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The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

You better listen to me now: you may
not get an opportunity hereafter" said
Carrie Nation to Texas hotel keeper
recently. This should have encouraged
him as to his hereafter, anyhow.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

A Galla (Ohio) woman has been
twice declared dead, but Is still able TO
sit up and take notice, says the Terre
Haute Tribune Some contrary old cat,
perhaps.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

The Department Of Agriculture may rule
the cereals out of the packing house
sausage. but IT will still remain a most
uncertain and mysterious compound.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

College women do not marry enthusi-
astically." says the chancellor of the Unl-
versity Of Western Pennsylvania. That
doesn't matter so much, If only the en-
thuSiasm comes after
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Couldn't we express the grip some
where else instead OF carrying it around
with us2" inquiries the New York Mail.
Perhaps. but the law Will not permit you
to express your opinion OF the grip
wherever il may strike your fancy.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

II isn't so much a question OF Mr.. Jud-
Democratic nomination as il is the nomi-
nations willingness to be taken by the
Hon. Judson g Harmon.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

It's a torrid day this January when a
japanese war scare can't be trotted out
by some bugaman.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
AN UnnnaUeFed ouesttou

Prom the Boston Herald
And still it is pertinent to inquire who
killed Gov. Goebel, Of kentucky.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

The paragrsphers Of this land were
making a noble and oommendable effort
To let the mother in-law joke alone, until
some New Jersey man came along and
married his.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Most women have learned 10 say no.
but they seldom mean it, SAYS the De-
UOit News-Tribuue Yes, they do; they
frequently mean 1t when they say yes.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Mr.. Hall Caine says he has no griev-
ances. Then he isn't about TO publish a
new book.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
Brnf Prnnhecv Yct.

what will 1903 bring forth?" whlned
the pessimistiC person.
coolies OF Joy. and prosperity for US
ALL answered the ready optimist
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Ohio has a hen that chews tobacco.
Even the hens refuse 10 remain in the
m0llyCOddle class any longer.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Hail Mulai HaGd IS now Sultan Of
Morocco, from which we infer that our
old friend Abdul Aziz has encountered a
frost
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

1t Is 10 be hoped. however. that Ruef
and Schmitz will not be presented ul-
timately with hero medals.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Now that St Valentines Day is close
at hand, DIT. Long should be able to think
up a way 10 get even.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

The Boston Herald picks this gem from
out Secretary Tafts recent speech; III
President Roosevelt says a thing, it is
SO; but if he doesn't, it isn't" No dis
loyalty there; perfect discipline.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
We Do.

Some models Of these 1905 ladies' hats
should be placed In the prominent
museums"
For why?"
I'VE owe something 10 posterity, don't
we?''
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

1T is said Admiral Evans swears flu
emily in Spanish, says the Chicago
Record-ierald. 1t is our opinion the ad-
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Just plain Old crazy" is Lawyer Little
toms plea in the Thaw case this time,
stripped OF its legal Dhraseol0gy.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

"A Buffalo man named ZyldZyski
Zstazewddski fell "a distance Of fifty feet
and escaped without serious injury. says
the Rural Retreat CVaD Times. But the
incident was hard on the nerve tissue Of
the linotype operators.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

A Connecticut paper thinks Greene and
Gaynor are now convinced that honesty
is the best policy But Uncle sam had
to exhaust every effort to convince them.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Eddie F0y may be right in saying he
has "a right TO play Hamlet but it IS
a mean advantage to take Of a man who
IS in an even worse fx about talking back
than Admiral BroWnson.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
A CROWNS List.

THE President gave a reception the
other evening"
''Wel?'
Among those absent were Messrs
Storer. Whitney. Long. Bowen. and
BTOWnSOn.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
sad Words.

OF all sad words
These none can mate.
Without no ice
How viii we skate?'
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THAT PORTENTOVs PAUSE.

THAT PORTENTOUs PAUSE.
You may succeed
Some lucky day;
Grow great indeed,
In every way.
Your friends win wax loquacious then
And say: "Oh, yes. knew him when"
1ou may grow great,
Become Fames pet
And rule the State
But don't forget
That there will be a lot Of men
To grin and say: 4 knew him when
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
Hubby Is peeVfsh.

"Do you really love me. John?"
"Oh, no. I wear these summer pants
and this tramp overcoat merely to APP
pear eccentric, that's all"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

miraPs superheated adjectlves are en-
understandable, no matter
what the language Of the listener
thirteen-story "hreproof" skyscraper
was burned down In New York Few
DAYS ago. The "fireproof' building ap-
pears to be one of the very biggest
flakes" in this country.
Gee whiz! Here's his name, all of it,
sure enough: "Laszto Jeno Maria Henrik
simon Szechenyi." Better paste it IN
your hat
"The Supreme Court calls attention TO
the fact that the States are still on the
map" says the Baltimore sun. Ohio is
one that isn't so very still just now
however.
where do all the empty bottles go?'
inquiries the Atlanta Journal. Well, in
Atlanta's case We should guess Chat
tanooga.
Texas has more widows In proportion
to its population than any other State
In the American Union. says the MeXi-
can Herald. Evidently a little OF
Texas girl goes a long way.
Mr.. Hall Game says he has no griev-
ances. Then he isn't about TO publish a
new book.
It is to be hoped. however. that Ruef
and Schmitz will not be presented ul-
timately with hero medals.
Just plain old crazy is Lawyer Little
toms plea in the Thaw case this time
stripped Of its legal Dhraseology.
The Boston Herald picks this gem from
out Secretary Taft's recent speech; III
President Roosevelt says a thing, it Is
so; but If he doesn't, 1t isn't" No dis
loyalty there; perfect discipline.
Couldn't we express the grip some
where else, instead OF carrying it around
with us?" inquiries the New York Mail.
Perhaps but the law Will not permit you
TO express your opinion OF the grip
wherever il may strike your fancy.
It's a torrid day this January when a
japanese war scare can't be trotted out
by some bugaman.
Ohio has a hen that chews tobacco.
Even the hens refuse 10 remain in the
mollyCOddle class any longer.
Hail Mulai Haad IS now Sultan Of
Morocco, from which we infer that our
old friend Abdul Aziz has encountered a
frost
The paragraphers OF this land were
making a noble and Commendable effort
TO let the motEer-in-law joke alone, until
some New Jersey man came along and
married his.
college women do not marry enthusi-
astlcally." says the chancellor Of the Inl-
versity Of Western Pennsylvania. That
doesn't matter so much, If only the en-
thusiasm comes after.
Most women have learned 10 say no.
but they seldom mean 10" SAYS the De
roit News-Tribune Yes, they do; they
frequently mean 1t when they say yes.
A Connecticut paper thinks Greene and
Gaynor are now convinced that honesty
is the best policy. But Uncle sam" had
to exhaust every effort to convince them
"A Buffal0 man named ZyiidZysk
Zstazewddsh fell "a distance Of fifty feet
and escaped without serious injury says
! the Rural Retreat Va) Times. But the
incident was hard on the nerve tissue OF
/ the linotype operators.
! Eddie FOy may be right in saying hC
/ has "A right TO play Hamlet but it is
la mean advantage to take Of a man who
/ IS in on even worse fix about talking bach
than Admiral BToWnson.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

she carried out the latter.
Acting on this bequest, the executors of Mrs.
Creighton's will, John A. Creighton, James Creigh-
ton and Herman Kountze, bought the present site
of the university and proceeded to erect what is
now known as the main building of the university.
The entire property and securities were trans
ferred July 1, 1878, to the RI. Rev. James O'Con-
nor, first bishop of Omaha.
On February 81, 1879, the state legislature
passed an act to provide for the Incorporation of
universities under certain circumstances. In pur-
suance of this act Bishop O'Connor, on July 26,
1879, took the necessary steps and on August IA,
1879, the university was Incorporated.
Bishop O'Connor, however, found it impossible
to conduct the college himself, Therefore, he
asked that the trust be transferred, and on De-
cember 4, 1879, a deed of trust was executed
whereby he conveyed all the property and securi-
ties of Creighton college TO Creighton university.
The funds invested for the support of the col
lege had been increased from the division of the
residue of the estate of Mrs. Creighton, so that
when the Creighton university accepted the trust
the endowment fund amounted to $145, 500. AS
university e~ndowments run, this was ~pitifully
small, and even to those experienced in the eco
nomical management of Catholic colleges 1t
seemed a hazardous undertaking to build up and
develop a free college on a financial basis of moth
ing more than the annual interest on this sum.
But it was the Jesuits who had taken hold Of
the young institution. Their workers receive no
salaries and. though in this instance they realized
the financial difficulties. they consented to face
them.
1t is from this small beginning that the present
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
Creighton University's Birth and Great Prosperity

r TEN. l will and bequeath unto my said ex-
ecutors the further sum Of 500, 900, to be
by them received, held, kept, invested and
reinvested in like manner, but upon the
trust, nevertheless, and to and for the uses,
intents and purposes hereinafter expressed and
declared of and concerning the same; that is to
say, to purchase a site for a school in the city Of
Omaha and erect proper buildings thereon for a
school of the class and grade of a college, expend-
ing in the purchase of said site and the building
of said buildings, and in and about the same, not
to exceed one-half of said sum, and to invest the
remainder in securities, the interest Of which
shall be applied to the support and maintenance;
and the principal shall be kept forever inviolate.
When said buildings shall be ready for occupancy
for such school the said executors shall convey
all of said property, including said site, building
and securities, to the Rt. Rev. Bishop of the Ro-
man Catholic church having jurisdiction in Omaha
and his successors in ONCE upon trusts to be autly
expressed in the deed Of conveyance securing said
property TO the purpose aforesaid. The said
school shall be known as the Creighton college,
and is designed by me as a memorial for my late
husband. have selected this mode of t~estifying
to his virtues and my affection to his memory be-
cause such a work was one which he In his life
time proposed to himself"
This item In the will of Mrs. Mary Lucretia
Creighton. wife of Edward Creighton, marks the
beginning of Creighton university.
The idea Of the university was that OF her hus-
band. and he had intended to provide in his will
for it's establishment. He died intestate Novem-
Der 8. 1874. His widow inherited his estate and
his idea and by means Of money from the former
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

lodge of Nebraska wal formed, and Omaha was given the honor OF
furnishing the first grand master of the order in the state. This
was Robert G. Jordan of what is now Capitol lodge No. 3, then No
11 on the Iowa rolls. Other officers installed at that time were
Leavitt L. Bowen, Bellevue, deputy grand master; David Lindey,
Nebraska, City, senior grand warden; Lathrop B. Kinney, Bellevue,
junior grand warden; William Anderson. Nebraska City, grand treas
urer; George Armstrong, Omaha, grand secretary; H. N. Cornell,
Nebraska City, grand marshal; John M. Chivington, Omaha, grand
chaplain. (Mr. Chivington was a Methodist minister and later an
officer in the volunteer army of the United States whose method Of
Indian fighting was too drastic to meet the approval Of Uncle Sam);
Charles w. Hamilton, Omaha, senior grand deacon; John A. Nye,
Bellevue, grand junior deacon, and Joseph P. Manning of Omaha,
grand tyler.
The total membership of lodges which composed the grand
lodge Of the state at that time was not to exceed seventy-one. One
year later there we're three lodges added to the original number, the
number of lodges having doubled in twelve months. In one of these
three new lodges appears for the first time the name of Daniel H.
Wheeler. now the Oldest grand master in the state, being chosen
grand master in 1853. The total membership at this time was $50,
Capitol lodge having passed the older lodges and showing a total
membership of forty-nve. 1t was under the mastership of Daniel H
Wheeler that the Nebraska grand lodge began to expand, and
lodges were authorized In Idaho, Montana, and one with the First
Nebraska regiment at the front. Next to Major Wheeler the Oldest
surviving past grand master is Harry P. Deuel. 1869-7O), then
comes Martin Durham QS73), George H. Thummel QS76). Other
past masters living in Omaha are G. X. Coutant 18S6), John j.
Mercer QSSs), Bradner D. Slaughter QSs1), Judge W. w. Keysor
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

poor"
The names of the men who have been presi-
dent Of Creighton university from it's beginning
to the present time are as follows:
Romanus A. shaffel, October, 1878, to Sep
TENDER, 1880.
Thomas H. Miles, to October, 1888.
J. Zealand, to July. 1884.
H. Finnegan, to July, 1885.
Michael p. Bowling, to March, 1889.
Thomas S. Fitzgerald, to June. 1891.
James F. X. Hoener. to December 1894.
John Pahls, to November, 1898.
Michael P. Bowling, to February, 1908.
Eugene A. Magevney, to the present time.
Concerning Omaha in that early day, Father
James A. Bowling, one of the pioneer vice presi-
dents, says:
Il arrived in Omaha in May, 1881, after a
nineteen hours ride from Chicago. We came
across the river from Council Bluffs in the
dummy In 1881 the highest class in the uni
versity was the first academic and on account OF
the small number OF pupils it contained was taught
by the same professor as the second academic.
Besides these there were two rudiment classes
two commercial classes and the third academic.
Each Of the lower classes contained about Aftv
pupils. In those days the large boys were decid-
eddy in the minority"
A laboratory building was the first addition IN
the university. This anne early in 1884 and was
occupied by the physical and chemical depart-
ments.
Next came the observatory in 1885. John A
Creighton had presented the institution with a
hve-inch telescope. There was also an excellent
Continued on Page Three.)
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

great institution, with an ndowmen of 50, OOO,-
900, has arisen, And while the great part of it's
physical growth was due to the munihcence of the
Creightons, particularly of Count John A. Creigh-
ton, much of it was also due to the tireless activ-
iy of the Jesuit fathers who have labored inces-
sanity for its upbuilding.
From extremely humble beginnings the uni
versity has been developed into one of the strong
est institutions in the west, with a splendid en-
dowment, unsurpassed faculty, four affiliated
schools, each housed in a handsome and substan-
tial modern structure in the heart of the city, and
the best of apparatus. In 1907 there were more
than 700 students in the departments of the uni
versity and this year the increase has been even
larger than usual.
December 6, 1877, was an important day. On
that day Father Romanus A. Shafel arrived in
Omaha to prepare for the opening of the college
In the beginning of January. James Creighton
bought the necessary furniture for a little cottage
In which Father Shafel lived until the interior of
the college was completed sufficiently for occu-
pancy.
On the 22d OF August, 1878, the faculty Of
the new college began to arrive. Father Hubert
Peters, Messrs. A. Belle, M. Eicher and w. Rigge
coming that day. Edward A. o'Brien and Mrs.
Hall. both seculars, came a few days later from
Chicago.
Creighton college opened on Monday, septem-
Der 2, 1878, with 100 students in attendance.
The parents of the boys" writes Father
Eicher, belonged for the most part to the work
ing class. Many Of them lived In the poorer
quarters of the town and not a few of them were
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

was elected grand master from Omaha in 1899, being the last grand
master to come from this city until the election Of Grand Master
DeBord.
While Omaha has been shy" in the matter of grand masters In
recent years 1t has probably had the grand lodge officer longest in
continuous service of any in the west in the person of Grand Tyler
King. Jacob King was selected as grand tyler SO long ago that the
memory Of few members of the end lodge run to the contrary
He has not missed a regular session of the grand lodge and few Of
the special communications.
From the time the office of the grand lodge, with the grand
secretary was established in Omaha, the election of a grand sec
rotary has been practically considered the selection of a man to fill
that place for life, Secretary White succeeded Secretary Bowen, who
had filled the place for several years. He is, incidentally, secretary
or recorder of all of the grand Masonic bodies of the state connected
with the York rite, and a visit to his office at any time demonstrates
the scope and importance of the order in the state and its remark
able growth since the day when the grand secretary was paid $3.50
a year for writing the minutes of the grand lodge and attending
to such other business a may be necessary.
Locally Masonry has prospered with the prosperity of the city.
At an early day in the history Of the order in the city a corporation
was formed among the various lodges for the purpose of acquiring
and maintaining a lodge room. The temple" at Sixteenth street and
Capitol avenue was the result of this move and the acquisition of the
grounds was one of the financial masterstrokes of the craft. With
the growth of the lodges in numbers the rooms have been remodened
and improved. The latest renovation is scarcely complete at this time,
but the lodge rooms and other parts of the building are now equipped
with all necessary devices and may be taken as model lodge rooms,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
Growth in Nebraska

While there is some doubt as to who composed the membership
Of the first lodge in the state there is none IS to the membership Of
the second, which wal authorized by the grand lodge of Missouri
and opened at Nebraska City, May 2S, 1855, and chartered May 2S,
1856, under the name of Giddngs lodge No. 156. The third lodge,
chartered by the grand lodge of Iowa, was organized at Omaha and
was chartered June ?, 1857. 1t is interesting to note that A. r.
Gilmore, who had been one of the charter members OF the lodge at
Bellevue, was also a charter member of the lodge at Omaha.
These three lodges held their numbers, l 2 and 3, from the
formation of the grand lodge of the state. at which time they dropped
the numbers held by them in the grand lodges wherein they were
chartered. The first petition TO be received by the Omaha lodge was
from Alfred D. Jones. who seems to have had a penehant for being
the first man to do things" in the infant metropolis.
In Omaha Cip. n. T." September 20. 1857. the first grand
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

while the lower floor, rented for commercial purposes, returns a con-
siderable revenue, which makes it possible to keep the lodge rooms
abreast Of the times without a strain upon the lodges holding shares
in the building company.
The retiring grand master of the order in the state declared that
Nebraska Masonry had experienced its most prosperous year in that
just closed. There were years when there were a larger number of
lodges formed, but none in which the condition of the existing lodges
were SO satisfactory
The passing Of the years promises to work something OF a rev.
citation in applied Masonry If such an adjective may be permitted
in this connection. The order has its problems, which it s solving
in its own quiet, determined manner. 1t increases in wealth as 1t
grows in years and the appeal is becoming stronger on the practical
side than on the theoretical. New conditions arise and new manners
come, but as the days go on those who have watched and cared for
the craft in the state find that new men come as strong and as
devoted as those who go; that the light of Masonry is neither dimmed
by lack of interest nor outshone by the glitter Of the world and
that, all things considered, the order is each year growing in strength
and usefulness.
In the fftyone years of its existence on the material side 1t can
point to nearly 10000 Masons attached to the grand body, to prac
tcaly 25O lodges, all at work and a home for distressed Masons and
their families which will favorably compare with the homes of older
and stronger jurisdictions. This is, the public, the material side of
Masonry-as 1T appeals to the people at large, for strive as 1t may,
the light of Masonry cannot be entirely hidden and those things
which are done in secret proclaim themselves to the world. On
its less material side it is no less active and its lessons are seen, II
not known as such, wherever man meets man in business or society.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
Beginnings of the Home

A number of the brethren, Is early as 1866, started the move
that year were from Jonathan N. Wise of Plattsmouth, G. H.. Irish
and J. N. H. Patrick. This fund of $50 wa the neucleus around
which grew the fund which resulted in the purchase and maintenance
of the Masonic home, but the establishment of a home was at that
time no part Of the idea of the donors. The next money to be received
by the fund was a donation by Champion s. Chase of $1,000, the
ext year. This fund grew until 1887, when the suggestic If
Masonic home was first made. In 1888 a corporation "a organized
to carry out the object, and Mr.. Lininger was elected president When
it came to locating the home Omaha wal the choice of the holders Of
1874 shares; Plattsmouth received twentyone votes and York six
until 1903 that the home was finally established. In all of these
years Mr.. Lininger worked early and late to keep interest alive. On
his visits to Europe he studied methods and systems and never per-
mitted the interest to decline.
However, all of the work of Past Grand Master Lininger would
not have avaned to establish the home Is it now exists with the
money at hand had it not been for Francis r. White. the present
grand secretary Of the order. MI. White was one of the pioneer
residents of Plattsmouth and had builded a home for his family at
that place, which was one of the largest houses in the town. 1t was
surrounded by large grounds and located in lone of the most beautiful
building sites in the city. Upon Mr.. Whites election a grand sec
rotary of the order he found it advisable to move to Omaha to reside
and his residence at Plattsmouth was offered to the grand lodge a
a Masonic home for about onethird of what the ground and building
had originally cost. 1t took the grand lodge but a short time to decide
that the offer should be accepted and under its instructions the
Home was formally opened by the grand lodge September 1, 1903.
Mr.. Lininger's name will always be connected with the Masonic
Home and in his will he gave largely to its funds.