Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-01-17
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nounced, and the senators entered tn
chamber in body preceded by thei
officers. They took seats on the righ
Of the Speaker. in the rear OF those re
served for the members Of the diplo
matte corps.
| Senator Ross of Vermont, who sue
ceeds the late Senator Morrill,. mad
his first public appearance on this oc
casion.
The senators were followed by tht
| diplomatic corps. With the diplomat!
| came the members of. the Anglo Amer
lean commission, Of which Mr. Dingley
had been a member. The members Ol
the corps were in mourning attire. the
| usual brilliancy of the diplomatic uni
form not being appropriate to an occa-
sion of this character.
At the head Of the diplomatic body
was the venerable dean. the British
ambassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote
and his secretary. Mr.. Tower. Follow
ing came the Russian ambassador
Count Casino and Mr.. Veloni, the
French charge d'affaires. Mr. THE
baut, Baron Won Sternbery Of the Ger
| man embassy: Minister Yang Yu OF
SuiIIiEl, III his IlCII lpOCS, IbaI otl
Reidle. the Austrian charge. and the
ministers of Japan, Venezuela, Costa
Rica and many other countries.
The Anglo American commissioners
included a number OF distinguished
figures: Lord Herschel, Sir Wilfed
I.aurier, Sir Louis Davies. Messrs. r.
Jefferson Coolidge and John w. Kas-
son. Then followed the chief justice
and assistant justices OF the supreme
court. in their sombre robes and they
in turn were followed by the President
with his cabinet, Secretaries Hay.
Gage, Alger, Attorney General Griggs.
Postmaster-General Smith. Secretaries
Long, Bliss and Wilson. who took
placs Immediately to the right OF the
casket.
From the lobby in the rear, the hon
orary pall-bearers with white sashes
across the breasts filed in on the left
They were Senators Hale, Aldrich.
Burrows. Fairbanks. PrFtchard. Berry.
Faulkner, Rawlins and McLaurin. and
Representatives Botltelle. Payne. Dolli-
yer. Tawney. Evans. Hlborn. Clarke.
On. H.). Bailey, Dockery Bell and Nc
Lellan.
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the aisle from the Presidential party
and in front of the casket sat the large
family of the deceased. representing
three generations. 1t included two
sons, Edward N. and Arthur. with the
wife and two Shilurep of Mr.. Edward
n. Dingey. One of 4he children. q
bright-faced Young .boSs has the name
of his distinguished. grandfather. Mel
son Dingley. second. ~ brother. Frank
L. Dingley. editor 81. the Lewiston
Journal. with which the name OF the
Dingleys has been long associated. and
a nephew. Brett H. .-Dingley. also were
present.
Owing TO the entreaties OF friends
and the imperative directions of the
doctors. the afflicted widow remained
at her room during the official cere-
monies, as she was not yet over the
prostrating effect of the loss of her
husband. Her daughter. Miss Dingley.
remained at her side
Others who accompanied the family
mourners, by reason of the close rela-
tions they have borne to the family.
were Major Herbert NJ. Lord. L. S. A..
formerly chief clerk of the ways and
chairmanship Everett B. Norton. as
sistant clerk; Mr.. J. c. Hooe William
w. Evans and Col. Thomas Hopkins
formerly of Maine and now represent
ing the Grand Army. in a tribute o.
respect.
A deep hush then fell upon the assem-
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 mu-
impressively. 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. >. NJ. Newman of the First Congre-
gational church of this city. assisted by
Rev. DR.. Couden. chaplain of the House.
was very simple service. Rev. Mr..
Newman New read the l4th chapter of, ST.
John. He then spoke of the deep solem-
nity OF the occasion. and the great lesson
which might be drawn from the life
which had been finished. All assembled
here. he said, ITO pay their tribute to the
one who stood in life as an example to
mankind. Every honorable aspiration
and every particle of manlness was
He reviewed beautifully the great ca
reer OF the dead statesman. who. he said
had at last become the pure and highest
type of an American citizen, in whom his
countrymen reposed honor. trust and
confidence. He concluded with a feeling
tribute to the devoted husband and
father. the loving brother and friend, the
loyal and true-hearted citizen and legis-
lator. and the fearless and faithful
statesman and leader of his party
Rev. Mr.. Couden, the blind chaplain of
the House, made touching prayer, and
the exercises were concluded with the
singing by the quartet the organ accom-
paniment of Jesus, Lover of My Soul"
When Rev. Mr.. Newman delivered the
benediction the entire assemblage arose
the galleries well as those on the floor.
The distinguished company departed In
the order in which they had come, all
passing down to the area by the casket
President Mckinley paused for a lon.,
fraction of a minute while he gazed sadly
at the features of his dead friend
When all had departed save the men,
bers of the House. Mr.. Boutelle of Maine
ther mark of respect The motion was
adopted and accordingly at 1855 p. M
the Speaker declared the House ad-
jOurned.
The body lay in state in the hall of the
House of Representatives until shortly
before the time for the departure of the
special train which is to convey the re-
mains and the party to Lewiston. 1t was
then conveyed to the Pennsylvania sta
ton. whence the train departed at 4.1O p
M. over the Pennsylvania Road as the
second section of the Congressional lin
tied. The train consisted of four Pull
mans and baggage car.
One OF the cars was occupied by the
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