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Kansas City Sun. XXII, NO. 8. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, JUNE 30 1911. PRICE 5 CENTS COMMISSION HUNTS POLITICAL INTRIGUE.

If there was any political intrigue back of the issuance of W. Palmer's, affidavit, as some of the city commissioners have been quoted as saying there was, it is likely that it will be brought out from testimony to be heard in Kansas City, during the next days. J. E. Caton, commissioner finance and revenue, and J.

fear B. Hipple, editor of the Press, were subpoenaed yesterday afternoon to appear in the office of Hale, Higgins Herrod, this morning to give depositions in behalf of John McFadden in his suit for $50,000 filed in the Jackson county court Wednesday against Palmer. subpoenas were issued yesterday by Charles Jennings, a justice of the peace, and were served by W. D. Richardson, marshal of the North city court.

John A. Hale has been designated by M. A. Fike, McFadden's attorney, to take the depositions. It is understood that many more subpoenas will follow, and that men prominent in Kansas City, political circles for the past few years will be summoned to testify.

"The purpose of the depositions is to determine just what the facts of the transactions, alleged in Mr. Palmer's affidavit John McFadden said last night. "It may be that none of the men summoned know anything tions concerning the 'money deals' out 10. Rue 10 'esta 011 Inoq8 mentioned. But if they do we want to know about it.

My reputation has been injured by the statements of the affidavit, and I intend to ferrit it to the Filed in Missouri. As the suit was filed in Missouri depositions may be taken in Kansas, as non-resident witnesses might refuse to testify in Missouri. The three city commissioners, Dean, Anderson and Cable, whose names were mentioned in the affidavit, and who swore to a complaint against Palmer for criminal are watching the outcome of the depositions with interest. It has been the contention of all three since the affidavit was made public that the incidents surrounding the publication of the statement smacked of outside influences. Mr.

McFadden, and his attorneys declined to state last night how many more subpoenas were to be issued, or who they were to be for "There might be ten and there might be twenty more," John A. Hale, before whom the depositions will be taken said. "We will take all the depositions necessary." PIONEER'S WIDOW IS DEAD. Mrs. Mary Grubel Helped Keep First Hotel in Kansas City, Kas.

Mrs. Mary Grubel, 64 years old, widow of George Grubel, a pioneer Kansas City, hotel man, died yesterday at her home at 437 State avenue, in that city. Mrs. Grubel was born in Germany and married in Kansas City, in 1864. Mr.

Grubel built the old "Augusta House" on Third street between Minnesota and State avenues, the first hotel in the old town of "Wyandotte." Later, at the time the railroads were being built through Kansas City, he conducted the "Garno House," and more recently "Fifth Street Hotel." Each of these was in its day the leading hostelry in Kansas City, Kas. Mr. Grubel died July 16, 1903. Mrs. Grubel is survived by four children: George Grubel, Edward J.

Grubel, Frank G. Grubel and Mollie Grubel. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at St. Anthony's Catholic church, Seventh street and Barnett avenue, Kansas City, Kas. Burial will be at St.

John's cemetery. Mrs. Mamie Pease, 37 years old, a widow of 1047 North Fourth street, Kansas City, Kas, died yesterday at St. Margaret's hospital. Funeral arrangements have not been made.

Elias Davies, a farmer, 63 years old, died early yesterday morning at his home half a mile west of Kansas City, on the Parallel road. Funeral arrangements have not been made. C. W. Woodward, who lives at 2015 Poplar Avenue, was overcome by heat yesterday afternoon while he was working on a scaffold on a new house at 124 Lawndale Street.

He fell from the scaffold and received a slight bruise on the shoulder. He was given emergency treatment by Dr. David Robinson. K. "MODERATELY SANE" Fireworks Sale Limited to Two Days With Strict Police RegulationBarred Next Year Kansas City, is to enjoy only a "moderately sane Fourth" this' year.

The city commissioners failed to prepare a "sane Fourth" ordinance until after the merchants had stocked up with fire crackers and other celebrating materials. However, the sale of fireworks of any kind has been restricted to next Monday and Tuesday by Chief of Police Zimmer and John McNarrey, chief of the fire department and a ban has been placed on the firing of revolvers, dynamite torpedoes and fire crackers over three inches in length. An ordinance, now is in effect forbidding of any kind of fireworks on any day except the "Fourth." The commissioners intended to follow the lead of Kansas City, and have a "sane" Independence day, but they put off action until the merchants had laid in their supplies. A protest was entered commissioners by the decided merchants, to put and off the passage until after July 4. They promise, however, that next Tuesday will be the last Fourth when fireworks of any kind will be sold in the city.

The commissioners are encouraging a "sane Fourth," although they failed to pass the ordinance forbidding the. sale of all fireworks. All of the city parks will be thrown open for pienics Tuesday and free band music will be furnished in each park. DEATH OF "SYL SMITH. Perhaps there was no one in Wyandotte County, Kansas, the early days widely known than "Syl the Smith, more, he was generally known all over the west.

During the war and for several years after, he and his mother owned one of the finest residences in Quindaro. Sylvester T. Smith die din Chicago, June 18, 1911, where he had lived several years, and had been in ill health ever since the death of his wife three years ago. Mr. Smith's first work was as a government clerk at Fort Riley, aposition which he accepted shortly after the Civil war, in which he served.

He entered railroad business as a clerk for Kansas Pacific railway and the shortly afterwards was made general auditor. From this company he entered the service of the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific railways as eral manager. He later was ciated with the Denver Rio Grande. After making the acquaintance of David Moffatt, the Western mine and railroad, promoter relations he with him entered and into was very fortunate. He later returned to Kansas City and built a handsome home on West Tenth street.

After leaving Kansas City, Mr. Smith retired business. Kansas will have only one-third of its normal apple crop and only 10 per cent of its normal peach crop this year. Walter Wellhouse, secretary of the state horticultural society gave his report of fruit crop conditions as reported by fruit growers. At the same time last year apples showed 57 per cent and peaches 50 per cent.

The small fruits promise a heavier yield than last year. All counties report good grape prospects. The counties in the Second and Seventh congressional districts have the best apple prospects, showing 44 per cent of a normal crop, while the Fourth district has the best peach prospect, 29 per cent. The crop percentages follow: Apples 33, pears 27, peaches 10, plums 36, cherries 63, grapes 6 69, strawberries 37, raspberries 46, blackberries 54. Women Excavate for Church.

Fifty Hutchinson women began the digging of the excavation for the South Hutchinson Methodist church, The congregation of the church since its organization has held its meetings in the town hall. Through the medium of ice cream suppers and oyster suppers and small subscriptions, the women of the church raised money enough to pay for the actual construction work, but not enough to pay laborers to dig the basement. So they formed a pick and shovel brigade. Bag Worms Ruining Trees. Bagworms, which first appeared at Atchison two years ago, are doing much damage to trees this year as the dry weather seems suitable for their propagation.

In some parts of town shade trees are denuded of their foliage, and some trees have been killed outright. An expert from the state agricultural college announced. this spring that a parasite fatal to the bagworm would appear this year, and destroy the pest, but the parasite has failed to arrive. State Poultry Show to Dodge City. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Kansas state poultry show in Wichita, it was decided that the next poultry show of that organization will be held in Dodge City.

C. M. Deitrick, representing that city, promised a $700 bonus if they would take the show there and his offer was accepted. The show will be held during the week of January 8 to 13, 1912. To Puff Asbestos Cigarettes.

An Eastern cigarette maker believes he has found a plan to evade the Kansas anti-cigarette law. He makes a cigarette that covered with asbestos. It is a very thin sheet and while it discolors the covering does not flip off ashes. The Kansas law prohibits the use of paper in making cigarettes. A sample has been submitted to the attorney general for an opinion.

Atchison Annexes R. R. Yards. Atchison's city council. has extended the city limits take in 80 acres of land occupied by the Missouri Pacific shops and yards, and the Santa Fe yards.

The extension will add $400,000 to the taxable value of the city property, and will make the railroads pay part of the cost for proposed city improvements in that part of town. Wichita Wants State Poultry Show. A meeting of the directors of the State Poultry association will be held in Wichita and the date and location of the annual poultry show for 1911 selected. It is believed the show will be held there as local poultry dealers are making an effort to secure it. SEEK FOR AN OLD FORTUNE German Heirs of Wealth Missing for Centuries Sue Dresden Bank for With a view to tracing a huge inheritance lost for centuries, a syndicate has been formed in Cologne and has retained some prominent German lawyers.

Several members of the reichstag are connected with scheme, which is built up around the vanished estate of Baron von Oruhohn, a field marshal In the Dutch army, who died 234 years ago. This search has its counterpart in a series of Bavarian mysteries dating still further back, and curiously enough also dealing with Dutch fortunes left to German relatives. In the latter case the descendants of four separate families have joined hands in an effort to acquire the fortunes left to them. Here are the main facts upon which the various claimants hope to establish their right to the vanished 500,000. In 1636 George Schleder, a' German emigrant from the Moselle country, died, leaving about one and threequarter million dollars to his family.

In 1664 Andreas Joas, Schleder's sonin-law, died, leaving $3,500,000 to relatives in Bavaria. In 1707 Johann Joas. a nephew of Andreas, died, bequeathing nearly a million dollars to the same Bavarian family. A year previously a Spanish governor named Jais died at Antwerp, leaving five millions to relatives in Bavaria. Finally Joseph Pongratz, who, like the two Joases and Schleder, lived and died at Amsterdam, left $7,000,000 to descendants at Sechausen, Ger.

many. These fortunes have gone astray. That they once existed is beyond all doubt. The heirs of Johann Joas are ready to show that an Augsburg lawyer testified to the arrival of the million on May 2, 1785. The hopeful ones in the case of Jais hold a document registering the banking of their ancestor's fortune in an Augsburg house in 1786.

The beneficiaries under the Pongratz will have even received small cash advance from this fortune during the centuries which have elapsed. Once, for instance, a lucky descendant actually succeeded in obtaining a quarter of a million dollars. This was in 1791. As recently as 1855 an Augsburg banker named Halder confessed on his death bed that he made his fortune out of the missing Pongratz millions -that the money was in fact lying' in his safes. The would-be beneficiaries put forth every effort to obtain their due, but in vain.

The Halder business has lately been amalgamated with the bank of Dresden, and the descendants are now suing the latter concern. Patriotic German Cook. The kaiser's patriot cook, Karl Jaedicke, a highly salaried official who played an important part in the emperor's campaign for purifying the German language, has just died. Jaedicke was the first imperial cook who scornfully rejected the flattering title chef, and called himself by the old German Mundkoch. In collaboration with the kaiser, he worked out a complete dictionary of translations of the names of dishes from French into German, and it was under his regime that menus disappeared from the court and Speisekarten, printed in Gothic letters, took their place.

The German language league, a very powerful organization, regarded Jaedicke as a hero, and wanted to make him its honorary vice-president. The only dish for which Jaedicke could find no German equivalent was mayonnaise; but he got round that difficulty by spelling it "Meionneise," thus giving it a German touch. The whole staff of the kaiser's kitchen turned out at Jaedicke's funeral, and a speech was delivered lauding him as "an honest German namer of German things." Muskogee Dogs Poisoned. Muskogee, June -The bodies of 60 dogs in one night were found here. Among them are some valuable hunting and bench dogs.

They were killed by the distribution of poisoned meat by vandals during the night. Mrs. Eddy's Will Probated. Boston, June 23. The will of Mrs.

Mary Baker Eddy has been probated in the Suffolk county, probate court. Attorney General Swift of Massachusetts has taken an appeal to the supreme court on the question of domicile. National Forest in Maryland. Washington, June -The creation of a national forest is contemplated in a bill introduced by Senator Smith of Maryland. It is proposed to establish such a forest in Maryland north of the Potomac river and adjoining the District of Columbia.

Fort Riley Bridge Destroyed. The wooden bridge across the Kangas river on the Fort Riley reservation was partly destroyed by plosion followed by a fire. The exed plosion was heard several miles away and the fire that followed destroyed 400 feet of the sixfoot bridge. The structure was of wood, erected about six years ago by the engineer corps of the army at a cost of $100,000. The origin of the explosion is not known.

An investigation has been started by the commandant at Fort Riley, Geese Swallowed Young Pheasants. Chester Rose, of Bean Lake, near Atchison, is engaged in raising a different line of poultry than is usually found on farms. He has young wild ducks, wild geese and Hungarian pheasants. Nine little pheasants were hatched and he turned them loose in a pen of half grown wild geese. Later he saw a goose swallow one of the little pheasants, and when he rounded them up he found six had gone that way, he had only three of hatch left, A Magazine for Philippine Veterans, Harry Brent, formerly chief clerk in the Waggoner law office at Atchison, but now a banker at Otego, is planning to publish a magazine to be known as "The Philippine Veteran." Mr.

Brent served through the campaign in the Philippines as a sergeant major in the Twentieth Kansas, and has taken an active interest in affairs of the Spanish-American war veterans for several years. Gets Rabies From Skunk's Bite. Mrs. Harlan Lewis, wife of a well known farmer, near Belleville, is in Chiago undergoing treatment for rabies, caused by the bite of a civet cat, or skunk, which she was attempting to drive from her chicken coops a short time ago. Although not seriously afflicted, her family physician thought best for her to go to Chicago for treatment.

Lawrence Women Heirs to Big Estate Mrs. Ida Griffiths, the wife of Prof. W. A. Griffiths of the school of fine of the State university, has just been notified that as one of the beneficiaries of her uncle, the late S.

T. Smith, of Chicago, she is to receive a fifth share of an estate valued at $350,000 in personal and $1,000,000 in real estate. Mise Charline Smith, a sister, who also lives in Lawrence, is also a beneficiary. Emporia Will Have no Chautauqua. The Emporia Chautauqua, scheduled for July 14 to 28, has been called off.

Emporia was a member of the associated chautauquas on the circuit managed by Fred W. Bartell, of Siloam Springs, and Mr. Bartell has cancelled the 16-programs of the circuit. Financial is given as the reason for the action. Fredonia Church Burns.

Fire at Fredonia originating in a blacksmith shop adjoining a two-story brick creamery station and the nearby Christian church burned both. Only the floor and brick walls of the church remain. This church had metal ceiling and roof and now presents the appearance of the wrecked battleship Maine. Loss, $6,000, covered by insurance. Beloit Wants Commercial Club.

For some time there has been considerable agitation among the business men of Beloit for the organization of a Commercial club. Recently about 50 of the leading men of the town met and discussed plans for a club of that nature. K. U. Man Gets Fellowship.

Ned Iles, a member of this year's graduating class of the Stater university has just been informed that he has been elected to a fellowship paying $600 in Gallardet university, Washington, D. C. This will lead to work on a master of arts degree which will be signed by the president of the United States. Pioneer Methodist Preacher Dies. Rev.

W. T. White, a pioneer Methodist preacher, died at Humboldt recently. Rev. White -with Barnard Kelly was the sole survivor of the organizers of the south Kansas conference.

He was a member of the conference for over 40 years and helped to organize many churches. Say 65,000 Cars Will Be Needed. Railroad men have offered the estimate that 65,000 cars will be needed to transport the Kansas wheat crop this season. An average carload of wheat is about 1,000 bushels. At the same time railroad men do not anticipate a shortage of cars, although they say the harvest is coming sooner than they expected.

Cars are being rushed to Kansas points, however, and all the roads expect to be equipped by the time the wheat is ready for removal. The Peerless Clothing Co's. Mid-Summer Clearance Sale $25.00 Men's Suits at $18.75 20.00 15.00 18.00 13.50 15.00 11.25 12.50 9.50 Straw hats 1-2 price. Cluett $1. 50 Shirts at $1.00.

The Peerless Clothing Co. 514 Minnesota Avenue A Kansas Stream Too Long. The floods in the Fall River valley west of Fredonia will be prevented if the plans that are agitated by the farmers of that vicinity are carried out. The river bottom land in that district is worth $80 an acre, on an average, and the proposed improvement would cost $10 an acre for the farms in the drainage district. Fall river makes a series of remarkable bends from New Albany to Fredonia.

It is proposed to dig a straight ditch 100 feet wide at the top and eight or ten feet deep from a bend on the river near New Albany to the channel near Fredonia. This ditch would be eight miles long and the river now uses 22 miles of channel in going the same distance. Will Put Hitching Posts Back. Some months ago the Abilene city council ordered the removal of all hitching posts from the main streets where paving has been installed. The Commercial club has asked that merchants so wishing be allowed to place posts and the commissioners will pass an ordinance to that effect.

Sixteen Pigs in One Litter. A farmer of Chase county owns a large Duroc-Jersey sow which has just become the mother of 16 pigs. This is claimed by farmers who keep this breed to be almost a record family as to numbers, or as for that matter, one that is rarely surpassed by any breed. No Jail Inmates for Three Years. The city jail at Bennington has not held a prisoner for three years and during this time the building has been used as a storage room for tools.

Courtland to Have New Bank. Arrangements are being completed for a new. bank at Courtland, application has already been made for a state charter. Baldwin Plans Big Pageant for Fourth The committee on pageantry at Baldwin is planning a very elabobrate and original parade for the Fourth of July. The parade will consist of floats, representing dramatic scenes in the nation's history.

Woman Bitten by Snake. Mrs. Gibson, wife of W. B. Gibson, of Clements, a former superintendent of Chase county, was bitten on the ankle by a copperhead snake while gathering gooseberries near her husband's farm.

Boys Grow Pure Bred Corn. Thirty-five hundred Kansas boys from 10 to 21 years of age will grow pure bred corn this year. That many have entered the sixth annual corn growing contest conducted by the Kansas State Agricultural college. In addition to these boys there are 25 girls in the contests. Dies On Memorial Day.

B. N. Forbes, president of the Fruit Growers and of the State bank at Wathena, died the other day, aged 70. He was an early Kansas pioneer, and an old soldier. He leaves six sons and two daughters.

Wichita Wants to Buy Waterworks. Wichita will probably buy the plant of the local waterworks company and operate its own plant in the future. A deal is now on and the company has offered to sell its property there for $1,303,000. Butterflies Without Heads. Two European scientists have been making some curious experiments on caterpillars, the value and meaning of which have not yet been explained.

They had the curiosity to find out whether a caterpillar can turn into a butterfly if you deprive him of his head; also what will the butterfly be like? By tying ligatures behind the heads, the caterpillars were decapitated. This didn't seem to bother them much, except that they didn't crawl as fast as before. The greatest difficulty in the experiments was in getting the butterflies out of the chrysales; most of them died, and it was necessary to help the others out. The butterflies thus obtained did not differ from the normal type- except for having no heads. "Hard as a Garfish" Slogan.

A woman looking over costly dewel cases in one of the most expensive of New York shops the other day was struck with the beautiful, ivory like finish of a number of them. "What are they made of?" she asked admiringly. "Garfish skin, madam," answered the salesman. "Garfish leather, we find, is very little known about outside of the trade and yet it has come to be of importance. It not only can be worked up to this polish, but it is wonderfully hard.

They say certain tribes of Indians knew its secret and that among them it was used as armor, the tradition being that a breastplate of it would resist any tomahawk or arrow. It can be made now so that it will turn the edge of a knife or a spear." Grasshopper Horde at Minneapolis. Visions of a devastation by grasshoppers came to citizens of Minneapolis when thousands of the bugs settled down upon the city. For about 20 minutes the invasion lasted. At night most of the pests had disappeared.

The grasshoppers followed a light rain that broke a drought of several weeks. Get Only Nine Cents for Eggs. Nine cents per dozen is what the farmers who are bringing their eggs in are receiving from the merchants at Cottonwood Fails. This price is one cent lower than was paid during the lowest egg market last summer and as this is only June, die dealers say eggs are bound to go lower. A Methodist Historical Meeting.

The fourth annual meeting of the Kansas Methodist Historical society was held at Baldwin the other day. The report of the secretary of the association showed that there had been many valuable documents and books relating to Methodism in Kansas gathered together in the last year. State Federation of Labor at Atchison. Official announcement has been received that Atchison has been selected as the meeting place of the annual convention of the Kansas State Federation of Labor, to be held next August 14, 15 and 16. Two hundred delegates are expected.

Died at Aged of 92. Mrs. Harriet Flin, an old resident of the Frankfort vicinity, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. C.

Horr, in Frankfort, the other day, at the age of 92 years..