, 1880-07-06


In TIE TlluuSE Of yesterday morning nil-
nounccnent WIS nndu of the. dentll Of
Thomas l.. Donncty, the yGtcrnr colnetfh,1
atnl theatrical munger, ut Ills residence IN
New York City, oil Saturday night. Ilewas
iii his 18th yrnr. According to the obituary
notice Of the New York Timcs or Sunday, lie
Ind been I'll but "two weeks, and tho irl-
lngdinte cnuse of Ills death WIS cryafpCns,
developed from carbtncle Oh tlis neck. Mr..
Donnclly was born III London, England, Oh
Christmas Dny, fSE9e, hEa pnrentS being people
In well-tO-tl0 circumstances. AS 1Atl fio WIS
fond Ut amateur tllcntrlcals, and dtsplnyctlnn
aptitude for nle nrt which Won fnr him so
1lluch co,llnendation tlmt he determined to
ndOpt the stuge MS n profession. liG cliose
the linz Of Irish low comedy, and, In iB53, vet
out from London in Il travelling stock cosll-
pa1ly, playing III Sheffield, birmingham, anil
other provincial towns. Two yours Inter Io
came to tho United States, md Mt once ST.
cured m enlargement ut Woods National
Tlleatrc, Cincinnati. lie played there for
two Or tlIrrn SEASONS, under tho stagc na,no
9f Thonas Lester, alld won quite III elIrlable
actors WHO played 1t Wood's III tlle Same
company with lin were james w. Collyer,
John Mathews, aid r. B. McDonOugh. III
1851 iio organized IL travelling company, and
sanri, and ot]ler Western States. aid piayed
nEnln. over the sumo ruMto III 1857. At the
breaking out of tic War he went to New
York atld secured NIL engagement with
George W91d, wl!o was rlaiinging the CID
and lst3 ilo p1nyga low comedy. Will, !Georgu
ycar lle Joined thy W0rfcll Ststers' bnrleslu0
company at' tho Now York Theatre, and later
IN baly's piay, aUnder te G!tsllglit" iiis
next engagement was Mt the Wlnier-Garlell
Theatre, where l!e for onco lropred comedy
and played the High Priest In "Iizarro," Il
POSSESSED q rIch yolce, nnd I'll ti,at clln!ractcr
was required to sing cllants md nsalu!s in
| the service Of tho Temple Of tho Sun. Il!
1s le PLACED ogtt,ta'ga,M n tle "vsternn VT sr'
Jol,n Brougllam Will By remembered. and Iii
singing the song, cold ireland, you'm my
larIfng," ho evoked tunlultuosls applause:
Shortly afterSard he rejoined tho NYorrell
M Ctoi'in.ltt IN "Cinderella." Iia remained
will, then, for, two seasons, al'd traytlc.l
ovur nrarly qll tho Northern and West
comc to sonle extent the master OF
| circumstances, atd left thu stage to as'
sumo the rolf, Of a l,s1nMacr. III 1907 he
opened y co'ng.ly.ynr!cty theatre III brook-
profit for eight yenrs. III 1870, In conjune.
tIon with .Jul,n K. pan]r, tie took the llli4ll.
agement OF tic Grand Opera. House, aud Ie-
gan to eater TO tho West Side, by opening .the
arUpalur," priccs, producing Most of tic
popular phys. a,lI III many Instances I'm.
playfng leatling trNgic, .ne0tlrpnlat!c, and
emotional star 1ct0rs and actresses. lle antI
roolg continued % y the joint 'Yatlasement M q
leayes u widow with fur clllltren-two sulis
two dauGhterS-toinforta provided fur
among Ills possessions being Il tl,,c summer
residence a,id farm ut Babylon, l.. |. 1lt>
Kate Williams, hut shn l,As not plNyutl III
innny ytars. Her sister Is tie WIFI Of FreLur.
lex Williams, nltlIOr Ut The llOynl Midtly.''