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Show f 1AY0H BiSON TO CLOSE OSSCDi'E SflOVS IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Sept. 29. Following s midnight ramble of Mayor Carter H. Harrison through the south aid. "bowery" "bow-ery" quarter of ChlcSgo, an order will go out from Chief of Police McWeeny today rlosing several obscene variety hows and "fske" auction salesrooms. The mavor. following the example of tha renowned Hsrmn el Raoehid, relink re-link of Bagdad, but disguised only by the dense rrowd. walked alone Honth rttate street and inspected carefully the attractions that savor of the levee. He wee accompanied only by his brother. The inspection resulted in a letter to the head of tha police department. In looking around town Isst night." the letter read. 'I found conditions Vretty rotten on State street, south of an Ilnrcn. One of the last acts of my administration before leaving office in 11H5 was to give orders looking to the (leaning ap the eld time levee.. Toils To-ils v Btate street sooth of Van Burr, while not so vile as it used to be, is a cheap imitation of a midwav show. At VS State street they adv-ertire the 'grimly besr' dsnre. They have suggestive sug-gestive pictures of women in costume. They have a bsrker in front and tegular tegu-lar midway murie. This character of show has no piece ia a city.'' , |