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Show 1 Mnmlar Action. Dl'liL's., June 16 An unusual action hasjut been taken against a railway company. An Infant girl named Walker, who wast born at the time of the accident, forms the ground foracUon. The railroad Occident occurred in June, ISss. The child's nlolher wm in a delicate condition at the time Ami was a passenger on the train when the accident occurred. The raoUier received re-ceived a .errlble shock and the child was born a cripple, and the aflllctiou medical experts trace dl-recUy dl-recUy to the mother's nervous prostration, pros-tration, following and as a rcult of thecolhVon. With these facts as a basis, the suit fur damages has be.n brought by the father ot the eciti, as the child's guardian. It is likely to become a cause celibre, and the opinion in legal circles is that if the infant wins her case it will be nn expensive precedent for rail-wajs. rail-wajs. The Liricesl. New VoHK.Junelb Thnlargeat rmi hitheatre iu America, an J rob-aLly rob-aLly the !arj;t in Uie world, was openeti tonight by (he dedication of Uie newr Madiou biuare Oattlen. Fully 10,000 people were in attendance, attend-ance, of whom more than L1W0 had to stand. Edward Strauss' orchestra orches-tra gave a concert. .Iie lynched Illm Nrw Orleans, June 1G. George Swas, colored, au ex-member of the I.oulslaua legislature, was lnchesi nt list Feliciana yester-da yester-da . 1 te had been arrested charged with being n dangerous and sus-1 sus-1 leiousehiracter. He was taken by a niob from the oPlcer. and hanged. Swayse wasdlutrlbutlns; c'rculir. tn negroes lu that arish, c:lvln them not to take part In theeleetion for State senator tomorrow to 1111 the acanc .which comes offtomorrow, as it was purely a democratic factional fac-tional light. AshortUme ago several leading white ciUzens or Jvsl x-ell-ciaua se ut a letter to the manager of Uie IuLIana lottery, wnrnlng him n gainst sending emissaries into Uiat section to InuVence votes for the lottery, ond it Is belie c that Swase was on a mission of thit sort. Nen sfnuitxer. Ciuccn, June lo. W. b Merrill, Mer-rill, general manager of Uiu Kansas City.ht. Joseph .t Council Bluffs road, has been apralnted general manager of the Chicago, Burlington iluine,to succeed fc. P. Ripley, resigned. Talk nollt M tllsky. Vivv York June 16. The leading lead-ing vholi-sale liquor dealers ejf New ork, PhllaUe'phti, Chicniro atvi Cincinnati held a meeiln? fsjar which bodes ill for the w hiky tru-L When the trust got a grip u th niajorit of the distilleries the id vaticeel J rices seven cents ur gal Ion all around, but bsunl nloti-i-ertlflcatesof fiveceirs is.r gallon iable six ninnths fn m jla'e of Issue, pnivldtsl the !rt to whim such certificate-, wire IseUed tought goods exclusively of the tru't. By this means the trust holds alsjut a miliioiiaiid a half of money belonging belong-ing lo the wholesale men, uin which Uiey do not ay a cent of Interest. This Is hat the whole-saleneilijcitto. whole-saleneilijcitto. After a lengUiy tall, in which some of the wholesnlira advocated til- building of distilleries to knock out the trust, If the latter proved too refnitor," resolution wis adertrd troviding that a connnitti cf the hiding wholesalers lnpoiiite to confc r with thetru'tand see If the five ce ut rebate could be w ithdriw 11 and otherwise to look aCer the interests in-terests of the trade. Hceiutiltciait ( uncus W iiliN(,TON, June 16. The re Iib1ic-ns ol the House met Iu caucus tonight to receive the report of the caucus committee ujsin Uie national election bill. Aflir ume amendments by Frank, for a change in the mode of canvassing, etc, were rejected, the entire bill was aprrovidas it came from the caucus committee. There was every disposition to secure speedy aitlon upon the bill In the llouie. The caucus uext turned 113 dilution dilu-tion to the MeComas nnti gcrfy-mindtring gcrfy-mindtring Mil. Many members had left tiie hall, so the result, which wasa defeat of the bill by a vote of 22 to 26, was unsatisfactory to its friends, who w ill make another an-other illort at a subsequent caucus. . ndlilnee.-' Nfw York, June 16. Sara Kcc. a Chinese laundryman, 9 ears of nge, of Providence, R.I., was ar raigncel in the tiolice court today charged with iiaving abducted Annie Iiwrence, agccT 13, who Is employed in a w ire works manufactory manufac-tory in lhatiity. The loir arrive d in this city by the Providence boat yesterday morning and hired a tab to take them to II Mott street. T driver was suspicious and drove the couple to Prince Street station, where Captain Thomion placed them under arrest. TheChiuaman was placitl in Stf0 ball. |