A case that has been on Chicago court dockets for almost twenty
years was brought to light, and an effort made to hasten the
progress of the wheels of justice in its disposal. The case is
a damage suit of the survivors of victims of the _Tioga_
steamer explosion July 11, 1890. Since it was started the
original lawyers on both sides have died. The _Tioga_ was
moored in the Chicago River, between Washington and Randolph
streets, when the explosion occurred, resulting in an estimate
of thirty deaths.
The suit was filed in the Circuit Court, but was transferred to
the United States District Court. Technical pleas and hearing of
evidence before a master in chancery have consumed the years of
litigation.
(1709)
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As I passed down through India I saw two little rice-fields side
by side. One was green and growing; the other was dead and dry.
I looked for the cause. The great lake was full of water. There
was no lack there. Into the one the living water was flowing,
for the channel was open. The other was choked. Brother, is your
life green and growing, fruitful and joyful, or barren and dry
because the channel is choked?--G. S. EDDY, “Student
Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions,” 1910.
(1710)