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mum loss to south carolina. Capi John . Montgomery of Spartanburg is Dead. Spartanburg, Oct 31.?Capt. John H. Montgomery died ths afternoon at 6 o'clock in Gainsville, Ga. He went to Gainesville yesterday on business connected with the mills -there, of which ?nterprise he is president and treasurer. This morning he was stand ing on a scaffolding, a distance of about 16 feet from the giound, inspect ing some work on the new mill of the * Pacolet Manufacturing company in that town, when by some means he lost his balance and iceli. His skull was-fractured by the fall, and he was rendered unconscious. Th? physicians gave no hope of his recovery from the first examination, and he lingered until?late this afternoon, and died. His wife and children here left for Gaines ville on the morning train. His re mains will be brought to Spartnaburg for interment Sunday. John H/. Montgomery was 69 years of age* having been born in Spartan burg county Dec. 3, 1833. The first years of his life were spent on the farm , on which he was born. He obtained a fairly good common school education, and first started in business as clerk in a store/, his salary begin $3 per month and board. He held ths job for over ajear and went to. Columbia and clerked for several months. He and a brother-in-law then engaged in a busi ness a Hobbysville of the mercantile Mud. He served throughout the Civil war, enlisting in December, 1861, in Co. S, Eighteenth South ' Carolina regiment. During the war he was appointed regimental commis sary in this command with rank of captain. In 1864 he was made assistant division commissary and wasxserving as such when Lee surrendered at Ap pom&ttox. He returned to Spartanburg right after the war, without any money whatever, and his only article of trad* was a very small stock of leather. In 1874 he and the late Dr. C. E. Fleming engaged in the fertilizer business. The late Col. Jos. Walser was also a member of this firm. He retired from the firm in 1884. In the meantime, however, in 1881, the firm of Walker,. Fleming & Co.* purchased a water power on the Pacolet river, 13 miles east of. Spartanburg, and began the erecting of the mills of the Pacolet Manufacturing Co. This first mill was completed in 1883. The company was incorporated in 1881, and Capt Mont gomery has ever since been is presi dent and treasurer. He is also presi dent and treasurer of the two Spartan ; Mills, the. New Holland Mills and the Gainesville cotton mill?the two latter being built by the Pacolet Manufact uring Company in Gainesville. Capt - Montgomery was married in 1857 to Miss Susan A. Holcombe, daughter of the late David Holcombe, and she along? with the following children sur ' vive him : Victor, Walter S. an Ben W. Montgomery. tbe strike commission. A Brief R?solution Affecting the Existing Rate of Wages. Scran ton, Pa., Oc 31.?The first important action "by the anthracite coal strike commission,, which is arbitrating the' differences existing - between the miners and employers, was taken today when it was an nounced by Carroll D. Wright, the recorder of the commission, that if any award affecting the existing rates o: wages.shall be made, the, award shall be < effective from November 1. The announcement of the commission was contained in the following brief res olution: "Voted, unanimously, that if the commission, at the conclusion of its bearing and deliberations, makes airy' award -affecting existing rates of wages* such award, shall take effect November 1, 1902.' ' It was fully expected the matter would come up before the arbitrators, but the action of the commissioners shuts Qff any possible controversy that either side may have desired to raise. The miners wanted the new scale, if one is made, to date from - the time they returned to work, but the opera tors left the matter to be decided by the commission. The mine workers are pefectly satisfied, however, with the decision of the commission. The stike has been off only one week and most of the men have worked more than four or five days. The commissioners spent the entire day in continuing their inspection of the mines and the mining region about Scr?aton. They visited the Manville* colliery, operated jointly by the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western com panies in the forenoon, and the after soon was spent in riding through the region on a special trolley car. The commission will spend Saturday in the vicnity of Wilkesbarre, returning in the evening. It is.possible the commssion may make a preliminary report on three of the principal strike questions.. They are the increase in wages, a shorter work day and the weighing of coal.. After these have been decided the com mission can take up all other questions without undue haste. It is known the commissiners have this feature under consideration and it is very likely a preliminary report will be made. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 1.?Her bert B. Marble, of New York City, in the Superior Court today was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to one year in jail and fined one dollar. While driving an automobile on the Wallingford turnpike Marble struck a vehicle occupied byDbbn Molz and his son. The former was thrown out and received injuries from which he died later. Charleston, Nov. 2.?Train 35, of the Atlantic Coast Line, due in Char leston at 6.17 a. m., yesterday, side wiped a freight, whcih was moving into the switch at Elm City, N. C, late Saturday night, and killed Engi neer W. W. Currie, whose quick pres ence of mind saved the lives of prob ably every passenger on board. The negro fireman was fatally injured and will die. The mail car, which was next to the engine, was burled from its trucks and thrown into afield, and Route Agent Woltz was seriously in jured. Everybody on board was jerk ed about roughly, but not a single passenger was seriously hurt. j DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL OF VICTORY. Claims Made That They Will Con trol House and Elect Governor of New York. Washington, Nov 3.?Judge Griggs ! says the democrats are bound to win, that Coler will be elected Governor of New York by 25,000 majority and that ! the democrats will have a majority of 165 members in the House. Mr. Griggs has just returned from New York and believes he left everything there ripe for victory. That the Presi dent is exceedingly anxious is evidence by his somewhat unprecedented utter ance issued from the White House just before he left the city. He in structed Secretary Cortelyou to say, "Tbe President is watching with keenest interest and most earnest desire for. Republican success the various Congress canvasses and those State canvasses in States like New York and Pennsylvania where Gover nors are to be elected. ' ' Such a state ment from the President of the Unit ed Sates is so unusual that it can only be interpreted as meaning that he is extremely anxious over the result and desires to inject into the campaign all of his personal popularity and spirit possible. There is no question but that the republicans are thoroughly demoralized in many sections and it will not be surprising if they fail to poll anything like the vote they an ticipate. Chairman Griggs talked recently of the results to be obtained by a thor ough revision of the tariff. He pointed out that Americans pay just double .what other people pay for their lead pencils because of the high tariff on them. The price of American graphite pencils, to the trade, is $3.75 per gross while they are sold to the foreign trade for $2.2o. The pencil trade of the United States is supplied by just four firms which are so protect ed by the present tariff that competition is impossible and they are charging American consumers nearly double what they charge the foreigner. There have been many .remarkable features about the campaign just closed. The President and members of the Cabinet have been' most positive in their promises of reforms which the real leaders of the party oppose and oppose vigorously. Mr. Moody has, on several occasions, promisee! the immediate repeal of the duty on an thracite coal, while Hanna, Aldrich, Allison, et al, have protested that there must be no change in the sacred tariff schedules. Attorney General Knox has been promising the people that there would be additional legis lation looking to the control of the trusts. The real leaders have [said, half hf artedly, that there would* be a change in present statutes if it was demonstrated that such change was j necessary, bat Mr. Knox says un qualifiedly that such change is neces sary and points out the instances where he has been unable to prosecute trusts because of the inadequacy of the l?w. The President has caused it to be made known that he intends to recommend a bi-partsian board to consider tariff revision while Senator Hanna has assured the people they must "stand pat" and not permit any schedule to be revised. The Minnesota republicans have promised sweeping tariff reform and the eastern repub licans have urged the reelection of the party because such reelection would prevent tariff reofrm. The democrats, however, have adher ed to one issue and that is tariff revi sion. They believe that the infant in dustries have been nursed into trusts by the tariff and they are anxious to reduce that tariff in the interest of the consumers. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hill, all the ablest men in the party in fact, have stated the issue to be the same and have emphasized the necessity of tariff re duction for the welfare of the country. That the people have not heard the last ef the tariff cr of the trusts is evi dent on all sides and that they demand som^ steps towards their relief is equal ly evident. That many persons will vote for the republican candidates with the belief that they~ will effect the desired ends is doubtless the case, but those voters will have an oppor tunity to see that no republican vote is ever cast against the interests of the trusts and the capitalists. The grave * apprehension is felt in administration circles over the state ment which President Eaer made to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commis sion, that there were numerous opera tors in the anthracite field who were not committed to the arbitration pro ceedings and who were not even con sulted in the negotiations preliminary thereto. Were it not for the fact that the election is so close and that so much hinged on the. belief that the coal strike was settled for three years, it is more than probable that the President would have communicated with Mr. Baer and asked him wnat he meant by that statement, in view of his representations at the White House. As it is, the people believe that Mr. Roosevelt has settled the strike and it is desired that they shall do so, at least until after election. The argument which it is feared Mr. Baer and his associates, in the event that the Commission finds against them, will advanoe, is that it would be unreasonable of the President to ask them to abide by the decision of the Commission without insisting on that decisions being equally respected by their competitors Of course the President cannot insist on anything except through Baer and the other railway presidents who participated in the conference and subsequent agree ment at the White Hones. The Com mission has invited the other operators, those whom Mr. Baer declares were "in no way compromised" by his agreement, to participate in the ses sions of the Commission and to voluntarily submit themselves to the same inquisition as the railway presi dents but there is no reason to believe that they will do so unless Mr. Baer and the other trust magnates insist and that they have practically refused to do. There is no doubt but that the work of the commission will be watch ed with painful anxiety from Washing ton and it is more than possible that the next meeting will bring out im portant developments. The President accepted, last week, the invitation of Representative Rixey of Virginia and left Friday night for Mr. Rixey's farm where he will enjoy two days shooting. This evening he will pass through Washington on his way to Oyster Bay where he goes to cast his ballot. On his return he will LYNCHING FOR MURDER. A Negro Burned for] a Double Murder at Darling, Miss. Sardis, Miss., Nov. 1.?One negro, name unknown, bas been burned at the stake, and two men, implicated by the negro in his dying confession, are being held by a posse pending an in vestigation into the murder of E. 0. Jackson and a mill owner named Roselle, at Darling, Miss., Wednesday night. The negro was burned at Darling last night by a mob composed of 4,000 per sons from both races. Just before the lighting of the funeral pyre the cap tured negro confessed that he had com mitted the double murder, with the assistance of two men. The motive was robbery and a considerable sum was obtained, which was the nergo stated was divided among the three. After the burning a posse went in search of the two white men and soon captured them. They are being held, pending an investigation of their guilt or innocence, and it is believed that a double lynching will follow if guilt is proven conclusively. The names of the prisoners are not known. Darling, Miss, is a small station "on the Lake Cormorant branch of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Rail road, about twenty-five miles from this point, with no direct telegraphic communication. Later it was learned that the two white men were released by the mob, an alibi having been proved by each man. No furher trouble is expected tonight. THE GUATEMALA VOLGANO. Fields Are Covered With Ash es and Brooks and Roads Choked With Cinders. Tapachutla, State of Chiaipas, M?x., Nov. 2.?Growers on neighboring haciendas will suffer great loss owing to the fact that their stock cannot pro cure food, the fields being covered with ashes from the Santa Maria vol cano. The brooks are choked with ashes and cinders and all the neighbor ing roads, are^covered thick with ashes and cinders. It begins to te seen that the coffee planters will come off better than the stock raisers. Diligent investigation shows that there was no loss of life during the recent disturbances though what may have happened near the volcano in Guatemala is not known here. The people are beginning to regain confidence though their experi ence was a terrible one. One house j only was damaged during the earth-1 quake. Reports from towns across the Gua temala border shows that the alarm was intense, everybody fearing a similar fate as befell the people in Martinique and St. Vincent. What most impressed every one was the darkness which prevailed for more than two days. Government experts are studying the effect of the volcanic eruption and will soon make a report. FISE FIENO AT WORK. Florence, Darlington and Camden Have Destructive Fires. At 2:30 oclock this morning it was reported by telephone that a 830,000 fire occurred !at Florence. Nearly a block was destroyed in the central part of the city, comprising the Dixie - Tobacco warehouse and the Pee Dee Tobacco warehouse and several inter mediate wooden buildings. The fire was not under contr?l?t 2:40 a. m. The fire having commenced at 1:15. Origin thought to be the work of incendiaries. FIRE IN DARLINGTON COUNTY. Darlington, November 2.?A fire, involving a loss of eight or ten thou sand dollars, occurred at the large lumber plant of Bridges & McKei than at 4 o'clock this morning. The two large planing mills, the entire lumber sheds and ten carloads of lumber were destroyed. The fire when discovered had made considerable headway in the boiler rooms and the whistle could not be sounded. The local insurance men are at the scene today and no details can be obtained. Work in ; the planing and shipping departments will be temporarily de layed, but the other business will be continued as usual. A CONFLAGRATION IN CAMDEN. Camden, November 2.?Fire broke out tonight in the frame building own ed by John Meeks, colored, which is within a few feet of S. B. Latham's livery stables, and for two hours the fire raged. Eight frame buildings were consumed. The two or three private wells were the source of3 supply of water and these were inadequate. The loss is about seven thousand dollars. Latham's stables escaped. Those who lost by the fire were : John Meeks, colored; William Boy kin, colored ; James Bennett, colored; Mr. James Shirley, Mrs. P. Tobias, two buildings; Reuben Benson, colored, and Mr. W. T. Lollis, board ing house. The fire was stopped after the most heroic efforts at T. J. Boykin's store. The total amount of insurance will not exceed $2,000. Two of the buildings were blown up with dynamite, but this did not avail to stop the fire. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 31.?Cresceus, the great son of Robert McCregor, was sent against the worlds two mile trotting record of 4.2S1^, held by On ward Silver, and completed the circuit twice without a break in 4.17 flat, clipping ll1^ seconds off the former record. Spartanburg, Oct. 31.?Today John B. Cleveland announced that he will build a science hall on WofTord College campus. The plans, which are already drawn, call for the building which will cost between $12,000 and $15,000. Mr. Cleveland authorizes the con struction of the building at his ex pense. This announcement will bo made to the student body in Wofford chapel tomorrow morning. BIG FIRE IN MARION. - Fire Broke Out at Midnight and it is Supposed to Have Been Due to Defective Flue in the Hotel Kitchen. Marion, October 31.?Marion was visited by another destructive fire latst night. About midnight people were aroused by the ringing of the fire bell and soon a large crowd had assembled at the scene of the fiere. When dis covered the flames had such a headway there was no chance of subduing them. The fire originated in the kitchen of the Planters' Hotel and is suppose to have been caused by a defective flue. I Among the buildings burned were the Planters' H?tel, a large three-story frame building, owned by Mrs. J. W. Holiday;- the frame livery stables of Messrs. J. W. Holliday & Son, ? large frame building, owned by Mrs. L. W. Oliver, and two smaller houses, owned by Mrs. M. E. Matthews. All the buildings burned were on the east side of Main street, north of the rail road. It was only by the hardest work that the livery stables of Mr. E. E. Evans, just across the street from the Planters' Hotel, and the dwell ing of J. M. Williams were kept from burning. Messrs. J. W. Holliday & Son had $0,700 insurance on their bailings and contents; $5,700 of which was in the London and Liverpool and Globe, rep resented by J. W. Johnson: $2,000 in the Commercial Union and 32,000 in the Phoenix of Brooklyn, both repre sented by Stackhouse & Manning. Mr. E. B. Wooten, proprietor of the Planters, lost all his furniture and effects, including all his family wear ing apparel. His loss is about $2,200, on which there was $1,500 insurance, distributed among the following com panies; Phoenix, of London, $650, Greenwich $450, Palatine $200, all in the agency of P. B. Hamer, and $200 in the Equitable, of Charleston, in the agncy of J. B. White. W. F. Wil liams, whose wood shop was among the buildings burned, had $400 insur ance on his tools and materials in the Orient, J. B. White's agency. T. E. Taylor had $150 on his barber shop furniture in the Manchester, J. B. White's agency. Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Matthews had no insurance on their buildings and their losses will amount to about $300 each. The night was very calm and noth ing but this fact kept the conflagra tion from being much larger than it was. A slight wind from any direc tion would have made it impossible to save several neighboring buildings. HESTER'S C'OTTQ? STATEMENT. Movement of the Crop From Sep tember i to October 31. New Orleans, October 31.?Secre tary Hester's cotton statement today shows the total for October to be 1,954,687 bales, against 2,170,142 last year. The movement from September 1 to October 31, inclusive, shows receipts at all United States ports 2,265,693 bales, against 2,004,673 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada 162,144 bales, against 166,263 last year; Southern mill takings 393,500 bales, against 352,663 last year, and interior stocks in excess of those held at the com mencement of the season 397,170, against 352,864. These ? make the total amount of the cotton crop brought into sight during the two months ending the close of October 3,213.507 bales, against 2,876,463 last year. Foreign exports for the two months of the season have been 1,575,295 bales, showing an increase over last season of 136,256. Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty-nine leading Southern interior markets on October 31 were 1,0S2,603 bales, against 1,142,444 the same date last year. Including port and interior towns stocks left over from the previous sea son and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the two months, the supply has been 3,433,581 bales, against 3,236,155 last year. The movement into sight during the past week has been 468,745 bales, against 554,696 for the seven days end ing October 31 last year. VISIBLE SUPPLY OF COTTON. New Orleans, October31.?Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton issued today shows the total visible to be 2,722, 247 bales, against 2,466,801 last week and 2,757,197 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 2,365,247 bales, against 2,023,801 last week and 2,032,197 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 457,000 bales, against 443,000 last week and 425,000 last year. Of the world's visible supp?y of cotton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 1,343,000 bales: against 1,377, 000last year; in Egypt 100,000 against 117,000 last year; in India 173,000 against 139,000 last year, and in the United States 1,101,000 against 1,124,000 last year. *'.St. Louis, Oct. 31.?Edmund Bersch, former member of the house of dele gates, was today found guilty, of per jury in the testimony before the grand jury as to the $75,000 boodle fund raised to secure the passage of the suburban franchise and given five year in the penitentiary. Chicago, Nov. 2.? dynamite bomb, the weapon of a deranged assassin, blew up the home of Joseph Kordeck on Chicago Heights today, killing two members of the family outright, and injuring several others. The house was set on fire and burned, while that of a neighbor caught fire nad was also destroyed. Ceveland, Oct. 31.?A sensational street scene occurred during a politi cal meeting in the public square today in which Mayor Tom L. Johnson struck William Mylecraine, a Republi can tax board official in the face with his fist. It seems, according to the statement of the bystanders, that the mayor overheard Mylecraine assert that he (Johnson) was a liar. A few hot words followed and the mayor struck Myiecraine in the face. Mylecraine left the square, declaring that he would secure a warrant for the mayor's arrest. DEMOCRATS MAY WIN PENNSYLVANIA. Patterson and Penny-packer Con tending For the Governor ship and Both Sides Assured of Victory. Philadelphia, Nov. 2.?-After weeks of campaigning, orators and party work ers have finished their labors and both sides await the issue on Tuesday. Sen ator Quay, chairman of the Repubican State committee, left here today for his home in Bearver, Pa. He has pre pared an estimate of the vote based upon reports from important points throughout the State, but will not make it public until tomorrow. Local Democratic leaders estimate for R. E. Pattison, the Democratic gubern?torai nominee, an aggregate of 90,444 votse in this. city. They express confidence that this will elect their State ticket, figuring that Patti son will have a majority in the State outside of this city equal to the vote here. The general impression derived from the claims of political leaders is that there is much doubt concerning the State ticket. Of the 32 congressmen to be elected the Democrats claim they will have at least seven. It is understood that Senator Quay expects Former Judge Pennypacker (Rep.) for governor, to win by over 100,000 majority, but the leaders on the other side say the harmony now existing in the Demo cratic party throughout the State will render this impossible. A KENTUCKY FIEND. Held For the Murder of His Baby Boy-After Slaying Child Fled to the Woods With 15-Year Old Daughter But She Escaped. Inez, Ky., Nov. 2.?Pleasant Sprad ing held for killing his 4-year-old son and his 15-year-old daughter, is threatened with lynching. Sprading's family consisted of his wife, three daughters and a son. With his daughters and boy, the father was herding sheep last Friday. The boy was unable to keep up with the others. The father placed his son on a stone beside a spring, telling him to wait ntuil his retrun. The boy becoming tired, began to peel the loose bark off a tree that overhung the spring. When the father returned he asked the boy who had stripped the tree. The boy replied that he had. "I would rather have you dead than raise you to destroy everything on the farm," is the reply the father is-said to have made, and then, it is charged, he picked up a stone and struck the boy on the head, knocking him down. Then, it is alleged, he kicked the pro strate baby in the head until he had killed him, and, turning to his daughters, threatened them with a like fate if they ever told what had occurred. Afterward he went home and said the boy, while chasing sheep, had run against a tree and kill ed himself. Becoming alarmed Sprading took his eldest daughter and went to the mountains. His wife hired neighbors to bury the body of the child and then went to Judeg Hensley. She told him of the death of her son and said she suspected her husband, who told her he was going into the woods to hunt squirrels, and added that at different times he had threatened to kill the whole family. Judge Hensley presented the case to the grand jury. One of the little girls told the jury . that her father had kicked the boy to death. Shortly afterwards a sheriff's posse captured Sprading in the woods, ! but his eldest daughter was not with him. The posse is still searching for her, while Sprading is held on the charge of murder. Cincinnati, Nov. 2.?Sprading's missing daughter appeared today bare footed and ragged after escaping from her father in the mountains. She was immediately taken before the grand ury and testified how her father kill ed the boy, threatened her life and that of her mother. She testified that he would have brained them before but for the interference of neighbors. Judge Hensley has the jail so strong ly guarded that there is no longer , any danger of lynching. Sprading will be given a speedy trial. THE ClClfl?li?MBI*. Both Sides Complain of American Interference. Kingston; Jamaica, November 2.? The British steamer Trent arrived here today from Colon, Colombia. She brings reports that the Colombian rebels are still to be seen in the vicin ity of the Isthmus and that they occa sionally appear in the towns along the ; railroad lines. Considerable indignation is felt by the Colombians because American guards are still maintained on the line. Officials of the Colombian Gov ernment claim that what they term ' the interference of the Americans pre vents them from dealing effectively with the rebels, who occupy certain towns, where they collect taxes and make seizures of property. The Revo lutionists, in their turn, claim that the presence of the Americans pre- ' vents them from bringing about a final coup in the revolution. There is much suffering on the Is thmus and the position of civilians there is becoming intolerable. It is reported that terms of a settle- : ment between the Revolutionists and the Colombian Government are at pre sent under consideration and it is be lieved these terms provide for an arm istic of ninety days, during which time a joint commission, composed of members of the Government and the Revolutionary parties, are to frame a new Constitution which is to give equal rights to all parties. When the Trent left Colon last Friday it was j considered doubtful whether the terms i of the proposed settlement would be agreed to. A special from Paris says that W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., sentenced to im prisonment and fine for fast auotmo biling, will surrender when he returns to Paris, ' THE COAL ARBITRATORS. Incidents of Monday's Examina tion of the Mines and Vil lages by the Com mission. Hazleton, Penn, Novemebr 3.?The anthracite strike commissioners spent the_ entire day in the Lehigh Valley region, visiting one mine and several of the mining villages. While most of the commissioners were looking over the territory, Recorder Wright was kept busy on the train in attending to the correspondence of the commis sion. Among the matters he disposed of was the sending of copies of Presi - ent Mitchell's statement of the miners' case, which was filed with the com mission on Sunday night before its departure from Scranton for this re gion, to all the coal companies involv ed in the present controversy. Under the agreement made before? the commission at Washington the operators will make a reply in three or four days. The trip of the commission through this region was an interesting one. the conditions of mining being some what different from those"existing in the Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys. At nearly every station a small crowd was gathered to get a glimpse of the members of the commission. The comission's first stop of the dav was at Upper Lehigh, where A. G. Leisenring, superintendent of the Up per Lehigh Coal Company, took the commissioners for a drive through the town. While in this place the arbitra tors visited one of the homes of the miners, the first "they have been "in since they have been tournig the re gion. Drifton was the next place visited, and there a crowd gathered about the commission as Superinten dent Smith, of Coxe Brotehrs' Com pany, whose mines are located there, explained the trouble between the com pany and its men. At Jeddo John Markle, the indepen dent operator, joined the party and escorted the commissioners to the mining village of Oakdale, near Jeddo Mr. Markle showed them the club house which he maintains there for the benefit of the men. On the run in to Hazleton, where the breaker of No. 4 shaft was inspected. Messrs. Markle,. Duffy and Gallagher had a spirited discussion over the difference exsting at the Markle mines. Mr. Markle told them he was running the Markle Company and would maintain disci pline. THE Bie FIRE IN "FLORENGE. The Tobacco District Almost Wiped Out. Florence, November 3.?Florence suffered another most disastrous con flagration early this morning, one that came very near wiping out the tobac co trade district and a score or more of residences. Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was given and in a few seconds after the four-story frame shingle roof prizery building, owned by W. E. Dragan and occupied by the American Tobacco Ccmpany, was a seething mass of flame. It burned like tinder and went in a gale. The Pee-Dee. tobacco warehouse, only thirty six feet away, to the north,, then caught and soon the largest to bacco sales war house in the State was in ashes. From this building the flames leaped to the cooper shop, next west and then to the WMkins Planing Mill. About ths time the' Dixie to bacco sales warehouse caught from the rain of fire that showered down upon it from the four other, buildings that were ablaze and in a few moments the flames spread over this buildings, so that it was impossible for the fire men to save the building, which was reduced to ashes. The Dixie ware house was a two-story brick and frame structure. The residence of Mr. C. Morgan, a few feet south, and the residence of W. J. Bradford, a few feet to the* north, were saved only by hard and efficient work of the firemen. The sparks from all of the buildings were carried far away down Evans street by the fierce wind that was blowing "and set fire to a score or more residences, but by hard work all of them were saved. Total value of property destroyed*. $41.100: insurance, $27,300. Teacher Killed by Ladrones. Manila, November 3.?D. C. Mont gomery, superintendent of schools in. Oriental Begros, was murdered on Fri day by ladrones from Baclod. Mr. Montgomery was going to Bacolod for a consultation with the retiring super intendent and to assume control of the division. He had a large sum of money with him. Six natives armed with bolos and spears attacked the superin tendent, quickly killed him and then mutilated'and robbed him. The con stabulary have offered a reward _ for Mr. Montgomery's murderers and it is \ thought they will be captured. Rob bery is understood to have been the motive of the crime. This is the first instance of a teach er in the Philippines being harmed while in discharge of his duty. Mr. Montgomery leaves a widow, who is a teacher in the island of Negros. He is from Nebraska. Dover, Del., Nov. 3.?Estimates from various sources tonight indicate that J. Edward Addicks will be un able to control the next legislature. Wm. Michael Byrne, the Union (Ad dicks) Republican nominee for con gress, predicts a combined Republican majority in the legislature, with a deadlock on the senatorship. but the ultimate election of two Republican United States senators. The regular Republican and Democratic leaders, however, dispute this claim and assert that not only will Mr. Bryne be de feated, but that the Addicks faction will elect not more than 16 members of the legislature, which would pre clude the possibility of Addicks' elec tion to the senate. Democratic leaders claim a majority over both Republican factions. With the inauguration Sunday of the Golden State Limited, between Los Angeles and Chicago, over the South ern Pacific and Rock Island Railroads, the timj3 from coast to coast will be reduced to eighty-eight hours.