Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1901 — GENERAL HARRISON’S WILL. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL HARRISON’S WILL.

Bequests Male in Testament of the Former President, The will of-'tien. Benjamin Harrison was tiled at Indianapolis Tuesday. Col. Russell B. Harrison is practically disinherited, though his debts to bis father—and these are said to aggregate a considerable sum—are liquidated. The value of the estate is estimated at $400,000, and $140,000 of this, the Iu dianapolis home and six lots in Herkimer County, New York, are left to the widow-, formerly Mrs. Dimmiek, whose marriage to the General caused a family row which contributed to the feeling of' ill-will existing for some time between the General and his sou. It is directed that the provisions made for the w'idow are in lieu of all her interests in the estate as his widow. The residuary estate is to he divided into as mauy equal shares as there are surviving children, and one additional .share for the issue of any child that may havo died leaving issue. One such share is given to the son, Russell, in trust for the children of ltusseil, to be used for their support and education. The second equal share is given to a daughter, Mary Harrison McKee, in fee simple. A third is left in fee simple to the infant daughter, Elizabeth. The will was drawn up April 20, 18!)!). and witnessed by W. H. 11. Miller. Harry J. Milligan and Howard Cale. In the original will SIOO,OOO is left to- the widow, but a codicil written Feb. 13, 1901, increases the sum to $125,000. Of the money left to Mrs. Harrison $125,000 is to be invested and the iucome paid to her. At her death any sum remaining shall become part of his residuary estate. To his daughter Elizabeth is left SIO,OOO, to he paid to the widow as trustee. When the child beOMBW of age or marries she is to have any uuexpended balance. If she dies before receiving it. such unused balance shall go to her mother. The stun of SIO,OOO is to be invested by the Union Trust Company, to accumulate until a grandson; Benjamin Ilarrisou McKee, shall become of age, when the latter shall have the principal and accumulated interest. The trustee is authorized, however. to use the interest in the support of the grandson if necessary. If the grandson dies before becoming of age the fund shall become a part of the residuary estate. To each of his grandchildren. Lodge McKee. Marthena Harrison »aad William Henry Harrison, is left $2,500 in addition to other gifts. Section 10 of the will rpads ns follows: “If another--! hilfl should be bom to me

of my present marriage I give and bequeath to such child the sum of SIO,OOO. If a boy shall be born to me, he shall bear my name, and my sword ami sash shall be given to him instead of to my son Russell." The document confirms to the widow all the gifts she has received, all the articles iu the house that were purchased within six mouths before her marriage witli the General and ail that have been purchased by either of them since that time. Tlie widow is not required to tile any inventory of property nor to give any bond nor lie liable for any loss. To Cf>l. Russell Harrison is given the portrait of the first Mrs. Harrison, some other portraits and family relics. To the daughter Mary Harrison McKee is left a portrait of her mother, some other portraits and family relics. There are other beneficiaries, the amounts ranging from SIOO to $(!00.

The fact that Gen. Harrison should have disinherited his son causes no surprise in Indianapolis, a dispatch says, for such was expected. Soon after Gen. Harrison was elected President the sou began giving out iuterviews iu which he professed to express his father's views on matters of public policy. The General was finally forced to make a public disavowal of his son's utterances. Col. Harrison invnded the newspaper field in the West, and engaged in the street-car business. Iu botli ventures he lost money and was n source of expense to his father. Then he engaged in the publication of Judge, the New Y'ork weekly. The existing estrangement was increased when the General informed his children that he intended to marry Mrs. Dimmiek. Col. Harrison and Mrs. McKee objected, lie gave them nearly all his fortune. married aud built up a - new "estate.