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Show SENATOR ALLISON'S FUNERAL SATURDAY Veteran Statesman Left, So Far as Known, Not a Single Blood Relative. . DUBUQUE, la., 'Aug. 15. Tho funeral of Senator Allison will be held on Saturday Satur-day afternoon at 1 o'clock, and, It will be simple In tho extreme. Funeral services ser-vices will bo held at the residence of tho dead Senator. Rev. J. T. Bergen, D. D., pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church, of which Senator Allison was a member, will officiate at the house and also at Llnwood cemetery, whore the burial will take placo. The body wllL lie In Btate on Friday afternoon and evening. even-ing. Arrangements are under way for the suspension of business In Ihe city during the funeral. Flags aro at half-mast half-mast on all public buildings. Telegrams of sympathy are pouring In from public men in all parts of the country. Tho arrangements for the funeral of Senator William 13. Allison were completed com-pleted today at a meeting of his friends. There Is not a relative to consult, not a single wish to consider outside of the desires of tho host of friends In Dubuquo and Washington and throughout Iowa. Alone, and living solely for tho public service ser-vice which he might perform. Senator Allison's Al-lison's last few days were a fitting climax of a lonely man's life. Tho Allison home today Is In charge of the few Intimate friends of Senator Allison. Alli-son. The house, draped In mourning, ls fairly filled with flowers and tho body of the aged Senator, prepared for burial, will He In state for several hours later In the week. His funeral arrangements depict the loneliness of his later years. Friends aro there he had a legion and It is they who aro arranging for the obsequies qvor tho remains of Iowa's distinguished Senator, Sena-tor, who had passed his life so much In the hnnds of the public Home life, privacy pri-vacy and quiet wVo all sacrificed by Senator Allison for the public welfare. Was the Public's Man. Senator Allison was more than a public pub-lic man he was the public's man. He belonged to them. They will bury him as ho would be buried by throntli of his neighbors and friends. Elaborate preparations are being made to handle the enormous crowds of friends, not only from Iowa, but from all over tho Unltea StateB, who will attend tho funeral services of tho great statesman. states-man. Many of his colleagues in tho Senate Sen-ate will be present. Many of the officials offi-cials from Washington arc telegraphing to Dubuque friends that they will be present. No other man other than a President will be more honored dead than Senator Allison. |
