Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-03
DEDICATE FINE HOSPITAL
Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Institution
Opened 10 the Public.
THoRPsoNs NEW PAPER is BORN At LAST
Insists thai IL was Not started in
order TO Have n Personal
and Asserts He wants
No once.
CFrom a stan Correspondent


LINCOLN. oct. 2.-(speolal)-The $780,
900 hospital Just finished blythe Catholics
Of Nebraska was dedicated this morning
with imposing ceremony. Bishop Bonacum
presided. Speeches we're made by a num-
Der Of clergymen and others. Lieutenant
Governor Steele spoke at some length. lie
said in part:
ut has been the law, both written and
unwritten, that those who are we'll shall
take care Of the sick. The most ancient
works handed down, or in other words,
found down'-for the records have been
unearthed in the true sense Of the word,
having been found in the excavations of
the Arabian and Syrian cities Of the past
have been on medicine and care OF the
sick. Christ chose a doctor as one Of his
disciples and the story Of the good samarl-
tan tells Of what has been done for the
sick. So the good doctors and sisters OF
the Franciscan order have taken up their
life work and followed in the footsteps of
those who have gone before.
ia the year 1888 the city Of Lincoln con-
talned no hospital. DR.. r. Emmett Giffin,
whom you all know, asked the different
denominations Of this city to club together
and build a hospital, but the effort proved
a failure. In the spring Of 1889, through the
assistance Of Father Kennedy Of the Catho-
lie church OF this city, they succeeded in
getting the Franciscan sisters Of Lafayette,
Ind, to purchase the Buckstaff building.
that being the small one in the rear OF this
, magnificent building, at the cost Of S17.5o0.
Bishop Bonacum, having arrived now,
finished the negotiations and 1t was opened
as a general hospital to the public In 1899
with four sisters and three doctors, Drs.
Giffen. Britt and Dayton. From that small
building has grown this magnificent one,
In 1891 and 1892 the building was enlarged
and the two and one-half story brick in the
rear Of this one was erected. The stan Of
sisters and doctors increased until it con-
tanned the best in the city. Fourteen nurses
and eight doctors comprise the stan now
and by the harmonious efforts OF both corps
the need Of a larger and more deliberately
equipped hospital was developed. Hence at
q cost of almost $50, 900 we see before us
this grand and magnificent building. What
more can this city or the south part of this
state require? Here, without money or
price, the poor and needy are always well
come. Here, they receive the best Of every
thing. No millionaire in his palace could
receive better care than the patients in
this hospital. No one is turned away. II
they have money and can pay for the extra
comforts, they are expected to do so. Here
no creed is asked when you enter. Catholic
and Protestant are treated alike. In fact,
although this is a Catholic institution, the
records OF the hospital show that nine
tenths of all parties received are Protes-
tants, and they can all have the comforts
while in their sick bed, Of their ministers
Of the Gospel. 1t matters not of what de-
nomination. 1t matters not be he Roman,
Jew or Gentle.
The Star IL Born.
Amid the hammering OF carpenters and
clamor Of metal workers, d. E.. Thomp-
sons new evening paper, the Daily Star,
was born this afternoon. The first number
consists Of sixteen pages. literally filled
with advertising and news. In appearance
Il is modest and in editorial tone 1t is
conservative. Mr.. Thompson has a card
in which he says that he believes there is
room In Nebraska for a good newspaper
and that the want is one long felt. He
says:
81 have organized the Star Publishing
company. but with no intention whatever
OF publishing a newspaper that among
politicians or sewhere may be called "a
personal crgan.' I do not need or desire
newspaper aid. I am not now nor Will 1
be a candidate for any ONCE. My Judgment
Is that the state needs a good. live news
paper and that Lincoln should be it's home.
also believe that such a paper will in
time become a good property. l know or
no reason why 1t should not. That every
body cannot be pleased is certain, and II
Is conceded as equally certain that mis-
takes will be made. SO far as my personal
aid and effort can help, l shall try to make
the Star a welcome visitor and friend IN
the homes and Offices of Nebraska
Fire AZ College view.
As the result of an overturned gasoline
stove 1 1000 worth Of damage was In
ficted in the business section of College
View. the Seventh Day Adventist suburb.
I'VE miles southeast of Lincoln.
DIR. Frazier, a dentist, had his office on
the second floor Of the Nicola block. His
gasoline stove was accidentally thrown
of a box and exploded. throwing burning
oil over the furniture and hanglngs. Be
fore the flames were extinguished the en-
tire block, which cost $1,000 and was
finished but a few months ago, was de-
stroyed. The hrst floor was occupied by
A.. c. Browns general store, the postot1ce,
Fred Flaker's restaurant and John Reeder's
harness shop. Browns loss is $4,000, with
$1,000 insurance. The total insurance will
not exceed $4,000.
The village has no hre department and
no water system and only the hard work
Of a band Of students prevented the town
from being hameswept. Water had to be
carried several blocks in buckets.
The fire occurred between 8 and 9 O'Clock
this morning. 1t is the third time the
town has been hard hit in four years.
Articles Of Incorporation have been hled
at the once at the secretary Of state by