Omaha daily bee., 1893-07-23

extensive than that OF Omaha. This may be
| largely due to the extensive tourist patron.
| age, but chcapucss Is also an important fac.
tor. Tho charge for two.horse carriage
from the depot to tho Brown Palace hotel.
fully one milo, for threo persons was only "a
| cents or % cents per passenger.
Denver has outstripped Omaha In the
| number aud size of great retail stores
hotels and club houses, but her parks do not
stand comparison with those of Omaha.
There IL no shady grove in or around Den.
yer like Hanscom park.
Denver cxccls in the number OF costly
residences, but she is most decidedly
behind Omaha in the number OF
homes owned by woriingmen. While Omaha
has from 5000 to 5000 small but cosy
wagcworkers' dwellings Denver scarcely
has as many hundreds. Nearly all her
toilers live in rented houses.
But Denver possesses qualities that must
always command respect and admiration
She has matchlcss pluck and boundless au.
dacity. In tho very midst of the most dc.
pressing panic, with most OF her
banks suspended her commerce almost
paralyAcd and her business men dis
tracthu and cra2cd by tho silver col.
'f"o' p'"N'r shl keeps up bold
front and senus out to the world the mos,
glowing pen pictures Of her marvellous
resources and brilliant prospects, Only
yesterday the secretary of the Denver Man.
utacturers exchange addressed an open let
tor to an English capitalist in which Denvo,
sets up the claim OF being tho geographical
center and pre-cmnontly the commercial.
financial, railroad, manufacturing, social
and educational center and general .hubr of
the entire transmissouri country without
rival for 600 miles in any direction. with
constantly growing population of iGO 900
This is very characteristic, il it is not modest
Denver has just been taken by surp,is, in
the appointment through the popuist police
commissioner, of bran new chief OF police.
This fact would scarcely interest anybody
IN Nebraska IL 1t were not for the other
fact that the new chiefs name il
Aaron w. kellogg, who will be re-
membered by Nebraska politicians rs tho
private secretary of Governor David Butler
Mr. kellogg's career in public life in Me-
braska closed rather abruptly with the men,
orable impeachment of the governor and he
soon thereafter shook the dust of Nebraska
from his shoes and migrated to Colorado,
where he has been engaged III mining and
real estate speculations. While | was still
reading the paper that announced Keloggs
appointment, the bell boy handed me tho
card of w. =. Kennedy. who was n member
of the senate that tried David Butler and
had responded guilty" on the impeachmcnt
charges when his name was called bv Presi-
dent of the Senate Isaac S. Hnscall MIR.
Kennedy, subsequent to that historic trial,
became editor and proprietor of the papilhon
Times or the past twelve years he has
been resident of Colorado. He is still hale
and hearty, and looks as much like the pic
turc of Dogcnes as he did in the 7O's.
Three days of tourist rambes among the
cliffs, gorges and canons of the Rockies
would afford ample scope for graphic scenic
descriptions, but want of time compes me to
deprive the readers of THE BEE of that
pleasure suffice it to say we have made the
fascinating tour over the Loop. passing
through Golden, Idaho Springs. Georgetown
and up to Silver Plume over as mastery
piece Of engineering as may be seen any
where on the globe. We have taken in Col
orado Springs, Manitou, Pixies peak, the
Garden of the Gods and Cheyenne canon
and passed most delightful evening in the
Casino at Broadmore, and while listening to
the enchanting music in the auditorium of
the Casino, recognized in the leader of
this famous orchestra an old acquaintance,
Mr. Naiian E'ranlto, who some years ago
sojourned in Omaha and more recently has
been leading violinist with Anton Seidl and
Theodore Thomas, and musical director OF
Ambergs theater in New York His orches-
ira are artists of the first magni tude and
include George Sauer, violinist; Will
liam Schade of the Mendelssohn
quintet and now leading flute Of
Damrosch; Paul Miersch, volincelist
New York Philharmonic, and Fred Berger,
rising pianist. 1t may not be out OF place
to add that Mr.. Frankos orchestra intends
to favor Omaha with several concerts next
fall on its way back to New York.
e. RosEwATER.