Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-09
THOSE TROUBLESOME ITALIANS.
They Stir Things Up in other Places
Best dos MarsllalltoXyn.

|
eled in three nights Of grand opera by
| the Lanlbardi Opera Company of Ital-
| ians, will read With interest the follow
ing from the st. Louis Post-Dispatch:
There We're general high jinks in
/ Italian grand opera circles at BellevilleI
/ Thursday evening. Signor Enrico Dia-
manti. under the joint effects of ver-
mouth and mental alteration. built a.
fire in a hotel wash bowl. Signor Some
4 body Else hit Signorina Colla,narina in
the eye. The signorina or some other
4 somebody else smashed the hitter in his
j singing organ. The whole outfit Went
/ ON d strike.
Manager r.. ]. stannus of the opera
lhouse and Advance Agent l.. Il. Behy-
mer of the company Mere thrown into
nervous prostration The people who
had paid 10 hear Rigolstti sing were
given their money back
i Nobody knows exactly what all the
ltrouble was about. The members OF the
company We're communicative enough,
but there was not ons IN the bunch Of
sixty,,eignt who could speak q word Of
4 English and all they said only had the
4 effect OF adding to the confusion
II - ne I1d1ilDdTui 7itt+ltfl &'tIGIlu Opera
lconapany arrived III Believlle Thurs
4 day morning from ST. Joseph Mo. Thsy
brought With them many canary birds.
4 parrots and monkey and a picturesque
assortment Of baggags
4 They scattered themselves around at
1.-The various hotels ana proceeded u eat
all the spaaheti and yafmieelli in town.
signa Enrico I9ianantl seeais to-
4 have been al the bottom Of the trouble
ION the way from 81; Joseph the signoi
lwcilt ON a rampase through the bag
4 gage car and smashed one Of the trunks
of signcrina Gollanalina. ii is said. Al
ter her arrival in Belleviie the sisnor-
ina sent the trunk 10 Il shop TO be re-
/ paired.
About that time E.nrIco had an inn
bpnlse t. See a contiagration, and he.
llightetl fire in the wash bowl IN lis
roasn at the Eeleville hpase When the
smoke drew some psopis u the room he
was dancing around the blaze, singing
an ai.ii. or something. The fire w&s put
tout, and 50 was he x I,aNeenlita then
4 took him 70 the station ard looked HIN
up, and he spent the iest of the day ms
iitating the notes turkeys, ducks.
* geese and chicket.s. ina having gen
eral good time With himself Fl fell
4 asleep at Of clock.
About that traa an Italian iist
fight broke out at IS Faanlas nous
II mad bsen reported around among tae
y singers tilat signarINs e9liamarina.
y, WHO is one OF the heaviest stockholders
4 In the company and assumes the imam
i eial responsibilities. Had sent hel. trunk
q away with the intsnt e conceal her
valuables, and as "Wednesday was pay
day there was great excitement in this
hotel corridors
IN sisnor whose name was lost in
the shuttle met Sign9rina Caliainafina
in the second floor ee,riaor % the
Thomas mouse and ssel- her a falseittl
talk. She said som, aing back, wh3ch
none OF the Gerrfai attaches u the
house caught. The sgsnor hit the sig-
norma II rub. jolt ii tas eye. The sgs-
norma screened and the next minute
there wss Italian opera in NAT cortii-
dor. Another sIgIIor. whose name was
s also lost. ran out a 1 room tn illsh m
81 dignation and punehed fe FIST slgr9s
in the singing organ. seven or eig ut
sIgaurinas also ran from their raaRls
ana p0uiicea upon the slgiiol' Who hal
hi the priina donna. I'aey preeesaed
Ia tear him to pieces III tveiy wrath
ful mariner
x tinitea States citizen tried inter
venti9n and nearly got Killed. lie tllsn
.eieisiDued 4 riot cali 70 the poliEe sia-
lion. Policemen corwin and hiamm
went rlsnIiIg They found a stack u
signurinas a the CORNER Of the corridor
bounding and choking and Kicking az
sonetlling. They were AL breathing
executions In fine ItAlian betwsen
their clenchea teeth. FFen the bottom
OF the heap game smpthered yelis tor
help.
Break away there shouted ON
Ger CorWin in his best I,aiiail The
seanee went on as If he hadnot spoken
He laid hold OF t5ye ~ three sigaolinas
al the top OF the heap and began "a dig
toward the man al the bottom. { one OF
1.-THE signoyi.las whom lie yanksa out q
Ethe serinnnage caught sight q the
brass buttons Oh his clothes aiad
souna@c, 4 shi!li al.tfm. Mr.. cer1NiA IS
not sure but ne tflillks she said ieesese
III the cop! Anyway, II VAS eiisetsys.
Tbs. ptla Of sisa8Hlnas sorted thtn
selves out and With parting kicks az
III man Who mad smashed the prina
donna thev slai,l into their rooms
The Offices assisted the damaged
sigl,or8 to his frei ard rs they despalfsa
III eyer being acie 10 get at the merits
of The CONTROVERSY they permitted hiin
Ii get 10 his rooms.
..,rhe prinaa donna aad one Of thss
principal male - asers. the one VINO hSta
smashed her, were out And II Mas
only an hour Until time 70 80 70 tne
opera house. The rest Of the company
gathered there aud waited. As tney q
looked to her for their salaries on he
morrow her absence WAS regarded With
dark SUSPICION AT $ O'clock she mad
mot appeared Word was brought that
she had been hit in the eye by Signor
i sonlebodi. They did not doubt that
but 1t did not apate their distrust
There was not large house due 10 the
faet that the Germans We're having
their I.iederkraisz concert up the sires'
and there We're 4 lot Of ether entertain
lments in town and the chorus, aided
and absttcd BY some of the principals
went on strike
From 10 o'clock there Were
troubles behind the scenes II looked
like sudden death for an American to
90 behind there. but Manager Stannus
and Agent lsehyFner Went in among The
strikers and begged and pleaded ana