The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-25
iPLATT OBSEQUIES TO-DAY
CHURCH DECORATED FOR SER
 FICE IN SIMPLE WAY.
Several Women of the Parish Do the work-Active Bearers Will he Four old Friends-Ali Four Score Years of Age and Had Known the Senator Al- most from His Infancy.

Washington, Conn.,. April 24.-With the burial of United States Senator Or ville H. Platt not many hours away
 this quiet old village shelters very few
 visitors tonight, On the trains during the day number of relatives came
 here, some going to Mrs. Platt's home, and others being accommodated at the
 White Inn,'' the little hostelry across
 from the Green, on which stands the Congregational church, in which the
 services will be held. In this inn to
 morrow will meet many of the lifelong
 friends of the sentaor, who are coming
 here to pay their last respects to him,
 and in it also the committee in charge
 of the funeral will have quarters. Among the relatives who are here are
 MT. and Mrs. Benjamin Platt of Wash ngton, D. C., and Dr. w. A. Platt of Torrington, the last named being a nephr
 CIV. At the house are MT. and Mrs. B. B, Brown of Stamford and Mrs. Day of Plainfield, N. J., the later named 1 and Mrs. Brown being stepdanghters ot Mrs. Pfatt. This afternoon Undertaken Charles Prindle placed the body of Senator Piatt l in the casket, which is of quartered oak with dull silver trimmings. The body has been resting in a plain black broadcloth covered casket. The plate
 bears this inscription:
 orviile Hitchcock Platt
 1S27-1905 =5
 The church has been decorated for the service in a simple way, evergreen, laurel and hernlock bows being used to
 bank the pulpit and to cover the altar rail. There has been no attempt at effect, and as few of the floral tributes will be carried from the house to the church the display will not be a no-
 ticeable one. The decorating was done by several women of the parish this
 afternoon. When it had been finished
 an elderly friend of the senator's said,
 We have had many funerals here
 that brought out more beautiful decor
 ations than these for Senator Platt, but they are in perfect keeping with the ideals of the sentaor." Certain It is that the funeral will be observed
 simply and quietly and without os- 1 tentation.
 It was announced tonight that the active ody bearers will be four old l friends of the sentaor who accompanied ! a delegation which called on him at : Washington during the inaugural ex-
 ercses on March A. and who were as i heartily greeted as were any of the many visitors tha serltaor had that day l All are four score years of age, and have known the senator almost from
 his infancy. They are B. N. Seeley, F.
 G. Seeley, M. W. Aspinwall and c. c,
 Ford. They will carry the casket from i the house to the wagon, and from the 1 wagon to its place at the altar, and 1 from the church to the wagon. At the l grave they will lower the casket to its 1 final resting place. . <s l The immediate family will ride in carriages from the house to the church
 following the body, but the congress. l sional and state delegations will go on
 foot. All will walk from the church to l the grave. t...4
 1 More telegrams of condolence were
 received by Mrs. Platt during the day
 and the trains brought i'll many beau l tiful floral pieces which were taken to the house and placed beside the l casket. f .@.- 2 l The order of service has not been ar
 ranged and will not be until Rev. MT
 Seymour arrives here from Uitchfield
 tomorrow. t-~..+ | .- 3