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Show CENTURY OLD FUND CLAIM IN DISPUTE BOSTON, July 30. The full bench of the Massachusetts supremo court has been .called upon to determine the ownership of a fund nearly a century old which is-claimed by tho commonwealth common-wealth of Massachusetts on ono hand and the Chilean government on the other. In 1821 an American ship returning from China to this port was seized by Chilean revolutionists and its cargo confiscated. When normal conditions prevailed in Chile, tho United States demanded indemnity, and Chile paid $70,400. William H. Gardiner of Brookline -was selected to distribute tho money among those entitled to it. Ho executed execut-ed the trust except as to two Chinese known only as Paqua and Moqua, merchants and Thomas Furbor of this city. Mr. Gardiner failod to locate lo-cate tjeso persons or their representatives. representa-tives. When he died the trust was transmitted to his son and upon the latter'B death to the grandson and great grandson, Robert H. Gardiner and Robert H. Gardiner, Jr., who lie now Its custodians. Tho present holders of the fund havo searched through the records o! the state department, through the American consular service at Canton, China, and through various other sources, for the heirs of Paqua, Moqua and Thomas Furber, without success. |