The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1900, Page 1

O The Tall VOLUME LXXXVII—NO. 62. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GOEBEL ASSASSINATED AND LATER ' DECLARED ——— SHOT WHILE ON THE WAY | TO CAPITOL | it The Assailant Uses!| Smokeless Powder and Fires From the| Third Story of the State Executive Building—Was Shot Through the Lung.| May Not Survive. % * PS b { * 5% . - . P * p The the Capitol, toward which Senator Goebel was & - £ el right is the executive building, + A ‘0of which the shots were fired. 3 De6e 0066000600 0deidoeisdedobsdosdorsdeao® NEKFOF otel and about 100 feet away from the where the shooting occurred. Here | fa while Dr. Hume was laid on a sent from fcian m on the the ph from the sill to permit an ed passage for the bullet when a hin range. Both rt that while the me from the direction of the , the th rd s(nry there were s fired from different portions nu 'dmz Sume of those who y that at least one shot red rmm the coffice of the Secretary tate. This, however, is not true, as ere were men In the office of the Sec- ry of State who rushed to the window as the shots were heard and all aylor rooms on fired at from that part of the building. effort having been made to close the would-be assassin, while not her window in the bullding was or were there any places where had been fired through them. ker was the steps on the east slde of the Tice bullding, directly below the window from which the shots had been fired. He reached the sidewalk and was stening toward the scene of the shoot- ing when he was met by John E. Miles, who is 76 years of age. Without hesita- tion Miles threw himself upon Whittaker, winding his arms about him and calling Hs | loudly for help. It was right at hand and of Dr. E. [in an instant Whittaker was surrounded t of the Capitol i by & group of me; ed him, however. und to aid Goebel 3 n, who had his soon as he “hinn to Lillard; and, , he asked: . Goebel; did they get me this time,” replied ve got . ess they have ki a crowd of men l;'- 4 | porary injunction will be granted and that o T l l §8 | ultimate victory will be in their favor. . I E I I A RE A \ D I HE 4 | The grounds upon which the injunction e &2 | will be asked are the prejudice of the s $ | legislative body, the alleged unfitness of b M I I I I IA A M A % | several members of the contest boards to -3 I - ( ; I " é sit in judgment upon the case and several . Y i other grulu:d- which they declined to dis- @ g8 | cuss to-night. N + ‘:' FRANKFORT, Ky., dJan. 80.—A clash between the members of the B @t t 00000000040 00 8 ¢ Legislature and the militia was narrowly averted to-night. The rumor was s‘g generally uninviting that no attempt was 5 & carried to the office of the adjutant general that the Democratic mem- & [i2c ‘0 soier, (e, PUTOE, S8 Bo one & bers had decided to hold a night session in the opera-house to receive the g8 | ter the shooting had heeo Gbue snitiHe & report of the contesting board, declare Goebel Governor and secize the 3‘3"55,;';:"‘ had had ample opportunity to ¢+ State government. Mo such thing was contemplated, although it had 3| ™at the D il e 2 . . . e resul o C a) ¥ been discussed by difierent members of the House. When word was re- % | is without auestion. Tha man who 2 R alda th k had idently tak ¢ ceived by the militia officers it was determined to break up the meeting, % {4 the work hed ovidendy taken ¢ “the assembly’” was sounded and the troops formed for a march to the g previously been riisod: In ordar to allosw he £ f the bullet, and wait # opera-house. They had reached the south gate of the Capitol grounds & |1 i vietm was in full sieht betors = when word was brought that no meeting was to be held, and the soidiers s;‘finnx.l Benziatiion }:gglenf:‘\:l; of mountain- - eers last weel lem &~ returned to their quarters. 21 P - + O +ti vl oot Lietietie Beltioliv Uelivolie fi‘fidfifl?fli’fi*fl‘fi‘&*fiom’ssofi'wosSOSOSinSOssosa‘si‘ss.I Continued on Twelfth Page l : i x } i : z ! i i f i | and Marshall for Lieutenant Governor 42 S e met at 7 o'clock to-night in the City Hall. = . AN A few legal authorities were read to —— ’ | them at the request of Senator Allen, who | | i D e R of them declare that there was no shot | The window in the third story was left | - arrested as he came | many of them with | their hands and presented an aspect so R R R R R R B R LS LS A O S O Ao R P R S e R oS %=e DECISION IS IN HIS FAVOR If the Wounded Man Lives His Support- ers Will Attempt to Place Him in the Chief Executive’s Chair at Once—Re- publicans Seek an Injunction. LT RANKFORT Ky., Jan. 30.—While Willlam Goebel lay at the point of death in his room as the result of an assassin's bullet, the contesting boards which for two weeks had been listening to the evidence in his contest for the Governor's chair, declared him entitled to the seat. The boards hav- | ing in charge the contests between Goebel | and Taylor for Governor and Beckham wished light shed upon a few doubtful | points. The vote was then taken, and by | & strict party vote of 10 to 1 Willlam Goe- bel was declared to have been legally | elected Governor of Kentucky. The Beckham-Marshall contest was then voted upon, and a strict party vote | of 9 to 2 settled this matter. No announce- +4 4444444444444+ 4 500t was made of the reasons leading up S R e LS SR SPED D S SSNDADUP S WD SOUD D D SIS SO SN S S DD S SN DD + ! to the report being made to-night, the phodician oo’ Benator Goshers § |boards taking everything at oe leap. Dodelae Bt 210 & e bave thore nas 4 | Bach one of the members of beth com- besh 1o, change in his sondition for 4 | Mittees announced that s had uade up two hours: that he 1s in a precari- ¢ | his mind as totie meritgipr the glia snd i 5 voted promptly as his name was called. o f,ond,"',m fon o B ¥+ | In the contest for Governor, Representa- T O e honid nis 4 | tive Yarberry was the omie vote in favor Wound prove fatal, ft will be be- 4 | °f Taylor, and if the 'Beckham-llvlhlr;}mn tween 6 and 7 o'clock this morning. + c;nllleu Reid and Lilly were wit ar- cain oy oternal hemorrhages.” ¥ | An effort was made by & number of ble to stop them. Unless we do so 4 | Democrats to get together a qt.\m'\m;I of his death is a question of a very + |Doth houses, hold a night session, hear short time. Wa have taken from <4 | the Teports of the two colifiittesa &t once bim over a pint of blood, and there 4 |and adopt them, and declare Goebel l(ha are symptoms of the gravest char- 4 | Governor of Kentucky hglore mm;‘n ng. acter. There is hardly @ chance 4 | They were anxious to gh hlm‘lhe onor that he can iive through the night, "4 | Defore he aied: So marxn .’ega:nx:‘!e;;sr !hé‘ and practically none that he will re- 4 | 89ne to Louisville and Lex |fl! rigrd cover.” 3 [night that it was found imposs! 4 | carry out the programme. It is a cer- tainty that Goebel will be made (}O\Grnor' PP E LS4 P 44444 norrow f he s P Th attempted Socams. Rnpwiak el that Mo signtest | had prectuded the advisabilicy of attempt to do so would have brought a |a of the contest boards this after- | « into his body. He submitted | noon, but to-night the boards met in the | « rch which was quickly | City Hall, being kept out of the Caplitol | the proce being | bullding by the militia. It was a solemn po, revolvers a big kn A | assemblage of men who composed the 44\” k examination of the revolvers showed | gathering. Mr. Edelen, one of Governor id that it would be se in view of the : prevalent. onel W. C. P, Breck- re the only attorneys of Gov- or present. Mr. Edelen, in ask- ostponement, stated that he did Taylor's counsel idle to argue the | state of mind g Mr. Edelen and ( inridge w f the cartridges had b o was no powder could not volvers. b S Fibca s cifle snd Broky & swig e own responsibility, not having ker was quickly led away and » to confer with his colleagues. jail, while a guard was placed Bennett H. Young, for the con- Edelen, and said uter entrance to keep out all peo- the right of argu- had no connection with the Insti- testants, the contes isoner is a man slightly over the | , with sandy hair and mous- 1 Breckinridg dressed a communication to the chalrmen of the two boards, setting forth reasons 3y a why the argument should not proceed. again that he knew ”“"““s whatever He said that the lives of the attorneys about the shooting. | for Governor Taylor had been threatened. “I was on the first floor of the building,” | +] have no fear for my personal he said, “when I heard Governor Taylor | gafety,” said Breckinridge. I have felt tell that man Davis, the Capitol policeman, | ypa¢ T should be here and no threats can to go over at once to see General Colller. | geter me from what I regard as my duty. I sald I would go with him and that was | Thesa threats, however, came from a where I was going. 1 wanted to know, | ¢ource entitling them to serious consider- too, what the shooting was about When ation.” I stepped outside that man grabbed me| 1he rest of the counsel had agreed not and that is all 1 know about it, and that | ¢4 appear at the meeting, as the dastardly is a fact. crime committed might be repeated un- Few people belleve Whittaker is guilty, but the fact that he was hastily leav the bullding from which the shooting was done 1s enough to cast suspicion on him. | “That man Davis,” to whom Whittaker | referred, is Colonel John D:;.\'ls.the cus- | sote todlan of the Capitol grounds. His story | " Liii the Republican member of MRS WIth hel o Whitceker, ! Licutstiant’ Gaveror contest hoand, :gf “I was just outside of Governor Taylor's | dressed the boards. He said: office,” sald Colonel Davis, “when I heard | o heart is more pained than mine the shots and heard Governor Taylor say, | over the occurrence of to-day. I want to ‘My God, what have they done” He |say that my mind is made up in this case called to me to at once g0 over to the | and ten years of argument could not office of Adjutant General Colller, and | change it, Assassination Is a crime of the Whittaker went along. I am positive that | mogt heinous character and I can under he could not have done the shooting. We | no circumstances fall to express the utter were at the door of the bullding in too | contempt for its perpetrators and insti- short & time for that.” | gators. The political debates arouse pas- As soon as it was known that the bullet | sfon. I feel it myself and so does each of which struck down Goebel had come from | you. Nothing that could be sald would the building to the east a group of men | have a good influence.” gathered in front of the door on the east | The Republicans will, probably, as soon side. Others ran around to the door on |as the decision is rendered in favor of the west side to prevent the escape of | Goebel, make application in the United anybody from there. Several men at- | States Circuit Court at Cincinnati for an tempted to enter the doors from the out- | {njunction restraining Goebel and Beck- side, but were prevented by groups of ham from taking their seats and the bat- mountaineers, who stood In the doorways. | tie will then be continued before Judge Some of these men had Winchesters in | Tart of that court. The Republican attorneys and Governor Taylor are confident that at least a tem- der cover of darkness. Edelen stated that he entertained no fears for his personal safety. Chairman Hickman responded that he thought the attorneys were perfectly GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 31.—Martial law will be declared in Frankfort at 6 o’clock thic morning and the session of the Legislature at which the Democrats have determined to seat Goebel will be- stopped by the military. One of the highest officers with the troops said: “The Legislature says it is going to meet at 10 o’clock. Maybe it will, but whatever it does, it will not unseat Governor Taylor to-day.” Soldiers have been arriving at intervals all night. Three hundred men of the Louis- ville Legion arrived at 11 o’clock and the company from Covington came at 1:30 this morn- ing. Numerous other organizations are expected. About 600 men are here now. [ e e e e e | @sesov0000e0@ | 1 MEXICAN WILL GO TO SLAUGHTER IN CAUCUS Triumph of Victorious Opposition Soon to Be Registered. Followers of Brazen Senatorial Aspirant Sign Call That Is His Political Death Warrant. CALL HEADQUARTERS SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30. The crisis has come in the United States Senatorial situation. The forces opposed to the election of D. M. Burns have forced upon him a caucus, in which he must face fifty votes pledged in antagonism to him. @At the regular session fifty-five Republicans stood invincible in their de- fense of the good name of the State and of their personal honor. A great prize—the integrity of California—was at stake, and the issue has pot changed in a year. The same evil influences are to be combated and the struggle is being made by the same men. During this year the skin of Dan Burns is not changed. He has not softened the stains of a dishonest private life nor the dishonor of a corrupt public career. He is no less an embezzler and defaulter now than he was then. He is no less a type of all that is discreditable in pub- lic life now than he was then, and the newspapers of the State are sounding the alarm to warn all decent men of the menace of his auda- cious campaign He has received no new strength and again he must be crushed by the blows of honest men. One year ago fifty-five men in the State Legislature could not rec- i|oncile their principles of Fonesty end their hope of an honorable future with a vote for Dan Burns. Nor can they do so now, and they will know, as the State must know, that if they falter or fail in the great battle be- {fore them only one cause can accomplish their undoing—bribery in its lowest, most contemptible form—a bribery by coin that will forever brand the faitering ones as men that had been bought with money, and that money supplied by the Southern Pacific Company. Not one of these flfty -five Republicans can dare to accept this jud gment of betrayal, yet it is the only judgment that can be made and which will be made to point a derelict to a future worse than oblivion. [ aameasados be ae e aa ol o e e E e s b e s an aal o e oo oo e e e o e o o roiree® A OWEN WADE AND SENATOR. DAvVIS Swap “Con * TALK s " Te SAME " ou: CHARLIE . NOTHING NEW.” Cowanrt- Pors 1N A ATHERTON AND W TA oot agze ® ey 5 Ot 4000004000000 000 000040+ 000 40+ S+ 404000000600 L B o A S A R S S [ e e S e o R O T R R R B R R R S e e B e e e e ol s SIS L L ok o S LEGISLATORS IN STRIKING ATTITUDES. R