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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
JONES DISCHARGED
 AFTER LONG TRIAL
cOALBURG MAN WHO KILLED DEARMOND AS RESULT OF A QUARREL OVER A PIG SHOT IN SELF-DEFENSE.

The case of the state vs. Arthur Jones' charged with killing John DeArmond at Upper Coalburn some time ago, was heard in the first division of the inferior court lasting througrout the greater part of the day, Judge I. F. Renners discharged the defendant on grounds of self-defencc.
 It seems from the evidence in the case that Jones ard DeArnlt Id had not been on speaking terms for several years prior to the death of he latter at the hands of Jones, and that the difficulty between the two men about d pig brought the long drawn out trouble to center with the fatal result for which Jones was tried
 The last trouble between Jones and De- Armond was caused by the purchase on Jones' part of a pig, which DeArmond claimed as his own, and which he IS said to have stated he would get If he had to "shoot every body from the cradle to the grave" It is said that DeArmond went to Jones' house, armed with a shot gun, to get the pig and after drawing the gun to a level on Jones, who was sit ting in a window of his house, Jones reached inside of the house, got his gun
 
 and stepped back and shot DeArmond down.
 Jones was arrested shortly after the shooting occurred and tried before two justices of the peace at Coalburg. As the result of this trial he was discharged on grounds of self-defence and the matter was carried to the higher court. The de- fendant was represented in his trial yes terday by Attorney Russell and Com stock and C. P Beddow was the prose- outing attorney.
 u'he prosecution tried to prove by the position in which DeArmond's body was found, and by the way which the bullet entered the body, that he had turned to run when shot and that Jones shot hin' not in self-defence but as he was fiee- ing from the place. The lawyers for the defenant tore down the argument Of thls point, however, and Jones was d1schargeu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
LARGEST SOCIETY
 IN ENTIRE SOUTH
JEFFERSON COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY DOING GREAT WORK. REGULAR MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT WELL ATTENDED.

The Jefferson County Medical society is now the largest in the southern states, and has a membership of 25O active phy- sicians, and is doing more actual work than any other society of It's kind in the whole south.
 The meetings are always interesting, and recently special interest is being dis played. Last night the regular week. 1y session was held in the city hall with a good attendance, and Dr. Wyman, the president was in the chair. These papers were read:
 The Causes, Progress and Treatment of Convulsions in Young Childrenn"-Dr. E. B. Chamblee.
 'Infantile Derangements Due to Im- proper Breast Feedlng''-Dr. Hardee Johnston.
 Home Modification of Milk"-Dr w. H. Long,
 These papers were fully discussed. many of the members participating. During the meeting the city health officer Dr. Hark- ness, spoke of the efforts of the health department to improve the quality of dairy milk. He also referred to the fly nuisance and to the ordinance which Is being prepared as well as other actions taken to abate 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

windows and drowned the sharp rapping of the bailiff for order.
 Immediately after resuming his seat at the counsel table, Schmitzz dictated the following statement to the Associated Press:
 ''rhe court wherein I received my sen tence for the charge of extortion again demonstrates and more clearely than any thing else that 1t has heretofore done, a charge 1 made upon my immediate re- turn from the east that Judge Dunne was prejudiced against me and that it was impossible to secure in his court fair trial. The animus to me he has treas ured in his heart for some time. came clearly and positively to the surface this morning. l have never asked for leniency but l have expected, as every citizen has right to expect. justice. l ask the people to withhold their final judgment in this matter until the iniquitous pro ceedings held in Judge Dunne's court since the beginning of my trial, shall be brought before the highest court
 .'I have never asked for mercy and before a court wherein I did not receive a fair trial, l certainly did not expect it. l intend not only to fight this ease step by step, but all the charges that have been brought against me and with the knowledge in my own conscience of my entire innocence, 1 expect to be successful in the contest.
 now repeat what l have stated al ready that I will be a candidate for mayor Of the city and county of San Francisco this fall, when the people of San Francis co Will have an opportunity by their votes of demonstrating whether they be- lleve me guilty or innocent The people are always right. I am satisfied to leave my case with them"
 Judge Dunne continued for one week the four extortion cases on which Schmitz has not yet been tried
 Immediately after passing sentence At- torney Fairall asked that Schmitz be ad- mitted to bail pending an appeal. This application will be heard formally at 10 o'clock tomorrow. Bills of exception were then filed and Judfe Dunne granted q certificate of probable cause, enabling Schmitz to carry to the district court of appeals his motion for a new trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
VICTORY CLAIMED
 FOR THE STATE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ID

side door of the vestibule." said Brad ley there was a flash of light at the end of my cigar. Next there was a deaf ening explosion. My first impression was that l had been shot in the head. My next impression was that I was being asphyxiated and would die if 1 did not get out. l felt there was a tremendous pressure holding me down. Then there came a lifting force and l was thrown out into the streets the ear tracks. l knew l was on the ear track for remember feeling that I must get out of the way or car would be along"
 The attorneys who took Bradeys testi- mony asked how long d space of time there was between the flash at the end of the cigar and the explosion
 q had no time to think only that had been given a trick cigar was the reply.
 Bradley said he saw nothing of a news paper, string or screw eye in the vesti- bule or on the door,
 Asked if he smelt the gas at the time of the explosion, MT. Bradley said he did after being smashed to the floor"
 He added that he was familiar with the smell of exploding powder and dynamite, but could detect the fumes of neither at the time of the explosion. He had smell ed gas for some time previous to the eX- plosion and Mrs. Bradley had complained to the gas company about the matter. Bradley declared he was never president of the Mine Owners association of Cal ifornia and had never attempted to drive out of California the Western Federation of Miners or it's members. ,,
 Bradley Not Sure.
 Senator Borah relieved Mir. Darrow in reading the cross-examination of Brad ley In this portion of his testimony Brad ley said he was not sure whether he had stepped across the threshold when the explosion occurred. Asked if he had smelled gas before the explosion Mr. Bradley said he did.
 A week or so prior to the explosion Mrs. Bradley had complained of smelling gas on the stairs, while the witness himself could smell nothing. There had been general complaint In the house about the escaping gas.
 Toward the conclusion of his deposition Bradley said that his first belief that the explosion was caused by gas had been considerably modified by Orchards con fession and the other testimony offered on the subject.
 After the Bradley deposition the depo- sition of Percy Cummings, who occupied one of the Linforth flats In San Fran cisco. was read.
 Cummings left the house before the ex-
 
 at Bradley's door. Cummings testified that had the bomb been there he would undoubtedly have seen 1t.
 On cross-eXaminatlon Cummings said he did not remember seeing the doormat at Bradleys door and that he was not pay ing particular attention to Bradley's door and the vestibule of the flats.
 The next deposition to be read was that of J. B. Reilly. who resided near the Linforth flats In San Francisco. He passed the Linforth building ten minutes before the explosion and testified that he saw a Japanese servant washing the marble stairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Our Charitable Institutions Aqaln.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 Your editorial of yesterday on the above touic does an injustice in the following: ''They reclte these acts in order to min- fmize the labors of the sisters of charity at East Lake orphanage and at St. Vim cents" If we know our own motives and we think we do, your statement Is both gratuitous and incorrect. We pro- pose to bring out the facts about these appropriations in the courts. but whether the facts will minimize or magnify the labors of these two institutions remains to be seen. It Is very difficult to get at just what Is done with the subsidies made to these two ecclesiastical institu- tions, since they make no accounting of it to the civil authorities of either the county or the city. They may make an accounting to the church, but of this we have no means of discovering. But the truth will come out in due time, and we trust no one will have occasion to blush. In the meantime, we may we'll await the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
TEARS MELT HEART OF EVERY PASSER-BY Ragged Urchin Promises to Be
 High Financier ALWAYS QUARTER BEHIND For Two Months Youngster Has Been Coming Money at His Stand
 On Twentieth
 Street.
ALWAYS QUARTER BEHIND

Leaning against post in dark corner, crying as if his little heart would break, hiding a tear dlmmed face in a dirty shirt sleeve, small lad may be seen nearly every night on the west side of Twentieth street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues.
 Then, if you be a person full of sym pathy, a Samaritan of the first order, you pause, lay your hand on the young fel- lows shoulder, and ask: What is the matter, little man?"
 T lost a quarter" Is the reply, "and mamma'n whip me if 1 don't take it home Then, showing you his armfull Of newspapers he continues, T try to sell my papers, but won't nobody buy" whln- ing all the while
 Of course your heart is melted, and you willingly reach down into your pockets, pressing, with a few kind words, a piece of money into his hand, going on your way feeling like philanthropist.
 But suppose you stopped unbeknown to him, in a shadow nearby, and see what the elph does with your money, even as one Samaritan has done. What is your S"i Pi iSC NiiSh tio boJ tohCS up lHc oeithS position and you notice the same quivering of his body, the same whmpering cry.
 A moment later, a good man like your self passes along, and you see him do as you did. what are your feelings then?
 Yet it Is true that for two months this lad has been persistently playing the same trick. They are genuine tears that he sheds, and he has probably lost bar rel full on that very sidewalk. If one of his previous victims reproaches him he flares into righteous indignation: "l can prove that I lost my moneyl"
 He Is inded a master of finance Men who claim to be scholars of human na- ture alike fall before his plea Among them he can number such as Solicitor Heflin, who, out of the fullness of his heart, gave whole dollar Another per son reports that he had witnessed the feecing of half a dozen men.
 Ladies are easy victims. There is hard ly woman on the north side who has not given the boy part of her pin money He begins at about dusk, and continues until o'clock. It has ben noticed that he has a, confederate, for at times he dashes around the corner and counts his plenteous change with a boy of his own size. They look to be about years old, and have quite handsome little faces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Objects to a Lecture.

Attorney Metzon interposed: We are here to take sentence, not to be lectured '
 MT Metzon." said Judge Dunne warm ly, 'if you interrupt these proceedings again I will send you to jail You would here begging for day in court to answer the charge that you wilfully and im- properly attempted to tamper with a juror in this case''
 T am ready" responded Metzon, Ito answer now or any other time any charge that may be lodged against me. I take exception to the remarks of the court ad- dressed to the defendant and to the im- proper and uncalled for insinuation of the court against myself"
 To this Judge Dunne made no reply but turning to the mayor he resumed: You were elected to this position because of the great confidence imposed In you by the mass of the people. You have by your wilful, criminal act, so a jury of your fellow citizens has declared, broken that confidence and betrayed the trust'
 Here Schmitz spoke up again, protest Ing against the lecture the court was imposing. Judge Ounce took no notice 'Therefore,' he continued, "it may be said that the penalty which the law per mlts in this case Is insufficient to meet the demands of justice. It may be sug- gested, however, that by your convic- ton you will lose the respected esteem of all good citizens and men; that you will suffer the humiliation of knowing that your case is of hypocrisy and dis honor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
NEGRO HAD HARD SKULL.
Another Ethiopian Cracked Ice Over
 His Topknot.

The fact that a negros skull is made out of something harder than the hardest of rock was proven last night on South Eighteenth street, when one negro smashed 50-pound block of ice over the head of another negro. The negro In pos session of the ice was walking patiently along, blowing hard while his burden gained a pound in weight at every step The other negro came along at this time and asked that he sell him cents worth of ice. The negro with the ice replied:
 "Nigger, I done bought dis ice for my oman and Fse CT goin' ter keep it till It als done melted"
 This reply feazed the other negro for few minutes, but he finally recovered and said:
 Look heah, nigger, I gotter have dat ice"
 The reply he received was:
 "Nigger. if yer don't shet up I'm a-gwine ter kill me CT nigger rite now.'
 To which Sambo replied:
 "Nigger, I done made up my mind ter have dat ice, and rse gwine ter have it now"
 Upon hearing this announcement Sambo, with the Ice, lifted the cake of ice high in the air and brought 1t down on the other Sambo's head before he could dodge it. smashing the cake of ice to splinters.
 But Sambo didn't even vince. He calm ly reached down, picked up two or three Jumps of the ice and walked on down the street, crunching the ice between his teeth as he walked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Policeman Has Operation Performed.

Policeman Street has just returned from New Orleans where he went to have an operation performed on his arm. The well known officer had never recovered from the wound In his arm inflicted by negro on Fountain Heights some tune ago. The nerve has been severed ana the physicians attempted to splice 1t. It is hoped that the policeman will gam tho ,,se of his limb as soon IS possible,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Plasterer Runs Amuck.

New York, July S.-Becoming suddenly insane, probably from heat, while at work on the new building of the Trust Com- pany of America at 37 Wall street today, a plasterer ran amuck with a hatchet among his fellow workmen. He attacked three of them. two of whom were prob- ably fatally injured.
 Mike Kelly. one of the injured men, died al the hospital late tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
SWeltering Temperature.

Chattanooga, July s.-The heat wave is as yet unbroken and this city sweltered in a temperature that reached its maxi mum of 96 degrees at o'clock. The mercury hovered around that figure for about three hours, when it began to gradually drop. No prostrations have been reported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Schmitz Wants Justice.

T stand here as an American citizen to demand my rights" interposed Schmitz. "I am not asking any leniency at the hands of this court. l am prepared to re- ceive sentence. l ask that your honor do your duty and pronounce 1t immediate ly and that I be not subjected to humili- ation and degrading remarks which the papers are reporting and will print. [ will say if your honor has any self re- spect you will proceed with the sentence"
 Tt Is not unusual'' was Judge Dunnes singing reply, for courts to be brought into contact with such trazen acts of effrontery as yours in the present n- stance. It Is the duty of the court In such cases to view the conduct of con victed felon with patience and toeration not to say pity. By your conviction you will lose the respect of all good men and citizens You will suffer the hum!lia- tion of knowing, l say, that your career of hypocrisy, duplicity and dishonor has been exposed and that you stand before those who believed in and honored you morally naked, shamed and disgraced."
 "I deny that" cried Schmitz. 'The peo- pie of San Francisco know how 1 was railroaded through
 Judge Dunne resumed: Morally naked. shamed and dlsgraced. It is the knowledge of these things rather than in any mere term of imprisonment in a state peniten- uary, that the full measure of your pun ishment be found
 Tt is the judgment of this court that you be confined in the state prison at San Quentin for term of five years"
 voIIey of Applause.
 Then, as if in direct and contemptuous reply to the prisoners denial of a mo- ment before, the big crowd turned loose It's feelings in a cheer that rattlxd the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
E. T. Shaw & Sons, Undertaken.
Green Undertaking Company.

The use of chapel for services. ard shelter tents are furnished free for fu- nerals at Elmwood, the beautiful lawn cemetery. Lots are sold on monthly pay ments, under the perpetual care plan; that Is, the moving of the grass on lots is free. Both telephones. Take Powderly, South Bessemer, or Cleveland cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
EUGENE SCHMITZ
 GETS SENTENCE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ID

man, however exalted his station or how strong and powerful the political and social influences which surround him, Is above the law. Eugene b. Schmitz, you have heretofore occupied the highest of- flee which the city of San Francisco can confer upon one of It's citizens. You were elevated to that position because of the confidence and trust imposed in you by the masses"
 Il am here," interrupted Schmitz, Ito raeceive sentence at your hands, and not to be humiliated by lecture, which the newspapers can repeat in print"
 You were elevated to that position say because of the confidence and trust reposed In you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Didn't Deny 1t.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Stern Judge-By your own confession prisoner, you seem to have violated every la in the statute book.
 Penitent Prisoner-Mighty near it, your honor. In my time l reckon I've broken every law exceptin' Greshams and the law of gravitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

Here at Roosevelt the ApacheS who once followed Geronimo have buried the hatchet and are peacefully at work, mak- ing roads, mixing concrete, and earning their living In the sweat of their faces. They have forsaken their war paint and no longer resist the onward march of a new civilization. A quarter of a mill lion acres of land win be given water from this lake and the wonders which have already been accomplished by pri- vate irrigation in that land of never-end- ing sunshine and opalescent vistae will be multiplied.
 Far to the north of Arizona is the wonderful Yakima valley, in Washington. This valley is the rival of the rich Redlands and Riverside of southern Cal ifornia, and to those who find a perpetual summer enervating, it is without an equal. A country where apple orchards yield SlS00 an acre, and where hops bring from S4OO to $500 an acre is a good coun- try fot agricultursts, and it is little wonder that Yakima valley orchard lands sometimes sell for 5000 a nacre. or even more In this valley the federal reclama- tion service is spending S1300o000 in ca nals. ditches and storage dams. This work will give the necessary water to 100000 acres of land which, with an assured water supply, will be worth for tunes. All of this land will be reserved for the actual homeseeker. No great com panies can gather it in for it will be sold only to actual hmoeseekers in very small farm units, probably forty or eighty acres, certainly not more than 160 acres. The project in this valley will take some years to complete. ana in the meantime a working man seeking a home has an op- portunity to earn high wages in the con struction works.
 Nearly four miles of siX-mile tunnel have been completed in Colorado, through which the waters of the Gunnison river will b. diverted to quicken into life 150,000 acres of land now lying dead in the Un- compahgre valley. In this valley there are irrigated lands which produce sugar beets that netted the farmers from $50 to SoQ~ an acre. Some fruit orchards. twelve years old. netted $500 an acre. To bring water here and increase the area of this fertile field. the engineers encountered difficulties involving almost incdlible hard ships.
 It Is the toughest country in all the United States. The engineers explored a canyon through which no man had ever passed and located tunnel there Then a road was made, leading down into the frightful gorge. road good eonugh to carry heavy machinery over. A power plant was built. town established and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Martha Fessenden.

Mrs Martha Tessenden, aged seventy four years, died yesterday morning at 6:9o o'clock at 160o1-2 Sixth avenue. north The remains will be sent to De- troit, Mich. this morning by Lige Loy for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

named River Portal. This town. like others built by the service, has a free reading room. hospital and a good school. Through this six-mile tunnel the water will pass under high divide and bring riches to a great valley which has been lying there for hundreds of centuries, idly waiting for water to bring it into life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
Hauan's Magnolia Balm.

ikyoge armies detected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09
voIIey of Applause.

Then, as If in direct and contemptuous reply to the prisoners denial of mo- ment before, the big crowd turned loose It's feelings in a cheer that rattlxd the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-09

WILMER L. MOORE, President FRANK ORME, MILES M DAWSON Secy end Treas. Consulting Actuary
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