Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-09
NO 2a WHEELING. VA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1900

OF the capitol building vas covered with
soldiers who stood watching the parade,
but save three sentries at the gate there
was none of them within 500 feet of the
street.
The flag on the staff of the capitol
building was at half mast.
As the procession passed the execu-
tive building every man in the parade
turned his face toward it to see if Gov
ernor Taylor was watching the march.
There was no sign of life there, how
ever, although n of the windows was
open and the curtains fully up. Other
windows in the building were filed with
soldiers and some few civilians, but
there was no face at n Of the win
dows CT the Governors office.
1t did not require fifteen minutes for
the line of marching men to pass the
capitol grounds and all chance of o
BILE was over. AS the line reached Ann
street, upon which it was to turn south
for the march past the Capitol Hotel,
where the hearse and relatives Of the
dead leader were to take their places in
the line, there was a long wait of nearly
an hour. The rain was coming down
heavily and before long all of the
marchers were drenched to the skin. A
few of them made runs for places on
the sidewalk under awnings, but the
majority kept their places in the street,
and patiently waited for the word to
advance.
The delay was caused by the services
in the parlor Of the hotel, which occu-
pied more time than it was originally
thought they would. The services in
the parlor consisted merely of a reading
of the scriptures by DR.. Taliaferro, 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
played
"Nearer My God to Thee"
as it passed the south front of the hotel
and Immediately after the band came
carriages carrying the honorary pall-
bearers, who were as follows:
J. C. S. Blackburn, Gen. ]. H. Lewis,
Judge w. S. Pryor, Hon. ]. D. Nc
Creary, Hon. Phil. B. Thompson, Hon.
James H. Mulligan, Louis Descogneth.
Samuel ]. Shackelford, J. D. Rhinock,
j. w. Pugh, Zach Phelps, w. B. Halde-
man, Charles b. Poyntz and Morton X.
Yonts.
Beside the hearse walked the active
pall-bearers, who were as follows:
Jack Chinn, Charles G. McCord, Ed.
Fennell, James M. Richardson, Hnery
George, Eph. Lillard, Willard Mitchell,
Charles M. Lewis, John L. Grayot, John
K. Hendrick, John Fulton, Urey Wood
son, 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
the breast, and their hats were wound
with the same colors. Then came the
citizens on foot and a long string Of
carriages. The procession was fully
one mile in length by the time the
cemetery gate was reached.
The grave to which Governor Goe-
halls 1Ot 1- ,anxv hi nnpcspnnd m
morrow and the point at which the
monument to his memory is to be
erected, was selected by his relatives
and intimate friends yesterday. 1t was
decided early this morning, when ev-
erything indicated bright. sunshiny
weather, to have the interment take
place to-day, and the grave was pre-
pared accordingly, but the pouring rain
of the afternoon interfered, and the
body, closely guarded, will be allowed
to remain in the chapel until weather
conditions are favorable. The
grave is located about half way be-
tween the kentucky soldiers monu-
ment and the cemetery chapel, and
near an immense oak tree. whose
branches stretch far over the mound
of earth which will mark the Demo-
cratic leaders last resting place.
On a section of ground to the north
of the grave were grouped the floral
offerings, tributes from all over the
State
To Governor Goebe1,s Memory.
Around the freshly thrown up clay and
open grave was gathered a throng of
several thousand people, who waited
patiently for hours in the midst of the
downpour for the funeral cortege to
appear. For half an hour before the
long procession reached the cemetery,
the rain came down in a perfect del
uge, and, blown in sheets by a fltful
south wind, drenched every one to the
skin. But through it all they waited.
and when finally the hearse stopped at
the walk leading to the chapel, the
thousands present stood silent and rev.
erent as the ~pallbearers slowly carried
the casket to the porch of the little
chapel. After a hasty consultation it
was decided to postpone the burial, and
conduct the ceremonies from the steps