Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-01

WINGATE. Ind. Aug - At $50
o'ciocil sunday morning at the quiet
Mcharry homestead, where he was IA
ken Immediately after his sudden afll.c
tion, cN-Gov Claude Matthews passed
away peacefully. surrounded by hi
wife and al the other mcmhcrs oi hi>
immediate family.
There was PRAYER service. accom-
vanicd 10y the singing of HYMNS, at
the bedside If the dying ex-governor.
Mrs. Matthews was very much af-
icc;cd ani stated that She would give
anything in the world if her husband
would manifest 10y single word his
faith in Jesus About ; o'clock the min
lister in the course Of the services ASK
cd the dying man II he believed in
Jesus. The answer, a. plainly as any
one could articu.atc it, was "lcs.
The three physicians regarded this
answer as miraculous. as all agreed
that the particular part IF the brain
affected 10y the paralysis was that
governing Srccch and that the rN-
governor would probably never have
Ia Ik,d had nc lived II was the only
word he smoke after he was
sIriciS IA. lie Immediately lan>ed into
profound coma from which he did
NOT recover before he passed away at
6::u O'Clock. Mrs. Matthews started
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the remains OF her husband ANA viii
arrive at Clinton, Ind, at 1880 in the
afternoon.
From Clinton the party will go direct
to Hazel Bluflar, the home of the dead
ex-governor.
Out of rcspect to the EXPRESSED wish
of GOV. Matthews the body will not h.
taken Ia Indiana polls To lie in state at
the capitol. The funeral will occur
Wednesday afternoon at an hour tn b
hereafter determined, and will h, held
in the beautiful grove adjoining the
cemetery, a. there is no church or
other eiifice in Clifton of sufficient
size To accommodate the immense
crowd that will desire TO attend the
funeral.
Monday the mayor OF Clinton will
Issue a proclamation to the merchan IS
and others of the city calling uron
them To close their places of business
Wednesday SO that every body may I've
given an opportunity to attend the
funeral of their beloved fellow towns
man.
Mrs Matthews is bearing un sur
pIi,ingly well under the strain of her
terrible affliclion. but friends fear She
will suff r collapse after the funeral
Mrs. Matthews received hundreds of
kilograms and messages of coincidence
Sunday. Gov. Mount expressed the sor-
row of the state at the sudden death of
the ex-governor and requested that
the remains be brought to Iudianapo-
lis to lie in state at the capitol In
this he was joined by Mayor Taggart
and other prominent citizens. To the
governor and mayor Mrs Matthews
replied that Mr.. Matthews had often
said to his family that when he died he
wanted no pomp nor parade, and
would not like TO have his body lie
in state. Hence other and more
transformations arrangements had al
ready been made for the funeral Gov.
Mount and staff will attend the fu-
neral at Clinton and a special train
will leave Indianapolis Wednesday
morning to carry state officials and
| others.
Gov. Matthews was born in Bath
county, Kentucky, December Il. 1915.
lie left kentucky in ls6S and settled
in Vermillion county, Indiana, where
he had a farm of 200 acres. The gov
ernor served a term in the legislature
in 1876. In 1890 he was nominated
and elected secretary of state and in
1892 was chosen governor.