The age-herald., 1900-02-07
COEBEL'S BODY IN
 A FLORAL GRAVE Thousands View the Remains of
 the Great Leader, CROWDS.FROM EVERY COUNTY School Children Cover the Cas-
 ket With Flowers. NO MUSIC IN THE PROCESSION 53sl
 Late Last Evening Thousands Still = Crowded Around the Odd Fel- lows Hall, and It Was Left
 Open All Night
NO MUSIC IN THE PROCESSION

 been the most memorable day in the his tory of Kenton county and also in the his tory of the adjoining county of Campbell. in which Newport, Bellevue and Dayton form continuous line of cities along the river. The great crowds of people com tinued all day and all night around the Odd Fellows 4lal, where the remains Of Governor Goebel lie in state During the afternoon several women Tainted. Many came from long distances on both sides Of the river.
 dozen street car Hines were over taxed in conveying people across the river. The schools in Campbell and Kenlson counties were closed and procession after procession of pupils passed through the hall. Most of them carried flowers to strew around the catafalque. The haM was full of floral tributes before the casket arrived and to- night it is vast bed of flowers.
 There was no music in the procession to- day and there will be no band when the neighbors tomorrow follow the casket again from the hall to the depot It was intended to close the hall at 10 o'clock, but at that hour the crowds extended for squares in the vicinity of the hall and it was decided to keep the hall open all night or until the crowds were exhausted. When Governor BecGham, members of the legislature. .Messrs. Woodson, Shackleford Lillard, Mckay and other democratic leaders yis tied the hall this afternoon the way was cleared by the police.
 special Arrived at Eight O'clock
 The special Goebel funeral train arrived mere at s o'clock this morning from Frank nort. It consisted of a baggage car with The casket and floral tributes, a coach for the pall-bearers, judge of the appella,te court legislative committee and others. and Pullman with the relatives
 Among those in the Pullman were Arthur Goebel, of Cincinnati; Justus Goebel. wife and children, of Ariona; Mrs. Braunacker of Ohio, sister of the deceased; MT. and Mrs. Reynolds, of Cincinnati. Mr. Reynolds Is brother-in-law of Justus Goebel MT. and Mrs. Charles McChord and other per- sonal friends were also in the Pullman
 It was an impressive scene when the cas- ket was removed from the Capitol hotel at Frankfort shortly before f a. m. The hearse. followed by carriages and many pedestrians, proceeded under the electric lights to the special train, which left at 4 a. m on the mournful journey. In anticipa- tion of Goebel's induction as governor his Covington friends had been arranging for a grand reception about this time on his first return as governor instead of funeral In the somber darkness the train proceeded for two hours as mournfully it's departure, and then came the dawn of day before nearing home''
 On the train were those who had break lasted with William Goebel one week ago today and they said no man could have been more cheerful or hopeful than he. AL though the train made no stops except ct functions, yet there were groups at the stations along the way to see it even in the darkness of the wintry morning.
 The CowarhIy Assassination Discussed
 The only subject of conversation along the trip was the cowardly, cruel assassina- tion of Goebel, and the circumstances that are thought to have brought 1t about. There was bit of sentiment in the funeral train crossing the long bridges in reaching Goe- bels home via Cincinnati. The only rail- way that runs through both Covington and Frankfort is credited with opposing Goebel. At any rate those in charge of the arrange ments insisted on Goebel's remains being carried from the capital to his home with out travelling over any of the rails of that line" The train might easily have been transferred a few miles south of this city to that .Tine," coming direct into Coving- ton, but this bit of sentiment caused 1t to be run into Cincinnati on the Queen and Crescent.
 After crossing the Cincnniati Southern bridge the train was run around through the yards of one railway into the yards of another railway In Cincinnati and trans ferred back into Kentucky over the Ches- peake and Ohio bridge and thus reached the Chesapeake and Ohio depot in Covins- ton
 This route by the train involved about twenty miles of additional travel and half of this distrance was through the railway yards in Cincinnati. Passengers on this route aight at Ludlow, Ky. at the end of the Cincinnati Southern bridge and in few moments reach Covington by electric cars, but to run a special through as de- scribed involved crossing two bridges and circuitous switching in the yards of Gin cinnati
 The demonstration in honor of Goebel in the city and county which he had repre- sented in the state senate for twelve years was particular and simple. A large detail of police were stationed about the depot, and another detail kept the streets clear from the depot to the Odd Fellows hall, where the body Hes in state.
 Common People Formed Procession
 While the demonstration was participated in by both city and county officials, yet the common people made up the long line of the procession. With the exception of floral tributes. carried in the procession,