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Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
GERMAN FARMERS.

The st. Louis Republican notes the
rapid Increase of German farmers in
Missouri, and pays q we'll deserved
tribute to their industry and success
as ag%riculturists. 1t says twenty years
ago the Manchester road, q fine broad
turnpike leading from the city Of St.
Lonis, q distance of nearly thirty
miles through st. Louis county, was
inhabited on ooth sides almost ex lu-
sively by American farmers. Now
nearly all the farm, on the road have
passed out of the hands of Americans
into the hands of Germans, and II Is
now q German highway from n end
to the other. The farms are not as
large as they were under the old
regime, but are more neat and tidy,
and evidently more thriftily managed.
A similar change has taken place on
nearly all the great highwsys.iu the
same county, until three.fourths,
probably, of the farms In the county
are now In the hands of the Germans.
Aud something like this is going on In
many of the best counties in the state.
The Republican attributes this
change to the growing impatience of
American youth of the farmers
monotonous and unexciting life.
They prefer the attractions of the
towns, or the stiil greater and more
dangerous fluctuations of the large
cities, where life Is supposed to pre-.
sent all that Is worth living for. The
Germans, In addition to al innate and
affectionate love of the soil, possess
qualities which are sure to win 1t and
retain it. They are patient, Flooding
and methodical In their habits aud
economical in their living; they are
prudent and careful husbandmen, and
possess the faculty OF securing the
very best yields from the ground,
and they re~aolutely avoid the e1trsv.
gancs and debt which sooner or
later rob 80 many Americans of their
old homesteads. Wherever a com
munity of German farmers Is found
In the west--and there are many of
them in Nebraska - 1t may be tsker
for granted they are there forever:
and they etfsctually disp.ove the asssr.
tion that Charming doesn't pay" by
gro wing independent out of tho soil
which their fast.living American pre-
decessors failed to make a living on.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

Nearly four Thousand Of such applica.
tions have been considered and new
certificates issued thereon. Besides
this extra work, much of which was
performed In March, 4. 500 claims for
original Invalid pensions we're filed for
examination In the same month, and
1, 400 widows claims. These 6, 300
claims we're totally distinct from those
filed under the act of March 81.
All claims have to bs infinitely
examined, and the reflections for
this year alone The Republican esti.
mates at forty thousand. In addition
to the foregoing there was received
during March 80. 500 pieces CT evil.
dence, l9, 600 reports from the sdju-
tsnt general, 5000 reports from the
surgeon general, 1880 reports from
examining surgeons, 1000 reports on
cases from special examiners, and 6 600
daily reports from the same, Each of
the papers received had to be classified
and applied to the proper C Asses. There
we're slso received II, 600 miscellan.
Gus letters, 1000 congressional, and
22, 800 other letters of inquiry concern.
ing claims. All of these require an
examination of the papers CON
nected with the inquiry before
answer Ia made. The number Of let
ters and circulars mailed by the Office
during March was 1873, 500. No less
than Is, 200 calls were made on the
adjutant general for information, and
fully 10000 on the surgeon general.
While everything possible Is done to
expedite business, the greatest care IL
taken to prevent an allowance of I'm.
proper claims. TIE facts snd figures
presented Will serve to convey to oui
readers an Idea of the immense
amount of work connected with the
pension off, 90 aside from the large dis.
brraement Of money called for by the
pension rolls.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
The Nav South

President Garrett, of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad company, has Just re.
turned home to Baltimore from q trip
to the south. He says:
"R!ch In its mt facilities,
the south !, developing more rapidly
than ever before the war. Indeed, 1
was most favorably impressed with
the prosperous appearance of the coun-
try through which l travelled. I talked
with prominent business men at
Charleston, Richmond and other
points, and they spoke In the most ell
coursging name of the present bust.
ness aud the future outlook. There
was n marked feeling ] noticed
among the southern people, and that
was their great friendship and inter.
eat for Baltimore. They regard us
with pride and look upon us as the
southern metropolis, and always have
the deepest concern for the welfare
and prosperity of this city. All traces
of the war are gone, and all bitterness
of feeling has disappeared. Northern
and southern men now mingle togeth.
or In business interests. Tnere ia also
a more friendly feeling Ell lifting be.
tween the white and colored people,
and southern men now are manifest
Ing considerable interest In the educs.
ton and progress of the colored race.
| was particularly impressed with this,
and learned that every opportunity
was being aft ,rded the colored people
to improve themselves, The rights
of the colored people are thoroughly
recognized, and they are treated with
the same respect as here or In the
north"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
THE BUSINESS SITUATION.

The Blowness with which trade 10
adjusting itself to the advance OF the
season Ia a remarkable feature of the
business situation. Spring bueineas
is more backward than spring itself,
and merchants who have waited
long for the expected boom are be.
ginning to grumble loudly that the
wheels do not move as fast as ex-
pected.
Industry Is still feeling tho effects
of a heavy overproduction and manu-
featuring centers are suffering from
the depression resulting from a sur-
plus of last years stocks. Trade I'm.
doubtedly feels the absence of the
farmers from the stores. Seeding
and planting are progressing rapidly,
and frequent local rains give good
encouragement for handsom, crop
returns In the autumn. 1t Is well
known that an unusual proportion of
last years crops still remain to be
moved. The rspldity with which
surplus is thrown upon the market
will depend to a great degree upon
the nature of the season as 1t pro.
crosses. The latest reports upon
the growing grain are more
satisfactory and the deficit in winter
wheat Is likely to be more than made
up by the Increased acreage devoted
to spring wheat. The wholesale trade
reports a fair demand for staples and
greater ease In collections, but a con-
servative disposition on the part of
country trade to venture outside Of
narrow lines In the making of pur-
chases. Retail dealers are still com.
planning of the backwardness of the
season.
The depression In the stock market
still continues. The outside public
refuse to be bAited by the fancy stocks
and the strongest stocks on the list
feel the influence of dull times on
change. This condition of affairs l.
regarded by the mass Of the business
men of the country with indiffs renee
or absolute satisfaction. Speculation
In stocks Is detrimental to legitimate
business and binders the real demand,
of trade by fluctuations and fictitious
prices, which discourage and curtail
consumption.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
THE SEWER

Ii Mayor Chase would take the
trouble to inform himself about pub
lie matters he would be less likely to
60 off at half cock as often as he does.
First we were informed that tho city
had an overlap of $40, 0OC. when the
fact Is that there are funds In the city
treasury. And now the city council
Ii informed on the same authority
that the Warning sewer system has
proved q failure.
1t Is true that there have been two
sewer stoppages In the sewers within
the last month. Both have been in
vestigated and remedled. In each case
the cause Of the obstruction was found
to have resulted from careless tapping
of the mains. When plumbers per.
sist In permitting bricks and stones to
fall Into our sewers while connecting
them with houses and stores, the fault
lies not with the system but with care.
less workmen. But the fact Is that
Just IS long as the city refuses to ap-
point an inspector of sewers these
utoppages are likely to occur
Such an officer has been
repeatedly requested. No city
with a sewer system q afford to be
without one. And every large city,
with the exception of Omaha. employs
one or more OF these officials to super.
intend every connection with the
sewer mains.
The Wsring system has proved It.
self economical and effective. It an
swers all the requirements for which
II wa. constructed. It Is the best and
the cheapest system for sanitary sever
age that has been yet devised. Only
two things are needed to complete IT.
Efficiency. One Is a competent In
spector. The other Is a series of man
holea along the lines of pipe which
will permit the occasional passage Of
swab through the sewers as a precau
ton against any obstruction or for tn
removal of such distractions as may b
the result Of carelessness on the par
of citizens whose homes and store
connect with the sewer. Amy intima
lions that the system, as a system, i
defective, arise either from ignoranc
or malice,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

birthday, and several patriotic Irish
man are jumping mp and down with
age at what they call an insult to the
Ieish race. Where is the insult. II
would be q pretty difficult job to fix
q " date that would not correspond
with the birthday of ONE foreign
r~otentate, prince or power. Queen
Victoria's birthday Is of no more con.
sequence than the wedding anniver-
saries of King Cetewsyo with his
fifty wives. 1t is giving undue i'm.
portance to a very unimportant event
to take any notice Of such q coinci.
dence.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
WATER routes of transportation are

WATER routes of transportation are
a perpetual check on railroad lines.
Nothing illustrates this better than a
recent occurrence In the upper Missls.
sippi valley. During the winter, rail
charges have been "what the traffic
would bear" But navigation is now
open, and the railroad managers got
together last week to establish lower
rates. Competition by the river lines,
they admitted, compelled them to re-
duce their charges very much for the
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
That Ola Fraud

Llnco!n Democrat.
That old freud of a Maj. q Pear.
man is afraid that Senator Van Wyok
will got some credit for the hard work
he has expended in getting the Otoe
reservation into market, The facts
are the ma >r had laid a little plan by
which he aud g knot of "fIi sndg''
were to make a nice little pile at the
expense Of the settlers. But Senator
Van Wyck did not propose to allow
the old fool to go about the country
banking on his ability to control
United States senators and 80 kicked
the kettle over, and now Pearman Ia
writing letters and the o naha Repub-
licsn is publishing them trying to
plaza Senator Van Wyck In a false
light.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

THE Douglas county doctors have
finally concluded to clasp hands across
the bloody chasm by organizing q
county medical society. This is a good
move. For the past ten years half
the doctors of Douglas county have
postponed all other business to cut the
throass of the other half II a county
society will heal the wounds 1T ought
TO be made q bowling success.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
REACHING FoRrHE PLUMBER

REACHING FoRTHE PLUMBER
Attorney General Brewster's decii-
lon In the case Of the New Orleans
and Pacific road, viz: that the assign
ment of the rights Of . railroad cor
porstion csrries with 1t whatever
rights that corporation may have to
unearned land grants, has been
promptly taken advantage of BY the
Southern Pacific railroad. Mr..
Huntington through his attorneys
has made application to the interior
department that commissioners be
appointed to examine and report upon
what was once Texas Pacific.
There is o vast unearned land grant
Of %. 900, 600 acres connected With
the old Texas Pacific that Mr.. Hunt.
ington and his partners have long GOV.
eted, and which they now claim as the
assignee Of that road. 1t Is true that
the construction of the Texas Pacific
was scarcely begun, that the road
never earned an acre of the land
claimed by their successors, and the
grant Of congress was made upon the
express condition of the construction
OF a transcontinontal line by the par
ties to whom the land was granted.
But these are trifllng objections to
the cormorants of the Pacific coast,
who by q heartless bleeding of Cali.
fornia and Nevada, and by diverting
from the government treasury the
money long since due to pay their In.
terest obligations, have been enabled
to build the Southern Pacific along
tho line once surveyed by the Texas
Paoi6, company, and now claim all
the benefits granted by congress to
the latter company.
In this case the people are power
less. A strong eff )rt was made In the
last congress to secure the forfeiture
of the Texas Pacific land grant, but il
was blocked by Speaker Keller and
his corporation henohmen. Since
congress had closed, Attorney General
Brewster has rendered his decision on
the rights of the assignees Of the
franchises Of a dead corporation to ar
unearned land grant, provided only
that congress shall not have eff ma
lively declared 1t forfeited. If the
decision of the United States courts
In the Schulenberg case Is to be
guide IL the Secretary of the Interior
Is to consider that he Ia simply ar
executive officer acting under a judi
CT al mandate, as construed by the Attor
ney General of the United States-i
Is probable that this vast domain
granted to a defunc. corporation
which failed utterly to carry out thu
conditions under which 1t was to b.
acquired, may be, before con
gress shall convene, declared Il
belong to the Southern Pacific.
Comment upon such a shameless
perversion Of justice Is unnecessary
The acquisition of this enormou
stretch of the public domain by tn
Southern Pacific would be a giganti
steal indefensible from any point O
view. Every such Job only hasten
the day OF retribntion which Is q
hand when corporate moDopolies vii
6nd their powers of vested rights cob
webs for protection against a jas
public indignation aud bulwa,ks whicl
will be swept away by an outrage
public burning to redress the wrong
which they have go long suffered q
the hands of organized wealth an
constituencies corruption.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

summer. The situation In the upper
Mlssisslppi country, however, Is Pc
culiar. Railroad competition, for n
thing, Is In some respects less keen
there than In the central states Of. the
valley; and then, too, the water
routes there are nearly parallel with
the principal rail lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
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Buving American Lands

hansAy City Times.
The investment of English capital
In American enterprises and Ameri-
can lands continues to Increase, and
we believe that q remarkable amount
of Eagiish capital will come to this
country duriog the next five years.
The English fondness for land cannot
be overcome, and now that lands in
the United States are found to yield a
good income on the money invested,
aud also possess a large speculative
value, they are eagerly sought. Men
who cannot afford to own land In Great
Britain can possess thousands of acres
In the United States.
Agsia, the disturbance in England
produced by a constant agitation of
the land tenure question causes capt.
tai to seek investment In this country.
The Engl!shmen r now satittiGd
that this nation is not an experiment
either politically or economilly, and in
spite of their allegations that we are
constantly making ourselves poorer by
refusing free trade they are quite will.
ing to riak their money under the af'
fects of our so called illogical economic
system.
Mr.. Hampton Whalley, M. p, is
now In this country as the representa-
tive of a Syndicate Ct members of lar-
lament to investigate the south and
west and report the most favorable Sec
tions for land Investments. AS an
indication of the feeling In England
we quote from Mr.. Whalley as fol-
lows:
MI Whalley says there Is scarcely
anything else talked of In the London
stock exchange than the purchase of
American lands, and already about
twenty ranch companies have been
formed. A very large amount of
British capital Is destined to be invest.
ed In this manner, but 1t Is not Amer.
lea alone that Is to be benefited, for
these investors have as we'll turned
their attention to Mexico, and com.
panies are forming to buy land there.
None of these companies, Mr.. Whalley
thinks, have Q capital of less than e..
OOO, 900, and they are represented by
such men a. Barring Bros, bankers;
Mr.. Labouchere, of Truth; Sir Thomas
Brassey, civil lord of the admiralty,
ard many of the banking houses and
numbers of large country landlords,
as we'll as members of psrlis.
ment. The reason of this, he says, Is
largely the lack OF opportunity for the
utilization of capital at home. Enor.
nous amounts of money are lying Idle
in England, and men who have It will
not invest In land, because there Is no
profit from 1t. Farm land especially
is at a discount. The importation Of
American beef has deprecated the
value of grazing land. Mr.. Whalley
further says that these land companies
will, to q certain extent, do something
In the way of promoting emigration
from England. Young, enterprisine
and competent farmers will be en-
couraged to 60 out to the United
States. The system to be entered
Into will, to q certain extent, BIO CO.
operative, In which small farmers with
moderate capital will be welcomed,
Subsequently the rents are to BIO regu
lated by the percentage of profits.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

IT Is known that the cyclone Is a
windy affair, and that when a mar
comes up against one of them he Ia
very likely to be In the condition of
John Hays hero, when subsequent
proceedings interested him no more"
Republican.
The Republican Is always poor at
crediting items. "The fight upon
the Ssanislau" was. written by Brete
Harte and not by John hay as our
literary contemporary intimates.a
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
Woman Suffrage.

The annual mass convention CT the
Nebraska Woman Suffrage a%ssocia.
ton will be held at Grand Island
May 9 and 10. Mrs. Cougar, of In.
diana, and Miss Hindman, of Penn.
sylvanis, will address the convention.
Visitors will b, entertained by the
Grand Island W. s. A Certificates
for reduced rstes on the railroads may
be obtained from Ida E, Edison, Oms.
ha. Letters and contributions for the
convention should be addressed to
Mrs. Lizzie Abbott, cor. sec. N. W.. 8.
A., Grand Island.
By order of Executive committee,
JENNIE +. HOLMES,
Chairman,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

LAST week General Mcclellan en-.
tered Richmond for the first time In
his life. Twenty.one years ago he
was near 1t on several occasions, but
the sudden "change of base" which
took him away from the army of the
Potomac prevented his military entry
Into the capital of the confederacy.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

A FLORAL design presented to an
actor during the progress of a play IN
Denver, Colorado, the other night,
with the compliments of Mrs. FL.
A. Tabor" weighed thlrty.fve pounds
and Is said to have cost $125. The
Tabor family are bound to keep be-
fore the public "if 1t takes a leg"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

BLISS has begun again, and "when
the court adjourned had not concluded
his argument" OF course not. Why
should he2 A hundred dollars a day
and perquisites are sufficient induce
ments for ng-windedness. Bliss
arguments promise to be as numerous
rs DR.. Bliss bulletins.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

Mr. CAREY, the informer, will prob.
ably be hung for crimes committed
prior to the Phoenix Park trials
Many Irishman will help to ease Mr..
CIrey's path to the gallows. A sneak
and assassin combined is q little worse
than q murderer.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

THE first acqulttal In the Dublin
trials took place yesterday, the fortu.
nate prisoner being Ftzharris, the
cab man who drove the assassins to
Phoenix park on the evening of the
murder, Fitzharris, however, Is to
be tried on the charge of conspiracy
to murder, the penalty of which Is ten
years penal servltude.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

In the ~installment of Mr.. Howelpn
new story In the June Century he will
have a description of a ship wreck
which, it Is pr dicted, will astonish
those who think he can do nothing
but anslyz z, the thoughts of New
E lgland women.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

THE St. Louis board of public i'm.
provements have let contracts for
$195. $50 worth of sheet asphalt pave
ments. The lrber company received
the contracts and will be required to
maintain the streets as paved in good
repair for a certain length of time.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
Recommending a Pastor.

The Rev. D, Morgan is n of the
state executive committee of the new
party. David is a good one, and will
make things warm for all the other
parties. He loves politics, some
think rs we'll as, If not better than,
salvation.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

THE more the failure Of tie Angus.
tenian society at Lawrence Is ~inveuti-
gated the worse 1t looks for the icy
erend bankers who managed to fail for
the neat sum of $500, 0O0, Next to
to political banking, religious money
Investing is the most uncertain of sue.
cess, and the most certain of ultimate
failpra
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

The bureau of statistics reports that
"the Tennessee wheat crop is SAFE"
Ex-Treasurer Polk must be locked up
or out of the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
q Work OF the Pension Office.
rtox.tond Iaadar

q Work OF the Pension Ofnce
Cleveland Leader.
The pension Office gives employ
ment to about sixteen hundred clerks
and full use Is found for the entire
force. The work increases instead of
diminishing, and very few persons out
side of the office understand the
amount of labor required on behalf of
the governments benefciaries. 1t
will be remembered that just prior to
adjournment congress passed an act
increasing the pensions of those who
had lost q leg above the knee or an
arm above the elbow from 1874 to $50
per month, and also increasing the
pensions of those who had lost a hand
or foot la the service of the country
from els to $24 per month. The
law authorizing this increase was
NOT passed until the Sd of March last,
and since then, as VIC learn from the
National Republican, of Washington,
Ii. 400 applications have already been
filed in the Pension Office by those for
whose benefit the law was passed.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

THE Indiana elections are not cheer
Ing for the republicans. Heavy dem.
ocratic msjorities are reported In q
majority of the towns.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

ANGEL has spread his wings and
will look out after his real estate In.
vestments. 1t Is Marshal Guthrie
now.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
Drop the Dry Bones.

Boston Herald Und.)
A shake up and q new deal are
greatly needed In q politics. The
old names have lost Or changed their
meaning. New issues invite q new
division.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

TERMS BYlMAIL-
t,ne Year. =. $40 90 Three Months $500
6ir Months. 500 One Month";. Loo
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
Tariff on the Tapis,

Boston Post (Dem.)
The party that wins In 1884 will be
the party that vigorously fights against
excessive taxation.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

IT has been discovered that the day
set for the opening of the Brooklyn
bridge happens to be the queens
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

SEVERAL of Mayor Cna,e's appoint
ments still hang fire.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
Better Than Throwing Mud.

New Orleans Picayune (rem.)
The people of Nebraska are plant
ing trees. 1t Is much more profitable
than talking politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

The American hog will flourish and
multiply after Bismarck is in his
grave.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03
The Omaha Bee.

Published every morning. except Sun.
~. The emily Monday morning daily.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

CORRESPONDENTS All Communi.
atfons relating to News and Editorial
matters should be addressed to the EDITOR
or THE Bee.
BUSINESS LETTERS-All Bushes
Letters and Remittances should be ad
dressed TO THE BEL PUBLISHING COMPANY
;JnAHA. Drafts, Checks and Postotice
Jrders to be made payable to the order OF
the Company.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-03

THh mayor seems to have come out
on top.