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Show CAPITOL SQUARE CLAIMANTS. I llinula Partite Who Only Want l'art of the KaMh. Alton. 111., Feb. 4. United State Claim Ageut Piatt of this city has filed in the laud ollice at Washington a remarkable re-markable claim. It is in favor of Edward Ed-ward Hugo, Mrs. W. P. Paul and Mrs. Price of this city, and O. S. Hugo of Peoria, who arc the heirs of the lale Dr. Samuel 11. Hugo, and in it they claim ownership to a part of capitol sipiare at Washington. A document in the shape of a land warrant from the general assembly of Maryland, dated April 1.1. 17KH, for lots '.'ii'.i'U, SOltl, L708 and 270!i. This Includes about hvo acres and is described as "lying to the wet of Fort Cumberland." The claim was tiled and recorded at Washington and will, if it holds, involve the ownership owner-ship of liart of the ground on which the national capital stands. |