Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1911-04-06
H.E.PALMER
D|EDSUNDAY
Passed Away at His Home in
Omaha From Apoplexy
DEATH VERY SUDDEN
Was Local Manager of Battle
Mountain Sanitarium---A
Friend to Hot Springs.

The following is clipped from Mon.
days Omaha World Herald in regard
to the sudden death of Captain Henry
p. Palmer, one of the best friends this
city has ever had.
Captain Henry r. Palmer died sud.
denly Sunday morning about 1890
O'Clock at his home at 1908, South
Thirty-second street. He was engaged
In sweeping some snow from an up.
stairs balcony, when he is supposed to
have suffered an attack of apoplexy
and almost Immediately expired.
He had not appeared to be in i'll
health, but on the contrary had
seemed of late to be feeling better
than for some time previous. Since
the death of his only son, George H.
Palmer, three years ago, Captain Pal
mer has aged rapidly, and 1t was
known to all his associates that he had
never recovered from that blow.
There seemed to be some uncertain.
ty whether he slipped and fell, or
whether an apopleotic stroke was the
cause Of death, but in falling his head
struck low railing, causing quite a
wound. The physioians, who we're
hastily summoned, found that life was
extinct, but are unable as yet to pos
itively state the cause of death. It has
not been decided whether or not to
conduct an autopsy.
Captain Palmer was one Of the we'll
known men Of the state, having been
active in its affairs for over forty years,
and had been q pioneer in several
states. He was 60 years of age and
leaves widow and one daughter, Mrs.
Herman Kountze, Of New York, who
is now on her way to Omaha, having
been summoned by telegraph.
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been concluded, but the time will
probably be fixed for Tuesday after
noon.
The residence on South Thirty.sec-
ond street, overlooking Hanscom park,
has been the home Of Captain Palmer
since he came to Omaha, as he built It
at that time, and has ever since resided
there.
Eventful Career.
Pioneer, soldier, Indian fighter,
miner, Indian trader, editor, business
man, postmaster Of Omaha, and more
recently relinquishing his business in
terests largely to the management Of
his associates In order that he might
give his time to qussi.public matters
and to look after the interests of his
former comrades in arms-such was
the life history of Captain H. E. Pal
mer.
Lacking but four months of reach
ing the allotted three score years and
ten, his life story reads like romance
Although the last forty years of bis
life we're given to the insurance bust.
ness, the preceding dozen years of bis
young manhood saw variety of OK.
perisnces that come to few. AS sol.
dier of the civil war, he passed through
the exciting and bitter experiences Of
border warfare in Kansas and Mis-
souri,, where sectional hate took the
form of atrocities that were unknown
at the scenes of the big battle Aelde
further south.
AS pioneer Of half dozen statel
he had much to do with the carving out
the empire of the west and his very ex
periences made of him the bluff
hearty, ready and rugged man that he
was. He was friend to his friends
and foe to his foes, and both knew
him for just what he was, and alwaya
knew where to find him.
| Came West EARLY.
When 10 years of age he left biz
home In Wisconsin, travelling west and
crossing Iowa when there was but IL
miles of railroad in the state. This
journey was accomplished on foot and
so, too, was his journey on to the
mountains. In 1860 he reached The
village of Omaha, became cook for au
OK train, accompanied the freightert
on to the mountains, working diligent
ly for his board and in the end com
pleting foot journey of 1850 miles in
two months.
Until the commencement of the civil
war he prospected for gold near Noun
tain City, Colo, and when his twenty
three companions left to join the con
federate army he left to join the union
lists.
When st last he had reached Mary
vile, Ksns., hs walked 100 miles to At