Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08
wOrkmen Temple Association.

sired by the officers that every active mem
Der be present
wOrkmen Temple Association.
Under the new management the business
affairs OF the Ancient order OF United
Workmen Temple association are doing very
nicely. So far S12,5OO worth of stock has
been sold. This represents 1880 shares
fully paid up. Contracts have been let to
the amount of $4,000 All Of the work on
the structure except the lighting and wir-
! ing has been contracted for. When COM
! pleted the building will cost not less than
! 500 900 and this amount OF money is prac-
tically in sight
Should the weather hold good for two
weeks the building will be under roof.
Even as 1t is the contractors hope to be
able to turn the building over to the asso-
citation by April l. The temrle is fifty feet
in width by eighty feet in length and will
be two stories high. On the first floor there
will be an auditorium seating 500 people.
The upper floor will be used as lodge rooms
and parlors.
Society Elects Omcers.
The A. B. L. society Of the South Omaha
High school met Friday afternoon and after
a social session elected these officers Miss
Nellie Ensor, president; Miss Anna Gra-
ham, vice president; James NJ, Cox, Sec
| retary. The members of the society gave a
sleighing party last evening.
Cut I'm a saloon Row.
In saloon row at A. Beers saloon
Thirty-sixth and U streets, last night
Patrick Shea cut and badly injured Jo-
seph Rezek. From all accounts, there was
rough house. The story told by Shea,
1 WhOeia IN he Oy,,a ba cEt taH
is about as follows: There was a gang
Of fellows in the saloon talking about the
! Venezuela question and the result was
mixup. When the stove went over l was
| the under one in the fight and l did the
| best could to protect myself" Continu-
| ing, Shea said that II he cut Rezek he did
not know II. Later on he admitted that he
did the cutting. but It was done in self
defense.
Shea has been employed at Cudahys for
years and Is considered an expert butcher
From accounts, he had a skinning knife
with him at the time Of the trouble and
went into the fight well prepared. Shea
lives at Thirty-eighth and U streets. where
| he owns property.
AS for the injured man, the police had
him removed to the South Omaha hospital
where DIS. McCrann and Delaney at
tended him. An inspection showed two
long cuts On the scalp and one quite deep
| cut Just over the heart. At first It was
thought that the blade OF the knife had
pierced the heart but this did not prove
to be so. At midnight Rezek was resting
easily and 1t is expected he will recover
unless complications arise. Rezek lives
with his family at Thirty ninth and Jack
son streets and has a wife and two chill
dren.
The police are of the opinion that all
those implicated were under the influence
Of liquor at the time of the fight Shea,
while held at police headquarters. has not
been booked, as the police are awaiting the
outcome Of the injuries to Rezek before
making formal charges.
Magic City Gossip.
Hard coal. all sizes. A L. Bergquist'
Tel. g.
John Flynn, the city hall letter carrier,
is laid ZIP with severe cold.
T.. c. Mcdonald. the contractor, is out
again after few days Illness
]. w. Christie was obliged to quit worE worE
last week on account of an attack OF the
A. H. Merrill is stu at Excelsior Springs
Mo. and reports that he is slowly gaining
Mrs. w. L. Holland is still quite sick, but
yesterday DR.. Schinder said that she was
some better.
The South Omaha cavalry troop will give
it's regular monthly dance at the armorS
Monday night.
Charles Hill. formerly a resident Of Soutf
Omaha. is reported to be seriously i'll a.
. | Mason City, Ia.
Mrs. H. C. Richmond will sing both morn
ing and evening today at the First Pres
, byterian church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Laufenburg enter
talned a number OF friends Friday night
their home, 2515 N street.
Mrs. c. L. Talbot is suffering from Sc
we're cold and has been compelled 10 keel
. indoors for the last few days
Best Goals Try our famous Jupiter. lump
Coal Co, 4Ss North Gath st. Phone 7.
Clover Leaf camp No. will give sun
bonnet" drill Thursday evening Ther'
will be program and refreshments.
Friday evening the Ladies' Aid society o
the Presbyterian church will give yalen
tine social at the hNue of Mrs c. NJ
Schindel.
I Members of the local Young Mem
3 Christian association are working hard z
increase the membership and are meeting
with considerable success
a There will be a meeting of the Presby
5 terian Ladies Aid society az the home o
Mrs John Culkins, 925 North Twenty-thir'
: street Wednesday afternoon.
The Sarsheld club gave its fourteenth an
t nual reception at Odd Fellows hall Thurs
Greatly enjoyed by those who attended
The womens auxiliary TO the Younl
d Mems Christian association viii meet o.
r. c. Beavers, Twenty-seventh and l
streets.
Q II is reported from Lincoln that there vii
: be no election in South Omaha in April
The charter, 40 II is reported wiz be so ar
ranged that the election will be passed owe
r this time.
z why Christ Came" Is the topic of Rev
DR. r. l.. WheeleFs sermon at the Firs
| Presbyterian church, In the evening DI
= Wheeler will speak on Reflections on tn
I birthday of Abraham Lincoln"
A The senior class of the South Omaha Hig
: ! school enjoyed a bObsled party last NIGH
Two dozen members OF the class partiCi
e pated Upon the return from a drive 4
| the country refreshments were served.
!. The trustees of the Presbyterian churc
y ! are contemplating some Improvement
u | which will Increase the capacity OF tn
j. rooms now used for prayer meeting pun
; | poses.
= During the month OF January one case Q
q smallpox, Fourteen OF scarlet fever and 81
+ OF diphtheria were reported TO the cit
= ! Board of Health. There was one deaf
: from scarlet fever and one from diph
> theria
e Charles Hammsll. Twenty-seventh an
e Madison streets, whose prOtracted and sc
we're illness has been OF much concern I
his friends of late, received private com
II munion Friday. The service was admins
! | tered nv DR. Wheeler.