The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-22
Connecticut Senator Passes Away
 After Lingering Illness
HELD IMPORTANT POSITIONS
Death Will Be Particularly Lamented By President Roosevelt, on Whom the Senator Was a Ere
 quent Caller.

Washington, Conn, April 21.-United States Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt of Connecticut, died at his summer home ic this, his native town, at S:53 tonight from pneumonia The end came almost unexpectedly, the immediate cause being the breaking of the abscess which had formed in the right lung, and which pro duced strangulation. Only few minutes before, pr. Ford, the family physician, had prepared a bulletin from the sick room to the effect that if the patient did not have another sinking spell, such as had come to him during the forenoon, he probably would live through the night.
 When the physician left the sick cham Der, the senator was apparently conscious and appeared to have no pain. In the room at the time were Mrs. Platt and the sen- ator's only son, Judge James P. Platt, O. the United States circuit court.
 The funeral will probably be held next Tuesday. The services will be held in the Congregational church.
 Contracted Severe Cold.
 Senator Platt contracted severe cold
 
 the national capital was in progress. He had not fully Recovered from it at the time of Senator Hawley's funeral. He stood in the railroad station at Hartford for some time awaiting the arrival of the train on which Senator Hawleys body was brought from Washington. During the wait he complained of a slight chill in consequence of which, after the ex- ercises at the capitol he returned di- rectly to his country home in Wash ington
 It was on Friday, March S1, that the Senator was taken with the Illness which proved fatal. On April Il he showed signs of improvement so much, 50 that hopes of his recovery was entertained. but soon after that the lung abscesses began to de- velop, so that on April 1 he had bad chill Other chills followed, eliminating in a particularly severe one on Tuesday before noon between g and 10 o'clock. By both temperament and feeling Senator Platt was peculiarly the representative of New England ideas, and of the old-fash- toned Puritan integrity and conscience. Throughout his whole life he kept himself | III lIlt ilOSI yllptluttiC louCH Wltl NcW England institutions of every kind.
 Senator Platt's last public utterance was at the state capitol on March 2l, when he delivered the eulogy over the body of General Hawley
 Held Important Positions. Senator Platt succeeded Senator Hoar after the latter's death as chairman of the judiciary committee of the United States Senate. Later he was made chair man of the special committee of the Sem ate appointed to conduct the Swayne im- peachment trial and this was followed by his appointment as presiding officer of the Senate, sitting as court during the im- peachment trial That was his last high public duty before returning to his na- tive state to assist in Iaying honor to the memory of his late colleague in the Sen ate General Hawley.
 Senator Platt was first eelcted to the Senate in 1879 to succeed Senator Barnum, democrat. His last reelection was in 1903
 As regards his political and public per sonality, Senator Platt was man to the last degree plain-spoken. While not a brilliant speaker he was clear and forceful one on the public platform.