| OCR Text |
Show MILLIONS INVOLVED. The HrlM or ir. HottIi Want to Krcovrr 50 3IiIIIon Worllt or Land. SOLDIERLY CEREMONIES OVER THE GRAVE OF BELKNAP. The East Surrar Itrglmcnt Was Sent to India AllIiou;Ii Thrj Dldu't Want to. APPEAL FROM GLADSTONE TO TORY HOUSEHOULOERS. Mrs. SchoflcM A?aln In tho HantN or the Police. Urlrf" Telrsrsnu. l)j Tdetniph ta the M.ws.1 Acno ia i3,ooo.oo. TliF Ilrlrvorilohrrl )IorrN Inlruil to llrrorr "Ilnl Sum. NeV Vokk, Oit. 15 A Inrsr nuiiiUr or tho lirl-H .f Ili.K rt Morris Mor-ris Hie millionaire of tin- rtcvulu tion ami Volinigt'iiV fliuiiclil ai;-'Ut duiiuK Hie J'r'xi-st tl.ii oi tho strusglo ror A nrric-m linle Icnii.ucv, have Jivi !tii to 11115 actioti ror tho recivr of a !ir;e tract of land in the WtMern countit- of thN atatL-, Kil J to oiubracv !,-),-0i acres anil (tiniatl to lai u orlh somithlng like JW.OW.OOJ. The heirs ruaule In this State, IVnnsyl-vanla IVnnsyl-vanla anJ Ohio, and It ittliuilc?-ceuJants ittliuilc?-ceuJants or Hubert Morns in the latter State that have taktn t!ie Initiative etrort for reran ry or the projieity, or which they Ulieve tlie great )ntriot uas frauilulenlly ills-o---J, and to which they believe they liave valid claim as Ills heir. The Ohio heira hive retained Oeo. M. I Inter, a proiulnent real estate law i cr of Cleveland,aud at a recent conference or the claimants It a agreed tliftt a rantlnent feo of $3,UUil,000 be olH-red to Mr. Hester to pro-ec-iite their claim, one of the wealthier liLirHKUaranteein;; all the itturneib' fees and izwni in-voheil in-voheil in IooUdk up title to lantln In ijutetiou. the msruKY of lt.)l)trt Morris' laud HirchaM-t ii W'tvtvru New Vork Is a hi-tory ol the early civilizitiou and settlement of the counties of Maijara, J.rie, Chatauiua. t'atUlrnugu Alleghany, Alle-ghany, W'yowin, tienesee and Orleans, and will briujj the iuvtti-Katiou iuvtti-Katiou of claims bui k to tlie ji tied iniruedlatelvMicceeding the revolution. revolu-tion. The end of the contest for Iiideix-iidem-elirt lhttert Morris iu o-M-fion of vast wealth, Kathertri from his licit of privatetrs that preyed oil Htiti-h commerce, and rrimburement by the Kovernmeut of the Immcno cuius he had n!-vanceil n!-vanceil for the maintenance of tlie army duting the rtruggle. I u Maj , 1791, Mr. Morns acquired a preemption pre-emption right from MvajchuwU to all territory west ot the Pliel and Gorliam tjrchu-e In this SUte, ulilcli was aflcrwanU deMgnated tlie Holland purclia.-eand the Morris Mor-ris IU-serve. Mr. Morris sulise-quentlyextliiKUl-heil the title tliat tlie I ndiaits of the six nations trad In tho lauds by ialug them Si,0tM. In 179 ho wld to the Holland Coniitiuy 3,irl,000 acri-s in the counties named, nwrviti,; for hlm-tJtatractor5IW.ipWncrisiliiliS hlm-tJtatractor5IW.ipWncrisiliiliS l-e-tnieuthe I'heljrtand Gorliam purchase pur-chase ami the lands of the Holland Company. Mr. Morris secured the Indian title to these lauds at a council of natives In Id at the "Hig Tree," whii h Is now iu the heart ot enesee, and at which were pretnt sich Poted chiefs as IteU Jarkit, Coin I'iantir and Little Heard. ColonelJereiulih Wadsworth was the couimi-iiioner representing i'residtut Waslilngton and Itolxrt Morris was represented by his pun. Ou a satisfactory treaty being signed and omelit made to the Imli m, Mr. Morris proceeded to jit his reserve re-serve of a million acres on the m-VkLt. As tlte land which is now claimed l the Morris hi Irs his frwpieutly changed hairiLs since tlie origin d jsirrh-ue, Mr. llirtir has a more .iinlnilt task on his hands linn he Intims of. Tho hi Irs, houevir. have mideelaUiratc rirsi-jriliiji and Ihey believe that Irregularity iu the aition nf the Hull ml Company ivt- thun title, ss ltoliert MorrlsV heirs, to the lauds disio-ed of by that concern. |
