TIIE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 27, 1900.
Trinity's Fifty Years of Work in the Cause of Religion in the Wesf
ULT 13, 1KA the venerable Jack
ion Kemper, D. D., missionary
bishop of the northwest, In com
pany with Bishop Lee of Iowa
and Ilev. W. N. Irish of Mis
souri, visited Omaha and held services in
the old State house on Ninth street, near
Farnam. and from this meeting resulted
the organisation of an Episcopalian parlor
called Trinity," with 8. H. . MofTett senlor
warden; C. V. Hamilton, junior warden;
T. B. Cuming, Jonas Seely, A. J. Hans
com, J. M. Woolworth, A. L. Salisbury
and Dr. George L. Miller, vestrymen. Ne
braska having been added to the Jurlsdlo
tlon of Iowa, under charge of Bishop Lee,
Rev. George V. Watson was appointed
missionary, having In charge the parishes
t Council Bluffs and Omaha, which ha
retained until July, I860. Mr. Watson en-
I tered upon his services December I at a
; meeting- held In the olj Pioneer block, be
tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets, on
Farnam, Its owner, the late Dr. A.
' Henry, having given the use of the assem
bly room. In the meantime the vestry
had purchased a lot at the northwest
corner of Fo . eiith and Davenport
streets, and here in August, 1867, Bishop
Leo laid the cornerstone of a new church.
; Owing to the financial depression nothing
' more was ever done toward the erection
' of that church, and the congregation con
tinued to worship in the Pioneer block until
the spring ot 18T. when larger quarters
were taken on Hnrney street, these serving
until 18T.9. While worshiping here, through
the generosity of one of the members, the
church was furnished an altar, lectern
I and rail, and later Mrs. Tyler Goodwin
loaned a parlor organ. Through the un
tiring efforts of Hon. R. C. Jordan a
choir was organized, supplementing the
t organ, and after that services were con
ducted In conformity to the forms of the
church.
First Coaflrtnatloa Service.
The first confirmation celebrated In Trin
ity parish Is described as follows by
James Van Nostrand: "Early on a lovely
Sunday morning in August of 1857 you
might have seen Mr. C. W. Hamilton,
Major W. T. Clark and myself hurrying
to the upper room In be Pioneer block,
there to put on the last finishing touches
In Its arrangement, then making the usual
attack upon the two-Inch planks from
Hon. W. A. Gwyer's lumber yard for
seats, an extra number being procured,
for on this day Right Rev. H. W. Lee,
bishop of Iowa, and exercising the juris
diction in Nebraska, was to make Omaha
a visitation, and a live bishop was a
new sight to many of our citizens. The
ladles on Saturday afternoon had given
the rooms a good cleaning. A dry goods
box, covered with a fair linen cloth, was
an Improvised altar; a bench, covered with
a blanket, was to do duty as an altar rail;
a silver cup to be used In place of a
flagon; and the lower part of a silver
butter dish answered In place of ths pat
ten. This same butter dish was usd for
baptismal purposes until we occupied, the
little church on lower Farnam street.
."The bishop was a very fleshy man, and
we were for a time at a loss for a suitable
chair, but Colonel J. A. Parker, jr., came
to our aid and supplied the want. A melo
deon was borrowed; our volunteer choir
was In Its place and soon the room was
crowded. The church service proceeded,
conducted by the bishop and our priest,
and at the proper time Miss Mary Sails
bury renewed her baptismal Vows In the
aacrament of confirmation."
That spring friends of Jamet Van Nos
trand In the Sunday schools of St Ann
Methodist
NLT for a year or two after the
establishment of the Methodist
hospital In Omaha was the frame
building on South Twentieth
street large enough to accommo
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date the sick who sought to enter its doors.
Many years have passed since the Metho
dists of Nebraska began to talk of a new
building large enough that no one T."uld
be turned away. They have been years of
unremitting effort on the part of the
deaconessess and the board of trustees,,
who sometimes saw but little progress
made, and again were encouraged to keep
up their work tjv the response from the
people.
The fruition of their hopes and labors Is
at hand. Last Thursday afternoon the
cornerstone of the hospital was laid, and
laid with the assurance, as Charles A, Goss
aald In his address, that the building would
be finished as It had been begun, free f
debt,
More than two years ago the hospital
was begun, the laundry and boiler house
and the operating pavilion being built.
The foundation of the main building was
finished up to the water table. - When
money would be secured for the remainder
of the work the board members of the board
ot trustees did not know, but they had
faith that it would be obtained, and they
lost no time In setting about their tak.
Though a long time and much effort had
been expended In raising the 172,000 paid
for the site and the part of the Institution
then completed the hearts of the workers
were little daunted by the thought ot t,he
190,000 they had yet to raise. It has taken
them more than J wo years to get the
money, but the time of expectation has
passed and the season of fulfillment has
come.
Laylas of the Cornerstone.
The exercises attendant upon the laylnj
ot the cornerstone were held at the south
east corner of the main . building, ou a
platform erected above the foundation
which has stood so many months awaiting
Its superstructure. Some of the promi
nent men of Methodism were there. Bishoj
John W. Hamilton of San Francisco, who
Is going about the country aith the mis
sion of raising money to rebuild the
Methodist churches of the fire-awept city,
was the sperVer of the afternoon. Gov
ernor John 1 Mickey, ever active in all
work In the interests ot Methodism, was
there and presided over the extrclsea. Rev.
William Gorst, presiding elder of the
Omaha district, was there, and members
of the board of trustees from Omaha and
other parts of the state as well, were on
the platform. ,
In front of the platform, on chairs pro
vided tor them, or on the grass ot the
hospital grounds, sat something like too
people. For them, the people on the plat
form were outlined against the operating
pavilion. In and out at whose, broken win
dows the birds flew. Behind them hux
piles of red brick bore evidence to the'
fact that the contractors had already
begun to haul the msterlal to be us-d In
the main building.
1 The program was simple.' After a song
by the choir-of Trinity Methodist church.
Dr. Frank Mason North of New York of
fered p raver, and Presiding Elder William
Gorst read from the script ares. Charles
A. Goss spoke of the bight future of the
Institution and paid a tribute to the de
votion of the women, the hospital deacon
esses, who made the new building a possi
bility. Bishop Hamilton talked of Jesus
as the author and founder of hospital
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RIGHT REV. ROBERT H. CLARKSON,
NEBRASKA.
and Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N. T., sent
htm HM, which became the nucleus of a
building fund for a church. The follow
ing proposition from Hon. Jesse Lowe
made the building possible: To allow the
congregation the use of two lots at Ninth
and Farnam streets for a term of ten
years; to furnish a quantity of brick and
to ao all the painting- required on ths con
RIGHT REV. GEORGE WORTHINGTON,
V. D., BISHOP OF NEBRASKA.
Hospilal
Omaha in body at the hour of the laying
of the cornerstone, he would attend the
ceremonies. Christianity and medicine, be
said, go hand In hand, and there would be
ample opportunity to mingle the two In
the new hospital.
Contents of the Casket.
The things which were put in the corner
stone box will in after years afford a very
good history of the hospital association
and the hospital work. This is the list:
Picture of the old hospital, first and last
annual reports, copy of constitution and
bylaws, names of members of first medical
staff, names of members of present medical
staff, names of members of first board of
trustees, names ot members of present
board of trustees, one Bible, given by
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McLaughlin snd Miss
Jennie L. Cavanaugh, one Methodist disci
pline, given by Dr. Jesse W. Jennings; one
a&ethodist hymnal, given, by kiw Mary
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dition tnat the building and all Improve
ments revert to him at the expiration of
ten years. Other citizens and members
contributed building materials and money,
and a gift of $500 from Bishop Lee made
possible the completion of the building
free of dbt. Through friends of Mrs.
James Van Nostrand In the east the
chandelier and aid lights for ths altar
RIGHT REV. ARTHUR L. WILLIAMS,
. COADJUTOR BISHOP OF NEBRASKA.
Soon to Have a Splendid New Home
Schalble; photographs of Dr. A. F. Jonas,
Dr. Harold Gifford, Dr. W. O. Bridges,
Mrs. McLaughlin, superintendent of the
hospital; Miss Jennie L. Cavanaugh, sec
retary; Miss Mary Duecker, superinten
dent of nurses; a case of surgical Instru
ments, given by Dr. Jonas; copies of the
first and last Deaconess Visitor, The
Omaha Bee, World-Herald and Daily News
and the Deaconess Advocate, a copy ot
lost year's minutes of each' of the four
conferences of the state.
Birth of Deaconess Work,
The deaconess work In the Mel odlst
church was organized by Mrs. Meyer of
hlcago about 1887, who ever since that
time has conducted a training school for
nurses In that city. The movement was
not original with the Methodist church,
but the idea was taken from the Luth
erans, who established the deaconess sys
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and carpet for the chancel were fur
nished, and In the fall of 1S69 the little
church was opened for services. ,
First Weddlavln the Chorea.
The first ceremony of consequence cele
brated in the new church was the wedding
of Hon. A. S. Paddock, later United
States senator, to Miss Emma L. Mack.
It was solemnized December 22, 1859, Rev.
Watson officiating. Shortly after this a
new missionary jurisdiction was organized
which Included Omaha, with Rev. J. C.
Taibott aa bishop. He held his second
service la Omaha and so enthused, hla
RIGHT REV. 7UNK
BISHOP OF TOi'liKA.
MILLSPAUGH,
first three workers came to Omaha In 1891,
sent out from the training school of Mrs.
Meyer in Chicago. They were Mrs. Mc
Laughlin, the present superintendent; Miss
Charlotte B. Nicholson, who is a sister of
Prof. Nicholson 'of the University of Ne
braska, and Miss Miller. Miss Nicholson
is now at St. Paul Minn., and Miss Miller
is at St. Joseph, Mo. Both are still murses,
though neither one is connected with a
hospital.
The Methodist people of Omaha had
organized a hospital association In March,
two months before the deaconesses came.
They secured the building on South Twen
tieth street from Dr. Gifford, used by him
for his eye and ear Infirmary. He all but
gave it to the hospital association.
Start on New Hospital.
It was only a short time after the d. -conesses
came that the bouse was filled,
and they began to plan for more beds
and people began to to get in who
could not be accommodated. Seeing the
demand for hospital room, the deaconesses
proposed to go out and raise JM.OOO, which
would be the amount necessary to buy a
aite and build and equip a hospital. They
never dreamed that they were flnaUy to
found an Institution that would cost three
times that amount. They were discouraged
by Bishop Newman, who said that Ne
braska Methodism had not been properly
educated to the hospital idea, and was
not ready to contribute.
Two years passed by without any effort,
but the deaconesses preached the hospital
gospel at every opportunity and the Idea
grew, though not as fast as they wished
to aee u siww. T tat U and down
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people that the church grew rapidly from
that time.
Rev. John West succeeded Rev. Watson
in 1860, remaining about a year. Rev. O. C.
DaJte, Rev. William II. Van Antwerp, Rev.
George C. Betts, Rev. John G. Gossman,
Rev. A. C. Garrett, Rev. John D. Easter,
Rev. Frank R. Mlllspaugh, Rev. Charles
K. Gardner, Rev. Campbell Fair and Dean
Beecher, the present rector, have In turn,
served the church since. Of these, three
have become bishops and two have died
in the service of the parish.
In 1867 the church erected a large frame
building at Eighteenth and Capitol avenue
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VERY REV.
CHARLES
H. GARDNER.
Nebraska talking to people who did not
unow the muanlng ot the deaconesses
movement.
Beginning of the Bad.
When tlu.OuO was raibed, a site was
bouaut in lbuo for that amount at Thirty
sixth and Cuming streets. To show how
bmall the subscriptions were in those
dayr,, it is said that the $15,000 was con
tributed by 15,000 persons. About Ave years
ago it was decided to put up a larger
building that had at lirst been con
templated, and to make it tirepruof. The
hospital aa it will be when present con
tracts are fulfilled, will cost, lu-,iou, in
cluding the site.
In Uie winter of 1903-1904 the laundry
and boiler house and the operatihg pa
vilion were built, the former SixlO feet
and two stories in height, and the latter
66x17 feet and two stones in height, 'i'hu
foundation was also laid tor the main
building, SSx85.2 feet, and tbi hexagonal
addition to the right of the main building,
60x60 feet at the widest points. Both of
these structures will be four stories in
height. This work called for an outlay
which exhausted the funds of the associa
tion. last spring a campaign was started for
$90,090, the sum of $72,000 having al
ready been used or collected for use. Dr.
A. F. Jonas subscribed $30,000, conditional
on the raising of the remaining $80,000.
C. N. Diets started things going with
$6,000 and others followed with smaller
sums. Th Methodist churches out In
the state, at the request of the presiding
elders, agreed to give 20 per cent of their
pastor's salary, and a great many of them
ins addrem at ths latino or tub
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at a cost of llB.ono, Rev. Van Antwerp
then being rector, but this was destroyed
by Are two years later and a temporary
structure was erected on the site, which
served for a number of years.
Com ins; of Bishop riarkson.
It was In November of 1865 that Rev.
Robert H. Clarkson was consecrated
bishop of this diocese and here he served
continuously untll his death. It was
through his efforts largely that Trinity
Cathedral was built at a cost of about
tlUO.000, Its cornerstone belli; laid May 23,
U8L and November U. US3 the church waa
VERT REV. CAMPBELL FAIR.
did it. Some Of them gave more. Sub
scriptions were received from individuals
all over the state. A hustling commit
tee was out In Omaha and collected thou
sands of dollars. The campaign lasted
less than a month, with the greatest "pres
sure on the last ten or twelve days, and
the association came out of it with the
$90,000 It had set out to raise. Trustees,
deaconesses, presiding elders and ehurch
member's all worked together for one
great end.
Chicago Thief Gives
ON'T fly flags,
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"What Is the number of your
house? Burglars will not enter
444. Ill, 93 or 22. No. 23 is
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a.o ourglar proof."
These tips were given to the po.lce
by a South Chicago housebreaker who was
caught in an effort to enter a house that
had been robbed successfully four flme.i
within the last six months. The thief ex
plained that he was first attracted to thu
house by the stars and stripes floating
from the first floor window, und accord
ing to robber superstition that was an
invitation to "work the flat." He also ad
mitted having robbed the house several
times previously, relying on the supersti
tion that he was perfectly safe in visit
ing a bouse he had successfully plun
dered. Mr. Burglar, who was In a talkative
mood, went on to supplement the many
Items of Information on burglar supersti
tion already In the hands of detectives.
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by ti: iv.p'c vt Tiin.ty that its vemy
bad s't ainv u p w fur 1.1m and prnnti-.i
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he 1'1ii.m m i.U 'a. In IV;.' tiic ou:nil
ai. til. ( ilus l'll.lt usiictuciil brtwnu
tin' IiihIi .p una me viMtr), i.i.iU'.n It a
pel nmiieni lnututlun niul Trinity lecntne
llif iMtliri1r.il, the ciiuiih of the dlores-.
Tliu (Iratu ot llislui Clinks. 'ii Mai 0,1 lu,
l.Si4. was iiH'Unuu, ni t only by tlio Mple
of his own cliuirli, but by the community
at large. ili.Miup Ucur;e Wurtlitiiaton
rousecratrd hisliup f the ulorese Vf Ne
braska soon utter, but tailing health
nrccshltuti ,1 reiinAftl east and na AUXiixt
IMA Hev. A. I S tiuai;;M was con
secrated bishop cuactjtlt.ir .i the di oceso,
winch otlice he nils today.
Mod of Itlmiup t lnrknon,
At l)ie annual biiLjutt ot tuu Aehrask.t
Coiiiniandri Loyal Lrxlou lecetitly,
BlMluip Ulillams was one of the Invited
guosti. In alluding to his presence them,
a liiiinlier ot t.io church militant, lie i
rrniiaikd of an anecdote tuld him by Mia.
t'lai .-i.n, wiiicw ot' the latu Bistiop Ci.ua
ome. short wiille before her ueath, relat
ing to the deceased prelate. lie Buld:
"During the (jioneer days of the bishop t
ministry he frequently had to make long
trips over the then sparsely settled dio
cese, In almost any kind of conveyance,
and tjot In f reij ueut ly he rude In u caboose
on a, freight trail. On one occasion lie
wr.s riding in a caboose with a number of
genial traveling men. He had Ills vest
ments In bis grip, and his traveling garb
was not dissimilar to the ordinary com
mercial traveler, tils traveling compan
ions were disposed to' be very friendly, and
one of them remarked to him: 'I sup
pose, of course, you nre one of us, a
traveling man?' "Oh, yes, I am a traveling
man,' replied the bishop. 'Fur what
house?' was the inquiry. 'For the house
of Lord, Church & Co.,' replied Bishop
Clarkson. 'So? Indeed. But I have never
heard of the house. Is It a big one?
'Yes, Indeed. It has branches all over the
United States, and I happen to be the
manager of the Nebraska branch, with,
my headquarters In Omaha,' continued the
bishop. 'That's strange,' remarked the
querist, 'and may I ask what is your
line?' With that Bishop Clnrkson "went
down Into his grip and drew forth a ser
mon, and handing It to his traveling com
panion, en Id T.'liu a sly twinkle In his eyo.
Dry Goods.'
VERT REV. GEO. ALLEN BEECHER.
in Omaha
The old hospital has accommodated
about 800 patients a year, and an average
of 100 persons a month have been re
fused. There are plaues for thirty-seven
patients, but forty-one or forty-two ore
crowded in most of the time'. The new
hospital will care for 2,000 to 2,500
patients a year. The building is planned
so that with the leust expense four winga
can be added to it, and a hospital could
be made large enough to care for 6.000
persons a year.
Tips on Burglary
He said no housebreaker or pickpocket
would dream of "working" unless he
had in his pocket, or somewhere about
his persortr el ther a small piece of coal,
chalk or lucky stone, to guard against
misfortune.
For instance, should a thief be riding on
a car and he happens to see a horse fall
down he regards it as a warning that he
must do no "work" that duy.
Should a pickpocket steal a purse con
taining foreign money lie thinks he is
certain, before the year Is out, to travel
cjuickly to foreljn landu In order to es
cape punishment. To iind gold in a purse
stolen at-a wedding is regarded as good
luck, while it is equally bad to "work"
at a funeral.
"We all consider funerals bad luck," said
the superstitious housebreaker. "If we
meet one while we are on the way to rjb
a house it means death or imprisonment.
I'll bet houses near a cemetery are not In
vaded. Thfro is an old fellow ut Jjllet
pained Cooper who teaches us all these
thin. He. says lie can never be sintinced
aga.n bccauHc he is serving his twenty
eighth sentence and 2S is his lucky number.
"If we meet a tdcrping dog on our way
to work a flat W e kn we are going to be
lucky. And that in the way with flags flying
on peoph s nouses. We know they are
good, trusting pi . pie and looking for a
good time. We ays make for houses
where fla;s are tlyins. It is one of our
rules."
All criminals arc lirm believers In dreams,
said an ona lal at te county Ja.l. A man
wh j was on trial lu Chicago on a charge
of murder told u tuard the day before his
ca.se went to the jury Unit he dreamed he
SiW a iHinb.iw. From this h deduced he
wruld be acquitted. To every ones sur-piij-e
he was.
The peculiar superstition attached to
Friday and 13. curiously enough, ure
scarcely considered by the thief. Ilous-i
with the numbers mentioned above, hu
ev.r, are avoided.
Meh.Uirn of tlie hduwbreuking fraterni'y,
according to the stall nietit. of expeih-i i ed
detectives., wid a ver aain viiit a lnme
lu which tii' Ir work has been disturbid.
fn ih- o'ler hand, they will rekort awain
and ajain to houses they have sure, s.-f ully
plundered. The police are well aware of
thia fact, and tliey frequuitly catch men by
wait.. :t for the next visit.
No thieve like t.uyliirf absolutely new
boo.s. lit no t'ireuinsiances can they be
per.-uadid to lurt with footKeur they wore
wh.ie thiir de.irtditlons were successful.
For a thief to break a blood ves-wl and
recover his good health Is r.;urded as the
luckiest thing possible In more tenses than .
one. It is supposed that such a man will
be fortunate in escaping Jail for the ra
malnder of bis days.
All habitual criminals regal d the Bible
with awe. They will do anything to evade
looking at It vr touching 1W CUcago Nesra.
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