St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21
A THEATRICAL ROW
Over the Unexpected Closing of
the Harris Theater.

Over the Unexpected Closing of
the Harris Theater.
There was no performance at the Har.
ris theater last night. The band played
vociferously announcing that the Cleye-
land minstrels would gyrate as usual
before the Harris footlights, but the
glare of the electric lights and the bla-
tant bazoo of the big bass went
alike for naught. just as the
final flourish was being put
On an improved version of "Annie
Rooney" by the travelling orchestra, the
manager OF the house appeared on the
scene, gave vent to several startling
anathemas on the head of the Hebrew
gentleman in charge of the company,
and concluded by ordering the gas
turned off and their money refunded to
the several hundred people already in
their places. The Hebrew gentleman
protested vigorously, but to no avail,
the gas was turned off, the doors
locked. the manager went to Minneapo-
lis witk the keys, and the people
who had paid their money to see a show,
and had been disappointed, started
homeWard in various stages and cOndI-
tons of i'll humor. The members of the
company, who were all costumed, ready
to go on the stage, resumed their mutt
and went out to take beer on it. Mana
ger Harry w. Lemon. of the minstrel
company, made statement to a
GLOBE representative, last even
ing, to the effect that Manager
Dean had given him no notice
whatever of the closing of the house.
He had understood that the performance
was to be given as usual, and accordingly
had the band playing outside at the
usual time, and before Dean arrived
several hundred tickets had been sold
at the box office. and the people con-
Quoted to their seats. When Dean ar
rived he profeSSed to be furi-
Gus that the band had been
allowed to play in front, saying that
he had requested that no outside play
ing should occur for reasons he had eX-
planned. Lemon declares that no such
request had been made. He also says
that the entire scheme is to keep
him from playing Minneapolis,
where his company has a three
nights engagement at the Harris.
Dean, he says, approached him a
couple of days ago with proposal to
buy him out in Minneapolis. He named
Ills price anu Dcetil sItluScU W pay IL.
He explains the attempt to spoil his
Minneapolis date in that the Wilbur
Opera Company now playing there is
packing the house every night.
Manager Semons further said that
during the excitement incl
dental to the sudden closing
of the honse he could have found Man
ages Dean OF any of his satellites. he
would have thrown the entire outfit
into the street and have run the per-
Torrance himself. ..Ihere is, just this
about it though" he continued, II
have, been treated in a disgraceful
manner:by this man Dean. Of course
there is nothing to be got by going to
law with man like he is though,
who doesn't own a dollar. The state
ment was published some time ago that
Dean had purchased the house. but if
he had, no instructions from Baltimore
could close it."
The fact remains, however, that the
house was closed i'll peremptOry man
ner, to the surprise and indignation of
the people who had come to see a per-.
Torrance, and to the everlasting disgust
of Cleveland's managerial COLOSSUS.