Ex-senator Payne Dying

Cleveland, O., Sept. 8. - The venerable ex-Senator Henry B. Payne is dyins at his residence on Euclid avenue. He is a vietim of paralysis and it wlll be a marvel ií at his age, nearly S6, he recovers. He was stricken last Vednesday, but with the usual conservatism of the family the attack was kept secret among a few until Monday, when he became so rauch worse that it became necessary to notify additíonal friends of his condition. The paralytic features of his illness have improved, but there are complications and excessive weakness, and it is generally understood that he is Hable to die at any moment. His physician, Dr. H. K. Cushing, is conservatlve and ethical, and all that could be obtained from the Cushing residence Monday night in the way of a professional opinión is that Senator Payne will probably live a few days yet. Senator Payne has been a member of congress from the district of Cleveland, and was chairman of the house committee which co-operated with the senate committee to find a way to settle the close Tilden-Hayes presldential contest. He was from 1SS5 to 1891 one of the United States senators from Ohio. Prior to his term in congress he filled a number of municipal and state offices and has been a delégate to a number of national Democratie conventions. He has several children, one of whom was the late wife of William C. Whitney of New York. Another is Colonel O. H. Payne, the Standard Oil millionaire.