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Show CHICAGO SALOONS BEING ELIMINATED CHICAGO. Oct. .11. Tim privileges ot' (.'liir-v go 's drinkin t: class arc iicin. gradually c;;rt;tUcd. With the close of business tonight there will ho gp.'v (itii;u or so licensed bars. Tn about G-.)'J sa- i loons the sliutters will come down for! good. Under the IIarMns law parsed vcra ' years n-:o, Illinois cities are allowed but . one saloon to every hmi) persons. There were about T'.VO in Chioaijn al the iime; and Ihe courts ruled that those existing. rottM not be eli m inn t ed. J hi d'V-iioi:s provi-'.c.j. howeer, t'nat as licences: Innsed they could ud be renewed untii I ti:e .V:0 iu 1 ratio had been reached. To.ir.v. the la-.t day of the hceniur nrriod. more than ihXi saloon keeper. tailed to tip ply l'or renewals. This them de.UiiC.eiy out of hd-inr-'-;. r. h : -hition la.lers'pre n -:d that by Mav 1 t1:',ra v;nuld be 7'-r,n a'oous. r:hi "k" on the br.-is of a popiiiatioii of m2, ':, m; wot;ld 'on:ir tne ratio to IcTjI rcjuiic-j mciit:-. : |