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TRAGEDY EN G.E0161U. Question is Was Wallace Insane or Had He Quarreled With His Second Wife. Lawrenceville, Nov. 3.-The tragedy of Tuesday morning, the double mur der by Joseph D. Wallace, a promin ent merchant, and his own suicide, has inspired a hundred rumors as to his motive. He shot his wife dead in frenzy after a nightmare, and insanity followed, is the theory of the surviv ing members of the family. The older citizens say that Wallace was a pe culiar man, and that several years ago he killed a negro with but little pro vocation. Some of the gossips say that Wallace and his second wife did not get along well. That the catastrophe grew out of a quarrel with her is strengthened in their minds by Wa - lace's shooting only the children,-of his second wife, while his thre daugh ters by his first wife were in the room pleading with him not to shoot again. "I have killed your mother," Miss Estelle Wallace heard her father say as he jerked little Cline, a nine-year old boy, away from his dead mother's brestbreast, "and now I will kill you." With that he shot the boy twice' through the heart. The story that Miss Wallace tells is a reality more horrible than any nightmare. The Daughter's Story. "About 2.30 o'clock," she said, "my sisters, Lena and Lolly3 Belle, and I, who were sleeping in another room, were awakened by mother's screams. Then we heard -three pistol shots. We rushed to mother's and father's room door, and found Felton, Garland and Cline there, knocking for admittance. We thought it was a burglar inside. "Father unlocked the door and there was the expression of a demon in his face. He grabbed Felton, who is four teen years old, by the arm and shot at him twice, wounding him once in the shoulder. The father rushed out of the house with trousers in his hands. We ran to mother's bedside and little Cline, putting his arms around her neck, begged her to speak to him. But she was dead. The Second Crime. "In a few minutes father returned, jumping around the room and chatter ing like a gorilla. He jerked Cline from mother's bed, and saying, 'I have killed your mother and now I will kill you,' fired twice at <him. "When father took hold of Cline we all, wildly excited, pleaded with him to stop. But he did not seem to hear. After he had shot Cline he started for the door .and shot into it. I hope I may never see such a face again as his when he turned and, pointing the pistol at his own head. fired and fell back-dead. "We girls screamed and ran out in to the night. I did not know whethe2r I was dreaming or in hell." J1. W. Montgomery, and his family who lives next do'or, were awakened by the pistol shots and the screams of Cured Splint '1I have used Sloan's Liniment on a fine mare for splint and cured her. 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Price, 50c. and $1.00 sloan's book on - - horses, cattle, sheep 11.5. AIN and po ulit ry sent ..--=. --- free. Adldress W_-i Dr. Earl S. Sloan, the children in the night. They ran 1 out to see what the trouble was. They were directed to the chamber of the tragedy. On the bed was a dead moth-: er's body, covered with blood; by the H side of it on the floor was little Cline, his body crumpled up in a heap; near the door Wallace hims., lying on his back, his dead eyes staring wildly at the ceiling, and Falton writhing in agony near him. . All Buried Together. The funeral services were held at 12 o'clock Wednesday, one service for all three, (and they all three were buried side by side in the little ceme tery). The people of the town were gath ered in groups Tuesday in the central streets. The home of the tragedy was crowded with friends, relatives and; the morbidly curious. A 'hundred ru mors of the motive were being whis pered, but no one would openly say 1 the provocation was anything but in sanity. One of the whispered stories was that Mrs. Wallace would not get up and unlock the door for her husband when he returned from his lodge Mon day night. It was said that his temper was uncontrollable when he was up set. DR. OLIN SAWLER WITHDRAWS. Georgetown Member Not to Seek Speakership of House. Columbia, Nov. 3.-With reference to the speakership of the next house of representatives, Dr. Olin Sawyer, of Georgetown, who has been a strong and aggressive candidate for the of fice of speaker of the house of rep resentatives, has concluded to with-. draw from the race. When seen last night, Dr. Sawyer stated his position' as follows: "I am a strong believer in the principles of local option, and, as is well known, have fought consistent-' ly for this positon. I find now that if I continue in the race for the speaker ship it will bring on a bitter contest at the very beginning of the session and rather than embroil the house in a partisan fight of that kind, merely over the selection of the presiding of ficer, I prefer to retain my position on the floor, so as to be free to defend the principle of local option on its merits." GALE ON ATLANTIC SEABOARD. Storm of Mid-Winter Intensity Par alyzes Telegraph Wires and Rail way Traffic. Philadelphia, Nov. 4.--The north-. east gale which came in from the' ocean yesterday developed during the night into one of the worst November~ storms in years. In the mountain dis tricts of Pennsylvania snow fell to the depth of 12 inches and in some' places drifted badly. Railroad and trolley service in these sections is impeded. The storm was accompanied by a high wind which. played havoc with telegraph and telephone wires. Part of the anthracite coal region is snowbound. At Delano, one of the highest points in the region, and at Frackville more than a foot of snow fell and drifted in places to three feet. Business Almost Suspended. Trolley service was maintained with difficulty and the Pennsylvania railroad was obliged to use the tracks of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad company because of a heavy drift. Business of all kinds in Schuylkill county was practically at a standstill, the storm having caught the region entirely unawares. Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Wil liamsport and other points west of Philadelphia are cut off from all wire communication. Snowfall in Maryland. Baltimore, Nov. 4.--Last night's storm which played such havoc at the aviation field, caused serious in terruption to telegraph and telephone service. The long distance telegraph' companies reported no communica tion in any direction. This forenoon the storm showed signs of abatement, although a mix ture of snow and rain was still falling and a strong northeast wind was blowihg. The snowfall, which was' the first of the winter, was general throughout Maryland. Wire Communication Broken. New York, Nov. 4.-A storm of mid winter intensity which came booming up the Atlantic coast last night, bring ing with it sharp gales and heavy falls of snow and rain, left todap a' broad trail of broken wire communi cation along tte seaboard. Telegraph 'companies were beset with difficulty: in all directions. The storm was atp parently severest between Baltimor - and Washington. all wires being down between those cities. Pen-i sylvania suffere:d from a soggy, cling ing snow and wi-es f,:cess5 to the State were eith;'r down .r worked only intermittently. Early communi cation with ('hicago was obtri:rd by way of Bosion, tbeneo to th' WM's )rought down the snow-coated wir ew York State felt the storm a vires N orked poorly. Broken wire communications ; ected some of the railroads a -rains from distant points were ;ome cases far oehind their schedu, Five steamships due at quaranti his morning are still unreported ).50. The steamers are evidently e :ained by the high gales and mou :ainous seas. IF ROOSEVELT SHOULD FALL 3uppose He Accepts Democrats' ] vitation-Who Would Laugh? New York, Nov. 4.-Is the Hartfc Democratic town committee's joke he Republicans or the Democra [s a question which is bothering so 3f the politicians heretoday. 'I Elartford (Conn.) committee in fa. Aious mood sent a communication the Republican speakers' bure are asking: "Can we have Theodc Roosevelt for an hour's speech Eartford next Monday?" Their idea of the joke apparen mas to carry out the Democratid c( tention that Roosevelt's campaigni in New York State and Massachuse bas won votes for his opponents. TI wanted to convey thus sententiou to the enemy in New York their fe ing that a Roosevelt speech would ure a Democratic victory. But Republican headquarters New York failed to look upon I brief telegram from the viewpoint the Democratic humorists. The m sage was exhibited proudly and chairman of-the speakers' bureau h ried with it to Ezra Prentiss. St chairman. "Look here, Ezra," he shouted w manifest excitement, "I guess we got 'em on the run at last. The De ocrats in Hartford must be in a 1 way. They've given up the fight a sent for Teddy. I guess the colo will be pretty glad to get this." Forthwith a copy of the mess; was ent to the colonel in Iowa soi where. If Mr. Roosevelt should re favorably the Hartford Democrats n find themselves next Monday act as the embarrassed hosts of the eh Republican campaigner. FLAMES RAVAGE PLANT OF MACON TELEGRA Printer Burned to Death in F Which Guts Newspaper Office. Loss is $100,000. Macon, Ga., Nov. 3.-The Ma4 Telegraph building was complet gutted by fire tonight between ( and 7.30 o'clock. The loss is e mated as 8100.000 covered by 80 cent. insurance. Raymond Clay, a printer, was bu d to death. He had come to the< from Knoxville, Tenn., looking work, and. worn out by loss of slE lay down to get some rest in the r of the composing room. The spread with such great rapidity fr the back to the front of the build that Clay was forgotten in the r' for safety by the other employes. Only about half of the files of paper, dating back for 75 years, w saved. C. R. Pendleton, editor of papr, also, is is feared, lost a vs able collection of old works on I tory and Georgia subjects. The fire, as far as can be learr started from three boys smok cigarettes at the back of .the bu ing, a "butt" dropping into some per. The flames leaped up spread as though the 'building ' tinder. The efforts of the firena were chiefly confined to keeping flames from spreading to the adj<: ing buildings, one of which is oc pied by the Macon Evening Ne office and the regular morning edit was being gotten out. NEW MOTOR CAR AT GREENVII "It's a Beauty"-Will Run Ft Greenville to Anderson. Greenville, November 3.-Comn all the way from Omaha, Neb., means of its own engine, the South railway's new motor car for Greenville-Anderson run, arrived this city Tuesday morning, and beg its services this week, replacing "gas-electric" car which has been use for several months past. The new car is about seventy: long, has a seating capacity of at 80 passengers, and with its six inder 200-horse power engine, make a speed of 80 miles per h< It is well equipped in the most n: ern style, and will receive a we welcome oy travellers over this tion of the road. Differing essenti; from the old car, the new motor has no electrical parts, but is dri directly from a gasoline engine,i manner similar to an automobile.' car is made by the McKeen Motor company, of Omaha, Neb., and driven a distance of 1,200 miles reh Greenville. nd * * COMING ATTRACTIONS. nd-* nd * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * S in November 15.-St. Elmo. es. December 23-The Royal Mystl ne Marvels, two nights. at December 30-The Girl of the U le- S.A. n- December 31-My Wife's Family. January 27-Daisy Cameron. January 31-Buster Brown. February 8-Black Patti. February 15-Ishmael. n- February 21-The Fighting Parson February 27-Lyman Twins. March 4-Arizona Co. rd on In its ninth year of o un ivaled popular an itywith an annual at sales Of Millions ~ of poink tly is el- 0 S to-day the in countff over as the he "ONE COFFEE"Of of exetionalqualit es- and dde ceke :he THE REILY TAYLOR CO. te NEW ORLEANS. 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