St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-23
some LIVELY SCRAPPlNG
Promised Among the Possible and
Would-be Purchasers OF
SACKETT g. WIGGINS' OUTFIT.
Offers Received From Various Sources
---Nunnemacher, of Milwaukee, b
in the Field. r

SeuHl anu henllepln Avenue tnedLer
troubles would be settled for good, and
all in very short time. There are plans
enough on foot to patch up mare seri-
GUS difficulty, and there are any number
OF offers from which to choose. Kohl s.
Middleton, the Chicago dime museum
men, Jacob Lift, the well-known theater
manager, of Milwaukee, and Joseph Nc
Golden, representing Bailey IL Bhrnum,
the Eastern shOwmen, arrived in Mime
apolis yesterday morning and at once
hunted up Sackett Il Virgins and other
gentlemen and began talking business.
Mr.. Lift, backed by Chicago men, and,
it is said, j. NJ. Wood, stakeholder of
the Hennerin Avenue theater, desires
st. Paul dime museums and theaterS
together. He offers to pay $4,000 for
all, and assume all the liabilities of
Sackett & Virgins.
Mr.. McCOdden, who was in Minneap-
oils short time ago with the HOodman
Blind company, is backed by Bailey &
Barnum, and simply wants the theaters,
not caring to assume the cares and re-
sponsibility incident upon taking the
museums.
Kohl & Middleton, the Chicago men,
but say that if necessary to gain possess
sion of them will take the theaters ALSO
All the gentlemen, with the exception
OF Mr.. Lift, were found at the West
hotel yesterday. and made these state
| mentS:
Mr.. Middleton-Mr. Kohl and my
self do not care about taking the thea
tiers, but are perfectly willing to do so
If necessary to get the museums. We
came up from Chicago with money
enough to get hold of everything. This
money is now in the Security bank, and
| is enough to Outbid any one else. If
| things are worked right the creditors
and L understand they are numerous
will stand very good show of getting
| their money. The matter will come up
in court tomorrow, when the receiver
| will report the offers he has received to
the judge. We will be on hand, and
hope to get the museums. In regard to
this matter of lease, it seems to me that
Mr.. Virgins is making great deal OF
| trouble over nothing. | am perfectly
satisfied to take the museum and then
run my chances of keeping it if the
| court accepts my offer and sells me the
| leases. The thing can be worked so
is accepted
Mr.. McCodden said he did not feel at
| liberty to say much in regard to the
matter, but he would state that he had
backing enough behind him to gain con-
troll of the theaters all right if the court
should see fit to settle the matter that
| way.
j. NJ. Wood spent the afternoon i'm St.
Paul with Mr.. Lift, looking over prop
erty there. He had heard, he said, that
MIR. Lift and number of other gentle
| men would like to get control of both
theaters and museums, but he did not
feel at liberty to state what had been
done in the matter. Mr.. Lift was then
looking at the st. Paul property, he
said, but would return in time to put in
an offer for the property. In regard to
the leases, he did not care much who
had them, so long as he received his
money. That was what he had been
looking for for about year and a. half.
He said that he hoped something might
be done, so that the whole trouble could
| be Strengthened out - uH o..
| WHAT WOOD PROMISES. ~ 81.
Mr.. Wood said upon his return from
| st. Paul yesterday afternoon, if9.Jac0b
Lett, of Milwaukee, succeeds in getting
the theaters, that the creditors Of the
Hennepin Avenue theater will be
| paid one hundred cents on the dollar,
while the creditors of the museums
will receive at least Is cents ON the
| dollar. He claims that if any one else
purchases the Hennepin avenue theater
| they will not be able to get possession
of the ST. Paul theater to be run in con-
nection, which will, in that event, be
run as cheap theater.
ANOTHER RICHMOND.
The most interesting development in
| the case of possible purchase was
made last night, and the purchaser
looms n 10 Of
Nunnemacher, of Milwaukee. The
Nunnemacher brothers, Hermann and
Jake, are quite well known in the the
atrical world. Jake is now in New York,
living on his money. while Hermann
runs the Grand at Milwaukee. They
and their hackers have barrel of
money, and if they make up their minds
to purchase here, they will probably do
it. Mr.. Nunnemacher has been here
twice lately, but so quietly that it was
not known. He is expected to-day, and
only wants the theater part of the
Sackett & Virgins, outfit, but he is in
with Kohl & Middleton, who want the
museums, SO there would be no trouble
on that score. His scheme is a broad
one and is to organize little circuit of
his own. He now owns the principal
theaters in Milwaukee and Oshkosh,
has some sort of hold on the houses at
Eau Claire and Saltwater and wants
theaters in st. Paul and Minneapolis to
complete his circuit. He figures that
about $4,000 cash laid down will clear
up things here.
These are about the facts in the case
and there is promise of some lively
scrapping when the matter reaches a
climax.
BOWSER'S FIRE ESCAPE.