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®wosw VOL. XXXIII. NO. 7. KENTUCKY FIGHT IS HOW IN A BAD LEGAL TANGLE Collapse of Peace Negotiations Removes the War-Like Features-Senator Black burn Makes Statement. L"u *-vH>. Ky-.. February I®.—The eol lapse of the peace negotiations through llot'rimr Taylor's rejection of the J*ouls y .!.* agreement and the latter’s action In call ns *ff the lamdnn legislature and partially withdrawing the troops have Irft the fight ov« r state others divested Os many of it* warlike f.-atur s. but In a n<>r - legal tang’* than ever T’r r» -riot of the r.* ws from Frankfort , . immc.hat* Ty V a sather tg <»t the democratic lead-rs t r ., i .. ,v this conference r.r - S *r IT* k urn, Governor !<• ■ k bam >;•••■-al Cattleman. President Car ter of • . S|*akcr Trimble, and ett ers At its conclusion Governor Beck ham _-«nt to the legislature a message reciting tne failure «f the peace negotla- ■ tons and the conditions existing at Frankfort a- se n by h m and n-c .m --mending that the legislature continue its F . ssfrns tn lx>uisville, as he could not guarantee th«- r personal security nor prot« ■ th* rn from unwarranted interfer ence a' Frankfort. Actins U|»<n tills SUg gesti m. the leg stature deehled -to remain In leMrtsville for the present, and both hou*r> adjourned to m.et at the cottr:- home M-*nd.‘*v nt noon. It is probable a Jni.it n -olutlon which was offered to ps*- w II th- n be adopted calling for the apt- Intnwnt of a committee to investigate the t •nd ti-»ns at Frankfort as tar as th»y affect the safety of the legislature. The ;n« mb-rs •!•• not accept Governor Taylor s action in ordering away part of the troops as restoring a condition under which they may return to the capital. They say they would feel safer with the mil ia there than with ’th. irresponsible Rrtrcd <••*•;•’;• ilm —rs who for weeks have been gathered al>«ut the state buildings’’ left to menace them The r-» ahsmni-ot of the parlies after today's dev* Jopments Is about as fo’- Wil! Adhere to Legality. Tl«e republicans will stand on the a— polity of Governor Taylor's proclamation ro ntir <t:>g tt - legislature <o meet at lau.dnn and will hold :•» he illegal Rll get* of the democratic legislators since . the date of that proclama:ion. chief I tn . »-y w’-.0-b are •••* a * •" ! ..oa if *D r»->-»rts of th* contest boards and the Ac* aratlon of th* el* tlon of Governor ~n If I •! m«»> ratlc legislators go l,« k t fr. -he republicans will InM't hat John Mar.*> -ill an«i not I< 11 i »r • r ..•••jtr-nant p»*v«*rn»»r and pr»*s:- il- tit ••• tin senate They are free to lak the matter of th- governorship to tne federal courts if they can make a i < e .11 which such an appeal will ll*. If the democrats refuse to return to Frankfort they may attempt to enforce the attendance of absentees. though this would be treading shaky legal ground M*anwhie, they will press the * at t-vfore Judge Taft involving the minor state otte-ys. 'I i- democrats will dispute the legal ity *t Governor Taylor's proclamations I rntP-.-rning th* legislature to le>n*bm tnd back again to Frankfort. They will con tbe leg -!a’’-:r.* dl.-p* r-• i i . soiuars and adjourn* d : • Louisville ij tt own .■ tlon in adopting, with a to th at <ff*<t; that lis a-is hav«- I-• a le gal, sr>--iuding that l-y which G-**-bei was ; declared govcrn-.r; tnat i>y an-’iher con urreiit resolution i* may return to Frank ; . t -i ■ ! w. • :.* . :i~ the I- tt.it. rred rem • r*. pla* *t tv another That urd-r th*- aw th, legislature is the *. ;rt’**t «.<■•! r* -*»rt in a content for th*- itli cs ,-f gov-mor and lieutenant kov i-stor. Ji* auwhilr. K- kliam will be rce t; 4 < y : legislature a- th* hga. Positions Are Irreconcilable. ■i. i Hb-ns are Irreconcilable, -nd w- ■ . y arc maintained a clash can .1- ferrvd. i t ,i* m-« rati - leg* latum held w. (•—lay with a Quorum in tach . At tn* lir-t some minor legislative -in.- was dispteed of. At th.- se oii-l | . a.twr Ibtkham's message was read. •Commonwealth «-f K*ntu< ky. Ex* *- v* ••th**-. I*,u:sv.’,l*. Ky.. i-.-oruary l«. i met. *d th. Genera: A * mbl> I ■ *l* .-ir, io »nt**rm >«• i as to tne r* sutt .- tn.- unf- riun.it*- state of affairs in the I l L*y J*** ’*n> •*** ' | it . nt .oi*-pl*--i a contereucc of repre- • silativ- -* oi both |*artl« s lu this city ~ _. Mon-lay nigh, tv .* earnwtiy ho|>ed that by tn>s axr** tn* nt the dtUb uitlcs tie- , I* re us *oul«l I— removed, and that i» a- *- rd* r w-.u1.l again t«- establish*-*! in ■ in -t.it* tv n.*v- i*evn ready at all I.tn* r t*-.at this mi” r should ue -*-ttl«-d oiitoiuitt* with that -grwiii* nt itut ■ lll**, niatt-,11 iias just r« a- h*d me th.-.t the i.i.il»nl- i!l * -atm.ltd to th*- otlie.- ot goV- j , rtt**r has rvfm**-d :*• sign that agr* • m*-nt. . . o*i-* «iu* ntiv all negotiation.- in that tn.- re t.*'w at an etui We had b* on i* *1 I t„ t It**, that th- gentleman who now viitt'ds by armed for,* the -i**tv «b part t tt fr-*r*«nki«»rt u’Hjml almie •»> iii>> j -tn II and mat your b-tdy wo lid tc . n I - |-rmilt* d to m* • I in their >c .. -ft*., hails |M*ae*ably and unmoletiltd; i.'.- having «-* '• •iis.ip|-**int. ■! In thi- n**i*. | I di-Te to rvctmim* nd to you that you i nt-nu* vo ir -.r-sions f-r th*- pres-m in i Its. City i.i lami-vilM*. wh* r. . very pt*.-' . tion *an I*, given v..ur m* m * r.- ti<-m *i. unlawful arr* 1 **r other unwarranl o’ ini* rl* r-n. ■ with y..ur pr.>ce dings, ill.* eapltol buildings at h ra ' ,k '” rl *;•' ; _ j, ihk-s*-sum of arm*-*! forc* s up.any -. di tiam-c **f law. held there by th.-s.- | * .. have no *gal right to do so. and *.r that r*a-*n I *-ould n*»» guarani-*- to i ~.u that e-iteiy and prot.ction whl-h you no*ild ne*-d if in session there. -h- .-callr «!*cted go\emor of th . mn.oiiw.-aith of Kentucky. I promise „U to us. .very lawful means hi my , W t - r to r* -t**r* .y 1 soon as poroible ,»r*l* r aid trace a th* mate capital, ’hat a* ...... ... - « may .:**-m i: advisai.i.- v-.j n «r adjourn your m**-ting* to ’hat place. I xsk.ne vour asststanc** and co-opera-| lon to brine about the result. I send this nes-ag* to y* u as a recommendation for i -our action at present. *-j <*. W. HWKIIAM. Governor. The romite a' once adjourned until Mon- House Offers Resolution. ”Wl.ere.-*s. <»tt* W. S Taylor, who. with- , ut r ght ,*r legal authority, and in d* - i *n<* of peace and good order, has f,,r I - viral days past gut rounded himself and | • th* public building* at th* scat of gov - eminent at Fr*tnkf*>rt with armed Isalic* ot lawless snj arm*,! and org. nixed tna l litia of the state and r, fused to admit the g*neral assembly ami court of ap peals to me* t at their a* < ustoni'<i and regular places of sitting, h is signified his ! ’ purpose of ordering the said militia now at the s-at of government io retire front active s> rvi- e, without indicating that ho w-* Id t ike any action with reference to the arm, d men he has gathered around li.ni at the scat of government, now, ! therefore, be *t ••Resolved. By th* general assembly that a committee of two from th** senate and three fr< tn the house In- appointed, which committee Is h* reby authoris'd to . Inv*-st!gate ami report to the general as sembly whether I’ will Im* possible and advisable for ’he legislature to resume Its sitt ngs at Frankfort, ami in the mean time the said general assembly shall meet at Ijoulsviile." Tho house then adjourned until Mon- ' TAYLOR REFUSES TO SION. Says He Will Stubbornly Contest Each Inch of Ground. Frankfort. Ky., February ”1 have only this to say: l •"After mature tlelib, ration anil confcr ! enc*- with mj friends fr,,ni •ry s, , :i-,n •if the stat*-, I have concluded to allow this controversy to take Its dm- course, vigorously contesting *-v, ry im-h of ground and upholding th* rights of the people to the uttermost. I* those rights be de stroyed. the responsibility for that de struction must rest with those who sit in judgment. "It is dm* io say that the eminent gen ii- -m* n. my fri*-nd j , who <c< ur< d the pro position* resulting from th*- Louisville conference, acted tn perfect good faith, from the highest motives of patriotism and did the very best they could. •\v s rvvt.* • i: -Governor of Kentucky.” Th* above proclamation was issued by Governor Taylor tonight, and according to his ora! statement at the it* issuance emboiiles all 1,,- <l* ,*» • ’*• say ’concerning his position at th* ,i:c : *nt ■ time The decision not to sign th* Louisville agreement was reached by Gov* n>or Tay lor a few minutes after 1 o'clock this af ternoon. Far over two hours he had been In eonfereu. e with fullv !>• prominent republi. ans from all parts of the -tat*, j including county committeemen and four r*-publi in member* of the legislature. Th** ni< eting was s*-crct In the extreme, all those who came from the hall before Governor Taylor himself refusing to say ytl g onceniing ■he pn greet t detilw ration-. Judge George lienny pr.-- '-i-I* ,1 and L F. Felly acted a« secretary. Th<- members of th* conference, with the • ye. ption of Governor Taylor, gathered in th* legislative hall usually occupied by th* state house of reprisentatlvcs. Gov- • rn r Tayl-,r stated to the conference that I th-re w.r* two courses to Im- pursued, j First, to sign the le,ul.«ville agreement; th,- s- • ond to quietly withdraw the troop*, allow th* legislature to reconvene In tn*- eapltol building in Frankfort; t-> call <>tT , th* session now being held In London and , to Ignore the leaiisville agreement en tirely. Several s|H-i-ch*-s were mad, and il w.is soon apparent that the sentiment of the gathering was very strongly lu favor of th,* second eours,. and this was adopted This action was decided upon at I o’clock, and thv firs: information of th** decision was given to the outside world by Governor Taylor himself, lie cam*- rapidly through th,- doors, unat tended and looking tw-rvous and h tggard. He walked hastily toward the capitol stairway repeating several times to the ii* w r in, it who -to->d in th, hall: "1 don t sign.” "I don't sign,’’ "1 don't | sigil.” From the eapt’ol lie passed |<> -Ji . ea «•< i live building, when- he at on, c made r I* ami signed ’he following pr<>..-|amatiou, i*--<>nv, ning ;he legislature- «*t Frankiori: "I'rankf- rt. Ky., Fe.i>ruai y I**. i*.*-<- The , xe|tem,-n: r*-c**ntly prevailing in tins c.ty , havil-g to soli;*- * \leiit sub bled, rn-l there uppeartng now t*> be no m-.-essity sot ih« i. r, main >. . la.ndon. I do h* r »v by tin- pro* laiaation n-<-utiv«ne th* same in Fa'ank: *r , Ky.. ! February 12, r.«»*. at 12 o'clock noon. "U . .** TA i Is ,R. '■Ga.ernur ol Kentucky." * trd- rs we ,- at one*- i*sue*l to General Collier to prepare forth • departure of tin ir«*ops. and In a very short time a large minm.-r ot them were ready to have. ‘Fix cvmiMiiles left tonight, nor- wil, , leave tomorrow, and -,nlv a small u- iach m< nt will retnaltt by .Monday m-irnliig. Th«->«-, H is -aid, are retain,.l only as a I* »* - guard, and will iu i,o way be <-b --iru,i, <i upon the ;<r«-seiiec ot the legisiu- \\ ord was .*• on* e tent to the members | «*f the republican .egislaiure. now in ses sion m lauidon. tnat tin- next session Would be in i-rank’ori, and a pronipt re | ply was received to toe elf, ci tlial they ’ would all leave in a body on Sunday, and ■ i* in l-ranktoit M indav morning in am|*i-r I tun- tor business. Alter Governor Taylor l.a-l 1,1: the hall, a t*-o|ti ion embodying i to,- -*-n«v m Ui<- m••*Ung was adopted. Alt*j- the adjo iriin *at of the meeting it was th* opinion of the republicans that •he gubernatorial **,u : «si was practically over. They understood the action of to day Io im an. and H *vas intended to mean, lliat lie lll.liter should How be fought *»Uv . teC.re the courts. ,-:n«l the issue there re idled to Im- acv 11* >. as tinal. There was no intention of asking ti.at .. n< w vol,- sMi--iild !•*• lak- n hi tile Goeuel-Taylo ■ • oiliest, but G iv* rao.- Taylor s at--.! -.<» several prominent republicans that, ha would ask -iiat any former action t«e rati fied by a vote ot ij*»tl. houses taken coolly and without passion. When informed of the action of the , donocratic legislature at ls>uisvHl< in re ' fusing to «"in - to Frankfort, Governor ' Taylor said ■ "It strikes in* tint thcii a ii;ud u , s -••n.euiiat iticonsisieni. '1 h< y < mini they cannot i>e protected at Fr.ii-klvri, and ; th* re is itol*.Mly In r- to inoh-st incut. Th. > objected O the tl,*-ps at I time w’l* ii there was far greater excite | m ni ami danger than now. After things | have Quieted down, -hey refase to return ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1900. because they say they cannot be guaran teed protection.” 3'he nc'ion of Governor Taylor today re turns the gubernatorial fight to th*- exact ’ position It <M tipled on the day following the Goebel .issnssination, with th* addi i tional complication that there was then I hut one legislattir ■ and one governor in 1 I fact, whereas there are now two clalrn , ants for the position. «nd two separate i bodies, each claiming to be the law ! making power of Kentucky. TAYLOR IS AT THE MANSION. , Soldiers Guarding the House Claim They Were Fired At. 1 Frankfort. Ky.. February 10.-Governor I Taylor spent the first night at the mtin -1 sion he has spent in s* veral days. To ' night several shots wire tired it that ' locality and the soldiers guarding th* ■ ; house cinltn they were tired at them. [ They returned th*, tire. The afla.fr cre ated some excitement and a detail of s*,|- ' i tilers from th* statehouse was a<ld*d to ' | the guard a: the mansion. It Is generally ' j l»-lleved the shots vv* re tired by an alleged I J"k.r. J BLACKBURN GIVES STATEMENT Makes Public the Agreement Signed by Democrats and Republicans. ! Louisville. Ky.. February 10—Senator ’ Blackburn tonight made public th* agree ment signed last .Momlay by s*-v*n re- I puhlieans and seven democrats represent * Ing Governor* Taylor and Beckham for a Si ttlement of the disturb*-,] political con- 1 dltion in the state. It was accompanied by a statement covering the whole course of th** negotiations. IH-ginnlng with a call by l»avid W. Fairleigh ami Senator Blackburn at Frank.ort February sth. to se* k a conference looking for a settle ment. Th*- semi tor says: ■'l insisted that before I could consent to undertake so grav* and delicate a t isk. I must be as.-ured of the full and plenary powet.- with which h<- was au thorixed to act. Vs this In’ gave me eat l-faetory assurance . It was then agreed iM-tween us. after various points bad been sugg,-t. that w* should meet In Loti.eville. and he ami the Hon. John .Marshall (who was not present at this :iitervi,-w with me. but was aecompany nig .Mr. I'.ilrh lg- 1. as he told me. in hi* l*it* tvi. w with Mr. T.iylori *ILI go from Frankfort to L<»ui-ville .Monday morn ing." Senator Blackburn then tells of the meeting at th** Galt house hc'ween Messrs Fairhigh ami .Marshall ami their a**s*M.-lat*s and Governor Beckham, Sen ator Blackburn and live other democrats. ! He continues; "Th- agreement by direction of all the confer** - was reduced to writing and put in form by Mr. Fairleigh and myself* it was then übmitted to our associate! and as the re ult of our protracted de liberation *t wa unanimously agreed to ami Rigm*d "On rn* -d.n morning General I’ w. 1 !/! •;-> y, l»r. T. H. Baker, Go* .-nor .Mc <■; - v auu m-.. --li went, ae< urding ag.i.tm-nt. p> Frankfort. I was under -t*,od ami agreed that Gem-ral Lindsey should s-e Mr Taylor, obt.i.ning ins sig nature to tn. c >py lu his jiossession amt cX’-hangf with tin* tor th»* < opy l hold* Sena’*** B'aekbum thin tells ot the .le a* in signing the agi*'tm nt. adding that M'-r Lindsey <nd Fair! igh both , talle.l on him meanwhile t*> » xpr< ss re ' gr*t a: their it a billy to bring the matter Ite a close. This continued until last night, when Senator Hlaekburn bit Frankfort, having told Judge Barr ami Mr. FaUl* i-h he would have nothing mor. to ,1" with the matter. Th,- senator "Al an unus-ially early hour this morn ing I was awak>i’i,.l l»’ tin el.-rk at my hotel ami tohi that Govtrnot Taylor wanted me at the long <l.stance t* I phone and tvqm-ted me not to take the time mc -sary to <lr* nut to com** al <>m e. I wetrt promptly ami Mr. Taylor told me *.f his gnat p'rphxit* ami dHtns- of mind. , xpn-ssed his appr, , ia;i*,n id tho lioeral im isur* of paliem-e 1 hail shown throughout tin so m gotiati**ti-'; said tl.tit • li- felt that tile parties to th s * oiil*t*-ii ■> | had toiiml the pro]*, r .solution to th*- situation; that li- approve*! ot tl|,- agree ment ami found no tauit with it either in whole or in part, but lie said that the pr ssur*- that 1. id bei-ll brought to !>eaf iiixm him m opposition to h s appraal was lieyoml anj thing ot which it wa pos able for me to com-eiv* IL- fur.lar said that he hail sumim*m-*i ceriain par ties Io a <-*»lllet ell**- with him at I’’ o'clock th morning ami asked me-ear nestly urged im- to i-onsid r the matter as open until 11 <>'< lock this morning. I agre-d to tliis ami further said that in stead of II >, < :oek w<- would make it 12 if he wislied it, at which latter hour It was agreed that he should call me up by t > ph<>tie ami advise me of his ap ' proval *>f th*- :*gr* eni* tit ami of a pr*** la mation that h- would issue revoking his • all lor a m*-*ting o' th*- legislatm*- i't |j*Uid«*n ami calling It to me,-; at Frank fort on .Monday n* x: and of th*- sendmg ot th* mib'.aty ton* now on duty at Frankfort away. 1 wall'd until 12 o’clock, and le ar:ng nothing from him. 1 wind .Mr. Tayair that the hour that In- had mimed had passed, and anoth* r horn in addition, ami that th* matter under con sideration stooi! elosi il " Senator Blackburn says Governor Tay lor »- ilbd him up soon afterwards to tx pla n the delay. He •■ontinu*s: "Hi* told ni. h. <olll*l not sign or ap prove th* agreement, that conditions w, r.- such and th" pres ur«- so heavy that h* ; could not do it. With tins statement I ami me ns ..«** . at. >an coni, nt t<> have th. public to <1 * id,- as t*> wln-re th.- crushing bur den ot ns|M>nsihility rests tor a con tinuance ot the deplorable coml tlon that We hat. .1 loreil so earm-stly to relieve. Should it l»e that et* n Worse le Io come than now . xists. We feel that we have Oom* our utmost to prole- t our p. opl*. ami out state, ami that we shall not bo answ* rable.” The text of th.- agr*.-* mint reached bv th.- confeniKe Monday night follows; "Forth.- puruos.. of . mling. be prop, r mutual com • ssions, th.- unfortunate <m dttioii o' politi* il affairs now existent in Kentucky a conference was this .lay h.'. l at Irf.uisville, in Which th.- sttbs.-’ribers participat* <1 Ali. r many hours ~f path nt . ml frank <hs< ii-s|.iii. jt w is unanimously det* rinin , d to r* . "iiirm-nil an accommodation of Hu- <l<tti ulths upon th.- following basis- ■ I J hat .-di.rnnl ai. sdtition o, • • I I v tlw general assembly- during its -ires . ut .-assion ,n joint session of the' two hous. s .I* , luring that the a tion h. ieto l.d-,- taken by the g* m ral a. s.-niblv did invtKi William with the to ili<- I governor of *his *'mnmon wealth on Hi.- seco.id day ot Fehru try im»’. ami did invest J <’. \\ Beckham with the title to th.- office of ’feutenant governor of this commonwealth s ‘ o f .-aid date, the contest.. \\ illi.m, « Tay- lor ami John .Marshall, shall not vdsmite the said kitles respectively. ' "2. That should th** gem-ral a-s* rnblv | pass the resolution stated In the forego ing paragraph, immunity shall be ixt<nd <>l to all imtsoiis from al] ncctis.it*<, ns | growing out of peditieal acts done p* tid ing tin- ••ontests *d th.- otllces of gov, r i >r ' ami lieutenant governor. That all legislative a.tion by th* pr.s. n! general assembly shall |>< posi tioned until .Momiay. February 12. !!*•> , x . < l»t only ,-m ii steps as may be necessary Continued on Second Page. GOEBEL’S REMAINS REST IN J CHAPEL Thousands Follow the Body of Kentucky’s Leader to Its Last Rest. TRIBUTES TO THE DEAD Senator-Elect Blackburn Delivers an Address at lhe Cemetery in Which He Eulogizes the Dead States- man. Frankfort, Ky., F. ’ ruary !• fl in eatne down In sheets today while the funeral service vv is being h* hl over the boil" of Kentucky's di-ml democratic leader, 'lhe morning dawm il *l.t i< ami thr* atenlng ami after an Interval of sunsh'ne the flood began to dese.- id Tlu re were *lrv intervals, but after th an th* water .-am* again with liter*■•! vl- iom n**.- and .hist as the hears*- left th*' *'aplt*»l hot*’! a heavy shower began, which continue*! all through the afterm -m. Th** exercises in the cemetery were conducted before a crowd much 'nail* ■: than would have Im * n the ease hail the vv - other been pleas ant. but they were carried out to th* letter, ami tonight the body of William Goebel lies in th* cl ip* 1 of th*- Frank fort c.'tm t* ry after me of the greatest funeral demonstrati ’ ever seen In this state. As soon as tbe v • other cle.irs suf liciently the casket wiil be consigned to the grave. It had been feared that there might arise trouble between th*' soldiers in the capitol grounds anil -. moeratie partisans in th*' line of march when the parade passed the eapltol s*i ire. hut nothing "f the kind occurred. T soldiers were kept back on lhe level v- h the fron’ of the capitol ami a line of entries was p< ste i in front .4’ them t" or. vent them from going near.the f. ace m tlw north side of the group-I: :t th* the parade was pass: -. ...tu.ii i*i--,*•• *]-<... • » 4.649.8 .y- u . ' bebav- <• i ' ' 'le* ’’twi 1 ol .!’" r 1,1 ull ' pi.’ a-miY.a * .’oo 'mneeteo « i;i > t,l< ' ceed!ng3 F /iT»m first to last. Soldiers Watch Processicn. When the par ide |>a -■ d t’a.- capital t i*» front of th*- building w..s covered with soldiers who stood watching th*’ march ers. But for three sentries at the gate, th*rc was none of them within feet of the dreet. The flag on the staff of th.' capitol bull* ling "'as at, half m. st. As the proc's ion passed the execu tive building *v*ry tnan in tlw parade turned his I’:**■*■ toward it in the * Itotl o see it Governor Taylor was watching the march. Then- was no sign of lite there, however, although one of the windows was op* n ami th* curtains fully up. Other wm*!"W hi th* building w* le lil.ed will! soldl.T ami some lew civilians, but there was no fa** at any of the windows of lhe governor’s ofi’ic*. It an! no* r* *yiiro fifteen minutes tor the line of mar* hitig to pass the caplt.d grounds, and ail chance ot trouble was The grave to which Governor Go* l» I s remains may be consign'd and the point at which me monument to hi memory is IO be elected w iuj selected by his r> jiitlve - a.ut intimate friends yes t* 'day. im grave is locate*! about half way betweea the Kentucky soliliers' monu ment ami the cemetery eliap* 1, just ovei th*- slop.- of the hill north of the eontedet ate monument, and w ar an immense *.ak tie*'. Whose bran* Il'S Stretcll fai over the inouiul ol earth will ’ll will mai K tile d.moeratie leader's la t resting pin e. t*n a section of ground to th? north of tile "ia - ,.- Were group'd tih ll'd’al offer ings, tributes from a l over the state to Governor Goebel's memory. Around the freshly thrown-up clay and op.-n grave.v gathered a throng ot several thousand people, who wait* <j pa tii-ntlv tor hours in the midst of the downpour for the funeral cort. go to appear. For halt an hour before the long procession reached th. comet, ry the rain came d»w n In a dn nched d« luge, and blown tn sheets by * fitful south wind, everyone -* * rhe Iri .... through it all. th* y walte'l. silent and reverent. The addre- *'■* were listened to with profound attention. Elder William Stanley, in an eloquent tribute to Governor t,ocl>*'l, sp >k* lut t> rly of th*- assassination, speaking of the “chagrin ami inert meat ion in the hearts of nil that tlw leader of a people vvh*»se proud boast it was that they n**v er feared to fa*'e a toe or tail***! to defend a friend should tall at the hand of an assaston.’’ Senator Joe Bl.uklmrn was compelled to stand on a table so that the throng might see ntm. As his stentorian voice rang out in his *l*'iiun. iation of the shoot ing of Governor Goebel and as he stated that "it was not the work of a crank or a crazed assassin." murmurs of "no." "no." awl “that’s right ’ came from the ciosi-ly packed crowd, while tears stood in th*- eyes of many of tlw grim-faced men within hearing ot his v.»i* e. tiovernor Beckham was listened to with the closest attention, and when, with line Ht.-W'i ami his voice trembling with emotion, he concluded with an apiwul to the people of the state to support hitn in Ills anneunced intention to carry out tile policy id Governor Goebel, applause was In ‘i.l ,' r Ihe first time. Services at the Hotel. Services wa re iiehi in the parlor of the Capitol hotel. They consisted merely of a reading of the si-rlptures by Dr. Tal iaferro, of the Methodist church, and a solo by Mrs. Jessie B. Caldwell, of Cov ington. and a prayer by Dr. Schmitt. The march to the c*met*'ry from the hotel began at 1 o'clock. Th*' band play ed “Nearer, My God. to Thee," as It passed the south front of the hotel, and immediately after tlw band came car riages containing tlw honorary pallbear ers, who were as flloows: J. <’. S. Blackburn. General 11. C. Lew is. Judge W. S. I’ryor, Hon. J. B. Me- I ! f’rearv, lion Phil B. Thompson, Hon. James 11. Mulligan. Louis Depcongncts, Samuel .1. Shackelford. J. D. Rhynock, .1. \V. Pugh. Zach Phelps. W. B. Halde man. Charles B. Poyntz and Morton K. Yontz. Beside th* hearse walked th* active I pallbearers, who were as follows: Ja* k Chinn. Charles G. McCord. Ed ’ Fenn*ll .1 imc« M. Richardson, Henry George Eph Lillard Willard Mitchell. Charles M. Ix*wis. John 1,. Grayot. John K Hendrick. John Fulton. Frey Wood son J* *• Bia* kburn. Jr. Allie W. Young, ' R. B. Franklin and Per* y Haley. \ll the pallbearers wore mourning scarfs of black ami white draped across the breast and their hats were wound with the same colors. The procession was headed by* the city police force and members of the city • council, city ofiicl als, Gyand Mat-hal David R Murray and Ills aids. Then i came a long ,-olumn of members of dif ferent societies and citizens on foot ami a long string of carriages. The Odd Fel of wh <‘ii iJocbpi’s father <vas h prominent member, were out in force. Blackburn Over Goebel’s Grave. Th* ceremonies in the cemetery were i on a nm h larger s. ale than those at the hotel ami were Intended for the people | at large. Th** p*'"pb were there In great ’/lumbers ami when Elder William Stanley arose to make the first prayer he stood in front of a throng numlwrlng not less than 7.000. Then .-am*' a solo by Mrs. Jessie D. Cabi w. Ij, addresses, religious in eharact* r, by* Dr. T. N. Arnold. Rev. E G. B Mann, IT. Schmitt ami Elder illiatn Stanley. Th' n cam*' "America.” sung by a quar tet. and then the oration of the day, de liver* •! by Senator Blackburn, who spoke . I as folhrws: "The tyrannous ami bloody act Is done. The most arch deed of piteous m.issacrc th It eve! wt this land was guiiiy. "Goebel is dead, but that which he stood ‘ rami that which iw died for still I ves. Some nu n In their deaths r.-nd'-r j-realer service to the cause they advo- < ate than It were possible to do in hie. The shot that struck Goebel *lown sound id th* death knell of the political or ganization of his opponents a.l time In Kentucky and in its effects will rew.’h t*i tit" limit's of this land. "That this cruel deed was the natural result of tlw fierce political contest from w iil' h h> hail Just emerged, none can de ux The tier. . m -• of th'- tight that had O' n waged against him for malignancy ami tint.; rn.'ss has no prec* dence in the historv of our country. 'Tis but just to him to say nia: the patient * outage, th*- iorhearam e and *l.g nlly that has mark'*! the eomluct of h s foliowers was largely *lue to the example which he had set them. Throughout th - he had borne abuse ami calum ny without ' omplalnt. battling’ for Ids ,<oi v let ions With a courage that never faltered, aiwavs atta* king, never de fending. he earri'.l, the banner of h>s party after a fashion that has thrill*' 1 Ills followers ami extorted from Ids op ponents r* ttetant but unstinted admira ‘••i’tru. k *b*.vn In th.- full flush of his p wers. lU-t as he bad *-nt. red upon the tin-. liol'i of a bright po'itleal arena, to a superficial observer. ids career would at pea l as .in intinish. ’ie- x’hls is not* y mins ilfe is tins met Ui «'*!, not In 'n- v. its. but f-r » V results he ha ob'a.m ii. M'asut’eu’ln ,j>\ is crucial t* st. the end. though i .j' - '. did not come soon itiough to me. *r spoil his sp emli I record. He had mad*' his Int- -. upon his fellow*. His Ilf*, supple rm tiled bv I.i< (hath, had won the victory th it tni asur' I his ambitions; whilst th - that tie taught ami th.' example that he ga\e itispir**! his people with that pati* nt fortitmle. that reven nee for law* am! lint! ri* hlng d. t. rmmatioii t" assert •h. r rights within Its limitations that has won tor him ami for them th*' moral upport of this Whole country, the com mendation and approval ot all right thinking m*n. "The universal manifestations of sor row among mir people give painful ev.- dence that your l*ader lias fallen. B*- not di •’■enraged. The world's history proves that a 1* ad* r li' to Stic W’lll m,t li. 1 lacking. Exalted as were his properties "f b tilershi;., the demands of the sit iation will furnish another. In all the world ' history no eas*- is found in which a great etm rg* ney has failed of a tit loader Mirabeau tells us that the motiier of ihe Graci'i *'ast th*' ash* s of hit nillrd»’T‘«‘ii '•» ;>’ IhhH*’.' into th*' *i*r tnu from th* tn * am*' <’alus Marius. who -cottrged th.' oppressors of his people un til th*- riv* r T.ber was colored with their Champion Will Come. ' rro’n th" ashes *'f William Goebel let there spring a champion of *'he pc 'pl'-’s cans*'. Th' brunt ot the battle that lie waged nei-.l' U mly a continuance of his . t’foris *o crown it with sm-cess ami that I* suit was r< .i« h' d more rpeedily in his taking off. "Revolting as wire the methods em pi< v* d to * otnpa-s his destruction, there wit. features connected with the end that t* ml to comfort and r*‘con*_'il" us to it. lb- had I* en given the high commis sion to i. laim th* stat*', ami to redeem his p. iple Ami '-his work he hail nobly ,ne The 1 'id tneasure of his ambition lial l>**n attained. Dying, he attest'd I,* In smile th*' satisfaction of ills S"*il wli* t, the oath of I'flh’e was adminis'ei*'l ami breathe! Ins last listening to the araver' th.* his ].*• ipl.', grateful for their iieliv* tam e from lie domination of anar chists ami assassins. s*'iit wall bis un leitered spirit into the presence ot his '• An -'k has fallen In th.' forest, a stiong man :i is lieen taken from us. Emulate bis * x.unpl*'. Dedicate every effort, and if n"d be. fe itselt, in th*. * aitsc es riialit ami justice. Be patient. 1.,- I.rave *Hi •tin- law. I'nder ii de mand your rights ami m-ver abandon the sting',!*' until justice shall prevail. I l»g that you will no'* u>ar the splemlil record v,,u pave already made by any net ot iawie-sn*- "i- \ iolcm * . Show to the world that in Hus great eomnionw aith of ours th.- law is sup.rior to the mob. and that in ihe '-nd ;'IJ wrongs will be I'wulil l»e but I" o” satisfaction to see tie- miserable tools and instruments inaih- use of n* his murder give up their lives to an untort urn te populace. Be pati* nt ami neither the perp* trators m r thi* yrt iu* r<* guilt v pluiiiu rs of this ioul < rime will e sc u> • the penalty that the l;iw provhh'S. You need n‘t tear a fall’ ur*‘ of discovery. No crime like thi*; can b-.* concaleJ. This earth is not large emmgh to hold its p.-rjietratiTS or its in stigators ir se 'lusi 'n. "Murder will out. Stones have been known t*> move, trees io speak. I. t the law be our shield. I nder its jrot* -ti’ig aetis "ur rights am! our liber ties firn! *1 elt. r. Wh. n its fere*' sha'l have In -n * xpemled. then ami not until then, will we tie satisfied His Tribute to the Dead. "Tis not my purp.se to utter over this grave a fulsome eulogy. The rule teach <s ms to say- nothing of th** *’<-a*l tut good. A better rule would tell us to Utt ;r noth ing of the deail save that which is true. He whom vve bury here toikty could wi ll afford to have applied th s latter ruit. j Faul's, I doubt not that he had. If not, be would not have been a man. But his life and character made up a man in whom his people and his country found just cause of pride. I knew him well ami the closer ami more Intimate that ac quaintance be* am*, llie more I admire I and trusiiil anil lovi-d him. I‘o-s<s-e'l of spb i.did natural < nd-.vv im-nts developed by pail* nt study ami unremitting lab r. Continued on Second Page. ENGLAND AGAIN ADMITS DEFEAT IN SOUTH AFRICA Repulse of Buller’s Forces in Attempt to Re lieve Ladysmith Causes Depression - Throughout England. London. February If*. 4:20 a. m.—Tzmdon accepas tru-' tho Boer statement tha* General Bn’ er failed again. These stat*-- menta were parsed by the British censor ■ at Aden an*! are i a*l in the light of Mr. Balfour’s announcement in the com mons that General Buller is not pressing li s advance. Mr. Winston Churchill wires that Va >l - was impracticable, for th* guns which were needed t" support a further advance. His cablegram leaves General i Buller on Tuesday nigh* sending a fre.-b I brigade to relieve th tired soldiers of , Vaalkrantz. I The deseript ve writers with Genera’ I Buller wert- allowed a rather fro.* han*! i again In explaining th. ugly position i which the British h id ami the natural ; obstacles which had :■• bo overcome. So I it p- easv to Infer that with Boer riflemen I i*ml artillery defending them, these hills. I ravines ami Jungles have not b*en over i come and thus th.- public is prepared in 1 advance f< r bad a«*ws. Hope Ran High at Ladysmith. Hellograms from Ladysmith *lat**l M' n ' day describe the effect General Buller’s ! cannonade had on tho worn garrison. ' Hope ran high 'hat the long period of in -1 activity ami tedium was dr. wing to * i dose. The crash of guns was almost continuous for ten hours and at tint' it seem d as though as many as twenty shells burs- in a minute. Th. Boers, pr' - pari: - .' w ' '■ ’’ feat, w-re drlv.rg herds ami s.-nding long j wagon trains toward the Drakensburg 1 passes. Intense darkness ami silence fol- I iowed, broken only by frogs croaking i ami the occasional ' *ze of star shells, j surrounding the town with a circle of ! light to prevent the unobserv- *1 approach of the enemy. A series of British mines, ' laid fir the Boers, cxplod <i ace alentally, I shaking ami alarming the city ami camp. General .MacDonald’s retirement puzzles j the military lommentators The theory that finds acceptance is that it was or d< "7‘d by lK>rd Roberts and that >th !G* n* ral Buller’s and General MacD.'ii ' ltd'. V ■ by :!:■ <!ir.''tion "f ■ the c .nander-!n-chief in order to occu py th* Boers at widely separated points, so they would be unable to transfer any portion of their forces to oppose th* 1 pro jected central advance. May Force Orange River Line. Chari, s Williams, a military writer who is understood to be in confidential rcla t **ns with Lord Wolseley, says that be yond doubt th- most authoritative opin ion in Lomlon regards it as probable th.*; an endeavor will b - made to force the lino of tli*‘ Orange river before Wednes day next, probably by Momiay. Izard Salisbury’s son. I."rd Edward Ce cil, is responsible for Mafeking being -■> 1 well provisioned. At th. outbreak of the war he learm-1 the amount of army stores to be sent to Mat' king ami j on his own initiative, pledged his pri vate nt* ans and hail the stores quadru pled. He is now in Mafeking and one . of Its noblest defend, rs. A dispatch to The Times from Koodcrs burg, dated Thursday. F* bruary Mh. s iys: ' "It is retained that B"*t re-.'iifor*:*— rnetits ar* arriving Horn Mag.-rsfontem. lour position is easily tet able, but the ! "litire force has been ordered to return ; to Modd*-r riv r tomorrow." The Time* his th 1 •: »wing ft m K m berl< y. dated February Sth: "The Boer big guns slielle.l us at day break yesterday, but n*>T»"ly "as k.lied. Tile correspondent of The I lim s at Lourcnz-j Marqm s. under <la e ot 1-ebt u ary sth. says: "Re.cut visitors to inliambam- r. p >r. that li* Portugues ■ *'ust"ms autli"tite * there seiz'd a quantity of arm ami am munition consigned ua*l< r a false decla ration.” Tho first lord of the admiralty. Mr George J Gotchen * preparing e-tlma:. - for a large increase ,n the navy. It is thought not improbable th at parliament will "« asked for XW.W.OM for new ships. Th.- war office has reduced th* mlm murn standard of height again—this t im to five feet three Inches for infantry anil t’lV" f.-et two Inches for artillery. Fight as Long as Shells Last. Dr. Levds i'-sned a stat*ment for pub lication in England denying purport. 1 interview* in which lie is reported as predicting th*' Intervention ot th*- pow ers in th* . vent that the British invaue the Free S-tat*. He says h* is convinced that the Boer war will continue as long as the two republics have arms and am munition. rr th" mauser cartridges glv* out. the Boers, he asserts, vvi.l fall ha. k upon Mart ini-II •nr v : itb s. for which th* . have a supplv ot .nimuniti'.n that is prai-ticallv im xhaustible. A dispatch from Spearman's c-imn , date*! vist.-rdav (Fr’.lay) noon says that owing to the Bo.t i-rnss tin- ami the im possibility of Intrenching Vaalkrantz. G* n eral Buller's force withdrew. The Financ' d N- ws whi* h pa.dish, this dispatch, suggests that General Bud* r has not actually r.-erossed the Tug* a. British Were Outflanked. f.ondon. February’ 9.—A dispatch dated Fr* re (’amp yesterday, probably written with the ailvam e*l lines Wedne-ilay. say s: “Tlie forces of the enemy are on both our flanks am! continue to rentier our po sition extremely difficult to maintain. ’ i This makes evident that General Buller after devoting Wednesday to bringing i more artillery ami troops across the Tu- , g* ki, was badly in need of re-enforce- - m«*nts. It is still more patent that it is impossible for him to advance until the artillery has been enable to take up for ward positions for the purpose of sub- : duing the Boer guns on both flank - Fpon the length of tim.' occupied In this oper ation depends the duration of General Buller’s maintenance of the defensive. Almost all the critics now point out 1 that the mere pushing through to Lady- | smith without sei tiring a decisive victory ' on the way there would only add danger to what is already a critical situation. Another Frere camp disnatch says n Boer prisoner asserts that the b.irghcrs expected General Buller to cross a: Skicts drift ami that thousands of Boers were j being posted at Doorn kloof to oppose PBICE FIVE CENTS [such a passage, whll* on the captured hill there were only a few hundred Jo hann*--burghers. Th!.- tends to Increase ' the anxiety of those who tw-Heve that General Buller has scarcely begun the sc- I rious part of his advance, though en <ouragemcnt Is gleaned from tbe news that the heavy- naval guns, after repeat id attempts during which the mules roll ed down the hill, have succeeded In reach ing tlie summit of Zwarts k*>p. whence they are doing excellent practice. I General Hector MacDonald's retirement from Koodoorsbcrg has created disap pointment. But the operation was appar • ently only Intended as a sortie and success or failure could scarcely have re sulted In any mater il effect on the cam- ' paign. Military attaches will leave tomorrow. Their destination is not given, bv'. pre sumably they will join L<Td Roberts, I whose whereabouts have not yet been made public. It was said today that one of tha first steps to increase the home j army will be the raisins of thirty-seven . new horse and field battertea with bar racks on Salisbury plain, ami the addi ' tioa of third battalions to numerous reg imen s which .it present are without i them. i "I ptof* SO o’clock this evening the war 1 ofti<— hl- evi'lenliy heard . g <*. ] Get.eral Buller’s retreat, as .ie-cnb 4 i t th.- lispatches from tlie Boer he.ui '•* ig*;. i.ailysmith, February Sth. Wh-a shown t the Bo* r dispat' it tile ofli I t s appeared utt'r!v dumbfounded. th y lia.i not the least .-u.-pb i"n of the pousl l hty cd such ail outcome ot the ■ pota tions. U hi!.- nothing has b. en given -.'• ' tlie public, th? war otfi* e lias han reports from General Buil.r on tdi- situation, for I at least the .-aril. :’ Jays of the week. .It is said on reliable authority that Gen eral Btilier’s dispatch, ann un Ing M n ■■ day's and Tuesday's movements, was par < tii-ularly nopeful. He described the posi tion a.lined as effective. : the t.- v.' anoth* r r'-tir*-m n: is ex. i -'llnuly taGe" to th.- Briti h. an i. though it comes from 3;oer sources, there is little .lisposition to I discredit it. . A war ollie.' ids? itch fr :n l.'ni Ro ect, il.ited Thursday. Fehriur’. ‘-'h. con; ■ i the reports that Ger.«ral Gatncre has • - pulsed the Boers at Pen Hjek And river, ami that the sceu 1' of botri *• ■*- | is i-stablisli. I. In rega-.l to Gei. .M . ; e Mo • •‘al; 'Donal*! was dispatched to pr-\ct; the Bters blocking th** main dri't * t** ; doosb"rsr. and so* < essfully • a»k a* •: nimself at jxood > »s!i< rg ia spt e <•: t . <l* t* rmined efforts of th* B-ers *o ‘ J* i lodge him. At M <cD‘ nald - r^'! ' ' ' , ' ington was scot vi'.h cv- t \v. • . idaj F< brut ry •' ■ ■ ned th. Bo* ' nortl • ' ■ berg, while another force drove on t i ! B. ers zouthward." Th" d’:.-.-' iteh .-on hm*s with th ■ s ate “ The enemy have row evacuate 1 thei. position, and no:. * is In sight." British Retire Across River. ’• Boer Head Lager. l..ilv<mith. Thurs day. February ''.—Th* British wb » w re In possession of the kopj at Melons <1: it abandoned it after a bombardment • y Boer cannon this morning ami retired .-i.toss the T'tii'la river to th*-ir form*r j po- tien. A .l- sid .ry cannonade is p- ■- |c. .<lin c a- the Tugela this morning, out j o(h« r'v < cverythir*c; is qu’et. Says England Was Worsted. London. I’-brt iry i'.—During th- .lo bate in the house of commons on t j amendment to the address In reply to i the sticech from the throne intro-lue-d ' by .Mr. John Joseph *'l:i:.- y. Irish na ' tionalis: member for th* north divis.on i of Dublin * ">iii y. call.ng attention to th overtaxation of Ireland. Mr. Tim" hy Healy, Iri-’i national memb, r for N ’.a Ix-ith protest* ! against th* *nt* rpr*-ta tion "f t’t* -i' t *’i union being ilectded ex par:*'. He contrasted the Eng:i-fi at:l - ther. a to the Venezuela • a , wl: n the Fnited States for* <i arbitration, a: d in which Mr. Healy said England was worsted. The am*?ndment was y a vote of 2*'*i to »*. A a meeting of th* Irish parliamentary party this afternoon, I at which minor officials and whips were el cted. a number of contr hutioifs were i-. celved. The rm mb* rs also received a * able message from the president of • e Ma- achus. tts Hibernian Society promis ing th. support of 3*),Mo members. Is Not Pressing Advance. London. February 9. Mr. Balfour, the gov'-rnment lead* r. replying to a *im -’ a ' In th" house of commons this evening 1 ; s to whetln-r any information h.-.d be* a received from th seat of war, said: "Our information points ;«> tin- fact : tn .t Gem r.il Buller is not an ’ ;*'li.iii." from tim ]>.*> tion 1,,’. | i:ls ,~ CI u ! pied. We do not * .mstiler it tight .o ' press aim for details of th, oj». tat!*»ns which ar* in progress, nor if h gives sUc-li intormatioii. do we deem it.j»r...r i :o make this public until such o|«erations pre complete. The goi.-rnm.-nt has . > Information as to wheth* r tKm-ral .Ma - : I'onakl has retired." Wilkinson cn the Situation. London. February !•>.—ln The Morni.i’ Bost today. Mr. Sj*eneer Wilkinson, re vi* wing th*- military- situation, says; "Loi<l Rob* rts ;s evidently almut to be gin h:s c iup iign ami th. r* an sign' G*r*ral .M' thuen’s fot*". will mak* the first ImjwirtaiK movement. It is pr«*Mi>.t. that th.- Seventh division win be he;i:*l of us eo-.*p rating with M. thu* n. ’’The latest n* ws regarding G'neral t Buller’s operation is puzzling. I. a.oks J now as if m- never s-. riously contemplate-* |an atteni{>t to rciiev. Kidy smith. but I only- .* *i*monstration to pn vent tim Co, rs ■ from diverting rc-entor*-*-nn-nts to Maa- rs ! fontein. laioking to the distar.ee from Luiy : sni'th to Ktniberiey. a jouimv which tlie Boi rs would get little railway h Ip f-r the transport of their forces. 1.-ni Rob | « rts lias a clear we. k for tile first blow, which "ill put a new save upon the sit uation. This hypoth* * wo; . f>r the recent state of things” both the theaters of war and th.- pe. uliaitties of tfle attacks on Momiay ami Tuesday 1 would become intelligible, for. if they ] i;ll j been intended as a serious movemen’. . General Buller would have largely r.s-en- ■ for*'e«i and would h iv*- pushed the al i tack with greater en* rgy. British Forced To Retire. He;**] Laager, Ladysmith, February 7.- I An armored train yesterday made a sor tie trim Chievelcy toward Colenso au*l
