The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-13
GOEBELS FUNERAL.
Services Held at Hotel and Cemetery.
Remains Temporarily Placed I'm the
Chapel.

came down in sheets To-Day while the
funeral services were being held over
the body Of Kerkucky's dead democrat
ic 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 81
the Capitol hotel. They consisted
merely Of a reading OF n Scriptures
by Dr. TeliaferTo. OF the Methodist
church. and q solo by Mrs. Jessie =.
Caldwell. Of Covington, and a prayer
by DR.. Schmidt
The march 10 the cemetery from the
hotel began at l o'clock The band
played Nearer, Ny God 20 Thee" as
il passed the south front OF the hotel.
and Immediately after h band came
carriages containing the honorary pail
bearers, who were as follows: j. c. >.
Blackburn, General j. II. Lewis, Judge
w. :. Pryor, Hon. j. s. McCreary,
Hon. Phil. B.. Thompson, Hon. James
II. Mulligan, Louis Descognets. Samuel
j. Shackelford, J. D. Rhynock, j. w.
Pugh, Zach Phelps. W. 3. HaldemaE.
Charles B.. Poyntz and Morton Kyonts.
Beside the hearse walked the active
p~allbearers who were as follows: Jack
Chinn, Charles c.. McCord, Ed. Fen
nell, James NJ. Richardson, Henry
George, Eph. Lillard, William Mitchell,
Charles VI. Lewis, John l.. Grayot,
John X. Hendrick, John Fulton, Urey
Woodson, Joe Blackburn, Jr., Allie w.
Young, r. B. Franklin and Percy
Haley.
All the ~pallbearers wore mourning
scarfs of black and white draped
across the breast and their hats were
wound with the same colors.
The exercises in the cemetery We're
conducted before a crowd much small
er han would have been the case had
the weather been pleasant, but they
were carried out to the letter, and to-
night the body of William Goebel lies
in the chapel of the ceme-
terry after one of the greatest funeral
demonstrations ever seen in this state.
As soon as the weather clears suffi-
GENTLY the casket will be consigned to
the grave.
Trouble had been feared between the
soldiers in the capitol grounds and
democratic partisans in the line of
march, but orders had been so careful
Iy issued on both sides, keeping the sol
diers away from h fence and obser-
walton 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 ex-
hibition Of feeling being shown on
either side.
Special rains 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
1000 people were on the treets to
| watch THE funeral.
The body lay in state in the parlor OF
the Capitol hotel until IL o'clock in
the morning and many people viewed
the remains.
Despite the jam of the crowd not 9
single unpleasant episode vas con.
nected with the proceedings.
The procession was headed by the
| city police force and members of the
city council, city officials, Grand Mar.
shall David r. Murray and his aides
Then came a long column of members
of different societies and citizens or
foot and a long string of carriages. The
Odd Fellows, of which Goebel's fathel
was a prominent member, were out in
force. None of the societies was in uni
form.
The column moved promptly at noon
AS it passed the executive building
every man in the parade looked up tC
| see if Governor Taylor was watching
the march. There was no sign of life
| there, however. By the time the Gem.
etery gate was reached the procession
was a mile in length.
AT the cemetery chapel, the thou.
sands present stood silent and rever.
emit as the pallbearers slowly carried
the casket to the porch. It was decid.
ed to postpone the burial owing to the
storm, and conduct the ceremonie:
from the steps of the chapel. A quar-
tette then sang ct is Well With NJ
Soul" every one standing with I'M
covered head as the beautiful word:
Of the song were heard throughout tn,
storm.
Rev. William Stanley, Of Virginia
standing over the casket, delivered
short ray This was followed b!
the quartette who sang Nearer NJ.
God to Thee" Rev. T. N. Arnold, al
old and intimate friend of GovernO
Goebel, spoke briefly of the early life o
the lead leader and eulogized him a
one Of Kentucky's greatest sons. Afte
a solo by Mrs. Jessie Caldwell, Rev
Gilbert Schmitt delivered a short ad
dress in German. He was followed b,
Rev. E. c. Mann, in a short address
Elder William Stanley followed in a.
eloquent tribute to Governor Goebel.
United States Senator Joe Blackburn
was then introduced. AS his stentoria
voice rang out in denunciaJtior of tn
shooting of Governor Goebel and as h
stated that lit was not the work of
crank or a craZed assassin" murmur
of No and That's right" came fror
the closely packed crowd, while tear
stood in the eyes of many of the grin
faced men within the hearing Of hi
voice. His address was an eloQuen
tribute to Goebel's life. He con
Guided:
"'Twould be but poor satisfaction t
see the miserable tools n instruments
made use of in his murder give u
their lives to an infuriated populac'
Be patient and neither'the ~perpetratoi
nor yet the most guilty planners {
this foul crime will escape the penalt
that the law provides. You need NJ
fear for a. failure of discovery. y
crimes like this can be concealed. TIL
earth is not large enough to hold il
perpetrators or its instigators in s.
clusion."
Governor Beckham in the concludin
address, said Goebers body lay a vie
tim Of corporate greed. He ~referre
faalinOlv tn his hriaf o. r1cr and calle