Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-11-28
DRAPED In MOURNING
Indianapolis Pays Due Respect to the
Memory of Governor
H0yey.
lnterment 10 Take Place in the FAM
~ Lot at Mount
Vernon

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov 24-Tha ar
engagements for the funeral OF Gov.
lIovcy were completed this morning.
The body will hc buried ina the family
lot at Mount Vernon, To which place it
will bc conveyed by special train II
win Toe accompanied by o COMMITTEES
of state officers, detachment Of the
State militia and committees OF the
Grand Army posts, under whose direc.
ton the funeral ceremonies will bc con.
Quoted.
The remains were conveyed to the State
capitol preceded by detachment Of
police and the supreme and Appellate
court judges, the heatsc being attended
10y detachmeuts from the State militia.
The casl,ct was draped In the stars and
stripes and was deposited i'm the rotunda
OF the capitol, were offerings of flowers
from Grand Army posts state officers,
Supreme Court Judges aud others had
been received The corridors were
heavily drapod with mourning and flags
SO Ioopcd as 10 relieve the somhcrucss
Many Of the business buildings and
private residences ut the city are drancd
with flags 40 half mast, and business in
the city and State offices is suspended
Hundreds OF people lhronged the cor
riduts OF the yupitol viewing the re-
mains, which appear as natura and
life like as IL the Governor were only
sleeping An OH painting 10y steele.
the Indiana artist, is suspended Just
above the bier.
An Interesting biography,
ALVIN Z Ilovcy was born on a furm
near Mount Vermont roscy County,
Ind. Sept G, 1891 aud was educated in
the country schools and 10y private
teachers In 1910 be was school
teacher, aud while SO engaged pursued
the study of law evenings being ad
mitied to the bar ia lsi2 lie enlisted
ASA private in the Mexican war and
was commissioned First Lieutenant
for conspicuous service in June, 1910.
Returning TO Indiana 40 the close 81 tho
war with Mexico he began the practice
of the law, and as "a Democrat was
elected delegate to the Constitutional
convention OF the State in 1850 Ina 1851
he was elected Judge of the Circuit
Court of the Third Judicial circuit, and
Mt the expiration of his term in
1854 was appointed one Of the Judges
Of the State Supreme court to iill
vacancy The same year his party
nominated him for the regular term,
hut he was defeated by the Hon Sam
uel Goolins, Republican and Know
Nothing candidate The year follow
ing, 1858, he served as presiden, of the
Democratic State convention, and M
1856 President Franklin Pierce APP
pointed him United States district at
toruey for the State of Indiana, from
which office he was removed IN 1853 by
President james buchanan because
Of his active support of stephen
A. Douglas for the Presidential
nomination. Daniel w Voorhees,,
now United States senator, was mp
pointed his successor Gov llpvcy was
defeated for Congress IN 1855 by the
Hon. w T. Nihlack lie was among
the FIRST 20 tender his services &, .hc
cause Of the Union at the opening of
hostilitics between the North and the
South in 1861 In August, 1861 lac was
commissioned Colonel 81 the Twenty
fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers
and in April 1862, was promoted To the
rank Of brigadierRenc ofyoluntcers,
He served under Gems Fremont and
Hunter i'm Missouri during sGl and was
with Gen Grant at Shiloh and Vicks-
burg and with Gen Shcnnanin his fam
Gus march 70 the sea Asa brigade and
division commander he participated in
The battles Of Corinth, Shiloh, Font Glib
son, Rcseca. Dalton Champions llill,
aud the siege OF Viclsburg and Jaclo-
son. In July, 500 he was commits
stoned Brcvct Major General Of Nolun-
teere, for mcritorions and distin.
guishcd services during the war He
was appointed United states Minister
10 the Republic Of Porn iu 1865, which
Office he 6llcd with conspicuous merit
until 1870, when lac resigned and re-
turned To- Indiana. IN sS7 be was
elected as Republican 10 the Fltieth
Congress from the First Congressional
district, defeating James u McCul-
Tough Democrat While serving his
term as Congressman he was nominated
for Govcrnur by the Republicans In lss
aud WAS elected defeating Matsot
Democrat, by = zoe plurality