The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-01-20
THE D|NGLEY OBSEQU|ES.
An Honor Rarely Accorded a De
ceased Member Of the House
of Representatives.
MAJESTIC IN ITS IMPREssIVENEss.
President and Cabinet, Members of the
Diplomatic Corps, of the Supreme Court,
senate and House of Representatives,
Military aRd Civil DIGnItArIcs Among
Those Who Paid the Last Honors.

1
| Washington, Jan. 16.-A state fu-
neral, almost majestic IN its impress
| siveness, was given the late Represent
| ative Nelson Dingley at noon, in the
| house of representatives, where he has
so long been such commanding fig
ure. The president, his cabinet, dis
| tingUished members of the diplomatic
corps, members of the supreme court,
senate and house, and distinguished
men in military and civil life were
arranged about his bier on the floor
of the hall. while the galleries, to
which admission could be obtained
only by card, were occupied by the
| families of those who sat upon the
| floor and prominent persons invited
| to be present. Some of them, like a
| delegation from the New York cham
Der of commerce, had come from dis
| tance to pay their last tribute of re-
spect TO the dead statesman. Not
| since the late VIM. ID. Kelly. of Penn
| sylvania, was given a state funeral in
the house during the Fifty-first con-
gress, while President Mckinley was
chairman of the ways ard means com
| mittee, has such an honor been ac-
corded a member of the house.
REMAINS IN THE HOUSE.
The remains were taken from the
| Hotel Hamilton to the capitol at 10 a.
m, and were borne into the hall of
representatives by a squad of capitol
police under the direction of Sergeant
alarms Russell. The casket was placed
! on bier in the area in front of the
marble rostrum of the speaker, and
for an hour the public, which would
have no opportunity to witness the of
fetal ceremonies later, was allowed to
view the remains as they lay in state.
Thousands of people streamed through
the main door down past the casket
and gazed upon the calm. serene feat
ures of the dead during that hour.
Some could with difficulty be induced
by the police to move away from the
caskct.
TOOK A LAST LOOK.
The house pages and other employees
of the house entered the line and took
last view of the revered statesman.
Mr.. Dingley was well loved by the en-
ployes of the house, and there were
tears in many eyes. The decorations
of the hall were simple but strilingly
beautiful. Palms relieved the rigid
corners and palm leaves arranged in
the form of a trefoil planted in
wreaths of galax leaves tied with long
streamers of purple adorned the walls.
A cluster of roses and palm leaves
were arranged on each section of the
brass railing about the rear of the
hall. This simple scheme of decora-
tiOn eliminated about the rostrum be-
meath which the remains lay.
BANKED WITH FLOWERS.
Immediately in front of the white
marble rostrum the casket lay banked
on either side with rare and exquisite
flowers which completely concealed
the marble. These included a few of
the most beautiful and most appro-
pirate 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 magnificent mass of American
beauty roses from the Canadian joint
high commission. The only floral
piece on the casket was Il cluster of
orchids, the gift of Mrs. Blaine. At
the head of the casket. like halo
above the calm brow of the great man,
was magnificent wreath of orchids
and lilies of the valley 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,
single desk was wrapped in black and
covered with roses and lilies.
LAST LOOKS At THE DEAD.
During the interval before II, al
most every member of the house who
is in the city came IN and stood for
moment by the casket with bowed
head and gazed for the last time on
the familiar features. Meantime the
galleries had filled.
At 11:45 the stream of people who
had been fling by the bier was inter
rupted and the members of the house
began seating themselves on the left
of the main aisle in the rear chairs re-
served 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 after the an
nouncement of Mr.. Dingley's death.
The clerk of the senate announced the
passage of similar resolutions by the
senate.
FAMILY OF THE DECEASED.
Directly in front and across the
aisle, from the presidential party
and in front of the casket, sat the
large family of the deceased. repre-
senting three generations. 1t included
the two sons, Edward and Arthur,
with the wife and two children of Mr.
Edward \ Dingley. One of the chill
dren, brightfaced young boy, has
the name of his distinguished grand
father, Nelson Dingley, the second. A
brother, Frank L. Dingley, editor of
the Lewiston Journal, with which the
name of the Dingleys has long been
associated, and a nephew, Prett H.
Dingley, also were present.
Owing 10 the entreaties of friends