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Show OF ACCIDF.NT VICTIMS CHICAGO. Jan, I. Th lTnlted Btalee elroult court of appeale has decided that tbe heirs of twenty-eight negro stevedores steve-dores who were killed tn a naphlh explosion ex-plosion on th steamer Tioga In the Chicago Chi-cago river twenty-three years ago ar entitled en-titled to tUB.soe damages. Every Blrect heir of the Identified dead liber haa died or disappeared. Th steamship company wound up Its affairs yeara aso. Tn attorney that defended tb cum and the Utsiyer that proaoouted It ar dead. Th caa. Vtruxton v. tlrn Cnlon Sieamehtti cMiipny, tti one of th oldest pending federal case In Chi-OHgo Chi-OHgo In which ther had mn ouly one appeal. ap-peal. Attorney Charlee Kurthinan, eon of th original plalatiflt' attorney, won th car. It la Bald there will be an opportunity for heir of the dead to collect damages. If anv can h located. Th company deposited de-posited a Jot.Ovt oaea bond before II weal out of bustnae. |