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B w '4 | * V How America i Ja By Commodore S? Nicho 4 . 'EFORE the beginning of tl ' sent wonl to Commodore | ^ the Emperor was dead. J I commander did not feel s 5 I posed to accept the sugge ^1.1 *ll it would he impossible i | negotiations for a long V. d Itt'UI Uill.l, ikAn, >?U" Yeddo, our squadron on | three of which were steal ^Mississippi. The others were the Maced ton and Saratoga. Tlie commodore nu .was his navigating officer. L This time the Japs wore convinced t appointed five high counsellors of state. ' tiate the treaty which had been request *?nd a building was erected to furnish ; ..was of wood, if I remember correctly. < ^dignitaries, on the appointed day, cam barge, and all the resources of the fief i on our side as impressive as possible. something like 500, including officers, , thirty boats, which advanced toward the up the beach the bands played, and h ? boats fired in unison a salute of twenty It was really a wonderful spectacle cause it represented the culmination o .Weekly. I ' ^ ^ The Wife's Rel Bj Marlon Foster Wash ? F any of our relatives ; tijr B I a liome which we onlj if m A| bands ought to be Willi |$ 9 fll the truth fairly blind: I effulgent truth, that n< j W the daily exercise of tl bM of daily, hourly exerci tues will enable hiiu own house, the only pi pCjH-rson belonging td his wife's family, a and none of her charm. If these virtue: fare fortunate indeed, and the intruding 1 in bringing before our proud eyes a daih and patienee o? the Man We Love Best. *. However this may be. our own oblij tion none the less real because it com* first, indeed, but only so far as it is ne good working order. Our enjoyment, i not, of course, to be considered at all. r likes. Then we place our immediate I ; cover that we have a double motive to C#or while we may not force our husba Indeed, we must?run with them whe therein. The better son and brother a be will be, and our sacrifice will be mi to women?provided we do not sate ou f mediate approval and recognition.?Har f K' The Unrecognfc Oppor ? ' By John D. Rockefeller HIS question of unrecoj. ?we have discusse<l here g w m pertinent. Let us coi I recognize the opportuu ~' m 1 in life. Had Paul wail V I always looking for his i? with so many other; it- cflnws to mpn it spp] and watching for it. ^foolish virgins. Some of them had pre j foolish, and when it came for them to ; left behind. It is the men who are watching fo 'i opportunity when it comes, and take a< life. Those who are throughtless. who sire, who live in a shiftless aud thought the opportunity?it is those men who fa missing because you and I are failing t life which come to*us and which we do Of fcourse, we always see the large < enough; but was there ever a man fit t( sergeant and worked himself up, show Was there ever a man who held a higt Hons of lesser responsibility? And so 1 with God as it is with us in our daily lii ' opportunities? How are we going to n failed to prepare and develop ourselvei most of it? If the spirit of brotherhood exists Before God we are judged from what < out; not by our possessions, not by our by our hearts, and whether they are ri; The Satiated A Conditions Which A ment of Clergymen of Pleasure An Open Letter in the ' LEItG YMEN in great n wMrdifficulty of interestio ^ t _ ^ audiences. In New Y I I ratio o? i)Oi)ulution att Mg Catholic and in Trot 0 a fundamental or needf: 9 harder to gain. Sens ^ 3 problem, but the dcs * - ^ Strange and far-away xnany clergymen droop ?. views. The same cry goes up from tht ;who decry the small audiences and the Newspapers by the million tell the .philosophy, often of a high order, oftc lines no longer make readers shuddci seem no longer to stir them as of yore, well instructed in matters as they go. traveled man was the joy of his friend: few will listen. Formerly the college influence. Now ooilege men are legion as much respect? Formerly the hoy loo " dered at the mystic life lie hoped to live. 1ii the preparatory school, and the boy ^-with no smile upon his face, a sober y< to the satiated age. and this makes it : upon to handle him. In short, in evei spread almost to satiation. However, though this erudition or fundamental, we can gain at least some prcbably part of the age, and are quite pry attempt to handle. ^ Opened tpan to Trade lson, U. S. N. (Retired) tie year 1853 the Japanese Government ? it .?I. ti<<u1nr? til,it I HIJ, lUMMI^U ?11V l/utiu . Vs it turned out. this was true, but our ure of it, and he was by no means disstion, conveyed with the message, that aider the circumstances to renew the time to come. Accordingly, early in d ourselves once more in the Bay of this occasion comprising eight vessels, uers?the Powhatan. Susquehanna and Ionian. Vandalia. Lexington, Southampide the Powiiatau his flagship, and 1 hat we meant business. The Emperor three of whom were princes, to negoed by President Fillmore in his letter, \ suitable setting for the ceremony. It overed with some kind of j-loth. The e down from Tokio 011 a magnificent >t were employed to make the display . All told, the Americans numbered sailors and marines, occupying about shore in line abreast. As we marched owitzers mounted in the bows of the -one guns in honor of the Emperor. i. and was additionally Interesting bef a great historical episode.?Harper's atives iburne ire really in need of shelter, rare, and r can give, it is so true that our busing to help us give it that the dazzle of * us. It blinds us to that other'less *- 11-.1 ..,1 > man can ?e coupeueu or uo^m muw te Christian virtues: ancl nothing short se of the highest of the Christian virto hear the constant presence in his lace where he is entirely himself, of a ml possessed of all of her peculiarities 5 spring spontaneously in his heart, we * kinsman performs a blessed mission vision of the magnanimity, gentieness, ration to his people remains?an obligathird. We must consider ourselves cessary to keep our useful qualities in our selfish ease and convenience, are Neither are our personal likes and (lislousehoid second, and in doing so ?lisspur us to meet this third obligation, nds along the path of duty, we may? 11 they incline of themselves to walk man is the better husband and father ule up to us in ways that are dearest ir buuger on the cheap pottage of imper s Bazar. :ed 'tunities of Life , Jr. rnizcd opportunities is a subject which > before, and it seems to me it is always isider and ask ourselves whether we ities that are constantly put before us :cd for the great chance which men are i life would have been a failure, as it Opportunity does not seek the man. r.s to me. but the man has to be awake It is like the parable of the wise and pared themselves, the others had been ;o with the Lord the foolish ones were r it. who are ready and recognize the ilvantage of it, that make a success of lack faith and siucere and earnest doless way and who are not prepared for il. Just think what the world may be o-day to recognize the opportunities or not see! opportunities; we recognize them easily > be a general who had not first been a ing himself capable and trustworthy? ( i position who had not first filled posijy analogy it is quite evident that it is 'e. Do you and I make the most of our eet the grand opportunity if we have s to a position of fitness to make the among us, all distinctions must fade. ?ometh from within, not what is withability, not by our intellectuality, but ght and true. ge lake For the Discouragei, Teachers and Providers Century umbers remark in these days upon the g audiences, much more of drawing ork a late census indicates the sparse pnrtinf ilivinp wnvslim linth ill Roman estant churches. Religion is no less nl. but the attention of people seeing iation and advertisement attempt the ired results do not seem to follow, subjects do not startle the people, and in enthusiasm and take 011 pessimistic > theatrical managers along Broadway, lack of appreciative response, world's news, coupled with tiction and 11 exaggerated rubbish. Blazing head . Great accidents and foul murders It seems to be a satiated age. well fed, but difficult to interest. Formerly the 5. Now all seem U> have traveled, and graduate was a centre of interest and in every community: do they command oked forward to college days, and wonXow that is all lived and experienced goes solemnly forth to the university >uth hard to interest. He also belongs more difficult for those who are called ry avenue of life knowledge has been etperienee be superflclal rather than comfort when we consider that we are as difficult to interest as those whom V>" - \r'-" ' V -fc. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION | A Permanent Organization Effected? A Petition Asking the Southern and Northern Branches to Come To- * gether in Behalf of the Negro Expected to Raise a Breeze. Nashville. Special.? "When the Southern Baptist Convention was called to order at the Tabernacle by President James P. Eagle, 1,042 delegates were in their seats. The first business was the effecting of a permanent organization, and ? - * ?* ~1 T1 V? /-* .president i*.agie was cieticu. * same honor was conferred upon Secretary Lansing Burrows and O. F. Gregory and on G. W. Norton, treasurer, and W. P. Harvey, auditor. The vote on vice president was announced at the afternoon session, she following 1 being chosen: 1 John W. Thomas, Nashville, Tenn., ' C. B. Willingham. Macon, Ga.; C. W. ' Stephens Columbia, Mo.; Robert C. Buckner, Dallas, Tex. A petition in- ' troduced at the morning session by Virginia delegates may cause a 1 breeze in the convention. The ulter- < ior object seems to be for Southern ] and Northern white Baptists to come , together in the work for the negro as well as to bring the Northern and 1 Southern branches of the Church i closer together. ! It is said, however, that there is j a strong sentiment in the Convention . opposed to the purpose of the Virginia delegates to refer the negro ! question to a committee to be ap- 1 pointed at this session, and to re- i port at the next. . The afternoon session of the Convention was devoted to hearing of ' reports. The Sunday school ixiard report shows the largest annual re- ] ceipts in its history, the $iuu,uuu ( mark being passed. The Home Mission Board's report shows receipts of $125,850 for the * year. The Foreign Mission Board reported contributions of $247,614. ] The annual convention sermon was , delivered tonight. Routine business occupied the remainder of the night ' session. i Says She Was Abducted. Paris, By Cable.?United States i Consul General Gowdy recently re- ' ceived a letter from an American girl saying that she was locked up in a i provincial jail without any charge 1 having been made against her. The consul general sent a representative : to the jail and secured the girl's re- j lease and returned to Paris. He then cabled to her parents, residing at De- ! catur, Ga., requesting funds for her , return to America. The girl related i a sensational story. She claimed to 1 have been abducted by an American J seeking to marry her, and said she ac- < companied him on an automobile tour, was locked up in a room in a 1 country hotel, escaped and attempted to walk across the country, but was arrested as a wanderer by the French authorities. Inquiries made by Mr. j Gowdy's representative established the j correctness of her detention at the provincial jail, but the story of her abduc- * tion was not verified, except by the statement, which has been reduced to s an affidavit before the consul. The j names of the parties are witheld, as no j legal steps have been taken against the , alleged abductor, and owing to the ( doubtful character of the accusations. < Pending the arrival of funds the young , lady is being cared for by the Ameri- , can Young Women's Christian Asso- j ciation. Verdict for $10,000. I Sherman, Tex., Special.?A jury ren- . ders Louis James a judgment for < $10,000 against the Oriental Hotel As sociation, of Dallas, Texas, for UDei. It is alleged the hotel people sent a ' telegram to Jame3 and wife requesting , them to return pillow slips said to have been missing from the hotel. James sued for $10,000 actual and $10,000 ex- . cmplary damages. , Death Was Accidental. ] New York, Special.?An autopsy performed this afternoon finally disposed j of the murder theory in connection . with the death of little Josephine Mc- , Cahill. Coroner Jackson said the child's , death was due to asphyxia, brought j about through the wedging of the body ( in the narrow chimney flue. All indi- j cation, said the corner, pointed to accident as the cause of death. ' Sully Hearing Postponed. New York, Special.?The hearing in the bankruptcy proceedings in the1 ] case of Daniel J. Sully & Co., which i was to have been continued was- ' further adjourned until next Tuesday, ' counsel for Receivers Taft and Miller ' not being prepared to go on with the examination of Sully. Counsel for 1 Sully opposed the further delay. ( Russian Vuadivostock Fleet Shut Out. ( London, By Cable.?The Daily Tele-, graph's Seuol correspondent says: "It ' is believed here that a portion of the Russian Vladivostock fleet has been 11,, oVint nut anrl is nnw in amxuaoiuiiT OMUV WU., ... ?? the Sea of Japan trying to evade the Japanese." Two Children Burned to Death. Alexandria, Va., Special.?Two children. Robert and Carrie Harper, aged $ and 12, were burned to death on a pitch-laden scow while helping their sister, Mabel, aged 12, get their father's dinner. The gasoline stove exploded and set fire to the scow. Mabel was,? rescued after being seriously, and perhaps fatally, burned. It was impossible to recover the bodies of the younger children. i | . . ' ' . LOSE A WAR VESSEL i n Japanese Suffer a Slight Set-Back to Their Hopes ^ an rORPEDO BOAT NO 48 ClIT IN TWO B" ' co: lo< She Was Lost During a Series of pi; Operations at Kerr Bay?The Jap3 tci Failed After Several Attempts to ^ Blow Up a Mechanical Mine Which 'n be Later Exploded of Itself, Sinking No. 48. tli. , re] or Tokio, By Cable.?The Japanese torpedo boat No. 48, was destroyed while of removing mines from Kerr Bay. north c Vi | )f. Talien Wan (Port Dalyn) Friday. Seven men were killed and seven J'J' th( wounded. This is the first warship Ja- iia pan has lost in the war. The torpedo boat was lost during a Bo Ti) series of bombardments and surveying pperations at Talien-Wan, Deep ani 0f Kerr bays, by Admiral Kataoka, com- au Dander of the third squadron. The ad- ^ miral arrived at Kerr Bay early in the ^ morning and detached the cruiser It- at< sukushima, Nishin and Myako, ordcir Ch ing them to bombard the land, batterc0 ies, while a flotilla of torpedo boats j jwept the harbor for mines. A second t0i flotilla of torpedo boats, which had Ml Seen engaged in guarding the previous night, joined the squadron and began ^ the work of surveying the harbor. Ch The Myako discovered a company of trc Russian infantry and a detachment of frc cavalry on shore and dispersed them. in, The survey was completed at 3 Mt p'clock in the afternoon. The torpedo boats that were reeon- ^ cohering and removing mines in the on west shore of Kerr Bay discovered a lin telegraph line running along the Ta- pa kushan peninsula. In order to destroy ne It Lieut Hotta and four sailors landed and scaled the heights under the prolection of the guns of the torpedo boats Jv* and cut tne line, me Japanese vesesis then discovered thre? bodies of Rus- w' dan troops, one large and two small ones, upon which the squadron ad- ( h danced close to the shore and shelled .tn< them. be A Russian force estimated at ten l!e, companies, took refuge behind an emi- . r.enee, but it was dispersed by the Jap- , anese. ' 8" Torpedo boats Nos. 14#and 34 discov- vo Bred a large mechanical* mine in Kerr tin Bay. Their various attempts to blow it ?* up failed and it suddenly exploded it?elf, cutting No. 48 in two. The torpe- fec ilo boat sank in seven minutes. The js squadron hurried boats to the rescue and picked up the wounded. Three othEr mines were discovered and exploded re? The squadron completed its operations ??' it 6 o'clock in the evening and return- *? Bd to its base. Ch Official Report. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Emperor Nicholas has received the following official dispatch from General Kuro- lle< catkin: 'e? "At dawn May 11, the Japanese be- J"1 ?an to emerge from Feng-Wang-Cheng tb< 3n the Liao Yang road. The advance c :'J guard marching towards Suelichen con- ? . sisted of a regiment of infantry, foui; guns and a regiment of cavalry. Suel- n.^ icben was held by a troop of Cossacks . icting as a screen while the Chansilin tl0 Jcfile was occupied by two sotnias. |"ie l'wo companies of Japanese marched {"* 3ii Chansilin and another company ad- bo! tanced on Suelichen, turning our right Hank. v'h "The Cossacks then retired, still 'ai keeping the enemy back with their fire, 6n' first upon the Fang-Tien defile and finally towards the defile in the neigh- tlf i>orhood of the village of Ehumynzo, fhara iYiov tnnV nn u rvnsition. "The captain of the sotnia, Dewahu, ^a was wounded and two Cossacks were , killed. ' "Kuan Dian San (Kwan Tien Sien) sel was evacuated May 10 by the enemy an ind occupied by our Cossacks. an' "Roconnoisances failed to discover ?1(' the presence of the Japanese in the calley of the Tsacheo. 37 miles south- e?' west of Gaimadza. (Samatzi or Sai- * . Mah-Ki?) crI "On May 9th and 10th, the enemy's bivouacks were seen in the valley of rhe river Unsianheo, near the village ] raindza, 18 miles east of Ein-Yen and' it Sedzkhedze, at the confluence of the rayang and Sedzi rivers. On the mornine of Mav 10th, a Japanese infantry ietachment, about 10,000 strong, with ll" from 50 to 80 guns, which concentrated fei at Salitszaipudz, started towards Siu "C( i'en. da of, The Next Cotton Crop. in Washington, Special.?The Department of Agriculture is making elaborate arrangements for its report on the acreage and condition of the cotton :rop on May 26, the condition of cotton Sl1 on June 25, and for reports on other on rrops for July and June. A large nura- ve tjer of correspondents will send in de- on ailed reports on the cotton acreage and condition on May 26th, greatest care, a especially for acreage, and to base their Pa opinion on inquiries as well as upon co observation and to avoid underestimat- pp, ing or over-estimating this year's crop. , The acreage will be expressed in the form of a percentage of last year's of ac in nrevious years. The cot- Cr ton schedule for June 25 will be con- ar cerned solely with the condition of the or cotton crop on that date. fit pa Wallace Chief Engineer, Chicago, Special.?John F. Wallace. gr general manager of the Illinois Central th Railway, Tuesday afternoon accepted "A the appointment as chief engineer of* hy the Panama Canal. He will leave not pf of later than early in June for the isth- q mus. His successor as general man- pe ager of the Illinois Central will proba- th bly be either A. W. Sullivan, I. G. Rawn or W. J. Harahan. jn . - ' * I : -t FEAR CHINESE RISING ie Prospects Are That the Celestials Hay Take a Hand. St. Petersburg, By Cable.~ln view the official dispatches regarding the stile attitude of the Chinese within d without the Russian sphere of inence, the authorities here do not ' -* * ? - ? ? t- niit_ nceai incir appreiien&iuu ai mc 3k. especially in the north of the emre. for they propose to call the atltion of the Celestial government to e impending uprising in Tpaadsiatzi, order that repressive measures may en instantly taken, it is known and appreciated here at all the powers have made strong presentations to Pekin in the interst the preservation of the tranquility the empire, but it is stated that Ma: General Pfiug's dispatch of May 14 ows the necessity for further imessing the Celestial government with e advisability of acting with a firm nd. The authorities here believe that the ixer revolt, which spread from Shan ing. would have involved the entire pire had it not been for the firmness the Southern viceroys. The military thorities in St. Petersburg claim to ve information of a sensational aracters to the effect that the inese have tacitly agreed to co-oper? with the Japanese operations. The linese propose, it is stated, to drive n. Kuropatkin's forces into Monlia, which would place the Russians the position of invaders of neutral ritory and enable reprisals by Gen. ji. U oconrfO'l 1Q IS SriHy, wnicu, ll ia aoo^i bvut iw pt in that region for the special ob t, thus cleverly averting the slight: infringement of the neutrality of ina by Japan, and the Chinese >ops, by not crossing the Manchurian intier, could not be charged with a jlation of pledges in respect to non:erference in military operations in mchuria. The opinion of an eminent strategist, ren to the Associated Press is that ? Japanese intend to control not ly Liao Cheng, but all along the e in an effort to drive Gen. Kurotkin into Mongolia, where the Chise are waiting for him. Knowing thhese conditions, Gen, iropatkin, he said, would not be ely to make a serious resistance at ii Ping or Hai Cheng, but would thdraw to the north. This would enle the Japanese to march on New wang with little hindrance and give ?m a base from which men could sent without any violation of the utral zone west of the Liao river. The German Foreign Office has been 'ormed, according to assurances ren the Berlin correspondent of Noe Vremri, that China will not ven e to infringe the neutrality laws, ing to the distinct intimation from the powers, the dynasty would be ipardized by such infringement. It believed that Japan would be emrrassed by the open assistance of ina. since Europe would hold Japan sponsible for the consequences. The that the German reaj.'ULlUC>x t CIO ox. I reign Office inspired the United ites to propose the neutralization of ina. Russians Score at Last. Ja Yang, By Cable.?The Russian ?t scored its first distinct naval suc s of the war on May 10th, by the pedoing and crippling, though not > sinking, of an armored Japanese ilser in Talien Wan bay. Hie Russian attack was successfully inned on May 10th, while the Japanse squadron was concentrating oute Dalny, devoting its whole attenn to Talienwain Bay, and was card out the same night. The attack; force was not a regular torpedo it. but was only a small naphtha inch in command of a young officer 10 had with him three jackies. The inch mounted a small machine gun d carried three torpedoes. iVhen darkness fell, the launch crept t of Port Arthur, hugging the shore. " -- " onrl nn ffloW frOHl I in UO llgiiio a feiur, ; engines to betray her presence. It s late when she gained the outer e of the Japanese squadron. Sliplg through the torpedo pickets and ecting the nearest warship, a big nored cruiser, she stole toward her d succeeded in exploding against her ie a single torpedo. A deafening roar lowed the explosion, which reloed far ashore. Flames enveloped ; cruiser, which evidently was badly ppled. Simantour Not a Candidate. Mexico City, Mexico, Special.?It is ported that Finance Minister Limanir is opposed to the use of his name connection with the nomination for e vice presidency. He is said to pre his important post, in which he has ^omplished good work. Many candites for the vice presidency are talked but nothing appears to be certain the matter. To Fight Yellow Fever. w-.-j? xtoYico Soecial.?The Dieiit" , perior board of health will enter at ce upon an active campaign to prent another outbreak of yellow fever the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where large number of Americans are enged in managing plantations. The st of this work will be about $100,0. which has been appropriated by e Federal government. One new case yellow fever is reported at Vera uz. The local sanitary authorities e disinfecting houses and water resvoirs. Yellow fever has re-appeared Merida, where there are now eight tients at the hospital. May Establish Christian Church London. By Cable.?The Daily Tele-1 aph's Tokio correspondent cables' e following, under Sunday's date: j l great religious meeting, promoted | influential men, was held in the 1 rk today to determine the question founding in Japan a Church prolristian in character, but on indendent lines. Leading men consider at the time has arrived to adopt the ?ments approved by the majority of vilized nations. An edict establishg a national church is improbable. THE MILL MEN MEET ? j Important Gathering of Manufacturers in Washington City ^ EXISTING CONDITIONS DISCUSSED President Heath's Analysis of the Situation?The High Price of Raw Cotton and Small Returns for the Manufactured Product. Washington, Special.?The American Cotton Manufacturers' Association resumed here Wednesday for its eighth annual session. The meetings are being held in the banquet hall of the Arlington Hotel, and will last two days. About 200 members of the association were present. The programme of the morning session included addresses by W. C. Heath, of Monroe, N. C.. president of the association; Secretary Cortelyou, of the Department of Commerce and Labor; R. M. Miller, Jr., of Charlotte, N. C.; Prof. R. C. Carpenter, of Ithaca, N. Y., and J. W. Norwood, of GreenviLe, S. C. President Roosevelt is to receive the members of the association at the White House. President Heath in his address said the most serious condition now confronting the cotton manufacturers is the high price of the raw cotton, x, coupled with the small returns for the ? manufactured product. The manufacturers are largely responsible for this condition, he said. When the price of raw cotton began to go up recently, they had told their customers that the ii.crease was due to speculation and manipulation. This, he asserted, was not the case. The high price of raw cotton was due solely to a response to tho law of Biinnlv and demand The scarcity of farm laborers in the South, due to the migration of the negro to the cities, is one of the serious conditions to be met. To meet it the immigration of Italian and other foreign farm labor will have to be encouraged. Touching on the labor problem. Mr. Heath asserted that while the right of labor to organize wa9 not questioned, neither should the right of capital to combine be questioned. The power of labor organizations, he said, was being put at present time to dangerous uses. It was menacing Individual rights: it was even asking the government to fix the hours of labor. These developments, he concluded, threatened the very principles of the government. International Y. M. C. A. Buffalo. Special.?Fourteen hundred delegates, including many prominent in all walks of life, assembled here Wednesday to take part In the thirty-fifth international convention of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America. Two sessions were held today, at which the delegates were welcomed to the city and permanent organization was effected under the president of the board of commissioners of the District of Columbia. This evening the delegates attended a banquet in convention hall at which 1,500 persons were present. The following letter of regret from President Roosevelt was read: "White House, Washington, D. C.. May 9, 1904. "My Dear Sir: It is a matter of sincere regret to me that I am not able to be present at the international meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association. I believe with all my heart in your work, for you have not confinn/1 vnnrc-nlvoa mnrolv t r? fflllMIlfT about what could jbe accomplished, but have striven in practical fashion to realize in some degree on this earth the ideals of Christianity. I feel that even' Young Men's Christian Assoc iation throughout this land is a valuable adjunct to good citizenship. "With my best wishes, believe me, "Sincerely vours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "To the President of the Y. M. C. A. International Convention." To Make "Corners" Impossible. London, by Cable.?In the House of Commons when asked if the government would not co-operate with the Liverpool cotton exchange in the same way that the United States government was co-operating with the cotton exchanges of America, with the object of making "corners" impossible. Premier Balfour, President of the Board of Trade, said no information had reached the government that the United States bad taken such a step to deal with this form of gambling. Discussed Freight Rate3. Atlanta. Special.?The discussion of freight rates occupied most of the time of the Southern Vehicle Association here. The report of the freight committee composed of A. D. Bellamy and J. x 13. Creighton, dealt almost entirely with technicalities and suggestions of interest to the members of the trade. Officers will be elected, tomorrow and the convention will come to a close. Injunction Asked. Louisville. Ky., Special.?The Wrc.iteroft Coal & Mining Company filed a suit in the United States Court Wednccifav aslrinef an inlnnction aeaill;t the union miners of Hopkins county to prevent them interfering with nonunion men employed by the plaintiff company. About 50 union miners arc made defendants. U. S. Marshals Placed at Mines. Madisonville, Ky., Special.?The mines at Wheatcroft continue to run with a shprt crew of non-union miners. A number of deputy sheriffs and United States marshals have been placed at the mines. .. -A* V s. .! - '.L*.