Notable Week of Legal, Fire, and Transport Incidents
In Frankfort, Democrats file injunction against Gov Taylor with 71 General Assembly signatures. Walker’s attempt to serve notice triggers arrest controversy. In St Louis a parochial school fire kills Sister Stanislaus and pupil Mary Foley as 200 pupils and 12 sisters face evacuation. A head on collision near Peru Indiana destroys engine and wagons, with 2 injuries and $20 000 damage. London reports rumor of a large British troop push and military ballot act. Ambassador Clayton plans return to Eureka Springs. Indiana court upholds school vaccination during smallpox epidemic. A Crown Point woman dies in mantel shelf fire. West Shore RR wreck near Savannah kills two brakemen. House rejects Brigham Roberts mileage claim.
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Col. Williams
Walker
Sister Stanislaus
Mary Foley
St. Lawrence
Kentucky in crisis as Goebel shot in Capitol melee
In Frankfort Kentucky Gov Taylor and faction loyalists clash with Goebel Beckman supporters who swore in Goebel as governor while Goebel was wounded by a rifle shot near the Capitol. Warrant actions target Democratic lawmakers amid a militia crisis.
London town tale as Governor adjourns Laurel Legislature
London Kentucky a small mountain town with 800 residents and several streets. It serves as Laurel County seat in a strongly Republican region. Gener al Peter Jackson founded the town and funded early courthouse brick by burning his own brick.
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London
Kentucky
Louisville
Knoxville
Louisville and Nashville
Jellico
Tenn
Laurel
Peter Jackson
Virginia
Jackson
Laurel County
Goebel and Beckham Declared Elected by Controlling Boards
As Goebel lay fatally wounded in his room the Kentucky boards on Governor and Lieutenant Governor contests met in Louisville. By party vote they ruled Goebel legally elected governor and Peckham Marshall for lieutenant governor, despite ongoing murder speculation. James Sutton, Whitley sheriff, was arrested after declaring at the Victoria hotel he shot Goebel and fled, with police treating him as possibly unbalanced or withholding the shooter’s identity.
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Kentucky
Willian Goebel
Capitol Hotel
Frankfort
Tingelrigg
Goebel
Beckham
William Goebel
Taylor
Peckham and Marshall
James Sutton
Whitley County
Louisville
Victoria Hotel
Sutton
Goebel Proclamation and Taylor Address Document Crisis
The text records Gov Goebel ordering the First and Second Kentucky State Guard to stand down after insurgent disruption in Frankfort. It also includes Gov Taylor’s address justifying adjournment of the Legislature to London and a Taylor proclamation calling the General Assembly to meet February 6. The documents relate to Kentucky politics around January 31, 1900.
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J. C. W. Beckham
Commonwealth
Gov. Taylor
Kentucky
General Assembly
London
Capitol Hotel
Gochel
Beckham
Court of Agspeals
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Goebel
General Assembly of
Frankfort
Kentucky State Guard
House of Representatives
Senate
State of
Capitol
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Taylor
Guy. Taylor
Srrankfort
State of Kentucky
Laurel County
Goebel Named Democratic Governor Candidate and Loyal Kentucky Leader
William Goebel stands as a Kentucky type and party monarch, born in Pennsylvania but raised in Covington. A long-time State Senate member, he seeks the Democratic nomination for Governor after a near miss at appellate judgeship, known for influential legislation including Kentucky’s current election law.
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Kentucky
William Goebel
Goebel
Pennsylvania
Covington
State Senate
Col
John Sanford
Governor's Mansion Fray Ends in Fatal Self Defense
In Frankford the residence of William S. Taylor, Republican hopeful, drew tension over Goebel’s toll-reduction bill for Ohio River bridges. Col. Sanford, linked to one bridge project, confronted Goebel on bank steps. a drawn weapon triggered Goebel to shoot Sanford dead. Goebel claimed self defense and was acquitted.
Whittaker Insists On Innocence In Goebel Shooting Case
Harland Whittaker, held in Louisville after being moved from Frankfort, firmly proclaims his innocence in the Goebel shooting. He says he was at the statehouse as a friend of Taylor to ensure justice, and that only pistols are claimed against him. He believes a clear future acquittal will prove his guilt unfounded.
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Harland Whittaker
Senator Goebel
Frankfort
Goebel
Taylor
Statehouse
Fred
Mr. Goebel
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