The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-09
FUNERAL OF GOV. GOEBEL.
Strong Speeches Were Made at the
Cemetery Chapel.

Strong Speeches Were Made at the
Cemetery Chapel.
Frankfort KY, Feb. S.--Rain came down
in sheets to-day while the funeral SER
vices were being held over the body of
| Kentucky's dead Democratic leader. The
morning dawned dark and threatening,
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
| reading of the scriptures by DR.. Taliaferro
of the Methodist Church and solo by
Mrs. Jessie B. Caldwell of Covington. and
prayer by DR.. Schmitt.
The march to the cemetery from the
hotel began at ! O'Clock. The band played
Nearer My God to Thee" as it passed
the south front of the hotel and i'm
mediately after the band came carriages
containing the honorary pallbearers who
were as follows: j. C. S. Blackburn, Gen
II. c. Lewis, Judge w. s. Pryor, Hon
j. b. McCreary, Hon. Phil B. Thompson,
Hon. James H. Mulgan, Louis Descog-
nets, Samuel J. Shackelford, j. D. Rhy-
mock, J. w. Pugh, Zach Phelps w. B.
Haldeman, Charles B. Poyntz and Morton
K Yonts.
Beside the hearse walked the active pail
bearers, who were as follows: Jack Chinn,
Charles c. McCord, Ed Fennell, James
NJ. Richardson. Henry George Eph. Lii
lard, Willard Mitchell, Charles NJ. Lewis,
John l.. Grayot, John X. Hendrck, John
Fulton, Urey Woodson, Joe Blackburn,
Jr Allie W. Young, r. B. Franklin and
Percy Haley.
All the pall-bearers wore mourning
scarfs of black and white draped across
their breasts, and their hats were wound
with the same colors. The exercises in
the cemetery were conducted before d
crowd much smaller than would have been
the case had the weather been pleasant,
but they were carried out to the letter.
and tonight the body of William Goebel
lies in the chapel of the Frankfort Gene
terry after one of the greatest funeral dem
constructions ever seen in this state. As
soon as the weather clears sufficiently the
casket will be consigned to'the grave.
There was No Trouble.
Trouble had been feared between the
soldiers in the capitol grounds and Dem
ocratic partisans in the line of march,
but orders had been so carefully issued
on both sides, keeping the soldiers away
from the fence and observation of silence
by the marchers, added to the fact that
for twenty-four 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 Georgetown
and Lexington and other places, not far
from Frankfort. but the large crowds
came on the regular trains from Louis
Vile and Cincinnati Fully 1900 people
were on the streets to watch the funeral
The body lay in state in the parlor OF the
Capitol Hotel until II o'clock in the morn
ing, and many people viewed the remains
Despite the jam Of the .crowd not a sin
gle unpleasant episode was connected
with the proceedings.
The procession was headed by the csty
police force and members OF the City Coup
ell city officials, Grand Marshal David r.
Murray and his aides. Then came a long
column Of members Of different societies
and citizens on foot and long string of
carriages The odd Fellows, of which
GoebePs father was a prominent member,