New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-27
CHICAGO.
RAILROAD EXPOSITION-CATHE LEW
ISIS TROUBLES.
IaYTRLEGRAPH To THE Tribe.

CHICAGO May 26.-The formal ceremonies at
tending the opening of the Railroad Exposition took
MACE on Thursday evening, though the Exposition
itself will not be complete in all its departments for
several daysto come As was the case with the OPEN
ing of the Brooklyn Bridge, the managers chose the
Queens birthday for the Inauguration, but the
Chicago Fenians have not manifested any prejudice
against it that account, so there were no threats
OF dynamite, and nothing more dangerous to the
success of the affair than the hammerng and saw
ing of carpenters the catter Of machinery and the
dun of locomotives which rendered all the speech
making inaudible. when completed the Exposition
will be very attractive affair, not only in its IL
Illustration of the achievements of modern science.
but in ITS Old Curiosity Shop, which will enable the
spectator TO form excellent idea of the progress
of railroad industries aud inventions during the
past half century. The prospect is now that i'm
mense crowds will come here during the next six
weeks after which the building will be turned over
TO Theodore Thomas for six weeks of music of
different Sort
High license makes slow but steady progress 1t
has been sent to third reading In the Senate and
as an amendment to the Senate bill has been adopt
cd so that the same measure is now pending in both
houses
There seems to be no end to Catherine Lews's
troubles On Wednesday last she and her manager,
Nixon were arrested on four different charges of
larceny preferred by four members of her chorus.
Miss Mack. who is the most agereved witness tes-
titled that before the company closed their engage
meut at Hooley's they made arrangements for
trip to Kalamazoo to play Prince CONT" and the
members of The chorus accordingly turned their
stage property over to Mr. St. Adams, the property
man, to be sent TO the Michigan town. On Sunday
they discovered that the Kalamazoo engagement
~. n H.. I'D
Mr. Nixon had sent their private baggage to the
Fort Wayne depot and completed arrangements to
60 direct to New-York. without having offered any
explanation to the chorus. The Court held that
the evidence was not sufficient and discharged the
prisoners, but seventeen civil suits have been
menced against them TO recover salaries Mean
while the irate Lewis has had the fair Mack arrest
ed upon the charge of perjury, and the end is not
There has been temporary lu in the Catherine
Lewis litigation, Miss Mack, who was arrested upon
the charge of perjury. having made confession
that her charges against the fair Lewis were with
out any foundation. She submitted this statement
in writing 20 the Court and was discharged. The
only suits now pending are those for wages.
The Rev. Joseph Cook rarely comes to Chicago
without getting into some newspaper alteration
This time bis quarrel with The Tribune over its re-
port OF bis fracas at country hotel, the other day
with young man who persisted in ordering
raw beefsteak, and when demonstrated with for his
singular preference replied with big, big y,
and expressed his desire to thrash the lecturer In
his quarrel with The Tribune he is quite as vitu
peratlve aud belligerent as the young in the
country.
Paddy Ryan. or, as he styled himself at the
Dunn trial, Patrick Ryan. Is spelling for fight
with Sullivan, and has sent him q challenge, to