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Show SENATOR ALLISON CALLEDBY DEATH Veteran Statesman Had Served Iowa in the Senate for More Than Quarter of a'Century. i News of His Illness Had Been Ke(.t From the Public, and His Death Came as a 8udden and Totally Unexpected Shock. Dubuque, In. United States Senator William H. Allison died of heart fall-, uro at 1:33 p. in., Tuesday, August 4. Tho death of Senator Allison removes from tho sonnto n man who for moro than n quarter of a century has been ono of ltB most prominent mcmbors. Ho had served continuously slnco 1873. Mr. Allison wns born at Perry, O., March 2, 1829, and removed to Iowa In 1857. Ho served ns a member of tho houso of rcprcscntntlvcs In tho Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Forty-flrst congresses prior to his election to tho cstnto. Two weeks ago tho nged senator loft his home in tho city to escnpo tho WILLIAM D. ALLISON. heat. For n fow days his condition Deemed to improve but ho lator bo-gnn bo-gnn to grow worse. Saturday morning tho senator was brought to his' homo In this city. Soon afterward ho relapsed into a condition condi-tion or almost unconsciousness. With brief spells when ho recovered some-whnt, some-whnt, ho had remained In this condition condi-tion until dentil canio to his rollcf at 1:33 p. m. on Tuesday. 'Nows of tho serious Illness of tho aged senator wns kopt from tho public pub-lic ns much as poslblo, and his death canio ns a sudden nnd almost totally unexpected shock to his thousands ot friends residing In this city. Only tho most Intimate friends of tho family fam-ily wero awaro of his critical and unconscious un-conscious condition sluco his return to tho city. |