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dier dead in the brief war with Spain
The first was TO Lieut.. William E.
Shipp, of the Ninth cavalry. who was
shot ard instantly killed by a Mauser
bullet at the storming of San Juan
hill, in Cuba.
A few days ago the state erected
another memorial to an officer who
happened by Fate's decree to be the
only one of the naval branch of the
service to meet death in that war.
This was Ensign Worth Bagley. to
whom death came in the Bay of
Cardenas, Cuba. The monument to
Shipp is at Charlotte. That to Bagley
adorns the Capitol square a. Raleigh.
his native city.
Ensign Bagley was born IN Raleigh.
April 7, 1874, his father, who had been
a major In the confederate service, be-
ing at that time grand master OF the
North Carolina Odd Fellows. His
mother was granddaughter OF Gov.
Jonathan Worth. On both sides the
families are thoroughly representa-.
tive. and have so been from the
colonial days. On June 80, 1899, he
was appointed to the United States
Naval academy after competitive
examination. He was made an ensign
July l, 1897. He served on the
cruiser Montgomery. on the battle
ship Texas and then on the Maine.
When Lieut.. Bernadu took com
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jump out of his skin, writes Gus Roe
der in the New York World.
Whats the matter this morning?"
l inquired
Nothing tho natter he replied,
''only here | was ready for the trial of
that man | was assigned to look after
on the charge of homicide, and that
fool has spoiled my defense
The lawyer explained: The case was
one of cold-blooded murder II was a
homicide committed while in the act
of committing a burglary. The de-
fendant was an old.timer. The district
attorney was looking for n conviction
of murder in the first degree, the pun
ishment OF which is death in the olec.
trio chair. The lawyer who had been
assigned to defend the man surely was
up against It,"
MY man was insane at the time OF
the shooting" said the attorney, The
district attorney laughed when he
heard about the kind OF defense that
was to be offered.
Two months later the prisoner was
brought to court again. What a
change! | was unable to identify the
man. His hair was long and looked as
though a comb had never passed
through it. There was two months
growth OF reddish beard on his face
His eyes were stary. Altogether the
defendant appeared more like a mon
ster than human being.
The Ruse That Worked.
mo use trying him; he's not right
in his upper story" said the lawyer tC
the assistant district attorney IL
charge. The prosecutor seemed tC
have his doubts In order TO go L
trial in the case It was necessary L
get a jury, and then there was som,
doubt as to whether, after all, a con
victlon of murder in the first degre,
could be secured.
win you take a plea OF guilty o
murder in the second degree?" asket
the lawyer.
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Gentlemen" he stammered. yes,
you have found me out But you
would not have done 50 had you not
put me under chloroform. Now I'm
glad it's over and / am ready TO take
my medicine You cannot imeglne
what / have suffered during all these
long months while / was trying TO
beat the chair. Now | am glad the
end is at hand"
well remember the case OF Mar
tin Thorn, the barber. who, together
with Augusta Mack, a midwife, killed
William Guldensuppe, rubber in a
Turkish bath. william F. Howe, the
veteran criminal lawyer, was his
senior counsel. Joseph Moss, now a
magistrate, and at that time also con
nected with the firm of Howe & Hum
mel, was also of counsel / sat next
to Thorn during his trial, which took
place in Long Island City, and later
on | saw him electrocuted in Sing
Sing.
There was nobody at that time who
understood more about putting up
the right king Of defense than did the
veteran Howe. remember going to
him just as the trial was about to
start and asking him what kind Of
defense Thorn would put up.
"Ah, my boy said Mr. Howe TO me.
II don't know myself. That is, It all
depends upon circumstances. In the
first place we" (he always spoke of
his client as WEI did not commit the
crime. Therefore, you see-and quite
readily too-that we are innocent Of
this most awful charge that a grand
jury. guided by a msinformed district
attorney, has declared against us"
A short time after the commence
ment of the trial Mrs. Mack an.
nounced that she would turn states
evidence She confessed all and
swore that Thorn had committed the
murder.
was assigned that night TO notify
Mr.. Howe of what had occurred.
found him in an uptown hotel. He had
retired when the bellboy took up my
card. was asked to Come right
in. my boy"
told him that the woman in the
case had confessed that Thorn had
killed Guldensuppe and that she had
helped the man to dispose Of the body
OF the victim.
What are you going to do now
about the defense?" | inquired.
81 have Il! / have IT," all at once
shouted Mr.. Howe. looking as happy
as a schoolboy with new toy. What
do you think Of it?"
THE only thing left you is insan-
ity," | suggested.
And that is where you are wrong"
replied Mr.. Howe. Il told you / had
II. Here is our new defense. l knew
it all the while. Now, please, don't
think that just manufactured 1t.
Why, of course, we knew all the time
that this was the body of Guldensuppe.
although the head was missing. We
know, too. who killed the man. We
did not. She did Yes, she did. All
we had to do with the case was to
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-27
TIMBER KING WALKER.

Fletcher L. has entire management
Of the great Minnesota timber tracts
and lumber mills.
Clinton has absolute charge Of the
California timber tract. Very little de-
velopment work has been done there
yet, and a herculean task confronts
him.
Gilbert NJ. spent many years on
Minnesota timber tracts and finally
assisted his father in an advantageous
sale to a competing concern.
Willis ]. conducts his fathers per-
sonal affairs and manages the finances.
Archie Dean manages the Walker
real estate interests. Millions OF
dollars are invested in Minneapolis
realty alone. Archie had no fixed
name until at six he was allowed to
choose It for himself
Here is my fayorite corner" he
said, as we passed through his library,
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o'eRlEN TO BE TRANSFERRED.
Minister to Denmark viii Succeed
Ambassador Wright.

Washington.-The state department
has formally announced that Thomas.
J. O'Brien of Grand Rapids, Mich.
United States minister to Copenhagen
will become ambassador to Japan in
September. on the retirement of Luke
Il. Wright of Tennessee, who has
given notice to the department that
he wishes to leave the service at that
time.
Mr.. O'Brien is 65 years old and a
native of Jackson, Mich. At one time
he had the reputation of being the
ablest lawyer in Michigan. outside OF
Detroit. For years he was chief coun.
sci of the Grand Rapids & Indiana
railroad. and director in the road
as well. He was never a candidate
for Office except In 1888, when he was
nominated for supreme court justice
and went down to defeat with the
whole Republican ticket in the land.
slide Of that year. He led his ticket,
however, with handsome vote. He
was a delegate to the national con,
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indicating a case in which the volumes
were more worn than the rest.
What is the general theme?"
Sociology. l love the study OF po-
litical, religious and Industrial prob
lens the world over. can never tell
which affords me the greatest pleasure
and interest-these old volumes or my
pictures"
Mr.. Walker opened his great gallery
to the public several years ago. There
are no closed days and no admission
was ever charged. Even catalogues
are furnished visitors free.
His home, built years ago. is sim.
pie and comparatively small. Its as
sociations are dearer to him than a
gilded palace. Many comfortable
benches are placed in the edge of the
lawn, and here the people are well
come to come and sit beneath the
shade. While his charitable and phil.
anthropic work is done quietly 1t is ex.
tensive, and he is the main supporter
of certain Institutions In his city.
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The Practice Might Almost Be
CLassed as a Fine Art--HolU
1t Has Been Successfully
Done, with Legal Assist
ance, in Some Celebrated
New York Cases.

New York. - IT'S shamel
Here was ready TO go to trial
with my murder case this morn
ing. and that fool of client Of
mine had to go 20 work and get a
shave and a haircut. Now | can't
have him tried for two months. He's
got to wait now until the vacation sea
son is over III make sure that he
does not shave any more while have
anything to do with his defense"
was coming out of the criminal
courts building when ran into "A law.
yer. an old acquaintance-he is one
of the best-known criminal lawyers in
this country-who appeared to me as
though he was about mad enough to
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The prosecutor consulted the Judge
on the bench. He said he was willing.
The prisoner was arraigned once
more
Defendant at the bar" called out
Clerk Penney. you say you change
your plea OF not guilty of murder in
the first degree, heretofore interposed
in your cnse. and now plead guilty to
murder in the second degree. Is that
your plea?"
ut is," came the response from the
prisoner at the bar
Two months before that-rlght after
the shave and hair cut-no such plea
would have been accepted Death in
the electric chair was then the only
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iy a NJ subject for an insane asylum.
They called him the crazy cop"
But the dieirict attorney won his
point The jury found the policeman
guilty Of murder IN the first degree.
There was nothing else for the Judge
10 do than to sentence the man TO be
electrocuted at Sing Sing. Ennis heard
the sentence and acted as though he
did not know what was happening.
They took him 10 Sing Sing. He was
weak and broken in health. He was
placed I'm one OF the steel cages in the
death house and there the man sat in
almost utter silence. for nearly two
years, while his case was being passed
upon by the highest court in the state.
During all these days and months
while Ennis was confined in the death
house he never spoke to one OF the
other condemned men. Although they
tried their best TO entertain the con
victod policeman he never spoke to
them When the warden and the keep
crs attempted TO draw him into a con
versation Ennis would humble some.
thing that they could not understand.
He would sit all day ana long into the
night. always I'm a crouching position.
When once a week they would open
his cell door and tell him to step out
side that he might be bathed and
shaved he would hobble about as II
he was n wild beast But never a
word did he utter At first he refused
to taste food. After a while he ate.
but sparingly only. He wasted away
terribly.
The Chloroform Test.
DIR. Irvine, the expert physician OF
the prison, was among the few who
seemed to be in doubt as TO whether
Ennis mind was really affected or not.
His case was widely discussed among
experts. but here was a kind OF in
tically unknown.
One day there came word from AL.
bany that the court of appeals had
confirmed the sentence and conviction
Of the lower court. and that the death
sentence must be carried out accord
ihH w raw w JOAihoOh was luA'
zled.
Warden Johnson, who is a very con-
scientious man, reported to the gov.
ernor and the latter, in order that no
injustice should be done and an in.
sane man made to suffer the death
penalty. appointed a commission com.
posed OF leading experts in insanity,
and they went to Sing Sing and looked
at Ennis. They questioned the ward.
en- and the keepers and from them
learned the story / have narrated
here.
IF We can only get his mind OF
the subject" said the doctors. III he
is shamming we can find 1t out only
by getting his mind of the sub.
ject."
They carried Ennis out of the death
house and up to the operating room in
the hospital inside of the prison walls
There they placed him on an operat.
ing table and the chloroform was ad.
ministered They gave him a small
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The Reason.

f. A. Busse. Chicago's new mayor,
had been complimented by reporter
on the direct. terse quality of a state
ment he had given out.
Il am a believer in brevity." said
Mr.. Busse. smiling. THE fewer words
you say a thing in, the stronger and
more striking is that things effect.
once / knew a man who hated the
Swiss.
why. Jake said to him one day,
you astound me. You hate the Swiss.
yet here you ais married to a Swiss
wife
YEA IsiA Jaka: that's the ssa-
son."
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mand of the torpedo boat Winslow he
chose Bagley as his lieutenant. tho
latter having been recommended by
many officers for fitness. He began
his duties on the Winslow December
2S, 1897.
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help her, out Of pure gallantry. to
dispose Of the body, That is no
crime. She did the killing. nothing
else. That is our defense!"
Thorn went on the witness stand
and told the story just as Mr. Howe
had outlined It to me. But the jury
did not believe him. and convicted the
barber OF murder in the first degree.
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Ananlas Far outclassd.

Pop. who is this man Ananias
there is so much talk about?"
"Ananias was man OF ancient
times whose record has been so low.
cred in these days that he is probably
sorry he ever get In the game"
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vention of 1896 that nominated Nc
Kinley and was a member of the com.
mittee that officially notified McKin-
Icy of his nomination.
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STATUE TO ENSIGN sAeLEY.
Memorial to Young Naval Lieutenant
Erected by North Carolina.

Raleigh, N. C.--North Carolina now
has raised two monuments to her sol
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" In God We Trust "

TO an honest God fearing farmer Of the State
of Maryland is due the motto, In God
we trust, y" which appears on the coinage OF
the United States. In 1867, when Salmon p
Chase was Secretary of the Treasury he wrote
to him that as we claimed to be Christian
people we should make some suitable recogni-
ton of that fact on our coinage.
The letter was referred to James Pollock
Director of the Mint, who discussed the mat
ter in his report for 1902 Congress was apa-
thetic, and Chase mentioned it to the law
makers again in 1903:
The motto suggested, In God our trust,
is taken from our national hymn, The Star
Spanged Banner The sentiment is familiar
to every citizen of our country; it has thrilled
millions of American freemen. The time is
propitious; It's an hour of national peril and
danger, an hour when mans strength is weak
ness, when our strength and salvation must
be of God"
As result two-cent bronze piece was au-
thorized by Congress to be coined the follow
ing year, April 20, 1904, and upon this was
first stamped the motto, In God we trust.
By an act of March 3, 1903, it was extended
to the other coins.
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Her One Days Outing

She'll pick up shells in either hand
She'll get her slipper buckles wet;
She'll write her name upon the sand,
With some mans name beside it set
She'll roam bare headed in the sun,
She'll eat gigantic lunches. and
She'll battle and swim and races run,
Or maybe nap upon the strand.
If very gay, she'll madly dance
With tall young partners at command
She'll ride where wooden horses prance;
She'll shoot the chutes and call it
grand
At length, beneath the evening star,
Packed closely in, like herring canned
She'll grace the home bound trolley car;
And all the way she'll have to stand
Yet, the next morning naught you'll see
So bright and brisk and gay as she.
Madeline Bridges
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know Take hold of suthin' mum, for I'm gong
to make a little communication that'll maybe
jar you some There's been a accident, mum
I've got the old Judge curled up under the
seat out here in my wagon, and when you see
him you'll acknowledge yourself that an in
quest is about the only thing that would be a
comfort to him"
This story is typical of American humor
possessing the three distinguishing character
lstlcs, exaggeratlon, gravity, and irreverenCe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
Perils of the Deep

TOHN, do you realize that there is only
= a plank between us and eternity" asked
Mrs. Tremoirs solemnly.
To her the ocean had ever been vast and
mysterious peril,-indeed, all bodies of water
larger than a bath tub had for her an aspect
of menacing danger,-but the expostulationS
and persuasions of her husband had at last
prevailed over her terrors and she had en-
barked upon this voyage to Europe for their|
holiday. But now, in the darkness and desc
lation of this first night out. all her fears had
returned, magnitied and Illuminated by al
weird and inexplicable gone" sensation
where her stomach led to he When he was
home.
do you realize that there is only a plank
between us and eternity"
All right my dear" murmured Tremoirs
drowsily. % It's lucky there is
oh John, John" cried Mrs. Tremoirs.
starting up in her berth unusual sound
reached her ears few moments later. "Oh,
John, do you realize that there is only plank
between and eternity"
This amt eternity, it's the Atlantic|
Ocean," muttered Tremoirs sleepily Forget
you want to be an angel and go to sleep,
Martha, now dol"
"Oh, John! Oh my husband" screamed
Mrs. Tremoirs, as to her excited fancy al
moment later the vessel seemed on the point
realize that there is only plank between us|
and eternity"
Dad bust it Martha are you going to|
keep it up forever? Why can't you 60 to|
sleep and quit bothering about your blasted
old lumber yard'" snarled Tremors I'M
patiently.
You wretchi' shrieked Mrs Tremoirs.
springing from her berth and standing white|
and trembling in the middle of the state|
room ooh. you abandoned wretch Howl
dare you swear like that with only plank
between us and eternity"
Tremoirs groaned aloud IN bitterness of
spirit. Martha" he queried with pathetic
resignation, are you ever going to stopI
jabbering like camp meeting and let me
get some sleep?"
Sleep Oh, how can you, how dare you
sleep?" demanded Mrs. Tremoirs, wringingI
her hands wildly, with only plank betw-
ulp, ulp ulp!"
For right in the middle of her most rational
question, to Mrs. Tremoirs' terror filed i'm
agination the ship seemed to stand straight
up on its head for one long dizzy moment, and
as it sank slowly, sickeningly back int
the fathomless deep she dropped gasping t. !
the floor.
And thenceforward the actual miserieS
the present excluded all thought of the future '
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been claimed as purely American. For in
stance: willie Jones loaded and fired can
non yesterday. The funeral will be held to-mor-
row
it is very venerable. If you will turn to the
twelfth and thirteenth verses of the sixteenth
chapter of II. Chronicles, you will find these
words:
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of
his reign was diseased in his feet, until his
disease was exceeding great; yet in his disease
he sought not to the Lord, but to the physi-
clans. And Asa slept with his fathers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
Some Typical Examples

THE following examples, while not new,
L and possibly very familiar, chosen
simply because they typical.
One man who was to make speech said to
another at a dinner What had | better
talk about?
About two minutes"
One Irishman said to another, Whats
your daughter Katie don'?"
"Ridin' bareback in a circus"
Wont she catch cold?'
man asked his barber if he had seen the new
Congressman, saying, How does he look
is he smooth faCed!"
mo, he shaves himself"
At Southern eating station an old colored
man was ringing bell, and little dog sat be
to him and said, What you holerin' for?
You don't have to eat here"
A certain well known politician, it has been
told, was out hunting, and lost his way. Night
came on before he found habitation. Finally
he came to a fishermans hut, and banged on
the door.
who's therea" came sleepy voice.
"Grover Cleveland
well what do you WANT"
4" | want to stay here all night" was the
response:
A young wife called her husband on the tele-
phone to tell him tale OF woe. In tear choked
accents she said, That you, deary? Well,
you know that lovely chicken pie | made you
that horrid old cat came in and ate it up
before | could stop iti'
He answered, Never mind, darling: I'll get
you another cat"
In book store window there was sign,
Porter wanted" Under it were some books
and the legend, Dickens works all this week
for four dollars"
first sign, started into the store, then seeing
the other he said, Dickens works all this
week for four dollars, does he? Well, let him;
I'm union man.
Two Irishmen were taking their first trip
in sleeping car. One climbed to the upper
berth, and the other crawled into the lower.
Presently the one in the upper berth called
down
Say, Moke, how are ye gittin' on wild y'r
new bed,"
well, have me clothes off but l can't
get in this hammock
Breaking the News
A Ii these stories are typical of America; but
n the real national method of provoking
laughter is the humorous story as eXpounded by
Artemus Ward and Mark Twain
A characteristic story is told by Mark Twain
about a Judge Bagiey, VINO trlpped and Tell
down the court house steps and broke his
neck. The question who should tell
Mrs. Bagley. The task was finally given to
Higgins, who lived out that way. His instruc-
tions were to break the news gently.
Higgins put the body of the Judge into his
wagon and started for home. When he
arrived at the Bagley farm he stopped and
called until Mrs. Bagey came to the door,
when he said
Does the Widder Bagley live in this
house,"
THE Widow Bagley? No, sir; / never heard
of her.
"Ill bet she does. But have it your
way. Can you tell if Judge Bagley lives here,
them"
Eyes. Judge Bagley lives here"
"I'll bet he don't. But never mind, it amt
fer me to contradict when you're SO certain. Is
the Judge in?"
No, not at present"
Il jest expected SO much, because you
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A Good Medicine

r AUGHTER not only gains friends, but it's a
II good medicine-keeps the eyes bright, the
heart light, and increases the number of red
corpuscles. Perhaps that is the reason one
sees so few fashionable people laughing.
They are cutivating blue blood.
A man who was very i'll was visited by his
doctor, one of those lugubrious creatures
about as cheerful as a tombstone He assumed
the properly detected air, and inquired of the
sick man where his friends in they
need be notified, and asking if he had any last
request
"Yes, one" the patient answered feebly.
What is it"
81 wish ! had another doctor"
A certain type of story, having the sudden
and terse conclusion to direct statement has