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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. NO. 33 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.