Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-19
THE D|NGLEY 0BS[QU|ES.
An Honor Rarely Accorded De-
ceased Member of the House
of Representatives.
MAJESTIC IN ITS lAPREsSIvEHEss.
President and Cabinet, Members of the
Diplomatic Corps, of the Supreme Court,
Senate and House of Representatives,
Military and Civil Dignitaries Among
Those Who Paid the Last Honors-

| Washington, Jan. ia state flu
siveness, was given the late Represent
ative Nelson Dingley at noon, in the
| house of representatives, where he has
| so long been such a commanding fig
| ure. The president, his cabinet, dis
| tinguished members of the diplomatic
corps, members of the supreme court,
senate and house, and distinguished
| men in military and civil life were
| arranged about MS bier on the floor
of the hall, while the galleries, to
which admission could be obtained
| only by card, were occupied by the
| families of those who sat upon the
| floor and prominent persons invited
to be present. Some of them, like a
delegation from the New York cham
Der of commerce, had come from dis
lance to pay their last tribute of re-
spect to the dead statesman. Not
| since the late VIM. D. Kelly, of Penn
sy1vania, was given state funeral in
the house during the Fifty-frst con-
gress, while President Mckinley was
chairman of the ways and means COM
| mittee, has such an honor been ac-
corded a member of the house.
The remains were laid in state on
the floor of the house under the direc-
ton and care of Sergeant-at-Arms
B. F. Russell, when thousands of peo-
pie pressed forward to take last look
upon face that had grown familiar
to frequenters of the capitol. Some of
I bot
the police had almost to use force to
cause them to move on.
During the interval before IL, al
most every member of the house who,
is in the city came IN and stood for
moment by the casket with bowed
head and gazed for the last time ON
the familiar features. Meantime the
galleries had filled.
Directly in front and across the
aisle, from the presidential party
and in front of the casket, sat the
large family of the deceased, repre-
senting three generations.
Immediately in front of the white
marble rostrum the casket lay banked
on either side with rare and exquisite
flowers which Completely concealed
the marble.
Suddenly deep hush fell upon the
assemblage. Out of the loft in the
rear of the press gallery the notes of
an organ pulsed and echoed through
the hall. 1t was the first time in the
history of the house of representatives
that music had been heard in it. A
quartette sang impressively Crossing
the Bar.
son, beginning:
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me-
The services were conducted by Rev.
5. NJ. Newman, of the First Congrega-
tional church of this city, assisted by
Rev. DR.. Couden. chaplain of the house.
1t was very simple service. Rev.
Newman read the 14th chapter of ST.
John. He then spoke of the deep So
lemnity of the occasion and the great
lesson which might be drawn from the
life which had been finished. All as
sembled here, he said, to pay their
tribute to one who stood in life as an
example TO mankind. Every honora-
BILE aspiration and every particle of
manliness was touched by the finger
of this sorrow. He reviewed briefly
the great career of the dead statesman
who. he said. lad at last become the
pure and highest type of an American
citizen, in whom his countrymen re-
posed honor and confidence.
He concluded with feeling tribute
to the Devoted husband and father,
the loving brother and friend, the
loyal and true hearted citizen and leg
islator and the fearless and faithful
statesman and leader of his party
Rev. Couden, the blind chaplain of
the house, made a tou. hing prayer and
the exercises we're concluded with the
singing by the quartette to the or
gan's accompaniment of
Jesus. Lover of my Soul