St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-11
OUT IN THE STREETS.
Doors Of the Grand Opera
Closed on the Park Opera
Company,
Harlow Gale Must Vacate the
Central Market on Au-
gust 1st.
Two Commeneements and One
Class Day Programme
Last Night.
Opening Of the Universalist
Convention After the Sun
day-Sehool Gathering.

Minneapolis is favorite point for
embarkation for operate and dramatic
companies desirous of securing passage
on the train commonly supposed tc
carry nothing but porcine freight
Another opera company has gone to the
wall here. The Park Opera company
closed It's Minneapolis engagement last
night. 1t began the week at the Grand
in "FatinitZa" and was scheduled tC
play week. Parker and Thomp-
son terminated the engagement
last night. The management OF
the Grand gives it out cold
that it will have none of the
wrangling common to summer opera
companies going on at its house. 1t
| doesn't look we'll In the eyes of the pub
lie, and they won't have it. The Park
Opera company has been in existence
but short time. Its life has been a
stormy one. 1t opened at the Park the
ater in st. Paul few weeks ago. Its
| career since then has been full of ups
and downs, principally downs. Miss
Juliet Marco was the prima donna.
She left the company two weeks ago.
Hamilton Teltey. the tenor, left one
week ago. Last night Charles Hunting
ton, the baritone, bade adieu to the Or
| ganiZatiOn.
If the stories told of the company be
| true, the organization has suffered from
lack of management, or, rather, too
much management, none of it of the
right sort. One Delaney is the financial
backer of the company. According to
report, he has been bled profusely.
There have been three or four assistant
managers, who drew salary and did
nothing. There is in the company, in
the way of chorus, the nucleus of good
comic opera organization. The chorus
people have been paid good salaries, So
to s. above the average for summer
opera choruses. That took money.
Then, it is said, one Of Mr.. Delaney's
assistant managers "conned" him
irto the belief that it is customary to
pay the board of the chorus people. 1t
ing that, too, and that took more money
all the profits in fact. A short run of
bad business has put the manager ''ln
the hole" Last Monday salaries were
in arrears. Trouble began to brew
forthwith, and outside creditors began
to press claims. Mrs. Smith, of the
Smith Costume company, called at the
Grand Monday with check on which
payment had been refused. Whether
she got her money since is not known.
Other creditors did likewise.
Tuesday was salary day. Salaries
were still somewhat in arrears. Some
IS was due the wife of Charles Hunting
ton. He has been playing Count Kant
chukoff this week, an important part.
He announced yesterday that, unless
his wife's salary was paid in full, he
would not sing last night. That was
the proverbial last straw. Poor Mr..
Delaney's courage rose under desperate
circumstances. He resolved to resist.
Last evening Mrs. Huntington's IS was
not forthcoming. Mr.. Huntington
kicked. Two stalwart stage hands
carried his trunks to the Side
W ak. He was politely but firmly
requested TO step out. He did so, and
the performance went on as before.
Delaney was the most surprised man in
the outfit. He didn't suppose, with his
limited experience in theatricals, that
he could give performance without
Huntington. He will now bring action
for damages against Huntington.
When this final row occurred last
night. Parker IL Thompson told the
Park Opera company to seek another
play hOuSe,