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STATE NEWS.
A Shocking Crime-The Work of Rum.

Mrs. Lottie Baker of Montgomery
strangled her four children, aged seven,
five, three and one year, Saturday,
while, as is supposed, under the infu.
ence of morphine The woman is said
has not borne the best reputation, and
she and her husband had agreed to q
separation. The following is her yer.
sion Of the tragedy:
81 was brought up in respectable
family" moaned Mrs. Baker, where
there was plenty to eat, and we lived
comfortably, but when my first baby
was born all the food in the house was
a little -four, which | made into sort
of paste and ate.
"My husband was hard drinker,
a d money sent me by my brother in
Chelsea, Mass, was stolen by him and
spent for liquor.
HE was very jealous, and especial
ly when in liquor, and more than once
beat me till | could not stand.
"Last week he decided to leave me
and take the children to his mother. |
pleaded with him to let me have my
little girl Carrie, but he told me |
should never see their faces again.
'The thought was too much for me
and | wanted to die. | told a neighbor
named Taylor that | wanted something
to kill myself with, and finally persuad-
ed him to buy me some morphine. !
had never taken any of it before, but !
knew it would kill folks. He got ii
and Friday night | took half the bottle
L made me sick and | did not Slan'
early yesterday morning | heard
my husband hitching up the team tc
carry away the furniture. / came
down stairs 10 speak to him. My sigh
was blurred and | could dimly see hin
driving down the road | said to my
self, He will find me dead when h,
returns for the children and | wen
and took the rest of the morphine ane
sat down with my little nursing bah,
to wait for death.
That's all | remember till was "
ing on the lounge in my fathers house
q called for my baby, and fathe
said, oh, God, Lottie, you have mur
dered your little innocent babies.
Il did not realize what he said an,
cried for my baby, but they held M
down and finally showed me the bodie
! Of my darling little ones.
Il saw they were dead, but coul'
not realize | had murdered them AM
even now / don't feel that / have don
anything wrong.
"They tell me the children wer
choked to death and | remember nov
that ! had the strings in my pocket tn
day before to tie up what few clothe
} the little ones had.
"They were the prettiest children
you ever saw, and now they are al
dead.
"When | think oft | feel like lump
ing right through this roof.
"Can they hang me? | did not meal
to do it, and they ought not to.
wanted to kill myself, and | would nov
if could"
The doctors say that Mrs. Baker ha
probably taken morphine for some time
and that she will have to be givel
some while in jail.
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Tired. Weak, Nervous,

Means impure blood, and overwork OF
too much strain on the brain and body
The only way to cure is to feed the nerves
on pure blood. Thousands of people
certify that the best blood purifier, the
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Hoods Sarsaparilla. What it has done
for others it will also do for you. Hoods
Cures.
Hoods Pills cure constipation by
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.'0ne of my sick headaches" you will
hear people frequently say, as If the COM
plant was hopelessly incurable. As a
matter of fact, Ayers Pills not only re-
lieve sick headache but efiectually remove
the cause of this distressing complaint,
and SO bring about permanent cure.
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The people quickly recognize merit,
and this is the reason the sales of Hoods
Sarsaparilla are continually increasing.
Hoods is "on top
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my heart and one always tries TO hide
such things, even from his friends. It's
a long story. so just pull your chair 10
the fire and | will proceed, as the girls
say, to tell you all about II.
about five years ago ] went with
mother and Bess. to England, and while
there met Nell Thursby. Naturally we
had a gay time. for Americans abroad
usually do enjoy life pretty thoroughly.
We stayed In London together for fort
night and then separated. she and her
party returning to America. while We
started for the continent.
II did not see her again until the
time of the Paris Exposition You know
she used TO travel continually, so that
one seldom saw her, except by acct
dentally meeting her away from home).
As before We were together but a short
time, and yet I must confess / found
myself admirlng her immensely. She
was the style OF girl who enters into n
gay time with her whole heart. Is truly
sympathetic and yet with II all ofttimes
extremely naughty.
During our stay In the gay metrop-
oils / was not the only one who learned
to admire her. Bess and she became
fast friends. and It Is owing TO their
friendship that I am sitting here. tell
ing you this little page frpm my lifs's
.histofy. 81 - IS ;. y Y I. ~ p.
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carelessly, as though holding her big
hat In subsection, and as she leaned
back against an old tree l really envled
the soft wind and mellow moonbeams as
they kissed her cheek.
Her answer was Just like her: Jack.
l admire and love you now. but, knowing
as l do how much both OF us enjoy
change OF life and companions. would It
not be wiser for us To remain but friends
for year and then II We still think
the same OF each other we shall jour
ney through life side by side, loving
and working for each other and truly
nothing could be sweeter?
II knew her far better than she did
herself and the look which followed her
words and the kiss-ah! the memory
OF II fingers still-which sealed our con-
tract told me that she was and always
would be my truest friend.
"Our year was up last week, and. Art.
am the happiest man In the world.
for early In June the bells from the old
church are to tell the world that she Is
mine
II see by your face that you are stin
puzzled as to what connection Devreux
Jasper has to this little love affair Of
mine Well. he Is really double cousin
OF Nelrs, II was case OF brother and
sister marrying brother and sister. About
N. year .end A half taEo Carrie Thursby,
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camping expedition OF ours was agree
ably surprised TO hear that Nell was TO
spend the months OF January and Febru-
airy with mother and Bess, in Jackson
Vile. Needless TO say. made II point
to spend most OF my time at the villa
during those months At first mother
and Bess were surprised at my devotion,
for l had never been known to visit
Gearlegh villa for more than few
days at a time, but they soon realized
that Nell was the attraction.
Art. call me a sentimental fool II you
win, but until that Winter never knew
what supreme happiness meant. / lived
as though In dream. Perhaps It was
air-heavy with the perfume OF orange
blossoms or the endless blue OF the sunny
sky. combined with the companlonship
OF true woman. but Jack Howard felt
his bachelors theories and his old-time
scorn OF love and sentiment die out
OF his nature. and through every fibre
OF his nature surged that mighty pas
sion-love, Yes. was deeply In love
with Nell-Nellie. as ! called her then.
How well do I remember the night
on which told her all. Twas one of
those soft. bright, moonlight nights.
when the earth seems hushed to sleep by
the gentle breeze. Nell sat on a rustic
scat In the daintiest white gown. with
. large straw hat lightly resting on her
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Portable In that smoking Jacket and
then tell me what you've been doing
with yourself since last / saw you. BY
the way, how did you manage to get
uptown tonight? l heard that the
cars had stopped running
well. i must confess" said Arthur.
as he drew a Turkish chair before the
fire and settled himself In 1t with groan
Of satisfaction, that we did make rath-
er slow work OF 1t, but you know l have
a queer way OF studying peoples faces
in a car or any public place, and as
had Just eaten a hearty dinner, ! didn't
mind the delay, for 1t gave me an ad-
mirable opportunity Of riding my pet
hobby.
Did I ever tell you. Jack. about one
OF my character study men, whom /
saw one night on the Riverside iinef
Nor
"Well. that's queer. but you were out
OF town then. 80 that may account
for IT..
"we.l. he sat right opposite me and I
noticed that he had u most detected. dis
consulate look on his face. really felt
sorry for the fellow. for he looked as
though he had just received some sort
Of blow which had overwhelmed him.
Shortly after getting On he drew letter
from his overcoat pocket and began
reading. AZ he read cosid see the
|.na ~
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KNOWN TO THOUSANDS.

In continuance Of the testinsoninis from
people prominent In every walk Of life,
whose word Is as good rs their bond ind
whose reputation prcriudrs the pOssi-
bility Of their lending their names To any
cause other than n worthy one, we give
To-day the abatement Of Mr.. james Pierce,
for twenty-three years clerk In the res-
tnurant Of that famous old h0steIry, the
Ashland House, 18th ave-, between 23d
and 24th sfs. He Is probably known to
ms many people rs any man residing In
the city of New York. He saids
FOR -four or five years had Catarrhal trouble
IL started In the usual way from colds Uf course
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REILLY A MADMAN.
Tries to XIII His MOther-in-Law
with N Flatirou.

Aged Mrs. Margaret Kingsley, Of No.
60 East Fourth street, lies in a precari-
Gus condition. and may die from the
effects of ALLOW inflicted by her SON.
in-law, Patrick Reilly, in a At Of In
sane rage.
Reilly was an employee of the De-
partment of Public Works till three
years ago. when he became insane and
was sent to the asylum on Wards ISL
and. He was discharged year ago
as cured. He has not been right men,
tally since. but was considered harm
less.
Last evening Mrs. Reilly's mother.
Mrs. Kingsley. who Is seventy years
old, went out to make a call. Reilly
evidently imagined she had gone to
make arrangements for returning him
to the asylum, and shut himself up in
his room. At Q o'clock Mrs Kingsley,
her daughter and the children were
sitting at a window singing, when
Reilly stole out of his room. He seized
a fiatiron, and with it dealt Mrs. Kings.
ley a terrific blow on the left side of
the head.
It took the combined strength of his
wife. Janitor Luding Xceicensky and
two other men to subdue the mailman.
They bound him with a rope and took
him to the Fifth street police station.
whence he was taken to Bellevue Hos
pital In an ambulance.
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had finished the second page he stoned
abruptly, and examining the opened le, :
ter into his pocket. buttoned his coat
turned up his collar and strobe out of
the car. His very carriage had the air
or desperation and was really half
tempted to follow him.
las / stepped on the car tonight the
first face that / saw was his. and as
there was vacant seat on his right.
needless to say l took It. He had no
idea OF ever having seen me before and
1t was an easy matter. during our long
ride. TO fall into conversation. was
greatly surprised. upon exchanging cards
TO find that he was Devreux Jasper.
81 have often heard you speak OF his
cousin. Nell Thursby. and quite natural
ly / asked him II he knew you. Jack,
you should have seen the look he gave
me when / mentioned your name, as he
muttered Know him Yes, ] think
do! Would God It were not SOL After
that my remarks failed to elicit any re-
ply and as we rode on in silence I no
ticed that same desperate look come
into his face.
Whats In the wind. old fellow ? ]
never imagined you had such bitter enc
mics In the world"
"Well. Arthur. they say murder will
OUT % may AZ well tell you. This
10 the only thing that hays ever Kept
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THEY KISSED HODGES HANDS.
Women Interceded When Isaac
Levine Was Being dubbed.
II Commissioners Don't Act He'll
Appeal to DR.. Parkhurst.

~ the Police Commissioners fail to
take action on his complaint to Inspector
Williams yesterday. against Policeman
.Jchn Hodge. of the Eldridge street sta
ton. Isaac Levine, of IS Ludlow street,
declares he will ask DIR. Parkhurst to
protect him He'll do it," know" said
Levine to an Evening World reporter
this morning.
Levine uuarrelled with his wife. Bes-
sic, last Saturday morning because she
refused to cook his breakfast She
rushed into the street and ordered Po-
liceman Hodge to arrest her husband.
Hodge obeyed with alacrity. No
crime had been committed, no warrant
had been issued, no public disturbance
Of the peace had taken Place os;; in fact.
the law, could justify the policeman
to even enter the place forcibly,
according to the neighbors, yet they de-
the door of the room where Levine had
gone for shelter, but without even the
provocation OF words, belabored him so
Numerically with a club as to make
floor.
Levines nose was broken and his head
and face were covered with cuts and
David Moses. Sarah Moses, Beulah
Ossipo and the latter's daughter. Make,
ncig. ,bors in the house. and many other
people. who were attracted to the place
by the heartrendlng cries of Levine,
begged the policeman to desist. Some of
the women entreated him en- their
knees and kissed his hand in an attempt
to soften his heart.
The sleeve of Beulah Ossipo's waist wa
literally soaked With blood, which she
says flowed from Levines wounds as
she knelt and kissed Hodges hand.
Later Levine was arraigned In Essex
Market Court, charged with disorderly
conduct and resisting arrest. Justice
Hogan evidently considered the man no
very dangerous character. for he paroled
him on his own recognizance to appear
Monday for examination.
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came from England for that affair. I'm
til then he had never seen Nell, as he
had been at school In France when she
visited England. He fell wildly In love
with her, but never betrayed IL by word
or look until one night shortly after she
returned from Jacksonville. Nell scolded
him soundly. telling him that had she
loved him she would never have married
him. The idea of cousins marrying,
and double ones. at that. too! Aren't
you really ashamed OF yourself. Devf"
He at once surmised that sorsa enc
else had won her heart, and he would
never come to see her again. though he
lived but few squares from her. Oc-
casionally they exchanged letters, and
In one OF these she told him Of the 10.
lationship existing between VI, and IN
reply she received a most bitter note.
saying that had 1t not been for me she
would have married him. NJ
'Jove! but he must be more eoncelted
and thick headed than the average Eng
lishman to misjudge Nell In that fashion.
He swears that some day he wiz have
his revenge. and In the mean time he d
just running HIS own nfe by plotting 70
In some way injure us. Nell and I jos
on perfectly happy regardless OF him.
All. me! What fools these martals bsi'
Come On. old fellow; ,Iet'a 40 4 th&
nina "A r.snl.. ma A,aII - n n. 4. "
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AN EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.
Catholic Schools of the City VIII
Hold 1t. BEGINNING Mny II.

The educational exhibit OF the Roman
Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of
New York. which is to open at the
Grand Central Palace on MAJ a..
promises to be one of the grandest ex-
hibitions OF Its kind ever given In this
country. Vicar-General Farley and his
associates are hard at work preparing
the exhibits.
There are sixty-one parochial schools
In the city, representing about 4O. 900
students. Besides these, st. Johns. Man
haitian and st. Francis Xavier Colleges.
De La Sale Institute and sixteen
academies. the Catholic Protectory and
a long list Of asylums and special edu-
cational institutions will take part. The
displays will be from the young be-
ginner to the intricate solutions in
calculus and TRANSACTIONS in classics.
j., Archbishop Corrigan will preside on
the opening night. and w. Bourke Cock
ran will probably be the principal
speaker. Nightly entertainments of
light opera and callsthenics will be
given In the theatre of the building.
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They FOUGHT IN MISTAKE.
A Wife's Anti-Drinking Rule Gets
Her Husband Into Trouble.
She Locked Him Out and He Fights
with . Neighbor.

David Jones. sixty years old, and
Frederick stadler. forty years old. both
living at No. 300 East Twenty
seventh street with their families,
got into an alteration at o'clock
this morning. AS result both men are
locked up on counter charges of as
sault. Each have a number of severe
scalp wounds. In the East Thirty
nth street stat!on-house there Is
heavy wrench covered with blood. The
men say 1t was all mistake, and each
accuses the other Of Using the wrench.
Jones lives in the basement, on the
west side of the house. Stadler has the
east basement with his wife, who is
the janitress of the building.
Just before 3 o'clock Stadler went
home and his wife refused to open the
basement door. She called out to her
husband that he would have to get
sober before she would permit him to
enter. Stadler said that IL the door
wasn't opened there would be trouble.
He then went upstairs to the front
door and rang the bell until the door
was opened. In the mean time his wife
had gone to look for policeman.
When Stadler went into his rooms and
could not find his wife he became flu
rious. He believed she had gone into
Jones's rooms. So he hammered on the
latters door. Jones opened his door and
Immediately knocked him down.
fight, which only terminated when Mrs.
Stadler rushed up the street. closely
followed by Policemen Kelly and Jones.
An ambulance was summoned, and
the men were taken to Bellevue Hos
pital, where their wounds were dressed.
At the station they wanted to Withdraw
the charges, saying that the quarrel
was the result of mistake. But there
was also a charge of disorderly conduct
against them, so they were locked up.
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OF his own Imagination.
well, old fellow. wake up! Are you
going to sit there dreaming all night"
Thus aroused Jack quickly collected
his scattered senses and turned towards
the door. "'Pon my goui. II 1t isn't
Arthur Draytoni Where in the world
did you spring from in a night like
thisT
well. you see. you are such a CAD
about" replied Drayton, that ono
never knows when he will md you. 30
I Just thought this afternoon: Let Jack
Howard alone for veaturing out In this
storm and here am"
5 II SEQ you know me pretty we'll But
you were regular trump 20 come all
The way up, from town 70 Gee such .
'lxauHi, = u 7lsp naalSa xQnra2If cQnn
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Only COUSINLY LOVE.
Yes 1t Enabittered the Heart of a Man
ana Caused Him to HUE.

by Jove. but this is a night when a
crate fire. an easy-chair and a pipe
make fellow feel that life really is
worth the living. Whewl how the wind
howis and the snow dashes against the
window. I'm sorry for any poor beggar
who has to go out and rough it," and
Jack Howard leaned back in his chair
and complacently pufred his English
brierwood," watching the gray smoke
as It curled ana twisted. weaving its
magic spell .pver him until gradually
the room ana his surroundings faded
away into the dim badksroua. Of . pic
turs. as4inst which. boldly euJinsd.
stood epe fais nsurs ana. Inc PypnAi-
isn q ~. ~ Vofsh Ippsd she ersHssea
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YOu read the Evening World!
Do you read the Sunday worldi
PENNIES GO FOR GUM.
Rev. ID. w. Couch Denounccs an
Automatic Machine.


Rev. d. w. Couch, of the Diamond
Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Of
Flatbush. has established a mild sort
of boycott against the penny-in-the- slot
chewing-gum machine of Z. w. Lent,
who keeps a store within less than q
stones throw from the church.
Ever since the advent OF the automatic
chewing-gum dispenser the Sunday
school contributions have fallen off so
appreciably that the Rev. Mr. Couch
has begun to recognize in It a wicked
diyerter OF the righful use Of pennies.
THE money your parents give you to
help along the conversion OF the be-
nighted hesthen," he said to the Bible
for gum. That machine is very wicked.
and I shall see to 1t that It is hereafter
fall on Sunday"
Storekeeper Lent was very indignant
when he heard that Rev. Couch had
used his gum machine for text, and
said that It would continue to stand
where 1t stood even though all the pen
niles In the town went circulating through
It.
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was treated md spent q great deal Of money
With specialists. was treated one year In one
institution and pcrSistently pcrscvered with the
treatment, hoping TO DC cured ultimately, but ~.
cetrel very little, " any, btheht.
Three different times contracted the rip and
each time my Catarrhal trouble grew worse, and
the last time II left me with sevo:e bronchial
affection. with oil Its horrors, l. g. the hacking
cough, tho sore throat. the soreness IN the chest
and back under the shoulder blades, shortness Of
breath and the feeling Of general discomfort. 1t
was only alter being treated by Drs Copeland
and Gardner that gained any material relief.
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THE FREE TEST.

The FREQ test 10 n cordial Invitation to
come aud receive consultation and treat
ment without n penny 10 pay. 1t Ii quite
unnecessary for Drs. Copeland and Gnrd-
ner TO cite names md bring forward tes-
timony TO prove TINT they really give, as
advertised, n FREQ test or that they only
charge, rs advertised, SO n month for
medicines aud treatment. Their course
before 'hc public Is free from deception
Ofany kind, and the public know that
whatever Is stated In their advertising Is
fulfilled to the letter In their Offices.