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p . I GOVERNOR GOE Gallant Fight For Lif 6:45 O'clock it Kentucky situatk * Beckham 5worn in to Sue tion Ignored by Gov Trouble William Goebol. tbe Democratic contestant for the governorship of Kentucky. who was shot on last Tuesday while on his way to the Senate chain he. by an assassin concealed in the executive mansion, died of his wound on Saturday evening at li.to o'clock. He had been declared elected governor by the legislative board, and 011 the face of the decision was sworn in as govern or on i iit'sia.Y itunnvi'ii. Acting Governor Taylor declared the State of Kentucky in a state of insurrection. adjourned the legislature, called out the militia and surrounded the capitol with troops. The first official act of Governor Goebel was to issue an order calling upon the troops to return to their homes, and declaring that no state of insurree tion existed. The courts have been appealed to by the Democratic government, but so far their orders have l>een disregarded by ~Y WITXTAX OOEBEL. Cilc . ii^'ting Governor Taylor. The writ of habeas corpus has been suspended and the President appealed to for aid. On Saturday evening; William Goebel gave up his prolonged fight for life against hopeless odds, and passed qui\?tly away, counseling his admiring followers to abstain from all acts of violence and patiently await further developments in an appeal to the judicial authorities. Further details of the state of affairs existing in the Commonwealth are given in the accompanying dispatches: IC t" QnAr-isl The bullet I" lanniui <, i?;., - ? fired by an unknown assassin last Tuesday morning ended the life of William Goebel at 6.45 o'clock Saturday evening. The only persons present at the deathbed were Mr. Goebel's sister. Mrs. Bran naoker. and his brother. Arthur Goebel, of Cincinnati, who have bee in constant attendance at Mr. Goebel's bedside, and Dr. McCormack. Justus Goebel, anoth er brother, wno nos utru uun^iug num Arizona as fhst as steam could .carry him in a vain hop? of reaching his dying brother in time for some token of recognition. arrived 40 minutes too late. Oxygen was frequently administered to the dying man during the afternoon in an effort to keep him aJive until his brother arrived, but iu Tain. By the cruel irony ef 'ate the train on which Justus Goebel was traveling to Frankfort was delayed several hours from va 1 1 nous causes aiiu wiiva ?1. vm?'i iiiiallv reached here it was only to learn that his brother was dead. Among partisans of both parties deep grief Is manifested and already a movement has been started to erect a fitting monument to Mr. Gocbel's memory on the spot in the State house grounds where he was shot. Early in the day, at Mr. Goebel's request, former Congressman Hendrick a was called amd Mr. Goebel asked for Ajome of his legal advisors with whom wished to confer. Later, at Mr. Coolers request, Chaplain Wallace of the Kentucky State penitentiary, an intimate friend, was sent for and they had a short conversation. "Lew," said Mr. Goebel. "I wi&h to announce to the world that I do not hold myself in open violence to the Word of God." The dhypodermic injections afforde some temporary relief, but the sufferer for the first time in his long weary struggle for life had apparently lost his ;BEL IS DEAD. e Ended Saturday at i Thp Fvpnino* I I IIV E-# T Vlllll^l )N GROWS DARKER ceed Him--Court's Injuncernor TavIor-'More in 5ight. i indomitable courage. ! "Doctor." said .he. feebly to Dr. M^Corraack. who stocil at his bedside. "I | am afraid now that 1 am no. going to get over this." j Dr. McCcrmack endeavored to cheer ! the fast sinking man. but the latter soon relapsed into a condition of semiconsciousness. About ene o'clock he I aroused himself again, and calling Dr. MoCormack to his 'bedside: ' Doctor, j am I going to get well? I want to know the truth, for I have several things to attend to." "Mr. Goebrl. you have only a few \ hours to live." replied Dr. McCornnck. Mr. Corbel was silent for a moment, ! then calling his brother Arthur Goebel, t? his bedside, he asked that the physi! cians and nurses retire. Then for 20 minutes the dying man was left with i his brother and sister. Mrs. Braunaeker Late in the afternoon to the weary watchers at the 'bedside it was appar[ ent thai the end was not far off. and ! Rev. Dr. Taliaferro crossed over to where Mr. Goebel lay gasping for , br eath, and kneeling at the side of the bed, prayed earnestly. With tears streaming down their faces, Mrs Braunaeker and Arthur Goebel knelt at the I bedside also. Then Dr. Talliaferro arose and opening the Bible read a few : selected verses from the Epistle of St. : James. A few minutes later Mr. Goebel's | brother annound d to the anxiuos ; watchers about the hctel corridors that | William Goebel was dead. i There was no excitement in tne corridor. Those who heard the words of i Arthur Goebel were reverently sile-.l and did not disseminate the intelligence. Within a few minutes he fol| lowing announcement had been prc: pared and silently handed about th'-> j hotel and in the streets. "To the people of Kentucky: "It is with the most profound sorrow that we announce the death of Governor William Goebel. In his last moments he counseled his friends to keep cool and bow to the law in all things. We. his friends, beg of the people of i Kentucky in this hour of affliction to carefully abstain from any acts of vi' olence or any resort to mob law. It j would be his wish if he were alive that | there should be absolutely no stain on I ills memory uy any impruueiii sill ui any who were his friends. The law :j i supreme and must in time be re-established and all the wrongs be and hi.-* party have suffered will find their proper redress. (Signed) J. C. S. Blackburn. TTrey j Woodson. J. B. McCreary. James Anj drew Scott, B. W. Bradburn. C. C. McCliord. L. H. Cart, speaker pro tern, of the Senate: William S. Pryor. C. M. l^ewis. John K. Hendricks. Lewis McQuown. S. J. Shackelford. South Trimble. speaker of the House." This was the first intelligence given the public of the death of Mr. Goebt! j which occurred 45 minutes previous. Beckham Sworn In. Frankfort. Ky., Special.?Exactly one hour after the death of Mr. Goebel. J. C. W. was sworn in as governor of Kentucky, the oath being administered by S. J. Shackelford, clerk of the court of appeal.-. It had been determined to keep secret the news e* : the death of Mr. Goebel until Mr. Beckham should have bpen formally inducted into the office, and the delay was i made greater by the inability of Dr. McCcrmack to leave the bedroom of Mr. Goebel to make the proper certificate of death. 1'ntil this had been done the Democratic attorneys were unwilling that the oath of office should be administered. The ceremony took place in a small : Mr. GcebellK?l!s.td-l,a4 shrdlu shrdls ; rccm on the same floor as that on i which Mr. Goebel died, but a few doors to the west of it. In the room at the time of th* administration of the oath were Senator-elect Blackburn. Col. B. H. Young. Col. Philip Thompson Eph. I Lill.ard. J. H. Lillis. Lieut. McKay. S. J. Shackelford, clerk of the court of I appeals; Dr. P. \V. Wells, Col. Harry , McKay. Col. Jack Chinn. Kit Chinn. ' Dr. McCormick. Joseph Blackburn. Jr. ] and three representatives of the press. Col. Young, who was one of the leading Democratic attorneys throughout the Goebel-Taylor contest, and Sena, tor-elect Blackburn, sat at a table in the center of the room upon which thev had drawn up the papers necessary to the administration of the oath of office to Mr. Beckham. After the pipers had 'been completed there was a wait of nearly 10 minutes for Dr. MeCormack. , The death certificate had already , been prepared and Dr. McCormick quickly signed his came and swore to the contents of the paper, j "Now. Mr. Beckham, it is your turn." i -*id Col. Young. I Mr. Beckham, who hau been stand-11 ing in the far corner of the room, at I * once advanced to the table with a: ' flush of excitement upon his youthful^ face. "Sign the oath." said Col. Young, j pushing the paper toward him. Mr. Beckham hesitated and Col. J Young repeated the request. ( "Ivet me be sworn first." said Mr. ] Beckham. "You must sign the? paper before , you take the oath, said Col. Young. J "W'k want your cath to the signa-* , i ture" I , Mr. Beckham advanced to the table ( ! and affixed his signature, and. stepping* j j 'back, he held up his right hand for thei | oath, which was rea l to him by Clerk . j Shackelford, of the court of appeals. ' j When the clerk read the concluding ( | words of the oath, "so help you fJaJ." , I Mr. Beckham's reply came. "I do." and then with great emphasis, "and may | , God give me strength to do my duty."j ' "I devoutly hope he will." rejoined ; Col. Young, i Clerk Shackelford then attested tiiei 1 oath. j j The first official action of Mr. Reck-; i ham was the appointment of a new ! i adjutant grnerai and his last act be-) ; fore assuming the oath was an order; ; removing Adjutant General Collier | and Assistant Adjutant General Dirk-1 son. The order was as follows: State of Kentucky. Executive Department. Frankfort. K.v.. Feb. 3, 1900. I ! Executive Order No. 1. 1. Daniel H. Collier, adjutant geaer-1 i al. and J. D. Dickson, assistant adju! tant general, are hereby removed from ' office to take eiiect immcuiawij. 2. Referring to executive proelama-j j tion of the first instant, all members ! ' of the Kentucky State Guard ordered on duty in the city of Frankfort by.my j predescessor are relieved from duty to j take effect immediately, and are instructed this day to return to their respective posts. (Signed) J. C. W. BECKHAM. Acting Governor. On the back of 'his order was en- : : dorsed the following: i Executed bv delivering a true copy i , to Capt. Bennett, officer of the day in j I command of troops at gate of capitol j i i grounds, who reports General D. H. j i Collier absent from his command. Capt Bennett received the paper and prom! ised to deliver same to General Collier. ' I The delivery was made at six o'clock i p. m.. this third day of February, i I 1900. . (Signed) HARRY M'KAY, Colonel and Aide-de- Camp. Governor's Staff. j ? ? ^.i - ' j rne oncer was uenvcrcu u? vu^i neti at the gate of the capita! grounds . 2"i minutes before the death of Mr. , Goebel. -Mr. Beckham was nude act- i I ir.g governor Friday night by rite mod- ( ! ical certificate of MeCorniaek that Mr. j Goebel was unable to assume the func- < tions of the office, i Mr. Beckham seemed deeply affected , by the position in which circum.-ta.nces had placed him. and he did not reveal j much joy over the congratulations < I which those in the room showered up- < on him, although he accepted them ' < j gratefully. "There is or.e thing I would hate | been greatly pleased to have had done ; by Mr. Goebel before his death," he said, "and that is to have signed the j < n.r Spnator Blackburn. Of I mire* I am greatly pleased to have , the privilege myself, hut I know that i it was a matter close to the heart of! ( Mr. Goebel, and I wish that he could j have lived long enough to do. I think I can promise." he said, with a smile, I j "that it will he one of the first things i : I will do on Monday." i : An Injunction. Frankfort. Ky., Special.?Judge Can- j I troll, of the circuit court Saturday j morning granted a temporary injune! tion restraining Governor Taylor from ' interfering with the meetings of the , 1 legislature and from removing the seat i ; of legislature to London. Ky. Temporary injunction is to remain : i , binding until February 8. when the ' ; hearing to make it permanent will be ! heard before Judge Cantrell, of' 1 I Georgetown. Ky. At the opening of the court Judge , i I'ryor produced the petition which had i already been published and read in full ; When he had concluded. Judge Pryor said "1 do not suppose that it is neces- ; i ! sary to p*ove the ease of the plaintiff,' and your honor having read the peti-, i tion in chambers, and there being no ; , counsel present for the other side. I ; ask that the following order be issued.' , He then read an order in accordance I with the petition, and it was entered ! i j by Judg* Cantrill. i "Your honor will notice," continued > Judge Pryor, "that this is but a tern- ! J porary restraining order, to be effect-' ; ive upon the defendant until Feb. 8,! j when a request will be made that the I petition be. made permanent." "Are there any attorneys present for i the defendant?" asked Judge Cantrill. j There was not reply.* "Mr. Clerk, let the order be entered," i said the judge, "'but 1 wish to make it I ! read that the application for the per- ; I manent injunction will be heard at j Georgetown, in this State, instead of ; at Frankfort." This was agreeable to the attorney for the plaintiff, and the matter was ' ordered. No attempt will be made to secure personal service cf the writ of injune- | ' tion upon Gov. Taylor. | Immediately after the issuance of j the writ. juuge wninu iumiuh.ou| Sheriff Suter. of Franklin county, to! make no effort to present the order or i court. Judge Cantrill directed that it' i be allowed to remain binding without j j service, because of the danger threat-, ] ening the man who should undertake :he task and the results thai might en ;ue owing to the state of the public Hind. Moving to London. Frankfort. Ky? Special.?Chairman John Barrett, of the Republican joint auens. ha- issued a call for a session )f the caucus at the court house in London Monday at 4 p. m. This is tn?en to indicate that there will be an ittempt to organize a legislature and :o elect new clficers. To make a qu<v ium it will be necessary for the troops to arrest ar.ii lane 10 i>u;mua ruuugu of tap Democrats for that purpose. A leader of the party said: "We will eiert all legislative ofi'irers ir.<i elect Governor Bradley to the I'mted States Senate, thereby getting a contest in the Senate whioh will bring a decision from competent authority." Governor Taylor has provided igainst the delay and inconvenience of receiving telegrams in his present exclusive quarters, by means of messengers. He had two wires run into his office and has his own operators within the office. There was a general exodus of Republican representatives and senators Saturday in the direction of London. Many members hive been leaving by twos and threes for the last two days, going to their homes and intending to so from there to lvon-aon, d;u saturil.iv th->re was a concerted movement and all of those who had been left hehind. about. started on the morning train. Several cases of rifles and a large amount of ammunition was forwarded to London by express, by Adjutant General Collier. He says he expects no trouble at lxmdon, but wishes to have matters ready for any emergency. Gov. Taylor has. for the time being at least, given up the idea of going to Ixmdon. and will remain in the executive building in Frankfort. Clash of Authority. Frankfort. Ky., Special.?Civil and military authority in Kentucky have come face to face at last and unless one or the other recedes from the positions occupied there can be but one outcome and that is civil war. Governor Taylor must within 4S hours surrender to the circuit court or Franklin county the person of Alonzo Walker, now held in custody by him in the State executive building, or SherifT Suter. of Franklin county, with a powerful passe at his back, will attempt his release by force, and it is hardl> within the range of possibility that the attempt can be made without bloodshed or loss of life. If once blood is shed an armed conflict in the streets of Frankfort it is beyond the wisdom nnn t/? foil hnu' fir the flames of strife may spread. Gov. Taylor and Adjutant General Collier late Saturday afternoon flatly refused to recognize a writ of habeas corpus, issued by Judge Moore for the release of Alcnzo Walker, a stenographer who was arrested and put into confinement after pinning a notice of ?. writ of injunction on the door of Gov. Ta>lor's chambers in the legislative building. Judge Moore said after Sheriff Suter had reported his inability to serve the writ of habeas corpus, that unless Governor Taylor recedes from his position the sheriff would be instructed to enforce the order of the court and would be given sufficient armed force to insure this result. The News in Washington. Washington, D. C., Special. -Without regard to party life death of William Gcxrbel is universally deplored here. His game struggle for life after the assassin's bullet laid him low has been watched with admiration and when the bulletins were pasted annnoncinz his death political friends and foes united in expressions of regret. President McKinley was informed of the death of Mr. Goebel at the dinner given in honor of himself and the members of his cabinet by Postmaster General Chas. Emery Smith. The news was conveyed to him after guests had risen from the table and retired to the smoking room. Shortly afterward rhe President returned to the White House. Late at night a member of the cabinet said tx> a representative of the associated press: When the news of Mr. Goebel's death was announced to the President and to those of us who were present, no surprise was expressed, as it had t>een expeetea. i a? iwamin; on.ua.tion was not discussed but you may say that the President and members of the cabinet believe that the death of Mr. Goebel will not liave t.he effect of altering the situation in the least as far as its legal aspect is concerned." Supplies Fcr liritish. t'orfolk, Va., Special. The steamship Domingo, de I-oringo. which has been running as a regular liner between England and Cuba, arrived here from Cier.fugos. Cuba. Satrrraay night and took on seven hundred tons of bunker coil at Lambert's Point, in great haste. It developed that trie vessel has been chartered by the British government to carry to South Africa supplies and possibly ammunition which have been purchased in this country for the British army in the Transvaal. An official report just made public tells of the hard fight made by General Lawton and 1.000 Americans against four to five thousand intrenched Filipinos in Cavite Province, Luzon, last summer. I . ** V : ' vfTrHtfng ' ' - ; % I TILLMAN'S ELOQUENT SPEECH. The South Carolina Senator On The Philippine Question. In accordance with previous announcement Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, delivered an address In the Cnited States Senate on ihe Philippine situation. His discussion of the oiniprt u-as ppnprnl ! Senator Tillman deprecated the idea that a man is disloyal to the flag if he declares his belief that prosecution of the war in the Philippines is disloyalty I to the Declaration of Independence, j a2d said he v.as ' ready to locate the ' responsibility for the blood that had been spilled. 1 impugn no man's motives," he said, "but whether the Presj ident be most to blame or whether : the crime rests on his dupes and the | subservient party dependents, I say, ! with all the emphasis of my nature, that I am none of those who voted against the treaty are responsible for the spilling of one drop of this inno! cent blood that has been shod, and I will not endure patiently and without ; resentment any such accusation." Senator Tinman tnen uiscusaeu ai length the race question, as it relates ! to the Philippines, in the course of j which he expressed strong dissent from the statement made recently by Senator Morgan that the civil war was j precipitated by designing politicians, i who desired to thrust the negro with social and political equality upon the whites of the South. Scouting the charge that the Filipinos were not capable of self-govern, ment, he said: "If the Filipino leadi ers and their followers, those men of | affairs, men so strcng in the faith of ! the right of men to govern themselves after our great example, that although Illy-armed and without artillery, it has required sixty thousand American troops over a year to drive them from ; the field, and even yet they have not ' surrendered, but have adopted a guerilla warfare if these are not fit for 1 self-government under cur kindly tutelage, let me ask of those Republicans here, who in part are responsible for : it. and who were and arc now. In absoj lute sympathy with it. how dared they give the control of the Southern States Into the hands of negroes as being fit . not only to govern themselves, but j also to govern white men? n tne rail ipinos are children, what were, and are * the ex-slaves of the South? How dared Republicans to appeal to the Nor! thern masses to compel the South {o j grant the negroes a free vote and a : fair count when it involved negro rule, pure and simple? j "Were the fruits of those Sodom api pies to be turned to ashes in such a i brief space? Are the 13th. 14th, and j loth amendments to be nullified in ! their very essence because they failed i of their purpose in the South? Are : they for home use only? Is the flag to , become again a 'flaunting lie' and float over a military despotism, first : in the Philippines and later at home? , Was the memorable conflct between ! slavery and freedom useless? Have ; we gained nothing? Is the commercial ; greed which dominates in our counsels i and coerces the president to do his ' bloody and dirty work to make of the j constitution a new 'league with death i and a covenant with hell,' in the inter| est of oppression akin to slavery? In i order to do all th$se things must we j 'camp outside the Constitution,' and I give the old interpretation of the | Southern slaveholders to the declaraj tion of independence and nullify alt ; precedents and and decisions of our supreme court? Did this nation offer up of its best and bravest upon the altar of liberty the blood of 700,000 men. and spend and destroy five billions of treasure that we might have a government of the people, by the people, for | the people,' to find that in the brief : span of one man's life the sacrifice was I vain, the civil war a mistake, and that | the colored race has no rights we are ? , : bound to respect at home and abroad?" j Adverting to Senator Beveridge's quotations from tne KtDie, senator Tillman said: "I have heard that the devil can quote Scripture for his own purposes. Why, I con quote Scripture myself. (Laughter.) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Senator from Indiana," pointing his finger dramatically at Senator Beveridge. who sat within a few feet of him, "you can not gather figs from thorns, nor grapes from thistles." "If we mete out despotism and bayonet rule to that people will it not be meted back to us? It need not be from a foreign source, and it can not be from a foreign source that the government by bayonet will ever oppress the American people. Our danger lies in familiarizing cur people with despotic methods, in abandoning the American ideal and the principles of our fathers, "The curse of bayonet rule will come bark to plague you as sure as there is a God in heaven." *- 1- * - in cunciusiuil ocuawi nuuiau saiu. "I protest against the continuance of this unholy war. The President has declared that upon Congress rests tho responsibility. He shiiks the burden of his mistake and crime, and endeavors to shift it to our shoulders. Let us give those people a government of their own, the only self government. , in whatever form they may select, and be rid of the burden as well as the shame which must be ours if we do not. Let us protect them against outside interference and in a small part compensate them for the wrongs we have done them. "In the name of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, let us stop this war, which was a hideous blunder in its oeginning. It is now a war of conquest, a crime in the sight of God and man.'* : \ i