The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-29
MINsTRRLs BREAK UP.
The Last of Cal WagneF's Burnt Cork
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What is left of Cal Wagner's stranded
minstrel show, after a season of unSuccess.
viii strike out to-day for other fields. The
company was left here without dollar by
its manager, who ran off with two weeks
back pay and the money that some Of the
company had given him for safeskeepiug.
Manager johnson ten dered the company
benefit performance yesterday afternoon.
The entire receipts, which figured up S7G,
were divided equally among the company.
The performance would have Jared Man
ager Irumans nerves had he been there.
Not an opportunity was lost where the ex-
manager could be given dig, aud the audi
ence enjoyed it, The performance was way
ahead of some minstrel performances that
have been seen here. The feats of DemoniO
the contortionist, were loudly applauded,
and Billy" Birch the veteran of the old
Frisco MINISTRIES, made hit that brought
down the house.
After the performance the receipts were
divided on the stage by Treasurer Rob
| insoa. Last night the company serenaded
! Proprietor Dub, o1the Screven, who opened
his house to the members of the company,
! and the MORNING News, To-day the
| company will break up. Some of the
members left last night.
Clendenning, the tenor singer, Hogan, the
basso, and Mack, the banjo man, left for
Nashville. The contortionist, Demonio,
| left for st. Louis. Boiler, who joined the
company in Augusta and who has not been
paid since he joined it, will leave for
Augusta this morning. "Billy" Birch,
Rooney and Kelly, the song and dance men,
will 60 to New York, Morris and Raymond
will go to New Orleans. Wilson was
| telegraphed to Join the Murray
q Murphy in Rome, and he will
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cornet player, will so to Cincinnati.
Smith, who led the band. and Compton
will stay in Savannah. The rest of the
company will get away when 1t can.
Nothing has been heard of Truman, and
it is supposed that he has gone north.
Happy Cal' has been talking in Atlanta
about his connection with the show
II wish you would say for me- he said to
a reporter, that there is no such orGaniza-
ton as Cal Wagner's Minstrels-t6at Cal
Wagner is connected with no show in the
country"
Wagner went to Atlanta from Augusta,
wheresthe company showed last week.
Manager Truman is an awful nice fell
low Cal said in explaining the trouble,
'but he is under bad influences. We
started out with frSt-class show-I
won't be connected with anything else.
Everything went all right until we got to
New Orleans, where some of our musicians
were hired away from us. Well, you know
it isn't as easy to fill places down here as it
| up north. Then.when we got to Nashville
Truman had some trouble with the quar-
tette of singers, who refused to 60 on the
stage the second night, and that broke
up the performance. We had to fill in as
best we could, but the show got worse and
| finally decided to sever my connection
with it. don't know what the rest Of the
boys will do" what do you, yourself,
propose doingF "I'm going from here to
Nashville and then on east 1t is my present
intention to organize another show at
| once.n That's Calls side of the trouble