New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-12
NOTES OF THE STAGE.


Mr. Proctor announces that HIS Twenty third
~ Incatle win positively be opened Monday or
tuesday next should any further delays occur the
cont actors win BE- liable TO suit for damages.
CASE Of great Importance to theatrical managers
WIZ be begun to-day IN the Supreme Court. 1t Is that
oi Manager Spaldine, OF ST. Louis, against Manager
Amberg, OF this city, for failure TO keep two weeks
ens'gement at tho Olympic Theatre, ST. Louis. The
aNessd iacts are that Mr.. Amberg, who was playing
IN Ohoaso, broke his contract and took his company
70 San Francisco leaving Mr. spaldng unable to
III inc vacant time satisfactorily The binding force
OF theatrical contracts Is point that needs clear
dehnion, and the outcome of this trial VIII be eagerly
awaited.
Nat Goodwin held yesterday at the Fifth Avenue
IheatIe the rst rehearsal of hs play The Gold
hine'' by George IT. Jessop and Brandcr Matthews.
L. Mccarthy the stsge-manager Of the Boston Theatre
directing the production.
Next week the theatre goers Of Harlem win have
en opportunity Of seeing f. II. sothern in Tho
hlgaest Bidders at the Theatre Comique, with the
original cast and scenery
0ll Sherwood, the stage-carpenter OF the Casino,
ana ms vile are suffering from severe injuries
sustained by fire in their home in Thirty-eIghth-st
Oh sa'ufday night. II IS believed that the fro
caused by the explosion OF lamp, but no particulars
caa DC learned Mrs. Sherwood who first discovered
the hFo' Is not able TO speak Her condition Is said
are severe but, II Is believed, not dangerous.
The report Of the death of tho actress Mrs Frank
f. Rae Is Incorrect Another Mrs. Rae died and
through mIsdelIvered telegram the friends Of the
actress werc led TO believe that she had died. Mrs.
Rae Is we'll and playing IN Chicago In Drifting
Apart.a
The exact extent Of tho deficiency in the accounts
OF Augustus HlsdorR the missing treasurer of A. NJ.
Palmer's Jim the Penman" company, had not been
aud fba pnfa
plleated IT viii be some days before the examination
can be finished. II Is believed, however, that the
amount given yesterday, $780, will cover the loss
W. j. Seaman will close his season on April I'm
Boston and VIII sail April for England, where he
viii make twelve weeks tour Manager Pitou will
send over entirely American company and Will use
American printing 30 advertise his star. Mr. Pitou
will power In advance April ., accompanied by
Thomas Alnley, formerly the business manager In
England Of Wilson Barrett, who viii fill the same
position for Mr.. Seaman
Edwin II. Price has engaged Miss Ida Mule to
play the leading soubrette part in James A. Herne's
Drifting Apart which viii be produced at tho
Fourteenth Street Theatre March 4, with Catherine
O. Herne and Mr. Herne the stars.
Miss Fanny Davenport who has been seriously
H. has entirely recovered her health and began an
engagement in Chicago last night, appearing In La
Tosca'
Last night Donnely ana Glraru bcBai tbo hhai WON
Of their engagement at the Biou Opera House. where
Natural Gasa has drawn large houses during the
last fortnight. Next Monday Tilloson's company
viii appear In "Zlg Zag- which has IL is said, been
changed and improved since II was last seen IN ms
city. Miss Anna Boyd continues tho chief actress
The eccentric Russian singers and dancers arc now
in their sixth week at the Eden Musee That their en-
Vagement Is successful Is shown by the large audl-
eneeg the majority being composed OF ladies', daly
attracted TO the Musce. Tho grand orchid snow VIII
Opep on February TO- Over 500 varieties OF rare ana
beautiful orchids VIII be on view, as wei as hundreds
OF tropical plants now on their way irom the nest
Ind Is expressly for this exhibition. Erdelyi NaSL
and his Hungarian orchestra continue popular
feature Of the daily entertainment -, =.
the MarctEek benefit Is unable 10 do so, OWING 10
professional engagement in the south ON satIruay
80 for two seats which she desired returned 10 tho
boy Office 10 be resOld.