The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-28
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MIME. sE8IRRICH REACHES ST.
PAUL IN A STATE OF NEU-
i. ROTIC PRESENTATION
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state room, and this greatly excited her
In the end she arrived in st. Paul at
l o'clock in the morning. three hours
later than she had expected, and after
passing a sleepiess night, felt Wholly un-
able to sing, in the evening. This is the
whole story All talk Of the slimness
Of the box office receipts being respon-
sible for the .capcellation of the date is
false"
NO OTHER DATE POSSIBLE.
Questioned as to the possibility of an
other date In this city. Mr. Graft said
it was impossible, on the present tour.
''Mdme SeInbrieh, has sung, thirty-five
times since the beginning of the tour.
in December he said, stand this is a re-
markable record for a prima donna! Be-
fore the tour Is over she will have sung
over sixty times. AS she appears only
three times a week ] have been COM
PEELED to sandwich my. dates accordingly,
and once an engagement is cancelled 1t
Is impossible to return. Sembrich sings
in Minneapolis Saturday. and there
fore YOU see that she cannot sing here
and get the requisite rest before~he next
appearance"
Asked whether he had minated to the
officials of the railroad on which the ac-.
cident had occurred that he would de-
mand damages, Mr. Graft replied that
would say that he had taken no steps in
this direction.
SIDE OF TIE RAILROAD.
At the offices of the Omaha yesterday
1t was learned that slight accident had
befallcn the train on which the diva
WIS riding. a few miles east. of Elroy,
Tuesday afternoon. The train had just
started from a station. when the driving
rod became disconnected, and a delay
had ensued CareiessuesS in placing a
Baker heater in it's place without first
adjusting the zinc sheet by which the
wood work Is protected, had resulted in
the wood being slightly scorched, but
there was no fire on the train sufficient
to cause the slightest alarm. The Of
| ficials did not know that an accident had
| taken place until a communication had
| been received from Mr.. Graft, announce
! ing that the st. Paul. date had been
| cancelled in consequence of one and
| that he would expect damages. Inquiry
| at the eastern end OF the road failed to
| elicit any information of an accident"
| and the incident is regarded as one of
| those unavoidable occurrences which
sometimes delay train
SMITH IS RETICENT.
Rev. DR.. Samuel G. Smith. at whose
church the concert was to have been
| given, fatty declined to discuss the mat
| ter when seen at his residence last
night, further than to say that the adj
vance sale of seats was good. Asked As
to the amount of sales he declared it
| was an in,pertinent question and refused
| to give any information that point
| He was reminded of the fact that In
| some quarters it was rumored that the
| sale of seats lad not been large enough
and for this reason Nine. Sennbrich had
refused to sing.
THAT is not So" said the pastor
The sale of seats was good, but that
| has nothing to do with the matter. The
natural supposition is that Nine Sem
brich was too I'll to sing. L have nothing
more to say. If you want more informa-
ton you mad best see Manager Graft
| II lie chooses to talk, we'll and good, bur
| am not the proper person to give you
information; besides it is against my
| principles"