Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-01-19

Nelson A. Dlngley, Jr.
due to pneumonia. He was uncon-
scious most of the day, and death
came quietly without consciousness be-
ing regained. There were present al
the time Mrs. Dingley. Miss Edith
Dingley, Messrs. E. n. and A. II. Ding
ley, sons of the deceased, and James g.
Hooe, an intimate friend of the family.
While the past few days have given
great hopes for recovery, the progress
Oh the disease had made the patient
dangerously weak and had seriously
affected his heart. Mrs. Dingley was
much Frustrated 10y her husband S
death, and is now under the care of a
physician. There we're many heart
Felt expressions of sympathy
wnen it became known that the Maine
congressman was dead.
Dingley's illness dated back to Dec.
20, when he complained that he was not
well. A physician diagnosed the case
as one of grip, so commonly prevailing
here, and cautioned the patient to keep
pneumonia developed.
The funeral will be conducted from
the house of representatives Monday.
The body will be taken to the house at
10 o clock and there lie in state till noon,
when services will be conducted in the
LGesence of the house and senate.
In the afternoon the funeral party will
leave for Lewiston, Maine, arriving
there Tuesday afternoon. Further
services will be held at the family res
idence on Wednesday. The interment
will be in that city.
In speaking of Dingley's death last
night Senator Hale said: In the pres
ent condition of public affairs Ding
leys death is great national loss. In
all questions relating to finance, Lne
revenues of the country and the adjust
ment of great fiscal questions, Dingley
was above all others in authority. 1t
is difficult to say who can take his
place"
Nelson Dingley a, Jr., governor Of
Maine in 1874 and 1876 and member of
congress from the second congression-
al district of Maine since 1881, was
born in Durham, Androscoggin county,
Maine, in his grandfather Lambert S
farmhouse on the banks of the andre
scoggin liver Feb. 10, 1892, being the
son of Nelson and Jane (Lambert)
Dingley. The year following his birth
his parents moved to Pakman, Pisca-
taquis county, where they lived on a
farm for a short time, and then took
charge Of the village tavern, with
which a store was connected. In 1888
the family removed to Unity, Waldo
county, and thence, in 1854, to Auburn,
Androscoggin county. At II he taught
winter school in the town of China,
fourteen miles from home, and he con-
tinued to teach winters while fitting
for college. In 1850, at the age of Is,
he entered Wateryille (Maine) Acad-
envy of which the well known Prof. J.
II. Hanson was principal, and there
| completed his preparation for college.
| Entering Waterville College (now Col
by University in 1851, he remained
there a year and a half and then be-
came SJuueHL at DdfLIuOuLH COlltBtt
from which institution he was gradu-
ated in 1855 with high rank as a schol-
ar debater and writer. After leaving
college Dingley studied law In 1866
with Merritt &c Fessenden in Auburn,
to which city his parents had removed
while he was in college. and the latter
year he was admitted to the bar. In
stead of entering upon the practice OF
law he decided to become a journalist,
for which profession he always mani
tested a decided taste. In September,
1856, he purchased the Lewiston Jour
nal, 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 circula-
ton and influence under his manage
ment.
His first vote was cast in 1854 for
Arson p. Morrill,, the anti-slavery and
temperance candidate for governor, a
! political combination from which arose
the republican party of Maine during
the following wiBtaS. He threw him
self into the Fremont campaign in 1856