Effect Of High License

Philadelpiiia, Pa., Jan. -21.- The total nuuiber of applications filed in this :ity for licfnws undvr the bigh-licenfie l:iw does not exceed ten up to the prufent date, but the aiplications are increasing as the limit of time, Feb. 11, approaches. It was supposed at one time Uut the city's revenues would be increased oyer $1,500,000 or $2,000,000 by the new li:ense fee of $500, but the surprisingly mlted niiraberof applicatlons made and kely to be granted under the Brooks jill wiU cause the reveniie to fall liir heow these ligures. The clerks of the quarter sessions say that about one fouith f tbe appllcutions will be eltlier withlrawn or disregurded, and that the total numbt-r of ücensed places in Philadelkia after May 1, 1888, will not exceed ,300, as against the tí.OOO premian uow icensed under the old law.