Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 3, 1883, Page 4

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SEVERAL o‘(‘MAyu’r’ Caaso's appoint- monts atill hang fire. em— Tue failure of the Warlog system seoms to be another Mayor's neat. — Tue Amorican hog will flourlsh and maultlply after Bismarck is in his grave. — ANGELL has spread his wiugs and will look out after hls real estate in- vestments. It {s Marshal Guthrie now, T Tndiaua elections are not cheer- ing for the republicans. Heavy dem- ocratlc majorities are reported In a majorlty of the tow, bt st R TuE bureau of statistics reports that “‘the Tennessee wheat crop ls safe.” Ex-Treasurer Polk must be locked up or out of the state. — Mg Carey, the informer, will prob- ably be hung for crimes committed prior to the Phoenix Park trials, Many Irishman will help to ease Mr. Carey's path to the gallows, A sneak and assassin combined 1s a littlo worze than a murderer. Ix the installment of Mr. Howell's new story in the Jane Century he will have a description of a shipwreck which, it {s pr dicted, will astonish thoss who think he can do nothing but analyzy the thoughts of New Egland women. Tre St. Louls board of public im- provements have let coutracts for $195,985 worth of sheet asphalt pave- ments, The Birber company rccelvad the contracts and will be required to maintaln the streets as paved in good repatr for a certain length of time, A rrorar design presented to an actor auring the progress of a play lit Denver, Colorado, the other night, “with the comp!iments of Mrs. H. A. Tabor,” weighed thirty-five pourds and is eald to have coet §125. The Tabor family are bound to keep be- fore the public “if 1t takes a leg.” Buiss has begun again, and ‘‘when the court adjourned had not concluded his argument,” Of course not. Why should he? A hundred dollars a day and perquisites are sufticient induce- ments for long-windeduess. Bllss’ arguments promise to be as numerous as Dr. Bliss’ bulletins Last week Ganeral McClellan en- tered Richmond for the first time in his life. Twenty-one years ago he 'was near it on several occaslons, but the sudden ‘‘change of base” which took him awsy from the army of the Potomac prevented his military entry Into the capltal of the confederacy. THE more the fallure of the Augus- tenian soclety at Lawrence 1s investi- gated the worse it looks for the rev- erend bankers who mansged to fail for the neat sum of $500,000, Next to to political banking, religions money Investing is the most uncertain of suc- cess, and the most cerialn of ultimate fallure, Tuz first acquittal in the Dablin trials took place yesterdsy, the fortu- nate prisoner belng Fitzharrls, the cab man who drove the assassins to Pheenlx park on the evening of the murder. Fitzharrls, however, s to be tried on the charge of conspiracy to murder, the penalty of which ls ten years penal servitude, —— It s known that the cyclone is a windy affair, and that when a man comes up against one of them he la very likely to be in the condition of John Hay's hero, when ‘‘subsequent proceedings interested him no more,” — Republican, The Republican s always poor at crediting items, ‘‘The fight upon the Stanislau” was) written by Brete Harte and not by John Hay as our literary contemporary intimates. s Tue Douglas county doctors have finally concluded to clasp hands across the bloody chasm by organizing a county medlcal soclety. This is a good move. For the past ten years half the doctors of Douglas county have postponed all other business to cut the throats of the other half If a county soolety will heal the wounds (it ought to0 be made & howling success, REACHING FORTHE rl.vmn' THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA THURSDAY MAY 3 hirthday, and several patriotio Irish. man are jumplog ap and down with #1ge at what they oall an insult to the Telsh race, Where Is the fosult, It would be a pretty difficult job to fix a4y date that would not correspond with the birthday of some foreign Attorney General Brewater's decli- fon in the case of the New Orleans and Paolfic road, viz: that the assign- ment of the rights of a rallroad cor- poration oerries with It whatever rights that corporation may have to unearned land grants, has been|notentate, prince or power. Queen promptly taken advantage of by the| Victorla's birthday s of no more con- Southern Paclfic rallroad. Mr. sequence than the wedding anniver- Hoantington tbrough his attorneys has made application to the interlor department that commissioners be appointed to examine and report upon what was once Texas Paclfio, There is a vast unearned land grant of 25,000,000 acres connected with the old Texas Pacifis that Mr. Hunt- ington and his partners have long cov- oted, and which they now clatm as the assignee of that road. Itis true that the construotion of the Texas Pacific was soarcely begun, that the road never earned an acre of the land olaimed by thelr successors, and the grant of congress was made upon the «xpress condition of the construotion ot a transcontizontal line by the par- tles to whom the land was granted. But these are trifling objections to the cormorants of the Pacific coast, who by & heartless bleeding of Cali- fornla and Nevads, and by diverting from the government tressury the money long since due to pay thelr in- terest obligations, have been enabled to build the Southern Paclfic along tho line once surveyed by the Texas Pacifiy company, and now claim all the benefits granted by congress to the latter company. In this case the people are power— less. A strong ¢ffort was made In the last congress to secure the forfelture of the Texas Pacific land grant, but it was blocked by Speaker Keifer and his corporation henchmen, Since congress had closed, Attorney Generai Brewster has rendered his declelon on the rights of the assignees of the franchises of a dead corporation to an unearned land grant, provided only that congrees shall not have ¢ffi‘ma- tively declared It forfoited. If the declsion of the Uaited States courts in the Schulenberg case is to boa guide ~1f the Secrotary of the Interlor is to consider that he s slmply an executive offiicer acting under a judi- cial mandate,as construed by the Attor- ney General of the Uaited States—it {s probable that thls vast domain granted to a defanci corporation which falled utterly to carry out the conditions under which It was to be acquired, may be, before con- gress shall convene, declared to belong to the S uthern Pacific, Comment upon such a shameless perversion of justice Is unnecessary. The acquisition of this enormous stretoh of the public domain by the Southern Pacific would be a gigantic steal Indefousible frgm ary point of view. Every such jb only hastens the day of rewrtbudon which ls at hand when corporate m find their powe webs for sarles of King Cetewayo with his fifty wives. It is glving vndue im- portance to a very unimportant event to take any notlce cf such & colnei- dence. — GERMAN FARMERS. The St. Louls Republican notes the rapld Inorease of German farmers in Missourl, and pays a well deserved tribute to thelr Industry and success as agricultarists, It says twenty years ago the Manchester road, a fine broad turnpike leading from the city of St, Lonis, a distance of nearly thirty miles through 8t. Louis county, was inhabited on both sldes almost ex lu- sively by Amerloan farmers, Now nearly all the farms on the road have pacsed out of the hands of Americans {nto the hands of Garmans, and itls now a German highway from one end to the other, The farms are not as large as they were uader 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 highwaysla the sawe county, until three-fourths, probably, of the farms in tne county are now In the hands of the Germans, Aud sométhing like this is golng on in many of the best counties in the state. The Republican atiributes this change to the growing impatience of Awmerloan youth of the farmer's monotonous and unexciting life. They prefer the attractions of the towns, or the still greater and more dangerous facinatlons of the large olties, whero lifo ls supposed to pro- sent all that {s worth living for. The Garmans, in addition to an innate and affectionate love of the soll, possess qualities which are sure to win it and retain it. They are patient, plodding and methodical in thelr habits aud economical in thelr liviag; they are pradent and careful husbandmen, and possess the faculty of securing the very best ylolds from the ground, and they reaolutely avold the extrav. gance and debt which soomer or later rob 80 many Americaus of thelr old homesteacs, Wherever a com- munlty of German farmers ls found in the west—and there are many of them in Nebraska - it may be taken for grauted they ave there forever; and thoy effsctually disprove the assor- tion that “farming doesn’t pay” by growing Indepondent out of tho soil which thelr fast-living American pre- decessora failsd to make a living on. THE BUSINESS SITUATION. The slowness with which trade s adjosting iteelf to the advance of the season i a remarkable fea'ure of the business ei-aation. Spriig bueiness is more backward than spring itself, aid morchants who have walted long for the expzcted boom ars be- glonlng to grumble loudly that the wheels do not move as fast as ex- pected. Industry is still feellng tho cffects of a heavy overproductivn and manu- facturlng centers are suffering from the depression resulting from a sur- plus of last year's stocks, Trade un- doubtedly feels the absence of the farmers from the stores. Seeding and planting are progressing rapldly, and frequent local ralns glve good encouragement for handsom> ecrop retarns in the autumn, It s well known that an unusual proportion of last year's crops still remain to be moved, The rapldity with which surplus {s thrown upon the market will depend to a great degree upon the nature of the season as it pro. gresses, The latest reports npon the growing graln are more satisfactory and the defiolt in winter wheat 1s likely to be more than made up by the Increased acreage devoted t> spring wheat, The wholesale trade reports a fair demand for staples and groater ease In collections, but a con- servative disposition on the part of poliea wiil ed rights cob- prote gainst a jast pablic indignatiou and balwarke which will be ewept away by an ouatraged public burning to redress the wrongs which they have eo lovg euffered at the hands of organized wealth and conscienseless corruptiol 0 of tion @ THE SEWER S8YSTEM, If Mayor Chase would take the trouble to jnform himself about pub- lic matters he would bo loss likely to go off at half cock as often as he does. First we were informed that the clty had an overlap of §40,000, when the fact is that there are funds in the city treasury. And now the city council is informed on the same authority that the Warning sewer system has proved a fallare. It Is true that there have been two sewer stoppages In the sewers within the last month, Both have been in- vestigated and remedied. In each case the canse of the obatruction was found to have resulted from careless tapping of the mains, When plombers per- slst in permitticg bricksand 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. Bat the fact {s that just as long as the city refuses to ap- polnt an lnspector of sewers these stoppages are llkely to ocour o country trade to venture outside of Such an officer has been i) - ropeatedly reanestad) No oty narrow lines in the making of par. chases. Retall dealers are still com- plaining of the backwardness of the season, The depression in the stock market still continues, The outside public refase to be balted by the fanoy stocks and the strongest stocks on the list feel the influence of dull times on ‘change. This condition of aftairs 1s regarded by the mass of the business men of the courtry with Indiffirence or absolute satlsfaction. Speculation in stocks is detrlmental to legitimate business and hinders the real demands of trade by flactuations and fictitious prices, which dlscourage and curtall consumption, with a sewer system can afford to be without one. And every large city, with the exceptlon of Omaha, employs one or more of these offioclals to super- intend every connection with the sewer malns, The Warlng system has proved it- self economical and effective, It an- swers all the requirements for which 1t was constructed. It isthe best and the cheapeat system for sanitary sever- age that has been yet devised. Only two things are needed to complete its efficlency. One is a compstent in- spector. The other Is a serlea of man- holea along the lines of plpe which will permlt the occasional passage of a swab through the sewers as a precau- tion against any obstraction or for the removal of such obstructions as may be the result of carelessness on the part of citizens whose homes and stores connect with the sewer, Any fntima tlons that the system, as tem, is defective, arlse either from ignorance or malice, Ir has been discovered that the day set for the opendng of the Brooklyn bridge happens to be the queen's WaTER routes of transportation are a perpetual check on railroad lines. Nothing {llustrates this becter than a recent occurrence in the upper Missls- elppl valley, Darlog the winter, charges have been ‘‘what the traffic would bear.” But navigation is now open, and the railread managers got together last week to establish lower rates. Competition by the river lines, they sdmlitted, compelled them to re- duce thelr gharges very wmuch for the summer, The sltustion In the upper Misslaalppl ocountry, however, s pe- oullar, Rallroad competition, for one 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 princlpel rall lines. SuLLIVAN dden collaps has cooa sloned no sorprise among sporting men, Bratal ruffians of his stamp have with few exoceptions come to the same end. A writer in a New York paper gives the followlng page from history : Morrissy left noching and was sat- urated wi'h disease, Heonan knocked himself out of time in early manhood Elliott was a thief and convlot, and died In his boots while arrogating to himself the empty ‘‘champlonship of America,” In the rebelllon prize fighters proved to have neither endur ance nor ordinary preservative seuse. Rankin, the bully glant of Philadel- pnia, was always in disgrace at the head of his company. Bradley, wto beat him, never rose above s low sal'- ors’ grogery, Tom Hyer went around consumptive aud supeiflious all his closing years, Bat thej tavern and dauce-house keepers who are the back- ers of these prizefighters and pe: them forward from puppydom to beutedom, often live well and have thelr country places and bowers and stand in good credit with tradesmen. These are the men who ought to be sent to prison, When Joe Coburn came out of Auburn jail he repentant- ly sald: “‘Liquor has been my misery. T'll never drwk it sgaio; 1'il keep a saloon.” Woman Suffiage. The annual mass convention cf the Nebraska Woman Suffrage associa- tion will be held at Grand Island May 9 and 10, Mrs. Gougar, of In- dians, and Miss Hindman, of Penu- sylvania, will address the convention. Visitors will by entertatned by the Grand Island W. S. A Cortificates for reduced rates ou the railroads may be obtained from Ida E. Edson, Oma- ha. Letters and contribations for the convention should be addressed to Mrs. Lizzle Abbott, cor. sec. N. W. 8. A, Grand Island. By order of Executlve commlttee, Jennie F. Hormgs, Chatrman, (Exchanges please copy.) Buving American Landas. Kaueay City Times. The investment of Eoglish capital in Amerioan enterprises and Amerl- can lands contlnues to iacrease, and we believe that a rerarkable amount of Eoglish 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 yleld a good ingome on the mouey lnvested, aud als> p.ssess a large speculative value, they are eagerly sought. Men who cannot efford to owa land fn Great Britain can possess thousands of acres tn the United States. Agein, the disturbance in Eagland produced by s constant agitation of the land tenure question causes capi- tal to seek investment in this country. The Englishmen are now saticfiod that this nation is not an experiment’ either politically or economilly, and ia splte of thelr allogations that we are constantly making ourselves poorer by retnaing free trado they are quite wili- ing to risk their money under the af- fects of our so-called illogical economic aystem, Mr. Hampden Whalley, M. P., i3 now in this country as the representa- tive of a eyudicats ¢t members of Lar- liament to investigate the south and west and report the moat favorable sec- tlons for land iavestments. As an {ndication of the feeling In Eagland we quote from Mr. Whalley as fol- lows: “Mr, Whalley says there s scarely 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 Briush capital 1s destined tobe invest- ed in this manner, but it {s not Amer- ica alone that {s to be benefitted, for these Investors have as well turned their attentlon to Mexico, snd com- panies are forming to buy land there, None of these companies, Mr, Whalley thinke, have a capital of less than £1,- 000,000, and they are represented by such men as Baring Bros., bankers; Mr. Labouchere, of Truth; 8ir Thomas Brassey, olvil lord of the admiralty, and many of the banking houses and numbers of large country landlords, as well as members of parlia- ment, The reason of this, he says, is largely the lack of epportunity for the utilization of capltal at home. Enor- mous amounts of money are lying idle in England, and men who have it will not invest in land, bacause there is no rofit from it. Farm land especlally at a discount. The importation of American beef has depreciated the value of grazing laud. Mr. Whalley farther says that these land companies will, to a certain extent, do something in the way of promoting emigration from England. Young, enterprising and competent farmers will be en- couraged to go out to the Unlted States, The system to be entered into will, to & certaln extent, be co- operative, in which small farmers with moderate capital will be welcomed. Subsequently the rents are to be regu- lated by the percentage of profits, ' @ Work of the Pension Office. Cleveland Leader, The pension office glves employ- ment to about sixteen handred 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 government's beneficlaries, It will be remembered that just prlor to adjournment congrass passed an act {ncroasing the peusions of those who had lost & leg above the knes or an arm above the elbow from $24 to §30 per month, and also increasing the penstons of those who bad lost a hand or foot lu the service of the country from £18 to $24 per month. The law aothorizing this Increase was not passed until the 3d of March last, and sluce then, as wo learn from the Natlonsl Republican, of Washington, 11,400 applications have already been filed in the Pension Office by those for whose benefit the law was passed. Noarly four theusand of such applioa- tions have been considered and new ocertificates tssued thereon. Besldes this extra work, much of which was performed In March, 4 500 olaims for orlginal Invalid pensions were filed for examination In the same month, and 1,400 widows' olalms. These 5 900 olaims were totally distinot from those filed uunder the aot of March 31 All olalms have to bs minately examined, and the rejections for this year alone The Ropublican estl. maten at forty thousand, In addition to the foregoing there was received during March 32 500 pleces cf evi- donoce, 19 000 reports from the adja- tant general, 9,000 reports from the surgeon general, 17,600 reports from examiniog sargeons, 1,000 reports on cases from special exsminers,and 6 000 dally reports from the same. Each of the papera recelved had to be classlfied and applied to the proper cases, There were alao received 17,000 miscellan- aous lotters, 7,000 congressional, and 22 600 other letters of inqulry conceru- fog clalms, All of these require an examination of the papers ocon- nected with the Inquiry before snswer {s made. The number of let- ters and circulara meiled by the cflice during March was 133,600, No less than 18,700 oalls were made on the adjatant general for information, and fully 10,000 on the surgecn general, While everything possible Is done to oxpedite business, the greatest care is taken to prevent an allowance of im- proper claims, Tae facts end figures presented wili serve to convey to ounz readers an {des of the immense amount of work connected with the pension offise aside from the large dls- brrsement cf money called for by the pension rolls. The New South Presldent Garrett, of the Baltimore & Oalo railroad company, has jast re- turned home to Baltimore from a trip to the south, He saye: “Rich1a its resources ana facillties, the sou i 15 developing more rapldly than evor before the war, Indeed, was most favorably impressed with the prosperous appearance ¢ f the coun- try through which I traveled. I talked with prominent busluces men at Charleston, Richmoud and other points, and they spoke in the most er.- couraging manner of the present busi- ness aud the future outlook. There was one marked feeling T mnoticed among the southern people, and that was thelr great friendship and inter- est for Baltimore. Thcy regard us with pride and lock upon us as the sonthern metropolis, and always have the deepest concern for the welfare and presperity of this city, All traces of the war are gone, and all bitternees of feellrg has disappeared. Northern and southern men now mingle togeth- er in butinees Intorests, Taere isalso amore friendly feeling existing be- tween the white and colored people, and southern men now are manifest- ing conslderable Interest in the educa- tlon and progrees of the colored race, I was particularly impressed with this, it and learned that every opportunity was belng aff rded the colored people to improve themselves, The rights of the colored people sre thoroughly recognizzd, and they are treated with the same respect as here or in the north.” That Ola Fraud Linco!n Democrat, That old froud of a Maj. (7) Pear- man is afrald that Senator Van Wyck will got somo credit for the hard work he bas expended in gotting the Otos reservation intc market. The facts are the mejor had lald a little plan by which he aud & knot of ‘“‘frisnde” were to make a nice little pi'e at the expenze of the settlers, But Sena'or Van Wyck did not propose to allow the old fool to go abouf the country banking on his ability to control Un'ted States senatora and so kicked the kettle over, and now Pearman fs writing lettors end the O naha Repub- lican is publishing them trying to placa Senator Van Wyck in a false light, Recommending & Pastor. Waseca Radical. The Rev. D. Morgan Is one of the state exccutlve committea of the new party. David is a good ove, and will make things warm for all the other partles. He loves politics, some think as well as, If not better than, ealvation. Drop the Dry Bonee. Boston Herald (Ind.) A shake up and a new deal are greatly needed in our politles. The old names have lost or changed thelr meaning, New issues invite a new diviston, Better Than Throwing Mud. New Orleans Picayune (Cem.) The people of Nebraska are plant- ing trees. It ls much more profitable than talking politics. Tariff on the Tapis. Boston Post (Dew,) The party that wins In 1884 will be the party that vigorously fights againat exceesive taxation, 'L: RV THE GREAT ERMAN ReMED FOR PAITIN. CURES ' Rreumatism,Neuralgia,Sciatica, f.umbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, Bore Throat, B Brutscs, urns, AND ALL OTHER 80ld by Drugglata and D THE Vasmemrs ta &' ¥ ALMA E. KEITH, Fine Millinery!l HAIR GOODS, WAVES, BANGS, ETu, Stock Entirely Fresh and New. 109 15th Street, Opp, Postoffice, s ad guired in a firsc-class DOTRL S AND SINGILE ACOTING POWHR AND HAND P UM E"S ] 8team Pumps, Engine Trimmings, VINING MAOHINERY, BELTING, HOSK, BRASS AND JRON FITTINGY FPIP PACKING, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS CHURCH AND SCHOO. BELLS Cor. Farnam and lothistmts Omaha, Neb. C. F. GOODMAN, WEHO LES.ALE DRUGGIST AND DEALER IN PAINTS,OILSVARNISHES And Window Glass. SPECIAL NOTICE TO Growers of Live Stock and Others. WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR Ground Oil Cake. It is the best and cheapest food for stock of any kind. One pound is equal to three pounds of corn. Stock fed with Ground Oil Oske in the fall and win. ter, Instead of running down, will increaee in weight and be in good market- able condition in the spring. Dairymen as well as others who use it can tes- tify to its merits. Try it and judge for yourselves. Price $256.00 per ton; no charge for sacks. Address o4-e0d-me WOOODMAN LINSEED OIL CO., Omaha, Neb, TRAG NEBRASKA, M. Hellman & Co. WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, 1801 and 1303 Farnam St. Cor. I13th OMAHA, NEB. GATE CITY PLANING MILLS. MANUFACTURKRS OF Carpenter’'s Materials ALSO SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, STAIRS, Stair Railings, Balusters, Window and Door Frames, Etc. First-class faciiitics for the Manufestore of all lrinds of Mouldings, Plaving aad watching a Speoialty, Ordars from the conntry will be protaptly executed. addressal sut'ons to A. MOYER, Propr! BUCGIES, CARRIAGES & SPRING WAGONS My Repository is Constantly filled with a Select Stock. Best WORKMANS B GUARANTERD. Office and Factory. 8. W, Cor. 16th and Capitol Avenue. m 2 nkely commy owai)*SPORTING GODDSO v p ngle Breech Loading Shot Guns, from 85 to $18.* ouble Breech Loading Shot Guns, from 818 to 875, Muszle Loading Shot Guns, From $6 to 835, Fighing Tackel, Bage Balls and all kinds of Fancy Goods. Full Stock of Show Cases Always on hand , OBACECLNISTS NEB. Imported and Key West Cigars a large line of Meerschaum and Wood Pipes and everything re Cigar, Tobacco and.} Notion tore, Cigars from $15 per 1.000 "pwards 8end for Price List and S8amples MY WILLIAM SNYDER, MANUFACTURER OF CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, AND ROAD WAGONS, Firgt-Olass Painting and Trimming, Repairing Promptly Done. 1321 and 1323 Harney street, corner A. M. CLARK - {Painter&Paper Hanger SIGN WRITER & DROORATOD CORNICES OURTAIN POLES * NI FIXTURES, Paints, Oils & Brushios, 107 Bouth 14th Street OMAHA - . 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