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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21

ignorant of him criminal propensities- regarded him as a hard-working, pros porous business man.
 Wilhelm Hotze, who was formerly bank clerk, was a man whose smart dress was always conspicuous. He frequented the most expensive restaurants, where he picked up acquaintances for the pur- pose of vlctimizing them. The three criminals together carried out many suc- cessful robberies and lived a luxurious life on the proceeds of their misdeeds. Night after night the three accompices, after dining at the houses of society leaders or at fashionable restaurants, met and carried out burglaries with skill and daring.
 Kuhne explained his long absence at night from his wife by stating that he had important negotiations to conduct in connection with his business. The three leading criminals had an accomplfce in the person of a locksmith named Otto Sache, who made the necessary tools for them and afterwards disposed of their plunder to receivers of stolen goods. Numerous papers found in their respect i've dwellings, revealed many previous l crimes in which all of them were con 1 cerned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
"Atv or "In."

From the London Chronicle.
 In the matter of 'at' and 'in'' even London has not always occupied a secure position. A proclamation of Henry III. has "at London" and the same proposi- ton is applied to the great city so late as in Richardson's Pamela" Frequently in country places "at London" may be heard to this day. and a correspondent has even heard a Suffolk country girl say "at Shropshire" Probably the broad dis tinction is that "at'' is used by people who conceive of the place in question merely as a point on the map or as of convenient size to be regarded as fixing a persons whereabouts. "In" Is substi- tuted when the eithink of the place as having parts and magnitude. But the Devonian solves the difficulty by substi- tuting ito" impartialiy for both "at' and in"
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in numerous towns, and it Is expected that the negotiations for the purchase or rental of these will speedily be concluded. According to a statement issued by the company of Frankfurt today, the es- tablishment of a regular airship service between 29 German towns may now be regarded as a certainty.
 The 23 towns in question are: Berlin, Magdeburg Dresden Plauen, Chemnttz,
 Cassel Bielefeldt, Cologne, Dortmund, Elberfeld Barmen, Dusseldorf Aachen, Treves, Mayence, Wiesbaden, Frankfurt on-Main, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Mu- nich, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Strasburg and Friedrichshafen.
 Following the example of the University of Gottingen the famous technical college at Charlottenburg has appointed the noted German aeronaut, Major Parseval, inven- tor of the airship which bears his name, as Professor of Aeronautics. Major Par seval will immediately begin a course of lectures on aeronautics. which henceforth will be added to the regular subjects of study at the college.
 Three criminals, named Herbert Kuh- nel George Kuhne and Wilhelm Hotze. who the other day attempted a daring robbery from a jewellers shop in the Potsdamerstrasse one of the busiest
 streets in the capital, turn out to be pro- feSSiOnal thelVeS or the 'RanleS' type.
 Kuhnel, the leader of the band, comes
 of good family, and was an officer in the
 Fifty-second infantry regiment until 1907. His name still appears on the list of officers in the reserve.
 The second member of the band, George Kuhne, is the son of a prosperous mer-
 chant and has received an excellent edu- cation and moved in good society. Will helm Hotze is likewise a man of good birth and education They dressed ex-
 tremely we'll frequented the best restau- rants and were invited to some of the
 most exclusive houses in Berlin.
 Kuhnel, by virtue of his military rank,
 had in particular excellent social con
 nections, which he exploited to obtain in formation on which plans of robbery was frequently based George Kuhne was for
 merly municipal official, but left this occupation to become private secretary to Prince Hermann of Saxe-W Weimar After leaving the service of Prince Hermann, Kuhne established a financial agency business in Berlin, which he has nominally been conducting while really
 pursuing a criminal career. He occupied sumptuous apartments in the west end of Berlin and his wife-who was entirely
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 l September a similar case produced a great sensation at Mulhouse. The latest available details of the new German airship Zeppelin II. which l will be launched in March. state that 1 the total length of the vessel is 446 feet, the diameter 42 feet, inches. and l the cubic contents about 53O 900 feet of l hydrogen There are r balloonets. of which 16 are of indiarubber treated cot | ton, and the 17th is of gold beaters silk | and is supplied by a well known firm | of English aeronauts The two Daim- | Ter motors weigh about 800 pounds and produce together 200-horse power
 The airship, which is being con- structed at Manzell, on Lake Constance, will be ready for it's first trial on March 15 at the latest.
 The "cabins' will be more luxurious and more comfortable than in the for mer airship, and will include a bed room (with a real bed) for the count, and another with hammocks for the | crew. The counts cabin" will be lux uriously furnished, also, in order to re- ceive royal guests
 The cars are furnished undern ca tn | with soft lenders in order to lessen the shock of landing on the hard ground. An immense shed is being built to ac- ColllAiObdlt Hcppelin II dS soon as IL IS | launched.
 The increase of aerial traffic which may be expected in the near future has 1 suggested to Herr von Frankenberg. director of the German Aero club, the advisability of arranging a system of signboards which will enable aeronauts to recognize their whereabouts without | difficulty Herr von Frank enberg's or l iginal proposal, which was merely to display the names of the place, pro- vince and country, in 50 positions in | large white letters on a black ground has been recognized to be impractica ble and he has now worked out a sch eme whereby Germany is divided into 90 districts, each distinguished by a num- | Der, beginning with Berlin at No l. To each of the first 25 townships in each district is allotted letter of the | alphabet, all smaller places are desig- mated by combinations of two letters. Frontier places are to be distinguish ed in addition by colored lines dra wn | above or below the numbers
 Nothing yet seems to have been settled as how signs are to be illuminated at night, or who is to pay for their upkeep Elaborate experiments are to be made very shortly under the auspices of the Aero club to settle the details of the ques- ton.
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appreciated without perfect sympathy be- tween interpreters and auditors and there are purely physical conditions for such sympathy.
 Now the Maxine Elliott theatre is very small, with a total seating capacity of but TOO, including balcony accommoda- tion. There are no pillars to obstruct the view from any part of the house. The decorations are simple and artistic, the orchestra is screened.
 It is the intention of the manager to present all his women stars in this little playhouse. The public will be grateful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
MODERN POETRY.
Protest Against Assumption 1t Is on
 the Decline.

From Current Literature.
 When other topics fail magazine writ CTS invariably resort to the decline of poetry. A la1y writing in the Bookman asserts: "Writers of verse are left, but let us accept the fact that this is a me- chanical and commercial age, and not seek to replace Tennyson and Lowell by writers plainly unworthy to their shoe latchets." Speaking of magazine poetry, the same writer affirms that terrible stuff can be found in almost every issue of otherwise excellent periodicals. These verses teem with every imaginable fault, the slenderest and most unpoetical Of ideas being expressed in lines whose rhythm defies scanning and whose at tempts at rhyme are an offense to both eye and ear" We, part of whose busi- ness it is to scan the magazines month after month, cannot subscribe to this pes- smistic opinion. While there Is much drivel never a month passes without the publication of at least half dozen poems that seem worthy of preserya ton. Men are wont to seek the golden age in the past, or in the distant future; even in Shakespeare's days they have deplored the deterioration of the drama. and we need not turn many pages in the critical journals of Victorian days in order to find utterances even more pessimistio than those in the Bookman. The late T. B. Aldrich, in letter to MT. Madison Cawein, regrets that in England as well as in the United States, the poet who has had a great following is dead and that no one has come to take his place. Yet he hopefully admits, and this Is point we too, should like to make, perhaps the great poet is with us incognito even now When Keats was laid in his grave at Rome" MT. Aldrich remarks, there were not twelve-no, there were not two men in England who suspected that great poet had been laid at rest Leigh Hunt had a strong idea that Keats was a fine poet, but not as fine poet. as Leigh Hunt. Byron Moore, Rogers, and Southey could not read "The Eve or St Agnes" and Hyperion" No great poetry (except possibly, in the case of Tenny- som was ever immediately popular
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for such opportunities of closer artistic acquaintance with favor1te actresses, but the plays the thing. after all, in an intimate theatre, and it is to be hoped that a suitable repertory will be prepared for it with a fair representation of the delightful old comedies, English. French, Italian.
 As Chicago is promised two or three new theatres devoted to the legitimate and artistic drama, would 1t not be well to give us the benefit of modern ideas as to construction and space in at least one of them?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
An mntimate" Theatre.

From the Chicago Record-I-e erald
 The opening last week of the Maxine Elliott theatre in New York was some thing of an event in the dramatic world The interest in that event was not con fined to Gotham playgoers, for the new theatre has features that are calculated to attract the attention of lovers or the classic and the artistic everywhere
 Such patrons have long sighed TOT small, 'intimste'' playhouse resembling the ltrs-modern theatres of Paris ana Berlin The finer and subtler effects or superior acting in old classical comedies, as well as !n some poetic works of mod erns, are lost in the vast gpaces CT the large theatres adapted to realistic plays to tragedy and melodrama Gesture, Ia cial expression, shading. suggestion py faint changes of manner, "stilf' acting. significant silence, etc.. cannot be IulS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
The Way It Appeared to Her.

From Judges Library.
 When she was years old her aunty took her to church; 1t was her first ex- perience.
 When she got home her mother asked her how she liked the service.
 '-Oh, well, God was there in white night gown, and he didn't speak loud enough for the people to hear what he said; so they kept saying over and over, We beswitch Thee to let us hear Thee, good Lord didn't like it very much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
New Spring Waists

waists we exhibiting the creations in Lingerie Net Crepe Lngers trimmed with dainty uckS Irish crochet fine lac and hand embroidery the tucked tailored effect white butons others trimmed beautiful lace edgng and nsert
 with long sleeves and high collars all the shades and white; the waist maeialsome Gibson sye oth
 Irish and hand embroidery all with the long sleeve aodrs and all the boNn New Spring Prices $125 to $22!
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On a charge of having offered for sale some picture postcards illustrated with the blue, white and red of France, four boo>-@ers Of Metz have just been tried by tss apUzR of correction there. The postear\ 4E icted an Alsatian girl In the foregrtWId, with the cathedral of Strasburg in the background, while, as in a cloud, the French army was ad- vancing to attack the ramparts of the city. A curious feature of the case is the fact that the accusation was based on an old law made in 1S4S. Fortunate ly the booksellers were acquitted. Last l September a similar case produced a 1 great sensation at Mulhouse
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The German Aero Stations company, founded four months ago by three groups of financiers and sportsmen in Berlin, Frankfurt and Cassel. respectively. has been conducting negotiations with the municipal authorities of those towns in Germany between which it is proposed to establish a regular service of airships
 The engineers employed by this com- pany, have worked out plans for airship stations in 29 different towns. and have negotiated with the local authorities of these places with the view of obtaining the necessary land. Each station for airships will require, approximately, ten acres of ground. but, if necessary, seven acres and a half would suffice.
 The anchorage for the airships will be the center of the plot of ground.
 The arrangements for anchoring the airships will be carried out with an ap- paratus patented by the company. by which the assistance of the large number of men now required would be super- tluous. This apparatus first secures the airship to an anchor and then moves it slowly into the shed. Each station will be equipped with three large sheds. each of which will be 4S feet wide and 6 feet high. Three airships will be able to an- chor or obtain refuge at each station at the same time The company refuses It present to publish the details of th's nat ented invention by which the anchorage of airships becomes such a simple mat ter. Tn foggy weather captive balloons will be sent up a considerable height. equipped with four powerful electric lamps. The captive balloon will be a kind of aerial lightship intending to in- dicate to travelling airships where they can find anchorage and refuge
 The Aero Statics company has al- ready selected suitable plots of ground
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
KAISER SENDS MAN ID SOUTH AFRICA Lends Broken Gown Baron $12,50O to Begin Oyer AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS Berlin Is Destined To Become the Capital of Europe, Says Cores
 pondent to the Daily Mail.
 European News.
AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS
By MALCOLM CLARKE.

Berlin. February 20.-Although rather hard up himself, the Kaiser has lent Baron von schmid SIP, ,5oo to enable him to settle in German Southwest Africa and begin life as a farmer in that colony. Bar on von Schmid was a land owner in AL sace-Lorraine, whose estate was near that of the Kaiser at Urville, and with whom his majesty was very friendly.
 The baron lost money, was obliged to sell his estate, and finally became in- .red in financial difficulties. In these circumstances the Kaiser offered him the loan in question on condition that he should emigrate and begin farming in Southwest Africa. It appears that the Kaiser desires that Baron von Schmid' s example shall be followed by other inn pecunious nobles, who cannot make a living in Germany, but who might become useful members of the community in the German colony in question. Baron von Schmid has purchased land near Wind hook and already is leading the simple life as a colonial farmer. His wife and four adult sons have accompanied him, and are sharing the vicissitudes of the new existence.
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Sir Charles Windham. who is on a visit here remarked to me today (says the Daily Mail correspondent in Berln) that Berlin, at it's present rate of progress, is destined to become the capital of Europe.
 'I knew Berlin first" he said, ..in 1857, when I was here studying medi- cine. It was then d simple country town. Today it is the last word in metropolitan sumptuousness. If l were asked in what respect the evolution has been most re- markable, l should say in the women. There are positively beautiful women in Berlin now, and many of them. It is un- occasionally a result of their having ac- quired a status. It is not so long ago that women children and imbeciles were barred by law in Germany from attending public political meetings.
 T do not see that the German stage has progressed particularly" he added. The German actor is still a master at character delineation. The so-called mod ern society or problem piece is quite be- yond him. He is no more successful at dressing the part of gentleman than he is at acting it..
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18
Grand Jury Report.

Before adjourning the grand jury
for she February term oi eircuit cours
handed in TO Judge Denton the iol.
lowing list OF recommendations
We, the grand jury, have visited
the county Jail and find the pris-
oners as we'll cared Tor as conditions
will permit.
We, the grand jury, recommend
that an addition OF two rooms be
built on 80 the present building for
she use Of she Sheriff and his family;
shat she cesspool be done away with,
and also recommend shat bath tubs
be put In on the first and second
floors, with hot water connections.
and the lavatory and sanitary
closets be removed and up to.date
ones put In.
We further recommend shat she,
gentlemen = closet IN she court house,
be kept i'll u more sanitary condi.
tion.
We find the ladies rest room per
feet condition,
We, the grand Jury, visited the
county poor farm and found tour
inmates. who were comfortably cared
for, and recommend shat she house
be repaired some, especially the roof,
and shat she house be painted We
| further recommend that the county
dispose Of the present slte and pur..
chase a smaller site nearer the coun o.,
ty seat
We have visited .he county office,
and find oil books and offices neatly
kept and TO she best Of our judgment
officials OF our county are complying
with the requirements OF the law.
but We recommend that the bonde
kept in the Circuit Clerks office be
kept more securely, and that the
plasterlng be repaired In the same
office
We find in the Recorders office six
or seven books In & dilap!tt4 condl,-
tion; the binding is worn off. and tt.
number OF the leaves are loose and
liable to be lost. We recommend
that new books be procured anu Ihe'
records be transferred to the same.
We recommend that the township
assessors make more strict Inquiry
OF parties listing property for taxa
tion, and to search more diligently
for moneys and notes deposited III
banks, and TO swear each and every
party assessed before making the
assessment or taking the enumers-
tion OF articles which he or she may
give In. ID B. >wEzY, Foreman.
E. f. WARD, Clerk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

er, Rev. West, was not able TO get
ous there, SO they had no preaching
Sunday.
VIM. C. McGinnis and Robert Lyle
rode the goat last Saturday night.
Mrs u. ". CLANCY visited her sis
ter, Mrs. I j. Booth, last week.
Mrs. Booth has been quite sick for a
week or two, but Is better at this
writing,
5 NJ. Jordan and Prof. King
held farmers institute at Peru last
Friday There was a very good
crowd In the afternoon. Mr. Jordan
sure gave some very good hints on
corn growing and raising. This is
the third institute that has been held
st Peru. md they are always wells
tended, Low Smith is going to plant
cobs this year, so he will be sure to
raise cobs Tor the corn grains to
grow on.
Miss Bertha Williams is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. ID, B. Thomas, at this
writing
The storm has damaged the tele.
phone lines considerable, and several
OF the lines seem TO be connected.
There was a Valentine party at
Greenlee's last Monday night.
Rev, Suter's regular appointment
is next Sunday night Quarterly
meeting will be held the first Sunday
In March. Rev. Keast, OF Rich Hill,
will hold the services.
MARRIED AT the home of the
brides parents, MIR. and Mrs. Seth
Deems, C. Nsius to their daughter,
Miss Sophia, Rev. Whitsett per
formed the ceremony last Sunday
May their married life be long
happy and prosperous one Is the
wish OF Pussy WILLOW
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18
Mrs. Charlotte Hurt Dead.

Mrs. Charlotte Hurt died at tLes
home OF her son, William Hurt, in
Butler, Sunday morning, after pro-
tracted illness Funeral services were,
conducted from the home Monday
afternoon by Rev. Lamb, and inter
ment was made In Oak Hill ceme-
terry. Mrs. Hurt was Il pioneer set.
tler and perhaps the oldest citizen iEF
Bates county, being 94 years old.
She was born near Louisville, Ken
lucky, in 1915, about she time OF
Andy Jackson victory over Peckin-
ham with his famous Kentucky rife
men. She was married In early life
to William Hurt. They moved to
Missouri In 1S49, coming up the Mis-
souri, river by boat to Arrow Rock
and overland TO Warsaw, Benton
county. In the early tiities they
moved to Bates, where she has lived
ever since barring q few years during
the war, when she was driven out by
Gen. Ewing's notorious order No. IL.
She lived In Pettis county during
that time, returning here In 1861.
MIS-. Hurt was the mother OF six
children, one daughter, Mrs. John
H. Mills, deceased, and five boys.
viz: james, William, Robert, John
and Richard, all OF whom live In But
ler, except John, who lives in Kansas
City. She was one OF those who Or.
ganized the South Methodist con-
gregation In Butler following the
war. She was a good christian wo-
man, loved and respected by her
neighbors.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18
Peru Items.

The agricultural meeting was we'll
attended Friday the 18th at Peru.
A splendid talk by Mr.. King on hog
ieeding and an extent talk by Mr.
Jordan on preparation OF the soil all
so on seed corn.
Sunday School was not very we'll
attended on account OF bad roads.
Rev. whitsett preached at l | .. m.
but called In the evening appoint
ment on account OF bad weather and
bad roads, and then was called to.
the home Of Seth Deems at 8 o'clock
10 the afternoon to say the ceremony
for c. Nafus and Miss Deems.
We had the worst winter.
UNCLE ABB.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18
soon be able to be up and around

soon be able TO be up and around
again.
There was q masquerade party st
the j. II Walters home last Sasur
day night Owing TO the bad wealth
or not very many we're present,
Rev. Whitsett preached at the
Willow Branch church last Sunday
morning, hut on account OF the
storm he did not preach In the even
ing.
We ehear the Double Branch preach