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Show STATE SUES ILLINOIS CENTRAL FOR LARGE SUM OF $5,000,000 OTTAWA, 1U, April . Attorney-General Attorney-General 8tead today filed in the county ' court a suit against the Dlinois Central Railroad company to recover $5,000 000 claimed by the State as dne from'he railroad in accordance with provisions for the company's charter, giving the State a Share in the railroad 's trross earnings. The suit is filed in a lower court because of a recent decision that the Illinois Supreme eourt lacks ori- ! ginal jurisdiction. |