Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-08-16
WILL DISPUTE
KAISER'S CLAIM
WIDOW OF MAN WHO LEFT EN-
PIRE FORTUNE OF $4,000 WILL
CONTEST WILL. MONEY FROM
HER DOWRY.
INTERESTING HISTORICAL RELICS
PRESENTED TO CITY OF EMDEN
CANNON FOUND ON SITE OF AN
CIENT FORT.
(By Associated PreSs.)

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Berlin, Aug. II. Emperor William
will not receive without fight his in
heritance of $750.0000 from Hermann
KnOrr the patriotic wood dealer of Klaus
chwitz, whose decease after bequeathing
to his Majesty practically his entire es-
tate was reported last week
The widow. who asserts that much Of
knorrs wealth was due To successful
rcal-estate speculati0ns financed by the
money she brought to him az her dowry.
will contest the will. which assigns to
her merely the amount Of her original
dowry and an annuity of 5000. All the
rest of the estate goes 10 the Emperor.
ITO be used III strengthening the army
and navy"
First estimates gave the value of the
estate al only $2o0,000, the amount at
which knOrr had been assessed for tax
eS. but later investigation showed that
a far larger amount had been covered up.
to the incidental profit of his royal res
iduary lceatec The widow who after
nineteen years Of untrOublcd married
life finds the provisions Of the will ex-
ceptionally hard. will be assisted i'm her
fight by ten near and needy relatives of
her husband, who do not seem filled with
enthusiasm for Germany's armaments.
of which representatives Of the govern
ment and the patriotic parties made 50
much i'll the recent debates in the Reich
stag OH the military bills.
1t will be interesting in this connection
to note whether the authorities will re
wise in this case, the decision handed
down few months ago in the case of a
legacy to the city Of Charlottenburg
There teStatOr made the city his sole
heir to a considerable property In the
course Of the usual advertising for heirs
prescribed Il condition precedent to the
settlement Of DEFENDANTS estate. some
distant cousins made their existence
known. All were needy. The provincial
government refused to consent to the city
accC pting the legacy. on the ground that
the testators relatives must be provided
for.
Emperor William has just presented to
the city of Emden two old rustcd cannon.
which recall IN almost forgotten chap
ter Of Germany'S colonial history and
show that Germany was seeking its place
in the SUM- so far as African colonies
are concerned over two centuries before
Agadir
The cannon were found on the site of
an old fort Gross Fredericksburg. on the
Gold Coast of Africa. which was built
for the defence Of the colony established
there by the Great ElcctOr in 1859 His am
bition was to make Bradenburg the nu-
clcus of the future kingdom Of Prussia.
a rival Of England and Spain as coloni
Zing power and he sent out an expedition
from Emden 10 establish Il settlement
on the west coast of Africa. Emden had
nj that time one of the best harborS on
the North Sea. and the Elcctor decided
to make it the home port Of his colonial
venture. as well as Of his modest little
navy.
The undertaking. however. did not pros
per and i'm 1717 Frederick William /, the
father of Frederick the Great. sold the
colony to the Dutch East India Company
Of Amsterdam. II finally fell into the
hands Of England through the Ashantee
War. about 40 years ago.