Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-07
FRIENDS ARRANGE
ALLISON FUNERAL
NOT A LIVING RELATIVE SUR
WIVES IOWA'S DISTINGUISHED
SENATOR AND CITIZEN.
DEVOTED LIFE TO PUBLIC
Government Officials at Washington 70
Attend Final Obsequies at
Dubuque.
HAD BEEN AILING LONG TINE.

DUBUQUE. Ia. Aug. 1.-The ar
rangements for the funeral of Senator
William 3. Allison will be completed to-
day at Il meeting of his friends. There
is not a relative to consult. not Il single
wish to consider outside of the desires
Of the host of friends in Dubuque and
Washington and throughout Iowa.
Alone. not survived by blood relative,
and living solely for the public service
which he might perform Senator ALI
sons last few days were u fitting climax
to lonely man life.
Not a Relative Living.
The Allison home today is in charge
of the few intimate friends of Senator
Allison. The house draped III mourning,
is fairly filed with flowers and the body
Of the aged senator, prepared for burial
will, 10 doubt, be laid i'll state for seY-
eraI hours later III the week. His flu
neral arrangements depict the loneliness
of his latGr years. No relatives are
present-he had none. Friends are
there-he had legionS. and it is they
who are arranging for the final obsequies
over the remains of Iowa's distinguished
senator who had passed his life so much
in the hands of the public. Home life,
privacy and quiet were all sacrificed ny
Senator Allison for the public welfare.
Officials at Funeral.
Elaborate preparations are being made
TO handle the enormous crowds not only
from Iowa. but all over the United
States who Will attend the services.
will be present. Many from Washing
ton are telegraphing TO Dubuque friends
that they will be present.
No Intimation of Illness.
Although Senator Allison had not been
in the best Of health for the past few
years, there was nothing to indicate that
he was i'll dangerous condition. He
suffered from severe attacks of pros
traffic enlargement and kidney trouble,
and as IS usual in such cases the senator
suffered from fainting spells and periods
of weakness. These spells have fire.
Quently REQUIRED of late, and the last of
them had its beginning on Friday, final
ly resulting in the patients death.
The last session Of Congress and the
strain of the recent primary battle told
greatly on tie senator's strength, and
three weeks ago he went to the home of
Mrs. Fannie Stout, a few miles south TO
Dubuque. to escape the torrid weather
of the city and to rest up. He remained
there until Saturday morning when he
was brought to his city home. The first
intimatiOn that his friends had that his
illness was of serious nature was when
nurses We're called in last week to care
for him. The senator lost consciousness
Saturday and did not recover his mental
faculties before mis- death.
End Comes Peacefully.
Early Tuesday morning the senator's
condition grew rapidly worse, and his
attending physician pronounced his con
dition critical. The patient grew steadi-
ly weaker and at 1 :33 o'clock passed
quietly away. At his bedside during his
last hours were Mrs. Brayton, for years
III charge of the management of his
household: John McDougal of Dubuque,
and his physician, Dr. John 7. Hancock.
Mrs. Allison has been dead many years
and there are no children.