Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-13
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Cornerstone of hospital to Be laid at 2
This Afternoon.
GOVERNOR MICKEY TO MAKE ADDRESS
Omaha nnd south Omaha CounciImen
Go Play n Game of Bell for the
Beneat of the Hospital
Fund.

Work on The construction Of the new hos
Z pital has ~ far progressed as to make. pos
sible the laying OF the corner stone this
afternoon at O'Clock. The services con-
nected with the event will be among the
r.Inost impressive ever held IN South Omaha.
S'his will be the pregnant:
Mnsic--Male quartet.
p Iy.9dine Of Scripture and prayer-Rev.
;Address-Governor Mickey.
.Muslc-Quartet.
History OF South Omaha hospitaLMrs. c.
Address-. Rev. Robert Wheeler
Music-Cluartet.
Benediction-Rev. T. F. o'Callahan.
Lavender TO Build.
, Harry Lavender. the shoe man. completed
deal Friday whereby he becomes the
owner OF the Augusta ]. Clark property.
al7 street, the consideration being
5000. 1t lie the purpose of Mr.. Lavender
to sell the old building that at present is
located there and in its stead erect new
and up-to-date brick building. The old
building will be sold. and moved away TO
make room for the new structure, and this
will be done as soon as possible.
Grain Rush I'm Railroad Yards.
.raae -ush Of grain through the South
.bs switch yards this year is in excess
,Ia, y for number Of years So heavy
. been the, rush that the yard men have
been worked to the limit and the stock yard
and pacbias house business has fallen to
second AID third places respectively.
where In the past they have always held
fret mn second places.
CounciImen 10 Play Bau,
a game of base ball between the coun-
= cilmen OF Omaha and South Omaha is now
an assured fact, and arrangements are well
unier way. The South Omaha council will
he given. a communication at it's meeting
tomorrow night, In which the challenge
fsent to the Omaha officials some time ago
| is accepted. The game will be pulled off
! in the near future and already the menu
bers of the council are Specializing as TO
the amount Of money that will be In the
till for the benefit of the hospital, as 1t
Is for that the game lie to be played When
1t was learned at the stock yards that the
game would be played a subscription list
was started and already many have sig
n'ded their intention or contributing lib
orally. Speaking OF the game last night
Councilman Bulla said: IT believe that 1t
is possible for this game to turn into the
Golfers OF the hospital fund far more than
at first thought would seem possible.
want to see the game come of and will do
2 everything within my power to bring 1t
/ about"
Country Club is Popular.
That the South Omaha Country club is
becoming more popular as the summer, ad-
vances is evidenced by the fact that hardly
an evening passes when some sort of a
! party or reception is not held on the lawns
! and later in the evening dancing Is en-
S,tpyed The last Of these parties was a
e. very pretty dinner. which was given Fri
day evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Nc
: Cuilough In honor of Miss Mccullough OF
Minneapolis. a cousin OF Mr.. Mccullough.
who is visiting in the city. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Mccullough.
Miss Mccullough OF Minneapolis, Messrs.
and Mesdames w. b. Cheek, A. L. Lott,
C. M schindle, e. B. shugart, Howard
Meyers and Mrs. L. r.. Pennell and Mr..
: w. b. Tagg.
The necessary arrangements have been
made for the giving of a concert at the
Country club grounds next Tuesday oven
ing. ALI of the members are looking for
ward to the treat In store for them on
that night. Following is the program.
which is to be followed by q dance:
Opening--President Cheek
Plano Selection-Miss Eva Crandall.
Vocal solo--Miss Edith Dennis.
Recitation-Miss Offerman.
Vocal solo-Mr. Cecil Francisco.
Plano Selection-Miss Sarah Martin.
solo---Mrs. Ed Munshaw
Rsa Bead Sa,l Hilda, Condor.
Violin Duet-The Misses Flynn.
Vocal solo-Mrs f. B. Shugart.
Remarkably. Bruce Mccullough.
Carnival Dates Fixed.
At a meeting OF the A. o. u. w. carnival
committee held at the temple Friday night
II was decided that the carnival would be
held from September 3 to g. inclusive.
Committees have been appointed. attrac-
tions procured and every member is work.
ing for the best interests OF the affair.
mammoth parade viii be held on the
first day OF the carnival. A communion
ton from the Eagles Informed the COM
mttee that there would be no Eagle carni-
val but In lieu thereof wished that the A.
o. U. w. committee would designate one
of their days as Eagle day. This was
done. tf,.
Following Is the list OF the days as they
have been designated Monday, Labor
day; Tuesday. Eagles: Wednesday, Fra
ternal Beneficiary Society: Thursday. Ak
sar-Ben. Red Men; Friday. Children and
A. o. U. W.; Saturday. everybody.
HoIdup Case Reported.
Frank Mclaughlin. who lives at s0l
street. was held up last evening at Twen-
ty-ninth and Q streets. The Job was done
by two men. one OF them large and the
other small. They grabbed hold of Nc
Laughlin. choked him and at the same time
went through his pockets. The thieves Sc
cured only $40
War on Weeds.
At a meeting Of the Highland Park I'm
provement club Friday night the question
OF weeds was again discussed and an
agreement finally reached that the club