St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-01-18

was near, and from that time till 1890,
when it quietly came, they were simply
waiting for 1t. The sturdy vitality which
had kept death at distance had gone,
and even the stimulus of fever had de-
parted, and there was no remedy that
would prolong life.
1t was not generally known that Mr..
Dingley was worse, and public men who
had heard of the unfavorable change in
the afternoon had hoped that Mr.. Ding
ley might rally, as he had done repeat
eddy before, so that those who were up
at II o'clock, when the sad news was
circulated by telephone and messenger,
were shocked by it.
President Mckinley had not retired,
for the guests of the diplomatic dinner
had just left the White House, and he
was profoundly impressed by the deaf.
of his old friend, and sent his messages
of sympathy and coincidence at once. A
few other public men, chiefly in the
Hamilton house and its neighborhood,
FASTENED to do the same.
Speaker Reed, Senator Hale and Rep.
resentatives Boutelle and Burleigh were
very much affected, and fastened to give
expression of their feelings to Mr.. Ding
loy's family. Senator Frye who lives at
the Hamilton, had gone to bed with a
heavy cold, and was asleep when Mr.
Dingley died.
Mr. Dingley was taken with a cold
Thursday, Dec. 20. He left the capitol
early and remained In his apartments
during the evening. The next day the
cold developed into hacking cough.
His physician, DR.. Henry B. Deale, was
sent for and he diagnosed the attack as
a severe case of grip, and Immediately
went heroically to work to ward off
pneumonia, but it developed Saturday,
the 3lst.
The lesion of the lungs developed
steadily until last Friday, the 9th, when
| change for the worse set in. Then his
two sons, Messrs. E. N. and H. A. Ding
| ley, whose home is in Kalamazoo, Mich.
were telegraphed for. They arrived the
following night to find their father al
the point of Death. He was unconscious
and did not recognize them before he
| died.
Last Wednesday DR.. Deale saw q
change for the better and informed The
/ family that Mr.. Dingley would probably
recover. One lung cleared, but the othel
filed, The patient, however, held his
own until $3.50 Friday morning, wher
he suffered an attack Of heart failure
Although Drs. Deale and Hyatt set dill
gently to work to save their patient, H.
never rallied and sank gradually unit
his death.
The week previous to his death MI
Dingley was to have delivered speec
before the Brooklyn IN. W Academy o
Science on the revenue of the govern
ment. His speech was already prepared
and at his request the date of deliver
was postponed. He was thinking abou
that speech frequently during his las
days.
Nelson Dingley. governor of Main
1915. and members OF congress from II
Second congressional district of MAR
since 1881, was born in Durham, Me-,
his grandfather's farmhouse, Feb. /
Dingley, The year following his Dirt
| his parents moved to Parkman, whe
they lived on farm for a short tim
. and then took charge of the villa,
tavern, with which store was CO.
netted. In 1888 the family removed
|. Unity, and then in 1854 to Auburn. At
he taught a winter school in the town
China, and he continued to teach wi
tiers while fitting for college. In 1850
the age of is, he entered Watervi
academy, and there completed his pre-
aratlon for college. Entering Watervi
college (now Colby university in 1851,
remained there year and a half a
then became n student at Dartmou
college. from which institution he gra
re uated in 1865, with high rank as scho
debater and writer
IT, After leaving college Mr. Dlngl
III studied law i'm 1S55-6 at Auburn, to viii
III city his parents had removed while
re was IN college, and in the latter year
l. was admitted to the bar, Instead of {
Oh tering upon the practice of law, he
W cided to become journalist for VIII
az profession he always manifested
III ctded taste. In September 1856, he pI
chased the Lewiston Journal, publish
In the adjoining city of Lewiston,