The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-09
THE FUNERAL OF G0EBEL
ADDRESS BY BLACKBURN AT
THE CEMETERY.
THE CRIME CANNOT BE HIDDEN, He SAYS
The Assassin and the More Guilty Planners
Will Yet be Brought to Justice. The
Absent Democratic Legislators
Write to Blackburn,

Frankfort, Ky, Feb S.--Rain came
down in sheets today while the funeral
services were being held over the body
of Kentuckys dead Democratic leader. |
The morning dawned dark and threaten
ing, and when the parade was on the
march rain fell in torrents.
Services were held in the parlor of the
Capitol Hotel. They consisted merely
of a reading of the Scriptures by DIR.
Ifaliaferro, of the Methodist church and
a solo by Mrs Jessie b. Caldwell, : of
Covington, and a prayer by DIR. Schmitt
. The march to the cemetery from the
hotel began at l o'clock. The band play
ed Nearer. Ny God. to The" as it pass
ed the south front of the hotel and inn
mediately after the band came carriages
containing the honorary pail bearers who
were as follows:
J. G. S. Blackburn. General J. II.
Lewis, Judge w. s. Pryor. Hon. j. Il.
McCreary, Hon. Phil Il. Thompson. Hon.
James H. Mulligan, Louis Descognets,
Samuel j. ;Shackleford, j. ID. Rhyneck.
j. w Pugh, Zach Phelps, w. 3. IHalde-
man, Charles B. Poyntz and Morton k.
y Gfts. --~1-s -
Beside the hearse walked the active
pail bearers who We're as follows:
Jack Chinn Charles G. McCord, Ed
Pennell. James NJ. Richardson. Henry
George, Eph Iilard. Willard Mitchell.
Charles NJ. Lewis, John l.. Grayot. John
X Hendl'ick, John Fulton. Trey Wood
son. Joe Blackburn, IT. Allie w. Young,
Il. II. Franklin and Percy Haley.
4ha null baa15arc yynrn lOOIrnsnU
ecarfs and black and white draped across
tho breast and their hats We're wound
with the same colors.
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION
The exercises i'll the cemetery were
conducted before Il crowd much smaller
than would have been the case had the
weather been pleasant. but they were car
ried out to the letter and tonight the
body of William Goebel lies in the chapel
of the Frankfort Cemetery after one of
the greatest funeral demonstrations ever
seen in this State. As soon as the wealth
or clears sufficiently the casket will be
cons gned to the grave.
Trouble had been feared between the
soldiers in the capitol grounds and Demo
cratic rartisans in the line of march, hut
orders had been so carefully issued ON
both sides. keeping the soldiers away
from the fence. and observation of silence
by the marclers. added to the fact that
for twenty-for hours all the saloons
had been closed, that the day passed
without any exhibition of feeling being
shown on either side.
Special trains came in from George
town and Lexington and other places NOT
far from Frankfort, but the large crowds
came ON the regular trains from Louisville
and Cincinnati. Fully ten thousand peo-
pie were ON the streets to watch the full-
eral The body lay in state IN the parlo!
of the Capitol Hotel until IL O'Clock III
the morning. and many people viewed the
remains Despite the jam Of the crowd
not n single unpleasant episode was con
nected with the proceedings
THE LONG PROCESSION.
The procession was headed by the city
police force and members of the city
council. city officials Grand Marshal
David r. Murray and his aides. Then
came a long column of members of diff
ferent societies, and citizens on foot and
a long string of carriages. The Odd Eel
lows, of which Goebefs father was a
prominent member, were out in force
None of the societies was in uniform.
The column moved promptly at noon.
AS it passed the executive building every
man in the parade looked up to see If
Governor Taylor was watching the
march There was no sign of life there,
however. BY the time the cemetery gate
was reached the procession was mile
in length.
At the cemetery chapel the thousands
present stood silent and reverent as the
nall bearers slowly carried the casket to
the perch. 1t was decided to postpone
the burial owing to the storm and con
duct the ceremonies from the steps of
the chapel A quartette then sang 1T
is Well With Ny Soul" everyone stand
inc with uncovered head as the beautiful
words of the song We're heard through
the storm.
Rev. William Stanley, of Virginia
standing over the casket delivered a
short prayer. This was followed by the |
ouartette who sang Nearer. My God. to
Thee" Rev II. n Arnold, an old and in
innate friend of Governor Goebel spoke
briefly of the early life of the dead lead |
ea. and eulogized him as Cne of Kentucky |
greatest sons. After solo by Mrs. Jcs |
sic Caldwell, Rev. Gilbert Schmitt de
Iiyered a short address in German. He