Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-18

y sent a message to the legislature thj
e morning vetoing the bill making a
g appropriation of $4,000 for a ne,
!. workshop for blind people. He say
r IL is experimental and not necessar,
I There are now only fourteen blin
people who attend the present sho
= and they cost the state $3.50 each
! Others states have experimental ol
3 shops for the blind and found then
: failures.
The governor today appointed DIR
r W. w. Grant and Alva Adams to tn,
new lunacy commission. This mean.
the retention of the present superin
, tendent at Pueblo. The senate ex
poets to take UP the primary bill
again this afternoon although an Of
fort will be made to sidetrack it.
4 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Mar
l5.-The body of General W. ]. Palm
er. who died Saturday, was taken to
Denver this morning and cremated
The ashes were returned here this
afternoon. Funeral services at Ever.
green cemetery will be held in the
morning.
| A monster public memorial service
presideo over oy President Slocum of
Colorado college. will be held Friday
afternoon in memory of its founder
and the greatest friend OF that insti.
tuition. The college VIII be closed all
day Friday.
In every public school and In every
place where there IL a flag the stars
and stripes hang at half mast today
The mayor issued proclamation call
Ing on all the business houses to close
during the funeral. and organizations
of every kind. professional, CONNER.
cinl and civic. together with the city
council, will adopt resolutions OF re.
gret and expressing sympathy with
The family.
DENVER, Mar. 15.-The state of
Colorado will receive nearly $500 900
in inheritance tax from the Palmer
estate. The property. which is valued
bSNN'Nh hFC anu tth Is tuuul
10 or greater than thai contained In
the Stratton estate which yielded
1894 900 to Colorado in Inheritance
tax. These two estates of an aggre.
gate value approximating $4,000, 900.
will, when the Palmer estate pays it's
tax. have given this state more rev
enue in this way than probablxDI
other estates combined since the state
inheritance tax law was enacted.
DENVER. Mar. Is. - The GIpsy
Smith Sunday In Denver was one to
be remembered. In the afternoon g..
600 men marched In the greatest re-
ligious parade of its kind ever held
In this country. At its conclusion
Gypsy Smith addressed congregation
ot 1900 men in the Auditorium. In
the evening $4,000 people crowded into
the Auditorium to hear him, while
fully 5000 more were turned away.
over 5000 people attended overflow
meetings held in four churches. Fully
400 people answered the dipsy's call
in the afternoon. and 400 men. women
and children responded In the even
ing.
Aroused by the plea for the over.
throw OF the liquor traffic nm immense
congregation of men, Governor Shat.
roth presiding. unanimously passed
resolutions denouncing the present
linn.
liar resolutions were passed by over
5000 people gathered in Christian En-
deavor meetings in all parts OF the
The whole days work marks the
greatest religious demonstration that
has ever taken place in this dty.
eclipsing not only records of the past
week meetings. but also all previous
meetings of this kind.
EISENACE. Germany, Mar. 16.-A
civilian fought two duels here today
with officers of the army and killed
both OF his opponents. Pistols were
used. The civilians name Is Schultz
ber Milg and he is wealthy land
owner residing near Hohenzua. His
opponents were a Lieutenant named
Won Buttlar and an army surgeon
\ whose identity has been concealed.
Herr Milgs wife is said to be an
| American. jealousy prompted him
TO challenge and kill both army Off
GERS on the same day.
| CHICAGO. Mar. 16.-A burning tug
in the Calumet river lit the sky for
miles at midnight. The vessel. the
Duncan City, burned to the waters
edge, and Harry Kohenon, a cook
asleep on board. lost his life.
DENVER, Mar. l6.-Denouncins
people who call themselves Christians
and yet who fail to perform the works
which God intended they should, Clip
sy Smith last night told 1000 mer
and women gathered In the Auditor
ium that Denver was filled with "Pcoli
OF Bethesda" but that church people
were solely to blame for permitting
them to exist. The Gipsy evangelis
: talked to 1900 people at two meet
ings yesterday. and he said thing
which made them sit up and take nc