The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-22
End Comes at His Home
 in Connecticut.
WAS RATHER UNEXPECTED
Strangulati0n from Breaking
 of AbSceSS.
Contracted Cold During swayne Trial, Which Grew worse at HawIey Funeral-TypicaI New Eng
 land Representative.

| Washington. Conn.,, April 2I.--ITnited
 states Senator OrviIle Hitchcock PIatt, Of Connecticut, died at his summer
 home in this. his native town, at s.5s | tonight from pneumonia. The end came
 almost unexpectedly. the immediate
 cause being the breaking of the abe | scess which had fored in the right lung
 and which produced strangulation | Only few minutes before Dr. 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 phy- | sician left the sick chamber the Sena-
 tor was perfectly conscious and ap- peared to have no pain. In the room at | the time were Mrs. Platt and the Sena- tors only son, Judge James F. Platt, | of the United States Circuit Couvt. The funeral will probably be held | next Tuesday. The services will be | held in the Congregational Church. Senator Platt contracted a severe
 cold while the Swayne Impeachment
 trial at the National Capital was in
 progress. He had not fully recovered
 from 1t at the time of Senator Hawley's
 funeral. He stood in the railroad sta-
 tion at Hartford for some time await | ing the arrival of the train on which | Senator Hawley's body was brought from Washington. During the wait hs
 complained of a slight chill. in conse..
 quence of which after the exercises as | the capitol he returned directly to his
 country home in Washington.
 The Fatal Illness.
 It was on Friday. March s1. that the
 Senator was taken with the illness
 which proved fatal. On April II he
 showed signs of improvement so that hopes of his recovery were entertained
 but soon. after that the lung abscess be- | gan to devecH sa th8f da sBSfl { 'ia
 had a bad !' atler e4itls gal
 culminatins n partieaiaFl8 gsMer l one this sfs recon hets A a tN | o'clock
 By both sacrament as3a f M Senator Plstt wgg peenlis v tiIr renFe-
 sentative oI New LahlaH6 as ana | the old fashioned Puritan integrity sal.s
 conscience throughout his whole life
 he kept himself In the most sympa- | thetic touch with New England institu- 1 tions of every kind,
 Senator Platt's last public utterances
 was at the State Capitol on March 31, when he delive:ed the eulogy over the
 body of General Hawloy.
 Senator Platt succeeded Senaor Hoa- after the latter's death as chairman of
 the Judiciary committee of the Senate
 Later he was made chairman of the 1 special committee of the Senate np- pointed to conduct the Swayne impeach- | ment trial and this was followed by his l appointment as presiding officer Of tho | enate sitting as a court during the inl-
 peachment trial. That was his last high | public duty before returning to his na- | tive State to assist in paying honor to | the memory of his late colleague in the
 enate, General Hawley.
 | Senator Platt was first elected to the
 Senate Tn 1879 to succeed Senator Bar
 mum, a Democrat His last reelection | was in 1903.
 l As regards his political and public | personality Senator Platt was man to the last degree plain spoken. While not a brilliant speaker, he was clear
 and forccful on the public platform. Washington Arrangements. Washington, April 21.-That the death of Senator Platt is a distinct loss to the Senate and to the country at large Is the unanimously expressed opinion of public men, By President Roosevelt it will be especially felt as
 the Senator was frequent visitor t9 the White House and at all times con- suited by the President when im- portant matters of state in and out of Congress were under discussion. Both branches of Congress will honor the Senator's memory by large rep resentation at his funeral. Sergeant at-Arms Ransdell tonight communicat- ed with Vice President Fairbanks with a view to the appointment of a com mittee of Senators. Sergeant-at- Arms Casson of the House, who Is in New York. 1t Is presumed win com municate with Speaker Cannon and arr l range for the appointment of like committee from the House of Represen- 1 tatives.