Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-18

to an aggregate of sixty men. Next
to the Union Pacific shops the smelling works
took rank at the forefront of Omahas manufac-
turing enterprises.
Representation In the Professions.
Among the inhabitants of the town our traveller
would have found fair representation of intelligent
professional men. or the attorneys and law firms
then practicng before the courts only q compare
lively few still pursuing the profession this city
Here, however, of the familiar names: G. w.
Ambrose, Baldwin & o'Brien, ]. c. Gown, Gilbert &
Swartzlander, Neville Halves, Strickland Webster
Savage, Manderson A. J. Poppleton, G. H. Brown, c.
s. Chase, w, J. Connell, G. w. Doane, Luther &
Thurston, John /. Redick, E. Wakeley, ]. M. WOOL
worth, D. L. Thomas.
The list of surviving physicians Of twenty-five
years ago is still smaller. Those who we'll remem-
bereH Drs. l. Van Camp, o. s. Wood, Peck g
Moore v. H. Coffman, S. D. Mercer. J. c. Denise, j.
R. Conklin, George Tilden and James H. Peabody.
None of the ministers Of 1871 occupy Omaha pull
pits regularly today.
Amusements and Entertainments.
In the matter Of amusements our traveller would
not have much difficulty secure desired diversion
The Academy Of Music, in the Caldwell block on
Douglas street, the Of theatrical entertain
ments by its own stock company under the manage
ment of Mr.. Corri. Redcks New Opera house had
but shortly been completed Sixteenth and Farnam
streets and witnessed number of performances both
amateur and professional before 1t was knocked
down as capital prize in the great Pattee lottery
Scattered about the town nnumerable concert
and dance halls, where social gatherings of varying
degrees Of propriety the powerful and frequent
attractions.
As a hotel guest, traveller would hardly have
Jared so we'll he might reasonably have expected
The famous Herndon house had been transformed into
the Union Pacific railroad headquarters and the won
derful Cozzens hotel which George Francis Train had
built in sixty days. could longer lay claim superb
GRITTY. There were nevertheless some dozen hos-e
telries ready to receive and give good ac
commodatons, and host of lesser hotel lights and
boarding houses Among the hotels to which the bust
ness man OF Omaha would have recommended his
friends in 1871 were the American house, Atlantic
house. Cozzens hotel, Davenport house. Douglas house
Emmett house, Metropolitan hotel, Omaha house, st.
Charles hotel st. James hotel, United States hotel
Valley house and Wyoming house.
Every hotel Of pretension of course conducted a
saloon in connection with it, but If that had been ALL
there would by no means have been enough saloons to
supply the demand. The places where liquor was to
be had added up between eighty and ninety and many
of them had gambling room attachments for which no
effort was made at conceament.
From the Standpoint Of Morality.
In contrast with this the organizations of church
going people presented strong array and Omaha had
made good progress in the field of mission church
and Sunday school.
To quote in conclusion from the unknown contem-
poraneous author to whom have previously refer
red, with regard to morals, Omaha has suffered
its position as the entrepot for all the the
resort of professional rogues seeking respite after
sojourn In the mountains 1t also plagued with a
set of newspaper correspondents who delighted in
failing all that was prurient and giving TO every
brawl the Importance of first-class tragedy Hence
the impression east is general that life and property
are by no means safe in Omaha; upon this subject
say briefly that in all cities, vice may found in
certain haunts in Omaha but it does ply its
lions nor display its vulgarities in public 1t does
In many places laying claim to superior virtue.
las to the state Of religion during the last year,
some of the churches have had to endure the trial of
witnessing the fall of prominent members; others are
divided in sentiment and destitute OF pastors
but glance at the city will show that religious actv-
ty has been the rule from the beginning. Sabbath
schools numerous and well attended, benevolent
associations sustained, well missionary en-
terprses and should any test the report liber-
atty which pervades all classes he will find nowhere
in the world more hearty response to the claims of
suffering humanity than he will from the religious
portion Of the population Of Omaha"