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Show DOESN'T WANT THE CANAL. Chicago Lawyer Would Prevent Construction Con-struction of Panama Canal. Warren D. Wilson, lawyor, of Chicago, Chi-cago, has filed In tho district supremo soiirt nt Washington a bill In oqulty for nn Injunction against Secretary Shaw, tho republic of Panamn, tho Now Panama Canal company of Finuco and others to stop tho con- struction of tho Panama canal. Ho asks that Secrotary Shaw bo en- lolncd from permitting tho payment of mouoys undor his control under tho pretended authority of tho void act - of Juno 28, 1902, entitled, "An act to provide for tho construction of a canal connecting tho waters of tho Atlantic and Pacific oceans." Ho nvors that thoro Is no appropriation by law of any money for tho paymont of nny of (ho construction exponses and declares de-clares thnt tho act of Juno 28, 1902, Is In violation of tho constitution of tho United States, nnd Is null nnd void. Ho chnrgea that tho treaty Is wholly unconstitutional nnd invalid, both In tho United Stntcs and In Panama. |