Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-22
SENATOR PLATT
OF Connecticut, Passed
Away, Last Evening.
Contracted Cold at Capitol.
Pneumonia Developing
Was One Of the Rugged and Solid Mcr
OF New England.

Washington, Conn. April Y.-Cnited
States Senator Orviiic Hitchcock Plat.
of conncrticut died TT Ills summ",
home. in this his rativ, town. at S.53
| tonight from pncEinori.. The end came
lahroEt unexpected. the immediate cause
| being the breaking Of me aEscess whic:l
| had formed in tt" RENT lung and which
produced stran@ulation.
Only few minutes 'rfJte. DR.. Ford,
the family physician. had prepared a
bulletin from the sick room to the eff
i f.-ct that if The patient did not have
another Smiling go: II. h" would prob
ABLY live The nigh, out. When the ply
s;cuu LETT the sick chamber the scna-
tor v.as perfectly conscious. appeared Ia
| have no Pain. and his mind was clear.
| In the room at TIL" time were Mrs.
! Platt ard the senator's only son, JudSt
James T. Piatt of The United States
circui: court who hal ij2"n summonc!
| home during the afternoon and reacH"':
| the house 3 hours earlier.
! The funeral will probably be held.
next Tuesday though the date has not
been conclusively fixed.
Scr@tor Plat contracted q severe cola
while the Swayne Impeachment trial
at the National Capitol was in progress
| before the Senate. He mad not fully re-
| covered from it at the tine of Senator
| Hawicy's funeral. He stood in the rail
road station at Hartford for some little
time awaiting the arrival of the train
on which General Hawlcy's body was
| brought from Washington. During the
| wait, he complained of 4 slight chill
! II was on Friday. March 81. that tn"
senator was taken with the illness.
which proved fatal. The first attack
was OF bronchial pneumonia of COM
raratively slight nature. This was fol-
lowed on April 18th by I second infec-
| ton which lasted for about a week. On
| A,ril II. he showed signs of improve
mcnt. hut soon after that the lungs
abs@Css began to devcloDr 50 that on
| Arril l. he had a bad chill.
| Other chills followed at intervals, Gull
minating in a particularly severe one
| this forenoon. between and II o'clock.
His physician, at S.i5. tonight. stated
that the end would come With another
snap suddenly. This proved to be III"
,asc ard q few minutes later, Senate"
| P!att'S lfe'S work had ended.
| =.
Senator Platt was particularly the rep
reevntative Of New England ideas ana
of the old fashioned Puritan integrity
| ana conscience. Throughout his whole
life he kept himself in he most sym
pathct tic touch with \rW England in
stituIions Of every kind.
Senator Platt's last public uttcrance
wa at the state Ca9i.ol. on March u.
! l.
| dnlivCr, d thc eulogy over General HaW-
Icy. whose body lay IN state in the cor
lifoi below. At the time. il was noticed
| that senator Platt seemed to be of i'm
| paired health and this was attributed
| to his arduous labcrS in the Senate and
especially to the added responsibilities
| thrown upon him by III" then recent
| death Of Senator George Friskie Hoar
| Senator Plat succeeded Senator HOar
after the lattcr's death. as chairman Of
| the Judiciary committee Of the United
states Senate. Later he was made
| chairman of the special committee If
| the Senate appointed 20 conduct the
SWayne Impeachment trial. and this
was followed by ais appointment as
presiding officer Of the Senate sitting
as 4 court during the impeachment
trial.
| Senator Plat was fist elected to the
senate in 1879 His last reelection was
in 1908.
Russia identifies its soldit rs KILLED in
| battle by means of little metal iconS-SI-
| cred picture imagcS-found on the bodies.
On tn" back of each OF these icons are
| stamped the Wcarcr'S name, r"%i';cHt ana
| commission. Every nation labels its sol
dicrs in one way or another. with Il ric'.'
| to Just such happenings. English soldiers
| when on active service receive small OBJ
| long identification cards. which are SUP
| posed to be scWcd inside til" jackets