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tratcd, and the mortality among the little ones.
causes by tho heat, was simply appalling. AS it
WAS, be believed the worst was over. and that
to-duy would show decided falling oG.

trate, and the mortality among the little ones
was, he believed the worst was over. and thE
to-duy would show a decided falling osf.
TIE YELLOW CARD.
The smallpox seems to be tenacious tn il
| hold and some physicians need an nycrhuullnl
from s''n..boly. Tho people residing III the
Twelfth wnrd. i'll the vicinity OF !ionord a,e
MsSI sIy M1son strees' are 55t c, nov '
| occurred ut No 10o West Madison street. About
Two weeks ago DIR. Heed WIS called liz to attend
Keeps !, bakery and ice-crca,n saloon Ut that
| place.. This man has family OF children. whu
played In the neiehborhood with others OF their
own ngc Dr. Reed insisted that Alr. Day hAs i
| ca5e Ut complicated crysipclns. This went OH
until Friday evening lust, when the case WIS re-
o ortea to tho y.I oce boa p cns aavcS, If
continent small-pox, and Mr.: Day died
YESTERDAY mornns t,a ,oi:.tSr,,. gG9ss ontr"xa @
| the people in the vicinity ne both excited and
| intIignant Mrs. l&ly and her children have
! mingled with everybody who catno near them,
and tho infection must have been spread. Hut
1t Is i'll III enlightened purt of the city, where
the people understand tho benefits Of vaccis'a-
ucn and nun, numbers OF fHniiiy na, pnys.e'a,s were
ci1lAting. Al 70+ West Madison street there IS II
Indy lying Ill with tho small pox who WIS but
recently confined and she Is not expected to
| recover. There wns Il death from the disease
reported from No. 10 Pearl street. III tho Four
tccnth Ward. There were two deaths at tho
No. ~ North Paulina street apd from no: i5f
West Chicago avenue, III tho same district:
Seven new c:'ses of snail pex we wers repartnd
son street, Nos. lS6 and la0 Ceaver street, two
cases ut No. III Wright, u1d one ut M. ll9 on
tho same street, and from NO. = Eik GrovG
avenue. UUphfheria WIS reported from No. ~
Bradley and No GS? liinnan street. Scarlet
fever was reported from No. Il Wade street.
THE sMOllE-NCISaSCE.
Dr.. X. s. TutOn, who IS tho SEtUke-n nuisance
crtdicn1or OF the Health Office, yesterday" sub
nittcd his report for the past week, showing
what hc has done towards getting rid Ut smoke.
Uniur National bank. La Sale Block. Central
Restaurant, and Mccormick Block thar they
wod fdsle n45 on On sSx tSer Sna m n M 5ns
investigated several s1uoke- burners fIe has
visited Norton's mills. Lt1at -Nctrs Office, aud
other places complained Of. lie says that IL
number OF notices IL ;tbltc the nuisMnces have
been served, hut further action conld be
taken until tho parties have had time to inycs-
WIS Il nun,crous!y-signcd petition for nt,:lie-
nlcnt OF tho smoke nuisance ut tho Mccormick
noek Tremont Aosc' and the IL. d,fyM At,rs
provided with Stnoke-consi1u,ing apparatus, but
the Legal Nt1cs has been notified 10 nbate the
nuisance, nNd DR.. Patton sstys that they should
be compelled TO do sutnethIu1.
Accompanying tho report was tho following
letter from ex-City--Attorney Il. $. Turhill. CIV
formal complaint against the fremont House,
Mccormick, uud the Legal NcrS Buildings, with
the names OF conlplalG1nts, who can he SUM
LAW OFFICES QUlGG s. TCTHILr, Rooms 35,
35, AND ii, BORDEN BLOCK, CHICAGO. Aug. /,
ssl,-UScerr e. I)t1'Mf, ": H., tommis$ioHcr u
jitt1nH-StK: hereby make formal complaint
To you ngtnst Mccormick block, the fremont
House, und the Chicago Ltyal 4NemS, On the
ground that they ilre daily violating the Law in
tho creation OF in i,,tuicrable nuisance BY tho
emission from their slntkc- sticks OF dcnst vol
umus ut bltu1ninous-cnal snake. nnd respect
fully but earnestly call upon You tu enforce the
which n.ntGh
prevent such IN Utlense.
Tho law ot The land ito say nothing OF prn-
rccu3stizcl}. il honestly and efficiently enturced
by those charged with such duty, guarantees
10 every citizen right t. breathe 1n't dir, or nj
least air which bus hot been contaminated, he
fOuled. or poisoned by his neiEhbOrS. No man
or corporation has II legal or moral right To
1'ULLCTE TILE ATMOSPHERE Hl;EATIED Er
Ills NEItiIlEUI;S,
any more than he has to empty his sewer
into 4 well or spring FROM which others nre
compelled to obtain drinking water. \ man has
us clear IL right to pure air rs he hns to pure
waiter, and the contamination and pollution Of
one is as outrageous and wicked rs Of tho other.
Such rights are Fundamental and not subordi-
nate to the right nf my racgtor for purposes Of
gain to print Il newspaper or to run botel, or
DO any other Kind Of business. He hus
right t. run his hotel or to print his newspaper,
bat not to interrupt. Interfere with, de-
1Irrc inc OF my right to enjoy pure tir
or pure wafer which rights conferred
by II hcncticcnt Creator ous anterior to the in.
Sc:itiOn ct steam engines newspapers. Sic
uttrt thu, ut C'ichltiia rttd$, is tho maxim OF
tue law which should govern one i'll tho use Ut
spent III his Office and day after day to have tho
pure air from the broad e1panSc Ut Lake Michi-
gan. by reason OF passing over my netghbOr5
smokc-stacks, bring into my open windows not
retrcshulcur, health. und life. but wearuess, /
sickness, and torture, III the shnpc or dense yot
u1ncs of black, tiluscous smoke and SCOT. which
pentrrutcs eyes. enrs. nose, md mouth, and
covers face, hands, clothing. furniture Books,
and papers with sticky foulncss indescribably |
e in tasns ths a% INTO my 'os,S oM
hands and abattng. 1t is falsely, l |
believe, alleged by those who are guilty Of tho |
creation OF such nuisnllces that it caunot l,e |
controlled or prevented. Fur years long-sut- |
fering community WIS toIl thnl the bridgeport |
stcllches could uot be prevented. That was |
lie, ami is demonstrated lie. When the |
city authorities gave the stink manufacturers
understand that they bud either quit stinIiny |
or to 3t haSi.css and with squad "t police ar.
creating. olfensc, and took theul to jdl. methods
were soun discovered whereby the business WIS
carried OH without e,uatng IL NUISANCE. rs soon
as tho men who arc nov Communicating tho nt-
OF Chicago with this lntoerabe smoke
nuisance understand that they will be
law aud punished for their violations Of
statutory lnw and natural right they will soon
olit the crcAuon Of IL gross, l,apablc. and utterly
nuisance. Respectfully. your |
obcdient servant, II. i. TCTII1i.1u |
p,S.-I iucto5c with this formal conl pl,lint II,
writing, sit:ned by the various occupants ol this
tlsorden, building. The gentlemen who have
signed the onpant are good witnesses for the
city il, Amy prosecution which may be instituted
against the Mccormick Block, the Lcyat NcrS,
and fremont House. Respectfully,
Il. :. TUTH1LL.
The complaint is signed by tho following law
yers: Decker, Douglas kistlcr, Cyrus Bentley,
smith 4 Chi!as, Lnncl Q!liS:s, T. $. Tuthill, |
George ". Smith. Horace. \. Goodrich, George I
Wilbur, y; S; Downs. Walter G. Goodrich. Henry
T. Chase, F. W. Forch, .]r.. John T. Wilson, J. h.
l'hilo, Thomas Il. Wilson. Sleeper, Wilton Il
Brown: w. j. Duntam. William Prescott. Henry
l'llFt, Hutchinson Il Partridge. e. II. Ferry, j. VI.
:; outhwortl, Cook l. Upton, W. G: Upton, George
Z. barton, William $. Granger, Willard X. Pow
:rss,, John W. Thow,,tlen, v. L. Butter
icld.. Eugene E: I'rtlsslns, Ernst Prnssins,
L. i}orneultu. N'itlctts, siorck Il Stl1n,un,
[.ansdon. ltIctartlsou 4 Co.: Lewis s Knott,
jr.y. Hewitt l. 10, 4. I. Galt L. ". Z. Boards
ley. ID. Adler, Elmer Washl,uru.
Dr. De Wolf sNil yesterday that the Citizens
Association had determined tn take hold of the |
smoke nuisance matter, and there would be
commenced a:sNinst Sor1un's mills
and the Wilson Packing Company. which cou-
Germs refused to make tho least effort to CON
rol their smoke, blit her augmented the evil.
~ tho looks Of tho black clouds which were
i.lly emitted from their chnnrys.