The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-08-08
SENATOR allison
EXPIRES Suddenly
AGED rooA.WEARER PASSES
AWAY FROM HEART FAIL.
URE At DUBUQUE, IA.
END COMES WHILE
FRIENDS VISIT HIM

'S"~" SAT'eNeH anu Oiee BEFORE Phy.
sieIan Can Be caIled-eIa Figure
for Over Is Years-sketch Of His
Career.
Dubuque, Ia, Aug. 6.-United States
Senator William B. Allison died of
heart failure at 1:45 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
Senator Allison was at his home
when he was stricken by heart fail
ure Tuesday afternoon. He had sever
al friends with him at the time. Sud.
denly they noticed that the senator
had stopped talking with them and an
instant later he sank back in his
chair, stricken. Before the family
doctor could reach his home he had
expired. His age told against him in
the fight which he experienced. The
shock was sudden and until he ex-
pired his friends failed to realize his
condition.
Several members Of his family were
at his home at the time, hut they were
In other rooms and were not aware Of
his condition until told by the sena-
tors friends that he was stricken
Ten minutes later physicians arrived
and pronounced Mr.. Allison dead.
When he was stricken, a little cry es-
capped his lips, but although he sank
back into his chair, he continued to
breathe. However, three minutes
later the end come.
Prominent for Is Years.
The death of Senator Allison re.
moves from the senate man who for
more than quarter of century was
one Of its most prominent members.
He has served continuously since 1873,
and for the greater part Of his term of
service he was recognized as one Of
the most influential members of that
body. AS chairman of the committee
on appropriations much of the finan-
cial legislation passed through his
hands. He had not been in good
health for some time past and this
fact had given rise to some specula-
ton as to whether he would be can
didate for reelection, his term expir-
ing March 8, 1909. Mr.. Allison was
born at Perry, O., March 2, 1929, and
removed to Iowa in 1857. He served
as q member Of the house of repre-
sentatives in the Thirty eighth, Thirty.
ninth, Fortieth and Forty-first con-
crosses prior to his election to the
senate.
Sketch Of His Career.
William Boyd Allison was born at
Perry, Ohio, March 2, 1929, and was
the son of John and Mary A. Allison.
He lived on a farm throughout his boy
hood and was educated at Allegheny
college In Pennsylvania and at the
Western Reserve college in Ohio. He
was admitted to the bar in 1850 and
was married at Ashland, Ohio, in Feb
ruary, 1854, to Miss Anna Carter, of
Wooster, Ohio. He practiced law in
Ohio in 1850 to 1857 and removed to
Dubuque, Iowa, in 1857. He was q
delegate to the Republican state con-
vention in 1859 and that was his first
political appearance. He was a dele
gate to the national Republican con-
vention at Chicago in 1860. He was
appointed member Of the governors
staff in 1861 and from that position he
assisted In raising troops for the con-
fict with the south. He was made a
member of congress in 1863 and served
to 1871. Then he was elected United
States senator from Iowa and served
to his death.
He declined the secretaryship Of the
treasury in 1881. President Harrison
in 1889 offered him the same position
and again he declined President Nc
Kinley in 1897 offered him the office
again, but he thought it best to pass
It up. He was chairman of the Amer
lean delegates to the International
Monetary conference held at Brussels
in 1892. He was candidate for the
presidential nomination at the Repub-
lican convention in 1888 and in 1896.