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Show MORRIS WILL IS PLACED! FILE Twenty-Million-Dollar Estate Chicago Packer Left in Hands of Trustees. Chicago. Nov. 11 An estate of f L'O.uimi.iiiiO wn?, left by the late pa Iter, It-er, Edward Morris, according to his will filed in the probate court here today. Charitable bequests total $315,000 among twenty -one beneficiaries named nam-ed by the testators and others to be named by the widow, Mrs Helen Swift Morris, who is given $50,000 to bo distributed among such charities as she shall elect The, largest bequest Is one of $100,000 to the pension fund of lor" rls & Company, of which the decedent dece-dent was the hoad. The remainder of the eHat goes to Mrs. Morris and tho four children. It Is left In the hands of six trustees trus-tees w'lh th deciding vote, in case of a tie, in the hands of Mrs. Morris, who. with her two sons. Nelson Swift Morris ajirl Edward Morris, Jr.. minors, constitute three of the trustees, trus-tees, although the two boys cannot act until they have attained their legal majority This disposition of the estate makes Mrs Morris, who Inherited a large fortune from her father, Gus-tavus Gus-tavus Swift, the packer, one of th richest, if not the richest, woman in Chicago and among the. most wealthy in th world. Mrs. Morris' share in the estate is forty per cent, the remaining 60 per cpnt going to the children. Rnth Mae Morns. Helen Muriel Morris and tho two boys. Nelson and Edward. Ed-ward. Tho tru6te--s will pay Mrs. Morris an Income of $100,000 a year and $2500 for each child until each has reached the age of 17 years |