at Buenos Ayres was a sattIement of a fierce boundary dispute between Argentina and Chile which shreatened to involve the two coun- .r,ss in war. Although a Democrat. Mr Ruchanan was retained at his most for several years after the retire ment of President Cleveland.
 MT Ruchanan, as director general, .urcesafully managed the Buffalo Pan- American Exposition.
 Scarcely. had he finished his service aa a delegate to the second Pan-Am- ericau conference. held In the City or Mexico. in 1902. before he was again drafted into the uipAoHidtlc SSA AsASes ~ become the first United States minister to Panama, where. owing to his tact. ha was able to adjust many of the difffcult issues that bad arisen as the conseouence of the separation Of the nrovince of Panama from the parent state of Colombia
 Voluntarily relinquishing that post when his work was done. Mir. Buc- hanan went to South America and lat CT to Europe as representative OF 1arra business concerns. But soon >an- other call came from the state depart ment and he went. first to the Rio conference, and then to Venezuela. American concessions and diplomatic business generally were in bad shape in that country. and Mir. Buchanan succeeded in arranging for private settlement of four of the five great American claims against Venezuela and for the reference to The Hague tribunal of the fifth.
 He had been named as agent for America in the presentation of this case-that of the Orinoco Steamship Company--to The Hague tribunal when he left New York for London recently and was in conference with the state department almost up to the day of his death in regard to that business,
 Mir. Buchanan Is survived by wfG- ow, a son and daughter.
 Huntington Wilson, Assistant Sec