Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-19
ALL MAINE MOURNED.
Public Funeral of Hon. Nelson Dlngley
Held in Lewiston-Mrs. Dingley
Unable to Attend.

Lewiston, Me-. Jan. 1S--Tn the midst of
marked evidence of public and private
mourning the citizens of Maine, including
tho neiEhbors and life long friends Of
Hon. Nelson Dinsley engaged in the clos
ing services attending the death and bur
ial of Names honorcd congressman here
to-day. The public service was held in
the Pine Street Congregational church of
this city this forenoon after prayers at
the Dingley home. The body was taken
to Oak Hall cemetery in Auburn for in
terment.
Both cities. Lewiston and Auburn, and
in fact the entire congressional district
which MIR. Dingley represented for IS
years, gave up the day to mourning. The
genuineness of grief was much to be seen
on the street and among the citizens in
general as it was with the few hundreds
that listened to passages from the holy
Scriptures, the subdued music, the i'm
pressive prayer and words culogistic yet
comforting within the church. Little
business was conducted and during the
services and afterwards as the long pro-
cession passed through the streets over
the river and up to the quiet cemetery
in Auburn, a Sabbath hush prevailed,
broken only by the sombrO sounds of toll
ing bells.
An hour before the services began the
church steps were crowded with those
Eager to gain admittance and within n few
minutes after the doors were opened there
was not a vacant seat aside from those
reserved for the family, the congressional
party and State and city dignitaries.
The floral decorations of the church
while not elaborate were profuse. The
centre piece was a reproduction of Mr..
Dlngley's well known writing desk and
was the offering of the employees on his
newspaper, the Lewiston Journal. A
wreath from President and Mrs. McKin-
ley occupied a prominent position as did
a bank of flowers from the governor of
Massachusetts.
The entire centre Of the church was re-
served for the invited and distinguished
friends the front seats being occupied y
the congressional delegation headed by
Senator Hale and Congressman Boutelle.
behind them were Gov Powers with the
council and the committees from the
state Legislature. Representatives. from
Portland and Rockland with prominent
citizens from nearly every city in the
State as we'll as the entire city govern
mcnt Of Lewiston filed up the rest of the
centre of the church, leaving eight seats
in front for the family
The funeral party entered the church,
10 pail bearers leading, followed by the
wreat recovered casllet after which came
Mr.. Edward y. Dingley and family. Mrs.
Dinglcy. the widow. was too much IA
tigus-l with the constant strain of tho
past three weeks to attend the public OBJ
scQuies
Tho pail bearers We're Hon William G..
Pencil. James A. Walch, Hon. George
c. Wing, Frank Gutman. DIR. w. u,
Oakes, Mr.. A. B. Neatly, H. L. Pratt and
Col. Charles a. Osgood.
Chopn's funeral march was played as
the boy was brought into church and as
soon as the congregation was seated Rev.
Mr. Howe began the services with short
Scripture reading. The selection. Wen
Understand" was then sung by the Aeol-
| Ian male quartette and Rev. Mr.. Howe
then pronounced the eulogy.