Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-17
AN IMPOSING FUNERAL
congress Pays the Last Respects to
Represen atiyc Dingley.
THOUSANDS VIEW HIS BODY.
Amid u Magnificent Display of Floral
Tributes and with the Hall of
the House Crowded the
Service Is Read.

. the late Nelson Dingley, Jr., congress
ms sional representative from Maine, who
died Friday night We're conveyed early
to the hall of the house of representa-
tives and there given a state funeral al
to most majestic in its impressveness.
-. The president, his cabinet, distin-
~ guished members of the diplomatic
or corps. members of the supreme court,
senate and house and distinguished
men in military and civil life were
ranged about his bier on the floor of the
! hall while the galleries, to which adj
4 mission could be obtained only by card,
We're occupied by the families of those
10 who sat upon the floor and other promi-
81 nent personages invited to be present.
Some of them, like a delegation from
the New York chamber of commerce,
had come from distance to pay their
l. last tribute of respect to the dead
statesman.
u Not since the late William d. Kelly
a of Pennsylvania was given a state flu
:, neral in the house during the Fifty first
- congress, While President Mckinley was
!" chairman of the ways and means COM
. mittee, has such an honor been accord
ed a menlbe Of the house. The remains
were taken from the Hotel Hamilton to
|. the capitol and We're borne into the hall
, of representatives by a squad of CAPT.
tol police under the direction of Ser
| gea nt-at- Arms Russell. The casket was
, placed on a bier in the area in front of
the marble rostrum of the speaker, and
for an hour the public, which would
have no opportunity to witness the Of |
fetal ceremonies later was allowed to |
view the remains as they lay in state.
Thousands of people streamed through !
the main door down past the casket and
gazed upon the calm. serene features
of the dead during that hour. Some
could with difficulty be induced by the
police to move away from the casket.
Loved by the Employees.
The house pages and other employees
| of the house entered the line and took
last view of the revered statesman.
Mr. Dingley was well beloved by the
employees of the house, and there were
tears in many eyes. The decorations
of the hall We're simple, but strikingy
bea utiful.
Above the ornate gilded front of the
press gallery galax leaves We're fes-
TONED, while just above the clock how
cred a white dove with outspread
wings. Below, Immediately in front of
the white marble rostrum, the casket
lay, banked on either side with rare and
exquisite flowers, which concealed the
marble These included few of the n
most beautiful and most appropriate r
floral offerings which had been sent to :,
the family.
During the interval before the funeral =
almost every member of the house who -
is in the city came in and stood for a ~
moment by the casket with bowed head y,
and gazed for the last time on the ia :,
mliar features. Many tender and chok- =.
ing words were murmured, and the y,
deep grief of all was manifest. Mean 10
time the galleries had filled, and in va n,
rlous committee rooms and Hobbies the
distinguished personages in official life
invited to be present We're assembling
he president and cabinet in the COM Al
nttee on naval affairs room; the men, -,
oers OF the supreme court in their ~,
the diplomatic corps, the a.
major general of the army the senior q,
ldmiral of the navy and the commits g.
toner's of the District in the WAYS ana nv
means committee room; the pallbearers NJ
nd the committee on ARRANGEMENTS in -,
he house lobby. The speakers room ~
vas reserved for the family and the ~.
ficiating Clergyman. ~
Speaker Rcad attred in black
'lince Albert suit assembled the ros
'um and called the house to order. An
IL OF oeep sadness pervaded the hall as
~ members rose to listen to the brief ~ S'
I'd simple prayer of the chaplain. Tho oh
ERIK read in full the resolutions adont- mel
on Saturday after tba overwhelmingly. ito
Mr.. Dingley's death. The clerk of the at
mate lnounced the passage of simi- ne
+ resolutions by the senate. Lot
The Senators Enter. ~.
Immediately thereafter the vice pres ing
eht ana the senate were announced dol
III the senators entered the chamber was
body preceded by their officers.
lcy TOOK seats on the right of the
e'kei' IN the rear of those reserved Fl
the members of the diplomatic Yer
Fps lhev were followed by the dip Ions
haue corps With the diplomatic Ira
rps came the members of the Anplo- Dec
liet'cdh commission, of which Mr. | betty
hSley hau been member AT the | the
au OF the diplomatic body was the Pin;
fleraple dean, the British ambassador. and
Julian Tauncefote, and his score side
", Mr. Tower. is a
wing to the entrea ties of friends and Tug
! imperative directions of the doctors
afflicted widow remained at how
I'M during the official ceremonies. as w
was not yet over the prostrating eide
ect OF the loss of her husband Her send
lighter, Miss Dinsley, remained At is t,
SIDE to comfort and assist with
deep hush fell upon the assemb1ooo Mia
'dehly ont of the loft in the rear of a de
press gallery the notes of an ORGAN pres
seq ana echoed through the hall IF will
'He iirst 'llhe IN the history of the him
Sc or representatives that music had Stat,
heard in it. a quartet sang i'm
sslVely "Crossing the Bar" by Lord +
nyson. No
ie "eiN ices were conducted by the than
: - N. Newman of the First Con. Corw
'a'ional church of this city, assisted the f,
Kew DR.. Couden, chaplain of the who
Sc nhey were very simple. eight
sV Mr.. Coudan the blind chan1ain folio,
'"e mousse lhen made Q touching band
'er and the exercises were concl,,d and T
VIII the singing by the quartet to her o
organ accompaniment of "Jesus
r. Of My Soul" "'
hen Rev. Mr.. Ncwnan delivered tho Gle
ulcton, the entire assan,b,.gc man
e, the galleries az well as those on Nortl
floor The distincuished con,non, aged
f'ed in the order n which they hoG the
> al passing d. i 10 the area b, about
i ne F.' = rs VEG kept il disab
"nH until tie 4:1G tain when tn, from
: - lew lN,"ll' re- BEGAN. ceiveC
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