Show PASSING OF SENATOR PLATT sudden death of noted republican leader who had been prominent in state and nd national politics politick nw york thomas collier platt formerly united bultes tei ates senator from now new york and tor for many ears a na foual figure fig ure in republican politics died at 3 45 46 0 clock sunday afternoon in tho the apartment of mr and mrs airs GL gostave stave abele from whom lie had tented three rooms for the last four years mrs mra abele had been ilia his a nurse u arse dr paul auterbridge hla his physician said that the cause of death was wa chronic and acute bright 8 disease the tb end was waa startlingly sudden an hour beffie the senator died his two sons iliano and idward adward with their fan families allies and ihla his widowed son ill irry with the latter s daughter charlotte and son non Shein lan had left the house after their usual iau tidy visit thomas collier fol ller put tile he easy boss boas of earlier and brighter days wa wag a for ciany yi yc us not only the republic in leader of his hl state but a figure in it national politics shoulder to s shoulder houlder with men of cuch lank and reputation IS as the late Matt matthew liew stan je quay of pennsylvania llota both lie io men inen of intellectual attainments and both turned charn mith success to party liui atia died still fitall it a power 1 g V ar aa tr ire 44 1 t 01 44 flu tp flit ai I 1 zot HON THOMAS C PLATT platt outlived his time and felt him self belt in late 5 ears out of 0 touch with the moving spirit of oe events in twenty years in congress Congre sd tallies G blaine described platt as a business man of great personal copti larity lie ile has an aptitude for pub lie affairs and is a nian man of etring influence in ills ile he la 18 no de bater but lias has strong common sense and quick judgment of men bilco in his life platt was the cen tw ter of the national stage once when lie he resigned with roscoe conkling from the united states and was aas instantly nicknamed me ale too platt and once m hen he be ind induced i bee dore roosevelt to run for vice prebi dent with mith mckinley mckenley very much against roosevelt s better judgment platt anas as born in ili tioga counts count N I 1 on oil juia 15 1833 1933 of puritan ancestry lie ile enterer tale ale college anith ith the class of 1849 but left in the il middle liddle of hla his junior near herons because e of ill 11 health by tits his first matlage to I 1 lion liell liar stow of he hid had three son sont t fiall fiack 11 II I 1 dard T and ilaria 13 11 platt lie ile had been in ili feeble health for wine some bears ears before ills his death lie ile made a second matlage ilage which ended in the courts and lip was mas sued by M mie le lk a clerk in gov gon eminent ariment employ for a divorce on tho the strength of a thaid never proved to have taken place |