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Show HENRY C. PAYNE OEAfX Postmsster General Is Called Aftar Illness Ill-ness of Several Years. Henry C. Payne, postmaster general of the I'nltod Stntes, a member of tha Hcpiilillcnn national comml'ten and a stalwart of his party, with whosa history his-tory he has been identified for many years, died at apartment at tha Arlington Ar-lington In tel In Washington. D. C at II: H) o'clock Tneadny evening after an Illness of severnl yours. He was fin years old. The end was peaceful. The came was mitral valve trouble and dilation of Hie heart. .Mr. 1'avne. In Ihe capnclty of member mem-ber of tro Republican national committee com-mittee hud partlelpucd In six presidential presi-dential campaigns, and during the last four of them was a member of the executive ex-ecutive committee of tho national committee. Ho was the acting chairman chair-man of the national committee during Iho Interim between Ihe death of Senator Sen-ator Harms and the election of Secretary Secre-tary Corlelyou aa lis head, and the trying duties that then devolved upon him, supplementing aa they did the strain of the postal Investigation, snppcd his vllallty and led to hla final breakdown. The last official caller to Inquire aa In Mr. Payne'a condition waa Presl. dent Roosevelt, and he had been gone) about ten minutes when tho stricken member of his cabinet expired. Aa Mr. Roosevelt waa leaving be spoke feelingly feel-ingly of Mr. Payne to tha newspaper men gathered In front of the hotel aa "the aweetest, most lovable and most trustful man I ever knew." Mra. Hixiaevelt, accompanied by Captain Cowles, also waa a caller at the family fam-ily apartments of tho Paynes durlni (he late afternoon. |
