The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-16

flowers which completely concealed the
marble. These included a few of the
most beautiful and most appropriate
floral offerings which had been sent to
the family, a great wreath of white
roses from the Sons and Daughters of
Maine, beautiful piece from the ways
and means committee and a magnifi-
cent mass of American Beauty roses
from the Canadian joint high commits
sion. The only floral piece on the cas-
ket was cluster of orchids the gift of
Mrs. Blaine
At the head of the casket like a halo
above the calm brow of the great man
was magnificent wreath of orchids
and lilies of the velley, tied with deep
purple ribbon, which had been sent by
the president. Out in the waste of the
seats while the body lay in state a sin
gle desk was wrapped in black and COW
cred with roses and lilies.
During the interval before u, almost
every member of the house. who is in
the city came in and stood for a mo-
ment by the casket with bowed head
and gazed for the last time on the ia
miliar features. Meantime the CALLER
les had filed.
REED CALLS TO ORDER.
At 11:45 the stream of people who had
been filing by the bier was interrupted
and the members of the house began
seating themselves on the left of the
main isle in the rear chairs reserved for
the family. Speaker Reed called the
house to order. An air of deep sadness
pervaded the hall as the members rose
to listen to the brief and simple prayer
of the chaplain. The clerk read in full
the resolutions adopted on Saturday af-
ter the announcement of Mr.. Dingley's
death. The clerk of the senate annOunc-
ed the passage of similar resolutions by
the senate. Immediately afterwards
the vice president and the senate enter
ed the chamber in a body and were fol-
lowed by the diplomatic corps, with
whom came the members of the anglo
American commission of which Mr..
a n
bers of the corps wore mourning attire.
At the head of the diplomatic corps
was the venerable dean, the British
ambassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote. Fol
lowing came the Russian ambassador,
Count Cassini, the French charge daft
flares NJ. Thiebaut, Baron Speck Won
Sternberg, of the German embassy; Mr.
Yang Yu of China, in his rich Oriental
robes; Baron Reidle, the Austrian
charge, the ministers of Japan, Vene-
zuela, Costa Rica and many other coun-
tries and many attaches. Inc Anglo
American commissioners included Lord
Herschel Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Louis
Davis and Messrs. T. Jefferson Coolidge
and John W. Kasson.
JUSTICES IN ROBES.
Then followed the chief justice and
associate justices of the supreme court
in their robes, and they in turn were
followed by the president with his CAP
met Secretaries Hay, Gage, Alger, At
torney Griggs, Secretaries Long, Bliss
and Wilson, who took places Immediate
ly to the right of the casket.
From the lobby in the rear the honor
airy pall-bearers with white sashes
across their breasts filed on the left.
They were Senators Hale, Aldr1ch, Bur
rows, Fairbanks, Pritchard, Berry,
Faulkner, RawlinS, McLaurin and KEEP
resentatives Boutelle, Payne, Dolliver,
Tawney, Evans, Hilborn, Clark On. H.),
Dockery. Bell and Mcclellan.
Directly in front of them and across
the aisle from the presidential party
and ~ front of the casket sat the large
family of the deceased, representing
three generations. 1t included the two
sons, Edward and Arthur, with the
wife and two children of Mr.. Edward
N Dingley. One of the children,
bright faced young boy. has the name
of his distinguished grandfather, Mel
Frank L. Dingley, editor of the Lewis
ton Journal, with which the name OF
the Dingleys has long been associated
and a nephew, Brett H. Dlngley' also
Owing to the entreaties of friends and
the imperative directions of the doctors,
the afflicted widow remained at her
room during the official ceremony, as
she was not yet over the prostrating
effect of the loss of her husband.
FIRST MUSIC IN THE HOUSE
Her daughter, Miss Dingley, remained
at her side to comfort her.
A deep hush fell upon the assemblage.
Suddenly 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 i'm
pressively Crossing the Bar The
beautiful words are by Tennyson, be-
ginning:
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me-"
The services were conducted by the
Rev. S. NJ. Newman of the First Con-
gregational church of this city, assist
ed by Rev. DR.. Couden, chaplain of the,
house.
1t was a very simple service. Rev.
Mr.. Newman read the 14th chapter of
st. John. He then spoke of the deep
solemnity of the occasion and the great
lesson which might be drawn from the
life which had been finished. All assem-
bled here, he said, to pay their tribute