Show PASSING OF SENATOR PUTT A sudden death of noted republican leader who had been prominent in state ird national politic r new york kThomas thoa collier platt formerly united bates sel aerator fator frow from now new york and for ninny many years yeara a national figure in republican politics died at sunday afternoon in the apartment of mr and mrs gustive abele from whom he had rented rooms for the last four pah ars mrs abele bad been tola his dr paul foul auterbridge hla his physician sa laid lot that the cause of death wg was chronic aud and acutt acute wrights disease the end was startlingly sudden an hour before the senator died hla his two sons sona frank and edward with their families and hla his widowed ison eon harry with the batters lat daughter charlotte and son sherman had bad left the house bouse lator their usual bunday visit thomas collier platt the ey easy boss bob of 0 earlier anti and brighter blighter days waa aa for many man years not only the republican leader of his state but a fig un ure s in national politics shoulder to shoulder with men of such huik bank and reputation as the late matthew stanley quay of pennsylvania both were men of exceptional intellectual attainments and both turned them with signal success to party organization quay died still a power HON THOMAS C PLATT platt outlived his time and felt himself in late years yeara out ont of touch with the moving spirit of events in twenty years in congress james 0 blaine described platt as a business man of great personal popularity ile he has an aptitude for public affairs and Is a roan man of 0 strong influence in hla his state ile he Is no debater but has strong common sense and quick judgment ot of men twice in his lite lire platt was the center ot of the tha national stage once when he resigned ned with roscoe conklin from the united states senate and was instantly nicknamed me ale too platt and once when ho he induced i heodore roosevelt to run for vice dent with mckinley very much against better judg judgment meat platt was born in it owego county N T on july 15 1833 of puritan ancestry he entered yale college with the class of 1819 but left in the middle of his junior year because of ill health dy by hla his first marriage to hllen ellen dar stow of owego he had three was tona frank IT edward T and harry 13 platt lid ila had been in health tor for somo some yeara before hla his death ile he made a second marriage which ended la in the courts and ho he was sued by mao wood formerly a clerk in fit government employ tor for a divorce on tho the strength of a third marriage man lago never proved to havo have taken place |