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The Georgia Record.
VOL. I.
FUNERAL OF GOV. GOEBEL
Last Sad Rites Over the Dead Democratic
Leader at Frankfort/
ORATION BY BLACKBURN
A Terrible Arraignment of The
Dead Plan’s Enemies By
Kentucky Senator.
Rain camo down in sheets Thursday
while the funeral service was being
held over the body of William Goebel.
Kentucky’s dead Democratic leader.
The morning dawned dark and threat
ening, and after an interval of sun
shine the flood began to descend.
There were dry intervals, but after
them the water came with increased
viciousness and just as the hearse left
the Capitol hotel a heavy shower be
gan, which continued all through the
afternoon.
The exercises in the cemetery were
conducted before a crowd much smaller
than would have been the case had
the weather been pleasant, but they
were carried’out to the letter, and Fri
day night the body of William Goebel
lay in the chapel of the Frankfort
cemetery after one of the greatest
funeral demonstrations ever seen in
the state. As soon as the weather
clears sufficiently the casket will be
consigned to the grave.
It has been feared that there might
arise trouble between the soldiers in
the capitol grounds and Democratic
partisans in the line of march when
the parade passed the capitol square,
but nothing of the kind occurred.
The soldiers were kept back on the
level with the front of the capitol and
a line of sentries was posted in front
of them to prevent them from going
near the fence on the north side of the
grounds at the time the parade was
passing the square.
Orders had been issued on the Dem
ocratic side, as well, that no comments
should be made by the men in the pa
rade as they passed the grounds where
Governor Goebel received his death
wound. The wisdom of the command
ers of the troops and that of the Dem
ocratic leaders, added to the fact that
for twenty-four hours all of the saloons
had been closed, enabling the day to i
pass without any exhibition of feeling
being shown on either side.
Governor Goebel’s body lay in state
at the Capitol hotel all of Wednesday
night with only a few guards around
the door and very few people passed
through the parlor after nine o’clock.
As early as six o’clock Thursday peo
ple began to arrive from the country
for the purpose of attending the funer
al services and by seven o’clock there
was a stream pouring through the room
in which the body lay, so great that
the few policemen who were on duty
had great difficulty in handling it.
The crowd kept growing larger with
great rapidity, and judging by the
number that came early in the morn
ing there were no less than 10,000
people present.
AT THE CEMETERY.
At 11 o’cock the formation of the
parade began. Every place in line
was quickly taken and with a delay of
but few minutes the procession moved
west to the cemetery on the summit of
the hills above the Kentucky river.
Long before the parade itself had
reached the cemetery grounds the en
closure was packed with thousands of
people awaiting the arrival of the cor
tege. Around past the left of the state
monument erected to the memory of
the officers and soldiers of Kentucky
who have fallen on different battlefields
from the beginning of Kentucky’s his
tory up to the Spanish war, the pro
cession passed to the vault where the
casket is to lie until a suitable burial
place and site for the monument to be
erected have been selected.
Simple services had already been
conducted in the parlor of the hotel,
consisting merely of a short scriptural
reading by Dr. Taliaferro of the Meth
odist church, a solo by Mrs. Jessie
B. Caldwell of Covington and a prayer
by Dr. Schmitt. These had been for
ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY; FEBRUARY 10, 1900.
the friends and immediate relatives of
the family.
The ceremonies in the cemetery
proper were on a much larger scale
and were intended for the people at
large.
Elder William Stanley opened the
service with prayer, 'ihin came a
solo by Mrs. Jessie D. Caldwell, ad
dresses, religious in character, by Dr.
T. N. Arnold, Rev. E. G. B. Mann,
Dr. Schmitt and Elder William Stan
ley. Then came America, sung by a
quartet, and then the oration of the
day, delivered by Senator Blackburn.
In the course of his address Senator
Blackburn said:
“The tyrannous and bloody act is
done. The most arch deed of piteous
massacre that ever this land was
guilty.”
“Goebel is dead, but that which he
stood for and that which he died for
still lives. Some men in their deaths
render greater service to the cause
they advocate than it were possible to
do in life.
“The shot that struck Goebel down
sounded the death knell of the politi
cal organization of his opponents for
all time in Kentucky, and iu its effects
will reach to the limits of the land.
“From the ashes of William Goebel
let there spring a champion of the
people’s cause. The brunt of the bat
tle that he waged needed only a con
tinuance of his efforts to crown it with
success, and that result was reached
more speedily in his taking off.
“Revolting as were ths methods
employed to compass his destruction,
there were features connected with
the end that tend to comfort and rec
oncile ns to it. He had been given
the high commission to reclaim his
state, and his people, And
this work he had nobly done.
“The full measure of his ambition
had been attained. Dying, he attested
by his smile the satisfaction of his
soul when the oath of office was ad
ministered and breathed his last lis
tening to the prayers that his people,
grateful for their deliverance from the
dominion of anarchists and assassins,
sent with his unfettered spirit into the
presence of his God.
“Murder will out. Stones have been
known to move, trees to speak, augers
and understood relations to bring
forth the secretest men of blood.
“Let the law be our shield. Under
its protecting aegis our rights and our
liberties find shelter. When its force
shall have been expended then, and
not till then, will we be satisfied.”
Following Senator Blackburn, Gov
ernor Beckman made a short address,
in which he said:
“The bleeding heart of Kentucky is
here today to pay its tribute of love
over the bier of its most distinguished
statesman. Never before in the his
tory of the state has a sadder blow
been dealt its people and never again. I
fear, will we have leader like the brave,
gallant and intrepid William Goebel.
However much we may grieve over his
untimely end, we must at least rejoice
that for generations to come our peo
ple will have before their eyes his
character as a model and inspiration
to every patriotic citizen.
“In his death Kentucky has lost her
greatest sou and her people have lost
their most faithful friend. By reason
of his loyalty to the cause of the com
mon people and his advocacy of th.se
principles that were for their interest,
and by reason of his conspicuous abil
ity in advancing those principles, he
lies here today, the victim of corpor
ate greed.”
The remainder of the program was
composed of addresses by Z. Phelps,
Judge James A. Scott, ex-Governor
McCreary, J. H. Kehoe, Willard
Mitchell, James Mulligan, Allie
Young, Frank Peak, John J. Hen
dricks, C. K. Wheeler, Louis Mc
' Quown, Allie James, Judge William
S. Proyor, Robert Franklin, South
Trimble and L. H. Carter.
Music, followed by the benediction,
closed the services at the cemetery.
Immediately after the benediction
the procession returned to the square
in front of the Capitol hotel, where it
disbanded.
AT COVINGTON.
The Remains of Gov. Goebel at
Home-A Reb. ke to L. & N.
By Dead Man’s Friends.
The Goebel funeral train arrived at
Covington, Ky., at 8 o’clock Tuesday
morning from Frankfort. It consisted
of a baggage car with the casket and
floral tributes, a coach for the pall
bearers, judges of the appelate court,
legislative committee and others, and
a Pullman with the relatives.
It was an impressive scene when the
casket was removed from the Capitol
hotel at Frankfort. The hearse, fol
lowed by carriages and many pedes
trians, proceeded under the electric
lights to the special train which left at
4 a. m. on the mournful journey.
Although the train made no stops
except at junctions, yet there were
groups at the stations along the way
to see it even in the darkness of the
wintry morning.
The only railway that runs through
Covington and Frankfort, the Louis
ville and Nashville, is credited with
opposing Goebel. At any rate, those
in charge of the arrangements insisted
on Goebel’s remains being carried
from the capital to his home without
traveling over any of the rails of the
Louisville and Nashville.
This bit of sentiment caused the
special to be run into Cincinnati on
the Queen and Crescent. After cross
ing the Cincinnati Southern bridge
the train was run around through the
yards of one railway into the yards of
another railway in Cincinnati and
transferred back into Kentucky over
the Chesapeake and Ohio bridge, and
thus reached the Chesapeake and Ohio
depot in Covington. This route by
train involved about twenty miles of
additional travel and half of this dis
tance was through- jKo railway yards ;
in Cincinnati.
The demonstration in honor of Goe- !
bel in the city and county, which he
had represented in the state senate for ,
twelve years, was peculiar and simple, i
A large detail of police was stationed j
about the depot and another detail
kept the streets clear from the depot i
to the Odd Fellows’ hall, where the I
body lay in state. While the demon- !
stration was participated in by both |
city and county officials, yet the com
mon people made up the long line of
the procession.
At no time during the forenoon was
there any cessation of the current of |
people passing the catafalque.
Later in the day excursionists i
reached the city from adjoining coun- |
ties. Many crossed the bridges from
Cincinnati, and the attendance from ’
Bellevue, Dayton, Fort Thomas, Lud- ;
low, the Highland and other Kentucky .
suburbs was very large.
The remains lay in state in Coving- i
ton until 10 p. m., and then they were ;
placed in charge of the guard during- 1
the night and conveyed back to Frank
fort by special train Wednesday morn
iug, to lie in state until the funeral.
BOARD ABOLISHED.
South .Carolina UiHpoiißary Rules Radi
cally Changed.
The South Carolina state board of
liquor control is to be abolished and i
the management of the dispensary to
be radically changed. The senate bill ;
to provide a new system of govern
raent was passed in the house Tues- ;
day and Governor McSweeney will I
approve the act.
The vote in the house was 77 to 24
in favor of abolishing the board. The ,
action of the general assembly is the
result of dissatisfaction all over the
state caused by lack of harmony in the I
present board. There were no charges
of open dishonesty in the speeches, !
but it was plainly asserted that the
factional fight among the members on
the board had hurt the state.
BRYAN’S TOUR OF NEW ENGLAND.
Brought to a Close at Hartford and
Bridgeport, Conn.
Thursday night William J. Bryan
finished the work for which his New
England trip was undertaken. He
delivered two long addresses. Tues
day afternoon in Hartford he spoke to
an audience of 8,800. He took occa
sion to rap the knuckles of the insur
ance and manufacturing capitalists of
the capital city, “the splendidly
wealthy city of Hartford,” as he put it.
In Bridgeport he was wildly ac
claimed upon his arrival, and later be
spoke to an audience which taxed to
its utmost the largest theater in the
city.
BRITISH FORCES
ARE ADVANCING
Concerted Move Against the Boers
From All Sides.
GEN. BULLER IS DRIVEN BACK
Britons, However, Get a Foothold
North of theTugela After
Sharp Fighting.
Advices from London state that the
British columns are putting them
selves in motion in all parts of the
South African war field. A combined
attack upofi the Boers appears to be
in progress. General Buller has gain
ed a footing on the plateau north- of
the Tugela, after two days sharp fight
ing.
On the far western border Lord
Methuen has begun a turning move
ment against the Boer right, while
General MacDonald threatens the
Boer flank, thus relieving the pressure
on Lord Methuen’s front.
Lord Roberts, who, according to an
informant in close touch with the war
office, is in the middle of the theater
of war, has begun the march on
Bloemfontein.
The Boers have taken the iniative
against General Gatacre, attacking
two of his positions at Sterkstroom.
It really looks as though the general
forward movement eo .long talked of,
was in progress. General Buller’s
third attempt at relieving Ladysmith
absorbs attention. Telegrams of from
100 and 200 words from a dozen cor
respondents, have been passed by the
censor, who has apparently re-dated
messages written Monday or Tuesday
to Wednesday at &p. m.
Every section of the Louisville
agreement was gone over carefully,
but it is understood that the principal
thing under discussion was that sec
tion bearing on the passage of a new
election law.
From these it is clear that General
Baller, up to Tuesday evening, had
taken one hill, had repulsed a Boer
counter attack and was holding the
position against an enfilading fire
from Spion kop and Doorm kloof.
His losses, as mentioned by one cor
respondent, are 250.
The only telegrams from Boer
sources assert that one of General i
Buller’s attempts to seize the fords j
failed, but they admit that he lodged
forces on one kopje.
Lighten General Buller’s operations
ceases here, the war office not contrib
uting any information. Three thousand
more militia have been ordered to pre
pare for embarkation. The obsolete
guns at the various coast defenses are
being replaced with modern naval
guns.
The government is preparing a plan
to be submitted to parliament for the
conversion of the yeomanry volun
teers and militia into a well organized
and properly equipped army of home
defense.
BRITISH TAKE KOPJE.
A dispatch from Spearman’s Camp
says: Under the personal direction of
General Buller the attack on the Boer
positions was begun Wednesday morn
ing by nearly the whole of our batter
ies—seveuty-two guns—shelling the
ridges where the enemy have their
trenches and redoubts on the Brakfon
tein and the low crest facing Potgie
ter’s Drift.
The enemy suffered severely. Sev
eral hills were smoking like volcanos
from the effects of the bombardment,
which set on fire their stores and the
grass.
While the third pontoon bridge was
being constructed under fire near Schiet
(Skiet?) Drift, the Eleventh brigade,
now under the command of Colonel
Wynne, made a demonstration against
the Brakfontein ridge, marching across
the meadows with the support of seven
batteries of artillery.
At 11 o’clock the enemy opened a
heavy cannonade of shrapnel, common
shell and Pompon shells, chiefly from
Spion kop. This was accompanied by
a rattling musketry fire.
Our gunners behaved admirably,
and were as cool as if upon parade.
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AT FRANRFORT AGAIN.
Body of Goebel Viewed By Thou
sands In Parlors of Capitol
Hotel.
The remains of Governor Goebel
; were brought back to Frankfort from
Covington Wednesday and laid in
state iu the ladies’ reception room in
i the west wing of the Capitol hotel to
await buttal.
| There were no incidents marking
the return trip from Covington. Every
precaution was taken to avoid acci
dent, and slow rnnning time was made
in consequence.
The steady drizzle of the morning
turned into a pouring rain in the as
: ternoon, which kept up without cessa
[ tion until long after nightfall, and
| probably not over 3,000 or 4,000 peo
' pie took the opportunity to get a last
look at the dead Democratic leader.
Many of these were country people.
The rains of the past few days had
converted the country roads into
veritable quagmires, but in spite of
this, hundreds of country people drove
through the rain, some from long dis
tances, to see the face of Governor
Goebel before it was shut from sight
j forever.
Probably half of those who filed
past the casket were women, wives of
legislators and city and state officials,
sotiety ladies of Frankfort and coun
try women, many of the latter with
’ garments stained from the long, weary
rides over the mountainous roads.
Many pathetic scenes were witnessed
as the crowds slowly tiled past the
bier. Many of the women were weep-
• ing violently as they glanced at the
sunken features in the easket.
During the evening many working
men and their wives came io the hotel
: and took-a last took nt Governor Goe
bel's face.
i The floral offerings were magnifi
cent. Nearly every county in the state
sent flowers, and the big room was
one mass of roses, lilies and smilax.
Ranged along the walls were scores of
floral pieces, some of them extremely
beautiful, while around the bier were
piled great masses of flowers.
There was no excitement whatever
in the city. Adjutant General Collier
gave orders that all the soldiers be
withdrawn from the city to the capitol
grounds. This was done to avoid any
irritation which the presence of the
state troops might have on Governor
Goebel’s friends. Even the provost
guard was withdrawn, while all passes
were suspended, not even the commis
sary sergeants were allowed to pass
the gates of the capitol grounds to
procure needed supplies for their
men. These orders were to remain in
force until after the burial.
BRYAN IN NEW YORK.
He Speaks Under Auspices of Hancock
Post G. A. K.
Hon. W. J. Bryan spoke Wednesday
night in Carnegie Music hall, New-
York, on “Pending Problems,” under
the auspices of Winfield Scott Han
cock post No. 239, Grand Army of the
Republic, of the department of New
York, for the relief of soldiers and
widows and orphans.
More than 1,000 men and women
paid the price for admission. W ith
the hope of tilling the big hall, those
in the galleries were invited down
stairs.
There was enthusiasm* however, in
' the crowd as Mr. Bryan entered the
hall escorted by ex-Governor Hogg,
O. P. H. Belmont and Tom L. John
ston.
Among those who sent regrets were
Admiral Dewey, Generals Miles and
Merritt, Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, Con
gressman Amos J. Cummings and Na
tional Commander Albert E. Shaw, cf
the Grand Army of the Republic.
TAYLOR RECEIVES ADVICE.
His Lpcislntors at London Urge Him Not
to Sign Agreement.
Messages were sent by the Repub-
• I icon senators and representatives nt
London, Wednesday, urging Gover
nor Taylor to remain firm and under
no circumstances to attach his signa
ture to the conference agreement.
The session’ of each house of the
legislature was brief, and the rain
, kept away most of the spectators.
A sergeant-at-arms was elected in
each branch in the house, a door
keeper and four pages were chosen.
This practically constituted the day’s
business.
The rest of the day and evening was
spent in discussions of the peculiar
situation.