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' ' . < 1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , IJTTNE 45 188& 'THEY TURNED TDE TABLES. The Omaha Boys Paralyze the Blue Uniformed Aggregation. SWARTZEL FEARFULLY SLUGGED. f Annls Mnkcs III * First Error This Season , Hut Redeems Ilia Honor nt the Bat Other Sunday Games , " \VeMorn Aflnoclntlon Standing. 1 The appended table gives the standing of the clubs , Including yesterday's games : Played Won LostPrCt Dos Molncs 15 8 .052 fc f Omaha Eft 10 10 .015 r Kansas City 27 15 13 .585 * St. Paul 23 13 11 .531 Milwaukee B3 It 11 .500 St. Louis 37 13 15 .444 Chicago 21 8 13 .880 Minneapolis . .87 9 18 .833 Otnnha 14 , Kansas City. 3 Omaha wins. The Kansas City people wore easy victims In the game yesterday , which was witnessed by 0,750 , people , actual count , and what a t * contest It was , to bo sure. " The home team came to bat and went out with that remarkable celerity for which they nro so justly celebrated on certain occasions. Then Cartwright of Kansas City hit to Miller - lor , who fumbled , and the ox-section man reached first. "Banana" Campau hit to O'Coiinod ' and ho likewise fumbled nnd Cart- Wright ran down to second nnd tried to get homo , but was put out at the plate , which made him tired. Hassamncr hit bard to right und Campau scored , Kansas City 1. Then Burns and Doran went out nt first nnd Shannon picked up his willow , tit-wil low stick , nnd hit the ball way over among the carriages for a homo run , but some chump with more ngtllty than good sense picked it up and throw it to "Dago" Campau nnd Shannon only mndo three bags , owing to n ground rule made before the 'game , which compelled a man to take what ho could got , nnd no more. But Wilson mndo a hit and Shannon scored , after which Miller Hew out to Hassamacr. Neither sldo scored in the third. In the fourth O'Conncll ' hit to Ardner.who fumbled. Then Burns went out on a foul tip. Dorun made a hit and O'Conncll crossed the piece of marble across which the pitcher throws balls. Doran actually stole second and was left there , Shannon and Wilson going out. . Omaha 2. Then Hnssamcr hit to O'Connell.who again fumbled. Hassamer got second on Ardncr's hit nnd scored on a two-baso hit by Manning , which also brought in Ardncr. Then Johnson dud Swartzel went out. , Kansas City 4. But at this juncture something struck the Omaha team , or the Omaha team struck something , for Miller mndo a hit to right. A hole in Clarke's bat prevented him from hit ting the ball , and then Thomas Lovett , Esq. , inudo a hit which sent the corngrinder to second. Then Father Annis made a two- bagger nnd Miller and Lovott came In. Then O'Counoll made a two-bagger nnd Annis scored. Burns made a hit aud O'Con- nell scored , Doran made a two-bagger and Bums scored. That was all. Do'ran went out at third , and Wilson struck out. Omaha 7. In the sixth both sides wore kalsoinlncd. In the seventh Annis came to bat , feeling very tired , having made his first error this season in the previous Inningby muffing Ard- ner's fly in the yellowest manner possible , and rapped out a double : O'Connell hit to Urodloy , who muffed his fly , and Annis went to second on the error. Then old man Burns made a hit and Annis scored. Subsequently Doran was hit by the ball and Shannon made a two-bngger , nnd everybody but the hist named gentleman scored. Wilson tore a gap In the atmosphere. Miller made u hit and Shannon scored , after which Clark aud Z Iiller went out on a double. Omaha 12. In the eighth Lovott made a hit and scored after Annls went out on a hit by O'Counoll , Who was put out nt third. Burns , Doran and Shannon were loft sitting on bases by Wil son's out on a foul tip. Kansas City blanked. In the ninth Omaha made ono run. Kansas City 0. Score 14 to 3. Hero It Is. Read it ; OMA.IIA. Totals -10 14 18 3 27 23 7 KANSAS CITY. Totals 35 3 0 1 27 18 4 sconi : IIY IX.M.S'OB. Omaha 0 1015051 1 11 Kansas City . . . .1 00300000 3 Uuns earned Omaha 9. Two-baso hits .Annis 3 , O'Conncll 1 , Doran 1 , Shannon 1 , .Manning 1. Three-base hits Shannon 1 , Miller 1. Double and triple plays Lovett- Sliannon , Ardnor-Manning-CartwrightJSlan- ning-Ardner-Cartwright. Bases on called tails OH Swartzol 1. Bases from being hit l > y pitched balls Doran 1. Struck out By Clark S , Swartzel 8. Passed balls W ilson 1. " " pitches-Clark 1 , Swartzol 1. Time of ' :55. : Umpire Brcnnan. Minneapolis 1 , Chicago O. CHICAGO , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to TUB Biir-About ] three thousand people delighted Sam Morton's heart this afternoon by attending the Western association championship game. To turn his simple delight - light into rapture the nine maroon legged ball players kept the Minneapolis boys down to one run and piled up nine themselves. Only three base hits could Minneapolis got off Dwyer , and the one run secured was made oft a fly which Moriarity mutTod as ho etruggled through the mire. Long made a queer but sharp play In the seventh , when ho Btruok nt a wild ball purposely and reached second on a missed third strike. It did him no good , however. When Nicholson first wont to bat ho was presented a liandsouio basket of flowers by Chicago admirers , nml lie | Klitely responded by striking out. Ho pitches a strong game till u limn chances to wake a safe hit , and then he goes to pieces like a circus tent lilt with a cyclone. Score Maroons , . . . ,0 0007000 2 9 Minneapolis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 Pitchers Dwyers aud Nicholson. Basu hits Maroons 11 , Minneapolis 3. Errors- Maroons 4 , Minneapolis 2. Umpire Fessen den. St. Paul 11 , MIUvHiiken n. MILWAUKEE , Wis. , Juno 8. f Special Tele gram to TUB BKB.J Milwaukee lost her third game of the scries to St. Paul to-day Ilarucr vras in tbo box for the locals , and ho pitched a very effective garno up to tbo sixtl inning , when St. Paul made seven fcofo hits which , coupled with four errors by Milwau liee , yielded six runs. Duryea was hit iiard , too , and the game was n slugging mate ! throughout , Lowe , Maskroy and Heillj knocked homo runs , and Pickott and Duryea cot three-bagger * . Sbafcrgot angry at a de cision of the umpire , and loft the ground , re fusing to play , but was coaxed back. Score ty Innings ; MUwauVoo 1 00100310-5 Bt. Paul. . , , 0 0100631 x U Earned runs Milwaukee 4 , St. Pauls Doses on baJls-rOff Duryea 4 , off Haruer 2 { Struckout Torsher (2).LowolStraussCus ( ) pick. Warner , Muri'by , Carroll , Sbafcr , Bell V ( ? ) t ICemmlcr. Two-base hits-Lowe Jarroli , Morrlssey (2) ( ) . Three-base hits 'ickett (2) ( ) , Durycs. Home runs Lowe , daskroy , Hellly. Double plays Warner to Cusslck. Passed bftlls Wnrncr 1 , Wild > ltch Duryea 2. Umpire Hagan. Time :43. : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ EblSOX'S LATEST. Scrmo New Conlrlrnticc For Instruc tion nnd Amusement. CHICAGO , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tnn DEE. ] It looks ns if Wizard Edison has 'or some time been expecting that ho would mvo to provide playthings forallttlo girl , for now , just after the arrival of a beautiful ittlo daughter , comes the news that Edison las invented n talking doll. This is n most icrfcct mechanical device , it is wax , of jcautif ul workmanship , the jaws are hung so naturally that ono unacquainted with the fictitious character of the doll would imagine ihat they belonged to a genuine flesh and blood infant. The body of tbo doll contains a miniature motor and the smallest phonograph graph ever mado. The phonograph aud the laws are worked simultaneously and the fictitious infant talks for Just ono minute by Edison's golden chronometer. Of course the human volco is reproduced and this doll will slog , speak , lat'gh and cry as if alive. Edison lias also made a clock that says ono o'clock. Lwo , etc. , as the case may be. Edison said that Prof. Murybridgc , the Instantaneous photographer , had visited him lately and had proposed to him n schema which , if carried to completion , will afford nn almost end less field of instruction nnd amuse ment. The photographer said that ho had been conducting ] a series of experiments recently and had almost perfected a photo graphic appliance by which ho would be en abled to accurately reproduce gestures and Facial expression of , for nn instance , Mr. Blaine in the act of making a speech. This was tionc. ho sold , by taking some sixty or seventy instantaneous photographs of cacli position assumed by the speaker , then throw ing them by means of a magic lantern upon a * screen. Ho proved to Edison that the phone craph should bo used in connection with his Invention ; that photographs of Edwin Booth as Hatnlot , Lillian Husscll in some of her songs , nnd other artists of note should bo ex perimented with. Edison , ho said , , could produce with his instrument the tones of the voice , while ho would furnish the gestures and facial expressions. The scheme mot with the approval of Edison , aud ho intended to perfect it at leisure. Ono ot Jlm VUk'8 Ghnrmcra. Nnw YOIIK , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram TEE BP.E.J The trial of Ann Odclia Solomon , Luther Marsh's deposed spiritualistic me dium , and General Diss do Barr will be begun Monday in the court of general sessions. Judge Glldersocvo will preside. It is not ex pected that very much time will bo consumed in selecting a jury. A peculiar fact which will probably come out on the trial forms a connecting link between Colonel Jim Fisk and Ann Odelia in 18C9 and 1SH ) . She was .lien of attractive form and pleasing fea tures. She had left her life of shame and was stopping for a few days at a residence on Second avenue , between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. The third day Jitn Fisk drove up to the house with his splendid rig nnd Ann Odelin drove oil with him. She was heard of from time to time , but she did not rctum. The madame and General Diss de Barr will bo tried on the indictment for conspiracy. Stabbed Him Thirteen Times. CIIESTOK , la. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tun Bnn. ] Charles Shrcovcs , n hard ware merchant of Murray , killed Lon Wiars , a fanner living nt Orient , nine miles north of here , nt 11 o'clock last night. Their quar rel grew out of Wiars' objection to Shreoves , inlying attention to his sister , and Wiars hail dared him out to fight. After they had been out u short time Shrceves returned to town and sent a physician to Wiurs , whom ho saiu was hurt. Wiars was brought home , where ho died in a few minutes from the effects of thirteen stabs inflicted with a knife. Shrceves mndo no attempt to escape and claims that ho killed Wiars in sell-defense. He is of good family and has borne a hith erto good reputation. Wiars had been drink ing , and when in liquor , which was frequent , was quarrelsome. Ho leaves a wife and three children. Shrceves gave himself up to au ofllcor. Spoiled Her Ktiropcnn Trip. NEW Yonit , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tun BEI : . ] Alice Woodhull , the famous female forger , who victimized old Gill , in whoso family she was employed , and finally fled to England after getting $150,000 by forging his name , was brought back to-day on the steamer Ohio , in charge of a United States marshal. She was lodged in the Lud- low street jail. Murder and Suicide. LOOAK , O. , Juno 3. In a log cabin on a farm four miles from hero the dead bodies of James Phillips and his wife were found yes terday. It appeared from a note left by Phillips and from the testimony of their children that Phillips had cut his wife's throat with a pocket-knife and then had used the same upon his own throat. They l < "oiiKl > t Over Deer. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Juno 3. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] Andrew Paxton was fatally stabbed by S. O. Brady in n room at No. 537 McGee street yesterday morning. Paxton assaulted Brady In his own room be cause the latter Joined his employer in buy ing beer , and in the fight received a mortal wound. Both men are colored. Fatal Arkansas Storm. KANSAS CITY , Juno 3. A Times special say a furious storm swept over Washington county , Arkansas , causing much loss of life and property. In one hamlet twelve houses were destroyed. It is rumored that toven perbous were killed and seven or eight more badly injured. In Favor of Diaz. CITY OF MEXICO , ( via Gulveston ) , Juno 3. A monster demonstration was held here to day in favor of the reelection of President Diaz , Twenty thousand workingmen marched through the principal streets and called upon the president at the national palace , . * The Fire llcuord. PANAMA , ( via Galveston ) , Juno 3. A fire originating in thu Hotel Konia this morning , entirely gutted ten largo houses , The loss is estimated nt $300,000. Weather Indications. For Ncbra < > ku and Dakota : Fresh to brisk southerly winds , warmer fair weather fol lowed by rain. For Iowa : Light to fresh southerly winds , warmer fair weather. DYSPEPSIA Causes its victims to bo miserable , hopeless , confused , and depressed in mind , very Irrita ble , languid , and drowsy. It U a" disease which does not get well of Itself. It requires careful , persistent attention , and a remedy to throw oil the causes and tone up the dlges- tUe organs till they perform their duties \\llllngly. Hood's Sarsaparilla lias proven just the required remedy inhundrcds of cases. ' I liavo taken Hood's Sarsaparllla for dys pepsia , from which I have suffered two years. I tried many other medicines , hut none proved RO satisfactory as Hood's Sarsaparllla. " THOMAS COOK , Brush liiectrlo Light Co. , New York City. Sick Headache " I'or the past two years I have been atlllctcd with severe headaches and drspc | > - sla. I was induced to try Hood's Baisapa- rlUa , and liavo found great relief. I cheer fully rccoimneod it to all. " Una , E. F. ANNAVLIS , Now Haven , Conn. Mrs. Mary 0. Smith , Caraurldgeport , Mass. , was a sufferer from dyspepsia and sick head ache. She took HooU's Barsaparllla and found U the best remedy elio erer used. Hood's Sarsaparilla gold t > y all druggists. t ; six tor t& . Made only l > y O. I. HOOD & CO , , Lowell , Mui. IOO Dosoa Ono Dollar. _ A FARMS IN THE FLflffERY LAND Consul Gonornl Kennedy "Writes of Ohtnoso Tllloro of thd Soil- . _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ , THE WAY THEY PLANT -COTTON PcrqnlsltcB For the PIIRCB Front Auto graph Hnntcrn Senator Stewart's Veto Limiting Proposition Ijnxvlor'n Constituents. Cclcfltlnl Agricultural Methods. WASHINGTON , Juno 3. [ Special to THE BEE. ] Consul General Kennedy has sent to the fttato department from ills post nt Shanghai , Cliicn , some interesting observa tions about Chlneoo customsHo pays special attention to the province of"lClbg-Su. Ho soya that a complete network of canals and nnvagabFo streams , exists , throughout this province In such ix way as to itiako n complete system of intcrcommuulcatioti by boats , the same as exists at Venice , Italy. Every three years a census is supposed to betaken taken , and the local officers make n preten tious effort toward doing the Vt'ork. A cor- tlflcntc is posted on every door , on which should bo written the name of orory inmate , tholr ngo , and their occupation. A report Is transmitted through the provincial authori ties to the capital. The system is not honest ly carried out , the tendency being to exaggerate , and the true certificates are often filled in according to the census-taker's own opinion of what It should be , thus saving him the labor of veri fication. Everything oniclal is done , as far as possible , by casual observance. The bust- "ness of thts provinces has greatly Increased , however , the cities having a busy look , the cauals and rivers being crowded with boats and the fields presenting scenes of rural ac tivity and industry. The Kiang-Su fanner docs not turn up his soil deeper than eight or ten inches , but ho labors with this thin cov ering of earth pcrsovoringly , and in the course of twelve months , in some instances , five different crops are obtained. The farmer usually cultivates two or three acres of land. Successful farmers may acquire inoro land than this , but their ambition docs not lead them to it. They prefer renting. * * # There nro no fences , writes Mr. Kennedy , in this jiUrt of China. Boundary stones inark the different holdings , yet disputes over boundary lines are no less frequent than in other parts of the world. The sys tem of dividing the province fhto depart ments and districts and rcdivlsions of dis tricts extends until the Tu is reached , which includes but a small section under the super intendence of an ofllccr called a tl-pau. He keeps a record of the land transfers nnd re ports them to the magistrate of n district , who grants title deeds. He holds his ofllco for a year , it being the custom to rotate the ofllco nniong the responsible men of the section. When n piece of land is sold a conveyance is drawn up and signed by the principals and also by several friends nnd brokers who lend their services to the nego tiation which Is never conducted between buyer nnd seller alone. These middle men , as they are called , receive a small commis sionand the ti-pau exacts about 5 per cent of the purchase money for his fees ; but the parties often conspire to defraud him by naming a smaller sum in the conveyance than is actually stipulated. While theoreti cally all the land of China is the emperor's , nnd his subjects may do no more than rent it , yet they buy nnd soil land freely. A father may leave n quantity of land -which is to bo divided between two sons , and to avoid the oxpousc of securing separate deeds they cut the original deed diagonally in two parts , the the half being recognized as a good title to one-half the original lot. The Chinese system of planting and culti vating cotton strikes any one accustomed to our methods in the southern states us ex tremely crude. The seed Is sown broadcast in among small grain crops about the months of March or April , or sown broadcast if planted by itself. When the wheat or oats are cut the small plant can'then b o seen. In either case , when it gets six or eight inches hlghfrom time to time , as it is growing , they pour or sprinkle over the beds liquii manure. I may remark that all of their crops are planted m beds rounded off from the top to a water furrow on eacli sido. They hoe in among it the best they can ap parently without thinning it out. It is as thick almost ns small grain. The stalks rarely attain n height of more- than two nnd one-half to three feet on land rich .enough naturally ( and very richly fertilized besides ) to produce under our system n heavy bale to the acre. The stalks are spindling and the balls nro so small that it will jake from forty to fifty of them to make a pound of seed cotton , while they will not average more than six to the stalk. The cotton is rather dingy in color and of very short staple. They never use a plow in its cultivation , and when preparing the soil turn it up with wooden plows , the pattern of which is as old , I presume , as the days of Confuctous. The experiment of using'Ameri can feed has been tried , I am informed , but without much better results than in the case of their own seeds , but the reason of this can bo readily accounted for in their system of planting and cultivation. They gin their cotton on n gin worked by a pedal , which , while very crude , yet seems to pound the lint off the seed pretty well. An American hand gin ought to take well , nnd some of our in genious mechanics should Invent one that would answer the purpose. The gin works on the principle of a clothes wringer , with the exception that the rollers are iriada to revolve - volvo In opposite directions. The cotton is wound through and the seeds squeezed out as they meet the pressure caused by the rollers. The Chinese have n very limited supply of timber. Such as they make use of in build ing is from small and inferior stuff , ana is sawed up by hand. They make good bricks , which form the universal building material. After the burning process readies a certain stage thp piles are flooded with water , ana In this way the bricks are turned out a grey color , The roofs are usually made of tiles , nnd nearly every province- has its own style and size of bricks and tiles. The latter are nmJo in a very simple manner. Clay is plnsterc * around the sides of a tub evenly and then acoiod oft into the desired slzca. They nro baked the sauio way as the bricks. The houses occupied by the masses uro small and flimslly constructed. This is not duo to their inability to build well , but to their poverty , which may appear Inconsistent with the industrious and simple habits of these people , hut it is ope of. the many paradoxes of China. Their bridges ana temples and the walls of their cities give evidence of their skill in building and engi neering , but tno tendency to hudalo together in villages and cities ana the dread of ap pearing to bo possessed of wealth prevents any departure from the rule of cramped , uncomfortable - comfortable and unhealthy dwellings. Throughout this province it would bo hard to find a farmer's ' dwelling thut would bo considered good enough for a plg.pen with us. A wooden floor is a rarity , and with all that is sola about "feng-shui , " or lucky loca tion , it would bo hard to find a single house in central China where any attempt of a sun- itary nature exists. No building is construct ed without certain divinations which have ref erence to auspicious days , and are a part of the absurd series of practices which come within the term of "fcng-shui. " This term literally translated moans wind and water , and it is claimed that originally the Chinese had a regard for sites favorably situated in respect to wind and water , which during centuries has degenerated into superstitious rites by which the fiends of the air may bo tbartcd. There is no doubt that the miser able dwellings of the Chinese cause the great number of diseases and Buffering they en dure. With a malarial cHiuate to begin with , and utter Ignorance of the principles of the laws of health , the result could not bo other wise than u race of comparative physical In feriority. Malarial complaints are of , great variety , und where tno pronounced forms may not be visible- there exist dull , enervat ing symptoms , unfitting people for any more work thau will sufUco to keep body aud soul together , and no doubl lead to the opium habit , the curse of China. # * 1 he pages In the prcsent hou e of represen tatives say they have had nu" ° ° harvest during the scIon making up autograph books. Strangers who come hero nnd people nt a distance emplmvihcso boys to procure the signatures of members in outogrnph books , and pay them .from * 10 to $25 for their work. It takes n toy1 about ti week , during his leisure moments' , ti ) procure the names of nil the members in the houso. Soma of the boys hnvo manipulated shrewdly , nnd when they go about with pno autograph book they carry three or four , procuring as many copies of the member's autograph at the sauio time The other day I w s amazed to see a sign hung up on the wall facing the door at the southwest cntrnncdte the house ; n notice which read like this : "Fac-slmllcs sf member * ' autographs made nttho card-writer's stand In the lobby. " A page told mo that this card-writer , who looks like cx-Congrcsiman Wellborn , of Texas , has worked the matter of imitating members' autographs down so line that ho can fill out nn autograph book In n couple or three hours , nnd make it ns satisfactory to the stranger ns ono procured by the pages at the expense named nbovo. The card-writer will wrlto these autographs for about 80 per cent of the cxpcuso necessary to procure a book of genuine autographs. It Is n custom among a large class of pco plo throughout the country to collect auto graphs , und the never fall to .preserve the names of senators and representatives and government oillclals who have the franking privilege. Therefore , public documents re ceived by these people nro from public- mon nro a two-fold blessing : the document is appreciated , aud the wrapper in which it comes contains the autograph of a senator. These people will ho interested in learning that , on an average , not more than once in a hundred times Is the signature of the olllcial written by his own hand whore it is used as a frank. Clnrks do the work. There are senators who nro sending out bushels of documents every week , using their franks a hundred times n day , who do not write their names for the franking privi lege twice a month. Their private secretar ies do it. I hnvo no doubt that there arc thousands of people who have In their scrap books pasted the autographs of public men written by the clerks or secretaries of the ofllclals. The recent amendment mndo to the franking privilege permitting the use of rubber stamps In producing fao similes of the autographs , will make it almost impossi ble for the recipient of public documents to procure a genuine autograph. The speech of Senator Stewart of Nevada , in favor of his proposition to limit the veto power of the executive , has attracted wide spread attention since it was delivered. It has been commented upon , criticised and abused In all sections of the country , nnrt yet it is but the preliminary movement of what promises to bo a very formidable ono toward clipping the chief magistrate's claws , nnd de priving him of some portion at least , of what has proved to bo n powerful prerogative. It Is argued , and with good effect , that when the constitution made the president of the United States a co-ordhmta branch of the legislative government , the idea was not that his judgment should bo , set up in opposition to a majority of both houses of congress , but it was designed that ho should have n super visory power , and that the veto should bo used solely to prevent violations of that bul wark of American liberty , the constitution of the United State ? . The growing fre quency with which tjiefivoto power has been used in the lastfiftysroars , ana the extremely liberal sprinkling of-veto messages which the present chief oxcfculivo has seen fit to put upon the country , fihjf led to a more wide spread desire than p\'cr before existed for the curtailment ofJus power. President Cleveland vetoes , iiKmany cases , have been condemned by his jm'rty leaders in the house. But unfortunately thftsb allies uro dependent upon the chief magistrate for political pnp aud official patronage * They realize that the mind of the man whom they have made chief magistrate of tJiis nation is of such small caliber that ho would resent personally , any official dlfferencj ifl opinion between his own views and those of his party associates. They realize , too , that -in giving a vote de signed to aid in over-riding the president's veto each individualinember lays himself liable to the ill-will of the chief magistrate , nnd they know that the ill-will of this man may , and frcquentlyfjoe8amouiit ; to politi cal ostracism. For this reason it is the most difficult thing in the world to secure enough votes on the democratic side to join with the republicans to set nsido the executive disap proval to any bill , no matter how meritori ous the measure may bo in itself. While it is extremely improbable that Senator Stew art's proposition to give to the majority of congress the power to over-ride a veto will bo ready to submit to the people just yet , the tituo will surely come when a majority of congress will bo able to enact such legislation as may bo desired in spite of the disapproval of the self-constituted censor of all congres sional acts. A SAI/r C1TV. Iliitchinsmi , Kan. , the Center of a Itloli IJriney Deposit. HTTCIIINSON , Kan. , Juno 8. [ Sncclal to Tin : BniTho : discovery of rock salt at this place was madcrby Ben Blanchard - ard , of South Hutchlnson , in the fall of 18S7 , in drilling for gas , coal or oil. Salt was un expectedly struck 405 feet from the surface and the borings showed it to bo 800 feet thick and practically pure. The drill was sunk 1,100 feet , and not far from the salt passed through a twenty-seven inch vein of coal of splendid quality. This well Is to bo sunk 2,000" , feet or more to find gas , nnd test wells will bo drilled over n largo area to determine the extent of the coal deposit. The Oouinlock Salt company , of Warsaw , N. Y.f was the first to commence the manu facture of salt here. Their works were planned to produce COO barrels per day , but owing to the brlno being stronger than at any eastern works , the output is considera bly greater than anticipated , The next com pany to sink a well and erect buildings was the Wyoming Salt company , composed of four partners , also from Warsaw , N , Y. , where two ol the partners still manufacture salt. They struck salt at 450 feet , and found the bed to bo over 300 feet thick. Ca pacity , 1,000 barrels per day. These people , under the name of Hawley salt company , took the first premium on suit used in butter at the Missouri State fair at St. Louis , 1887 , and ut a display and test of American salt for general uses at the Chicago Fat Stock and Dairy show , 1687. But they assort that the natural salt here is as valuable ns any of the eastern refined. Henry Hogwor , nn old citi zen of this place , will in a short tiiuo com mence making gait in another .part of the city. Ho contracted for n well 750 feet deep , nnd struck the rocly Rt a aopth of 403 feet. Capacity of works , tiOp- ! barrels per day. Other wells have becflaank showing about the same results. Tliteo are In various di rections and actually Oeicrmiuo the fact that a bed of rock salt undth'iles this city and the surrounding country , Utia depth of 400 to 475 feet , being 300 feet fn thickness. The area thus testsd includes apout six or eight square miles. - The now organizatlohs nro ; The South HutchitiBon Salt and Mlftlngcompanylms en listed capitalists at Mwulville , 1'a. This Is the company which has contracted for test holes to determine the extent of the coal do- posit. Capital , * 200 00) ) . , , The Diamond Salt company , capital JlOO.iXX ) , ib backed by local investon. and have coiiimoncud u well. Tlio Hucthinson Salt undl liuing company , $100- 000 capital , is to mine &at ) und manufacture from it soda-ash or the caustic soda used for domestic cleaning , and hi making all hard soaps , From this they will also produce bi carbonate of soda. The president of this company is Dr. N. B. Wolf , a Cincinnati ! capitalist. The treasurer is John A. Tobey , of Toboy & Booth , porK packers of Chicago , and Hutchinson , and a member of the New York produce exchange. The Tobey brothers now reside here and express entire satisfaction with the salt , ns it comes from the pans , for curiiiu the finest grade of hams. The Sun Flower company is composed of prominent business men of this city. Capi talists who uro interested In the business at various salt centers in the east , have exam ined this bait field. They agree that with the advantages offered for the manufacture of salt , and facilities for its shipment by the various trunk lines of railroad , coaverging and radiating here. It must command the entire - tire market of the trans-Mississippi and mountain region. John Brljjlit HUH Improving LOHVOX , Juno 8. Mr , Bright is steadily lmprpviu . Ho sleeps well , MR. SAMPSON , OF OMAHA , SAYS : * AND IT IS TRUE THAT The Burlington takes the load. It was in advance of all lines in developing Nebraska. It was in advance of all lines in establishing dining car ' / service bntwoen Missouri river points and Chicago. It was in advance of all lines in giving the people of , Omaha and the woat a fast mail service. I It was in advance of all lines in running its trains from * the east into Omaha proper. It was in advance of all lines in reducing the time of passenger trains between Omaha and Chicago. It was in advance and is the only line by which you can leave Omaha in the morning and arrive in Denver the evening - ing of the same day. It has been progressive in the past. It will load in the future. . i Travel and ship via the Burlington. Ticket Office 1223 Farnain Street. Telephone 2Cj ' Depot on Tenth Street . II , E , GENERAL CONFERENCE , A Vast Amount of Business Has Boon Transacted. A REVIEW OF PART OF ITS WORK. A. Thousand 1'ctitlons The Church Press Church Societies Confer ence Changes Enabling Acts Oinulm til Methodist Aftermath. NEW Yonic , .Tuno 3. [ Special to Tnr. BBB. ] While the conference pauses briefly in its arduous work , preparatory to . final adjournment , and repairs to Uiversiio to strew flowers on the tomb of Grant , whom it recognized by a resolution , ns not only the greatest military chieftain , but as a time Methodist besides , a good opnor- tunity is afforded to summarize and review the accomplishments of the body. In general terms it may bo truthfully said that for the spirit of independence shown , { or the supe rior character of the men placed in office , for the mighty debates sustained , for the radical changes made , and for the quantity no less than the quality of the business brought before it , this conference has had no cciual in Methodism since the memorable gathering in this city forty-four years ago , when the split occurred on the subject of slavery. Not less than a thousand petitions and memorials have been considered by the body , nnd upon at least a hundred of these have the great committees ground out some sort of a report. It is only a pity that all of these reports cannot bo acted upon , but so much time was spent at the opening on the woman question , nnd so much more was occupied last week in the elections , while the brethren now seem so anxious to adjourn , that such a consummation is not 'possible. The episcopal office remains as it was , not withstanding all the effort ? made to modify it. It is still an office , not an order , the pres ent conference confirming this by an indirect vote as emphatically as fn express terms the same view was adopted by the last con ference. The tenure , moreover , is still for life , and this , by the way. applies also to the missionary bishops , who have been declared by the conference to bo of the same standing with the ethers , excepting that their field is limited. To Bibhop Taylor in Africa has now been added Bishop J. M. Thorburn , whoso diocese will comprise India and Malaysia. Both these get their pay from the Episcopal fund , and Bishop Taylor gets his back pay of § 12,000 from that fund technically , al though the episcopal fund is reimbursed for tills outlay from the missionary treasury. Bishop Mallalleu has been appointed to visit the European conferences this year , and will leave for Europe on Saturday. The episcopal residences uro left ns they wore , only , of course , with additions to accommo date those nowi.v elected. The new places added are Philadelphia , Omaha , or Lincoln , and the state of Texas. A noticablo feature m the election of the bishops is that two of those clioson came directly from the pastor ate , and that another was a pastor up to a year ago. This is a now departure. In the four elected by the last conference not ono was from the pastorate , and only 0110 of the four elected in 16SO held that relation. This change will tend to exalt the pastoral rela tion , itinee. it shows that one may remain in this restricted sphere and still bo in the line of promotion to high office. The church press is another institution which remains as it was , excepting that the paper for young people , called Our Youth , is to bo made more distinctively a Sunday- school paper. To the editorship of this nnd the other Sunday-school publications of the church , the position so long hold by Bishop Vincent , the Hov. J. I * Burlbut , long an able assistant in this work , has been promoted. The editorship of the Hoviow , made vacant by the death of Dr. Curry , is filled now by Dr. J. W. Mcndenhall of Ohio. Dr. Albert succeeds the lamented Marshall W. Taylor OB editor of the Southwestern Advocate , and the other editors were all ro-elccied , as also were all the book agents. The only election bv acclamation was thut of tin venerable Dr. William Nast to the Apologibt , a position ho has held for forty nine years. The Methodist - ist Advocate of Clmttatioogo , formerly an independent - dependent paper , is now made a regular or gan of the church , with a liberal appropria tion , and Dr. T. C. Carter is continued as its editor. In the great church societies the changes nro more numerous. The Krecdmen's Aid is now the Freedmen'a Aid and Southern Educational society , and this change , it is supposed , will enable the society to carry on its white WOI-K in that section with less prob ability of interference on the part of the colored people. The venerable Dr Uust. the father of this society , was thought to hnvo deserved an honorary retirement , and the actual management will icst hereafter with Dr. J. C. Hartzell , formerly Dr. Uubt a as sistant. Another veteran placed in the same hon orary relation is Dr. J. M. Hold , long the chief secretary of the missionary society Dr U. C. McCabe succeeds to Dr Hood's posi lion , and the other corresjxmdlng Bocrutarica are iiowmen , namely , Dr. A. H. Leonard , of Ohio , aud Dr , J. O. Peck , of Now York. The educational society is enlarged In its scope somewhat , and Dr. C. H. I'ayue becomes its secretary , succeeding in that position Dr. Goodsoll , ono of the now bishops. The only other change Is that the church extension so ciety adds to its loon fund nn annuity fund. It will , however , greatly delight the church to know that a new society has boon formed for the special benefit of conference claimants. Heretofore the worn out preachers and the widows and orphans of deceased ministers have had to depend for their allowances upon what could ho raised for them in their own conferences , the result being , that while none have received nearly so much as they deserved , some have got much more than others because belonging to conferences better nblo to give. Under the new arrngemcnt the allowances will bo nt once more ample and more equal. This general society will bo managed by n board of control , consisting of ten ministers and ten Invmcn. with a corresponding secretary and all the bishops. It is proposed to raise a largo permanent fund by bequests and otherwise , the interest of which will bo divided among the annual conferences to supplement their own collections for this cause. Some changes arc also to bo noted in the conferences. It is very likely , owing to the legislation of tills body , that the next general conference will have in it ns many represent atives of the laity as of the miniatry , and that among the lay delegates will bo a fair sprinkling of women. Upon both these prop ositions , however , the annual conferences have yet to vote. The action of the confer ence in refusing to accord seats to J. M. Phil lips , of New York , and ex-Governor Patti- HOII , of Pennsylvania , who had been elected lay delegates respectively from Mexico and India , establishes the principle that lay con ferences can bo represented in the general conference only by bona lido residents nnd members in their territory. Formerly it took only fifteen to constitute an annual con ference ; now twenty are required , but mis sion conferences nro provided for , which are to have nearly all the powers of annual con ferences , and which may consist of any num ber less than twenty. Enabling acts have boon passed by the body providing that the Denmark mission , the Aiizona mission , the AVyoming mission , the California German mission , and the Ne vada mission , may become annual confer ences , when they have the number of minis ters required. Such acts wore also passed to enable Louisiana , with West Nebraska , Cen tral German and Washington conferences to divide ; also to enable the Kansas and South Kansas conferences to lift the boundaries separating tucm , and the Michigan aud De troit conferences to become four instead of two bodies if they find it practicable. Touching the much debated question of what the constitution of the general conference Is , a commis sion of seventeen 1ms been appointed to con sider the matter , aud report to this body four years hence. The greatest change in the pastorate is the extention of the term to five years. Many think that there are conditions attached to this extension , but the fact Is that there are no other conditions attaching to the five year than attached formerly to the three year limit. To equalize matters an addition lias also been made to the term of presiding elders. This term Is extended from four years to six , and though the conference pro vided that an elder may not preside more than six years over the same distrlctuntil ho has been away from it six , it refused to say that a man having served six years on a dis trict may not bo immediately appointed , at the discretion of tuo bishops , to some other district. This extension of the term of presiding elders was opposed very strongly by some , but It prevailed at last by oven a larger ma jority proportionately than the motion to ex tend the term of the paHtoratc , the feeling being that it was necessary In order to the nropur supervision of the work that the alder bo allowed to stay at least a year more than the pastor. The changes affecting the membership of the church nro both few und trivial. Perhaps the most radical is the establishment of the Order of Deaconesses. This was for the especial benefit of the good sisters , and a * a further proof of the fact that the women nro having matters much their own way tlicso days , it is worthy of note that the conference voted finally to allow all members of the church over twenty-one years of ago , female ns well as male , to vote upon the question of whether women should not bo admitted to the general conference. It also established the following uniform order of worship : I Hymn , the people standing ; prayer , minister I and people kneeling , closing witn the Lord's J prayer in concert ; lessons from the Old and New Testament , either ono of which may bo read responsively ; hymn ; sermon ; brief prayer ; singing , to end with the doxolojry , and the whole to conclude with tuo apostolic benediction. The action of the body on the subject of temperance and iirohihitlon was , as cvorvono anticipated , fully up to the standard of former conferences , and , if anything , aslluht advance was icgislercd. After the adoption of the regular resolutions , which wore quite ns stiong as they could bo made , it was pro posed to take further action providing for the retention in the discipline of a certain deliv erance on this subject which was objection able to some because , as they alleged , it had been used by preachers of third party pro clivities to convince Methodists that they could not bo true to their church unless they voted the third party ticket. A strong effort , was made to have this deliverance omitted from the new dfaciplltio. The de bate was not only spirited , but it hod a polit ical and oven an acrimonious tlngo. It re sulted , however , In the retention of the ob jectionable paragraph by a count vote of 207 to 140. This paragraph declares against leg alising the tariff in anyway ; establishes total abstinence ns the rule for individuals , and legal prohibition as the only proper attitude for the state , and while it disclaims any pur poses to interfere with the political adulations of its members , it still warns them to bo care ful to not give their support to any party mannircd in the interests of the liquor trufllc. On the subject of organic union with the church south nothing dollnlto was done , but the cause was greatly advanced by the speech of Dr. Steel , of Louisville , the common re mark being that so bold and advanced a de liverance had not been mndo to the confer ence since fraternal relations between the two bodies were first established. To the proposal from the Protestant Episcopal church , made to this in common with nil other evangelical bodies , hepking union by absorption of the whole lot into one fold , that fold to bo theirs , and offering to give the apostolic sacraments for this purpose to all such as would accept the proposal to this offer the conference re turned n pollto "No , thank you , " feel ing , of course , that Methodism could never accept a proposition for union which would require It to acknowledge that it had never been a tru-j church , though at the same time satisfaction was expressed nt the growing liberality of the episcopal church , and the right hand of gi cotlng and fellowishlp was extended to that body. The applicants for the session of this great body four years lieuco wore Washington , D. C. , Charleston , H. C. , Springfield , 111. , Chicago , San Francisco , Denver , St Louis , nnd Omaha , and , to the great joy of the stal wart nor'wcstorncrs , the lot foil to the last named , whore , in Ifa'/J , will ho re-enacted similar scones to those to which for a month past the press and public of this metropolis huvoboju trtutol. A luxuriant draught of Tar-rant's Solt- 7.0r Aperient removes all ill effects arising from indiscretions in cutiiigund drinking. Fatal Wreck in MimiCHOtn. AXOKA , Minn , , June 5. A eerlous acci dent occurred on the St. Paul , Minneapo lis & Manitoba load near hero to-i'oy. A car on n working train Jumped the track , .fohn Griffin , of St. Paul , was Instantly killed. James Vootullo and O , C. Foroit , wuro prob ably fatally Injured , and fourothei-Bboriously injured. JIKXICAN IUSTANlLINIMKNT li death to PILES LD BUIUU UUUB IJuum uU i a -