The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-08-30

WINGATE, Ind, Aug. 29.-At $50
o'clock Sunday morning at the quiet
Meharry homestead, where he was ia
ken Immediately after his sudden Attic
ton, ex-Gov. Claude Matthews passed
away peacefully, surrounded by his
wife and all the other members of his
immediate family.
There was prayer service, accom-
panied by the singing of hymns, at
the bedside Of the dying ex-governor.
Mrs. Matthews was very much af-
fected, and stated that she would give
anything in the world if her husband
would manifest by a single word his
faith in Jesus. About o'clock the min
lister in the course of the services ask
ed the dying man if he believed in
Jesus. The answer, as plainly as any
one could articulate it, was Yes.
The three physicians regarded this
answer as miraculous, as all agreed
that the particular part of the brain
affected by the paralysis was that
governing speech and that the eX-
governor would probably never have
talked had he lived 1t was the only
word he spoke after he was
stricken. He Immediately lapsed into
profound coma from which he did
not recover before he passed away at
$50 o'clock. Mrs Matthews started
from Wingate Monday morning with
the remains of her husband and will
arrive at Clinton, Ind, at 100 in the
afternoon.
From Clinton the party will go direct
to Hazel Bluffar, the home of the dead
ex-governor
Out of respect to the expressed wish
of Gov. Matthews the body will not be
taken to indianapolis to lie in state at
the capitol. The funeral will occur
Wednesday afternoon at an hour to be
hereafter determined and will be held
in the beautiful grove adjoining the
cemetery, as there is no church or
other edifce in Clifton of sufficient
size to accommodate the immense
crowd that will desire to attend the
funeral
Monday the mayor of Clinton will
issue proclamation TO the merchants
and others of the city calling upon
them to close their places of business
Wednesday so that every body may be
given an opportunity to attend the
funeral of their beloved fellow towns
man.
Mrs Matthews is bearing up sur
prisingly well under the strain of her
| terrible affection, but friends fear She
will suffer 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
unostentatious arrangements had al
ready been made for the funeral Gov.
Mount and staff will attend the flu
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 IA, 1915.
He left Kentucky in 1865 and settled
in, Vermillion county, Indiana, where
he had farm of 1000 acres. The gov
ernor served a term in the legislature
in 1916. In 1890 he was nominated
and elected secretary of state and in
1892 was chosen governor.
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