The Indianapolis journal., 1899-01-17
PUBLIC PERMITTED TO VIEW THE
FACE OF THE DEAD STATESMAN.
Music Heard in the House for the
First Time in the History of Con-
gress-BOdy Taken to Lewiston.

about his bier on the floor OF the nall, Wnlle
the galleries, to which admission could be
obtained only by card, were occupied by the
families of those who sat upon the floor
and other prominent personages invited to
be present. Some of them, like delegation
from the New York Chamber of Commerce,
had come from a distance to pay their last
tribute of respects to the dead statesman.
Not since the late William D. Kelly, of
Pennsylvania, was given a state funeral in
the House during the Fifty-nrst Congress,
while President Mckinley was chairman of
the ways and means committee, has such an
House.
The remains were taken from the Hotel
Hamilton to the Capltol TINS morning az ~
O'Clock and were borne into the hall OF the
House of Representatives by squad OF
police under the direction OF Sergeant-at-
| Arms Russell. The casket was placed on
| bier in the area in front of the marble ros-
trum of the speaker, and for an hour the
| public, which would have no opportunity
allowed to view the remains as they lay III
state. Thousands of people streamed
through the main door down past the casket
and gaZed upon the calm, serene FEATURES OF
the dead during that hour. Some could with
difficulty be induced by the police to move
away from the caskeI. The House pages
and other employees of the House entered
the line and took a last view of the revered
statesman. Mr.. Dingley was well loved by
the employees or the house, ana lneIe were
tears in many eyes.
THE DECORATIONS.
The decorations of the hall were simple
but strikingly beautiful Palms around 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 Immediately in front of the
white marble rostrum the caSket lay banked
| on either side with rare and exquisite flow
| ers, which completely concealed the marble.
| The only floral piece on the casket was
| cluster of orchids, the gift of Mrs. Blaine.
AT the head of the caSket, like a halo
above the calm brow of the great man, was
a magnificent wreath of orchids and lilies
of the valley, tied with deep purple ribbons,
which had been sent by the president. out
in the waste Of seats while the body lay in
state q single desk was wrapped in black
and covered with roses and lines.
During the interval before IL O'Clock al
most every member of the House who is in
by the caSket with bowed head and gazed
for the last time the familiar features.
Meantime the galleries had been flied AT
11:45 the stream or people who had been
filing by the bier was interrupted and the
members of the House began seating them
| selves on the left OF the main aisle in the
rear of the chairs reserved 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 announcement or Mr..
| DIngley's death. The clerk of the Senate
announced the passage of similar reSOlu-
| tionS by the Senate.
Immediately thereafter the Vice President
| and the Senate entered the chamber in a
| body and were followed by the diplomatic
| CORPS with whom came the members of the
| Anglo American commission, of which Mr.
| Dingley had been a member. The members
! or the corps wore mourning attire. AT the
| head of the diplomatic body the ven
cradle dean, the British ambassador, Sir
Julian Pauncefote Following came the
| Russian ambassador, Count Cassini; the
French charge d'atfaires, M. Thlebaut;
Earon Speck Won Sternberg, of the Ger
man embassy; Minister Yang Yu, of China
| in his rich Oriental robes; Baron Reid4e,
| the Austrian charge; the minister of Japan,
Venezuela. Costa Rica and many other
countries and many attaches. The Anglo
American commissioners included Lord
| Herschel, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir William
and John w. Kasson. Then followed the
| chief justice and associate justices of the
Supreme Court in their somber robes, and
| they in turn We're followed by the President,
| with his Cabinet, Secretaries Hay, Gage,
| Alger, Attorney General Griggs Postmaster
General Smith, Secretaries Long, Bliss and
| Wilson, who took places Immediately to the
| right of the caSket.
PALLBEARERS AND FAMILY.
From the lobby in the rear the honorary
pallbearers, with white sashes across their
| breasts, filed in on the left. They were
| Senators Hale, Aldrich Burrows, Fair
| banks, Pritchard, Berry, Faulkner Raw
| iins, McLaurin and Representatives Bou-
| telle, Payne Doliver, Tawney, Evans,
| Hillborn, Clarke of New Hampshire, Bailey.
Dockery, Bell and Mcclellan. Directly in
| front Of them and across the aisle from the
presidential party, and in front of the
| casket sat the large family of the de-
| ceased, representing three generations 1t
included the two sons, Edward N and Ar
liu,, I1ur, W Win thelr wives; Mr.. Edward N;
Dlngley-, one OF the children, a bright-faced
young boy, with the name of his distin-
gulshed grandfather, Nelson Dingley;
brother, Frank Dingley, editor of the Lewis
ton Journal, with which the name of the
Dlngleys has long been associated, and a
nephew, Brett H. Dingley, also were pres
eni.
Owing to the entreaties of friends and the
imperative directions of the doctors the af-
nic-ed widow remained in her room during
the oLnclal ceremony, as she was not yet
over the prostrating effect of the loss of her
husband Her daughter, Miss Dingiey re-
named at her side to comfort and assist.
"A deep hush fell on the asSembage Sud-
denly out of the loft in rear of the press
gaIlery the notes of an organ pulsed and
echoed through the hail. IL was the first
time in the history of the House of Repre-
sentatiVeS that music had been heard in it.
A quartet sang impressvely Crossing the
Bar The services were conducted by the
Rev. 5. NJ Newman of the First Congre-
gational Church of this city, assisted by
rev. Or. Couden, chaplain of the House
IL was a very simple service. Rev. New
man read the fourteenth chapter of St
John. He then spoke of the deep solemnity
of the occasion and the great lesson which
might be drawn from the life which had
been finished. All assembled here, he said,
10 pay their tribute to one who stood in
life as an example to mankind. Every
honorable aspiration and every particle of
manliness was touched by the finger of this
sorrow. He reviewed briefly 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
eountrymen reposed honor, trust and con-
ddence. He concluded with feeling trib-
ute to the devoted husband and father
he loving brother and friend, the loyal and
rue-hearted citizen and legislator and the
fearless and faithful statesman and leader
IF his party"
Rev. Couden. the blind chaplain of the
House, made a touching prayer. and the
exercises were concluded with the singing
y the quartet, TO the organ accompaniment,
y Jesus, Lover of My Soul" When Rev.
Newman delivered the benediction. the en-
tire assemblage arose, the galleries as well
as those on the floor. The distinguished
company departed in the order IN which