The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Aug. Sen
stor William Boyd Allison died in his
Locust street home at l:33 o'clock this
afternoon. In a bulletin announcing
his death Drs. Hancock and Lewis
gave heart failure as the cause.
The announcement Of the senator's
death came as a shock to his neigh
bors. For two years Senator Allison
had been in declining health and he
suffered the loss of much vitality dur
ing the present summer, but no news
had emanated from his home indicat-
ing the seriousness Of his condition
Senator Allison suffered from the
worst form Of prostate enlargement
and a kidney afiiction made relief
difficult As is usual in such cases,
he had frequent periods OF faintness
and weakness, and the last OF them
began on Friday and finally resulted
in the patients death.
AT an early hour this morning Sen
ator Allison became worse. A physi-
clan was Immediately called. who pro-
nounced his condition critical, and
about noon the veteran statesman
lapsed into an unconscious condition.
At his bedside when the summons
came were Mrs. Brayton, for years in
charge Of the management Of his house
hold; his close personal friend, John
Mcdonald Of this city, and DR.. John
T Hancock. his attending physician.
Funeral arrangements viii not be
completed until tomorrow The funeral
viii possibly be held Friday.
BEGAN LIFE on FARM
DIES MONIES. Aug. z.-Senator Ali
con was born at Perry. Ohio, March
2. 1929, the son OF John and Ma v
Allison. His boyhood days he spent
on the farm which was his birthplace.
During young manhood he secured his
education in Allegheny college, in
\ Pennsylvania. and in the Western Re
serve college of Ohio. He was ad-
rnitted 10 the bar in 1850 and married
Miss Anna Carter Of Wooster, Ohio,
at Ashland. Ohio, In February, 1854
From 1850 until 1857 he practiced law
in Ohio. In 1857 he removed TO Du-
buoue. where he took Up the practice
Of law.
Senator Allison was a delegate to
the republican state convention in 1859
and TO the national republican conven-
ton IN Chicago in 1850. He was a
member Of the governors staff during
the civil war and organized troops to
fight for the integrity or the nation in
1861 In 1863 he was elected to con-
Rress and served continuously until
1871. In 1873 he was elected United
States senator from Iowa and repre-
sented his state in this capacity until
the tine CT his death.
CO-LABORER WITH LINCOLN
II was Senator Allison as much as
any man then in the service of the
people who planned and carried
through all the great measures for
the conduct OF the civil war, the re-
establishment OF the national credit
and the development OF the national
resources. He was a contemporary OF
snd q co-Iaborer with every one OF
the great men whose services now are
recognized as OF inestimable value tc
the nation-Lincoln. Stanton, Chase
Sumner, Blaine. Edmunds. Sherman
Garfield, Logan. TrUmbul, Morton and
others
His aid IN the nomination Of Abraham
Lincoln as republican candidate fol-
president in 1850 was perhaps Senator
Allison's frst great service for his
country. AS an Iowa delegate TO ths
republican convention in Chicago IL
that year he joined the other party
leaders who had determined upon the
nomination of Lincoln, and by theil
united efforts their object was attained