Show THE GHOST DIDNT WALK I And the Peoples Theatre on Commercial Com-mercial Street May Close I For the past two weeks the ghost has not walked at the Novelty theatre on Commercial stiteet and the employees em-ployees of tha house have gone on a strike as a result of which the house I will be dark tonight unless one of the sevteral plans which were thought out yesterday by those intersted in the I house I proves successful The most likely is that of Dan Quinlan who proposes j pro-poses to take the house and run it in a sombwhat different manner from that I of the late proprietor If Dan id successful suc-cessful In his negotiations the theatre will open at the usual hour today The Novelty theatre was built by Frank Monroe and his wife and for along a-long timte these people run the entire machine but recently they desired a change and leased i to a Mr Bassett Monroe and his wife then hied them selvtes to Los Angeles Bassett made I I both ends meet until several weeks ago when he began t fall behind in his payments and skipped paydays The matter finally culminated in a notice I from the employees of the house that they wanted their money and Intended to get it One or two suits have ben I planted against by creditors but as the theatre and its contents are but leased there is nothing to attach I The peoplte on Commercial street do not contemplate the closing of the theatre thea-tre with any degree of plea = as it is the means of making a great deal of business on the thoroughfare I the house is forced to cloth several of the restaurants saloons and lodging house suit will in all probability follow |