New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-22
CHICAGO.
HIGH LICENSES - SMOKE CONSUMPTION -
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CHICAGO July 21.-The Citizens League has at
last forced the struggle in defence OF high license
as against the city authorities and has Instituted
test suits which will not only try the legality OF the
MAYORS notification ordinance, but Will involve
the legality of the manner in which he has besn is
suing licenses. The League has presented It's case
in a strong and thorough manner and nopolnt has
been left uncovered. Every question bearing upon
the validity of his ordinance and licenses has been
guarded and long and interesting struggle may be
anticipated as both sides have enlisted for the war
Another struggle is forthcoming upon the ques-
ton of smoke-cOnsumption. Several experiments
have recently been made to test the feasibility OF
consuming tine smoke of the river tugs, and with
such success that tugs have run froin the river to
the lake and back using soft COAL not only without
smoke but without in the least diminishing the
steam pressure. Some of the tug companies have
decided to put on the smOke-consumers and those
which fan to do so next week will be prosecuted by
the Health Department. Meanwhile the Chicago
and Alton Railroad is using snoke-consumer with
great success, so that it is hoped by the Health
Department that the time is not far distant when
Chicago viii have comparatively smokeess
atmosphere.
The correspondence between thirty-one promi-
regret at his approaching removal TO Washington,
with an Enclosure of tte-deed to an elegant house
in that city, has been published, and the General 8
graceful response shows that in his hands the pen
10 quite great as the sword. General Sher adams
services to the city at the time of the fire called out
this testimonial but there also enters into ii the
truest and deepest social respect for him. He is
great favorte and will be sincerely missed.
S. G. Pratt leaves the city for New-York next
week to prepare for the performance of his opera OF
"Zenobia," under the auspices OF Strakosch. lie
has revised and remodelled the work it was
produced here and is hopeful regards Its recep-
ton by audiences IN New-York, where it will be
produced during the latter part of August. The
four leading sooists will be Miss Henninges
soprano /; Mile. Riccl, mezzo-soprano; SIgnor Mon
tegIiffo, tenor. and Dir. Gilbert. basso.
Theodore Thomas has closed the second week of
his suminer-night season with unprecedented sue
cess, the audiences being the largest he has ever
had in Chicago and the orchestra the best. Among
the new music which he has brought ont. Rubin
STEMS Bal Costume" a group of characteristic
dance rhythms has made great popular hit. The
symphonies t5ns far played have been Beethoven's
Pastoral" Schumanns Second" and Rats
"Leonore' Next week he will bring out Beet
hoven's Second and symphony by Dv6rak never
played in this country. He has several novelties to
produce before the season closes.
The refusal of the Governor to pardon Angel, the
defauiting secretary of the Pullman Palace Car
Company, who was sentenced three years ago to
ten years imprisonment, has occasioned consdera-
bic comment, as the petition was signed by all the
officials of the court In which he convicted and
by large numbers of prominent citizens On the
whole. the Governors action is approved, the ground
which he took being that his education and social
position made his crime the henous.