THE OMAHA DAILY
TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING , APRIL 20 , 1893. NUMBER 801.
" STATE TURNERS CELEBRATE ,
Turning Appropriately Commemorated by
the Scoiety at Nebraska Oity.
THE NEXT 'ANNUAL MEETING AT LINCOLN ,
In.ltinutlon Proceedings Instituted
AjaitiHt a Street Itnllwny Company
linllilliiK Doom at liloomln-- )
ton Crop 1'rospcots.
NEIIUASKA CITY , Nob. , April 10. [ Special
Telegram to THE BBC. ] The turners cele
brated turntag In this city today. Delegates
were present from Fremont , Lincoln , Omaha
and PlnttBtnouth. Upon their arrival this
morning the visitors were met by n comtnlt-
tco and escorted to Turner hall , whcro they
were given refreshments. From there they
were driven to their hotel. Today the differ
ent turners were divided Into two classes mid
under the direction of Prof. IK-nry Kom-
incrow of Plnttsmouth and Prof Kastlon of
Fremont , were put through all the maneuv
ers known In turner life.
Atn business meeting In the afternoon
Lincoln was chosen as the next place for
holding the turntag celebration. Tonight u
German drama was presented by nn Omaha
dramatic company , which was followed by a
ball.
liloomlleUI
BI.OOMFIII.I > , Nob. , April 10. [ Special to
Tun Bun. | Blooinllcld Is booming. Seven
or eight new buildings nro In the course of
construction , One store building , to bo oc
cupied by Filter Brothers , and a largo addi
tion to the Bloomllcld house nro ninong the
best buildings. All of the buildings nro
being put up in a substantial way. The
town Is full of land seekers and the hotels
Imvo moro than they can accommodate.
Frequent rains have put the ground in ex
cellent condition and farmers nro busy seed
ing and they say they have never had better
prospects for good crops.
A meeting of citizens and councilman has
been hold and n committee appointed to so-
ruro a bonus ot $1,000 to have the Bowhead
roller mills , now located at Halostown , live
mlles northeast of here , moved to Bloomlleld.
The meeting was addressed by J. T. M.
Pierce of Ynnkton , who owns the mill.
Ho proposes to move the mill hero
for $1,01)0 , ) nnil then bond the city for
$1,000 moro and put down nn artesian well to
bo used ns water power for the mill mid llro
protection for the city. Tuo llrst < ! ,000 , will
bo raised by subscription.
The town slto company Is getting ready to
plat nn addition to the town on the West side.
Fortv acres will bo platted. Already nearly
ono-fonrth o ! the addition is spolcen for by
citizens who expect to build residences.
General Manager C. W. Winters and Su
perintendent H. S. Jnynes ot the Chicago ,
St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha , camn In on
a special Friday morning. It is thought that
the line will bo extended to Fort Kandall
this season but nothing could bo learned
definitely. The ofllclals have promised to
put on two trains a day each way , which will
bo' & great help and will bo appreciated by
the citizens hero.
A Itaukward Season.
Moxitoc , Nob. , April 10. [ Special to TUB
Bii.J Spring seeding is Just about , half over
in this section of the state , the season being
fully thrco weeks later than usual , but there
has been plenty of rain and the ground is in
good condition. Farmers nro taking more
pnlns and doing their work better than usual ,
and < vlth fnvorablo weather from now on
there will bo n full average crop , which , with
good prices , will retrieve some of the loss of
last season's dry weather. Hay U very
scarce , and is selling at ? 15 per ton , whllo
oats nro 42 cents and corn 53 cents per
bushel. _
AKlccil Tor an Injunction.
Bi.un SriiiNos , Nob. , April 10. [ Special to
Tin : BHK.J An Injunction suit was Instituted
hero yesterday against the Wymoro and
Blue Springs street railway to restrain that
company from extending Its street car line
acioss the Blue river bridgn to the Union
Pacific depot. The county board of super
visors recently granted a permit to the com
pany to make the extension and the point at
issue is the rights of n county board to con
trol the use of n county bridge In fnvor ot a
private corporation.
Klkllorn \romon ,
EI.KIIOIIX , Neb. , April 10. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BIE. ] The members of Bald
win chemical englno company No. 1 giwo
. their first annual ball at Blerbach's hall to-
ight. The hoys also gave an exhibition run
mid lire test this afternoon. Both were a
success.
t'KEl'.lltlXG TO STlttKE.
Indications tlto Iowa MlncrHVI11
AVJilk Out ou May Day.
OTTUMWA , la. , April 10. [ Special Tolo-
gratn to Tin : BKU. ] There is every Indica
tion of n general strike of the coal miners lu
this vk-lnlty on May 1. The Chicago , Bur
lington & Qulncy and Chicago , Milwaukee &
St. Paul roads have boon quietly but none
the less assiduously putting in use all the
coal-cars and empty box-cars for the purpose
of laying In a largo supply of coal for their
summer uso. A Burlington ofllclnt hero to
day said that they wcro doing this In antici
pation of a strlko of the minors which they
had positive advices would occur May 1
with all the other miners of the United
States. At Flaglcr the minors have
made n demand for TU cents per
bushel , the usual summer wages
being 05 cents , and have threatened to strike
In cnso It Is not acceded to. The Avcry it
Chlsholm miners nro out , and Whltobrcast
ofllclals loolr for n strike In all their mines at
nny time. If the strlko IR enforced It will
throw 10,000 men out of employment and cut
of the output , which is over four million tons
per year. The miners' representatives say
that thnro will bo no strike , as the men in the
west will bo kept In to support these who
strlko in the cast. The tnlno operators , how
ever , do not. take much stock In this theory.
and declare that It Is advanced to cover their
well promulgated scheme to make the strika
most effective.
Death ofMrs.
BuuuxOTON' , la. , April 10. [ Special Tolo-
pram toTnu BKI : . ) Mrs. Dodge , the widow
of the late United States senator , A. C.
Dodge , died hist night , aged sovonty-two
yea is.
The Death Itoll.
Niw : YotiK , April 10. John Thompson ,
founder of the Thompson Bank Note Re
porter and also ot the First National and
Uhnso National bunks of this city , died today.
WAbin.NoTox , April 10. Hear Admiral Al
fred Taylor , U. S. N. , retired , died In th
city this afternoon from pneumonia and
ncuto bronchitis , following an attack of the
grin. Ho was born In Fairfax county , Vir
ginia In IblO. Ho served with distinction In
naval operations In thu Mexican war. Ho
was on duty on the steamer Mississippi with
Commander Perry's expedition to Japan lu
lb'53-55.
Q > idi * > : > I 11 llarotiotcy.
LONDON , April 19. A baronetcy has boon
conferred upon Hon. Jnmcs Fitzjamns
Stephen , justice of the queen's bench of the
high rourt of justice , who retired nvently
from the lunch owing to impaired health.
Seven Mil ril ore ! to Ito Shot.
PAIUS , Tex. , April 10 , Monday morning
BOVIUI men will t > o shot to death at Ocmulgoo ,
the oupltnl of the Crek Nation , In accord
ance with the laws of the nattou. Thn men
arc H03 Ulloy , Jeff Brown , Douglas Brown ,
Cud go Barnett , Pars Johnson , Lake Andy
and Price Johnson , They wcro tried nt
Ocmulgeo last week and n verdict of death
returned by the Jury. They were convicted
of the murder of Hobcrt Reed and Hlluy
Walls In the Creek Nation October 'JO , ml.
The condemned men nro negroes , whllo their
victims were Creek Indians.
V IX 1HK COKE It EG 1OSS.
Xtmieroim UlnsH M ctln s Held
AVlmlcRalc ICvletloiiH Today.
ScoTTDAi.n , Pa. , April 19. Today was an
other lively day In the coke region. Numer
ous mass meetings were hold , and , preceding
the wholesale evictions which occur tomor
row , they nro taken with significance. With
n brass band to stir up their spirits n mooting
of several hundred strikers was held this
afternoon ut the Summit plant , whore Im
ported foreigners Imvo been nt work. Every
effort was put forth to get the Italians to at
tend , but without avail. Tonight there Is
great activity nil along the lino. The coke
companies will make persistent elTorts to resume -
sumo moro of their plants tomorrow , and the
labor lenders nro out to n man In the hope of
defeating the movement.
When the eviction movement is Inaugu
rated tomorrow it Is expected that some of
the distressing scones ot 1881 and 1880 will bo
ro-cnactcd. That many families will resist
seems to bo the general Impression. It was
learned today t.iat colored workmen would
ho shipped into the region during the coming
week to take the strikers' place. Imported
Italians and negroes will llitcly ho the weapons
pens of the different companies to break the
strike and car loads of them nro expected.
Tonight labor leaders say they hope Gov
ernor PattUon will como to the region , as in
tended , and make n rigid and searching in
vestigation Into affairs.
H Fnlr Tjulnircrf ) ' Tronlilcs.
CIIIUAOO , April 10. At a meeting of nearly
six hundred world's fair laborers today reso
lutions were adopted that If their "dcma'nds
are not acceded to by noon tomorrow ri strlito
would ensuo. To n reporter tonight a mem
ber of the linn employing the laborers said
emphatically that the reply to the laborers'
demand would bo in the negative. The men
ask eight hours and § 1.T5 per day Instead of
ten hours mid Sl.fiO
In a meeting of the Chicago trades assem
bly this afternoon It was decided to givn the
moral support of the assembly to the laborers.
Thn contractors propose to Invoke police pro
tection and a lively tlmo is expected tomor
row at the world's fair grounds.
SUES Jt'Oll A JOt' .H'8 JtIfE.lSi : .
Killtli Speers Determined to Get John
Uunslcy Out of im Aysluni.
CINCIXXATI , O , , April 10. Five weeks ago
John i ! . Ijunsley , u wealthy confectioner , was
sent toLongvlow asylum. Ho had gouo to
Now York and mtulo wild contracts , which
threatened to swamp his fortune. Ho had
ntso engngi'd himself to Miss Edith Spccra
of that city. Mtsj Specrs followed him herewith
with the intention of baffling the ef
forts of his relatives to put him In
an nbyluni. Kaimloy , however , acknowl
edged his mcnul weakness and
Miss Speors consented to his confinement.
Today , however , she swore out n writ of
habeas corpus , alleging that Hnnsloy has re
covered his senses. Miss Spoor has been in
this city over since her lover was committed.
She has visited the asylum several tlmos ,
and is now Ilrm In the belief that Mr. Hans-
ley has recovered his normal condition of
mind. A few days ago C. W. Baker , counsel
for Miss Spcer , received n letter from Mr.
Hansley begging that ho bo restored to lib-
ertv. This nerved Miss Spcer to make
andUfcr atlomut. Thosiiperlntoudcnt and dl-
reoton * of the asylum have been made parties
defendant.
SfXTIf MASSACHUSETTS.
it OL'Iclmitca the Anniversary of UK
'Jrlp Through Hnltlmore.
BAi/mioun , Mil. , Afcrll 19. The Sixth
Massachusetts light infantry , the veterans
known as the Worcester light infantry ,
lineal descendants of the old Sixth Massa
chusetts , well remembered as the first armed
and equipped regiment that marched to the
relief of the national capital , arrived hero
today at the same hour and ever the some
route traversed in 1S01. Thirty years ago
today the Sixth Massachusetts had
u conflict with ti mob whllo
passing through this city losing four
men killed and many wounded.
The demonstration today commemorates the
anniversary , i'ho veterans were met nt the
railroad station by G rand Arnty posts , de
tachments of Sons of Veterans und n deputa
tion of city ofllcmls. An address of welcome
was delivered by Mayor Davidson in a
happy vein , assuring thu veterans of the pro
found pleasure with which tholr visit was re
ceived. In the evening Duchcsno post en-
talncd the visitors at Carrolllou.
111CH HAVlt fOU ItUKGLAllS.
More Thau $ inOOO AVorth of Diamonds
mends und AVntcliCH Taken.
NOUWAJ.K , Conn. , April 10.-Burglars made
a raid In Lcgraud Jackson's jewelry store at
4S Wall street last night and , breaking open
the safe , rifled it of diamonds , watches
and other Jewelry amounting to about
815,000 and escaped. The plans of the
burglars were well prepared ana cleverly
carried out. Yesterday afternoon they
ontorcd.Mr. Jackson's store and requested to
sco some diamonds , but they made no pur
chases. Last night they llrcd a small barn
on the outskirts of the towu , and while the
police and llro departments were drawn from
the principal streets to the scene of the fire
they hastened to the roar of Mr. Jackson's
store , cut open n small window and entered.
The safe , wWch stood behind a board parti
tion In a back room , was soon cut open with
cold chisels and Its valuable contents re
moved.
AfTEll .TI.IAV YEAItS.
The Death of an Olntinnto Father He-
unites Two h'aittiful Ile.irtH.
Si'iiixuriin.i' , O. , April 10. Hon. Law-
rcnco T. Neal of Chllllcotho , the well known
democratic leader , now prominently men
tioned as n probable gubernatorial and United
States senate candidate , is hero today on
'
a romantic mission. Just after the 'civil
war Mr. Neal won the love of Miss Lizzie
Geode , daughter of .ludgo Geode of this city.
Tbo judge was ultra partisan at the time ,
and peremp'orlly forbade the match because
Neal was a democrat. The ulrl had too much
respect for her father to elope , and tbo two
lovers separated. The Judge died last week ,
leaving nearly 51,000,000. Both lovers Imvo
remained single and Mr. Noal's call today on
Miss Goode. coupled with other things , leads
to the belief that the falthtul couple will bo
married soon.
THE WEA'UlElt FUItECAST.
far Omaha and \'M\M\i \ \ \ lA\M \ ehowcra ;
cooler.
For Xtbrailtauirci und South Dakota Katn ;
winds ; ettilloiMry ( cmjimitmv.
Kontiicky'H Poisoning CIIHI * .
Louisvn.u : , Ivy. , April 10. The majority
of the sufferers from the poisoning at Linden ,
ICy. , are Improving , hut Mr. and Mrs. Will-
lam Terry of Anchorage nro worse. MM.
Hobcrt Gray nud Mrs. Clarcnco Warren of
Louisville uro unnblo to tnko nourishment
and nro slowly sinking. George Bcachnm , n
colored driver , Is not expected to live. The
brldo und groom arc in Cincinnati and Quito
Senator rtrlcn Must Pay HIM
Ooi.uMnus , O. , April 19. Senator Bnco
will , according to the decision of the supreme
nourt and the computations of the auditor of
Allen county , have to pay to the Ptato nearly
WS.OOO In back taxes. The nudltor HXM tbo
ttiscjsment at 1000,000 ,
WANT PAY FOR THEIR SLAVES
Curious Claim Against tbo Federal Govern
ment from Maryland ,
OMITTED FROM THE ROLL OF STATES ,
Xot Included In President Iilnonln'H
Proclamation Naming TIioso lu
HolHilllon The CCIIHIIS ami
Statistics.
WASHINGTON Buniuu Tun '
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5i : > Fomnr.ns'Tii STKKKF.
WASUIXOTOX , D. C. , April : . I
The fact that on last Thursday the colored
people of Washington celebrated the anni
versary of the emancipation proclamation by
parades of clvio and military bodies during
the day and by some very creditable literary
exercises In the evening brings to mind the
curious fact that the state of Maryland ,
which Joins the District of Columbia on nil
sides , has really a very strong equitable claim
against the government for the repayment of
the thousands of slaves who were freed by
the proclamation.
The claim Is based on the fact that In the
proclamation Issued by President Lincoln
emancipating the slaves owned In the states
then In rebellion nil the states were named
which were considered In rebellion , and the
nanio of the state of Maryland does not occur
In that proclamation , for as a tnattor of fact
Maryland never was classed among the rebel
states. Novorthelcjs her slaves were freed
just the same. The larger part of the
slaves owned in Maryland were In
the southern part of the stato. on the western
shore. That portion of the state now corn-
prises' the Fifth congressional district , and it
is interesting to mention that in the last con
gress Hon. Sidney B. Mudd , a republican
from that district , Introduced a petition setting
ting forth the facts and askltiR that the ques
tion bo referred to the treasury department
for investigation , with n vlow to eventual
adjustment. That this is not a more Idle
scheme , but Is the settled conviction uf many
people In Maryland that they have boon un
lawfully deprived of their slaves without beIng -
Ing compensated for them , Is shown In the
fact that In the bill of right * of the state ,
adopted In conjunction with the now consti
tution , made necessary by the results of the
war , this claim of the people of Maryland
ngutnst the United States Is distinctly held
and maintained. It goes without saying that
Maryland does not Intend to give up her
claim , and it is equally certain that the
United States will never recompense the
state of Maryland for these slaves.
TAHUT OX WINE AX1) CKUUS.
At the wholesale depots for the wino mak
ers of California , Ohio mid Virginia In this
city , it la stated that the effect of the McKinley -
loy law upon the wino trade is magical. The
consumption of domestic wine has increased
so rapidly that the prices have been advanced
because the simply , will not last ns long as
the demand. This advance has been con
strued by many to mean an advantage for
monopoly , but this Is not true. When the
McKlnlcy bill became a law the domestic
wino crop was fixed ; only a certain amount
could bo made. The Imported wines nro
not so popular , owing to increased
prices , and the domestic article
Is being called for. Preparations
nro bolni : made to manufacture many tlmos
moro.wine in this country.this season than
ever before , c.nd it is safe to soy that before
next Christmas domestic wino will bo cheaper
than over before , and the competition will
within two years moro bring down prices
much moro and elevate the quality.
The same Is true of domestic cigars , except
that the urices Imvo not advanced. There
was plenty of tobacco on hand , and the In
creased demand could bo mot by simply in
creasing the working forces. The quality Is
Improved and competition will lower prices
and hotter the quality. Very rapidly the
now tariff law Is vindicating Itself from every
charge made against it.
THU or.xsus AND STATISTICS.
Secretary Noble of the interior department - ,
ment was directed by the last congress to lu-
qulro Into and report upon to the next con
gress ns to the desirability of making the
census bureau n permanent department. Mr.
Noble has given the matter considerable
thought , although ho has not been able to
reach n ilnnl conclusion.
The suggestion has been made that If such
0 permanent bureau Is established hero ,
whoso duty it will bo to furnish statistics of
the industries and manufactures of this
country from month to month and'year to
vear , It would bo well to consolidate into ono
bureau nil the bureaus of statistics now pro
vided for. The treasury department now
maintains such n bureau , which of course
confines Itself entirely to the exports and im
ports of this country. The department of
labor confines itself to the statis
tics of work and wages , though it
has made several very successful side issues
into social and railroad questions. The de
partment of agriculture publishes monthly
reports of the movements of grain and live
stock ; and the new bureau of immigration
will dnvoto much attention to the statistics
of Its work.
It has been therefore suggested that it
would bo a wisa and Judicious move to con
solidate all these bureaus lute ono dopart-
mout , for it is now dlfllcult to sco how the
work of each of these independent bureaus
can bo readily made to fit Into the work of all
the other bureaus , like the cogs of a series of
wheels. At the sumo tlmo there Is the well
known indisposition to yield up oven the
slightest Jot or title of bureau authority , and
Secretary Noble Is therefore unnblo to say at
present Just what ho will recommend In that
lino. It is the general opinion that there
ought to bo a permanent census bureau to
furnish all statistics.
AL VnAZGY TALKS.
General Veazoy of the Interstate commerce
commission is Just back from Chicago. I
talked with him this afternoon concerning
western railroads In general and the offend
ing railroads which his commission nro after
In particular. Ho was of course reticent con
cerning the prosecutions which District At
torney Mllehrlst is conducting. Ho had
gone over much of the testimony with Mr.
Mllehrlst , and It appeared to ho the general's
idea that some interesting and important
disclosures would bo made when the grand
Jury finished Its work.
"Tho commission is pushing forward its
investigation everywhere. " said the general ,
"and wo nro not waiting for complaints to bo
made , but uro Investigating cases and making
complaints ourselves. The commission is
not only a Judicial body , but n prosecuting
ono , In a certain sense , for the law makes it
our special duty to sco that the provisions of
interstate commerce protection are executed.
This requirement will not permit us to sit
still and wait for complaints to come to us.
If wo waited many offenses against the law
might never be complained of and would con
tinue Indefinitely , for there are olten reasons
which prevent parties from giving in lorma-
tlon which would lead to prosecution. The
commission , therefore , has adopted Its own
machinery of locating offenses against the
law. Whenever wo have Information of an
offense It is submitted to the United Status
district attorney of the locality , and if ho re
quires aid in working up the proof of offense
wo scud him ft special agent. "
"From your recent observation nt Chicago
do you think offenses against the Interstate
commerce law nro increasing or decreasing I"
"In ono way they nro decreasing. There
uro Innumerable plans adopted for evading
the law. As soon a.s wo get track of ono of
these plans we begin prosecutions , and this
lias the effect of decreasing the offense In
this particular direction , but no sooner is ono
plan of evading the law broUcn up than an
other plan 1s adopted. There is the greatest
ingenuity In shifting these plans of opera
tion , and It takes tlmo to got nttho now opes.
It Is a singular fact that railroad men are the
most earnest lu urging that an offense bo In
vestigated and the offenders yrosocuted , uud
yet railroad men nro goncnlly the most un
willing class to glvo testimony ngnlnst of
fenders. In Chicago I\Uilked \ with many
prominent railroad men nod these connected
with trade nssoclntionslirtil they pointed out
with much carnostuessjl'various plans of
evading the law which ought to bo Investi
gated , llut while doing this they were un
nblo to furnish the ovlJodco necessary fern
n prosecution. This was of course nat
ural , for a railroad man does not
care to ho put In the position of making dis
closures concerning his associates. Although
we know of no offense being committed and
got the facts directly from railroad men , they
will not glvo us the preliminary testimony ,
and wo are therefore compelled to dig out the
matter through our own efforts. "
General Veazoy has been mentioned ns the
successor to Senator Edmunds , Aside from
the general's high standing lu Vermont and
throughout the countyy , his position as com
mander of the Grand Army of the Republic
makes him especially Mroug. Ho was asked
concerning the scnatorshlp.
"It Is absurd for anr man to say that ho
would decline n United States scnatorshlp , "
said ho , "but I an In no sense n candl'luto for
the place. Governor Page of Vermont has
until next November to look over the situa
tion , and ho Is a clcar-hcadcd , able man ,
whoso action will bo sure to give satisfaction
to the A Into and to thu country. From con
versations with Senator "Edmunds some time
prior to tits rcslgnutlon'1 Itnow that no would
retire. It is a loss which it will bo difucult
for the state to repair . ' , '
Till ! VACANT llltlOAntEU OKXEllASUMI1.
The Impression still prevails In army cir
cles that Colonel A. V. Itautz of the Eighth
infantry will succeed Brigadier General Gib
bon , who creates n vacancy lu that rank by
retiring on May 20. Colonel Kautz Is third
on the list , but horotlies next year , and to
give him the rank for retirement on account
of distinguished services there is n demand
for his preferment now. The rankini : ofll-
cors uro Colonel C. H. .Smith of the Nine
teenth infantry and Colonel G. Ij. Andrews
of the Tweiity-Ilfth. Colonel ICnutz was well
known In the civil . , wur and his ser-
vlco goes back about fifteen years be
yond either of Sils seniors to 184(5 (
and the Mexican war , when ho served as n
private in an Ohio regiment and afterward
took the regular course at West Point. Fol
lowing him comes Colonel Whcatou of the
Second infantry and Colonel W. K. Shnfter
of the First , who do not retire until 1897 and
18 ! ) ! ) respectively , and presumably can have
several future turns at promotion. The sixth
colonel in relative rank is Colonel E. A.'Carr
of the Sixth cavalry , who has a long record
of service , having entered West Point ns a
cadet In 1840. His retirement is due in ISOt.
Colonel W. P. Carllg-who follows next , re
tires near the end oM'JW ' , while Colonel H.
L. Dodge leaves the , nctlvo list loss than a
month after General Gibbon.
MISCCMAS'EOUS.
Unless there Is n\ sharp change In the
weather the physicians , throughout the coun
try who are arranging , to come hero next
week to attend the .annual meeting of the
American medical association , which con
venes on the .Mil prox. , will find the national
capital in full verdure with n hot atmosphere ,
the parks blooiuJng with ( lowers and every
thing looking Its best ; Imt they will also Hnd
n fearful mortality from1 the grip , pnounionla
and bronchitis. It /improbable : that so
many deaths , have occiiprcd hero In many years
as now. Middle-aged 'rtnd old persons are
dying fast from manj. ' .diseases and n good
opportunity It will bo ' 'for ' the doctors to dis
cuss various popular Jialadies.
Sam Milton , nn edit ir of Kedflold , la. , for
merly of Washington , bos arrived and will
remain fora week or' ; ri days. Ho says the
Blaine sentiment is . cry strong in his coun
try , but that Harrisfi uhas plenty of friends.
Twelve colored In antry recruits will bo
assigned to the Tw. nty-llfth Infantry and
forwarded to such v.Hnt.or points In the de
partment of Dakota a * the commanding gen
eral of the departniep < shall designate.
5. HUATH.
TEX it B. CA TTL'T Q VAJtA X TIX JB.
- ' v - T.vil > . ' ' ,
Western Cattlemen Want the Iilne Ex-
tcmle.il Farther South.
WASHIXGTOX , April 10. An earnest ef
fort is making on the part of cattlemen from
the far west to have the Texas fovcr cattle
quarantine line established by the agricul
tural department for the great cattle raising
states of Wyoming , Montana and Colorado
moved farther south and made to conform to
the quarantine line fixed upon by these states
for their own protection before the national
government quarantine line was estab
lished. Senator Carey of Wyoming pre
sented the matter fully to the agricultural
department , and it is probable that the matter -
tor will bo fixed as desired. The department
has communicated with Secretary Husk on
the subject and the secretary thinks' the de
partment can so far modify Its Instructions
as to permit cattle tobo shipped into the
states of Colorudo , Wyoming mid Colorado
from as far south ns heretofore , provided
these states give satisfactory assurance that
no cattle shipped into them shall bo sent out
of the states before December 1. The effect
of the order of the ugilculturat department
moving further north the quarantine line
established bv these states was to work n
serious hardship on largo numbers of men
having cattle between the line decided on by
tno national government and that which the
experience of the states named hud found to
bo safe ,
fK.tlt A FLOOD.
A Dam Above Denver Threaten * ) Neigh
boring Kaiiolmicii.
Dcxrcii , Colo. , April 10. Farmers living
along Cherry creek , rfbovo Denver , hold nn
indignation meeting In the oflico of the board
of public works hero and exposed n startling
state of atlnlr.i. The Denver Water Storage
company has Just finished a reservoir thirtv-
flvo miles above the city to supply water to
nn immense tract of heretofore arid land , of
which they have secured control. The dam
is Go feet high and drains ! ! 00 square miles of
country. The capacity of the reservoir is
many millions of gullons and the trend of the
Cherry creek basin is such that If the dam
gave way the whole of the enormous body of
water would bo precipitated upon n largo
part of t.ho city of Denver , after tearing over
the homes of huudrodsof , ranchmen.
The farmers claim that thorc Is now forty
feet of water behind chls dam , and thut the
vast pressure has already forced several
streams through It. They claim to have dug
down and found that the dam is built upon
quicksand , Instead of ou bed rnck , and that
the materials used afogo poor that its erec
tion Was criminal.
The company deii s. . the charge and fur
nishes statements sh.qwlug that it expended
HVJ.OOO in doing the | vdrk wc.lt. The ques
tion will probably be"brought to the supreme
court immediately , as thp ranchmen are in a
stato.of terror and sojnp fear Is felt In Den
ver. Should anything jjo wrong the ensuing
catastrophe would rival that of Johnstown ,
us the reservoir is 2,000 feet above the city ,
rr
"Western I'eqnle In Chicago *
CHICAGO , April 10.-Speclal [ Telegram to
Tun DKB. ] Amotic tUe western people In
Chicago today were th i following :
At the Grand Pacitli Qradon , Helena ,
Mont. ; Thomas A. Hiilqy , O. J. Taylor , Sioux
City , In. ; Mr. and Mrs. iJ. H , Burrows , Mr.
unu Mrs. J. M. Thurston , Omaha.
At the Wellington Mr. and Mrs. E. Wells ,
Jerry Connelly. Omaha ; D. C. Staploton ,
Wallace , Nob. ; George C. Amos , DCS Moluos.
At the Lcland G. S. II. Uoughton , Chey
enne , Wyo.
At the Audltorlum- . C. S. Kaymonti ,
Omaha ; Martin ; MnglnnU , Helena. Mont , ;
Marcus Dulv , Anaconda , Mont. ; L. E. Trent ,
Salt Lake City.
At the Palmer O. C. Ilighnm , Grand
Forks , N. D. ; Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hall , C. C.
Williams. Umaha.
At the Troino'nU-C. W. Eaton , Cedar Rap
ids , la. ; K. 1C , Unydon , E. U. Anderson , H.
J. Hoffman , Lincoln , Nob. '
7fZj
Italian Ifn'nilRrantH Sput Homo.
NEW YOIIK , April 10. ( .Special Telegram
to Till : OKI : , | Eighteen Immigrants , the
most of them ItnUans who came hero on the
steamer Ob Jam , were ordered to bo returned
by Colonel Webber today on the ground that
they were likely to become public charges ,
I
DAKOTA'S ' COLLEGE ROWS ,
Details of the Trouble nt the VormllUon
University ,
WHY GROSE IS DISLIKED UP THERE ,
lie AVas Unpopular from tlic Kli-Kl ,
nnil is Now Tlicro Only on Sttl-
rorancc South Da-
Icotn Gossip.
Piniinn , S. I ) . , April 10. [ Special to Till !
BUB. ! For sotno tlmo past Dakota papers
Imvo been illlcd with reports of the trouble
at the state unls'crslty at Vorinlllton , but us
the matter Is so complicated and llio Inci
dents , detailed as they happened , have neces
sarily been disconnected , there arc none save
these who Imvo imulo n personal examination
of the diniculty , who have But n faint Idea of
tbo present state of affairs.
Something over n year ago , when the selec
tion of n president to 1111 the plauo niado va
cant by the death of Dr. Olson , temporarily
hchi by Prof. Mars , camu up , n meeting uf
the board of trustees nt which only three
members out of the live were present , by a
vote of a to 1 gave a call to Hov. H. 11. Grose ,
pastor of a Baptist church In Pittsburg. Pa.
When the news of Grose's appointment was
made public , It seems not to have struck the
faculty favorably. At once the faculty ofll-
clally informed Groso that the appointment
did not meet/Its ideas , and advising him not to
accept. Sir. Groso , however , ciima on and
assumed the duties without apparent serious
opposition. It was u hard phico for him to
1111 to follow Ur. Olson , who hnd
been greatly beloved by all the students
Mr. Uroso had had practically no experience
us an Instructor.
When the tlmo caino around for the con
sideration of the matter whether Groso
should have a call for a second your , there
scorned to bo no small fcoilng that his tlmo
should expire at the ciid of ttio first year. Ho
had been tried and lucre was no disguising
the fact that tie had given poor satisfaction.
But It was rumored that the board of trustees
was favorable to his retention. This set some
of his more violent opposers , especially
among the students , qulto wild. A petition
was circulated among the students to the
board of regents , board of trustees , faculty
and to Groso himself , seeking his resigna
tion. Borne of the cooler headed students
managed to Imvo the petitions made as re
spectful under the circumstances as possible. .
Upon the uppcaranco of these petitions none
of the parties proposed to retire under llro ,
of course ; and the hint might have been
gently taken but for the hothcadcdncss of
President Inman , who at this stage of the
game came forward and without utiy formal
action of the board of trustees announced in
chapel that seven , of the students who had
made themselves most obnoxious to him In
the matter were indefinitely suspended.
This did make Homo howl. Now the mat
ter ROCS to the board of regent" , the board
that has general supervision of all the
state Institutions. There appeared before -
fore this board at Brooklngs the seven stu
dents who had been suspended through their
attorney , Judge Palmer , of Sioux Falls
Professors Mars , Culver and Hnlburt , ropro
sentlug the faculty who before this had
petitioned lor the resignation of Groso , un
animously with ono exception Prof. Bristol ,
Groses ! brother-in-law ; President Grose ,
thu board of trustees and two students ,
representing ITU student. OS per cent of the
total attendance , who had petitioned for
Grose's resignation. This Brooking's meet
ing of the board f regents resulted lu the
reinstatement of the seven students sus- .
puudcd by Monroe and resolutions that the
school should not close for the spring torin ,
asked for by some on account of the reduced
appropriation of the late legislature , which
had been made with the Intention of abolish
ing the preparatory and normal departments ,
ostensibly on account of hard tlmos , and
that President Grose's course was such as to
commend itself to thorn. The object of the
board of regents was pcaco.
Before Groso had reached VormllUon upon
his return bo had committed acts of small
goucral importance which condemned him
further In the eyes of his opponents. Upon
his return his first ofllclnl act was to attempt
to discharge all the minor employes about the
college , such as Janitor , librarian , etc. , in most
cases students who had opposed him , and
were drawing small salaries , Ji or $8 a week ,
and placing other students in their stead.
These discharged promptly appsulcd the matter -
tor to President Edgorlon , of the board of
regents , who told them not to worry about
who did the work , as Grose's "discharge. "
didn't count and they would draw the salary.
Now ono lust complication and this grand
educational drama rests for the present. For
all the institutions of the state the board of
regents appoints subcommittees of their
members to have special charge. Of this
committee for the university , Chairman
Brandt last week took It in" his bands to help
"regulate" matters n llttlo , as they didn't
seem to bo running very well. He told all
the Instructors of the normal and preparatory
departments they were discharged on account
of a lack of appropriation by the state to
nrovldo for them. As these teachers had
been hired by the year on a yearly salary
they didn't propose to glvo way upon the say
of anybody , much less the authority of
Chairman Brandt. And so hero the matter
rests.
BEXATOIl FETTIdHUW'S PLANS.
Senator Frank Pottigrow of Sioux Falls is
homo from Washington , visiting with his
friends and constituents , catching up with
his public and private business and thus
combining business and recreation. Ho ox-
expects to do.somo traveling over the state
before his return , and will go to'tho Black
Hills country about Juno 1 , where ho will
spend savoral weeks.
M In regard to his now running mate , Senator
Kyle. Mr. Pcttigrcw said "I understand
th'nt no intends to work with Senator Polter
and form a third party. They will cut very
llttlo ilguro in the senate As to this now
party , the independent party , or whatever
they propose to call it , the movement will
bo short-lived. There Is no question but
they have wrongs that ought to bo righted ,
and It is to bo hoped that they will succeed
in accomplishing this , but for the formation
of n now party it takes some great Issue or
principle for which men are willing to lay
asldo their personal preferences and light.
That this now party has anything of
this kind as far ns I can sco no ono has been
able to discover so fur. "
HAS AN OUOAX IX VIKW.
The now farmers' alliance or independent
party In the state is not dead nor doth it
sleep. It seams to have caught on to the
wisdom of J. S. Clarkson , and will put its
coalldenco in the great public educator , the
nowrpnpor. It proposes to have a newspaper ,
In sympathy with its vlows , established lu
every county , ono newspaper nt least in each
county upon which It can depend through
thick and thin. This would look like sound
political wisdom , whatever may bo the wis
dom of Its other vlows. The fact that this is
the case Is corroborated by reports from w
number cf localities. The rank and Hie of
the party understand such to bo the plan ,
nor Is It denied by the so-called leaders.
Among tbo early accessions to the schema Is
the Salem Register , which will bo edited by
N. W. Wade of Mitchell.
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL I.ANDS.
South Dakota is seeing lively times-If
generally the times nro supposed to bo dull
and money close. Probably ono of the bus
iest men in the state is Laud Commissioner
Thomas H. Uuth. Ho llnd.s quite a land
ofllco business on his hands. In the first
place , the public- school lands are estimated
nt over 2,700,000 acres. According to the en
abling act the state Is allowed to select 020,000
acres as endowment lands for various state
Institutions. Then the last congress further
appropriated to the state the Slssoton Indian
reservation , comprising something over
ninety thousand ucres. Furthermore , It is
estimated that the state will have over ono
hundred thousand acres In what nro
known as indemnity lands , where for
any reason the original surveys ute lacking
Commissioner Hutb has nlrt , ? commenced
the sale of these lands where\ \ . , can bo dis
posed of to good advantage. \ ! constitu
tion tlxes the minimum price * , \cso lauds
at f 10 per acre so that none 4 sold for
loss than that price. Some of t. ' ; nds that
Imvo been appraised and soldth > ar have
brought as high as $100 per aorchis was
the case In Ynnktou county whet no val
uable cement lands were sold. U were
sold In Mtnnelmha county as high VV A
section near Plerro sold for fcl.V ncro.
From the success In selling so fan nils-
( donor Until estimates that V-o re
ceipts from lands this year will
easily roach fi.000,000. This nt
fl per cent will glvo the publlo schools the
hnndsomo Income of fclO.O'.K ) for next year ,
which will be gradually Increased. The In
crease Is distributed equally per capita
among the school children of the stato. The
commissioner estimates that these lands will
net the state not loss than $10,000,000 , enough
to more tlmn cover the sfatc , county and mu
nicipal Indebtedness , which eventually will
innko It possible that notn cent of Interest
should go out of the stato. Of the ? 1OUU,000
received this year Ho expects to Invest n largo
share In Irrigation bonds under the Melville
law passed by the Into legislature. Ono mil
lion dollars Invested In Irrigating by artesian
wells moans an added prosperity that will bo
felt.
LAST irUKli'S JHVNIXESS.
"What. Clearing House Honoris Sliow
for the Volume of Trade.
BOSTOX , Mass. , April 19. [ Specl.u Tolc-
gr.im to Tin : BIH. : ] The following tablecom
piled from dispatches from the maiugcrs of
the clearing houses of the cities named , show. *
the gross exchanges for last week , with rates
percent of Increase or decrease , as against the
similar amounts for the corresponding week
In IS'JO ' :
CLEAlUNQfl.
Not Included In totals.
VAS.lli.
Itcport or lieutenant \Vyso 51 ado to
the Iiliiiilator.
PAIUS , April 19. A report ou the Panama
canal has been sent to the liquidator of the
company , Monchlcourt , by Lieutenant Wyse ,
who has boon negotiating with the Colum
bian government to prolong the concession.
It was apparently prepared with the object
of concealing amid an endless maze of words
and rhetorical expressions about the poor
prospects and the actual hopelessness of any
further enterprise in that direc
tion. Menchlcourt personally considers
that the report offers a fnvorablo
basis for now ilnanclnl operations. AccordIng -
Ing to n leading Marseilles paper the govern
ment , In view of the prospective failure of
the harvest of wheat and the deafness of
bread , will propose In the chambers a
temporary suspension of the tariff on cereals.
That the report Is true is improbable , but Is
notable as nn Indication of the dilllcultlcs
awaiting the government In the tariff debate
In the fnco of diminution of the corps.
A statement reproduced hero from Gor
man papers declares that the French gov
ernment Is chagrined by a communication
from the czar regarding the demonstration
made during the visit of Empress Frederick
to Paris. . This statement also savs that
when the attitude of Emperor William
seemed menacing , the c/ar , being sounded ns
to whether ho was prepared to
support Franco In the controversy , replied
that ho disapproved of the laxness of the
French government In permitting nn Insult
to an imperial per omigo , his relative. The
statement adds that this rebuke was keenly
felt for a tlmo and had the effect of modify
ing the pro-Hussian programme of the foreign
ofllco.
A striking example of French subsorvnncy
to the Russian alliance has just ocuurcd In club
circles , young Doulors , nn attache of the
Husslan embassy , son of the Russian secre
tary of foreign affairs , Introduced at a load-
li.g club a friend ns a temporary member.
At the expiration of the term of temporary
membership M. IJcglors proposed his friend
for permanent membership , but the commit-
tea lound the candidate oujoctionublo and
wrote M. ueglers advising him to withdraw
his nomination. M. Doglors was Irritated and
refused to do so. The committee again advised
the withdrawal of the nomination , where
upon Ilaron Do Mohrenhclm , the Russian
ambassador Interfered and wrote to thn com-
mitten that if the candidate was blackballed
hoould cause every member af the Husslan
embassy to resign , as a number of the club
members desired to resent the ambassador's
letter. The affair attaining the proportlonu
of a dlplomatlo Incident , the commltto Jlimlly
decided that it would bo host to admit thu
candidate. Other high ofllclals not Husslan
declare that the dictatorial action of Dnron
Mohrcnholm ought to bo repulsed. Not the
least curious feature of the episode Is u re
port that thu "lll'inaunorcd Jew" thus forced
upon the club Is in the pay of the Russian se
cret service.
H. Kohlsaat of the Chicago world's fair
directory has arrived hero after an extensive
tour of Europe. Ho reports that business
houses ara taking : i greater Interest In the
fair and that the continental press Is treating
the fair moro Justly. Mr. Kohlsaat will start
for Chicago at the end of the month after
maklntr another tour of Kuropo.
General J. W. Foster and J. G. Blulno , jr. ,
have arrived from Madrid. They went to
church today with Mr. Held , the United
States minister. Mr. Hold will present Mr.
iilaiuo to the prince of Wales.
General Foster will proceed homo without
delay.
The past week 1ms been u festive ono at the
United States legation. On Monday Mrs.
Hold gave a reception , which was tallowed
by two largo dinner * and n muslcale. On
Thursday n dinner of twenty-four covers was
given in houorof Bishops Doano and Whip-
pie ,
Cincinnati the Itopulillcan Mecca.
CiN'ci.NXATi , O. , April lO. Thls city Is
rupldly filling with delegates to the national
r6publlcan league convention. Delegations
are already lioro from Nebraska , Now York ,
Minnesota , Illinois and Ulilo. It Is expected
that forty stato. * will bo represented. Hon.
John W. Thurstca ot Onmtm , president of
the league , loft Chicago for this city this
oveulng aud will arrive In the morning.
PASSED THE DAY QUIETLY ,
President Hftrrlson tind Party- Enjoy Much
Needed Boat in Qalvoatou ,
PLEASED WITH LONE STArt HOSPITALITY ,
All tin ; Local Italian ScletloM TaUo
Part In thu 1'iiraito Poslnutstcr
WnunmiUccr Ho-
Join * the Party.
GAt.vniiTox , Tex. , April 10. After the ro-
ccptlon last night , iwpondlni ? to n formal
welcome by ( ioncr.il Waul on behalf .of the
mayor , who was 111 , the president expressed
tlr.iuks for the cordial welcome1 , and , lu the
course of his remarks said : "I am glad to
Invo been able to truvorso the harbor anil
look upon the llbsr.il work which the gov
ernment has Inaugurated for your benefit ;
and for the bcuollt of the northwest. I have
always believed that It was 0110 of the undis
puted functions of the general government
to make these great water-ways and hurbora
Into which our shipping must oomo lit to receive -
ceivo the tribute of rail and river , safe and
easy of access. I doprec.Uo n waste of pub-
lie money , but am not nn economist In the
sense that I would leave Incomplete or sufCcc
to lag any great work highly promotlvo ot
the Interest of our people. " Kofemug to re
ciprocity , the president said : "Tho law
leaves It fully to the executive to negotiate
such measures , and when our neighbors IMVO
mauoup an acceptable schedule of articles
produced by us to bo given frco access to
their ports , the policy of the namlniatratlou
has been to secure such accruing bcneilts to
our citizens by a proclamation ot
reciprocity with such government ,
and I think , without disclosing-
executive secrets , that the arrangement
with Brazil cannot fail , through the efforts
of wide awake American merchants , 10 re
sult in lasting benefit to the United Status as
a whole. The manifest of ono steamer , to
Illustrate , which lately sailed for Brazil ,
showed that twenty-live steamer. ) contrib
uted to the cargo. The fraternal and Kindly
spirit manifested by our southern neighbors
has stimulated the desire for larger commer
cial Intercourse and friendship. Wo shall
need American ships to transport American
goods to thi'so ports and the last congress ap
propriated ? lr , > 00,000 for steamship contracts
to carry foreign mails. Our citizens In for
eign uorts will , 1 hope , through the now Im
petus given American commerce often see la
distant waters vessels Hying ourbclovod Hag ,
currying from our shores the products our
tellers bad dispatched to thorn In exchange ,
for the products of other cllmea , and shall
now and then see steaming Into these ports a
ilno modern man-of-war Hying the United
States Hug , with modern guns on deck and a
bravo American crew on the forccastlo. Wa
should add to all this , If happily It is likely
to bo accomplished by individual effort. thOt
early completion of the Nlciinvuguu canal. A
short route should bo opened and will bo.
Then there will como great prosperity to nil
our people.
"Wo nro great enough and rich enough to
reach forward to a grander conception than
has entered the mind of some ot our states
men in the past. If you nro content , I am
not , that the nations of Europe shall absorb-
nearly the entire commerce of the near sister
republic that lies south of us. It Is naturally ,
in a largo measure , ours ; ours by nelehbor-
hood , nearness of access , ours by that sym
pathy that binds n hemisphere- without a
King. Wo have said to those nations from
whom wo received our great staples sugar ,
civo , us , frco nc-
amount , of our produce In"
wo will rolmposo duties on tho' articles
namou. The foreign mail service Is the only
mail service out of which the government
has been making n not profit , Our postal
sorvUc by land is carried on at nu annual
drllclency , but the theory of our mail ser
vice Is that for the best Interests of the pco-
plo wo nro not to make a prollt thereon , bud
are to glvo them ns cheap postage as possible.
We are many of us looking forward to an era
of 1 cent postage in. this country. Wo have
been so close and penurious in dealing with our-
ships carrying foreign malls that wo actually
made revenues out of that business , not hav
ing spent for it what wo received from It.
Now we propose to change that policy and ,
make moro liberal contracts lor American
lines carrying American mails. Some cue-
may say that wo ought not go Into this busi
ness ; that it is n subsidy. But , my friends ,
every other great nation of the world has
hern doing it it Is doing it today. England
and Franco have built up their great steam
ship lines by government aid , iiml It .scorns tome
mo that our attitude with reference to that
is aptly Illustrated by the new business meth
ods of all enterprising merchants , who , in
stead of waiting In their places of business for-
trade to como to them , have sent men out with ,
samples to seel ? trade , whereas If ho should
refuse to adopt these modern methods ho-
would bo compelled to go out of business.
And by refusing to adopt tno universal meth
ods of our competitors in commerce to stimu
late their shipping interests wo also should
Hnd ourselves outstripped by cntorprlslncf
competitors. Already steamship lines are
looking over routes with a vlow
to Increasing their tonnage and es
tablishing new lines. This nppropriuttoa
for foreign mails is for one year ,
and if , during roy term of ofllce , they shall
strike down a law I believe bonuliclnl or do-
destroy its energy by withholding appropria
tions 1 [ shall bow to their will , but fool
greatly disappointed If wo do not imiko this ,
nn era for the revival of American commerce.
Thcso are not questions of party ; they nro
great American questions , and 1 conlidently
submit my vlows to the urbltrarment of our
bravo and enlightened suffrage.
The presidential party enjoyed n much ,
needed rest today , whllo the people desir
ous of showing every honor and attention to
the chief magistrate , they respected his re
quests and allowed him to pass the day in
quoit and abandoned several demonstrations
reserved for toduy. Ho as well as the other
members of the party are loud In their'
pralf.es of the unbounded hospitality of the
people of Texas. It is the llrst tlmo that the
chlof magistrate of the nation has ever vis
ited this state In his ofllclal capacity , but if
President Harrison Is anything of n prophet
and bis successors nro at all moved by his ;
plrasant experience hero , It will never ba
overlooked In that respect In the future. A
noteworthy feature of the grand demonstra
tion was the cordial welcome glvon the prosl-
dent by the Italian colony. All their local
sodoties participated lu the parade , actings
special escort to the Italian consul at Galvcs-
ton , nid : that gentleman afterwards , on tholr
holiaf ! , presented thv president with a beau
tiful Horn ! design , symbolic of peace and fra
ternity. The American and Italian Hags
were "crossed at the top of the plcco with a
floral dove between thorn.
Postmaster General \Vannamnhor \ rejoined
the party last evening. Among today's ar
rivals at the Beach hotel \\cro Senators
Teller and bquiro of Colorado , Senator War
ren of Wyoming and other gentlemen from
those states and Montana. They had a
King and satisfnntory confiirouca with Hoc-
rotary Husk regarding the shipment of cnttlo
to 4no states r.umcd during the summer
months. Secretary Husk informed them that
the pr < ! sent order In regard to that tnattor
would ho changed to suit tholr wishes , pro
vided lha cattle shipped would not ba ra-
shlppoa south before December 1 next. See
orotury Husk , having accomplished the busl-
nois ( lint brought him to Texas , has con
cluded to ramalii with the president during-
the ivnar.liulur of the trip.
Gtmoru ! Stanley , commanding the depart
ment of Tt.-xns , Joined the presidential party
at Oalviitton and accompanied It to San Aur
toulo for ttui p'lt'pt o of examining the mill-
tar ) situation along the Mexican border.
The proMdont. nucoinpanlnd by Postmaster
General \Vaninuker , nltou'loa ' dlvliv services
this morning ut tl'.e First Prc'-byturlau
church. In the nUenioon the prtisldout wont
nut for n wuln with Mrs , Uliuinick uud Mrs ,
Ituuoll Hftrrbou.