The record-union., 1899-01-14
representative
DINGLEY DEAD.
The Republican Leader in the Lower
House Of Congress
Succumhs TO Pneumonia, Following an A.
tack Of the GrIppe.
The End Came Quietly, the Patient
Not Regaining Consciousness
Throughout the Day-Funera1
Services to be Held In the House
Of Representatives. ON Monday.

Throughout the Day-Funera1
Services to be Held In the House
of Representative ON Monday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Hon. Nell
son Dingley of Maine, leader of the Re-
publican side of the floor of the House
of Representatives, died here tonight
at half past 10 O'Clock Of heart failure,
resulting from the extreme weakness
due to pneumonia. He was unconscious
during most of the day, and death came
quietly without consciousness being re-
gained. All the members of his family
were at his bedside.
To within a few hours before his.
death the family firmly believed, as it
has throughout his illness, that Mr..
Dingley would recover. While the past
few days have given. great hope of re-
covery, the progress of the disease had
made the patient dangerously weak,
and had seriously affected his heart.
Late last night, and again this morn
ing, Mr.. Dinghy had bad sinking
spell, from which he slightly rallied.
There were further evidences of heart
failure as the day progressed, and the
strongest stimulants We're administered,
but without effect. He failed percept-
IDLY during the afternoon.
Mrs. Dingley was very much pros
trated by her husbands death, and is
now under the care of physicians.
Mr.. Dingley had spent all Of the past
sixteen years Of his life when his Con-
gressional duties called him to Wash
ington at the Hamilton House. He oc-
cupied rooms on the second floor, and
had with him his wife and daughter,
the sons being here but little.
Representative Dingley's illness dated
back to December 18th. The physicians
diagnosed his case as one of grip, so
commonly prevalent here, and caution
ed the patient to keep to his room The
following Saturday pneumonia develop
ed IN the left lung, complicated with
great irregularity of the heart.
The funeral will be conducted in the
House OF Representatives on Monday
next. The body will be taken to the
House a. 10 o'clock, and there lie in
state until noon, when services will be
conducted in the presence of the House
and Senate. At 4:20 in the afternoon
the funeral party will leave for Lewis
Tuesday afternoon. Further services
viii be held at the family residence in
Lewiston on Wednesday afternoon. The
lnterment will be in that CITY.
Nelson Dingley, Jr., Governor of Maine
IN lS14-l5. and member of Congress
from the Second Congressional District
OF Maine since 1881, was born in Dur
ham, Me-. in his grandfather Lambert's
farmhouse on the banks Of the An
droscoggin River, February 10, 1892
lie was the son of Nelson and Jane
Lambert tDingley). The year follow
ing his birth his parents moved to
Parkman, Piscataquis County. where
they lived on a farm for short time,
and then took charge of the village
tavern, with which a store was con-
nected. In 1888 the family removed
to Unity. Waldo County, and thence,
IN 1854, to Auburn, Androscoggin
County. At II he taught a winter
school in the town of China, fourteen
miles from home, and he continued to
teach winters while fitting for college.
In 1850. at the age of 10, he entered
Waterville (Me) Academy, of which
the Well-known Professor j. H Hanson
was Principal, and there completed his
preparation for college. Entering
Waterville College (now Colby Uni
versity) in 1851, he remained there a.
year and half, and then became a
student at Dartmouth College, from
which institution he was graduated in
1850, with high rank as scholar. de-
batter and writer.
After leaving college Mr.. Dingley
Tod 1ox q
Fessenden, in Auburn, to which city
his parents had removed while he was
in college, and in the latter year he
was admitted to the bar. Instead of
entering upon the practice of law. he
decided to become a Journalist. for
which profession he always manifested
a decided taste. In September. 1886.
he purchased the Lewiston journal"
OF which he had been practically the
editor while studying law, and to which
in 1861 he added daily edition. The
paper rapidly increased in circulation
under his management.
His first vote was cast in 1854 for
Hon. Arson P. Morrill,, the anti-slavery
and temperance candidate for Gov
ernor, political combination from
which rose the Republican party Of
Maine during the following winter. He
threw himself into the Fremont cam
raign in 1856 with all the ardor of
youth and ability Of age.
In 1861, at the age of 90. he was
elected Representative from Auburn to
the State Legislature, in which body
be at once took high rank: was re-
elected in 1862, and chosen Speaker of
the House at the session of 1863. In
1868 he removed to Lewiston. and at
the opening of the legislative session
of 1854 was unanimously reelected
Speaker.
At the State election of 1854 he was
elected to the House a fourth time,
and with the session of 1865 was again
rendered the position of Speaker. which
he declined, preferring to take his place
on the floor. He was also a repre-
sentative to the Legislature from Lew
iston in 1872 and 1873.
In 1873 Mr.. Dingley was nominated
as the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor of Maine by a vote Of two to one
against two popular opponents, and
was elected by about 10000 majority.
In 1874 he was reelected by over H.
COO majority, declining third NOM
nation in 1876, and served on the Com
mittee on Resolutions and was one of
the subcommittee OF five who drafted
the platform.
He actively participated in the Presi-