Show I Silas C. C Croft Passes Away I NEW YORI TORK April 12 Silas 12 Silas C. C Croft surveyor of the port of New York died today at his home In West rest One Hundred Hundred Hun Hun- I dred and Twenty-First Twenty street from heart failure He was taken Ill last Monday with acute Indigestion On Wednesday against the advice of his physician he went to his office Feeling worse he had to return home Until late last night Mr 11 Croft It was thought was getting better as the acute indigestion had gone but rheumatism of the heart set in and he sank rapidly Mr Croft was prominent In Republican cirri circle of 11 r MT It d II here for many years ears He was appointed surveyor of the port In 1897 by President I McKInley |