Show SPARKS FROrl THE WIRES f V V Lorl Rob rts dispatches slioVlhat the British arc getting a firm hold on the Dc la oa Bay railway V V > V r VV President Kruger with some1 o hs chief officials I Is at Pilgrims V rest In JL wild mountainous district northeast of Lydcnburg oJ V In Akron 0 twelve workmen ni1oeuI V alcEcll to have taken part In the riot of lat week have been arrested charged with rioting t A squad of police guard the Jail V Gen Otis has been selected 10 fill hoI post o commanding officer of tlioD4pnrr manE of the Lakes to become vacant iex I cvcjk by time retirement of Ge1 WhJclor I Jn Fall River Mass yesterday forty V four cotton mills operated In twenty V IV I four corporations shut down until September Sep-tember 10th These mills employ 175CO V hands V John Hay Secretary o Slate at Iako V Sunnpcc 7s II domes that h4 J Is i serions V b 1 ill The Secretary adds My Indisposition I Indispo-sition was slight V and 1 am now in my usual health V V Tn Cleveland 0 six hundred longshoremen long-shoremen who went on a strike V at tho Erie railway ore cocks sooral lays ago have returned to work pending u settle uent of the grievances by arbitration V With tho sound off taps last right at V J2 oclock Imp myriad lights of time Court V of Honor Chicago ceos ° d to shine an 1 the thirtyfourth annual encampment of the G A H came t an official close Dr Selln II IMabody has V ben appointed l I ap-pointed superintendent of the department V of lnr1 irts of the PanAmerican exp sition Dr Pcabor Ig l at the Paris axp > sltion as historian of the United States V committee V VV V V V commltct Nl tIt t-It Is uncertain whether the main ootly V of Gen Hothds armv Is retiring cast or tpvrard Lydenbnrg liv thQ former case < tho oiUTof tlio campaign shtfulH be tcatc at hand otherwise guerrilla operations may be further prolonged V Contractor scar Daniels for lie Chicago Chi-cago Federal building V has signed the V agreement of the Bridge and btruetural IroriAVorkers union and all the noil union men In his employment will bo discharged dis-charged ami work resumed with union V men Tuesday morning V limo resignation of Hon TTonry TO 5m mcrson Premier of New Brunswick and V a V rcoitjaniratlon of time Cabinet was noc due to a Government crisis or any difference I dif-ference of opinion The changes grow out of the political relations between the Canadian and provlnrHl governments Both are Liberal v V The date of President McKlnloys departure de-parture for Canton has not been fixed He had hoped to bo able to leave this week largely on account of Mrs McKln loys health but Importantcharacter oC the Chinese negotiations necessitates Ills presence here Vat least until time present pres-ent crlsls Is passed |